Nightmare Moon is... Maleficent

In the dungeon, Sunset ran and ran further into the darkness. Twilight began to be entranced by the curse. She no longer thought about rescuing her sister from eternal sleep. She only thought of pricking her hoof on the spindle of a spinning wheel. The twins strode through the darkened hallways, and as they entered a room filled with spinning wheels, a pair of spinning wheels emerged from nowhere, enveloped by the violet aura.

"Before the sun sets... she will prick her hoof... a sleep-like death. Sleep... Like... Death. The curse shall last till... no power on Earth... a sleep-like death," A voice murmured.

Twilight placed her hoof onto the spindle, and collapsed to the floor, her eyes shut. Sunset mirrored her actions, and now she fell to the floor, as dormant as her sister.

Solar Flare waited impatiently in the war room. She wanted to avenge her daughters, but she also wanted Sunset to stop her trance and to join the dark side. She looked out the window, and stared at the approaching figures in the distance. She saw that the sun had already set in the horizon. "She's going to be here soon. Let's lure her into a trap," She commanded.

"We will, Queen Solar Flare," The guards replied in unison as they walked out of the war room.

The solar queen chuckled as she approached a nearby mirror. She marveled at her reflection. She seemed as intimidating. She wore armor on her chest, her legs, her forelegs, and she wore a helmet on her head. She had practiced her magic enough to bring down her sister.

"Fools!" She snorted as she rushed to the window and watched her sister. "They think they can sneak past me and my guards! I will get her, and I shall kill her! And, that shall be the end of her life!"

Hoofsteps approached her immediately.

"Majesty, your daughters are in an eternal sleep. They're in the bedroom. Follow me," A servant confessed.

"What? Lead me to them right now! I told those idiots! They're foolish, and allowed the twins to die," Solar Flare boomed as she chased the servant into the hallway. "You didn't even catch the twins in time! Guards, bring me the servant's head!"

The servant gasped as she ran off. The guards pursued her through the castle, and Solar Flare rushed to the bedroom, where her daughters were. A trio of breezies waited near the canopy bed, mournful and disconsolate after learning that the twins were in an eternal sleep.

"She's sleeping," Night Blossom lied.

"She's sleeping... she's sleeping..." Solar mocked bitterly. "FOREVER! I shall kill my sister! That way, the curse will be broken!"

"But, what about true love's kiss?" Moonflower asked.

"Yeah... true love's kiss?" Silver Moon added in.

"True love... does not exist!" Solar Flare boomed as she slapped the trio towards the window. "And, stay there!"

The trio of breezies fell into the vase, and Solar Flare cackled at their misery. "Very well..." She murmured as she placed a lid onto the vase.

The lid flew off the vase, and the breezies rushed towards the queen to apologize. The queen stormed out of the room and slammed the doors. The breezies sat near the door, hopeless.

Near the drawbridge, Luna and Discord stared at the ominous and foreboding fortress. "Look. In the prophecy, Solar Flare would have revenge on us," She warned.

"The guards are waiting to trap you," Discord returned.

"Then, don't come. It's not your fight."

Luna strode across the drawbridge. Despite her fear of Solar Flare, she wanted to risk her life for the twins. She had seen the monstrous mare in the reflection one time, and now she had to face the cruel tyrant. Discord followed her into a darkened hallway.

"Very well, then. Stay with me," Luna continued as she glared at the metallic spikes on the walls and ceilings.

"Was she trying to-" Discord began, but Luna placed a hoof onto his mouth.

"We don't want to let them know that we're here." Luna frowned with worry as she turned to walk through the hallway.

Discord sensed that Solar Flare's wicked magic was imbued into the metal, so he made sure not to touch the metal. Just as Luna placed her hoof onto a metal, the metal made a hissing sound. The magic burned her hoof, and she shrieked in pain. She swiftly covered her mouth to prevent further screaming.

"Are you okay?" Discord asked, concerned.

"Shh," Luna whispered as she led him through the hallway.

Finally, they reached a small room. As they prepared to go through the door, they heard hoofsteps approaching. Discord swiftly pulled the stallions into darkness, and moved Luna into the shadows for a moment as he watched a pair of servants walking by.

Soon, the servants disappeared. Discord and Luna strode into the hallway, and approached a door. Suddenly, Flash and Soarin floated high into the air. A guard noticed, and stared in awe. Luna levitated the guard, and tossed him towards another hallway.

The two stallions landed onto the floor, and woke from their temporary slumber. "Wha... what?" They asked, confused as they struggled to stand up.

Night Blossom, Moonflower, and Silver Moon struggled to open the two huge doors. As soon as the doors opened, they approached the stallions. "The princesses are in an enchantment," Moonflower explained.

"I'm embarrassed to say, I don't know where I am," Flash Sentry replied. "Anyways, my friend and I were supposed to see Solar Flare. I am Prince Flash Sentry. This is Soarin, the member of the Wonderbolts."

"A prince and a noble," Night Blossom and Silver Moon spoke in unison, and pulled the stallions towards the twins.

"Aren't they beautiful?" Moonflower tempted the stallions.

"Yeah," Soarin agreed.

"I think Sunset is the fairest of all," Flash commented.

"Do you want to kiss them?" Night Blossom queried.

"Yes... I prefer Twilight," Soarin admitted.

"I like Sunset," Flash added in.

"Kiss the ones that you like. They will be awakened from the curse," Silver Moon explained.

Luna and Discord snuck into the room, and hid behind the curtains. They watched in silence, and hoped that the stallions would wake up the princesses with a kiss.

"It would feel wrong to kiss a mare when she sleeps," Flash expressed.

"It's not moral to kiss a mare against her consent," Soarin concurred.

"Kiss them!" The breezies demanded in unison.

Soarin kissed Twilight. Flash kissed Sunset. A few seconds passed, and nothing happened. The stallions pulled away, and took a step back.

"It's supposed to be true love's kiss," Moonflower scolded. "They're not the ones."

The breezies pulled the stallions towards the doors, and soon, they were all out into the hallway. Luna sighed, filled with remorse as she looked to the sleeping princesses. "I told you," She said to Discord as she walked from the curtains and towards Twilight's side.

Discord stood by Sunset, and frowned.

"Twilight, I shall not beg your forgiveness, because what I have done is unforgivable. I was so lost in hatred and revenge... I never dreamed that I would love you, sweet Twily. If your mother hasn't tried to provoke me, then none of this would happen. But, it had happened anyways. You have stolen what was left of my heart. I swear, no harm will come to you as long as I live. Now, I've lost you forever..." Luna apologized.

"Sunset, you have stolen my heart. Since you have allowed the curse to befall you, I have lost you forever," Discord told Sunset.

Luna planted a motherly kiss on Twilight's forehead. Discord planted a fatherly kiss on Sunset's forehead. A kind of magic surged throughout the room like never before. And, the draconequus could sense it quite well. Luna thought that it was just from a loss. As the draconequus and alicorn turned away, they heard a voice greet them.

"Hello, alicorn godmother," Twilight murmured.

"Hello. Well, I'm sorry for what I said to you earlier. I guess we can forgive each other and move on," Sunset explained. "I promise not to be so mean to you again, godmother."

Luna gasped as she turned to face her nieces. Twilight seemed glad, while Sunset was somewhat remorseful. "Hello, beasties. And, Sunset..." She replied as she turned her attention to the older twin. "I have forgiven you. Do not act hateful again. It was unkind, and I can understand. I have felt like that when my sister stole my wings, but I was much worse by then."

"You're our aunt?" Twilight gasped in surprise. "My mother took your wings?"

"Yes... yes," Luna replied.

"You look different. What has happened?" Sunset wondered.

Luna proceeded to explain everything about the curse and about why Solar Flare was the cruel, tyrannical ruler of Equestria. She even mentioned the night of Celestia's cruel and hateful betrayal. She said that her sister had always been the envious sibling. When she finished explaining, the twins were stunned. Sunset blushed in shame. She couldn't believe how willing she was to join the dark side! Still remorseful and profusely apologetic, she started to sob.

"I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have tried to join Solar's conquest for revenge and darkness," Sunset repented. "Twilight, I should have listened to your warning. You were right about our evil mother. I shouldn't have listened to her."

"Apologies aside, beasties. Everypony is forgiven, except for an enemy that we should take care of," Luna intervened as she led them into the hallway.

As Sunset and Twilight followed their godparents into the throne room, only the moonlight was the source of light. The silvered light shone into the empty and eerie throne room. The creepy and dark castle made them shiver. The twins never expected the castle to be something out of a nightmare instead of a breezie tale.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Twilight admitted.

"Yeah. It's like we don't belong here. Now seems like the perfect idea to return to the forest," Sunset concurred. "Well, I've got to confront our mother about her evilness. I will tell her that I will never join the dark side."

For a mysterious reason, the sun rose from the horizon and blocked the moon.

"Now, the hour's come at last! The sun rises into the horizon. But, why is it that everypony chose to shun the sun and its glorious light? Am I so wrong to think that nopony will turn from the light? My sun is not appreciated, but it should be because it gives life! They think the sun is deadly! Now I shall prove them otherwise. While the moon will whine and beg, the sun shall stand her ground," A familiar voice sang.

Luna recognized the voice. She had thought that it was a spirit, but it wasn't. That meant that her sister was prepared to let the world burn and suffer.

"Sunset and Twilight, sneak through the hallways. Find the drawbridge, and we shall reunite there. Your mother should not try to torment you into joining the dark side," She advised.

The twins nodded as they snuck towards the huge doors. Luna rushed towards the twins, and froze as she found herself in the pool of harsh sunlight. She looked up, and gasped in horror. She had been ambushed by the spies! "Aaahhh! Sister, why would you hurt me like this?" She shrieked.

The net with the metallic spikes fell onto her, which caused the dark alicorn to collaspe to the floor. "Oh..." She groaned with pain as the guards surrounded her. They poked at her and chuckled at her misery.

Luna felt the anger rise in her heart. She thought that the ponies in Equestria betrayed her, but she realized that the guards were part of the Solar Army. "Don't follow the cruel sun," She sneered. "Twilight is awake. I broke the curse. Sunset is also awake."

"Ahahahahaha! Look at you! Poor, unfortunate monster!" A guard sneered.

Discord tried to pull the guards away from his friend, but the guards would push him away each time.

Twilight spun around, and gasped. Sunset gasped and rushed through the doors to find a safe area. She wouldn't like to see her mother again. Twilight felt prepared to confront Solar Flare. She rushed towards Luna, bit the net, and attempted to pull it away when the guards shoved her towards the huge doors.

"Into a dragon," Luna whispered weakly as she started to become unconscious.

Discord nodded, and transformed into a huge dragon. He spat fire to scare the guards away. "Stay away from my love!" He shouted in between each fiery breath.

Luna blushed. She never thought that Discord would have feelings for her. She watched as Discord the dragon pulled the net away, and tossed the net towards the hallway. Luna's senses surged back into her, and she rose to her hooves.

"Twilight! Find Sunset and make sure she is okay," Luna instructed. "Be careful along the way!"

She tried to rush past the guards, but was horrified when she saw that the guards wouldn't let her leave the throne room. Some of the guards threw chains at Discord, and pulled his head to the floor as a result. Fire continued to rage through the castle, and a foreboding figure strode through the huge doors.

Luna could scream, but she didn't want to seem vulnerable in front of her sister. She backed away as the fiery mare came into view. "Sister, don't do this! I have broken the curse! Your daughters forgave me," She pleaded.