The Cutie Mark Crusaders encounter a strange plant in the Everfree Forest, and Zecora helps them out of a sticky situation. Later, Zecora decides to share a story of an ancient kingdom, and how it fell to the trap of envy.

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Tagged with dark just in case. No blood or gore in here though. Scout's honor.

Cover art supplied by the extra awesome white-tigress-12158: link