This started on a random doc on how Luna turned into Nightmare Moon because when I was planing my other fic Growing in Time I thought a LOT about it.

The idea that Luna, the element of LOYALTY, betrayed her sister? What fun thing to chew on. Did Celestia see it coming or was she shocked? Was it a slow betrayal or sudden?

So yeah this is how I thought it went down, seemly slow but sudden to Celestia and her alone tbh

PS this does take place in the same AU as Growing in Time which is why the timeline won't make sense if you try and place it in canon. You don't have to read GiT for it to make sense (because I haven't gotten that far )

On her way to her parent's house one cold Hearth's Warming Eve Twilight Sparkle disappears. From Canterlot, from Ponyville and from the looks of it, Equestria. Her friends and family are worried for her but unknown to them she has been thrown back almost a thousand years for unknown reasons. As she tries to figure out how and why she sent there her time in the past begins to change and shape the future.

Twilight and her friends will have to work together to get her home.

This was planned almost completely at the end of season 3 so lots of newer canon history is ignored. Thus the beginning of this fic also set soon after season 3.

Slow burn Twilight/Celestia and background slow burn Pinkie/Luna. Other ships are as of right now undecided.