The giraffes first originated from the badlands- but as tension with the zebras and the ponies of Equestria grew, and the megaspells began pouring from the sky like meteor showers, the giraffes were forced into hiding, in stables that were not their own... Aielle just happened to be one of those giraffe's great great granddaughters, and she was not the type to be bothered with coops that were meant for nothing but chickens. So, on a stormy night, a century from the very night that Canterlot was disintegrated by the pink cloud; she left.