There is a whole part of Equestrian life that almost never sees the light of day, just as there are those ponies that are asleep during Luna's night. It can be tough for friendship and love to flourish under such circumstances. When the bat pony stallion 'Shadow Guard' finds him self besotted by the honest and hard working Applejack, can he win her heart? Can a relationship of ponies of such different worlds ever work?

This story is a spin off of "The Mission of Buzzbot." So I would suggest reading it first, but it's not vital.

Many, many years after Twilight became an alicorn, Equestria has seen miraculous advancements in science and magic,
‘Twilight’s Centre for Academic Progression’ (T.C.A.P) has rejected the plans of 'Tinker Track', a robotics engineer who feels his skills and talents are being wasted. He puts a plan into action to send a robot pony back in time to study the real story behind how Twilight Sparkle became a princess and an alicorn first hoof. Then when the time is right he plans to change the past to better his own future! Buzzbot is the result, a clever amalgamation of magic and machine which can learn and can assume the image of almost any pony. Buzzbot is seeded into Ponyville’s past to accomplish Tinker Track's schemes. Will things work out as expected or has Tinker Track made his new robot servant a little too clever?

(As my first story please bear with the many pitfalls a new writer stumbles into, anyhow hope you enjoy the tale!)