Supposed to be read in addition with 'MLP Laboratories- The Outbreak'. Not in chronological order. The 'MLP Laboratories: the Outbreak' -Level at the beginning of each 'Freak Show' episode indicates between which two episodes of the main storyline it taking place.

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Twilight and her friends struggle to escape the treacherous world created to exploit them. But what is real, and what is merely a nightmare? Who are these ponies, where are they, and when? But most importantly: Will they be able to fight for their freedom- and to survive their horrible adventures?

Rarity is at her wits' end. Try as she might, she can't come up with an idea for her charity fundraiser. But Applejack can, and now she has to convince Rarity and Fluttershy to take part in the last thing either of them wants to do.

In a world where life is often worthless, death has a price. That is why the bounty hunters have appeared. An economic depression has hit Equestria forcing many to turn to a life of crime and others to seek a fortune from the lucrative bounties offered on the lives of notorious bandits. When Granny Smith gets sick, the Apples are forced to find new methods to maintain their way of life...

The Zone, a thirty kilometer exclusion zone, seperated from the rest of the world, radioctivity and mutants were its inhabitants. A young 'stalker' by the name of Nikolai Odski, travels into the Zone, searching for rare artifacts and money, neither though, anyone knew where his journey would end.
Curiosity got the best of the Russian youngster, and so he entered, the man made hell.

A minor accident at Sweet Apple Acres sends Big Macintosh to Ponyville in the middle of applebuck season. At first, things seem fine. But then some of the mares begin acting a little...oddly.

Then very oddly. Turns out every other stallion skipped town for a very good reason.

When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.

*6-16-2017 Edit, added Rainbow Dash tag because it triggered knighty.*

War comes to Equestria: with despair, with starvation, with suffering and with sacrifice. And the ponies must learn how to keep true to their values while surviving not just the rigors of battle, but the desolation of total war.