Shady Eclipse, an alicorn created for greatness, lived his life preparing for something that will change the world. However one night after his birthday he had a dream visited by the one and only Princess Luna. Luna then showed Shady that he was living a lie and his parents are not what they are. After being shown of his true self Shady now prepares for the worst, with all he can carry he runs from the family he assumed and tries to make it to Canterlot to now alert the Princesses the horrors of what this family plans to do while being pursued by his henchmen.