Fallout Equestria - Second Chances

Lessons

“A very long time ago in the magical land of Equestria, there lived two sisters who ruled over it. The elder sister raised the sun and the younger raised the moon. They ruled together in harmony and all was good in the land... until the younger sister became jealous and bitter at her sisters adulation. She tried to overthrow her sister and force the world into eternal darkness. Though at great cost to herself, the elder sister banished the younger to the moon for one thousand years.

After one thousand years, the younger sister was freed from her prison and returned to the world to finish what she had started. Through the courage of a group of friends, she was ultimately stopped and turned back to the light.

This little story has been told over and over again. All throughout the ruins of Equestria, in every settlement, in every stable. Almost everypony learns of the Sisters and their conflict. Though there is much truth in the story, we do not tell it again and again simply for the historical context. Like all fables, there is a message behind it. A lesson to learn, to pass on to the next generation.

To some, the lesson is that of pride. That it was the eldest sisters fault for not sharing the spotlight. To others, it is a lesson of greed. That the younger sister was far too selfish. To others still, the lesson is that of conflict. That we will always find it and that even in the best of us it is still in our nature. The lesson I was taught was that of sacrifice. That we all would have to sacrifice, as the eldest sister had done, to save our future.

Surely however, those are not the only lessons we were supposed to draw from such an old tale. They all have small grains of truth. Pride, greed, conflict, and of course sacrifice. Yet there is the ending to the story. It tells us that a pony can change. That even the darkest soul can be brought to the light.

When the youngest sister was returned to the light she didn’t forgive herself, even if those around her did. She struggled and learned, working to make changes for all the wrong she had done. She eventually came to stand beside her sister again and when the crown was thrust upon her by the changing tides of war, she rose to protect her country and her ponies. However that wasn’t enough to stop the end of the world. Her coronation would see the war dive further and further into a bleak darkness. And yet ultimately she had risen above herself and met her end defending her ponies against the coming oblivion.

What sort of lesson does one take from that?”