After a staggering loss and lucky retreat from the collapsing battlefields of New Mareland, Equestria and its neighbouring allies stand as the last bastion of freedom in the world. Tasked with defending ponykind, the Royal Equestrian Air-force and the Equestrian Royal Navy have been particularly active, working round the clock to keep Equestria's skies and seas free of Griffon forces.

Chapters have been unpublished while rewrite is taking place. Written using British spelling.

Prince Blueblood thought the Grand Galloping Gala was over. He thought he could just go to sleep and put it behind him. He never expected to be reliving the same disaster of a day, over and over... and over.

TV tropes page here:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/TheBestNightEver

Thanks to all the people who wrote the page and all the people who gave me a little wakeup call and comment to become aware of that fact! You can't see it, but you guys put a real smile on my face tonight.

Also, recently, extra thanks to RD Dash for giving TBNE a thorough editing. I've updated the fic accordingly (7.11.12)