Luna has had enough of Celestia's games, and has found the perfect means of revenge. Using a long-forbidden spell, she transforms her sister into little more than a small filly, all so she could pull the greatest prank ever. Unfortunately, she soon learns that before you fool around with dangerous magic, you really need to read the fine print...

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The Night Guard are as efficient as they are enigmatic, but it takes the curiosity of a recruit to discover that some things are simply best left unsaid.

Fic is rated Teen for dark content and brief mentions of violence, hate crimes, and death.
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What happened during the 1000 years Luna was trapped on the moon? How did she survive all alone?

Upon the surface of the moon there is seldom light and no companion to be found. So as Celestia scrambles to undo the magic of the elements of harmony to return her sister Luna slowly finds herself walking down a path, her shadow as her only friend in the world.

1000 years is a very long time to be alone with your grief and your woes,

On the moon their is no glow
only a world of ice and snow

In Manehattan where dreams are born, two rivals reconnect and learn what being a showpony is all about.

~~~The other day I was thinking about why we haven't seen Trixie since "Boast Busters" and Luna since "Luna Eclipsed", and this is what happened.~~~

Long ago, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal Princesses. One, the eldest, was in charge of raising the sun and bringing the day to all the different kinds of ponies. The other, the younger sister, was in charge of raising the moon and bringing the night.

A thousand years ago, the younger sister had been banished from Equestria for refusing to lower the moon and attempting to plunge the land into eternal night. After serving her exile, she returned, and the two sisters tried to resume what they both hoped would be a normal life.

But a year has passed now since the younger sister's return... and promises made to her have not been kept. With one final decision, she seals Equestria's fate for the next one thousand years using magic deeper than any other.

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There was nothing left for Spitfire in Cloudsdale, just an uncle who hated her and painful memories of lost loved ones. The Pegasus Search and Rescue Corps offers her a chance to get out of town, see the world, do some good - and one day maybe have a shot at the Guards or the Wonderbolts! She jumps at the opportunity - and six days later, she limps into training camp.

Doesn't matter: she made it. The world can beat her down, but it can't keep her down. The friendships she forms here will get her through everything training has to offer. Will they also see her through the dark clouds on the horizon?

(Rated Teen for violence, language, some suggestive themes)

Have you ever heard the phrase 'it's cruel to be kind'? When a friend loses all faith in themselves, sometimes the only thing that can pull them back from the brink is a bit of tough love.

At first glance, Princess Luna's charioteers might appear to be little more than Royal Guards dressed in festive apparel for Nightmare Night. However, there is far more to the story than that - the Night Guards once played a pivotal role in the history of Equestria, and have sacrificed more for their beloved princess than most ponies are even aware of.

For almost a thousand years, the immortal Nightmare Moon has reigned over Equestria as Empress. To the average pony, Nightmare Moon is an overarching enigma whose rule is absolute and whose wrath is terrible. But to Twilight Sparkle, who as an orphan has never known her parents, the Empress is something else entirely. When the young unicorn is brought under the royal wing as an apprentice, she learns a great deal more about the supposed tyrant than she ever knew. But as Twilight is introduced to life with her new mentor, she is thrust into a world of political intrigue, conspiracies and secrets. Secrets that were never meant to be revealed. As allies and enemies plot against the very peace of the nation, will Twilight fall prey to the perils of her new position? Or will she prosper and find in Nightmare Moon the mother she never had?

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My eternal gratitude to my editor, LordOfTheWrongs, without whom Night's Favoured Child would not be the story it is today.

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