The Alicorn Prince
Chapter 9: Winds of Change
Previous ChapterA few moons passed. (In case it isn't clear, I'm going by the assumption that moons are 36.5 days)
Excitement grew in our household as the time for the birth of the anticipated foal grew closer and closer. The day after we had gotten home, we didn't do much. Luna was still in shock that I was still alive. Tartarus, I was surprised I was still alive.
It didn't take long for a certain purple alicorn to figure out what was going on. She congratulated us. Unfortunately, she also let it slip to her group of friends. This resulted in Pinkie Pie throwing a party. This was fine of course but now the whole town knew about the thing we were kind of trying to keep quiet.
Of course, there was some judgement. As I walked through the town, I caught wind of some whispers of, "So soon?"
and, "Completely Irresponsible." I paid them no heed though, as the overall happiness of the event was constantly running through my head.
Eventually, the time finally came and Luna gave birth to a beautiful unicorn filly. It was a blueish green filly with a blue mane. The mane color, however, was not the color of Luna's mane. but instead was the color of a sapphire. "How is that possible? Neither of us have a mane color like that."
I laughed. "You wanna know a secret?" Luna nodded. "My mane isn't really red. It's that same color of blue. You see, a while back, I got into an argument with another pony named Banquo. we argued over whether blue or green was better. He said that he couldn't take my argument seriously since I had a blue mane. So I had Twilight turn my mane red."
Luna laughed. "There is no way that's true!"
I nodded. My eyes widened as I said, "No! That's a true story! Ask Twilight she probably remembers. In fact, I think Banquo still lives in Ponyville. Maybe you could ask him."
Luna laughed. "Well maybe I will. Who won?"
I shrugged. "I don't know. We still argue by sending letters. Nopony has won yet."
Luna laughed and looked back at the filly. "What should we name her?"
I think for a second and then a mischievous grin spread across my face. "Will she be allowed to drink alcohol?"
Luna looked at me. "Not as a filly but I guess maybe when she's older. Emerald I swear if this is the setup for some stupid joke I am going to kill you."
"MOONSHINE!" I yelled laughing.
Luna smacked me gently with a hoof. "There is no way we are naming our child Moonshine." I rolled around on the floor for a few seconds laughing. After a minute, I regained my ability to breathe and walked back over.
"I kind of want the name to end with Shine. I like that name." Luna said.
"I got it!" I said getting a skeptical look from Luna.
"Don't you dare." She said smiling.
"Shining Star."
Luna smiled. "That's perfect."
There was a celebration throughout Ponyville that day. Pinkie, of course, created the biggest celebration imaginable. I walked over to Twilight and asked, "I'm a little curious, what's the royalty status of Shining Star?"
Twilight laughed. "I'm not completely sure. Let's just say that if Flurry Heart is a princess, Shining is too."
I nodded and we continued with the party until past midnight.
However, a very dark thing was about to occur. Not in Ponyville, but in Canterlot.
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Princess Celestia sat crying in her room. What do I even have left to live for? She thought. I'm not ever allowed to go see Luna, and I can't meet my new niece. I never should have taken things as far as I did.
Celestia looked over to the knife sitting on her bedside table. It was the same one that she had given to me back in the basement. She walked over to it and picked it up. I'm sorry Emerald. I never should have wronged you. I finally understand. You two were meant for each other.
Celestia materialized a quill and a piece of paper. She wrote down a quick letter. and wrapped it up. She sealed it with her royal seal and set it down on her bed. With her horn, she encased the knife in a white aura.
There was no sound in the room that night.
Except for the sound of a knife cutting into Celestia's wrists.
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I woke up to Luna shaking me awake. Shining Star was asleep in her crib next to my bed. I woke up and asked her, "What's wrong Luna?"
She put a hoof to her chin. "I'm not exactly sure. Let's just say, it's 8 in the morning." She gestured outside and that's when I saw what she meant. The moon had been lowered but the sun had not been raised.
It was at this moment, that we saw two pegasus guards flying down to us. "Princess Luna, Prince Emerald, there is something you both must see."
We flew in silence the entire way to Canterlot. As we were leaving Ponyville, I could see ponies pointing at the sky and at us. I saw Luna writing on a piece of paper as we flew. She sent the letter to Twilight. "What was that?" I asked.
"Just a letter telling Twilight to keep everypony calm."
We landed on the balcony outside Celestia's room. The guards turned to Luna and said, "Before we enter, I should think it would be wise of you to raise the sun for Equestria."
"How can you do that?" I asked her.
"I don't know." Luna said. "Maybe just concentrate on it? I really don't know. But if Celestia could raise the sun and the moon, then so can I." Luna concentrated for about five minutes and eventually managed to raise the sun. "Now we let gravity take its course for the day."
The guards looked at us with a solemn face and opened the door to Celestia's room. Luna gasped at what she saw in front of her.
Celstia's dead body.
The knife next to her.
And the pool of her blood.
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We walked over to the body and I could see Luna beginning to cry. "There was one more thing!" The guards said. We looked back and they handed us a letter. We opened it. It said:
To my dearest sister and her husband,
I'm sure you both are wondering what would
cause me to commit such a horrible act. It
would be easy for me to blame the whole
thing on Emerald. To say it was all his fault.
But the truth is, it isn't. To you Luna, I say, I
apologize. I tried to control your life when you
should have been finding your own path. I
was a horrible sister and I hope you can
forgive me. To you Emerald Shine, I say that
I am deeply sorry. As you both have had a
foal, I am sure you will both be great
parents. I hope you will both remember
me for the good things I did in life. Not the
bad things.
To you, Luna and Emerald, I bid thee
goodbye. I am always with you.
P.S. Luna, I know his mind is going to go
here, don't let Emerald name the baby
Moonshine.
Your dear sister, Princess Celestia.
We both chuckled as we read that last line. I looked at Luna and she was crying. We stayed in that room all day. The body was taken out of it and it was cleaned. When we left, we told everypony that the room was fully off limits in respects to the former princess.
The guards came up to us and offered us each an item. To Luna, they gave a crown with a black star sapphire right in the middle. To me, they gave a crown with an emerald right in the middle. "We need you two to be the leaders of Equestsria now." They told us. Me and Luna looked at one another and smiled. We nodded to the guards.
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Later that evening, me and Luna stood up on the balcony of the palace in front of everypony in Canterlot. The guards then said, "Mares and Gentlecolts! King Emerald Shine and Queen Luna!"
I turned to him, "What ever happened to prince and princess?"
He laughed. "I thought it was time for a change."
I knew in my heart that me and Luna would live a happy life. There would definitely be more fun adventures to come as well.
Down in the crowd, Twilight sparkle thought,
Emerald Shine, the Alicorn King. It has a nice ring to it...