After the encounter with Starlight Glimmer and the Staff of Sameness – that is, the apparently reversible magic of a manipulative unicorn – Rainbow Dash’s dreams turn towards the permanence of such equality.

There is a village where everypony can be the same.

You may have read some nasty things about it. Rumors of stolen cutie marks and power-mad unicorns. Tall tales about forced smiles and frightened glances.

It's all lies. All except the part about us wanting to escape. That's true.

It's why we came here in the first place.

Winner of the May Writeoff Event.

Celestia invites Twilight over to help her plan for the next Grand Galloping Gala.

Twilight raises some questions about Celestia's plans.

An unknown curse has stricken Twilight, and nothing can get her to rise from her bed. As her friends wonder what to do, Princess Luna offers one possible solution: to send another into her mind. Down the rabbit hole into the mindscape they go, to learn more about their friend than many would have guessed.

Special thanks to SoothingCoffee, Jake The Army Guy, and PegasusMesa

While relaxing on the beach and thinking of her past, Gilda encounters Scootaloo and the two agree to converse. However, their discussion takes an unexpected turn.

Thanks to HarmsytheWoonalova and Hianloland for pre-reading this story.

After Adagio sends her a message through Sunset's journal, Twilight crosses the portal to meet with her.

Edited by Derpator, Rainedash, and Bad_Seed_72!

Now in Spanish!

Art graciously provided by SkycatcherEQ!

Twilight discovers that a new tea shop has opened up in Ponyville with an owner a bit on the tyrannical and overlordy side. However, business seems to be booming, even if the proprietor is still totally evil... with his prices!

Big thanks to my editors Majin Syeekoh, Skeeter The Lurker, and Themaskedferret for all their wonderful help!

The awesome cover art can be found here.

All great leaders begin somewhere. Also, they fail somewhere down the line, but hey, you can't make a revolutionary government without cracking some eggs. For Starlight, she just ran out of eggs to crack and is now on the run, her own little slice of utopia utterly ruined.

However, she has a plan. A plan that cannot fail! A plan that involves her escaping through the tunnels of the mountains, writing a manifesto proclaiming her greatness, and then for her to set up a new town somewhere far away from Princess Twilight.

The manifesto part, as it turns out, is the most difficult to pull off of the bunch. Who would've guessed?

Big thanks to my editor SirTruffles for all his wonderful help and advice!

Also, yes, the title is supposed to be spelled like that. I enjoy rhyming, how 'bout you?

Roseluck discovers something horribly wrong with her garden. Blossomforth knows how to fix it—or does she?

Thanks to bathroomstahl for pre-reading this story.

Rainbow Dash walks in on Twilight pondering her existence.

Like, really pondering her existence.

Preread by Rainedash!

Youtube Reading by Wander MD!