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Chapter 3

"Anxiety and Reassurance"

It seemed that Twilight was not the only one who was trying to seek answers about the impending coronation of Flurry Heart. Starlight Glimmer wandered around the castle for any sign of Sunburst and when she didn't find him anywhere, there was only one other place where Flurry Heart's crystaller would be and that was at his house not far from the castle.

"Sunburst," cried Starlight, knocking on the door. "Are you there?"

A hushed silence emerged for a few seconds and then the door opened to reveal Sunburst on the other side, now without his long green cape. Starlight could see that he was filled with anxiety and it showed in his body language.

"Oh, hey there," said Starlight, taking note of her friend's worried expressions. "I thought you'd be busy getting ready for the coronation."

"Cadence and Shining Armor thought I could use a little rest before the ceremony tomorrow," sighed Sunburst as he allowed Starlight into his house. "Although, do you really think it is necessary that Flurry Heart be crowned a princess now? I mean, this is all so sudden."

"I am sure that they have their reasons," replied Starlight as they sat down at a table near Sunburst's large library of books. "Come to think of it, Twilight has even been questioning why as well."

Sunburst sighed and removed his glasses for a moment to rub his eyes in thought of everything that was happening around him.

"She has every right to be," said Sunburst, putting his glasses back on. "When I tried to talk to Princess Cadence about it, she told that it was all about legacy or something."

"Legacy?" wondered Starlight. "What about legacy? Is there something that either one of us doesn't know about?"

"I am not sure, Starlight," replied Sunburst. "All she could tell me was that it was important that Flurry Heart be crowned the first month after she was born. When I asked for a much better reason, Princess Cadence wouldn't give it to me."

"Have you asked Shining Armor?" asked Starlight. "I mean, he is the prince after all."

"I did ask him and all he could do was say the same answer that Princess Cadence gave to me," answered Sunburst. "All about legacy. Something must have happened that made them want to do this and it is not just because Flurry Heart is an alicorn."

While Starlight and Sunburst continued to ponder and guess why Cadence and Shining Armor were going through with this, Twilight and her friends had walked into Flurry Heart's bedroom where the baby alicorn set about playing around with Pinkie Pie by clinging onto her face. While Twilight was happy at the fact that Flurry Heart was having fun with her friends, she was still not totally convinced that Flurry Heart should have her coronation right away. Although she was mindful of her brother and Cadence. Twilight was only Flurry Heart's aunt and nothing more.

"Um, Twily, was there something you wanted to ask me about?" asked Shining Armor as they watched from a short distance. "If there is a time to ask me about anything, do so. I'm all ears."

"Can we go outside as to not excite my friends?" said Twilight, stepping outside of Flurry Heart's bedroom leaving only her and Shining Armor alone. Once they were outside, Twilight closed her eyes and took a deep breath while her brother looked on. Then, Twilight took a moment to find the words and once she did, Twilight asked her question. "Shining Armor, this has been on my mind since we found out about the coronation. But, don't you think that Flurry Heart is a little young to be crowned a princess?"

This caused Shining Armor to develop a worried look on his face, for he was convinced that Twilight would be happy that Flurry Heart was going to be just like her: someone who had gone through a grand coronation ceremony. Still, he had his reasons and decided to respond to what his little sister wanted to hear.

"Actually, Twilight," said Shining Armor, walking over to the end of the hallway and looking towards the throne room where the coronation would take place. "There is a reason why Cadence and I want Flurry Heart to be crowned now. You see, after what happened with the Changelings at our wedding, we knew that there would come a time where something might happen to us that would require Flurry Heart to become a princess. It's about protecting our legacy, Twily."

"But, don't you want Flurry Heart to have fun in her life and develop naturally?" wondered Twilight. "I mean, you didn't see me be crowned a princess when I became Celestia's student."

"That was different, Twilight," remarked Shining Armor. "You had to work your way to become a princess and trusting your instincts when I didn't believe you about Chrysalis was just a step towards that goal. Flurry was born an alicorn and if you are born an alicorn, then you automatically are considered a princess."

Twilight sighed in despondence over her brother's answer. She was of course sad that Flurry Heart was not going to live the free life that Twilight herself led. She had friends, she had family. Flurry Heart had her family, but Twilight was also worried that Flurry Heart wouldn't have time for friends and such. However, Shining Armor still had one more bit of information to say about Flurry Heart and it was something that would at least try to console Twilight a little bit.

"But, I want to assure you, Twilight," he continued. "That we will have Flurry Heart live a normal life as much as possible. If she wants to have friends, we will let her have friends. However, we want to teach her that she wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth. If she wants to be entitled to certain things, then she will have to work her way up like we did."

This made Twilight feel a little bit reassured that Flurry Heart would live the life of a normal pony, despite her newborn alicorn status. Still, there was the matter of the coronation ceremony itself and Rarity set about organizing all of the dresses that she and the rest of Twilight's friends would wear, having not been . At the same time, Cadence was also finishing up her speech that she would give at the ceremony.

"Um, Shining Armor," she asked walking towards him and Twilight while looking over her speech. "Do you think that my speech looks okay?"

"I think it looks fine," replied Shining Armor, reading the speech down carefully. "And I'm not saying that because I'm your husband."

Cadence merely responded by raising an eyebrow, given the seriousness of what the speech meant. This was to be the ceremony that would make Flurry Heart a princess like her mother and like her niece.

"All right, All right," said Shining Armor, handing the speech over to her. "I'd bet you are probably nervous like me at seeing our daughter get crowned a princess. Trust me, you'll do fine, honey."

Cadence let out a small chuckle before turning her attention back to the speech at hand. The coronation was the next day and everything had to be perfect for Flurry Heart's second big day…