On a day like any other, the Pie family gets a surprise visit from Spike and Pinkie Pie.

Spike doesn't even know it happened.

Being locked in a small, confined house for several hours wouldn't be so bad, if there was a bathroom to use. And Pinkie Pie needs to go badly.

Season 5 spoilers!!!

The village had been perfect, free from the inequality and misery rampant throughout the rest of Equestria. Then Twilight Sparkle and her so-called friends arrived and ruined everything.

But all hope is not lost. Starlight Glimmer has a plan to restore her lost utopia on a much vaster scale.

After all, it's not like that purple princess was friends with anything worse.

Story contains spoilers for the Season 5 premiere, nonspecific allusions to torture, and nuts. Story does not contain Nikita Khruschev or shoes.

After she and her friends reveal Starlight Glimmer's secret, Twilight attempts to give the ex-mayor of the equal ponies village the same lesson in friendship she gives to every evil being they come across.

With distinctive and significant differences.

Cover art by dm29

Starlight Glimmer has successfully trapped and equalized the former Bearers of the Elements of Harmony.
Starlight Glimmer has successfully trapped and equalized Princess Twilight and Princess Celestia.
Now everypony will experience true equality. Nothing can stand in the way of her triumph.

...right?

Edit: Made it into the Popular Box. Hooray.

Another day, another skiing trip. Double Diamond now has the blessing of having a friend accompany him on his outings. On the other hoof, he finds it strange that Party Favor goes with him more often than Sugar Belle or Night Glider. Something is up with the balloon-making stallion. But what?

Perhaps a little advice from a local specialist might point him in the right direction.

NOTES
1. The story involves season 5 spoilers. Watch the first two episodes before reading this.
2. This is M/M fluff.
3. Double Favor for the win.
4. I'll add in the character tags if/when Double Diamond and Party Favor get any.
5. Made the Popular Stories list.

As always, the art is by BlackWater (me)

Read the sequel here! A SOMBRA END

Starlight Glimmer ran into the tunnels of the snowy mountains after narrowly evading capture at the hooves of the ponies she had tried to teach her ideals of true friendship and harmony to before they turned against her.

It is in these tunnels she ran into. It is these tunnels that she will remain. Forever.

Done as a personal challenge to write a quick Season 5-based fanfic in half an hour. I hope I did good.

After being chased out of the town she helped create, Starlight can't help but feel completely alone in her quest to spread equality across Equestria.

That's when she stumbles upon a strange creature called a human named Amon who shares the same interest; Equality. They both take a liking to each other and a strange but powerful relationship forms as they decide to use their ideals, equalize all of Equestria, and in turn, make sweet equality together!

Events take place before The Cutie Remarking

Disclaimer: Legend of Korra character crossover. If you haven't seen at least the first season of Legend of Korra, it might get a little confusing.

Twilight Sparkle and her friends do that thing that you just watched.

Contains season 5 spoilers

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?