Shining Armor goes on a quest to become an alicorn in order to save his love ones from mourning his eventual death. To do this, he must prove him self worthy of the spirits of harmony, as villains plot in the shadows.
This is the tale of a lunar guard with a dark past and a fire burning within him. Tragedy robbed him of his family years ago after a betrayal at his home Fort Neighers , the bandits leaving a sole pegasus colt as a survivor.
Many ponies played their part in creating the Equestria we know and love, one of them is Starry Night, guildmaster of the Knights of Night, and this is part of his story.