This story is a sequel to Memories Of The Flask

Nine hundred, and ninety nine years will pass, and that is all that it will know. It never made it past a thousand.

It has been, and will be, years since the death of their maker. But now marks the first day of their existence locked away in a vault against time.

Follow the story of a kingdom of ponies as it descends deeper and deeper into madness from beginning to end from the perspective of its ever observant and self-loathing founder, the epitome of hatred and death itself. Doomed from the very start, a perfect world with a flawed ruler and flawed magic.

A side-story from Memories Of The Flask and a sort of prologue for the events in a future story which I will link to when it is published.

Equestria is peaceful.

Everything is perfect. Or at least, it will be. One day. Every little event will go exactly as planned, and life will go on in nearly perfect harmony. Equines and Griffons and all sorts of races living together in peace.

With only one, teensy, tiny bit of a miscalculation.

It has been a thousand years since the shadows of Equestria were cast back into the void from which they came, with broken dreams laid to rest or forgotten and scarred hearts healing ever so slowly, the whole world itself had more or less moved on with the needless marring on its own history, and evolved to be far more peaceful.

But they didn't catch every bit of darkness.

A thousand years later, not a King Of Darkness, not an heir, not a tyrant, but a lost little 'prince' returns with nothing more than his forgotten title and a few scattered subjects, and with his return, it would seem as if the turmoil of the world begins once more, as the princesses suddenly disappear.

Now follow the aftermath of a thousand years of hiding as Twilight Sparkle and the mysterious new interloper soon begun a hunt for the shattered vault of a long forgotten people. One, trying to piece together the history of a new world, the other only trying to plunder it.

A collection of interconnected stories and one-shots following the life, aftermath, and consequences caused by a curious piece of darkness created by Starswirl The Bearded. This is the story of a little shadow that dared to explore the light so many ohters called home. That is what these stories are about, of a soul stuck in the dark wanting to understand Equestria, and the consequences of reaching for the light.

This is not a happy tale.

All stories/chapters take place in chronological order.

Warning, contains various one-shots under the same universe/worldline. The final chapter has already been posted. Chapters will be posted as they are completed. Rereading encouraged!

This collection of lore is now complete. If there are any continuations done by me, I will organize them under here.