Day Roark is used to odd things happening to him, but he never expected that he'd wake up in the middle of a forest on an alien planet doomed to destruction. He also never expected to witness the death of a goddess who names herself Celestia. In the final hour before her death, Celestia makes the choice to send him back to the Equestria of her youth, back billions of years to when magic still called Equus home and she could care for her subjects. But why does he have such a strong link to the Everfree? And why does she send him, an unknown human, back to her youth - before ponykind outgrew their home and left for the stars?

The Everfree holds many secrets and Day just received the keys.

Things you should know:
Previously named To Witness the Death of a God, a semi-serious oneshot.
Character and Genre tags will be added as needed.
This is AU until or unless I feel like retconning this to be inline with Season 3 and 4.
I'm prone to change story mood on a whim, mind the emotional whiplash.