A Thorn in the Empire

by ShiverMay

Prolog

"It was about five years ago. A small group of earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi where traveling. We were among them. The group decided to set up camp almost a mile away from the city one night. If you looked to the west you could see the sun setting behind the towers of crystal and one little pegasus, as always, sat outside of her tent to watch the sun go. She would have awoken early to fly up high and catch the sunrise, but the sun never came. By the time everyone was awake there was nothing but darkness."

"Was I there Mommy?"

"You were just a filly."