Ink Well is the famous author of "Daring Doo and the Sapphire Stone" as well as Daring's coltfriend. He travels the world with her on her explorations and writes the fantastic "Daring Doo" stories, bagging quite a lot of cash, and also untold amounts of adventure and time with his loved one.
Yet when Daring finds an immensly powerful artifact deep underground in the Everfree forest, Ink may have found his biggest story ever. Soon, he and Daring are told the truth of the elusive alicorns and the history of the pony world by none other than the Royal Princesses.
As he soon finds out, history is a precarious thing; especially for those who are immortal. All the past hurts and joys wiegh upon everypony, the speaker, the listener, and even the reader.