After Equestria ended, I realised that my immortality had always been a curse.

With the aid of the remaining Equestrian royalty, I created a dream state that alicorns could slip into. A dream of our world the way it once was. A world where grass still grows and my friends aren't dead. Every day, I wake up with a smile to a world filled with simulated sunlight and imaginary ponies.

It feels just like home.

But sometimes, the hardest part of a dream is realising it was never real.