Sol zoomed out of there as fast as he could. Not looking back at all. As he flew he heard Celestia shout for the guards to catch him.

He soon looked back and saw around 30 guards following him in the air alone but more were scattered across the ground. As he flew he was soon blinded by a flash of light and when he moved his hoof away from his eyes he saw Celestia had teleported and Luna followed suit. He looked around him and saw guards with their spears pointed towards him.

He heard a zooming sound and as he looked at Celestia he saw the same ponies he saw in the picture from before. The 'Wonderbolts' were flying next to his sisters and ready to zoom if he made a move.

"Snow white. Why are you running away from us?" Celestia's voice was a mixture of concern and suspicion but also seriousness.

"I should be able to get away if I teleport. But I'm already flying so that's a no. I need to get out of sight before I teleport." Sol flapped his wings hard and flew upwards to the clouds, as he did the wonder bolts soon followed.

"You're not getting away!" The one he assumed was the leader shouted.

"Go and get her Spitfire!" Another one cheered. This Spitfire was fast and he started to feel a little afraid he wouldn't lose her without going back to his normal size.

Sol decided to take a gamble so he kept flying higher and higher and so did Spitfire. When he was high enough to the point the clouds looked to be a good distance away he played his gamble.

"What are you doing? Running away like this? How will Celestia feel when she finds out she's chasing you?" This thought popped into Sol's mind and it bothered him greatly.

"You think you can get away from me by going higher? You need to do better than that." Spitfire said with a smile and Sol tucked his wings to his sides and curled his hooves into his stomach as he started to fall. "YOU'RE CRAZY!" Spitfire followed him but he soon changed so he was falling face first downwards and he was falling faster than Spitfire flew after him.

"You're running away from your Big Sister and your Twin. How do you think this makes them feel?" He felt his heart tighten when that entered his mind. It caused his body to tensed up and he almost opened his wings.

Sol timed this carefully as he changed the direction of his fall to the castle. He opened his wings before he hit the ground and with great speed he flew into the castle and grinded to a halt on the floor.

He was happy to see the guards were still outside as the crowd was trying to move aside and let them in but the crowd and guards ended up falling over each other.

He took this opportunity to run into the Canterlot gardens and hide behind a statue, where he started to charge up a teleportation spell.

"Are you going to keep running? She will find out eventually, unless your plan is to never let her know you're alive and stay isolated." He hit his head with his hooves and the spell he had building up faded. These thoughts were starting to really hurt him and he felt a pull to just tell Celestia who he was to end it.

Celestia and Luna arrived just moments later and so did Spitfire.

"She's somewhere in the gardens. Spitfire. Fly up and watch from the sky." Spitfire did just that and Sol knew he needed to get away quickly. "Luna. I need you to get Twilight and the others. I have a feeling there is more to Snow White that what we can see."

"Leave it to us sister." Luna Teleported and Celestia spoke. Sol knew he couldn't teleport now. If he did then since Celestia knew the location of his teleportation then she could follow him.

"Snow White. As a Princess of Equestria I order you to show yourself. If you comply and do so peacefully, I will be merciful to you." Sol desperately wanted to shout out at her. This reminded of him of when him and Celestia played hide and seek at a young age. She would say 'I order you to show yourself' and he would say. 'I'm a prince. Your order is nullified.' He smiled at that memory.

"We're back sister." He looked out from his hiding spot and saw more ponies. 2 Earth ponies, 2 Pegusi, 2 unicorns and 2 more Alicorns. The same Alicorn from the Crystal empire.

"What's wrong Celestia?" The Purple Alicorn asked.

"There is a Pegasus pony called Snow White hiding here. When I approached her she started to run and I feel like there is more to her than what her cloak shows." They all looked around the garden for him.

"THERE YOU ARE!" Spitfire zoomed down from the sky towards him and he jumped out of the way. He was now standing out in the open and all the ponies around him had their gaze on him. The guards who were watching over the guests now had their attention focused on him after they finally got through.

"Snow white. Who are you and why did you run from me?"

"Do you plan to abandon Celestia forever? How do you think she would feel if her own little brother did that to her? She's done so much for you." An imaged flashed in his head when he thought of that. He saw Celestia on a chair and looking at a family portrait and a picture of him as a little colt. Wondering where everything went wrong. He almost teared up from that. These thoughts he was having were speaking the truth, he couldn't keep hiding forever and if he did then it would devastate both his sisters.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" He shouted, not realizing he forgot to change his voice until he already spoke.

"That voice...Winter Blaze!?"

"The Stallion you were looking for?" Celestia asked Cadence and she nodded.

"How did he manage to fly so far?" Luna narrowed her eyes at him and started to walk forwards but as she did Cadence called out to her.

"Luna. He's likely scared. Don't get so close to him. You're only scare him more."

Luna didn't listen to her and kept walking to him. Sol quickly looked around and saw an opening. He dashed as fast as he could and got passed the guards but was soon stopped by a rainbow Pegasus and the Purple Alicorn who teleported infront of him.

"Nice try buddy." Sol was starting to get worried now. He had no clue what to do about the situation he was in. He wanted to get away but he feared he would have to use magic to do so. He was then tacked to the ground by an earth pony with a cowboy hat who was trying to tie him up with rope.

"Gotcha now." Sol didn't want to hurt anyone but he was left with no choice. He moved his front hoof and knocked Applejack off him. This seemed to surprise all the ponies in the area but the Earth pony got back up and rubbed where she was hit. "A fighter? I like you." She said and looked ready to charge at him again as he took a battle stance.

"Just end it. There's no need to hide anymore. Sure society has changed and is now crazy but is that a good reason to abandon your family?" Another image flashed in his mind. This one was of Celestia looking directly at him and she asked 'Do you still love me?' but she said it with concern and fear in her voice. He shook his head to get that thought out of his mind.

He looked around at them all but as he did he was soon face to face with...a cannon?

Confetti exploded in his face and it even knocked his hood back. As it did this he remembered he stored the hat he was wearing previously in a pocket in the cloak so he quickly put his head down and pull the hat out and put it on. The confetti was enough to conceal him for a moment as he slipped it on.

"Winter Blaze? It is you!" Cadance shouted but Luna and Celestia were looking at him more curiously than before. While he did run away as a teen and while his appearance did change over the past 1000 years, Celestia and Luna would likely know who he is very soon from seeing him like this.

"How many more? How many nights do you think Celestia has had crying herself to sleep, worried about you cause you haven't so much as sent her a letter, letting her know you're alive and alright? Or nights where she cant even sleep?" Another image flashed in his head. Celestia was in his room and holding the teddy bear he use to love playing with as a colt and crying into it as she nuzzled it.

He felt like he was on the verge of breaking down. All these thoughts were telling the truth but the next one got him and almost broke his heart.

"You ran away after Luna was banished. She lost both her little brother and little sister on the same night. You could have been there for her in her time of hardship. But you weren't. You ran away into a dangerous forest. How do you think they would feel if you died in there?" He felt this side of him winning the battle in his heart and he couldn't take it anymore and let go.

He looked at them sadly.

"He's giving up? Did that hurt him?" A yellow Pegasus said and started to walk up to him but stopped when the earth pony who tried to tie him up before laughed.

"Him? Give up? Unlikely, from the way he hit me. That's the energy and fury of a fighter."

"Luna. Celestia. I'm Sorry." He opened his wings and zoomed off once again. But this wasn't to try and get away from them. But to get them away from the crowd.

"Wait. I didn't mean for that to hurt you!" The pink one shouted as they chased him. He had to keep flying and knock the rainbow one out of the way once more as he stopped and landed in the bushes. Away from the gaze of the crowd.

When they were all out of sight he decide to not hide any longer.

"Celestia. Luna." He looked at them as he sat in place on the grass and shed a single tear. "I'm sorry. You must be worried sick about me." He lifted his hooved to his hat and as he took it off and as it still covered his face he used his magic to return himself to normal size, so he was now a little taller than Luna but still a bit smaller than Celestia. He then moved his hat away and let them see his face and his horn. He also spread his wing to show he was an Alicorn.

All the others there were in shock but Celestia and Luna soon lost the look of shock on their faces which was soon replace with tears of happiness.

"Sol...is that you." Luna asked and walked towards him. He smiled at her.

"Yes Luna." Luna's expression soon changed and she now looked at him doubtfully.

"Wait...if you really are Sol then answer these 2 questions. What nickname did I give you?" He chuckled.

"You called me Solly as a kid but also Blue flame because my coat was like Celestia and my hair was like yours." Celestia spoke next.

"As a Princess of Equestria I order you to show yourself." He grinned when she said that and said what he wanted to back in the garden.

"I'm a prince. Your order is nullified." Both of them lost their serious expression and ran towards him happily and tackled him to the ground causing him to chuckle as they did that.

"SOL!"
"SOL!"

He soon had both Luna and Celestia holding him tightly, their earth pony strength showing as he had a little difficulty breathing. They soon stood back up but Celestia didn't stop hugging him. They didn't want to left him go as they even wrapped their wings around him.

"Luna. Celestia. You may want to let go. I think we've hugged enough." They let go of him and he saw the happiness and joy in their eyes as tears were flowing down their face like rivers.

"Where have you been all this time?" Celestia asked.

"I know I have no good excuse for being away so long but to answer your question. For the past 500 or so years I have been living in the crystal mountains. I should have sent you a letter to at least let you know I was still alive." Sol looked behind them at the approaching crowd. "Here comes the crowd."

Celestia looked back at them and back at Sol. She made a quick decision to not reveal Sol just yet. He needed to know what has happened while he has been away.

"Sol. Turn back to Snow White. We'll chat in the castle." Celestia cleaned the tears from her face and put on a different face. Luna and the others did the same and the walked out of the bushes with Sol wearing his cloak again and back to the size of a normal pony.

The pony he met before who was called Spitfire has seen the whole thing happen and Celestia looked at her stirringly.

"Not a word Spitfire. Understand?" She saluted and went back to her squad. The crowd walked out to the garden and the guards surrounded Sol but Celestia ordered them to stand down. "It's been settle. Snow White misunderstood something and ran from us in fear. I will take questions later. For now I need to talk to her. Follow me Snow White."

The guards separated the crowd to let them pass. Only Sol, Celestia and Luna went together as the rest of the Elements of harmony and Cadence and Shining armour all stayed in the hall. They went up to the top level where he looking from side to side, seeing the decorations and the paintings and portraits of famous leaders from diplomats to generals.

They soon entered a room at the top of a large tower and he took off his cloak and turned back to normal. He looks around the room and smelt the air which smelt like flowers. Celestia and Luna turned to face him and he then realised the others from before weren't here with them.

"They're waiting in the main hall. I assume your looking for the ones who were with us?" He nodded.

"What's happened since I left?" Celestia chuckled and put a hoof on his back.

"A lot. After the war and Luna's...banishment." She was clearly uneasy even mentioning that. "After that, with so many stallion dead in the war it caused things to shift. Mares would end up dominating work and stallions would eventually be placed into work positions that wouldn't endanger them as much if they were in one before." Sol sighed and rubbed his head. He knew the war killed almost half of the pony population but he didn't expect this to happen cause of it. "We were hoping the population would be back to normal in a few years. About 200 years at max. Until we learned that Discord played a prank by messing up the birth rates."

"What about now? You said 'would' so it has already happened." Celestia continued to explain as much as she could to him in the best detail she could.

"After more time they started to see mares as expendable because of their large numbers so even the military became mare dominant. But as time went on they realised with stallions in work and still in the military, the population wouldn't do very well and stallions were still dying faster than they were being born. So they were encouraged to focus on populating rather than working. The progress was slow and caused trouble as a lot of mares fought over what few stallions there were, so a law was passed that allowed 1 stallion to be with many mares rather than just a single. This ended up being a huge success as the stallion population has increased from 7.3% to 9.5% in the past 25 years while before that it was either stagnant or declining."

Sol rubbed his forehead. He now knew why the mares were acting to strangely when they saw him alone and acted like he was fragile.

"So...what does that mean for me?" Celestia smiled and threw her hooves around him. She knew he felt really out of place as besides blueblood and Shining armour, he was one of the very few royal stallions in Equestria and the only Alicorn stallion as his older brother was in another continent, ruling his own kingdom.

"Well, how about for now you lay low. Get use to the castle and get to know the staff. Don't worry, i'll make sure they don't try anything." He got a little grumpy when he heard that. Sure he knew Celestia was only looking out for him but he also wasn't a foal anymore. He had lived by himself for over 950 years. Only about 35 of those years did he live with his friend Grand Harvest.

"I can take care of myself."

"I knew you can. But for a while, let me take care of things. Alright?" He sighed, knowing he couldn't really argue with her.

"Fine."

"There we go. Now, Sol. Come to the throne room in 3 hours. The guards and maids need to know who you are and what will happen if they try anything with you." Celestia left the room and now he was left with Luna.

"So...Luna." He didn't really know what to say to her but he saw her smiling at him.

"You want to play some games while we wait?" He nodded.

"Sure. What you got in mind?" Luna levitated something infront of him. It was plastic and had some buttons on it. This is when Luna saw his coat was not very clean. If he was going to be shown to the staff then he needed to look presentable.

"Well first we have to get you cleaned up. After that's done...I assume you don't know what a NeighStation is?" Her face now had a grin on it.

3 hours later

It was now midnight and the castle was closed to all but the staff, the wonderbolt leader Spitfire, Cadance and shining armour and the Elements of harmony wielders. Celestia even called back the staff who had days off or were on vacation for this important meeting.

Celestia was currently sitting on her throne and the room was completely full of guards and maids. Spitfire was close to the throne and Cadence, Shining armour and the elemental bearers were all on the throne just one step under Celestia.

There was a lot of chatter amongst the crowd that was gathered in the throne room. Mainly about what was so important that they all had to be called but some were friends who were catching up on times missed. As Celestia cleared her throat the entire throne room went silent and all eyes were on her.

"All of you are probably wondering what is so important that I had to call all of you here and even interrupt some of you on vacation. Before I tell you I need you all to understand something, what I am about to tell you never leaves this room. Understand!?" She said firmly which caused some to become a little fearful.

At this point Sol walked in with Luna but he was covered in a cloak that hid him completely. Both of them walked up to the throne and stood beside Celestia with Luna on the left and Sol on the right.

"Good. Now as to why I called you all here. There is a part of my life that I want to share with you and this part of it is now going to relevant to your work. You all know about how I had to banish Luna to the moon, but what you likely don't know is that on the day Luna was banished, I didn't lose just a sister. I lost 2 brothers too." The crowds eyes widened when they heard her say that and some even started talking again. Some shouting questions to her and some trying to talk over others but they were soon silenced when Celestia's mane started to catch fire.

"You would be wise to remain silent and listen." Luna informed them.

"I lost my younger brother Flare Solis that day as he ran away. He and Luna were the best of siblings so her banishment took a toll on him. After he ran away my twin brother went after him. He couldn't find him and eventually he ended up ruling his own kingdom on another continent. My little brother has been lost for over 1000 years. Until today." Celestia nodded and Sol took off his cloak, allowing it to fall to the floor.

His coat was just as clean as Celestias was now and his blue hair was no longer ruffled. The entire crowd looked at him in disbelief and some mares were trying not to eye him up infront of Celestia.

"It will be a while until my little brother here will be publically revealed and until then he will be wearing a disguise during the day. When he is in it, he will be addressed as 'Snow white' but as night time when the castle is closed he will not be wearing it. Treat him with the same respect you do me and my sister, and also to all the mares here. Don't try to herd him at all. If any mare here tries to do that or anything else on him...well then you will see what I'm like on a bad day. Now, are there any questions?"

A good amount of hooves got raised when she asked that and she picked one out at random.

"Where will his quarters be?" A maid asked.

"He will be in the reservation room that is one level under mine. Yes, that room was made for him in case he returned which is why it has never been used." Another mare asked a question that made Celestia laugh.

"Who will be assigned to him." The crowd was a little confused to see Celestia laugh about that question and even Luna laughed.

"Assigned? He's a stallion of old so he's more than capable of defending himself. Now, I will answer only 1 more question."

More hooves shot up and she picked one at random.

"Does he already have a mare?" Celestia looked at Sol and he shook his head. She then went up to him and sniffed him.

"He has no other scent on him, so no he doesn't."

"Wait. Scent?" He asked in confusion.

"Oh. You didn't know?" Luna nudged him and told him what it meant.

"When a stallion gets a mare or several then put their scents over their stallion so other mares know he's taken. This way of any other mare tries something, then their own scents can be used to identify her. This also helps and lost stallion find his way back to his herd if he should be separated from them." Sol rubbed his head in annoyance. If this was how much society had changed, he would decided to stay single forever.

"Dismissed."

All the ponies in the room left after Celestia said that