A prince… Destined to be the next in line. Shining Eclipse for years has ran from the monster that was once his mother, fearing for his life. After being driven from his home when he was only fifteen, left to die in the dreaded Badlands on the outskirts of Equestria, he was stripped of his royal title, inheritance, and of the very love he once felt from his beloved mother, Princess Twilight Sparkle, whom is now possessed by a power hungry, psychotic nightmare.

Queen Shimmering Shade. A nightmare fueled by greed. The very being that haunts Eclipse's dreams.

The land is always in a constant state of twilight, always reminding him of who ruled the lands. Six years after fleeing from Canterlot, he still runs, his horrors never ending. He and his lover and teacher, a Zebra mare, named Kindle, fight to survive in a world filled with corruption. Can he live to reclaim his thrown and end the darkness once and for all? Or will he succumb to a monsters temptations?