When April Foals Day comes around, Apple Bloom gets a visit from Discord. He shows her a way to get a cutie mark.... in pranking? When she is put under his spell, her life will change... forever.

Rainbow Dash was heading towards Cloudsdale when she noticed something strange. A mare and a stallion, both pegasi, one pink and one indigo, are lying on the ground below her, completely still. The moment she realizes those are her parents.... her life changes.... Forever.