The Cutie Mark Crusaders ask Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy about what happened just after the events of the Cutie Mark Chronicles; specifically, what happened to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash immediately after the race. Reluctantly, Dash and Fluttershy delve into a tale. A tale of a young Fluttershy's amazement at the world she had landed upon, and a filly Dash's desperate quest to save her from that most evil of places: THE GROUND.

On one lonely and dull night, Princess Luna finds comfort in the last pony she'd expect to see her.

Her night gets completely turned around.

Story inspired by cover art, which is by MagnaLuna. Check her out, she has a lot of good art.

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When Fluttershy went to bed, she was a normal mare. When she woke up, she could see numbers floating over everypony's heads. They were timers, each one counting down to some unknown event. Most ponies had timers that wouldn't end for years, some for many decades. But everypony had different numbers.

So why does Rainbow Dash's timer end in three hours?

Editing provided by TheMaskedFerret and SolidFire.
Cover art by HopefulSparks!
Spanish translation by SPANIARD KIWI!

This is the journal of Princess Luna herself, containing the writings of the Princess herself, featuring sporadic entries from when she first started to raise the moon, and charting a course to her becoming Nightmare Moon.