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// The Begining 
// Story: Rising Night 
// by Father Mordteiva 
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Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria. There were two regal sisters who ruled together and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn. The younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus the two sisters maintained the balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon and make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young ones heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon. She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic to ponydom: The Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of The Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and tried to save her from her own darkness. In the end the elements failed. Unable to be used to destroy another, the elements made Nightmare Moon and the younger Sister one and banished her from Equestria. The eldest had restored harmony to the kingdom, but at a cost for one the elements shattered at the betrayal between the two sisters leaving only the Element of Magic behind to enact their final judgment, and the eldest was left to mourn her lost sister. But the Nightmare did not falter and soon took a land of her own where night reigns eternally. The nations and cultures of the world banded together under her threat and to this day the eldest, as queen, helps fight to protect the lands from the Nightmare Forces that seek to consume it.