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// C2. Love in the open 
// Story: Celestial Connections 
// by Dark0592 
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Luna took Fluttershy to her room and laid her on the bed. She kissed her forehead and left, leaving the Unconscious Pegasus with joyful surprise frozen on her face. “They seem to have better connection skills than we anticipated.” Celestia said with a giggle. They hadn't meant to spy on the other two, but the tower they had awoken in was in perfect view of the Garden. Twilight was smiling, but in her eyes Celestia saw a deep sadness and longing, she sensed that longing was for someone to care for her. “Talk to me.” Celestia said, nudging the Unicorn. Twilight sighed heavily and put her head on her forelegs. “Now I'm the only one without somepony special so spend my life with.” she said sadly. Celestia thought long and hard and decided to take a risk. 

“You have me my dear Twilight.” Celestia said, putting her head up against Twilight's. Twilight smiled and nudged back. “I know I do Celestia.” Twilight said. Celestia smiled, of course she wouldn't catch it. “I mean...you always have me as that somepony special.” she said lightly and Kissed twilight on the cheek. Twilight's face went so red she was surprised she kept conscious. “w-w-w-w-what?” Twilight said. Celestia looked a bit sad, but she persevered. “I've watched you grow from a filly just figuring out her magic to the grown Mare....a beautiful grown Mare... and I do believe I've fallen in love with that Beautiful mare, the first time in all of my years.” Celestia said. “But this is probably too much and too awkward for you...” Celestia said, looking down with a sad smile. “No Princess...even if I didn't love you like that back I'd always be your friend.” Twilight said, hugging her. Celestia caught the 'even if I didn't' and smiled. “So what shall I refer to you as now?...my most faithful student?, my closest friend?...or my dearest love?” Celestia asked. “I don't care.” Twilight said with a little laugh as they snuggled up together and fell asleep once more

Fluttershy woke up and stretched to find Twilight dozing happily next to her. 'so it was just a dream?' Fluttershy thought to herself. She got up and recognized a familiar, but unnamed scent. She thought hard to think of where she remembered it from. She realized it was Luna's scent. She then realized there was an unfamiliar taste around her mouth. She put a hoof up to her mouth as she realized she had feinted and what happened was real. Her face flushed up as she remembered it like it had just happened. She heard a yawn and realized Twilight had woken up. “Morning Fluttershy...did you enjoy your little date with the Princess?” Twilight asked. Fluttershy's face went red as she nodded. “Me and Celestia saw from one of the towers, she approves by the way.” Twilight said. “Oh you had a little date with Celestia too” Fluttershy asked. “Well...sorta...it wasn't intended to be like that...” the Unicorn said, her face going red. “Did it go like mine?” Fluttershy asked politely. “Well...we didn't kiss...not directly anyways...but...yeah.” Twilight said. “Oh I am so happy for you! Should we tell the others?” Fluttershy asked, her excitement submitting to her worry. “I think we should...they're the last ones that'd be Prejudice...” Twilight said. “o-ok...but what about the Princesses? What if they don't want anypony to know?” she asked. “...I didn't think about that...your kindness amazes me Fluttershy...we should definitely talk to them but our friends should still know.” Twilight said with a smile. Fluttershy nodded.

There was a tapping on the window and they looked to see Philemina, Celestia's  Phoenix, and midnight sharing the windowsill and knocking the glass. Twilight magicked open the window and the two birds perched on their master's partner's shoulders. “They have notes.” Twilight said. They took the notes out of the beaks of the birds and read them. They both said basically the same thing, Breakfast is to be served and they should gather their friends and that they'd like to talk about last night afterward. They gathered their friends from the rooms nearby and they all entered the private dining hall, where Celestia was sitting happily drinking tea and Luna looked a bit tired as she sipped Coffee. “Ah, perfect timing girls.” Celestia said just as they sat down as a few ponies came in with a few trays. There was bacon, lots of bacon, an omelet for each of them, either tea or coffee surprisingly with accuracy and a large waffle with fruit jam on top. “Wow, I always thought Breakfast was a quick little snack to keep you going until lunch like a pancake or a cupcake but this is amazing!” Pinkie exclaimed as she dug in as Dash did as well.

Rarity and Applejack were much more well mannered but enjoyed it just as much. Fluttershy was eating it and enjoying it, but very cautiously. Twilight was somewhat used to it so she struck up conversation with the two princesses about their mornings. “Well, Ah reckon it's about time fer us tuh go...” Applejack said after breakfast. “It was very nice meeting you all again, you are all welcome back anytime...Twilight, Fluttershy would you mind staying a bit longer? There is something I want to teach to the two of you.” Celestia said. “I don't mind at all princess.” Twilight replied. “Oh...um...I guess it's ok...um...spike is watching the animals for me.” Fluttershy said. “Well see you all when you get back! I'll throw you a party to celebrate what you learned!” Pinkie pie exclaimed. “Sure, you do that.” Twilight said happily and the two groups split up.

“So what is it you want to teach us?” Twilight asked, “Two things...they are very old and rare forms of magic...by Rare, I mean only Luna and I know of it...it is older than Unicorns actually.” Celestia said. “Wait what?” Twilight said. “Before Unicorns, there was a type of magic that any old earth pony or Pegasus pony could do...the art was long lost once Unicorns came along but it isn't dead. It requires only a strong will and a pure heart, and the only magic is the magic of friendship.” Celestia said. “U-um...are you sure this will work for me?...I don't exactly...have that strong a will...” Fluttershy said. “Dear Fluttershy, you have an unbreakable will...your kindness, you will yourself to be kind and shy...that is your choice.” Luna said. Fluttershy smiled and looked attentively at Celestia. “Alright, Twilight you already know half of what I plan to teach you...Teleportation is the first half. It uses Willpower instead of magical power so this may be difficult even for you Twilight. You focus on yourself being next to a very close friend or loved one or a place you can truly call home and completely will yourself to be there...” Celestia explained. “So it's just like magic, but instead of Magical power it's Willpower...you are willing it to happen.” Twilight said. “Exactly...Willpower magic can be the most powerful magic there is, but it can be unreliable for those with unstable wills. Neither of you exhibit any signs you'd ever be left with your will broken so we don't need to worry about that.” Celestia said with a smile.

“Ok...let's try it.” Twilight said. Fluttershy nodded and they both closed their eyes and concentrated. They both sort of blew away like dust and reformed next to the princesses. “We did it!” they exclaimed happily. “Wow...I am impressed, Willpower is a difficult thing to command. To do this the first try is amazing...this next part though is a little trickier...it's the same thing, but you're sending something else somewhere. Whether it be another pony or an object you can send it to a place you can truly call home or to a very close friend or loved one.” Celestia said again. “Alright...we'll try.” Fluttershy said quietly. After a few more minutes of concentration they managed to teleport an item from the table into the hoofs of the princess. “You can also teleport things at a place like that to you or somepony else...but that takes much more practice...Have you realized why I have showed you this?” Celestia asked. The two thought for a moment and Fluttershy answered. “You want to be able to um...keep in touch with us and not um...have to use spike and to um...visit as we please.” the shy mare said. “Exactly.” Luna replied. “I will warn you now though, the Magic of Willpower is very strange...it is the reason why we have Pegasus Ponies and Unicorns...Ponies willed themselves to fly and they grew wings...they willed themselves to use simple magic, and Horns appeared...after that though as I said before the art faded out of everypony's knowledge...Our mother was the last pony alive from that age and she passed her knowledge onto us as we pass it on to you.” Luna said. “We will be very careful.” Fluttershy said. “Remember, keep your will strong, your friendships stronger and your friends close...you may tell them if you please, but until our next meeting I am afraid our relationships will be secret. We want to make sure we are all 100% sure of our feelings.” Celestia said. “Right.” Twilight said.

“Well shoot, that wus thuh best time Ah've had in a while.” Applejack when they all decided to get lunch together in Ponyville. “So, what did the princesses want?” Dash asked. “They wanted to show us a few spells.” Twilight said. “So you learned some new stuff? That's GREAT I should throw a party!” Pinkie exclaimed. “Whoa calm down there pinkie, pretty soon you'll have twenty parties planned at once.” Dash said. “Eh...you're right...even parties need to be spaced out to two a day at the most.” Pinkie said. Dash just laughed along with everyone else. “um...Twilight? S-should we tell them?” Fluttershy asked the Unicorn. “Well, yeah we should.” Twilight said. “ok...” Fluttershy replied and Twilight got their attention. “Hey guys. So you four have each other as your special somepony, you two are horrible at hiding it.” Twilight said, the last part when Applejack and Rarity made surprised faces. “Wait are you saying you two got together?!” Pinkie yelled. Fluttershy's face went red and Twilight laughed. “Sorta, but not with each other...” she said, not really knowing how to say it. Might as well just say it she thought. “I'm kind of dating princess Celestia...” she continued, rubbing the back of her head. The other four looked shocked. “And...um..I'm...I'm with princess..Luna...” Fluttershy said, barely able to hear.

The other four's looks of surprised turned into amazement and surprise combined. “That's AWESOME!” Pinkie yelled. “Dude, with the Princesses? That's so totally awesome.” Dash said. “I can see it now, you make great pairs.” Rarity said. “Ah'm not against it or nothin' but aren't they over 1,000 years older than yuh?” Applejack asked. Twilight shrugged. “Princess Luna didn't age when she was on the moon so she's technically not that much older...and with Princess Celestia...well...it doesn't bother me.” Twilight said. “but WAIT wasn't she like your mom?!” Pinkie asked. “No, she was more like an older sister if anything.” Twilight said with a laugh. “Speaking of mom I haven't seen my parents in a long time...” Twilight said. “I don't think any of us have in a long while Darling.” Rarity said. “OH I GOT IT!” Dash yelled. “What?” “When we all got time we should go and say hi to our folks with our special somepony!” she continued. “That's actually not a bad Idea at all.” Fluttershy said lightly. “We'll probably have to take our folks to our somepony special though.” Twilight said with a laugh. “But what about what they said?” Fluttershy asked. “We obviously can't do it right away so we can give everypony time to think.” Twilight replied. Fluttershy looked nervous but she nodded.

Celestia had a bit of free time from her work so she decided to relax in her room until she was needed. Suddenly there was the sound of blowing dust and the sound of paper falling to the ground. She opened the Letter and smiled as she read it. “I wanted to test to see if I could send a letter to you Princess, if it worked and this is the Princess may I have a reply? If not then please bring this to Celestia. - Twilight Sparkle.” the Letter read. Celestia smiled and penned a note saying she had received it and if there was anything she wanted to say or ask while she had free time. A moment later the Reply came. “YES IT WORKED! And yes Princess, there is a matter I would like to ask you about. Today I mentioned none of us have seen our parents in a while so Dash suggested everypony should meet their Partner's parents with them. We don't know when and I'm not sure if you'd be alright with that. - Twilight Sparkle.” the second Letter read.

“Of course I'd love to officially meet your Parents Twilight, as your Princess, Friend, Mentor and Partner in life all in one.” Celestia penned. “Just make sure you tell me beforehand.” she added at the end and sent it. “Of course princess, your partner in life, Twilight Sparkle.” the reply read. Celestia smiled at the signature, she only  told the two Ponies they wanted to make sure their feelings were 100% for Fluttershy and Luna's sake for she knew hers were above that.

“What is this?” Luna asked herself as she awoke a bit early from her daytime nap and found a Letter was appearing soundlessly on the nightstand. Luna smiled as she read it. “I would love to meet your Parents dear Fluttershy, and obviously your skills with this spell are excellent for I have received this Notation. Please inform me beforehand so I can modify my schedule accordingly.” her reply read. The two Princesses were smiling as they went about their duties once more. The two Ponies in Ponyville, however, were grinning and dancing around their houses. A few days later they had all decided on when they wanted to go, Dash and Pinkie went immediately to Cloudsdale while Rarity and Applejack decided to head up to Canterlot to visit Rarity's parents first. Fluttershy and Luna had decided to visit Fluttershy's right after Luna raised the moon that day while Twilight went to Canterlot to find a carriage to carry her parents to the Palace.