An alicorn never dies... not for long. There have always been the same number, and there always will be. Little did Twilight know, her coronation was no accident. It was ordained from birth.

But what will she do when Celestia dies? How will she approach the new Celestia-as-foal?

This story is CANCELLED. I abandoned writing it after the plot became hopelessly lost. I realized it was just too all over the place and trying to be too many things. I'm publishing it just as a curiosity, or perhaps because it might give other people ideas. This is an unrefined, unfinished early draft. Feel free to use parts or concepts of it in your own work if you'd like. It has been continued here: True Love Never Dies