An Incongruous Introduction
"I really don't know what you mean, Celestia." The voice echoed as it responded, although it was not exactly a voice at all. The medium by which the two beings spoke was more akin to sharing the same thought, while at the same time they 'heard' one another.
Unfortunately for Celestia, not everything the 'thought voice' said was in a language she understood; much of it came as abstract pictures, images of concepts or designs spanning across several obscure memories she herself had forgotten she even had. It was clear; the being she had just stumbled upon was using some sort of magic, or ability, to bridge the gap in understanding between them.
That sort of power made Celestia wary. However, she was still curious over the entire situation, and who, or what it was she spoke with.
"I mean," Celestia began to reply aloud, then paused, coughing to stifle her own words. She looked around herself coolly, remembering she wasn't alone on the castle balcony.
The two guards standing by the pathway's entrance arced their eyebrows towards her in tandem, curious as to why their Princess had spoken out.
Celestia smiled warmly at her little ponies. "You may both take your leave of me. I wish to be alone."
The two stood straighter at attention, saluted, then casually trotted through the archway.
Celestia refocused her attention on the being. It wasn't difficult, its... or perhaps it was 'his', but nonetheless, the entity's presence was overwhelming. "I meant no disrespect, stranger, I merely wished to know what exactly you were." She had to focus to try and deliver the proper meanings to her words, it was already apparent that the being took every word at its face value.
A long moment passed until the response came. "I already showed you what I am."
Celestia furrowed her brow in thought, it occurred to her right away that one of the images her mind had been flooded with may have been what he looked like. There had been too many though, she couldn't hang onto them long enough to make any sense of it all.
"Could you show me again? You overwhelmed me before, I did not see." Celestia focused the thoughts hard, trying to convey her meaning carefully, as one may speak slowly to a foreigner trying to grasp your language.
The being's presence returned in her mind, an image lay before her, of stars, gaseous nebulae, planets and the endless, vacuum of outer space.
Celestia held her breath while the images panned slowly through her mind's eyes, showing her the length and breadth of a world she had only ever looked up at through a telescope. Then, everything clicked for her. "This is you?" She pushed the thought out in a rush, the implications stunning her.
This creature, she thought, was it telling her that it was from space? Neigh, that it was space?
What returned to her wasn't an answer. It almost sounded like laughter, but it was garbled and far too high pitched. Celestia couldn't help but wince a little.
The voice then spoke again. "No."
Celestia waited, expecting more. Just before she was about to speak, the most vibrant image yet clouded her mind, storming in as an army of changelings bashing down a castle gate. Even her eyes saw some of the vision, imprinted over the blue sky she looked up at.
"This, is me." The voice whispered.
Celestia was at a complete loss. For a split second, she was even a little frightened. The vision of the mysterious creature, the force in her mind, was redder than blood, more powerful than her magic a thousand fold. Her breath caught, and held until the visage of the speaker disappeared from her sight.
"Celestia." The voice prompted her. Strangely, it held some character to it now.
Celestia calmed herself. She remembered that as Princess, it was unbecoming of her to be afraid, she had to be strong, always; even in the face of something so...incredible. Her thoughts regathered themselves, and an idea made sense of what it had been that was shown to her. The familiarity with the being she spoke with suddenly clicked.
"You are a star," Celestia thought to the being chatting with her. A light smile graced her lips.
The voice responded resonantly. "Yes."
"Amazing." She thought on instinct.
"Is it?" The voice returned, the character in its tone had grown. "The concept of amazing suits you far better, little one." The voice had certainly changed its tone, it sounded different now, much less like a monotone echo. There were less images accompanying its voice now as well, though some still flashed by. It also sounded, familiar... "The things you've shown me already are far more interesting than me, or my..." A vision of the Canterlot gardens hovered briefly, then faded. "Backyard."
Celestia spluttered, choking on a breath that had mixed with gulping and all around ended horribly. She patted her front with a hoof and looked back up to the sunny sky with trepidation. "Shown you? I haven't shown you anything." She thought immediately and before she could help herself. It wasn't like her to be so flustered, but the creature felt powerful. To herself, she worried that they were reading her mind, something that could doom Equestria.
"I understand." The voice returned, then waited.
It spoke again, less fiercely. "It was not your intent to show me those..." The now curiously emotive voice paused. "Memories. I owe you an..." It paused a second time. "Apology."
Celestia's expression had schooled itself. She watched the clear blue sky calmly, flatly, as she may survey an audience with the wild dragon leaders, or warily study a dangerous escapee from Tartarus. She needed to test something. Without trying to communicate to the being that claimed to be a sun, something that made scarcely any sense, she formed a simple thought. I love cake. Do you love cake?
Much to Celestia's dismay, a reply, in a very, very natural sounding voice, entered her mind. "I have never had cake. But, I am sure I would like to, if I could. It seems..." There was a two second long pause. "Delicious."
Celestia scrunched her eyes shut and groaned. "Please, stop reading my mind."
The voice remained quiet then, and did not answer her.
Celestia studied the sky once more, her horn aglow, trying to think of what to do. She shielded herself with everything she could think of. At the same time, the voice had piqued one of her oldest, deepest memories. It had used her father's voice.
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Well. That happened.
And there's more? Sweet.
~Skeeter The Lurker
I guess a black hole would be an asshole to talk to?
Aw, I thought she was going to talk to Sauron.
Huh, for a moment there I thought it was the Sun she raised that was talking to her. Sun being a star and all, y'know?
Hm, nope, no idea what to make of this - I like it.
Wonder what that star wants from Equestria .. or at least from Celestia. Or if it means anything that a star is contacting her .. hm, oh well, looking forward to what you'll make of this.
Liked and faved!
M
This concept -- a sentient star -- pushes one of my personal buttons. Looking forward to seeing more of this.
Very interesting.
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Thank you gentlemen, to put any lingering worries to rest I am writing this with the readers that take a deeper look at things in mind. I may sneak in some cheeky humor here or there, that's my style after all, but overall it's two immortals chatting over the meaning of things.
This...this is what I want to read...
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I forgot to post a comment.
I swear I did earlier...
Hi Merlos!
3062696
Ever read that one where the sentient stars that freed NMM come to Equestria to collect on her debt and blow shit up like Independence Day?
3063340
Holy crap that sounds awesome.
This was... good. Real good.
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No, but they'd probably suck at conversations.
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3063729
It's on EqD called "Empty Skies" but it's abandoned.
3063340
Hadn't seen that one, but I'm siding with Merlos: holy crap, that sounds awesome.
I remember reading a sentient-star story in the late 1980s, and it wasn't Frank Herbert's Whipping Star. Not Pratchett, either. But somehow, the darn thing moved me, perhaps because the star was marked for death.
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Dude, stop being such a point of singularity; I'm really tired of dealing with your lack of time management skills. (two jokes in that one :D)
Chatty universe, isn't it?
The image looks to be more of a super nova if anything.
I didn't really see this as much of a comedy, but it did have some interesting thoughts and places it could go.
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Oh I have plans if it does well.
I almost left the comedy tag off though, true.
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The only father figure I see for Celestia and Luna is Titan from Ponies Make War The Immortal Game.
3064102
Oh.
3064793
OH NOES! Someone didn't like my comment!
3065097
Wasn't me brother of mine.
love it so far!
3064102
Here, have an upvote to counter it. Truth be told, similar for me. Very few people have speculated on her parents, though the one's that barely mention them usually say they were nice guys. Fausticorn would be a badass mother to have, on the other hand.
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Besides The Immortal Game I have only seen one Dark fic actually mention Luna and Celestia's father. All the others just talk about Faust, she seems to be pretty common.
Interresting
3064793 o-o okay, I really need to pay more attention to what my favorite authors write, sheesh.
3064072 see the red dot in the middle, that my sir is a STAR.
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No, that is the center of a dead star. So, like I said, either neutron star or black hole. Both the remnants of a massive star, probably blue in color when it was young. The cloud around the outside is most likely the left over bits that will go on to make planets and new stars.
These are all supernova. These are stars.
This is a quaser.
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3064072 That is a planetary nebula, ejected from a star. Supernovae are far more spectacular.
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My bad then, it is just the left overs of a regular nova.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrqPYvO4qCE
i thought this was what the story would be... kinda
3070492 neutron star, still a STAR
black hole not red,
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*Puts you both in the science corner.*
3070564 Err, sorry to continually correct you, but a nova is when a white dwarf collects so much matter from a companion star it collapses, thus going nova.
3073115
Darnit nerds! Do your nerding elsewhere!
3073649 Well, the Earth is moving at several Kilometers per second around the sun, so we ARE elsewhere!
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3071534
What is your definition of "star" then? Anything that is a source of light is space? Cause the way I define a star is that there is still active fusion happening in the core. This does not happen in a neutron star, black hole, or white dwarf. It can happen on the surface but the force stopping a neutron star or white dwarf from collapsing in on itself is not from nuclear fusion, just the force the repulsion between neutrons or electrons.
3071540
Tangle is coming with us, he is correcting me on the finer details.
3073115
Thanks for correcting me again, my astronomy class was ages ago. Though I think that the accreted material does not cause the white dwarf to collapse, instead it just has a runaway CNO cycle on it's surface, ejecting to stolen material.
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If comments alone got people featured this story woulda topped the board.
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Oh, this is nothing when compared to other comment storms I have jumped into. (I never start them, that is just something I do not do, nope, not me.)
Interesting and fairly well written piece, not much for t's power dwarfing Celestia's but that's personal, it feels a bit jarring at the end and there isn't much context at the start, but the conversation was very well written, Celestia seemed very in character, though sometime her emotions were told a bit more than shown, and I felt the stars voice and manner were excellently alien it carried itself with a real sense of otherworldlyness to it.
Celestia of the Sun, and Co-Monarch of Equestria chatting it up with an actual star. .....
You have my attention Dear Sir.
I like this. It reminds me a LOT of the children's novel "A Wrinkle in Time".
Please continue.
I hope this will not end here.
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Yeah, that story was absolutely awesome. Way unclear in certain parts, but so interesting in the concept.
Did anyone else think of that Futurama episode where Bender is shot into space, and ends up meeting god, who's made up of stars?
Interesting story, I'll follow it!
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I sure did!