Hundreds of years after the events of the show, Discord stumbles across an old letter, from someone he'd long since forgotten.

Three years after that, Discord comes to the conclusion that some things are better left forgotten

(Rated teen to be on the safe side, as this contain rather dark themes.)

A series of self-imposed challenges to write entire stories in Haiku. They'll be short, and likely lacking in detail, but I'm giving it a shot.

Caught in the act, with no means of escape, a man makes one last request to his captors

For as long as recorded history, Necromancy, the Magic Art of the Dead, has been forbidden. Everypony that dared to learn it was corrupted, and had to be either killed or banished beyond Equestria. Every book pertaining to it was destroyed. Everything having to do with it was shunned and reviled.

When The Great and Powerful Trixie, searching for the means to defeat Twilight Sparkle, learns this forbidden art, it soon becomes clear that Twilight, too, must become a Necromancer, lest Trixie destroy Equestria as we know it. Hunted by her teacher and mentor, Princess Celestia, and most of her friends locked away in Canterlot for their own safety, she has only herself and her one remaining friend, Spike, to rely on as she struggles to keep her sanity intact while avoiding the undead hordes that will never stop hunting her and the society that has come to revile her very existence. As she delves deeper into this dark art, she will learn more about the nature of magic then ever before, as she realizes that there are bigger threats out there then the dead.

Cover image belongs to CrappyUnicorn of Deviantart.