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// Reasons 
// Story: Compilation: The Canceled Stories 
// by 1pony4all 
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“I never told anypony this... but there was a reason ponies came to fear the night.”

Twilight looked up from her cup of tea, surprised at the dark alicorn's sudden statement.

Luna continued, “Equestria wasn't always the land of peace it is today, you know of Discord and his actions thousands of years ago, what you don't know is how long it took to tame the land in his wake.”

The two princesses were sharing a late night cup of tea under the stars. Luna had invited the newly Crowned Princess Twilight Sparkle out of the blue. She had happily accepted, after all, she had very seldom spent time with the princess of the night. It had been quiet, the two chatted a bit, but they mostly sat and admired the stars.

“Princess?” Twilight's voice was quizzical, she was still not fully sure where Luna was coming from.

Luna looked at Twilight, “I want you to know this, you are not fully accustomed to your new power and I don't want you to make the same mistake's I did.” Her tone was harsh. “After Discord was imprisoned, the land was scared, it was accustomed to the ways of chaos. Creatures had become violent, some even intelligent, discords chaotic influence was wide spread and unfocused, To this day I don't believe we have discovered all of it's true affects. Cockatrice, Manticores, Minotaurs and Griffons, all byproducts of his 'fun.'”

Twilight was shocked, Minotaurs and Griffins were full fledged societies with their over culture and ideas of creation, she had never once heard of this particular origin.

“This surprises you I see, yes, we never told them of this, they were savages at the time, fledgeling societies barely capable of communication with each other. So used to the torment and ever changing lands, they were aggressive, warlike even. Extremely territorial and would fight to the death if they thought they were threatened. Naturally, they opposed any attempt to help them seeing it as an atempt to attack or control them. All out war was inevitable.”

“But, as you might have guessed, ponies were far from fighting fit at the time, being Discord's primary playthings for many years had left them broken. My sister and I, we took it upon ourselves to defend our subjects.”

If Twilight's eyes could open any wider, they would have rolled out of her skull. The idea of her mentor, Princess Celestia, and Luna waging war was unthinkable.