Side Story to The Night is Passing set in Chapter 25, " And behold, a Pale Horse, and his name that sat on him was Death".

The Mitou, great monsters out of myth and legend, have surrounded the capital of the Crystal Empire. The world has fallen apart. The center did not hold. Rarity's party of three that came to the Empire to find food for the refugees of Canterlot have only found a trap that closed around them. They have nowhere to go, and on the eve of battle, Rarity and Rainbow find some solace in the old pegasus ritual of battle paint. But proximity and fear blossom into confession as they work out each other's salvation in fear and trembling.