Fair warning fillies and gentlecolts! I previously had this story with the "gore" tag on due to a pretty thorough description of a certain pony's injuries in chapter one. However, I have since un-tagged it since I don't think it reflects the story as a whole.

A story I was writing for National Pony Writing Month 2013, before I completely gave up on finishing in the time limit. Posted here in the hopes that constructive criticism might help keep me motivated to continue.

A mysterious late night accident strikes Twilight Sparkle, leaving her in the hospital indefinitely.

Now her friends must find a way to keep going, faced with the knowledge that she may not recover.

How will their friendship survive the hardships brought on by such a tragedy? How will Equestria fair with its most powerful defense compromised?

Meanwhile, Twilight finds herself trapped in darkness. Her body crippled, her magic lost, and her friends nowhere to be found. Can she escape this void? Or will she succumb to her greatest fears and let the darkness consume her entirely?

In retrospect, a lot of this story is kind of inspired by "Playing With My Heart" by obabscribbler. I'm totally not trying to rip off that story, but I wanted to acknowledge that there are some thematic similarities. So, yeah. Go look it up when you're done reading whatever I've actually managed to post so far. You won't regret it.