Princess Twilight Sparkle is very much in her infancy as a stateswoman. She's only been on the throne for three years, and she's still getting used to the responsibilities of being a royal, but Princess Celestia has other plans. Twilight Sparkle must travel to the Khanate, a conservative theocracy that is teetering on the brink of war. Now Twilight has to make a last ditch effort to prevent the continent from tearing itself apart.

However, royal duties fall by the wayside when she runs into an old friend in the most unlikely of places. As the world goes to hell in a hand-basket, two young women try and rekindle the spark of an ancient flame that had long been thought extinguished. The problem with flame is that it provides light, and in a country of shadows like the Khanate, certain people might not want that light to fall upon their plans.

Something is moving in the shadows of the Khanate. Someone else has a book of matches with which he plans to set the continent ablaze. How far will Twilight and Rainbow Dash go to prevent the world they love disappearing beneath a pall of smoke and ash.

Comments and Critiques are welcome.

Cover art by the fantastically amazing Bunnish.
Other Illustrations by the equally amazing Marik Azemus
Proofread by the No less amazing Stygian359, The Discernist, SP Meta and Curified.

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