A letter sits upon a table where it had not just a moment before. A golden glow lifts it as it unfurls in front of the reader.

Let us see here, how to begin?

Well, I suppose the best way to do so is with introductions. I am Prometheus and while I was, as one might say, tied up for quite some time I noticed your world. I have to say it's quite interesting, but unfortunately stagnant as well. So Miss Celestia I, being the patron of progress that I am, have sent someone your way. He is not a creature native to your world, a species I personally have a great deal of interest in, they're ambitious little scamps. I am bestowing a gift upon him as I send him, one he will in time learn to master. It is my hopes he brings progress to your world, but as the past has proven on many an occasion the best intentions can at times have the worst effects. We'll just have to see how it goes won't we.

Sincerely,
Prometheus

Ha, not as smart as the bastard thinks he is. I managed to snag the paper from him. So "Miss Celestia" my name is Coal and apparently I'm supposed to stir up some dirt. I'll admit I know just as much as to what is going on as you do, but if he's the Prometheus I'm thinking of, things might be a little more complicated than he'd let us believe. Crap, he's coming back. Ummm... Why did I just waste time writing Ummm?

Winter is coming... I'm disappointed with myself if that's the best I can come up with.

When the Cutie Mark Crusaders try to earn their cutie marks in fire fighting they are nearly killed when the fire they started quickly grows out of control. They are rescued by a stallion who turns out to be a bat pony. What's strange is the fact that, until Princess Luna's return, bat ponies have been extinct for over nine hundred years and cannot survive in direct sunlight. Twilight seeks Princess Celestias' advice when she senses a powerful magic hidden deep within the bat pony known as Firestorm. Celestias' only advice is to treat him as a friend.

Never one to question her loving teacher, Twilight follows her instruction and welcomes Firestorm as a friend and so do the other elements of harmony. As their time together continues, Firestorm becomes drawn to not only one of Twilights' closest friends, but one of the fillies of the CMC as well. Twilight soon realizes in the midst of their growing friendship with Firestorm, something about him is very off.....