"Alright, Rainbow Dash! You can do it!" Pinkie pie jumped in place, watching as said Pegasus prepared to go through her Wonderbolts routine. She hadn't practiced since shortly after the big wedding in Canterlot, and that had been at least a month ago.

Slowly, she opened her wings and adjusted her footing on the ground, going over the moveset in her mind's eye. First a loop, then a few barrel rolls as she dived, some cloud dodging, and then the big finale: a Sonic Rainboom! She could hear the wind whistling in her ears already and -

…wait… there WAS a strange sound. Rainbow Dash looked to her left; Pinkie had stopped jumping and was looking straight up. Rainbow looked up, too, and saw a large object the size of a young pony hurtling toward the ground at unsafe speeds. Without thinking, Rainbow took off, hoping to catch a glimpse of whatever the object was before it hit the earth. As she got closer, she became terrified – it looked like it was a pony. It was going too fast for her to see for sure, but… the shape was undeniable. She flew underneath and tried to grab it, but it was going too fast and felt unbearably hot to the touch. Thinking it over, nopony could be that temperature and stay unconscious for as long as this "thing" had been falling. Relieved, Rainbow flew out from under it and watched as it crashed with a boom that echoed across Ponyville.

Pinkie hopped over, her eyes wide, as Rainbow landed on the edge of the newly-formed crater. "What was that"? Pinkie asked, peering at the still-smoking object. Rainbow shrugged.

"Dunno," she said. "But, let's find out!" she cried as she jumped down into the crater.

They waited by the object for a minute or two to see if the smoke would clear on its own. Annoyed and impatient, Rainbow used her wings to clear the air and Pinkie started hopping again. They both gasped; Rainbow landed on her flank with a thud, and Pinkie stopped in midair,

The "mysterious object" WAS a pony.

And she was still alive.

"What do you mean 'she fell from the sky'?" Twilight Sparkle had been finishing a report to Princess Celestia when Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie had burst in with horrified looks on their faces. Pinkie explained the situation to Twilight while Rainbow gathered their 3 other friends. Rainbow heard Twilight shout as she'd returned with Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity. She huffed. "She MEANS 'she fell from the sky'!" Rainbow yelled, and stomped her hoof for emphasis. "What part of that don't you understand?"

Twilight rolled her eyes. "The part that impossible! Ponies don't just fall from the sky, let alone SURVIVE afterwards!"

"Now hold on!" Applejack cut in before an argument started. "Instead o' yellin' 'bout what's true and what ain't, why don't we just wake the lady up? THEN we'll have answers." Twilight and Rainbow crossed their hooves angrily, but nodded in agreement.

Fluttershy had been fidgeting at the back of the group, never taking her eyes off of the mysterious mare currently housed on Twilight's bed; Pinkie noticed.

"What's up, Fluttershy?" she asked.

"Oh, umm, w-well…" Fluttershy took a few steps back. "D-Did anypon…..," Rainbow sighed. "Louder, Fluttershy. We can't hear you!"Fluttershy visibly gulped.

"It's just… did anypony else notice something… 'different'… about this pony?"

The others were confused, and turned back to the mare that had started to move slightly, but was still unconscious. Suddenly, Applejack took a step back. "That's… That's really different…" she said nervously.

"What? What is it?" Pinkie hopped up and down, in a circle around Applejack. She grabbed the orange pony's cheeks and pleaded, "Come on, tell me!"

Applejack shook free of Pinkie's hooves. "Y'all really don't see it?" she asked in disbelief. Everypony but Fluttershy shook their heads, Frustrated, Applejack pointed at the horn on the mare's head.

Silence, until Twilight spoke up. "What's so different about a unicorn?" she said, gesturing to herself and Rarity. In response, Applejack pointed at the wings on the mare's back.

….wait, wings?