Sunset Shimmer returns to Equestria only to find Twilight Sparkle battling a strange pony named Starlight Glimmer. Unbeknownst to Sunset, Starlight has altered the past, forcing Sunset to deal with reigniting her friendships all over again.
Sunset Shimmer finally returns to Equestria but when she arrives she is confused and sitting on death's door. Twenty five years later the mare Eventide Trailblazer is looking to continue the legacy of Sunset Shimmer for better... or for worse.
The war just wouldn't leave her. No matter how hard she tried to forget, no matter how hard she suppressed the memories, they always managed to return.
Heroes are not born. They are made. And the Crystal War was a forge of heroes, turning even Nightmares into hope. This is the story of six Nightmares; Twilight, Starlight, Sunset, Trixie, Luna and Sunshine, the first of the Nightmare Knights.
The flightless pegasus named Grim is living in the timeline where King Sombra has started the war against Equestria. Having had enough of that, he decides to reveal the reason why he kept his wings pressed tighty against his body all the time.
The Crystal War is at its peak, the battles getting more fierce and bloody. Rainbow isn't about to give up, but the world is about to crumble down on her.
A battle against Sombra's forces turns sour for Rainbow Dash, and she gets captured. Can she hold on to herself, or will she become one of Sombra's lackeys?
When faced against each other, who would win? Celestia, with her whole nation backing her and experience, or Sombra, a master of dark magic, and brutal beyond compare?