So the plan didn't work. Well, that wasn't the first time for Cozy Glow, nor for Chrysalis or Tirek. There was something in this world that made all their plans, while quite successful at the beginning, always fail in the end. Is it the Magic of Friendship that always prevails for some reason? But what Cozy Glow was doing was the same thing, she was collecting friends and using them to help her take over Equestria. Was it any different from what Twilight did? She wasn't sure about that, and that knowledge wouldn't be very useful in her current state anyway. Along with her two villainous friends she was turned to stone, which seemed like a really harsh treatment for a child like her, not to mention her imprisonment earlier. Are Twilight and the others really as good and caring as most ponies think, if they did something like this?
Suddenly, Cozy felt something. She didn't really feel anything in her stone form, so this was unexpected. She felt... freedom! Her muscles hurt after all that period of inactivity, but for her it was like the best feeling ever: she could move again!
But who did it? This question was answered quickly, as Cozy saw a pony near her. What was really strange is that the pony was an alicorn!
"Who are you?" She asked, but then she realized something. "Golly, I remember you! You're that little alicorn baby, heiress to the Crystal Empire! If you're my age now, then I must have been here for quite a while..." While in her stone form, Cozy was vaguely aware of her surroundings, but she totally lost her sense of time. But seeing Flurry Heart's age changed that: it must have been several years. The alicorn's motivation remained a mystery though, and Cozy hoped to find it out soon.