Luna wants to protect her little ponies too. It is her duty to step into their slumber and keep them safe from the horrors of the Dreamtime. But she has been away for a thousand years, and before she can help others face their nightmares, she must come to terms with her own. As she tries to transcend reality and enter into the sea of dreams, Luna remembers how she let hatred into her heart, and the price both she and her Nightguard paid for her fall.
Can she ever earn forgiveness for her crimes? Perhaps Equestria truly is better off with just one Princess to rule over the day and night. She is small, her body weakened by the Elements of Harmony, and this beautiful world her sister watches over has no need for her.
No. No, we will not be forgotten. It is our duty to guard the dreams of our subjects, and guard them we shall!
AMAZING!
You deserve a medal.
Unimpressive Vagaries sent me here.
A decent read, to be sure. Not superb, like you said, but still enjoyable. Grammatically sound too, I might add.
Nice going!
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He's too kind. A lot of far more worthy stories get buried, that's the awesome thing about groups and recommendations. This story has more sentimental value to me than real value for a reader, I think, because it's been on my hard drive for so very long. Thanks for the comment, it's always great to hear from a reader!
Also, wait, wait, aren't you the guy from the Las Pegasus Tribune? Unimpressive Vagaries sent you?
Admin of a group, buddies with all manner of important people... What's next, he's going to pull Lauren Faust out of his back pocket? 
What the hay, he deserves it, Moonlight was a really good read!
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Words for the word pit, stories for the story throne! Ponies! Let the universe drown in them! Mua-ha-ha-hah-ah!
A-hem, but in all seriousness I'm really glad you enjoyed the story! I'm pretty sure that Faust must have a few squads of Space Marines in her attic somewhere, there's just too many natural parallels to 40k for it to be pure coincidence!
3515471 I hope she has some Chaos Space Marines as well. I know I would have both if I could afford it.
I like it. ANOTHER! *smash*...But seriously. I thought this was a straight crossover with 40k.
well I have nothing to say except This is an amazing story
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I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! If you're looking for another good Luna-focused story, I'm obligated to mention Unimpressive Vagaries' Moonlight. He's a good writer, as evidenced by the numerous accolades he's gotten for his work!
I hope you'll check out the rest of my stories too, and let me know what you think of them.
4936270 of course I will thx for the suggestion
I'm sorry for what I'm about to unleash upon this comment section: I run a Blood Angels army, and that lore is based.
The dragon is Sanguinius. Horus (Luna) and Sanguinius (the dragon) fought on Horus's battle barge Vengeful Spirit.
Nowhere do I remember GI Joe doing this, but my Chapter has the psychic imprint of the torturous death of Sanguinius in their very gene-seed.
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You hit the nail on the head, to the point that spoiler tags would be in order!
My goal with this story was to build it out of Hasbro-controlled properties. I was even considering a Tonka reference at one point!
Since there are already a bunch of Warhammer 40k parallels in FiM, I wanted to recreate that iconic moment at the height of the Horus Heresy. However, I also wanted to add in a bit of subtext that directly related to Hasbro properties we all know and love. If you think about it, MLP has only recently taken center stage. During the 80s, GI Joe ruled the scene, in no small part due to the TV show that was created with the help of Marvel. However, modern day GI Joe cartoons are nowhere near as beloved. The "torch has been passed" to MLP, thanks to Lauren Faust's brilliant revitalization of the franchise through the cartoon. I felt that GI Joe making Sanguinius' sacrifice effectively symbolized that passing of the torch to MLP as the "new leader". It's the ponies' turn to lead the world, not the dragons'.
Of course, for added grimdark, one simply has to remember that the only "world" there is to lead is the one represented by Hasbro's quarterly profit statements... and MLP is certainly leading there, from what I saw in a recent public report!
I'm glad you enjoyed the story, and I wish you and your Blood Angels great success upon the tabletop!
5279900 Cool. I never watched much GI Joe when I was younger, so I have no real frame of reference for that.
And my Blood Angels would be doing better if my Death Company could actually get into melee; 7th edition is so shooty that choppy units get butchered unless they get dropped right into enemy units.