Not so long ago, Nightmare Moon's thousand year banishment ended, and she returned to Equestria, seeking to cover the world in eternal night.
But six mares had come together in friendship, and had utilized the Elements of Harmony, stripping the Nightmare away to reveal Princess Luna, the younger sister of Princess Celestia. She had been restored to her former status, and Equestria was at peace.
But something strange had happened. The Elements had broken in half, each half fusing with a half from a different element.
Generosity had fused with Magic, while Loyalty merged with Kindness. Then Magic had united with Honesty, as Laughter was met with Kindness. And finally, Honesty partnered with Generosity, with Laughter and Loyalty intertwining.
Some said that the shattering of the Elements and their reforming heralded a new age of peace for Equestria. Others took it as a sign that the years ahead would be dark and troubling, filled with threats that could destroy everything that they had worked so hard to build.
Currently, however, Pink Dash had other things on her mind than saving Equestria.
"Hi there! Has anyone seen Rain Shy?" she asked. The mare whom she had asked pointed at a nearby cloud. "Thanks!!"
Rain Shy, who had been lazing around on the cloud, bolted upright, a look of panic on her face. She bolted, leaving a rainbow streak behind her as she sped away.
Pink Dash launched herself into the air, exclaiming, "Ooooh, a race!" She flapped her own wings, and the chase was on.
Rain Shy looked back over her shoulder. Seeing Pink Dash following her, her face darkened, and she flew faster, her wings blurring.
Pink Dash, leaving a pink trail across the sky, matched Rain Shy's increase in speed, her blue eyes still unfazed.
Rain Shy suddenly dived, arching down into the woods of the Everfree forest. Pink Dash followed.
The two mares, one chasing the other, weaved among the trees even as they accelerated, vines and tree trunks blurring past.
A manticore was startled out of his wits as a rainbow-colored streak traveled between him and the forest floor, followed just moments later by a pink blur that flew through the same small gap. He stared after the already disappeared phenomenon, wondering if he had just encountered a hallucination.
A very short time later, the two pegasi emerged from the forest, having already broken the sound barrier while in its depths - which the Ursas had not been pleased about, but, seeing as there was no way they could catch the fast-moving pair, had gone back into deep slumber. Now, Rain Shy suddenly swerved upward, streaking up into the sky, Pink Dash still hot on her tail.
A cone of turbulence began to form around Rain Shy's outstretched hooves. An identical cone started coming into existence around Pink Dash just milliseconds later.
The two barriers stretched out, and the breaking point was nearly reached.
Then it was surpassed, and a rapidly expanding circle of rainbow erupted into existence, spewing a solid rainbow up into space. Just microseconds later, a circle of vibrant pink detonated inside the first, a solid beam of unmistakeable pink rocketing along the trail blazed by the rainbow.
Then Pink Dash, moving just fractionally faster due to the preexisting trail blazed by Rain Shy, collided with her.
The resulting explosion for a brief second outshone the sun.
When it faded into a colorful fireball, the two pegasi were nowhere to be seen.
Twily walked out of the inter-dimensional portal, sighing in relief as it sealed behind her, now knowing the solution to her problem.
Then, a pink mare emerged, quite literally, from nowhere, plowing into her.
Twily's instinctive reaction saved them both, a magic shield snapping automatically into existence around both her and the mare, with a dividing magical wall interposing itself instantly between them.
A massive gouge was carved into existence in the soil of Ponyville.
Twily got up, looking at the strange mare. She looked like a cross between the body of her friend flash with the color of her friend Pinshy.
"Shoot."
Twilight, having told Twily how to fix her problem, had, after catching up with her brother and her sister-in-law, returned to Ponyville. She now sat on her throne, looking at the table-map.
Then a massive explosion blew the castle to bits.
Fortunately, no one beside Twilight was there.
Twilight emerged from the rubble, her eyes blazing.
"I JUST HAD THIS PLACE REDECORATED!!!!!"