The story of a dying age, of a time of peace long past in a kingdom that is but an echo of its former glory. For when the light of day fades into nothingness, what is left, but the true nature of the world? As several nations, once mighty, find themselves fragmented and locked in conflict unending, the lines of good and evil - of light and dark - are blurred. And as strife reigns, a sinister force known only as the Darkness comes to reclaim what was once its own, beckoned forth by harrowed souls who hide within the elongated shadows cast by it as it leeches the very essence of the world in order to spread its influence as it grows in strength.

Despite the bleakness of the situation, there is a glimmer of hope. The falling kingdom of Equestria, surrounded by enemies on all sides, hides a dark secret housed deep within its core. With no other options left, this dark secret must be released in order to keep the crumbling nation afloat, if for only a while longer.

Edited by the one and only N64retro. You have him to thank for this story being legible.