Wild Encounter, an apprentice to the legendary Starswirl the Bearded, along with his close-friend Clover the Clever embark on an archaeological journey in order to decipher a dark power seeping through the Southern Lands of Equestria.

Darkness… It is consuming me… all my love, ambitions… all my skills and hopes for the future are gone… all because of this one event. The time that changed the course of events in Equestria for the years to come… G

Their relationship was something special. She could have learned the meaning...