Twilight Sparkle knew her potential, but she could never perform a basic spell. When she doesn't get into magic school after Starlight Glimmer successfully stops the Sonic Rainboom, she sees no reason to go on, and decides she wants revenge on all the other fillies and colts, who had no problem making friends or achieving the level of education they deserve.

A tragedy ensues.

But what happens after a tragedy? What about her parents?

Follow Twilight Velvet on her journey, dealing with trauma, guilt, and other emotions that stem from a tragedy. Meanwhile, Starlight Glimmer tries to deal with the consequences of her actions, feeling a similar guilt.

Twilight Velvet's story is heavily inspired by We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Starlight Glimmer's story is heavily inspired by the episode Turn Left of Doctor Who.
Other influences include Elephant by Gus Van Sant, Bowling for Columbine, and research of school shootings.

For the sake of maintaining a T rating, any scenes of sex will be toned down. Any time this occurs, a parallel chapter will be uploaded in a side fic for those of you who'd prefer clop.

Ivyshine is the last mortal pony left. and she is seen a celebrity. With Equestria gone and culture redeveloped, she is one of the few that remembers how things came to be this way, and what the world used to be like.

This is her story, and the stories she tells. Parables of morality, stories of the old world, answers to how things got to be this way, this is the story of her knowledge.

But this is also the story of a pegasus stallion named Duskdawn, the one who caused immortality in the first place, his ex-student Daring Do, and the terrible secrets of an ancient pony civilization that caused these events to unleash in the first place.

This is the story of past, present, and future.

This is the story of her senescence.