Ever since the ponies of the once-Markless town rose up to Starlight Glimmer, things seemed like they were starting to look up for everyone. Ponies that once had their destinies taken from them were now freed from the lies and slander that they'd been made to believe.

However, in a last ditch escape plan, Starlight vanished into a mountain cave, likely to never return. In this alternate take of events in the Season 5 Premiere, the gang did decide to confront her in the end, but what they found was an evil unlike anything else...