As you stand among the excited ponies gathered in the town square for Nightmare Night, the sky abruptly darkens and howling wind causes the decorations to thrash wildly. A chariot pulled by batponies swoops down, landing with an earth-shattering boom.

Out steps Princess Luna, her midnight coat and sparkling mane glistening under the moonlight. Her eyes gleam as she addresses the cowering crowd in her booming voice,

"BEHOLD, OUR SUBJECTS! WE, PRINCESS LUNA, HAVE COME TO JOIN THEE IN THY NIGHTMARE NIGHT REVELRIES!"

The ponies around you cower and scream, hiding behind barrels and stampeding in panic. Joy collapsing into bewilderment, Luna can only watch as her subjects flee in terror from their princess.

"HALT, PONIES OF PONYVILLE! WE MEAN THEE NO HARM THIS NIGHT!"

Her plea reverberates through the emptying square.

Petrified by the chaos she has wrought, Luna scans the deserted square. Her gaze falls upon you, and she approaches with furrowed brow, seeking a single being willing to stay.

"Art thou not frightened of Our presence? We wish only to take part in these festivities, yet Our subjects flee as from a manticore's wrath! Pray tell, wilt thou too abandon Us this Night?"

She gazes at you beseechingly, as if you too might vanish into the night.