"I can see a shadow in my mirror, a reflection of me that is not myself. It torments my waking hours, laying thick upon me words of encouragement, only to snatch them away moments later with words of scorn. It hates and loves me, and I cannot tell whether it wishes greatness or death upon me. Perhaps neither. Perhaps both. It is a cruel and fickle shade that haunts me, and yet, I dare not seek help, for fear of what wrath I might provoke from it."

A story of Luna, told in the first pony perspective.

Sunset Shimmer's time in Equestria has come and gone. Though the magic of friendship now flows within her, there is something else she feels she is missing.

Rather, somepony.

Alone in the dead of night, Sunset reflects on the journey that has brought her to the present, and wonders whether it was worth it, to trade her Princess and her guiding light for the light of the friends she has found in its absence.

Trixie has been having nightmares ever since her return from inside the Changeling hive. Powerless to act, she is forced to watch as she is unable to protect the one thing that matters to her more than fame and glory. The thought of her only friend being hurt because she is unable to do anything scares her more than she is willing to admit.

But that may not be the only thing she is unwilling to admit. And maybe, just maybe, Starlight means more to her than she realizes.

Contains some rather mild and one-sided Trixlight.
Has absolutely nothing to do with Don Quixote.

Celestia, on the hunt for Equestria’s most dangerous fugitive, ventures into the woods.
Chrysalis, hoping to hide from the ponies currently hunting her, ventures into the woods.

But despite what has passed between the two, there is no animosity at their meeting. Rather, it is very much a meeting between two old friends, tired of fighting but who have known nothing else since their parting so many years ago. But will this tenuous peace last? Or must Celestia and Chrysalis be fated enemies until their deaths?

After all that has transpired, is it even possible for them to be friends once again?