It was the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration, the spectacular celebration of Celestia raising the sun. It would be taking place in Ponyville this year. But it was destined to go wrong...
Above the skies of Equestria, a strange cabinet of sorts was falling from the sky.
"Hmm? What's that?" Said the earth pony inside the cabinet. "It looks like a planet! Oh, it's growing too! Oh wait... It's not getting bigger... I'M GETTING CLOSER!"
Part of the cabinet exploded in reply. However, it seemed to be bigger on the inside.
"Crashing is not good!" The pony was running about the inside, flipping many switches on a console of sorts inside the cabinet. "CRASHING IS NOT GOO-"
Meanwhile, in Ponyville, a unicorn by the name of Lyra Heartstrings was heading home.
"I can't wait until the Celebration tomorrow! I should probably get to bed early, so I'm all ready for tomorrow. After all, I still haven't finished fixing those floorboards. I should get started on them right away!" She walked towards her house. A noise came from inside that sounded like an explosion. Lyra's eyes widened. "What was that!?" She ran into her house.
Inside, her house looked perfectly normal. Same white walls, same creaky wooden floorboards. Nothing had changed. Except, the seemed to be a strange cabinet of sorts in the middle of the room.
"I don't remember that being there." She said, examining the strange cabinet. The cabinet was blue, and it had a large hourglass on it, along with some kind of inscription made of odd shapes. It seemed to radiate an aura of adventure.
All of a sudden, someponie's face popped out.
"Hello there!" It said. "Where am I?"
"Uhhh... Who are you?" Lyra asked. She was quite startled by this strange pony.
"Me? Call me Time Turner!" Replied the pony now known as Time Turner he had a ridiculous smile on his face. "Now, as I said, where am I?"
"This is Ponyville, host of this year's Summer Sun Celebration! It's been a long time since it's been celebrated "
"What's a Summer Sun Celebration?"
"The biggest celebration in all of Equestria!"
"What's an Equestria?"
"How do you not know these things!?" Lyra was starting to get annoyed. "You must've hit your head when you fell down in that cabinet!"
"Ah, yes, my cabinet! It seems to have recharged, so I'll be on my way!" He walked into the cabinet. "Bye!" With a strong gust of wind, the cabinet disappeared.
"..." Lyra stared at where the cabinet was. "Was that... an illusion? Oh well, I really should get some sleep." She walked to here bed, blissfully unaware of the disaster that would unfold the next day...