War has been raging six long years. Why it started, ponies hardly remember. Where it is going, ponies can only dream of. After a last stand by the New Lunar Republic results in the deaths of thousands, the Republic finds new reason to take the fight to the Empire. A massive, last ditch invasion of Equestria, a final attempt to take back what was rightfully theirs.

But… What really led to this madness? Why are the two sides so at odds now, when there had been no trace of this animosity between sides before? Ponies rarely like to reflect on what they have seen in a war, bring up countless nightmares, each of which could drive a pony insane. However, reflection is sometimes the only way to see past the insanity… See how a reluctant civil war became a full scale conflict…