My unicorn parents called me a worthless mud pony. They pushed me every day to overcome my lowly status. When I woke up one morning with my cutie mark, I thought they would love me. I couldn't have been farther from the truth.
After being saved by a quick thinking stallion, Applejack starts seeing numbers over everypony's heads. She finds it rather ominous that the numbers only go down. What do they mean? Why can she see them? Is she the only one who can?