History FanFic / TheDeathOfPrincessLuna

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Navy Shield acts as the leader of a group of four ponies dedicated to ensure Nightmare Moon can never threaten Equestria again by killing Princess Luna.]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:The sole reason the conspirators postpone Luna's murder for the next new moon is because they believe that only then "Nightmare Moon" can be killed permanently.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Navy Shield shoots Luna and nearly kills her. The Mane Six thinks she's really dead, but she survives.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The villains are utterly insane ponies who believe their gambit -- [[spoiler:destroying Nightmare Moon with a ritual under the full moon]] -- is a righteous crusade. [[spoiler:This is how they could justify capturing Luna, covering her disappearance with a cadaver of somepony else (whose death they may or may not have had a part in), and keeping her imprisoned in isolation and hunger just to eventually sacrifice her.]] The one they believe they're up against wasn't shown sinking to such depths in canon. A special mention goes to [[spoiler:Navy Shield, who nearly kills Luna]].

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Once the conspirators are arrested, [[spoiler:Comet Tail is the only one who agrees to confess everything, identifying his co-conspirators and the entire plan. He still goes to jail, but gets 25 years. Sunny Ray and High Noon get 45 years each, and Navy Shield gets life without parole.]]

* LoudGulp: [[spoiler:Done by Navy Shield when a furious Celestia catches him fighting Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie into submission, and demands he explain himself]].
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Navy Shield, Comet Tail, Sunny Ray, and High Noon. They only ''think'' they're doing right when it comes to killing Luna]].

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Deconstructed. Celestia pulls everyone else's needs far ahead of her own need to properly mourn, resulting in her DespairEventHorizon getting worse.

Rewind, Replay, Repeat: Twlight Sparkle spends the better part of a few weeks reanalyzing the footage of Luna's funeral over and over, with a nagging feeling that something is off.

* SmugSnake: The bad guys have planned Luna's kidnapping and imprisonment with great caution. But weeks of not getting busted makes them smug, way too confident of their success and all too willing to flaunt it in Luna's face. It also makes them unprepared when they catch the Mane Six in their hideout, and are caught up fighting them [[spoiler:by Celestia herself, who holds them down easily with her power]].
* SoProudOfYou: Princess Celestia expresses this about the Mane Six and Spike to Luna [[spoiler:when they are in the hospital after her rescue and attempted assassination]].

** Luna snuck out all alone in the middle of the night, ignoring Celestia's advice, thinking that "anything that would try to harm her would be no match for her magic". Clearly, the possibility of being outnumbered or surprised never entered her mind until it was too late.

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* ApologizesALot: Fluttershy. Whether it's about showing her emotions after Luna's death, or about tripping and ultimately getting hurt by accident, she ''will'' say "I'm sorry". [[UpToEleven At one point she even apologizes for having just apologized.]]