Nightmare Moon won.
The efforts of Twilight and her friends to stop Nightmare Moon in the Everfree Forest failed. Nightmare Moon took Rarity from the forest, leaving the other five to their fate. Now she rules Equestria with Rarity at her side, forcing her to take care of any threats to her rule.
And Rarity endures, for if she does not, it will not be her that suffers the consequences.
AU to A Shadow Hangs Overhead.
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