"It is said that long ago, when the lands of Equestria were fresh and new, that the Alicorn Dagon ruled a mighty and ancient Kingdom known as Coronet; built high in the Chocktaw mountains. The mountains were large and gnarled but beheld within their stony faces gems of such brilliance never seen by pony eyes before. These gems were so rare that the King himself created a royal decree that any pony who mined such a beauty would bring it unto him in exchange for a wish granted.
Many years passed before the first gem was found. A ruby, it was, that dazzled in the sunlight like a brilliant flame. The pony who brought it to the King asked, in exc