We all know the story of Nightmare Moon, how Princess Luna succumbed to her darker emotions and became the monster of the night and mare on the moon. Well, this fic answers the simple question of, what if she didn't?

As stated in legend, Luna's banishment was meant to be permanent, but she found a way to return and return she did. That was 16 years ago, as the summer sun celebration nears, her past is finally going to catch up to her.

The royal wedding was a disastrous yet happy day. Yet not without some controversy. Ever wondered why the Princess of the Night missed the event? And the entire invasion? Perhaps this will shed some light on what happened, and what will happen after.

For a thousand years, Princess Celestia has waited for her sister's return. Now that she is back, she can't help but be overprotective of her sister. For one, she wants to fix past mistakes and two, there is something unknown wrong with Luna.

During the battle of Nightmare Moon and Celestia, discord gained a semblance of his power back, and instead of freeing himself, he decided to make his enemies suffer by pulling his greatest prank yet. Did he go too far? Maybe, eh, he'll fix it later.

What if Nightmare Moon escaped early? What if she had help? And how will an underprepared Celestia do? And what did Twilight have to do with any of this?

Sunset Shimmer had enough of Celestia, if she will not allow her to be her equal in this world, then she will seek another to satisfy her ambitions. Turns out, life is harder than you think in a new world, maybe she can use the help of the blue lady.