Shimmering Blade was just your average Pegasus, then she joined the first ever standing army of Equestria in a thousand years to fight a war. She was serving her time fighting the war that she didn't understand when she was captured by the enemy.

She escaped captivity and ran for four years. Now she's home, but her world has changed even more than she has. Will she be able to cope with the sudden changes she missed, society's view on war veterans, and her own traumatic memories that still haunt her? Only time will tell.