Magic and Destiny: How MLP and Genshin Impact Helped Me Overcome the Darkness and Change My Life Trigger Warning: Sensitive themes including violence, suicide, depression, and drug use. Part 1 (MLP - My Little Pony) | 2012 – 2016 I wrote this part of the story years ago; I apologize if the writing seems a bit juvenile, as I was still a teenager when I writed . I was in a very dark place. I was constantly fighting with my family—my grandfather, my grandmother, and my mother. We argued over the smallest things almost every day. I felt perpetually upset, sad, and hopeless. I lived in a rural, isolated town, and I also got into a lot of trouble at school. Surrounded by problems, I just wanted everything to end. My mother and I moved to a better city. It felt like things would be wonderful until, during my first few days of school, some older boys got jealous because I was the teacher’s favorite. They ganged up on me—6 against 1. I was badly beaten. The case went to the police a...