Celestia was alone, alone in her near immortality, and alone in her position of authority. It was threatening to drive her mad. In her desperation she reaches the only logical conclusion. That conclusion might be enough to ruin her relationship with Starswirl forever, and yet she could not stop herself. After all, what was the harm in one simple request?
Warning: Contains shameless Swirlestia shipping
[Author's note: This is NOT my usual type of story at all! It was written from a very random idea of mine and in no way ties in with any of my other stories. Just a "what if" kind of scenario that got a little out of hand.]
Written for an art trade with Commander Rainstorm. You said I could write anything, so I wrote this.
Cover art by iMarieU, used with permission. Check her out on deviantart! Prereading by SageBrony07, Nomad_Sigma, and Bronycooper.
Now this is an interesting ship starswirl/celestia and you are the first to ship it XD.
I'm assuming you mean colleague, but maybe Starswirl saw her as an educational institution, you never know.
So, if Twilight became immortal(/ageless) by finishing Starswirl's spell... would it be triumphant, that Twilight finally finished Starswirl's spell... or tragic, because Starswirl was so close to finishing it and not leaving Celestia?
Either way... I'm always interested in what the deal is with Starswirl. There's usually an implicit tragedy (that his greatest work was never finished because he was never friendly), but I don't think it actually nails him down too much, there's a lot of room to explore.
5686318 Tragic I should think. I've always been fascinated with Starswirl as a character. There's a ton of exploration one could delve into and I think his story is really bitter sweet. He's tragedy fodder as far as I'm concerned.
I'm not much of a clopper myself, but I did enjoy this.
Quite a ship! Your commission is to be done by the most Thursday-Friday.
Also comes with a little surprise...
5687273 Yeah, I don't do clop myself. This is just about as far as I'll go down that rabbit hole. I'd never write any mature stories, that's for sure.
Awesome! Thanks, and I'm super excited.
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Great!
Tell ya when it's done.
Regardless of the shock, I enjoyed the story.
Okay, I finally had some free time and decided I would read one of your stories and review it in return for doing my cover art
Now, I don't comment on things often and I certainly have never reviewed anything so hang with me
I don't usually go for Celestia x (insert name) romance, though there a few that I like and this one has made the list. It was written beautifully and I believe it captured Celestia's feelings on her longevity and not having anyone (pony) to spend it with.
The communication between the characters was done flawlessly, the words flowed smoothly and scene changes went through well. I could easily feel Celestia and Starswirl's feelings.
Overall, job well done and when I have some free time once more in my crazy life, I'll be sure to check out the rest of your stories!
5970225 Thanks for the review!
I'm glad to hear the dialogue flowed well. Dialogue is one of the hardest aspects to get right in a story, so it always makes me excited to hear I did a good job.
5968211 Oh, goodness. I'm soooo sorry about that! I should have made the warning a bit clearer.
As I said in the author's notes, it's not my usual deal, so I was kind of guessing how the warnings and whatnot should work. Disclaimer: I DON'T approve of fornication. I myself am an avid believer in abstinence before marriage. My writing about it by no means implies I support such actions.
5983008 I know this doesn't mean you support premarital sex, silly! These are characters, not you.
And don't sweat it about the warning...that's my fault for being dense..plus, like I said, I enjoyed the story regardless.
This was a neat little story. I've always enjoyed shipping Twilestia and Dislestia (either works for me), but the dynamic you gave these two is nice. I'd suggest adding the Starswirl tag, since there is one now! Perhaps a romance tag too, since there's clearly something going on between the two - you gave them nice chemistry!
However, did they ever successfully have a foal? And if yes, what was the identity of the foal? Would it be a canon character? An OC? What's your headcanon here?