The 1,000th Sun

by Titanium Blade

The Star-Aided Escape

Green eyes peered over the forbidding landscape. White expanses of stone and dust in all directions, nothing but blackness above.

And to think, what a beacon it is down there...

As her black hooves touched the dusty surface, Nightmare Moon reminisced about her former life on the land below, Equestria.

"We should be down there, ruling our people..." She said, her voice trailing off. 1,000 years, and that thought never left the forefront of her mind. Regrets? Certainly. Remorse for betraying her sister? Occasionally. But mostly, she longed to be back, to rule Equestria.

Princess.

"What is it?"

It is Time.

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In the tranquility of the night, nopony noticed the change in the constellations, but some did, as ponies they are not.

"fil los vomedaas dahvulon... vust nii kos tiid?" A lone dragon asked himself, his voice heard by none, and his language understood by few.

The stars are different tonight... could it be time?

He averted his eyes, seeing a change in the moon also.

Oh, yes...

It is time.

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Black hooves landed silently on the ground, except it was different, it was green, soft, alive.

Nightmare Moon glanced around the land. it was different, but it was still Equestria.

She had come home.