After the battle with Queen Chrysalis leads to her death, Princess Celestia is buried in a royal tomb,and after mourning her everypony goes back to their lives. But Celestia is not as dead as she seems.

A great cataclysmic event is upon Equestria. Soon, all of the planet will be consumed in fire and death. Ponykind's only hope is to send Celestia's dearest student and her friends to an entirely new world and use the Elements of harmony to establish a link and help Equestria escape. But even with a formidable Royal Guard escort and the power of the Elements of Harmony, the chances of success are slim to none. But even the slimmest chance of survival is always preferable to certain death.

On Earth, Lance Corporal David Beckett of the USMC, a devoted husband and expectant father, just wants to survive his tour of duty in the Israeli/Syrian War and get home. Unfortunately, it won't be that simple.

Side story and partial sequel here: A New World, A New Threat: Of Their Own Accord, written by TheCrazyMan.

War comes to Equestria: with despair, with starvation, with suffering and with sacrifice. And the ponies must learn how to keep true to their values while surviving not just the rigors of battle, but the desolation of total war.

A prequel written for the Fallout: Equestria 300 member contest. A prequel story to a fo:e story I'm hoping to write in collaboration with a friend of mine. The origins of Shade, a zebra, that led to her future life decisions. The theme is 'Why did you do that?'

Note: Exactly 3000 words, even though it says a bit more. Don't know where it is counting the extra 48 words. But some how that number is going up.