When Twilight Sparkle returns to Canterlot from Equestria's frontier, the unicorn finds out just how much fashions can change. For one thing, her old friend Rarity Belle is now an alicorn.
Some of you have read Le Guin's classic, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas." I bring you a story from the perspective of the starved child in the cellar, shying fearfully from a mop. Also, ponies. (Content Warning: Child abuse.)
Backed into a corner with a drought, Applejack and Rarity's idyllic life on their farm is facing harder and harder challenges. When an unexpected disaster worsens a bad situation, they will have to make the ultimate decision for their family.
On the dwarf planet of Ceres, where stones are old and the ice is cold, Sunset Shimmer has to face the question of her future. Can another world really give her the perspective she needs to sort her questions out?
"Harmony doomed us. I killed Cozy Glow (although she was always a robot). If anycreature remains, heed this warning." -Former Princess Twilight Sparkle.
When Appleoosa Station was destroyed, only Scootaloo's bravery saved two hundred souls from a cold, airless death. The problem is, her version of the story doesn't agree with the official account.
"An Age of Darkness will come when the lessons of Harmony are forgotten. When Equestria reaches this darkest hour, the Protectors of Equestria will return to lead the way back to Harmony." -- The Final Prophecy of Princess Flurry Heart
High adventure on the forgotten frontiers of Equestria is way outside of Sugar Moonlight's paygrade. Sunny Starscout couldn't care less. Not that that mare ever could.