She smiles at him every time she comes to visit the stately home where he works as a gardener, but Dilly Daliér has never spoken to her.
Nor will he ever.
Because he's a mule and she's a unicorn, and those are the rules.
Written as an entry for the WBA April Writing Contest
Dilly Daliér is a mule with a dream that can never be.
For her entire life, Twilight has believed that the ponies of Equestria live together in harmony. When she wakes in a strange town, in a body no longer her own, she must face the possibility that Equestria's harmony may be less than she believed
Every year, across Equestria, donkeys gather for the Festival of Lights, to dance, to sing. And to remember.