Twilight, a young alicorn at Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, is interrupted in her studying by a fellow student who wants to know about some things that changed when she ascended. Before she knows it, she's telling her new acquaintance the tale of how she fell in love with magic, how her brother and the other Element Bearers helped her to rise up . . .

. . . and how she fell to dark magic and nearly destroyed them.

Loosely based on an old blog post by RealityCheck.

Prereaders: MyHobby, Kai Creech, My wife