One year after her coronation, Princess Twilight Sparkle is dead, killed by her own subjects out of fear and jealously. After the funeral, Princess Celestia isolated herself from the world, mourning the loss of her brightest student and daughter figure.

But she cannot weep forever. She must take control of her duties once more. Haunted by the memories of the assassination, and its aftermath, Celestia slowly makes her way to Twilight's resting place to find some closure.

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Celestia is feeling down one evening and, noticing this, Luna tries to get her sister to open up to her. The resulting conversation breaks her heart. Both sisters wish they were able to help the other, but will they allow themselves to be helped?

One never chooses their fears. Luna soon learns this when she ventures to seek the Door of Nightmares located deep within the Crystal Empire Palace. Believing she's ready to see what lies within her own mind, she takes the tentative journey to the door...

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Set before the end of season 3.

Princess Luna is beset by the evils that haunt her soul. Her older sister, Princess Celestia, believes that only true love is able to conquer her dark ways and return her to her former self. Yet Luna, discontented with the premise of Celestia's proposal, decides that any noble suitor must answer three riddles in order to test their bravery, cunning and dedication to her.

The challenge is for anypony to accept. But should they fail, they risk permanent exile and shame. A punishment evident of Luna's darker side.

As pony after pony tries and fails, a single earth pony, taken by Princess Luna's beauty, is determined to prove himself worthy of her.

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Based off Puccini's Turandot, The Cold Heart of the Moon is a crossover story encompassing the love, tragedy and sacrifice of the original opera. The chapter name is a ponified translation of the opera's most famous aria, Nessun Dorma!

Reviewed by MrAskAPirate

Special thanks to Francois for proof reading for me

Cover Art: Luna Wallpaper by Genjilim

This work of fiction is a tranformative original work based off My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic a trademark of Hasbro. The Cold Heart of the Moon is not endorsed or recognized by Hasbro, their subsidiaries or any other publisher.

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