A simple challenge for the sake of a contest: a prize to be claim if possible; a crossover experiment in the end so to speak of. Failing that, a short story with low expectations and higher inquiries based on its contents in question nevertheless...
Captain Tidebringer of the HLS Sea Flower is on his way to the port of Flankfurt. However, during a storm he and his crew happen upon a mysterious, seemingly abandoned ship. What mysteries lie on the rotting hulk of the Judgment of Carrion?
In an Equestria long wracked with the throes of disease will there ever be hope for harmony? A tale rift with death and despair, can our little ponies even hope to have a glimpse of something else?