(Note: Sung to the tune of The Hunchback of Notre Dame's "The Bells Of Notre Dame")

Sung by Spike and Twilight Sparkle

During one of Twilight Sparkle's "Twilight Time" sessions with the other fillies, one of the activities they did was to tell the story of how Nightmare Moon came to be, combining the old legend from the books with Twilight's version of events (as she saw them through the flashback potion from Zecora).

Is everyone sitting comfortably?
Pull up a chair and listen up
And listen to the most famous tale

Gather round kids, and we’ll go spin a tale
To the books of Golden Oaks
This library has stories straight from the vales
In the books of Golden Oaks
This story’s about a dark princess
A princess who’s mind went all broke
And some say it’s the best page-turner
That’s ever been spoke
From books of Golden Oaks

So let us start from the very first page
From this book of Golden Oaks
“Back in Celestia and Luna’s age,”
Says this book of Golden Oaks,
“Celestia managed the daytime
And Luna took care of the night
But to be quite honest
Luna thought her job was a joke,”
Says the book of Golden Oaks.

But it gets worse
Cos everypony took naps right there under the stars
But it gets worse
Yet did all their stuff during daytime. Not up to par…

Let me go get the snacks
Don’t mind me, just carry on the story
Spike, where do you keep the cookies?
Never mind, they’re in the cupboard…
Won’t be long, just keep on going…

“So Princess Luna grew jealous. And dark forces allowed themselves to fill the void in her heart with dark emotions. When Princess Celestia next saw her, she was barely recognizable. She was now…Nightmare Moon.”

“There Nightmare Moon was, sitting on the throne,”
Says this book from Golden Oaks,
“She declared that she would rule all alone,”
Says this book from Golden Oaks
“She lets off a black beam of darkness
So Princess Celestia spoke,
‘I don’t want you to go,
But go Taste the Rainbow and choke!’”
Says the book of Golden Oaks

But it gets worse
She harnessed the power of Harmony to send her to space
But it gets worse
Sealed up in the moon, where she could do no harm to this place

“But it got a whole lot better after that, right?” asked a small filly in the audience, raising her pale-blue hoof.

“Well, of course!” Spike nodded, grinning. “One thousand years later, Twilight Sparkle came to Ponyville and managed to banish the darkness from Princess Luna!”

“Not alone, though,” Twilight pointed out. “I had my friends.”

“So you did,” Spike said. He glanced up at the clock. “Buuut…that’s a story for another time. Think of Twilight’s story as a sequel for next time!”

But the abridged version?
Princess Celestia sent me
To make some friends.
And to tie up some loose ends
Elements of Harmony
Set Luna free

But if you want the unedited yarn
Come to Library Golden Oaks
Or come back tommorow and you will learn?

From the books, books, books, books, books, books, books, books
Books of Golden Oaks!

Author's Note

As requested by Revenant Wings