Given the successful befriending of Discord, Princess Celestia deems that no longer will villains be defeated but instead reformed. While most have the chance to submit willingly or continue to fight, King Sombra is given little option. Brought back from the dead and stripped of all his powers and strength, it's all become a game of futility. Now Sombra only wishes he could have stayed dead all along.

Edited by spigo.

Nightmare Night has again arrived, and Princess Luna, to honour a promise long made, visits the town of Ponyville and tells stories to those gathered. There is one pony which whose story has been requested over the years: Howard Fillip Lovecraft. Though Equestria is certainly a land of general happiness for all can gain purpose with confidence, the evidence ever present on the flanks of those that find it,but , this pony, the brother of Fluttershy, is crushed by his worthlessness in the world due to his lack of purpose. He is only left with the seeking knowledge in an attempt to mitigate his feelings. The need to find this sends him out over the lands, his only correspondence with that of Princess Luna through letters. However, the gaining of this knowledge is not necessarily what was desired.