It was a dark night in Canterlot that day. The stars were covered by mist, and the moon was unable to be seen, since it was a new moon. A silhouette appeared through a window, inside one of the many buildings crammed together. Inside, was a filly Twilight Sparkle, studying away in her room, around 3 piles of books surrounding her, each being about 10 books tall. A knock.

"I'm coming!" the filly said. "Maybe Mom and Dad's already home!" she thought, but quite the opposite had happened.

It has been a week since Twilight's parents died from a tornado, on the way to a Wonderbolts show. The news crushed the foal, but she persisted to being now the only inhabitant in her house, since Shining Armor went to Royal Guard training earlier that year. She was going to the market, since it was a Sunday and Twilight was running out of supplies to cook, and she wanted to be a responsible pony. At least, that would've been her parents' last wishes.

Inside the market, she accidentally bumped into another filly. A pegasus pony, with a cyan coat, rainbow-colored mane, and purple eyes. She seemed lost, unsure where to go.

"Hi! What's your name?" Twilight asked.

"I'm Rainbow Dash, and you?" the filly, now identified as Rainbow Dash, asked.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle," Twilight said. "Where are your parents?"

"Oh... uh... they're around... somewhere. Yours?" the other filly replied.

"I'm not the only one who lost my parents... am I?" Twilight asked.

Suddenly, a ringing sound overtook her.

“Twilight? Twilight?”

”There should be a pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds,” a dragon had said.

“Is that… me?” Twilight thought, she saw an older version of herself, looking around to the sky. “Well, she isn’t doing a good job, is she?” Crash.

“Rainbow Dash?” She saw an older Rainbow Dash, giggling at her mistake. “Lemme help you.”

Then, the vision shattered.

“Hello? Equestria to Twilight, please answer,” a worried Rainbow Dash said.

Twilight gasped in shock. She had finally snapped from the vision. “Did you see that too? Or was it just me?” Rainbow Dash just shrugged.

Rainbow Dash agreed to stay at Twilight's place. And thus, a friendship began, that would change Equestria for years to come.

Author's Note

And so, the story begins!

Also, check out the story it's based on!

"Little Glimpses" by Skijarama: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/380650/little-glimpses