Happy New Year

Days Gone By (Auld Land Syne)
As sung by Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Granny Smith

When family cannot be here
Having journeyed far and wide
We sing a song to honor them
To remember days gone by

So raise your cup and raise it high
Just as surely I'll do mine
And laugh we will at stories told
As we smile at days gone by
As we smile at days gone by

For family not here, my dears
Having journeyed far and wide
For loyalty and kindness both
We smile at days gone by

Our paths will cross again one day
In time to reunite
For family is always near
Even when the seas are wide

So take your cup and raise it high
Just as surely I'll do mine
And make a toast for family
And the tales of days gone by

For family not here, my dears
Havin' journeyed far and wide
For loyalty and kindness both
Take joy at days gone by

For loyalty and kindness both
We smile at days gone by

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Now with that out of the way, have a new story for the new year. "The Cutie Cult", which postulates whether Starlight Glimmer's cutie mark removal spell was somehow connected to the cutie pox incident in the paleopony period. And since all we know about the paleopony period is a single line from the episode "The Cutie Pox", I basically had free reign with everything.