Spike is changing, and I don't know what to do. I want to help him, but I don't exactly know what's wrong... and what's more, I think I might be the one that needs help soon...
A band of mercenaries, composed of griffons and bat ponies and led by a one winged griffon are on a quest for cold hard cash, killing whatever gets in their way.
When a strange foe kidnaps all of Twilight's friends, it is up to Twilight to participate in the greatest gladiator match in recent Equestrian history: The Princess of Friendship vs the Lord of Enmity!
"...thus was horror of the blackest depths and madness of the highest order born deep within the bowels of that old manor... horror and madness enough to send me screaming back into the putrid swamplands with what little remained of my own sanity..."
Thorax has defected to the land of Equestria, taking thousands of changelings with him. When Chrysalis launches a retaliation against Equestria, Twilight and her friends must repel her invasion with one thousand changeling volunteers.
One mare can only take so much. Even if she is an alicorn, something has to give sooner or later, and when it does, something terrible and all-consuming will be unleashed. Twilight has reached the breaking point and arcane retribution is imminent.
Problems are something everyone in Equestria has to deal with, big or small. Some problems have obvious answers, some don't. And sometimes, a pony chooses to deal with their problems on their own, no matter how much help they really want.