Time seemed to slowly slip forward after the fall and banishment of Luna had transpired. Ponies came into being, they lived life without a single worry in the world before passing on their history to the younger generation. Olden history slipped deep within the covers of the dusty tombs which explained life before the new advancements of technology. New magic came into being before hastily being brushed beneath the rug by the passage of time. Through this all, Celestia remained, ruling the ponies who looked to her for guidance.

To this day, Celestia couldn't help but weep for her fallen sister.

Cheshire had long since gone silent, stories of this enigmatic creature disappearing along with the knowledge of the once crowned Princess of the Night. Now, history only spoke of Celestia who would valiantly defend her ponies, slaying any foe who dared threaten the whole of Equestria. Many tales of her campaigns, hushed whispers of times she would defeat the invading Griffons, Dragons and other creatures without leaving her encampment. Some believed that there was a secret guard designed for infiltration and neutralizing of targets from behind the line. High ranking individuals of the Solar Guard would say otherwise.

Cheshire's shadow seemed to swallow up the entirety of Equestia. A blanket which provided warmth and prosperity in times of great need. At times, his hushed word would continue to coarse through Celestia's ear as she allowed the feline to run rampant among her enemies.

"Time brings change and those who choose to embrace it will obtain solace. A purple light will unite the world with Harmony and with that light, knowledge. Salvation comes to those who allow Harmony to enshroud them."

His voice was always cold, that grin always adorn on his face as he would speak to Celestia through the night. His words always hinting towards a better life, towards a goal that Celestia must obtain. To Celestia, that was the salvation of Luna and she would do anything to obtain this.

"The light's strength will be vast. No other light will ever be able to hold a candle to it. The light will solve the problems of the world every time. Don't turn a blind eye to the light, allow it to encompass you and show you what truly must be done."

Celestia would have Luna back in her arms through any means...

One Thousand Years Later

"Spike! Spiiiiiiiiike? Spike?" A rather obnoxious voice rang out, a violet unicorn promptly ran through the doors, knocking an unsuspecting to the floor. The room which she entered seemed to house countless bits of knowledge and history. This location also happened to be her living quarters.

Her violet eyes looked upon the one she had been calling for, a baby dragon with purple scales and green eyes, which she had just assaulted rather violently with the doors.

"There you are. Quick, find me that old copy of Predictions and Prophecies. What's that for?" Twilight asked, looking at the object, which Spike had been holding, the once pristine gift having been impaled upon the spike of his tail.

"Well, it was a gift for Moondancer, but..." Spike began, his sentence ending as what looked like the tattered remains of a teddy bear fell from the destroyed gift. He had almost began the rest of his sentence before he was interrupted by Twilight Sparkle.

"Oh Spike, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing." Twilight said, turning her attention to the stack of books in front of her, which she began to carelessly knock to the ground.

"But we're on a break!" Spike exclaimed, his voice full of want for the attendance the birthday party for Moondancer, the gift which he had gotten her being discarded upon the ground as Spike turned and ran towards one of the tall bookshelves before climbing the ladder to the top.

"No, no, no... no, no, no!" Twilight said, her horn alight with magic as she pulled book after book from the shelf in front of her, the books merely hanging in the air around her as she released a groan of frustration. "Spike!"

"It's over here!" Was her only response, her assistant standing upon a ladder while waving the book for which she looked for in his hand. Magic eclipsed the book, pulling the poor dragon from the ladder which sent him plummeting to the ground with a soft whack as she brought the book to her side.

"Ah! Elements, Elements, E, E, E... Aha! Elements of Harmony, see: Mare in the Moon?" Twilight said, looking at the book which had been the object of her fascination, her magic turning page after page while the drake went about replacing the books, which she carelessly left on the floor, back onto their shelves.

"Mare in the Moon? But that's just an old ponies' tale." Spike said, offering his two cents to the mare below as he climbed the ladder higher and higher to replace the books on their shelf once more.

"Mare, mare... aha! The Mare in the Moon, myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal!" Twilight read, her eyes quickly skimming over the page before she gasped and turned her head to look towards her assistant. "Spike! Do you know what this means?" Twilight asked, her eyes falling upon the drake who looked ready to fall from a ladder once more as he attempted to place another book onto the shelf.

"No-- whoa!" He yelped, fate having it out once more for their poor drake as he found himself plummeting towards the floor once more, only to land upon Twilight's back.

"Take a note please, to the Princess." Twilight said, handing Spike a scroll and a quill as she allowed him to slide from her back using her tail. Spike opened the scroll, taking a quill into his other hand as he quickly began to scribble down every word that she said. "My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!"

"Hold on. Preci... preci..." Spike said, struggling with the word as he looked towards Twilight for any sort of answer or some sort of replacement for the rather hard to spell word.

"Threshold." Twilight merely stated, turning her eyes towards her assistant once more who only seemed to struggle with that word as well before looking to her once more. "Uh, brink?" Twilight said, merely getting a, rather blank, stare from the drake who didn't even attempt to spell out the word.

"Ugh, that something really bad is about to happen! For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Nightmare Moon, and she's about to return to Equestria, and bring with her eternal night! Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said, slowly walking past the strange, large hourglass that rested within her personal quarters. Upon the hourglass the image of the frightful Nightmare Moon appeared accompanied by a large grin and pair of eyes. The image was ignored entirely as it seemed to fade almost instantly from the glass.

"Also, send it now." Twilight said, turning her eyes to her assistant who groaned with a 'now' which Twilight merely nodded her head in response to his groaned question. "Of course! The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration! It's imperative that the Princess is told right away!" Twilight stated, merely getting a fumbling of the word imperative from the drake behind her to which she grunted in frustration. "Important!"

Spike jumped, quickly rolling the scroll and producing a green flame which enveloped the scroll. It quickly dissolved in the flame as it was whisked away to Celestia.

They waited for only a brief moment before a loud belch came from Spike, his mouth opening wide as he expelled a scroll into his hands and began to open it.

"See? I knew she would want to take immediate action." Twilight said, a smug look on her face as Spike began to read over the scroll. Well, what does it say!?"

"My dearest, most faithful student Twilight. You know that I value your diligence and that I trust you completely but you simply must stop reading those dusty old books!" Spike said, this simple sentence causing Twilight to gasp. To think that her mentor would simply shrug off her findings. "My dear Twilight, there is more to a young pony's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location: Ponyville. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends!" Spike said, looking to Twilight who only looked back to him with a rather aghast look on her face as two pegasi from the Solar Guard entered the room. "Oh, ps: Take this quill along with you. I have enchanted it to never break or lose it's point. Keep me informed on the preparations and any friends that you might make!" Spike said, producing a quill from scroll, the quill itself having various shades of violet in the feather.

Twilight and Spike merely followed the guards out to the carriage which awaited her outside of her board of stay. She could only sigh as she believed that much more pressing matters were on hand.

"Look on the bright side, Twilight. The Princess arranged for you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?" Spike asked, slipping the quill behind her left ear as he looked to Twilight with concern on his face.

"Yes, yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right! I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some proof of Nightmare Moon's return."

Author's Note

So yes, most of this chapter was pulled from the beginning of the first episode of My Little Pony with very minor changes made to it. There will probably be a few chapters along the way of this story that might be like this but it will jump back towards Cheshire's side next chapter. I hope you all enjoyed this very brief filler chapter and are ready to read subsequent chapters for events to come.