Rarity tries to save the lives of her friends so she goes back in time to a critical event and changes the outcome. Returning to the present she finds she has succeeded too well and has erased the ponies and the relationships that she held most dear to her. In addition, there is another version of her native to this new timeline. Unable to return to her own, how will Rarity deal with a world she willingly, but unknowingly, created?

Special thanks to Chimpso for editing this pile of grammar waste into something presentable.

Equestria has been obliterated by war, the only spoils for the survivors are loss, despair and hopelessness. But in the barren wasteland, in the center of all the destruction, a single earth pony attempts to reverse the damage and restore hope... one tree at a time.

Can one markless earth pony succeed where armies and alicorns have failed? One pegasus war veteran shall find out and come to realize the greatest acts of change do not require epic magic or great power, but passion, dedication and generosity.

Proofread by Quylaa.

Ponified version of the classic story: The man who planted trees.