It was the 702nd year of Celestia's prosperous reign. Under the rule of the Princess, Equestria had grown far beyond the tiny kingdom and outlying settlements it once held, becoming the largest empire on the continent. She was beloved, praised, and in some circles, worshiped.
Unfortunately, not everypony agreed with her. Throughout Equestria, the cave-dwelling Children of the Night lived in fear of the sun and the ponies that lived beneath it. Divided into several clans, the largest in the far south, they refused to even come out of their homes until the moon as high in the night sky.
This is the story of one Child of the Night.