In a land of eternal night, a brave band of heroes stood against Nightmare Moon to return the Sun to their world. In a desperate bid for victory, they broke an ancient spell to pull six legendary heroes out of Limbo so that they could do battle with the Night Tyrant.

This is not the story of that battle.

It is the story of the monster that returned with the heroes - and how it found love.

Created for the May Pairings contest

Featured 5/14/2020!

Cover art by the amazing Bean.

Nightmare Moon has been banished to the moon. Roaming the accursed landscape she meets someone she never thought she would see there, giving her an offer that she would have never thought was possible to make.

But what are her motives, what does she want, could that they're wanting, really be one?

Written for dart157 for Jinglemas 2023

I wish them a very merry Christmas. I hope they find my story to their liking.

Well alright, acknowledgement time: Really it's just Mr Shakespearicles for both putting this contest up, and giving me a helping hand in editing the story, I grateful for both even if he has reason to doubt the latter.

Nightmare Moon rules Equestria with an iron hoof. Her reign is glorious, and her methods are cruel. On top of that, her short fuse is known across the land as the most dangerous weapon Equestria has ever seen.

This rage tends to be a problem when it is unleashed around her husband, Anon. The poor human is very squishy, and although it's unintentional, he often bears the brunt of her fury. This can sometimes be... fatal.

Thankfully, Nightmare Moon has mastered a spell to make this less of a problem. Nothing will come between her and her husband. Not even death.

...Something that Anon has grown uncomfortably used to.

A thousand years ago, Princess Luna broke under the strain of her loneliness. Embittered and emboldened, she traveled away from Canterlot to find the power she needed to challenge and defeat her sister in a battle for the throne.

This is a poetic retelling of the story of Nightmare Moon, heavily inspired by The Metamorphoses, "Horatius at the Bridge", and Paradise Lost. I hope you enjoy!

Nightmare Moon was victorious, and Equestria now belongs to her. Her rule is absolute. Those that question her face severe consequences. Those that don't have adjusted to the new regime.

However, despite her power and authority, Nightmare Moon is not infallible. No matter how determined one might be, ruling a nation is hard. Sometimes, she just needs to lie down and breathe. Some cuddles would be nice, too.

Thankfully, you're more than ready to help with that.

Nightmare Moon, the embodiment of evil, has decided that she must target the hearts and minds of the ponies of Equestria to truly destroy Celestia and take her place. It turns out that creating a kingdom of debauchery and sin was a lot easier a thousand or so years ago.
Still, that won't stop her trying.

One is the fabled Mare in the Moon, who once threatened to cover Equestria in eternal night. One is the deposed Queen of the once-terrifying Changeling race. These two beings have cast long shadows over the history of ponykind, but never before have they done battle with one another. Who would come out as the victor? Well, this is a question that is on the minds of some of Ponyville's most enthusiastic debaters.

In the middle of the night seventeen year old Blake awakens when he suddenly finds his body changing into one both different and familiar.

From normal human male to equine mare goddess of night, he or rather she will now be spending alot more time up at night then usual.

Sex tag for references to the act and not explicit sex

Nightmare Moon and her human lover cuddle in bed together.

Cover Art by radomartxx01

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On the day of the Summer Sun Celebration, Nightmare Moon returned from her banishment. The power she had accumulated during her stay on the moon proved to be too great for Princess Celestia, and Equestria's ruler was defeated.

Weeks later, Anon arrived in Equestria via unknown means. Although lost and confused, his natural resistance to magic made him quite useful to Nightmare Moon. To his surprise, he quickly became one of her most trusted servants and found himself falling in love with her. Even more surprisingly, it seemed like she was doing the same.

Eventually, despite Anon's best efforts, Nightmare Moon was defeated and Princess Luna returned. Everyone was rejoicing. Everyone... except him. Because Anon did not fall in love with Princess Luna.

Anon fell in love with Nightmare Moon.