This is a story of great hardships, chaos, tragedy, and war, but it is also about loyalty, friendship, and everlasting love. In the land of Equestria, an evil power is rising. The entire world is being engulfed in shadows, and the lives of it's inhabitants are filled with despair. There is but one way to stop it… A prophecy foretells of a young Stallion who, with the help of the princess of a long-lost empire, and a new friend of a forgotten race, will lift the dark shadows from the land, and smite the great evil that plagues his home. However… Not all prophecies come true… Is this one an exception?