Being an alicorn is wonderful... except when it isn't. There are plenty of things that put a damper on limitless vistas of possibility afforded by such a long life: Court, mortal needs and expectations, the occasional decade of ennui.
And the dreams, of course. Agelessness comes with its own special kind of dreaming. Celestia finds that her own "Inner Court" is a bit too literal, and it--and she--are troubled at the prospect of a near-immortal Twilight Sparkle.
If only she could articulate exactly why that was.
art by spectralunicorn
Part of the Monophysite Quartet, which also includes Celestia Isn't Real, Have You Considered My Servant, Twilight?, and The Esoteric Rites of Darkness. All four stories have a common origin point in an old story idea I called "Monophysite" and touch on who or what Celestia really is in some way. They are otherwise unrelated.
16 Chapters:
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I. A Letter [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 20th, 2016
607
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II. Nothingness Haunts Being [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 19th, 2016
1,500
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III. Life can be understood Backwards, but it must be lived Forwards [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 19th, 2016
3,405
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IV. A Mare is What She Wills Herself to Be [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 19th, 2016
3,950
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V. I played Dice with the Universe [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 20th, 2016
1,284
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VI. We the Fatherless, Lords in High Towers [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 11th, 2016
2,646
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VII. The Weight of Glory: The Boast of Celestia [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 23rd, 2016
870
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VIII. The Last Enemy That Shall Be Defeated: Luna's Boast [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 23rd, 2016
1,275
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IX. But the Greatest of These is Love: Cadance's Counsel and Twilight's Thoughts [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 25th, 2016
2,613
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X. A Game of Chess [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 27th, 2016
3,200
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XI. Instead of an Absolute Beginning, a Leap [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 5th, 2016
3,830
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XII. Existence Precedes Essence [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 9th, 2016
5,127
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XIII. How can they meet us face to face Until We Have Faces? [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 13th, 2016
7,076
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XIV. Nothing is Yet In Its True Form [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 17th, 2016
5,913
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XV. Freedom Succumbs to Dizziness [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 20th, 2016
6,781
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XVI. To Love at all is to be Vulnerable [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 24th, 2016
2,509