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BGI: I am a white unicorn stallion; my Cutie Mark is a sword behind a shield. My name is Lonesome Knight. No, I don’t know Shining Armor, but yes, I am related to him. Everypony in Equestria is related to everypony else, exactly as every human in the real world is related to every other human.

Author's Notes:

The whole of this story deviates from the canon from the start (i.e. from episode 101, Friendship Is Magic (Part 1)).