Twilight wants to know about the mindset of shapeshifting. Max doesn't like the topic. It reminds him of mistakes. And things he can't forget, no matter how hard he tries.
Princess Celestia has decided it's time for Twilight to be let in on some secrets with her ascension. One of those secrets happens to be the existance of an entire city in the Everfree Forest
Right before the Elements struck, the Nightmare unleashed a spell out of desperation. A substitution spell. Otherwise known as the correct use of Kawarimi.
It was so long since he felt anything, so long since he'd talked to a sapient being. Sometimes though, it feels like the pain just wasn't worth it. But he'd keep going. Giving up is for scrubs.
It was supposed to be the perfect day for the little filly. She'd take her entrance exam, her parents there to support her the whole way, and nothing, but NOTHING, could go wrong...
Humanity does not have much. They do not have claws, they do not have thick pelts, they do not move faster than their prey. So they take from those they defeat. They make their enemies strengths their own.
Don't tell me you never thought it odd, that whether she was a parasite, a fractured personality, or a corrupted version of Luna, Nightmare would stick around when someone was holding her kryptonite?