You turn on an old 1980’s style tv, it just shows some white noise, but eventually clears up revealing a unicorn mare with red and yellow hair, wearing a leather jacket and jeans, recording herself on the tape currently playing.
“My name is Sunset Shimmer.” She says, sitting down at a table, facing the camera. “I am currently getting ready for a trip and I may not survive. So, I’m leaving this tape as a sort of... time capsule for those who just happen to be watching, whether the world changes or not. For those of you who do not know of the change that happened, or did not happen, let me tell you A brief history of what has happened now:
“Several years ago the land of Equestria was a beautiful place, fields of green stretching as far as the eye can see, patches of forests full of cute woodland creatures, and the cities dotting the landscape filled to the brim with ponies living in perfect harmony, earth pony, unicorns, and pegasi alike, and when that harmony became threatened, six heroes arise to ensure the protection of their harmony, each wielding a magical element of the harmony they protected so dearly. Applejack, wielder of the element of honesty; Rarity, wielder of generosity; Rainbowdash, wielder of loyalty; Pinkie Pie, laughter; Fluttershy, kindness, and finally Twilight Sparkle, wielder of the element of magic. Together they defeated some of the greatest threats to Equestria. But then one day Twilight Sparkle went mad, claiming that she alone could wield all of the elements and ensure perfect harmony for all of eternity, if they would just obey her every command and never question it, but her friends disagreed with this, and so, seeing that they would not hand over their elements willingly, she killed them all and took their elements as her own adding to her power, though some stories say that two of them managed to escape being murdered, that’s what I’m about to find out. .
“After hearing of her transgressions, Princess Celestia, my-” she paused and swallowed, “...former teacher, confronted her prized student about her plans and pleaded for her to stop. Even though Twilight was only Celestia’s student, Celestia was defeated, killed by her own prized student.” Sunset put her right elbow on the table, pressing her cheek into a closed fist, as she slowly scratches at the table with her other hand, letting out a groan through clenched teeth, “Even with all her power, many of the people of Equestria would not bend to Twilight’s will, so, that’s when she employed the spirit of disharmony and chaos, Discord.
“Twilight made a deal with Discord saying that he could have his free reign of Equestria outside of her capital in exchange that he follows her every command and allow safe passage to anyone who wishes to join her in her capital. He agreed. And that was when she established her capital ‘Elysia,’ a city island floating high above the land, higher than Cloudsdale, and bigger than any city before, and Discord ravaged the outer lands, turning it into a wasteland, declaring it more fun to see social chaos than his typical chaos on logic. To satisfy his new taste of social chaos, he has made resources extremely scarce. The resources that he does leave lying around in the wasteland are usually guarded by monstrous creatures, minotaurs, manticores, and the like, and only the major factions spread throughout can obtain such resources easily, leaving only three kinds of ponies who can survive in this wasteland alone: those who are scavengers, those who are bandits, and -” three little girls jump up in front of the camera, one girl had purple hair and orange skin and feathers on her wings, the second had hair of two lighter tones of purple than the first and white skin and horn, and the third had red hair, yellow skin, and a big red bow, all saying together,
“Those who become friends with the Cutie Mark Crusaders!”
“GIRLS!” Sunset yells. The three girls all giggle as the one with the bow turns off the camera, ending the tape.