Sometimes the faith you have in yourself needs to be awakened by somepony else... Or rather some dragon. As Spike helps Sweetie Belle fully realize her own worth, he finds himself realizing some feelings toward her of his own. What's a dragon to do?

When Marina, the middle daughter of Equestria's royal family, discovers she's being sent to the Crystal Empire to become Prince Sombra's betrothed her entire life falls into a dark abyss. But she may find that the young prince isn't what she thought.