This story is my personal interpretation of what may have happened during the pilot episodes of Friendship is Magic: Parts 1 and 2, from Luna's perspective. It began as an attempt to answer some unanswered questions about the episodes (what happened to Celestia for the during of the episodes, why did Nightmare Moon take interest in Twilight and her friends rather than just claiming rulership over the kingdom right away, why did she provide indirect trials for them instead of just disintegrating them with magic, and so forth). The story does include events and dialogue that happened off screen, but some of the story simply uses the dialogue and action from the pilot episodes and re-contextualizes them using Luna's inner thoughts.
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Strange, why has no one commented or up voted this story? It's quite good. and it addresses the duality of Nightmare Moon and Luna - they were one pony, but the darkness in Luna became a separate personality. And as such, Luna was possessed by...herself? Eh, works for me.
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Thanks, I appreciate it!
I really liked the dual perspectives. Good job!
I enjoyed seeing the sequence from Luna/Nightmare's perspective. This also brought clarity to some events in the show that didn't make much sense at the time.