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''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7562952/1/Night_of_the_Shy_Revamp Night of the Shy]'' is a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic that takes the [[Word of God]] that Princess Luna was corrupted into Nightmare Moon not just by jealousy but by evil magic, and runs with it.
The plot begins as Ponyville prepares to once again host the Summer Sun Celebration (the one-year anniversary of the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|series premiere]], in fact), while Twilight Sparkle has been called back to Canterlot to partake in combat training. When she inquires as to why, she is informed of the shocking truth behind her apprenticeship to Princess Celestia -- she is being groomed to one day be heir to the throne of Equestria. Meanwhile, the entity known as Nightmare -- the same evil that had once possessed Princess Luna and turned her into Nightmare Moon -- returns, this time making Fluttershy her victim, taking her body as her own before declaring war on the Princesses and all of Equestria.
Now, Twilight must face her new destiny, and the surviving ponies must find a way to stop their friend... perhaps at the ultimate cost.
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* [[Anyone Can Die|Anypony Can Die]]: That's been made ''very'' clear.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: When we see him in action, it becomes clear that General Spur didn't get his job just because of his friendship with the Princesses.
* [[Back
* [[Bad Dreams]]: Pinkie has a rather disturbing one in chapter 6, complete with [[Catapult Nightmare]].
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Nightmare is good at performing these -- first, she uses the Mane Cast's pets as bait to lure Fluttershy into the Everfree Forest so she can possess her; then she tortures Spitfire in order to anger Rainbow Dash into attacking her {{spoiler|so she can kill her}}; and finally, during her fight with Luna, she lures her into the Forest {{spoiler|where she's rendered powerless, and killed by the cockatrices.}}
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* [[Cerebus Retcon]]: Why wasn't Celestia around during the events of the series premiere? Because Nightmare Moon corrupted the stars not just to free herself, but to pull Celestia into space, which caused her soul to be sent to the Flame of Limbo as a defense mechanism. In other words, until Nightmare Moon was defeated and the spell undone, Celestia was effectively ''dead.''
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Nightmare takes all of the Mane Cast's pets and transforms them into monsters.}}
* [[Cold
** During the attack on Ponyville, Nightmare tortures Spitfire in order to goad Rainbow Dash into attacking her {{spoiler|so she can kill her. It works.}}
** {{spoiler|After Canterlot falls,}} Nightmare tortures General Spur to force him to reveal the location where Luna hid Discord's statue -- [[Interrogated for Nothing|information he doesn't have]]. [[Badass|He mocks her about it.]]
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* [[Immortality]]: The Royals appear to be a combination of [[The Ageless]] and [[Resurrective Immortality]] -- in addition to not aging, if their bodies die it's apparently possible for their souls to be retrieved from the Flame of Limbo and given new bodies. {{spoiler|Doing this for Celestia and Luna is the Mane Cast's current goal, along with defeating Nightmare.}}
* [[Internal Reveal]]: Fluttershy is possessed at the end of chapter 2. The other characters don't find out about it until chapter 4 (except Zecora, who witnesses it, and spends the next two chapters on the run).
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: When Rarity starts showing an interest in Blueblood again (thanks to his [[Character Development]]) and Spike gets jealous about it, the two have a discussion about it; Spike admits to knowing he and Rarity can't be together for the [[May
* [[Jaw Drop]]: Rarity and Spike's reaction to meeting the new and improved Trixie.
* [[Jerkass Realization]]: Apparently happened to Prince Blueblood and Trixie as a result of [[Break the Haughty|what they went through]] in their [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E26 The Best Night Ever|respective]] [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E6 Boast Busters|episodes]] -- they both realized what epic [[Jerkass|Jerk Asses]] they were and dedicated themselves to changing their ways. Blueblood abandoned his position as a member of the royal family to live on a farm and run a bakery, while Trixie now runs an orphanage.
** Gilda had a partial one after her [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E5 Griffon the Brush Off|own episode]], but it didn't really set in until she found out about {{spoiler|Dash's death}}. After that, she was so ashamed about what she had done, she first saves the survivors of Ponyville, and then decides to help the remaining Mane Cast fight Nightmare.
* [[Just Toying With Them]]: In canon it was already established that Discord was just playing with the Mane Cast. Twilight's conversation with Luna reveals this was taken to a greater extent than we believed.
** They also discuss the possibility that Nightmare Moon was also playing with them due to not viewing them as a threat. For her part, Nightmare claims that she threw the fight because she wanted out of Luna's head.
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