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One moment, Starlight Glimmer was looking through Spike’s comic collection. The next, she found herself pulled into a magical comic featuring the Power Ponies! But this time, the comic has cast our hero as The Red Menace, a sometime-ally, sometime-rival of the Power Ponies, who uses the strange powers of her sentient beard to bring a tough brand of justice to the streets of Maretropolis.

When another outsider reveals herself, and Starlight is pulled into a high-stakes battle royale, the question is: can both Starlight and her adversary find a way to escape the comic world, or is it winner-take-all?

This story was expanded from its original appearance in the August 2016 Writeoff ("* Princess Not Included") with the assistance of Moosetasm! Fantastic custom cover art by the illustrious iojknmiojknm! Featured on Equestria Daily 12Jan.2017