Being the subject of a great and powerful destiny isn't all it's cracked up to be. If anything, it's just annoying. And very, very painful. "Remind me again why the fate of the world is resting on my shoulders?"
Twilight Sparkle’s brilliant mind was gone, burned away by her own power when she nearly destroyed Canterlot twelve years ago. Now there is a monster prowling the Everfree. And it is starting to remember what true power felt like.
Spike loves the ponies who raised him and would never give any of them up, but sometimes, late at night, Spike can't help but wonder where he came from and why he lives in Equestria instead of with his kin. He's about to get his answer.