This is the story of a pegasus named Lightning Blaze, a fugitive who as lost everything important to him and tries to clear his name as he struggles to survive against the military of Equestria

Long before the age of peace that FiM is based upon there was a time of war and civil unrest. Friends would kill each other and enemies would mercilessly wipe each other out all in the attempt to gain the power of the Equestrian throne.