Skies were mostly clear with some small fluffy clouds dotted across it. The Sun shone high in the sky as the morning past and it was getting closer to mid-day. There was nothing strange or abnormal about today. That was until it all started.
A tall, thin mare kept to the shadows around the edge of the dark and mysterious Everfree forest. Her emerald green eyes darted around to make sure there were no prying eyes. The dark shimmer from the mare's purple mane helped to conceal her silvery grey coat in the nearby foliage. As she gazed around the nearby open grassland between her and the village, she reached around with her head, so she could get at her saddlebags. She shuffled the contents of her bag around till she found a necklace with a light cyan gemstone attached to it. The light caught the gemstone for a second and as it did it reflected the different runes sketched lightly into it. Sitting back on her hocks she used her fore-hooves she swung the silver chain that was attached to the stone. After a short time, the stone glowed brightly for a short minute. The light died down and so the mare's mane, eye and coat colour started to change. Her mane turned a bleached blond colour while her eyes turned a shade of cyan. The coat colour turned a lighter shade of grey-blue to complete her look. The wind picked up and blew parts of the young mare's mane out of place. After a minute of sorting her mane back into place and inspecting her appearance, she sighed in despair.
'If only I didn't have to hide my face every time I have to go into town…' the thought came to mind as she proceeded to head out of the shadows and towards the town named Ponyville.
The town was full of life as always. Everypony shuffled towards stalls for their goods and met with their friends. All except the pegasus mare with the blue gem necklace that just walked casually into town. As she walked through she glanced up to see the massive white sphere in the sky. She stopped and stood to look up at it. It had been a couple of years since it had shown up. Just out of no-where. No-pony knew what it was but Princess Celestia called it the Traveller. According to her, it was here to lead us into a new age of prosperity. The Pegasus rolled her eyes at that thought. 'Prosperity. Yeah right.' she thought sarcastically in her mind. She paced on and went through a few stalls. Buying the things, she needed and making sure they were in pristine condition. She placed them in her saddlebags and continued to walk on. Across the street, a dusty brown stallion with a bright orangey-red mane and his friends were looking at the young mare from afar.
"Hm…guys… doesn't that mare look familiar?" The stallion leaned over and sneered to his friends. They all eyed her suspiciously. She carried on slowly to a fruit and veg stall but what caught their eyes was the necklace. The shine of the stone glistened in the sunlight enticing their attention to it. The mare examined the produce carefully and picked out a bundle of strawberries with some raspberries. The stallion keeping his eyes locked on the mare. 'No…It can't be.' He thought.