My name is Sunset Shimmer, and I wanted to speak to the human Twilight about a closely guarded secret. I have a journal... one that contains secrets... personal secrets about my life from past to present...secret feelings about my friends...
Life after ruling for Celestia is boring, almost too boring. However, on one of her strolls, she comes across a lost runaway filly. It quickly becomes clear that there is more to the filly than what meets the eye.
A young pony that was left alone to his fate will be given a chance to not only change himself, but Equestria itself. Together with his new found family, he'll try to reclaim what he lost.
The Black Parade; a band created by a Changeling named Alessio, to honor his adopted father. His unusual band has one goal; to defeat the demons that live in the heart of every thinking creature - negative emotions such as doubt, fear, and anxiety.
Bat ponies. They are a part of Equestria just as much as any earth pony, unicorn, pegasus or alicorn. But where did they come from? Who were they before? One ancient tome, penned by an explorer of a time long past, tells all.
Twilight Sparkle is summoned to Canterlot by Princess Celestia to receive new items to help maintain balance in the world with and learns about their origins in the process.