A young filly in present day Ponyville is cursed with nightmares of post-apocalyptic Equestria. She finds herself influencing the course of future history in ways that she cannot understand. She must learn to balance her life at home with her life on the other side of the veil, and fight to preserve her own sanity, and her own innocence.

She discovers that such a task is only possible through the magic of friendship.

Equestria. A society with magical God-like powers; teleportation, creation/destruction of matter, spontaneous energy, defying gravity, CHANGING gravity- With advanced technology and confirmed knowledge of the cosmos... How has this society not even reached the space age yet? One stallion dares to find out. He has gazed at the stars his whole life... Now he will touch them.
...Hopefully.

438 years ago, ponies discovered the remains of the civilizations that existed before them. This led to a period of increased technological development, spatial expansion, and further discoveries that would forever change ponies as a race. In the present, Celestia's only student has discovered a beacon that recounts the Old Races' war against a nigh unstoppable enemy named the Reapers. Against an enemy with millions of years of experience, the strength to wipe out entire civilizations systematically, and the ability to make organic beings their mind-slaves, it will fall to one mare and her team to protect the galaxy.

My name is Twilight Sparkle, and 350 years ago, Sweetie Belle and I vanished without a trace.
Now here we are, in the future.
Equestria has become a utopia, with everypony living in peace and harmony.
Everything is perfect. All a pony could ever want, and more.
My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I want to go home.

Editing provided by Stereo_Sub and JustAnotherTimeLord.

Cover art courtesy of Geomancing.

Reading by lieilengi

Spanish translation by Spaniard Kiwi

In the Wasteland, a place without laws and where justice is spilt blood, sometimes all you have is a choice.

Yet, it is also the most precious thing you will ever own.

King Sombra has a problem. A Twilight Sparkle shaped problem. The evil ruler of the Crystal Kingdom is about to be overthrown unless he can hold out until reinforcements arrive.

Seven days of keeping Twilight at bay. What's the worst that can happen?

All he has to lose is his self-respect and dignity...

Waking up in an alternate universe in which you are a supervillain can be hard.

Finding out your friends are rebels trying to kill or overthrow you isn't very easy to deal with either.

But trying to solve the situation? That's a real horn cracker.

Suppose you found yourself in a strange body and on an unknown planet, with only a lonely dentist for company. What are you willing to do to get home? How hard would you fight? Does it matter if you're a princess or just a person?

It occurred one peaceful night. Half of Equestria awoke to the sound like a double-shot thunderclap. A percussion heard in the skies and rattling windows from Apploosa, to Canterlot, to Ponyville. Nopony knew what it was or what it heralded for the world as it drew a line across the nation.

For Twilight Sparkle, this isolated incident might have faded from memory after a time, if not for the strange rumors of a creature sitting on the hill on the outskirts of town.

These are her thoughts given written form. These are Sparkle's Notes.

Report EVERYTHING to the Princess.

Equestria is a real, living, breathing world of peace and freedom... or so its inhabitants think. But a secret lies forgotten beyond its boundaries. How will a pony react when they discover they don't really exist?

[This story has nothing to do with the movie Source Code, which had nothing to do with actual source code, which this story does. Pinkie Pie knows what I mean.]