(Art used by permission of andoanimalia.)

Is this an AU? Maybe not, if you read all the way to the end. Maybe one pony just happened to be visiting the right place at the right time for whatever reason, maybe doing research.

_{(You can read this story by itself, but it's 'technically' a sequel to This Story Will Lose the Contest Or Be Disqualified, and That's Ok (The "Add Story Button" Story))}