Tale of Two Tyrants and the Eternal War

"Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, two regal sisters spread harmony throughout the land with their power over the Sun and Moon.

But as time passed, each sister became consumed by darkness; the younger sister, who raised the moon and brought forth night, grew jealous of her older sister, for the ponies relished and played in the day, but slept and shunned her night.

The elder sister, who raised the sun and created day, became consumed by her desire to protect her subjects from any and all threats. She eventually came to see her sister's night as the largest threat of them all. She wanted her sun to shine for eternity, so her subjects would never again have to hide in the dark.

The elder sister responded to the younger's want for respect with suspicion, and the younger sister responded to being her sister's shadow with bitterness. Words were spoken that could never be taken back, mistakes made that could never be fixed, wounds cut that could never be healed. Their hatred and resentment grew, until the day it all came crashing down. The sisters' dark desires consumed them, turning them into wicked mares of darkness: Solar Flare and Nightmare Moon!

Both vowed that they would not rest until the other was slain, and the Sun or Moon was in the sky, forever. Yet, as they each had the same power, they could not prevail over the other.

For the next millennium, they fought a never ending battle for dominance. The world would be trapped in a nightmare stalemate, divided between the blistering, scorching desert ruled by Solar Flare, and the dark, frozen wastelands under the thrall of Nightmare Moon.

All of Ponykind would know short, brutish, and tortured existence under the rule of these two tyrants. When not used as soldiers, chess pieces, and expendable armaments as the dark goddesses would wage their eternal war, they would fall prey to dark magic, as well as the horrific creatures of day and night that had overrun the ravaged land."

"Harmony is dead. Evil, suffering, and madness is everywhere. There's no hope, no peace, no respite, only an eternity of carnage at the hooves of the gods…"

At the ancient ruins of Castle Harmony, a lavender Alicorn stands strong, a tiara on her head and 5 necklaces in her hooves. This mare is Twilight Sparkle, harbinger of harmony. And this is her story.