Princess Nightmare Moon had tried to keep it secret. She had feigned ignorance, but the charade could not last. She nocked the arrow. Tirek was a large target; he would fall easily. Then the true challenge would come: explaining herself to Celestia.
She looked just like Princess Celestia, except marred and broken. Her ceremonial barding had rusted slightly. Black streaks ran through her mane. Worst was the scar across her chest. The tarnished Celestia smiled at Luna. "H-hello, monster."
Nightmare Moon won. She defeated Celestia, broke the Elements, banished the sun. This all happened a very long time ago. So long ago, that she has had plenty of time to change her mind. Not that fixing it will be simple.
An emotionally distant Celestia begins to reconnect with her ponies thanks to a young filly called Twilight Sparkle. (A Celestia adopts Twilight story)
Luna's has enough to deal with as Princess Twilight's student. Between nightly nightmares of moon princesses and the threat of an old enemy returning from Equestria's past, Luna isn't going to be getting any sleep any time soon
The opening titles of MLP have always felt like a different version of the show. This is that version. Fed up with being useless at magic, a blank-flanked Twilight Sparkle runs away. Fortunately, she has a good friend along for the ride...
Twilight, Princess of the dragons. Moondancer, the saviour of Equestria. Cadance, a bride-to-be acting strange. The world is peaceful but it is fragile. Not all powers are willing to compromise and the delicate balance is tilting.
A thousand years after Luna and a population of night-loving ponies moved to the moon, they're due to return to a day-loving Equestria, resulting in a clash of cultures and egos.
The POV of the five ponies who find the world is not the world they remember, nor the one their cutie mark is telling them. They were happy with their cutie mark before, what's changed? And how each of them got their cutie marks.
Instead of being absorbed by Tirek, Discord's magic shoots away and goes to the last pony anyone expected: Celestia. Now Equestria must cope with thier most experienced leader being a bit...stranger
Twilight Sparkle's entrance exam has not gone well, she cannot hatch the dragon egg and in her desperation has begun to panic. Little does she know failure is going to be the least of her worries.
Sunset Shimmer has betrayed Celestia and entered the mirror to another world. However, the first day in this new world would change everything when an accident causes Sunset Shimmer to lose her memories.