The regime says they need power for the good of Equestria. The underworld says they've been corrupted by it and seeks it for itself. When law means little, but power lends security, morality suffers. Fluttershy knows that first-hoof.
Five years of cheap thrills in the big city has left Sweetie Belle in bad debt with dangerous ponies. Forced to pay up, she returns to Ponyville to seek money from an estranged sister she loathes with a passion.