Twilight Sparkle once held her transformation into an alicorn as the best day of her life, even over her acceptance into Celestia's school. Her admiration of the memory, however, waned as the years went on.

Now she stands before her friends and family, and wonders just how worth it being a Princess really was.
One shot.

What do you know of nightmare intervention? Princess Luna knows a lot- they were kind of her thing, after all. Those who she assisted always were grateful, but none really knew just how much she sacrificed to ensure they slept soundly.

If she had anything to say about it, then they never would.

A 16 year old takes advantage of a loophole and enlists after Pearl Harbor. He learns the hard way that he is not invincible.
Imagine his surprise when he woke up in the wrong body and in another world, with a nice dose of PTSD to boot.