History FanFic / DuskAndDawn

[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/10/story-dusk-and-dawn.html Dusk and Dawn]] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' oneshot fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1191112/2percent 2Percent]]. It is based on an alternate ending to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony the second episode]] - Nightmare Moon is not defeated by the Elements of Harmony, and instead takes over Equestria with a brainwashed Twilight Sparkle, now known as '''Eclipse''', as her [[TheDragon general]].

* ImmortalLifeIsCheap:
** Eclipse can [[HealingFactor regenerate any damage done to her body in seconds]]. This allows Applejack and Trixie to whale on her with as many weapons and spells as they can and Nightmare Moon to inflict all the ColdBloodedTorture she wants.
** The best example being when Nightmare Moon ''rearranges Eclipse's insides''. This would normally be fatal, even for somepony with a healing power if they have to manually activate it. Good thing Eclipse's appears to be automatic.

** Nightmare Moon ordering Eclipse to torture Spike.

** NotSoStoic: Mention Celestia in her presence and she'll [[BerserkButton probably kill you]]. And if she doesn't, she'll just go on a rant about the former queen's shortcomings.
*** She also drops the facade and shows real pain when Nightmare Moon tortures her again at the end of the story. And when Spike gets brought into it, she cracks completely.

* [[ThatManIsDead That Mare Is Dead]]: Eclipse does not take kindly to being called by her previous name - Twilight Sparkle.

Now with a sequel under the name of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/30228/Dusk-and-Dawn%3A-Harmony Dusk and Dawn: Harmony]]. Not to be confused with ''[[WebAnimation/DusksDawn Dusk's Dawn,]]'' another ''My Little Pony'' fanfiction.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Eclipse makes a lengthy monologe mocking Trixie for her past actions, mistakes, and weaknesses. [[ShutUpHannibal Trixie retorts]] by casting an elaborate binding spell and telling Eclipse that she already knows this, and that she had been training for years to fix it. Then it gets [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Eclipse shrugs the spell off, points out that Trixie's violent reaction only supports her speech, and proceeds to verbally beat her into a HeroicBSOD that requires Applejack's intervention to break.

** The best example being when Nightmare Moon ''rearranges Eclipse's insides''. [[CaptainObvious This would normally be fatal]], even for somepony with a healing power if they have to manually activate it. Good thing Eclipse's appears to be automatic.

** Eclipse can [[HealingFactor regenerate any damage done to her body in seconds]]. This allows Applejack and Trixie to wail on her with as many weapons and spells as they can and Nightmare Moon to inflict all the ColdBloodedTorture she wants.

* AGodAmI: The position Eclipse would occupy if she overthrew Nightmare Moon and took control of both the sun and moon.
-->"Twilight, the barrier between day and night, and the ruler of both. Poetic, wouldn't you agree?"

* YouLeaveHimAlone: Eclipse delivers a less heroic variant of this ("He's mine!") when Nightmare Moon goes to torture Spike, marking the first time she's truly stood up to her queen beyond sarcasm and snark. [[FromBadToWorse It doesn't work out as planned.]]

Now with a sequel under the name of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/30228/Dusk-and-Dawn%3A-Harmony Dusk and Dawn: Harmony]].

* BrokenPedestal: Eclipse/Twilight Sparkle despises her teacher for not killing Nightmare Moon when she came back, instead allowing her to banish her to the moon and bringing about eternal night.

* BittersweetEnding: The story starts and ends with Nightmare Moon still in charge, and now she knows the Elements of Harmony are still around and will likely take action. However, the Dawn Militia is now aware that Eclipse is arguably a WellIntentionedExtremist who shares their goal and has [[EnemyMine offered them an alliance]].

** Also of note, [[TheBadGuyWins Nightmare Moon won seven years ago]]. This is mostly just mentioned however, so it doesn't count for the trope.
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Eclipse can [[HealingFactor regenerate any damage done to her body in seconds]]. This allows Applejack and Trixie to wail on her with as many weapons and spells as they can and Nightmare Moon to inflict all the ColdBloodedTorture she wants.
** The best example being when Nightmare Moon essentially ''rearranges Eclipse's insides''. [[CaptainObvious This would normally be fatal]], even for somepony with a healing power if they have to manually activate it. Good thing Eclipse's appears to be automatic.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sort of. Eclipse claims that her crimes are a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary sacrifice]] to save what's left of the world from Nightmare Moon's tyranny. She doesn't appear to feel remorse until the end, where she claims that she could've never brought herself to do them back before NMM's rule, and that she hates what she's become (along with what she once was, both queens... and pretty much everything else). For more on that, see TragicVillain below.
* PrecisionFStrike: The story mostly uses the same euphemisms as the show (hay for heck/hell and such), but Eclipse gives us this gem when she freaks out at the end:

* ReplacementScrappy: Trixie in-universe, sort of. As Eclipse points out, Trixie is only the bearer of the Element of Magic only because she can't fulfill that role herself anymore, and furthermore, Trixie is unable to use the Element to its full capacity. However, Applejack vehemently denies the label "replacement."

* ShutUpHannibal: Trixie and Applejack each make one of these at Eclipse's HannibalLecture. Only Applejack's works to any extent.

* TragicVillain: Eclipse undergoes a sort of HeelRealization at the end of the story, and despises what she's become by following Nightmare Moon's orders. Whether this shows [[BittersweetEnding hope for a brighter future]] or [[DownerEnding how far she's truly fallen, and that she's incapable of redemption]] is up to the reader.
** According to WordOfGod, it's the former.
* VillainProtagonist: Eclipse is arguably the main character. What's also arguable is whether she's actually a villain or just a ''really'' dark AntiHero.

* YouLeaveHimAlone: Eclipse delivers a less heroic variant of this ("He's mine!") when Nightmare Moon goes to torture Spike, marking the first time she's truly stood up to her queen beyond sarcasm and snark. [[FromBadToWorse It doesn't work out exactly as planned.]]

Now with a sequel under the name of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/30228/Dusk-and-Dawn%3A-Harmony Dusk And Dawn: Harmony]].

[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/10/story-dusk-and-dawn.html Dusk and Dawn]] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1191112/2percent 2Percent]]. It is based on an alternate ending to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony the second episode]] - Nightmare Moon is not defeated by the Elements of Harmony, and instead takes over Equestria with a brainwashed Twilight Sparkle, now known as '''Eclipse''', as her [[TheDragon general]].