In the midst of a battle to protect Equestria, Twilight Sparkle falls. For a moment—just a moment—she wonders if she should bother getting back up this time.
Legend says that little ponies who don't honor the spirit of friendship on Hearth's Warming Eve will draw the attention of a beast who will take them away forever. Tonight good fillies should hide their heads... because Grogar is coming to town.
I stand as a watcher; a guardian over an ancient power that could reshape the world. There is one who approaches: I know not their name but I sense they are an alicorn like myself, maybe they are the one I wait to release me from my guardianship?