The city of Canterlot, capitol city of Equestria, land of the Ponies. Equestria was ruled by two princesses. The elder princess was named Celestia, and it was her job to raise and lower the sun each day The younger princess was named Luna, and she was in charge of raising and lowering the moon. The two sisters had only recently been reunited by the power of six brave ponies and the elements of Harmony they controlled, and now they ruled the pieceful land of Equestria together.Our story begins with the Elder Princess, Celestia. It was a warm, mid-spring night. All the windows in the glorious palace she and her sister called home were open, allowing the breeze to flow through the entire building. In her chambers in the highest spire of the castle, Princess Celestia slept peacefully. Celestia was a beautiful mare, with a brilliant white coat, multi-colored mane and tail, large wings and a powerful horn. On the sides of her rump was her Cutie Mark, an image of the blazing sun, symbolizing her control of the sun. She rested her elogant head on her pillows, her breathing calm and slow. She was dreaming of her time as a filly, so many years ago.

As she slumbered, blissfully unaware of her surroundings, the air in her room was still. Too still. The wind was blowing ever so gently outside, but it did not so much as breathe in her room. The air became thick and stale, and the stench of rot began to fill the room from an inexplicable source. The smell infiltrated Celestia's nostrils, and forced her awake. She sat up in bed, her eyesight blurry with sleep. As her vision cleared, there was a sound of rushing air, and a miniture tornado formed in her room, sending her possession flying. She jumped to her hooves, her horn glowing with magical energy, all traces of tiredness gone from her body. The twister dissipated, revealing a very tall black stallion, a good foot tall than Celestia. The stallion glared menacingly at Celestia, his long black mane rippling behind him. He suddenly charged, faster than anything Celestia had seen before, and slammed her into the wall. There was a huge crash as her body hit, then slide to the floor in a heap.

As Celestia was on the verge of blacking out, the stallion came close, placed his gigantic hooves on her chest, and started to shake her. "Celestia," he said, his voice sounding extremely high-pitched for a male horse. "Celestia, Celestia, wake up Celestia!" he repeated, shaking her more.

Princess Celestia opened her eyes, and saw her younger sister standing over her, shaking her body with her hooves, looking slightly annoyed. "Come on Sister, you are late to raise the sun!" Princess Luna said, shaking her a final time before walking over to the window. "Where is he, did you see him?" Celestia asked, looking frightened as she sat up and looked around her room. Everything was in it's proper place, and there was no sign of the black Stallion ever being there. "Who was there to see? Nobody is here but you and your royal snorring! Now get up, you're late raising the sun!" Luna snapped. She spread her wings, and flew off out of the open window and into the night. Celestia sighed, getting out of bed and placing her crown on her head. "Thank goodness, it was just a dream," she said, looking into her mirror as she brushed her mane lightly. She briefly glaced up into the reflection of the area behind her, and saw the horrible black horse standing directly behind her, his black mane and tail billowing behind him like an evil cape.

Celestia gasped, and spun around. There was nopony there. Celestia nervously shook her head, then flew out the window after her sister to raise the sun, and usher in the day. Oh how I wish I could have warned of her of the things to come, and soon, my dear reader, you will wish you could have warned her, and all of Equestria, of the coming storm.