[Complete] Celestia awakens to see an empty world, white sandstone stretching the horizon. She wanders the world as she builds it from her imagination, filling it with life, but as time passes, the world that she created begins to seem like little more than a lucid dream, conjured from the dust.

Humans.

Truth or myth? Ancient lost civilization or just an old pony's tale?

No pony has ever seen one, and most haven't even heard of them. But Lyra knows that these wonderful creatures are more than just old legends, and she's going to find out... and possibly drive her roommate insane in the process.

Disclamer: This contains two spoiler characters from episodes later in the season. In this fic, they will most likely be NOTHING like the way the cartoon will portray them so apologies in advance for probably a huge amount of OOC after that ep hits in April. Also, I do not intend for this fic to be any more violent than the Lord of The Rings movies. Hopefully I can make an interesting story without using violence at all, but things may change depending on where I decide to go.

Shining Armor, a young colonel in Equestria's army is getting ready for a huge battle with Prince More Dread who wants to claim the throne in Canterlot for himself. Due to its nature, the war forces Shining Armor to make tough decisions while still clinging to a broken moral compass. He seems outnumbered and outmaneuvered, but he remembers someone he met whose friendship and love he has to count in if he wants to succeed against More Dread.

PS: Any type of criticism is welcome. I want to improve my writing any way I can.