After Dusk's official graduation from Celestia's tutelage, the Princess invites him for a quiet dinner to talk. Just the two of them.

Where to start... without sounding cliché I'd have to say 'It was like any other day'... Nope, that sounds really bad. To break it down simply, there was a nerd, a spider, a bite from said spider and some guy with lightning powe

Dusk finds Sweetie Belle skimming stones by herself by the creek and looking troubled. He decides to ask her what's wrong.

To stay here alone is nothing short of a death sentence. Your people are gone and the night draws in fast, bringing creatures much fiercer than I. We have little time before night and you must decide now; are you willing to dance with wolves?

War ruins the lives of those involved. No matter which side you fight for or the side you die for, nothing you ever do leads to a solution. In the harsh northern lands a young stallion and his sibling seek to escape his home.

Equestria exists on its own, it operates under its rulers, focusses on its problems and deals with them. But what if this Equestria was not the only one, and another existed back to back. And what if a crack appeared that bleeds them together?

When one begins to consider things that causes them to pick their own brains they begin to lose track of their words. And the gift of an intellectual is to write their thoughts down. Take a peek into the diary of one such even of strange perceptions.