Chapter One: A New Brand Deal
Rainbow Dash flew by fast, racing the Junior Speedster bullies in an attempt to stand up for Fluttershy. She didn't know her all that well, but Dash was tired of them picking on all the new kids. With each turn, her speed increased, her body starting to feel like it was tearing a rift in the very sky from the sheer force. Sparks started to go off around her, Dash determined to keep going, faster and faster until...
A blast of magic struck her side, causing her to steer of course. "W-whooooa!" Luckily, she touched down on a cloud instead on falling down to Earth. "Eeerguh.. Ooooow..." The flyer rubbed her injured wing.
"Dash!" Gilda hurried over to her side, trying to comfort her. "Is it supposed to bend like that...?"
"Uuurgh.." On Rainbow's flank, there was her newly achieved cutie mark; a cartoon portrayal of a crash.
"Ha! Now you really are Rainbow Craaaash!" While the bullies took their victory, insulting the injured Dash, Fluttershy quietly snuck away to go home and hide in her room.
Rarity was dragged by her horn across plains and fields, deserts and grasslands, until arriving on a rock face. The filly looked up at the large boulder in front of her, and scoffed. "A ROCK?! THAT is my destiny!?!"
Later that day, Rarity made it to where she had been walking. Spotting another filly, she trotted over and cleared her throat. "Ahem.. Terribly sorry, but I think I belong here..." Rarity turned to show the rock mark on her flank.
"You're not happy either, huh..?" Pinkie Pie mopped back, showing off the rock mark of her own. "Looks like we're gunna be mining rocks, forever. C'mon, hard hats and pick axes are over here..."
Running away from home wasn't easy on Applejack. She longed for the farm, wishing to go back. The fancy life in Manehatten wasn't very appealing, so she found herself looking out the window towards Sweet Apple Acres. After a few moments passed, she went back to trying to mingle with the Oranges.
This was it. Twilight Sparkle's one chance to impress the judges, and get into the Canterlot School for Gifted Unicorns. All she had to do was hatch their dragon egg. Her parents were watching from the sidelines, all eyes trained on her. But all her concentration and eye squeezing did nothing. She apologized to the judges, and trudged over to her parents through her shame, going home.
Eying Twilight's failure through the Canterlot window, Starlight grinned. Her revenge was even sweeter than she could have imagined. Walking away, she planned on returning to her village, then Starlight stopped in her tracks. "No.." She only now realizes that she is trapped in the past, with any future she knew gone. "No! I.. There must be... GRAH!!" Starlight cursed herself, going elsewhere to come up with a new plan. Though even after this realization, she still was unaware of the consequences she set in motion, far worse than what she could foresee. It would take years, but nonetheless, this new world would be doomed. All because of the ignorance of Starlight Glimmer.