He ran free through the field; faster than lightning, freer still than the roar of the wind between his ears. With a beautiful compass of gallop and jump, overcoming all obstacles. There was no stumbling block, rock or fault unable to overcome and nothing required any effort. He felt himself floating; yearning for speed was enough. That didn't seem true, it was too perfect.
Around him, an infinite expanse of green grass and little flowers undulated on the backs of the surrounding mountains and valleys like an ocean about to make him dizzy. He did not pause too long to contemplate the landscape: streams, bushes, grass and branches blurred under his feet because of his urgency. Giving him some attention would have been in vain, even the colors seemed to merge into one; its gallop was about to explode, it was pouncing on the meadows in such a way that it seemed to be about to take flight.
However, the aforementioned did not seem to suppose any exhausting push; not even fatigue. Everything was full enjoyment of the silent immensity, of a radiant sun calling to it with its blinding light.
His vigor and determination inflamed his spirit when he lost his gaze in the sky; He did seem to be standing still, choking deep, calling to him in a faint voice. He looked limpid, colossal, gigantic; and the happiness that flowed from him led the unicorn to wonder why everything would be so wonderful.

- Sunset ... Sunset ... Where are you going?

-To reach the skies! - Sunset Shimmer replied, vibrant with happiness. He did not question where the voice that haunted him came from or to whom it belonged. She did not ask herself why an invisible entity was contacting her or why she seemed to speak to her from the celestial depth. Everything was so extraordinary, so unreal. His thirst to get carried away was unstoppable.

- I have a dream, and I'm going to achieve it! - He continued, galloping like no other pony had ever done before, not even the fast pegasi. The wind blew over her golden and red mane, mixing her locks and ruffling it all. Suddenly the fierce pumping of his heart reached his ears, thunderous, passionate beat. And another sound engulfed the atmosphere, cradled by the whistle of the wind: its pleasant snorts, sucking in as much air as possible and releasing it like a steam train. He was happy galloping to exhaustion; He didn't know why, but he was totally happy, for once in his life.

- And are you going to reach it? The voice was vaguely familiar. He had never heard her before, but something about her made him feel at home.
- It is what was said: - Sunset Shimmer replied - "Have a dream and make it come true".
- Won't you lose your way?
- No.
- How do you know where you are going? Everything looks the same.
- Same? Equal to Equestria?

For the first time since they had started, Sunset seemed to feel tired. The hills seemed to get steeper and the air more elusive. The sun began to burn his back, and his sweaty fur showed the reverse heat. What was happening?

- You cannot know the way if there is no North, as there can be no sunset if there is no West. The stars will have no order and no meaning maps.

On the green crest of the slope, sunk in tender buds, their hooves stumbled and the slope came upon them too quickly. In order not to lose her balance altogether and go nose to nose down the hill, she was forced to caracolear, looking for where to stumble her legs. Gone were the vaporous and ethereal race, the immeasurable happiness and the perfect vision. As if everything suddenly became more real. He descended the hill entirely like this, like a runaway carriage that fails to straighten its path, leaping.

- Who you are? Where are you? I do not understand! He yelled, snorting with every change of air.
Her happiness evaporated as soon as it had invaded her, ravaged by doubt and grief. He looked around but was unable to recognize the landscape.

- Why are you stopping? You must go on!

-No, until you explain!

- Who you are?

- What? - Sunset stopped dead in the valley. She shook her nose, annoyed. - This doesn't make sense, you just called me by my name! You know very well who I am!

- But you don't know. - That angelic voice answered.

Faced with such reasoning, the unicorn failed to utter a word. He babbled unintelligibly one or two words, until he breathed out:
- I…?

- If you do not have an order you will not have a map to reach your destination. - The voice whispered again - Sunset, I need you. We need you. You are necessary.

- What? And how can I help you if I can't see you?

- A calamity is coming. Keep it in mind. Reach me, or we won't survive.

- Who you are? Where are you? - Sunset Shimmer whirled around herself, screaming at the heavens - For what you love the most, answer!

But the only answer she got was to wake up startled from that strange and inexplicable dream, wrapped in sweat, in her bed. He looked around his room at the Home to Ladies who rented rooms for foreign students at Canterlot High. Everything was covered by darkness, in immutable serenity.

Puzzled, she touched her chest, still under the effects of the resulting distress, and immediately noticed the human hand that now took the place of her old helmet. I dreamed a unicorn, he sighed to himself, I dreamed a unicorn and galloping ferociously. I was happy, I was happy! So happy ... How beautiful it was ...
Beautiful. Beautiful and terrifying. Apparently someone at the top knew her by name. And based on his sayings, he also needed her. He snuggled up under his blankets; she felt her legs tremble. Legs! Since when did he not know what it felt like to vibrate the ground at a gallop? Since when did he not neigh, or reel, or kick, or exercise his magic? Its magic! Ever since she had given up proudly wearing that horn that identified her as a unicorn, she had inadvertently buried part of herself. What had he done? Now she was human. Was she happy being human?

She began to tremble, under the power of inexplicable dismay. Soon tears welled up, clouding her warm green emerald gaze. She was unable to stop him, she was crying incessantly. He could not understand very well the causes of his feelings, it was only possible to cry and shiver. What was happening to him? Could any nightmare be so powerful? Was the time spent in that alien world, full of girls and boys, with foreign bodies, walking on two feet, being harmful? Maybe… Maybe living in such unnatural circumstances for her was showing its long-term consequences, finally.

An unusual anxiety made her jump out of bed. He ran across the room, as if the place was on fire. He stumbled over the chair that rested in front of the mirror in front of which he enlisted every morning to attend classes. She stopped dead, paralyzed by her dim reflection, blurred by the darkness. She was there, standing, she could know it. Hardly, assuming, but he could guess their human forms between shadow and light. That's not me! She thought, letting out a sob. That I am? What is this? How did I get here? What have I done with myself?

Disturbed by the vision of that night and gripped by that uncertainty that seemed determined to completely consume her soul, Sunset Shimmer put on a fluffy coat and fled the building, hiding her pajamas under the thick gamulán.