Court was almost over and Celestia allowed herself a yawn.
She had spent the day listening to the troubles of her subjects and discerning the real problems from the petty bickering.
But now, there was only one party left and this would be an important one.
The sun princess stomped her hoof once and nodded.
The guards understood and started leaving one by one. The last remained long enough to close the door as the last visitor of the day entered the court hall.
The princess took a moment to look towards one of the tapestries for a split second, but quickly focused back on the creature that slowly closed in on her throne.
A purple and green dragon was approaching slowly, looking around carefully to see if the sovereign and he were truly alone.
He arrived in front of the goddess and stood there for a moment, not kneeling, nor tilting his head.
A few seconds passed until Celestia nodded just a little, giving the longed for signal.
As if he had just jumped on a trampoline, the dragon launched himself at the princess, claws wide and teeth showing.
“I MISSED YOU, MOMMY!” he yelled as his arms wrapped around the alicorn’s neck, a big smile on his face.
Celestia let out a laugh, her usual, gentle demeanour broken and replaced with honest joy. “And I missed you, Spike.”
She squeezed the little dragon against her chest and let out a giggle as he swung onto her back.
“Gosh, we have so much to talk about! Applejack went missing and while the others were looking for her, Big Mac, Granny Smith and I went on an epic quest to get a treasure to save the farm. And on Hearts and Hoofs day, a rainbow lost its colour, so Fluttershy, Rarity and me had to improvise a new one out of fabric and spray paint! Oh, and Rarity KISSED me! Twice!” the dragon started to ramble happily.
Celestia gave him a nudge. “I’ll be happy to hear it all, Spike, but there is one thing we have to do first.”
“Oh?” the dragon asked in surprise. A sigh escaped him. “Royal duty?”
“In a way.” The sun princess agreed.
“There’s always something more important...” Spike moaned and was about to get off.
A wing held him in place. “Spike, there is nothing more important than family!” Celestia scolded “And may I remind you that our family has grown.”
Spike’ eyes went wide.
“You had a foal?” he screamed.
“What? NO!”
“Philomina laid an egg?”
“No, Spike... nobody was born.”
“Then, what do you mean, the family got bigger?” Spike asked in confusion.
A third voice cleared it’s throat behind them, making the small dragon spin on his sitting place and freeze in surprise and fear.
A indigo from had emerged from behind a tapestry and slowly approached the two: “Erm... hello Spike. I am your aunt. Luna.”
He tilted his head a little, trying to fathom the words Nightmare Moon had just spoken.
“I understand that you are afraid of me, Spike.” The moon princess continued “If you want me to leave, I would understand. But Celestia insisted that...” She stopped as Spike lifted a single claw.
“So, you used to be this taller, evil monster that terrorized others, spoke in a deep voice and tried to take much more than you deserve...” the young dragon spoke calmly.
“Basically... yes.” Luna admitted in defeat, her head lowering sadly. How could anyone forgive her?
“Been there, done that...” Spike shrugged and jumped to wrap his arms around his new aunt.
Hmm I always thought of Twilight as his mother.
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Lauren Faust said that Celestia was the one who raised him, since Twilight was just a filly. That, and she certainly doesn't treat the poor guy like a son.
1265998 Celestia trained him as a fax machine and took his egg from his mother, for a school test and gave him to Twilight as an slave.
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pfffft
I'll do you one better.
You know how according to most accounts, dragons can impregnate anything? And that in comparison to Celestia's lifespan, ponies are basically pet hamsters? I'll let you figure out the rest.
1266022 Yeah, instead of destroying the potential threat, she showed mercy, gave him an education, a job and a family.
No offense, but we respect the princess in these parts, Pilgrim
1266049 Or she took an asset, trained it as a servant and brainwashed him into total loyalty.
D'awww. I got diabeetus. Again.
Great to see you back in business. I hope for more updates (mostly DT)
I KNOW that the show's creator herself said that Celestia raised Spike and 'handed Spike off to Twilight as her helper.' But seriously, the relationship between Twilight and Spike doesn't seem that . .. shallow.
D'aaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww....
Dawww, so cute and funny. Not as rib-crushingly funny as previous chapters, but still good.
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I think you mean a sax machine
I like these stories they are short and cute. And while they are a bit OOC, it's for comedic affect so it works. I love luna's cult and her reaction to them.
1266604 They joined just a week ago, a few days after their founding.
That's why Celestia mentions them. Diamond Shadow reports every month and they didn't show up in the last one.
1266671 "Celestia, what happened to the black cottage? I just was about to bring the weekly bucket of stale hay to the deathsman and I can't find it. And where is the pillory? Goodness, ever since you moved, I don't find the basic facilities anymore! Speaking of! What is this 'indoor plumbing' ?"
I know this makes the most sense based on word of Faust, but I like the Mother Character relationship between Twilight and Spike because there's so much more you can do with that.
And after I thought about it for a bit, I came up with a justification: Because Twilight hatched Spike's egg with magic, there was some kind of magical imprint on baby Spike (and the fact that he was transmuted into a giant baby in a magical event horizon kinda helped), giving him a deep connection to her before Celestia arrived on the seen. And because Spike was more than likely always going to be with Twilight, I don't think Celestia would have really kept them apart. Celestia would have been like that really cool aunt or grandma you stayed with a lot because your parents were always busy.
Anyway, that's my take on it. Excellent story nonetheless. I knew there was a reason I tracked this.
-Delta-
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The possibility of magic imprinting aside, I always saw the Twilight-Spike relationship as a brother-sister kind of thing. Spike is not exaclty "looking up" to Twilight. And, if you remember "Winter Wrap up" she is not his mommy.
It's clear that Twilight was WAY too young to raise him after he hatched and it wouldn't surprise me, if Celestia had Spike around when she gave Twilight personal lessons (her having chronic lack of free time to spend with her son).
The two probably became friends quickly, Twilight spent more of her free time with him and then, when Spike was old enough, Celestia suggested that he could further his own education by helping Twilight, which he accepted happily.
It's still a very close and personal relationship,, but not exactly mother-son.
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I know Spike said that. But again, but it's just the EMOTIONS I get from them, personally. And emotions are what they are.
Eh, IMO this one is a little too blunt with the HEY LOOK AT HOW THESE TWO ARE ALIKE DO YOU SEE IT?
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Sorry
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Don't remind me, Please!!
I once read a fic where what you are implying was... well... implied.
Strongly.
'twas hilarious.
Yeah... Chapter 4 made me D'AWWWWW
And for some reason, while reading chapter three, when Luna spoke, in my head, it was with John Clease's voice? (yes, I detect Monty Python influence in there lol)
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i know its a D´awwwww chapter but i just.... i just.....
BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA don't know why but i just bursted in laughs at the end of the chapter
Took that long to introduce them?
I still prefer to think of Twilight as his mother. Celestia may have raised him until he was a toddler, but he's been with Twilight ever since. I say by this point they've gone half and half on raising him. The difference is that he and Celestia are also helping raise Twilight (still) as well. The dynamic shown in Owl's Well lends towards a mother/foster mother impression of Twilight on Spike.
Plus in the Crystal Empire, he was deathly terrified of Twilight sending him away. Not being forever separated from Celestia, but from Twilight.
THAT IS ADORABLE! I think this is the shortest yet most poignant bit of literature I've ever read. Great job! My stashes of staches are all yours!
*Snerk*
It was adorable, but it was mostly funny.