Night Riser was destined to be the change in pony history: the first Pegasus to be created by other hooves. But complications come into his creation and instead of connecting with the biology of a bird, he was made into a pony-bat hybrid. For years he is kept locked up in the lab he was created in, forever serving his master Dr. Zoid, who constantly reminds Night Riser he is ugly, a mistake, and not fit to venture out into the world of other ponies. But every year, Night Riser gazes out his window at Ponyville celebrating Nightmare Night, and soon makes a wish that someday he will join the world as somepony who is loved. (Story made for Equestria Daily's Write-Off)