Sunset Shimmer decided to take a break in Equestria. What she didn't count for was going on quest to slay a dragon in a distant land, with 14 strange little fellows and a wizard.
It was incredibly rare to find a pony so pathetic and deprived of love and affection that they’d turn to somepony like him for comfort. Love, Stygian realised, and everypony's selfish desire for it, had bestowed him with a sense of normalcy.