Ginger Gold opened her green eyes. The last thing she remembered was darkness, a giant wave of black smoke coming towards her, engulfing the entire land. She screamed and then nothing.

Now she was back in the light. The sound of music came from the nearby city so she followed it. She found the ponies of the kingdom there but they looked different, sadder, their coats and manes plain. She found a mirror and looked at herself, she seemed fine. What had happened?

Then the darkness returned, the same growl, sending a chilling shiver through her body. Then somepony yelled something about the Crystal Princess and then a wave of light hit her, a warm comforting light. Like everypony else her coat crystallized and she felt a tender embrace inside her chest.

Once the fair was over she left the kingdom, intending to go back home. With each step she realized something was wrong, it wasn´t the land, still as bright and welcoming as Equestria was; it was the ponies. They talked funny, they looked funny and yet he felt like she was the funny looking one.

She couldn´t find a carriage so she was forced to travel in that strange gizmo, a train it was called. Functional but not even on her wildest dreams Ginger Gold would have created something like this.

She finally arrived home, only there was no home to return to.

"What is this Manehatten? Where is New Headstall?"

No answers. The world had simply changed.

The princesses were still there but everything else was different.

A thousand years have gone by. And everything that Ginger Gold hold dear was gone.

She roamed across the land for days until finally she gave up and sat on the side of the road, so hurt she couldn´t even cry. She saw no point in doing so, there was nopony to mourn, there was no home to feel nostalgic...

She was all alone.

"Howdy there partner! Going tah Ponyville?"

She looked up and found a carriage on the road, pulled by a big bulky red stallion and on it, three mares, going from a filly to an elder. They were all smiling.

"Po-ponyville?"

"The nicest town in Equestria..." the mare said.

"...with the most beautiful of lands..." the elder said.

"...and the coolest of ponies!" the filly said.

"Eeeeyup!" the stallion finished.

"You want...to take me there?"

"Well, we can´t leave one of us apples resting in a´ side of tah road." the mare said.

Since Ginger Gold tilted her head in confusion she pointed at the golden pair of apples on his flank. She looked again and found that all these ponies shared an apple mark.

A smile as bright as the sun appeared on Ginger Gold face and she jumped into the carriage. The stallion kick off and they head down the hill, all the way to Ponyville.