I find it fitting that I enjoy writing, since my last name is Ward. "The Old Gaelic surname derives from "Mac an Bhaird" ("son of the Bard"). A bard being a story teller or poet." - Surname meaning.
All seemed normal at a fair behind held in honor of Twilight becoming an Alicorn, but then one of the Mane Six went missing in a terrible fire. From there everything that could have gone wrong, did.
A mysterious series of storms have been rolling through the settlements of the Equestrian south. Every time a storm passes a town, the population decreases. A Royal Guard is sent to investigate the cause.