Princess Luna's chariot-pullers pull over on the edge of the Everfree forest while she makes a Nightmare Night visit to Ponyville. All that's left to do is tolerate each other, and possibly fight off a monster that threatens to destroy everything. Surely nothing could go wrong.

Image by Tess, sourced from Poonibooru.

Twilight Sparkle is a gifted student and scholar. When she attempts to harness her creative side by writing a science-themed sensual romance novel, however, things rapidly get out of hoof. Can her friends stage an intervention before she humiliates herself (and them) at a prestigious literature recital?

No. No, they cannot.

"It's so nice to see you again!" said the thing that was not Celestia. "Oh yes, I know who you are, Twilight Sparkle. I had a taste of your magic the first time we met. Mortals forget things so easily, I find. Allow me to refresh your memory: you tried to kill me. But you failed, Twilight Sparkle. You only mostly killed me. And I guess that makes you one very unlucky little pony."