Princess Luna was growing tired of all the myths that had sprung up over the thousand years of her banishment. Legend was never as impactful as history, and it was important for ponies to know the stories as the latter. With Hearth’s Warming coming up, she worked with her marefriend Coco Pommel to help design accurate costumes for the pageant. Truly accurate, down to the very weave of the fabric. Though it wouldn't solve all of the historical inaccuracies, presenting the true appearance of Equestria's founders to the eyes of the herd would be a step in the right direction.

But to Coco Pommel, something about Luna's demeanor as they worked on the costumes had been… off. And she would wish that she had confronted Luna sooner.

Written for the May 2021 Original Pairing Contest by PRINCESS CADANCE.

Edited by Techno Flare with too many late nights. With help from smokey, short-tale, RanOutOfIdeas, Bicyclette, TCC56, and others. Thank you guys so much, your advice was invaluable to me.

Written as a part of Bean's Writing Group, prompt "This isn't what I was promised". Thanks to everyone there for being awesome.