What if anypony could become an alicorn...whether they really wanted to or not?

What if they couldn't make the changes stop?

This story features Sunset Shimmer x Starlight Glimmer (shipping contest!), but not in the usual way.

Art credit: a cropped, smaller version of an image by spellboundcanvas, used by permission.

^{Thanks for suggesting Caneighdian placenames when they didn't know why I was asking should go to...oh, a lot of people, but I guess I don't even get to name some of them.}