The Paths Beneath Us

Deep beneath Equestria, donkeys work in the mines, just as they’ve always done. Except for Mica and her twin sister.

The deepest gem mines were there before Equestria, and so were the donkeys. Every facet of their way of life, from its trials to its triumphs, has stood unchanged for eons.

Mica knows this. She also knows accidents happen; the last one took her parents. Hopefully she and her twin sister can survive the next.