Starlight Glimmer has worked hard to bring about her vision of perfection. Molding ponies to fit where they were supposed to and making them happier for it. Pity no one told her that when they made the Great and Powerful Trixie, they broke the mold.
There's a new mare teaching young unicorn foals about magic but nopony knows who she is. It's up to the Cutie mark crusaders to find out who really is underneath that cloak.
A pony's parents play a role in what they will become or believe, depending how they're raised, feed, and respected. However, there are some cases where a foal will be whatever they are born and nothing more. But that doesn't have to
[One-Shot] A not-quite-mare named Glitter Shell goes on a trip to find some acceptance and maybe even some affection; for ponies like her, hate is far more common.