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Sunset Shimmer returned to Equestria and met with her old mentor, Princess Celestia. She was forgiven for everything she had done, and welcomed back like the prodigal daughter from a fairytale. Yet a guilty conscience is not so easily mended, and while visiting Princess Celestia for tea she finally opens up to her, hoping to finally make things right.

Spoiler: Story contains a consensual non-sexual spanking

The world spins, years pass, and everything comes to an end. Except Celestia. She sits on the shore of the last ocean, watching and waiting for her own chance at death. Because everything comes to an end if you wait long enough, and Celestia is patient indeed.

Luna has just been defeated as Nightmare Moon, and is settling in nicely at the Canterlot Palace as a filly. Celestia, however, hasn't gotten used to all of the crazy things the young Luna can come up with when still in this adorable form. One day, she gets this wild idea that the moon is somehow made of cheese. At first, it seemed harmless enough to allow Luna to think this. Although, then she starts talking about how Celestia's sun is made of custard.

Celestia throws dignity out the window, and attempts to correct her much littler sister on this error. After all, how could the sun possibly be made of custard?

Moondancer, after talking with Twilight, came to the distressing conclusion that a lot of her dear friend's life has been manipulated by Celestia. When she works up her courage to confront her, however, Moondancer gets the last answer she expected - Celestia agreeing.

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Author's Note: This takes place the year after the Grand Galloping Gala shown in The Best Night Ever.

Celestia has tired of seeing her sister, Luna, drink herself stupid day after day. Celestia can see it destroying Luna's life, but her attempts at intervention have failed. But now, she's given up convincing the alicorn to give up her moonshine, and instead is going to force her to cease in her destructive ways. Even if it means that she has to join in her sister's drunkenness to show her the kinds of problems it creates.

But why did Luna become an alcoholic upon returning from the moon? What was it that changed the once strong-willed, independent alicorn into a drunken mess?

After Celestia humiliates her at a dinner, Luna storms off and ends up snooping around in her sister's room. There, she stumbles upon the journal Celestia kept immediately after the banishment of Nightmare Moon.

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Featured on Equestria Daily on August 22, 2013.

A thousand years is a long time for sisters to be apart. Celestia begins to feel again with a part of her heart that went numb all those night ago, but her little sister's return feels almost too good to be true. Luna may feel insecure in an Equestria different than the one she remembered but she now knows how much Celestia missed her...and how much she missed her big sister.

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From the first day they'd met, Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara were best friends.

On the day Diamond Tiara stood up to her mother, things proved to be no different.