(Collab with yodajax10. Takes place immediately after "Father Knows Beast".) Spike flies to Canterlot to ask Princess Celestia for answers about his past. Princess Celestia opts to tell Spike about how his egg ended up in her care.
After the defeat of Opaline, Sunny pays another visit to the dragon lands. She has a few questions for Spike about how he became dragon lord and left Twilight all those years ago. Spike reluctantly agrees to explain everything he can.
Many years after the arc of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has come to a close, the passing of Twilight’s friends pushes her past the brink of despair.
Nightmare Night in Ponyville is the same every year, only this year, Twilight is a princess. While in the bliss of reading, Twilight soon finds that the past has come back to haunt her on the night of nightmares.