//------------------------------// // Counting Stars // Story: Princess Filly'tia // by DGGames //------------------------------// Princess Filly'tia Chapter 5 - Counting Stars "That one, over there in the North sky, was a great pony, known as Orion. He was brave for his time, and he didn't let anything stand between him and his friends. Quite like Rainbow Dash. So, when he finally passed on, Luna graced him as a constellation, and lifted him into the night sky, so his legacy would never be forgotten." Celestia motioned. "I never knew that Princess Luna could turn ponies into constellations?" Twilight asked. "Quite right, Princess Luna can do many things you wouldn't think she could do, such as run the country for a while, while I take a vacation." "Hmm, what about that one? The one that is supposed to represent Starswirl?" "Oh Starswirl's Beard? That constellation depicts Starswirl in his last moments, finalizing the spell he had been working on for the last decade of his life. Starswirl was a great wizard, but an even greater friend." Celestia said, starting to tear up. "Oh 'Tia, it's ok." She offered Celestia a hug, who gladly accepted. "It will all be OK, don't you worry, we will find a cure for this, I promise you." "You know Twilight, you are a great student, a great wizard, but an even greater mother. I love you Mom." The comment made even Twilight a bit curious. But she smiled, and just cuddled closer to Celestia. "We should get some sleep, we have a big day ahead of us." Twilight said. Celestia nodded, and they went inside. Twilight laid in her bed, after she tucked Celestia in with her. "Do you want me to sing you a lullaby?" Celestia simply nodded again. "OK here it goes." Hush now, quiet it now, it's time to lay your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to go to bed. Hush now, quiet now, close your sleepy eyes. Hush now, quiet now, my how time sure flies. Drifting, drifting off to sleep the days excitement behind you. Drifting, drifting off to sleep let the joy of dreamland find you. "Good Night Tia, sweet dreams" she said, before she too drifted off to sleep. As Twilight ushered Celestia into Rarity's Boutique, she happened to look around. The only pony was Rarity working on her dresses. She looked up, and after seeing Twilight, she stopped what she was doing, and yelled up the stairs. "Vinyl, Twilight is Here!" Rarity said. "I'll be right down sis!" Vinyl yelled from upstairs "You two are sisters?" Celestia asked. "Why yes, princess. Twin sisters in fact. Don't you see the uncanny family resemblance?" Rarity asked. "Since Vinyl dressed as you Rarity, I can see it." Celestia said. Rarity glared at her sister. "Vinyl! What did I say to save that trick for April fools!" Viny grinned sheepishly. "Sorry sis. But we needed to comfort widdle Celestia, she needed some familiar ponies around her to comfort her. Blagh, redundancy." Twilight did not approve of the 'widdle Celestia' comment. But before she could anything about it, Rarity interrupted. "Fine..." Rarity sighed. "But how can you two be sisters? The last time I checked your ID profile, Rarity, you only had Sweetie Belle as your sister." Rarity hesitated on what to say. "...She is my long lost twin sister." Rarity lays her arm over her sister. "She recently got adopted back into the family." "Uh. Yeah." Vinyl replied. Celestia smirked. Years of experience has taught her that they were lying or bending the truth. "You hesitated, tell the truth." She pointed at the twins. "I knew we should've practiced this more, sis." Vinyl groaned. "Indeed." there was a thinking pause. "Can you keep a secret, Princess?" "Of course." "Rarity's my clone." Vinyl as soon as Celestia was done with her sentence. "What?" Rarity facehooved. "Way to make the long story short, Vinyl... You see your highness, we were once the same pony. I enjoyed being both a graceful lady and an obnoxious DJ." "Two conflicting traits for one pony to have. We, or just I at the time created two alter egos." Vinyl continued. "So like a split per-" "NO!!!" The twins shouted in unison. Celestia and Twilight were taken back. The twins collected themselves. "Dreadfully sorry, that's a touchy subject." Rarity apologized. Vinyl continued the story. "Our secret would've been exposed sooner or later. We decided our Birthday was our best bet." "We told a select few ponies about it first, namely Sweetie Belle and Octavia." At point Rarity and Vinyl smacked the ball back and forth. "Octavia, for the record was my best friend, tied with Fluttershy." "When our birthday arrived we told all our best friends." "Buuuuuuuuuut~ 'Tavi, being the best marefriend (just my roommate at the time,) I could ever ask for, asked Twilight to split us into two!" Vinyl Motioned "Indeed. My heart is still after stallions, just letting you know." added Rarity Celestia turned to Twilight. "Is that true?" "Yes." Twilight confirmed. "Do you have any proof that you had a double life?" Celestia asked. The twins looked at each other. "Show her your flank Vinyl." "'Kay." "Now watch as Vinyl, with no magic changes her cutie mark, from hers to mine." Vinyl did just that. "And yes, we earned two cutie marks." "Fascinating, somepony should write a book about that. And Twilight did that? I'm so proud of you." Celestia said. Twilight blushed at the compliment. "Would you like to demonstrate sometime?" Twilight was worried. "She was unconscious for a few days after doing it. I don't think she thinks of it as a great accomplishment. Or want to try again. Isn’t that right darling?" Rarity added. "It is an accomplishment for me, but I never going to try again." Twilight explained. "I’m still proud of you." Celestia muzzled Twilight. "She had to be dragged home, but the rest of the party went swell." Vinyl said. The word party just clicked something in Twilight’s mind. "Omygoshomygosh. We’re late!" "Late for what?" Celestia asked. Something in Vinyl's mind clicked as well. "Late for a meeting with our friends!" She exclaimed.