It has been three hundred years since Celestia banished her beloved sister to the moon, rather than end her life for her crimes as the Night Mare. Since then, the solar princess has been neither seen nor heard from.
In this time, a young Regent, Cadance, has taken the throne, but is too young to lead without advisers. The two stallions appointed the task, however, have other goals in mind. Behind their false smiles and pretty words, they both vie for control of the throne of Equestria.
Upon their advice, tensions between Equestria and the Changeling hive have become unstable, and raiding parties of the latter have begun attacking isolated pony villages along the borders. A small contingency of Equestria’s soldiers have been sent to patrol the border, and find themselves in battle with a large raiding party. Outnumbered and out positioned, all seems lost, until one young stallion takes it upon himself to try to end the fighting before anyone else can be killed. . . .
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So, this is a short one shot set in an alt. universe that I am still doing world building on. The idea came to me while listening to some music today, and I had to at least start working on it. Hope you enjoy, and let me know if you think I need to improve anything!