Twilight lives a comfortable, expected life with the security of being surrounded by her mentors and friends. As she grows into a model unicorn, a dangerous being takes hold of the volatile Brood and drives them to war, breaking a long period of peace. After years of preparation for a higher order, Twilight is chosen to ascend beyond that of a typical sorcerer in a mysterious plan to counter the impending conflict.

During her dark, trying mission Twilight will discover a caged soul and unknowingly set them free, gradually acquiring an affinity for the darkness as a result. As she struggles within deepening conflict, she must push on and fight for what she believes in. With manipulation, deceit, and betrayal storming around, will she be able to contain herself and protect those she loves, or will she succumb to the creeping darkness and abandon everything she stands for?

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History is written by the victor. Nightmare Moon was the Bringer of Eternal Night, the Dark Side of the Moon, and many other grand and fear inspiring names to scare children. But that was because she was beaten.

Dusty Tomes, a historian and archaeologist at the Trottingham Museum of Equestrian History, explores a tomb said to have been dated to Pre-Banishment Era. What he finds, proves that. However, it also disproves much of what he grew up to believe in.

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Inspired by Aegis Shield's "The Return of Princess Nightmare Moon"
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As an Earth Pony ruin explorer, keen for riches and looking after yourself, you come across an old, ruined castle in the Everfree Forest. But instead of treasure, you find something much more dangerous, and much more wonderful. (Set mere hours after Nightmare Moon's defeat)