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// Prologue 
// Story: What if Trollestia ruled Equestria? (or The Rise of the New Lunar Republic) 
// by Dead 
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Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria there were two princesses who ruled over the land in harmony. The elder sister used her unicorn magic to raise the sun in the morning and the younger sister used hers to raise the moon at night. However, the younger sister soon grew jealous of  her sister. The ponies would play and relish the day that the older sister provided, and shun and sleep through the beautiful night she brought about. One night, she refused to lower the moon. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but she was consumed by darkness and had transformed into a vicious mare, Nightmare Moon. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the strongest power known to ponydom, The Elements of Harmony, and fought against her sister. After managing to defeat her she sealed her in the moon. She has since ruled Equestria and peace and harmony have flourished ever since. 

Yeah right. That’s the legend that’s been passed down since the banishment of Nightmare Moon, but what if I said that that was only partly true? What if there was more to this story than what was written in the history books? They say that the winners write the history books, and in this case, they couldn’t be more right. I’m Scroll Examiner, (I know, what you're thinking and yeah, I hate my name too, I find it incredibly clichéd and usually I go by Scroll, or Scroll X. if I‘m writing an important document). I’m the official historian for the New Lunar Republic, and this is the true story of what happened on that longest day of the 1000th year. It’s a story of both harmony and discord, honesty and lies, generosity and selfishness, kindness and hatred, loyalty and betrayal, laughter and tears, and most importantly, magic and might. It’s a tale of impossible odds and overwhelming loss. What follows is a completely true account of the war that started on the Summer Sun Celebration. Our players? A ruthless tyrant named Celestia, a generous princess named Luna, the Elements of Harmony (or perhaps you’re more familiar with the name, the mane 6?), Princess Luna’s long lost pupil and last, but certainly not least, myself. 

Now that the stage is set and the roles are cast, let me begin. Our story starts off with a prophecy, a bookworm, and a pony with many secrets and even more eccentricities.