Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there lived two regal sisters. The elder sister used her unicorn powers to raise the sun, beginning the day, while the younger brought out the moon to begin the night, and both sisters were adored by the ponies equally. The younger sister’s court at night was just as busy as the elder’s during the day, and harmony existed all throughout the land and Equestria prospered.
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there lived two regal sisters, who ruled over the land together. The elder sister used her powerful magic to raise the sun at dawn, bringing light to all corners of the world, while the younger sister raised the moon to begin the night, and so there was balance in the kingdom of Equestria. But as the years wore on, the adoration that the younger had once received began to fade, and she became resentful. Was she not just as talented and skilled as her sister? Was she not just as powerful, or worthy of her subject’s attention? For ponies played during the day, savouring every hour of light, but slept through her beautiful nights. But while the younger sister noticed that fewer ponies came to her court, she was still the Mistress of Dreams, and still visited ponies in their mental hours of need, and for this, she was still celebrated and Harmony existed throughout the land.
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there lived two regal sisters, who ruled the land together. The elder sister used her magic to bring forth the sun, lighting the world, and the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. But all was not well, for the younger sister was resentful and angry, for while her sister’s day was adored and played in by all kinds of ponies, her wonderful nights were shunned and slept through. And so, the younger sister decided that perhaps what the ponies needed was longer to admire her work, and refused to lower the moon to make way for the sun. The elder sister tried to reason with her younger sister, and for a time, it worked. But each day, the night grew longer and longer, and the days grew shorter and shorter until finally, the younger sister absolutely refused to make way for the sun. Once again, the elder sister tried to reason with the younger, but it was too late: the bitterness had transformed the younger into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon. She vowed that she would not rest until all the land was shrouded in darkness, that if ponies were so scared of her, she would give them reason to be scared. Ponies everywhere suffered terrible nightmares whenever they tried to sleep, dark shapes flitted about the night, and the ponies of Equestria pleaded the elder sister to stop the torment.
And so it was that the elder sister called upon the greatest magic known to ponykind: the Elements of harmony. The elder sister used the power of the elements to imprison Nightmare Moon in the moon, and took on the duty of raising both sun and moon, and Harmony existed throughout the land.
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Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn, while the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom, and their subjects; all the different kinds of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played during the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. the elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one’s heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon. She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harness the most powerful magic known to ponydom: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon, and harmony was maintained in Equestria for generations.
But on the thousandth year of her imprisonment, Nightmare Moon was able to escape her prison, and returned to Equestria for a second attempt at eternal night. Once more, she was defeated by the Elements of Harmony. But rather than banish her back to the moon, the Elements cleansed the younger sister of the evil that had encompassed her heart, and the younger took her place at her elder sister’s side once more, and they ruled together as they had previously. And slowly, the ponies of Equestria grew to love the younger sister as they did the elder, and Harmony existed throughout the land, and Equestria made its way towards a golden age of peace, and prosperity.