It is the time, when the Crystal is to be recharged; a joyous time for all in the entire Crystal Empire. Ponies are over from far and near, yet all are not Ponies; this is where things are retracting from plans, but for better or worse.
I just recently started to write stories directly towards the FiM actively, though I have been writing for years, publishing numerous stories at Mibba and the eventual pony story, as far as to the MLP