Tirek has been defeated, but at great cost: while he has been sent back into Tartarus, none of his misdeeds could be undone. Equestria is left without magic, and… without cutie marks. And so, in grim idleness, the Cutie mark crusaders wonder how to save their club.

But idleness, it is said, is the mother of all vices.

A tragedy in two acts and one epilogue.

This text is paired with Crusade at Midnight Castle by the gifted Carabas and Bring me the head of the Cutie mark crusaders by the effulgent CCC, whose approaches are radically different.

Sleeve courtesy of Psychicwalnut. Proofread by the Equestria-Daily-featured Carabas.