Nightmare Moon's takeover was swift. The kingdom, the night and day, the guard, and even over the ponies who wielded the elements against her. Each one under her hoof in some way.
Except one.

Applejack has been leading a resistance group for a couple years but only now is it something needing to be truly squashed.

Nightmare's most loyal right hoof mare Captain Rainbow Dash is assigned to take her little rebellion down, but it doesn't go quite how dash expected. For one, she didn't think she would fall for her enemy.

Surely nothing good can come from heaven and hell uniting?

Lunaverse Appledash
CW: Violence, torture, blood, psychological horror, emotional manipulation, implied death, references to dismemberment.
-Temp cover art, expect art one soon-

A thousand years ago in Equestria, Luna's frustration and desperation has been building for years and years as her social and political isolation grows, but just before Luna's jealousy and resentment can turn into murderous hatred against her sister, a new event triggars Luna's mental collapse and pushes her over the edge. When Luna by circumstance finds herself alone in Celestia's room she reads her sister's diary out of curiosity and discovers all of the disparaging criticism that Celestia has leveled at her over the years about how much of a nuisance Luna has been to her, but has been too polite to say directly to Luna's face.

Luna and Celestia had always supported and stuck with each other all their lives. Even when the common-ponies critisism and shunning of her was at its worst, the knowledge that her sister loved her kept Luna going. The realization that nopony, not even her own sister valued her or thought she was fit for the throne completely shattered whatever remained of her fragile psyche.

And so Luna just gave up...

She gave in...

If no one wanted her there...

Then she wouldn't stay there...

She would leave.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

But two's company, and three's a crowd.

Twilight has taken notice that Pinkie Pie has an extremely unusual set of abilities, and Twilight is determined to find out the source of Pinkie's Power. However, she might not like what she finds

It had been seven years since Queen Chrysalis' invasion terminated with the obliteration of Celestia's palace and half of Canterlot. Now the Great and Powerful Leader and her allies have all but eradicated the blight of the Changelings and thrust a war-torn Equestria into a golden age of unsubdued innovation.

There's only thing that can stop them now.

WARNINGS: Indepth discussions of body horror, mental illness, various forms of elitism and racism, genocide, torture, and other various human rights violations

Created for 2023 Cyberpunk Nightmare Night Story Contest.