If I could have one wish granted for me in my life, it would be to sit by a fire for a night with Princess Luna, and take turns telling stories.

Don't get me wrong - I would hardly pass up the chance to do so with Princess Celestia either! Thousands of years worth of stories, maybe not spoken or heard for just as long! But... there's something about the night for storytelling, and that makes me wonder about the night's Princess.

I mean, look at tonight! A brilliant half-moon shining, just enough to see by once it gets to the ground. Stars, twinkling in their own romantic, slow dances. A gentle breeze - not so cold you would need to hide behind walls, but cool enough to make the campfire glow seem divine. A night when voices carry and the whole world seems ready to listen... or aching to tell its own story.

But the tales we tell are so often of daylight, of adventures and misadventures alike when Celestia's sun shines bright, of what was done and what was said, and what we wish we could have done and yet do. There are so few stories of our Princess of the Night, compared to Her sister of the Day. Of course, Princess Celestia has had a good thousand extra years of recent history to build tales of Herself, but even with that in mind... when you think of the princesses, you think of Celestia flying high, acting, shining bright... And Luna watching, listening, and learning.

On nights like this, I imagine I stand on Princess Luna's back... I see Her wings spread wide in the trees around me, Her mane flowing across as the sky, as She lets the world flow around Her. My words float up, caught amongst those twinkling sparks until they make their way to Her ears, and I hope She listens and enjoys what She hears.

That She has an appreciation for stories... I think is unquestionable. After all, does She not make such a perfect night for it as this - Whether or not She flows through it to listen in? But... try as I might, I cannot imagine what sort of stories She would tell.

Tales of days and nights, long past and nostalgic, from before Her banishment? Would they be tales of sadness, of war, of romance, or of little joys? Of what brought forth Her jealousy and rebellion? Of Her time in exile? Or would it be tales of what She has seen since Her return - learning of the new Equestria, likely so different that we could not ever imagine it, and yet surely with so many little similarities that would each make a story of themselves.

Or perhaps She would not be one to speak of Herself and Her life, but would spread the tales of other ponies who have told them in the night - some perhaps, of course, more true than others. What would She find more important, the truth of a story, or the joy that it brings the listener?

But maybe, like Her glorious night around us, She would make no move to tell a story of Her own, and simply listen... and smile a quiet, knowing smile as the tales wash over Her, and travel within the stories like the dreams that are Her domain...

Ah! I am rambling, again. You're not here to listen to me talk about stories, after all - and the night is ready and waiting for a tale.

So, what story would you like to hear tonight?

Table of Contents

1. On the origin of Ponies - Everyone, OC - A piece of backstory from a discarded work. A tale of how ponies came to not so much rule Equestria as embody it.

2. The Blank Flank Witch - Everyone, OC, CMC - A travelling storyteller weaves a ghost story to the foals of Ponyville.

3. Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster - Teen, Celestia, Twilight, OC - Originally published in the Twilestia Prompt Collab - Thousands of years in the future, an archaeologist stumbles across the last diary of Princess Twilight Sparkle, and the world-shaking secrets within.

4. Desire Unleashed - Teen, Twilight, Celestia, Spike - Originally published in the Twilestia Prompt Collab - Twilight discovers an unwelcome side effect of using Spike's inherent magical power to exchange raunchy letters with Celestia.

5. Etiology - Teen, Twilight, Celestia - Originally published in the Twilestia Prompt Collab - Twilight learns the joys and dangers of mixing playtime with playing with time magic.

6. Kismet - Everyone, Twilight, Luna - Originally published in the Twiluna Prompt Collab - Twilight grants a wish with unexpected consequences.

7. Oh Sh... Teen, Twilight, Cadance - Originally published in the Twidance Prompt Collab - Cadance is less than pleased to find somepony impersonating her lover.

8. Guardian - Teen, Twilight, Shining Armour, Cadance - Originally published in the Twidance Prompt Collab - Twilight and Shining Armour search for their Cadance, lost among countless parallel dimensions, despite some unexpected distractions.