It wasn't Stratus Deck's fault. But you won't be able to convince him of that. After three years, the events of that fateful day still consume his memory. If only he had been there faster. If only, if only. The pegasus' doubts continue to hold him back, and his life has never recovered ever since the one thing he lived for was taken away so suddenly. Can his old friend Rainbow Dash convince him that the best way to face one's own failures is to try, try again?

21-year old Isaac Watts accidentally winds up in Equestria, the land of his dreams. However, not everything is happy and bright. Ominous prophecies and foreboding premonitions cast a shadow over the magical land, but nopony is exactly sure what the threat is, or how to prevent whatever it is from occurring. The answer may lie in unexpected and forgotten places, and the fate of all Equestria may lie in the hands of a young man who would never have believed that he had the power or will to change the future of a land - much less lead a charge against the enemy. This is a tale of adventure, conflict, tragedy, and perhaps most of all, self-discovery. Equestria has a lot of lessons to teach, and Isaac has a lot of life lessons to learn. Follow his tale as I sporadically update this cobbled-together mess of HiE pony fiction!

[To my fellow weather dorks out there, I did indeed steal the title of one of my favorite books for this fic - and the title actually inspired crucial events in the story. Meteorology Is Magic!TM]

Inb4 cringing over HiE semi-self-insert fics; I am quite fully aware that this genre is... not particularly highly praised, but I've had this story idea for too long to not turn it into a story. Read at your own risk!