Twilight Sparkle left Equestria willingly one day, leaving only a note explaining not to look for her. Her friends did regardless, causing themselves unfathomable pain. After a decade, they had nearly forgotten about her, moving on; one day, however, a mysterious mare enters Celestia's court seeking an audience. Celestia recognizes the mare under the cloak; it was her most faithful student! She had returned, but how have the sands of time changed her? Is she still the book-loving unicorn they once knew? And how will her friends react to her return from the grave?

The description was edited by jamlamin
6/7/14: This story, after reviewing my own work, I deemed a mess and decided to put this on hiatus a few weeks ago. It's not the writing itself but the story, its not constructed that well, my biggest problem being my AU Twilight is just a poorly thought out, she's suppose to be broken yet I basically portrayed her as OP. I may eventually continue this, but most likely If I did I would just rewrite it.

She has seen the fall of an empire, divided by its rulers. Friends turned to traitors, sibling against sibling, daughter against mother
She has felt the pains of hunger, loss of beautiful friends tarnished by rust and grime
She has stared into the very deaths of hell itself. She has lost so much more than any pony could imagine
But still remains crying out for something anypony to hear her side. To stop this civil war between the two empires
Yet no pony heard her pleads, so she donned the armor she vowed to never wear

This story was inspired by a youtube comment on this song
this is also my first fanfic ever and probably the longest thing I've ever typed up in my life.