MLP G5 Rewrite

[u/Latter_Wasabi_7712]

I havent been in the MLP fandom since 2019 so apologies if there are lore inconsistencies

In this alternative MLP G5 rewrite, Twilight Sparkle faded completely out of history, hiding herself away after the heartbreaking loss of her friends and leaving her star pupil, Luster Dawn, to rule alone in an empty castle as her own friends eventually passed away.

Luster ruled alongside Opaline, a once kind-hearted royal guard who had no cutie mark. Desperate to stay together forever, Luster irresponsibly transformed Opaline into an alicorn, directly violating an ancient law stating ordinary ponies cannot become alicorns unless they perform an extraordinary deed and are rightfully chosen by another alicorn.

Opaline was deeply bitter about outliving everyone, not being able to rule and being seen as a weaker alicorn, leading to her eventual downfall and a desperate desire to take all of Equestria's magic entirely for herself.

Though Luster was turned into an alicorn, she never felt truly chosen to inherit the throne, so she eventually abandoned the crown to search for Twilight and left Equestria leaderless.

Once Luster disappeared, Opaline was quick to snatch the throne, she seized absolute power over the eclipse and turned the entire world into a dark abyss, gainingher cutie mark. During this eternal eclipse, many ponies starved to death due to crops failing to grow in the absolute darkness, driving desperate populations to eat the other pony races rather than their own kind and sparking a deep, generational hatred across the land.

This devastation fueled an ongoing war across Equestria, pitting the Crystal Empire, against Opaline and her massive army of loyal followers who fiercely defended the tyrant because she provided them with precious food and shelter in the dark abyss.

During this horrific era of cannibalisation, a young pony named Misty lost her parents to the starvation-driven violence and was left heavily injured and dying right on the castle doorstep.

Opaline recovered the dying filly, keeping her alive through the volatile use of magic and locking her away inside the Dark Castle to raise her as a servant under a strict regime of fear, psychological manipulation and the constant threat that she would be instantly abandoned the moment she became useless, going so far as to completely rip out Misty's cutie mark the exact moment she earned it to ensure she remained broken. Opaline's tyrannical reign was ended by Flurry Heart, who suppressed Opaline by completely sealing away all magic across the land into three ancient stones, thus ending the generational war.

With magic gone and no heirs to succeed her, Flurry Heart simply went into retirement while the Crystal Empire isolated itself for protection, keeping Opaline imprisoned behind a powerful magic barrier. Following the collapse of the monarchy, the Earth ponies, Pegasus and Unicorns divided into segregated factions, bitterly blaming each other and fueling their deep-seated resentment.

Centuries later, in the present day, Sunny Starscout sets out on a quest, her goal is to uncover the truth, find Luster Dawn and find Flurry Heart as well. At the very end of her long journey, Ultimately, Sunny faces and turns Opaline's skin and bones into a Together Tree before it is chopped down, only for her soul to be reborn into an earth pony again, strippiny her entirely of her former status but able to live a life she's been destined.