It opens with school-age Silvermoon and Solaris asking for Twilight to tell them a story about their "mothers", and after a very brief introduction to the two princes, it goes to a flashback detailing the war from Twilight's point of view.
It opens mid-war, while everyone is fighting off changelings and crystal beasts, from no particular character's POV.
It starts before the war, focusing on Sombra and Chrysalis preparing for the war, while caring for their son, Prince Dirge.
It starts before the war, focusing on the Equestria residents, be they the Ponyville residents or the alicorn princesses, and then surprising them (and the reader) with the sudden attack.
It starts long after the war, with young adult Silvermoon and Solaris, after Equestria has settled from the war and is regaining stability.
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