"Starlight," Party Favor said, a painfully forced grin on his face as he approached the leader of Our Town in the middle of the street.
"Yes, Party Favor," Starlight said, a small smile on her face. An acute observer would notice the smile wasn't reaching her eyes.
"Um, instead of taking away cutie marks to enforce equality among ponies," Party Favor said, the smile becoming more brittle, "maybe we could, I don't know, demand and lobby for economic and social reforms that end the privileges of the nobility and replace the guilds with a free market economy based on fair competition."
"Why Party Favor," Starlight said happily, "that is a wonderful idea."
"Really?"
"Yes," Starlight said, her smile becoming mocking. "I'm gonna put it on my suggestion side of the refrigerator so I'll see it daily."
"Really," Party Favor said excitedly.
"Anything for you, my best buddy," Starlight said.
"Best?" Party Favor said with excitement.
"Everypony is my best friend/kidnapped slave in Our Town," Starlight gushed, "but you're so special-" Starlight noticed her slip of the tongue. "Oh, wait, actually, you are not special. You aren't special at all. Nopony is here." Starlight shrugged. "Sorry for suggesting you had any originality."
"Oh," Party Favor said before trotting away dejectedly.
Starlight returned to her cabin late at night. Shutting the door, she let out a happy but tired sigh.
"Well, I've done a good job of ensuring a better society," Starlight said. "I deserve a treat." She reached into her cupboard and pulled out a box of the fanciest Canterlot chocolates on the market, biting into them. "I truly represent the common pony," she said as she swallowed the luxury chocolates and put on her overpriced Saddle Arabian silk gown.
"Of course, most ponies like Party Favor have silly ideas," she said as she rested her head on her custom griffin feather bed and pillow. "So they need a smart pony like me to lead them like an obnoxious busybody into equality."
"Ha Ha Ha," Starlight cackled as she galloped away with the cutie marks of the bearers, "I will ensure those ponies will never-"
BAM!
Starlight fell to the ground, her head in throbbing agony. To her horror, her horn had been blown off, with blood flowing from the stump. She saw that the jar she was carrying fell to the ground and shattered, releasing the cutie marks of those annoying ponies.
She heard fluttering above her head and saw the yellow pegasus hovering above her with Party Favor on her back, shotgun in hoof. "Hey, Starlight," Party Favor joked as she approached his former master, "did you have a blast?!"
Fluttershy rolled her eyes and shook her head in disapproval at the pun.
"Please don't arrest me," Starlight said, pleading for mercy. "I didn't mean any harm."
"You locked the Princess of Harmony in captivity, held ponies against their will, and used forbidden magic to tip the cutie marks away from ponies," Fluttershy said.
"But...but I have a tragic backstory," Starlight said.
"What is it?"
Starlight looked to the ground, angry tears forming on her face. "My best friend moved away."
"That's terrible," Fluttershy said, her voice dripping with sarcastic concern, "You couldn't possibly, oh, I don't know, send him a letter?!" Fluttershy yelled at the injured mare in an unimpressed tone. Starlight let out a sheepish smile and looked desperately at Party Favor.
"Party Favor, remember all the nice things I did for you?"
"You mean kidnapping me, stealing my cutie mark, taking all my money, subjecting me to months of mental torture, giving me nothing but scraps, and making me live in a dirty cabin?"
"Yes," Starlight said with a happy smile. "We've had such good times together-" Starlight stopped at her Party Favor wrapped confetti around Starlight's muzzle, shutting up her protests. Starlight's muffles dialed down as two royal guards flew into Our Town. After communicating with the Bearers, they wrapped Starlight in chains, put gauze over the broken stump of her horn, and dragged her to a carriage that would transport her to Equestria for trial.
"Man, these work so well," Party Favor said, gushing about his pistol. "Man, that has got to hurt," Party Favor said, gritting his teeth and wincing at Starlight's blown-off horn.
"Don't worry," Fluttershy said warmly as she watched Starlight's arrest. "She wanted to be closer to Sunburst, and now she can visit her all the time in Canterlot jail."