It is the thousandth year since Nightmare Moon's banishment and she has returned. When the battle with Nightmare Moon goes awry, Twilight's friends and family must cope with the destruction left in Nightmare's wake.

Note: This story is based off of the picture giuliabeck's You Are Mine and Sparkle No More.

A story about the bond between two sisters, jealousy, and regret.

Princess Luna feels as though she lives in the shadow of her sister. Always outshined, and never appreciated for her gifts. But what happens after the very first summer sun celebration will change the history of Equestria forever.

Image by Zedrin on DeviantArt

Princess Luna, upon learning of the confusion of the exact nature of what happened with the Nightmare Moon incident (especially among the common folk and her own Night Watch), has taken it upon herself to record her memory of the events that occurred over one thousand years ago. In the hopes of exposing the truth, she wrote this account for the public to finally see.

[Edited by arcum42, cover image done by me, and special music performed by L, author of "What Might Have Happened to L."]

A lonely alicorn wanders her castle prison, searching for any signs of life besides her own.

Inspired by the song "Hallowed Waltz" by Makkon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHApVIdbEyo
I encourage you to listen to the song as you read.
Cover art also by Makkon

While awaiting the verdict from the Council of Unicorns as to whether or not she can have her titles and powers returned to her, Luna attempts to mend fences with her estranged sister.

Frozen to the bone then heated with a fire from within, Celestia cracks and Luna is the witness. Luna offers forgiveness, but is Celestia too hardened to accept it... or give it for that matter?
[The idea for this story was developed before the canonization of Nightmare Moon's banishment]

Transition is never easy. And the past can be difficult to handle alone, especially as the mind wanders before sleep. But for the first time in a millennium, Luna is no longer alone.

On the eve of the Summer Sun Festival Celestia has gone missing, and it's up to Luna to find her. What awaits Luna, however, is not only her sister, but a long awaited confrontation of her past.
Luna may have been able to avoid speaking of her imprisonment for this long, but like her term on the moon, nothing lasts forever and she must finally talk about those one thousand years. It seems though, that Celestia isn't acting how she would expect.

Authors note:
On the story: I had the idea (most likely unoriginal) of writing a story where Celestia and Luna finally acknowledge what happened so long ago when Celestia entrapped her own sister on the moon by herself. I went under the assumption that Luna was conscious the whole time, and the Alicorns being ageless, also immortal, hence her survival there. I wanted to add the twist in terms of behaviour of the two, and I honestly can't claim to know a huge amount about psychology but I've done my best.

Generally:
This is my first attempt at posting a story on FIM Fiction, and I will warn that I had no pre-readers, this is mainly to finally get this somewhere where it can be read since it's been sitting uncompleted in storage for a while. As I add to it I'll upload 'chapters', though it is only a short story.

By all means be critical, but keep these points in mind, I am also by no means any kind of 'trained' in writing. I enjoy writing from time to time and this is the result. I hope you enjoy!

Celestia likes her evening walks. Luna doesn't.

During one particular night of stargazing, she is going to find out why.

Enjoy.

Stargazing. Nowadays it's a great pasttime. Thousands of years ago? Not so much.

And Luna doesn't like that.

Amazing what my muse comes up with on the fly.

Enjoy.