Sometimes the only reason we can't see the light, is we're too busy staring at our own shadow.

The balefire destroyed everything, leaving only a poisoned existence in its wake. To the ponies in Stable 33 it was the last they could remember. And now they were trapped.

Sparx, a soldier from a long past era is thrust back into the world, two hundred years after he last set hoof on the surface. Starting out on a journey to save what he can of the old world still trapped in Stable 33. Making a few friends and a decent helping of enemies along the way. But where does one start such a journey...

Outside is a good place to start. But outside, all that can be found... is darkness

"Only After Darkness, Can Come the Dawn."