AU fic to Chengar Qordath's Winningverse.
When the changeling invasion raged through Canterlot, Cloud Kicker was cut off from most of her friends and trapped in the Kicker compound with her watchponies. It was only her leadership that saved them from the fate of the rest of Canterlot...
Desperate, she ventured into the heart of the Kicker compound to attempt to don the armor of the great Shadow Kicker, but when she stood before the memory of her ancestor, she was denied...
...but what if Cloud were a little more persistent?