It has been ten years since the industrial revolution changed Equestria forever, a decade of prosperity for some, but a decade of torture for Rainbow Dash, whose desk job has slowly been draining the life from her body. Every day, she moves further away from other ponies, and the memories of her days of friendship and comraderie, when she could fly high and free, are little more than a fading memory. There's no use for the wings of a pegasus anymore, and flying has been banned in between the smokestacks and skyscrapers which make up the cities of Equestria. After so many years, she can barely even remember the feel of the wind beneath her wings.

Twilight Sparkle, the revolutionary genius who changed Equestria forever, was to blame. But not as much as herself.

Art and story idea from Queue, and big thanks to my editors Flint Sparks, Golden Vision, and Titanium Dragon.