Ponies usually don't make sense. And yet here I am, trying to make friends with them. Surprising? Mayhaps...

Greatness is achieved through sweat, blood, tears, and pain. How did I do it? Sacrificing. Sacrificing what? Everything. My life, my soul, my essence, who I am as a person, as an individual. Oh, and the elements of harmony, those need to go too.

The Alicorn Amulet has long been a powerful, not to mention dangerous magical charm in Equestria. When everyone turns their back on you, sometimes you have to embrace the darkness and walk the edge just to show others how serious you really are.