Starlight Glimmer awaits her punishment at the hooves of Twilight Sparkle and her friends.

After so many years, Starlight Glimmer gets to meet her best friend who's been gone for so long... Sunburst... The two share a moment between each other.

Proofread by Zoetic Zebra!

Starlight Glimmer is TRYING to be a good friend, but she just has this awful tendency to overreact at just about anything.

Like trying to rule over an entire village of brainwashed ponies because a friend moved away.

Starlight is staying with Twilight temporarily. Problem is, Starlight is struggling with her feelings about friendship. She doesn't want to be left alone again and it only served to feed her nightmare. Things become emotional when a certain old friend of hers shows up at the castles front doors.

After turning over a new leaf, Starlight takes it upon herself to find a friend she hasn't seen since she was a filly.

Apple Bloom wakes up hungry, goes downstairs to grab a snack, and spots Big Mac.

What's he doing up so early?

One day Trixie shows up at Twilight's door. She has decided to atone for her misdeeds through an ancient Unicorn tradition-becoming Twilight's slave.

"Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine!"

When Fluttershy tells Discord this harmless joke, she gets a lot more than she bargained for.

Welcome to Ponyville, the most equal and joyous town in all of Equestria. We pride ourselves in our unity, in our conformity to the one true harmony. Discover why your heart aches and why hostility thrives around you. We welcome all guests to visit us and explore the truths they so yearn to find. You'll find we're all smiles here.

Join us today and feel your free thoughts whisk away. We do not express uniqueness here, thus, no conflict has or will ever come to our town. Come one, come all, and join the hundreds who have given up their cutie marks to bond in the joy of sameness.

After all, we're all equal here.

- Your gracious and benevolent overseer, Starlight Glimmer

"Sometimes somepony needs to be superior."

After her role in the Helping Hooves Music Festival, Rara "Coloratura" heads backstage to take a moment. In just one day, so many things happened to her. All of them life changing. She fired her manager, she changed her image and musical style, and she reconnected with her oldest friend. All of it being incredibly overwhelming.

The last time she felt so overwhelmed was...

A thank you to my pre-readers Tatsurou and Merc the Jerk.