In the library of Twilight Sparkle's castle, there is a book where none should be. There is no record of it being entered into the collection. It is not in the card catalog. It has never been checked out. Before yesterday nopony knew it existed.

It is the only book she has ever tried to destroy.

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Legend tells of an ancient race
That hides in shadows with changing face
Stealing ponies who wander away
Until revealed by light of day

When Twilight Sparkle dragged Starlight Glimmer into one of the alternate timelines the unicorn had inadvertently created, they saw a world not filled with chaos, pollution, or war, but instead completely empty. The entire landscape was nothing but dust and the occasional bit of dead shrubbery.

But was it really so empty?

In this place, one still walks alone, as the last living thing in her world. And as she walks she reminisces on times past, and how her world came to an end.