“If I spoke about it, what would I tell you? Would I tell you about the time it happened a long time ago, it seems. And the last days of an unfair ruler’s reign. What would I tell you about the place, a small city near the coast. Afar from everything else. Or I don’t know, would I tell you about her? The mare with the courage to move mountains. Or perhaps I would just warn you about the truth of these facts. The tale of love and loss. And the monster… who tried to destroy it all.”

The Anomaly Research Institute of Equestria has stayed in the shadows of elusiveness for years, capturing and imprisoning the most frightening magical beings of this world in the name of research. Hidden away underground, an aphasic cleaning mare accidentally unveils a dark conspiracy, and finds herself in the midst of a crisis between a hostile regime and the mysterious magical creature held captive in the middle of it all.

Inspired by The Shape of Water

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Originally posted on AO3

Cover Art by Sajo on Twitter

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