It is 1,000 years into the future. Equestria's greatest heroes, the Element Bearers, have been long dead of natural causes, all but one.
Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship, the most achieved student and unicorn Equestria has ever known, is alive and in her prime. Celestia is gone, her magic now with Twilight, and Luna is soon to go. Cadence, along with the Crystal Empire, has fallen, destroyed in their war with Equestria 400 years ago.
After losing her friends and mentor, Twilight has isolated herself, and grown cold. She has vowed to make no more friends, to not love, so she will never feel the hurt of loss. Then she takes it too far, and becomes the cruelest tyrant Equestria has known…….