Twilight Sparkle's friends all passed a long time ago. Would it really be so bad to go back in time and see them? Just once?

Ten years after Celestia disappeared, Dash is accidentally transported to a strange world – and in her race to escape the System, she faces an enemy she never expected.

Her oldest friend tries to save her, but they both discover it's too late.

She noticed the pony for the first time when she was young, not long after she'd received her cutie mark. He became her oldest friend.

As Hearth's Warming nears, Applejack celebrates in her own private way.