The Changeling-Equestrian War of 1001 has raged for years, but the end of the war has finally come. Captain Twilight Sparkle, just like the countless other privateers sailing for the Crown, finds herself in a difficult position as a warrior without a war and expected to simply return to civilian life in Equestria. But can she give up the sea so easily when there's still an entire world waiting to be explored to the west?
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Life in the new Equestria is difficult, and good news is hard to come by. But what if good news, no -- the Mother of all good news, was presented to you right now? Would you be able to accept it? Or would you refuse it as wishful thinking?
A young stallion from a hard path stumbles blindly into the ruins of an old library, discovering a broken statue and a book inside. He reads in a language he does not know, and stories he never imagined. Is he a prophet, called of some higher power? Or just another lunatic in a wasteland full of them?