"Beast. Demon. Monstrosity. It was in times of disharmony and unrest that we earned and deserved what they called us.
This is Hiotstes, Captain of the regal sisters’ night guards. Leader of all bat ponies. Failure. I am writing this report as the last official act I ever take. I am writing this in hopes that what happened shall never fall into oblivion, for I wish for future generations to learn from our mistakes, my mistakes, so they may never occur again. I am writing this and I hope it will help ease some of the pain and remorse I feel, I hope writing this to be cathartic in itself."

The Captain of the Royal Night Guards writes a report as a cathartic exercise, intent to shed light into the origins of bat ponies and night guards alike and wishing for what happened to never be forgotten.

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First try at fanfiction. I made up my mind real late, did this in about one afternoon. Feel free to leave feeback :)
I hope this was not done before, I am not familiar with every single story out there.

I also hope this is not something that is already officially planned for season 4, I wish to avoid spoilers so I did not check the synopsis of the opening episodes.

Well, this is for the eqd batpony writeoff.

If you note typos or grammatical faults and the like, please let me know - English is not my first language.

There are some references thrown in there where I saw fit. Some of them obvious, some less obvious. Can you spot them?

First to figure out where the Captain's name stems from wins a giant /)