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Starlight Glimmer ran into the tunnels of the snowy mountains after narrowly evading capture at the hooves of the ponies she had tried to teach her ideals of true friendship and harmony to before they turned against her.

It is in these tunnels she ran into. It is these tunnels that she will remain. Forever.

Done as a personal challenge to write a quick Season 5-based fanfic in half an hour. I hope I did good.

(Pre-season 3)
After two years of the Mane sixes destruction on their town and lives, the nobles and citizens of Ponyville take a vote about what to do with them.

After much careful choosing it is left for the princess to give the final verdict on their fates.

We doubted the queen's power. We thought nothing of her tales of strength. Why should we have believed the far fetched rumors of awesome power? Of her loyal maidens of battle? That the small country that had the gall to call itself the "Crystal Empire" was in its right a true empire?

Well, the simple answer is, we didn't. And we should have.

Then maybe the bloodshed could have been avoided. I believe that's what Queen Megan would have wanted.

-From the memoirs of an ex-Providence soldier.

Inspired by a particularly excellent piece by Equestria Prevails!

[Older story, read with a grain of salt]
She has fought it for weeks...the magic that for years has been a benevolent presence inside her, but that has grown since her transformation from unicorn to alicorn, and that is now threatening to take her over.

She cannot resist any longer.

Cover art by Creamandcheese1