"These may be my final words. The odds are stacked against me, and I risk losing everything. Even now the cloaked watchers approach, dragging their thin, spidery legs along the dewy grass..."

Diary entries were discovered amongst the ruins of the burned down schoolhouse. Assembled mostly in chronological order, they document what really happened to the foals of the town of Ponyville. Most believe the storm to have been a freak occurrence, but it's evident it was a culmination of many, many things.