A story imagining what would happen and how it could happen if twilight caved in and started to believe what tempest was telling her. This story aims to show the slow downfall of twilight sparkle.

After being banned from coming to the wedding, Twilight leaves Equestria and becomes a member of the Storm King's army. This allows Twilight to become close friends with Tempest as Twilight swiftly rises to the rank of 2nd Commander and is renamed Sparkle Shadow.

After the Storm King steals a dragon egg from the Canterlot castle, he slowly starts his plan to rule Equestria