Bitter from her defeat and exile, the Mare in the Moon watches Equestria move on without her.

"You can be anything you want to be," the teacher explained, "so long as it relates to your name or cutie mark." Such is the life of Mayor Mayor, doomed to become the mayor of the demented town of ponyville. How do you escape a fate that's already determined for you?

Celestia takes a midnight stroll, and makes a rendezvous with an old foe.