The following list is an abridged timeline of key moments

leading up to the events of the “Diamond Tiara Incident”,

compiled by Deputy Sheriff Millard “Applejack” Fillmore.

July 21st, Year 1000 AC: Twilight Sparkle is sent to Ponyville to gather the Elements of Harmony and end Nightmare Moon’s eternal night. She successfully defeats Nightmare Moon, returns Luna to her original state of innocence and, alongside her five friends, is hailed as a heroine in Equestria.

September 28th, Year 1000 AC: The self-proclaimed Great and Powerful Trixie begins putting on a charlatan talent act in Ponyville. Twilight reluctantly opposes Trixie and upstages her, saving Ponyville in the process. Trixie’s lack of genuine talent is revealed and, left with no other options, she skips town.

April 15th, Year 1001 AC: Trixie, seeking redemption for her disgrace, plots to shame Twilight before the entirety of Ponyville. In her overconfidence she loses a second time. Her bitterness swells.

September 1st, Year 1001 AC: Trixie, with her reputation ruined and any hope at a successful career completely destroyed, is unable to afford even a simple meal. To cut her losses, she sells off all her possessions and becomes a con-mare, swindling bits from unsuspecting bar-goers and passersby.

[Date Unknown] Year 1001 AC: Trixie is found by a Zebra named Zeb, one of Zecora’s brothers. Zeb teaches Trixie the art of revenge, and taps the bitterness within her so she can fully exact her vengeance upon Twilight.

October 27th, Year 1001 AC: Twilight reportedly found a pile of burning books outside her library home in Ponyville. This is the first of many hateful acts committed against Twilight that were suspected to originate from Trixie.

November 19th, 1002 AC: Up until this day, Twilight continued to receive multiple hateful gestures every day, presumed to be from Trixie herself. On this particular day, she receives the final piece of hate mail, which reads as follows: “Through the nightmare of future past, the unicorn longs to see, one chance out between two souls, Twilight, walk with me”.

November 20th, Year 1002 AC: Trixie attempts to take Twilight life, only to be caught in the act. Twilight is in a coma for several months, and Trixie is put into solitary confinement in a high-security prison.

June 15th, Year 1003 AC: Twilight regains consciousness after nearly eight months in a comatose state. She suffers severe memory loss, but is in otherwise good condition. She enters rehabilitation and her memory begins to return, but there seems to be a permanent blank in her memory at every point where Trixie would have been. The doctors suggest that after the traumatic experience, the concept of Trixie might be repressed in some corner of Twilight’s mind. For the sake of her successful rehabilitation, the decision is made to not to remind her of Trixie.

June 8th, Year 1009 AC: Snips and Snails leave Ponyville and become security guards at the same facility in which Trixie is being held.

June 16th, Year 1009 AC: Trixie escapes from solitary confinement. Snips and Snails are put on trial for aiding Trixie’s escape, but are found innocent on lack of evidence.

August 4th, Year 1010 AC: A fire begins at Sugarcube Corner and dominoes to cause half of Ponyville to burn down. The fire claims a total of eight lives and becomes notoriously known as “The Great Sucrose Fire”.

August 5th, Year 1010 AC: Many flee Ponyville and seek refuge in Appleloosa, Manehattan, and other cities near Ponyville. Princess Celestia commissions a new, smaller Ponyville to be constructed a mile south of the original, to keep the town running while the original is being rebuilt. This new Ponyville is given the name “Pony Peaks”. Twilight Sparkle returns to Canterlot to stay with her parents while she attempts to find a new home.

October 28th, Year 1010 AC: One anonymous tipster leaks information saying that Mr. and Mrs. Cake were paid off by a private party to report the blaze as the result of an accidental kitchen fire. At the time of the incident, nobody questioned their claim. Accidental fires have been known to cause large amounts of damage in the dry heat of August.

December 2nd, Year 1010 AC: All of Twilight Sparkle’s close friends are invited to live in Pony Peaks. Applejack is appointed as the head sheriff, but (fearing for her safety, suspecting that not all is as it seems) she takes on the alias “Millard Fillmore”. Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie and Rarity decide to open up an artisan cafe in Pony Peaks, while Rainbow Dash works weather and Fluttershy starts a lakeside veterinary center. Twilight still remains in Canterlot.

February 18th, Year 1011 AC: The events of the “Diamond Tiara” incident take place. These events are described in the following logs, beginning with “Equestrian Passage”.