Scarlett Twinkle was born during the reign of King Sombra, the evil dictator that ruled over the Crystal Empire for many years. Forced into slavery as a filly, her life feels like its ending before it even has really begun. When King Sombra is banished and the Crystal Empire vanishes, Scarlett is thrown into a kind of hyper sleep, like all of the crystal ponies were. When the Crystal Empire pops back up after 1000 years, it's as if none of the ponies aged. This is the story about how Scarlett Twinkle grew up in a world that wanted to tear her down.