It seems as if Twilight Sparkle knows all there is about the night sky. During a fateful astronomy exam, however, she learns that sometimes the most amazing things to learn come from her teachers, and not from a star chart.

This is a little tribute to 3 of my favorite Ponies and to all the team of MLP:FIM, those guys totally rule.

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As a filly living in Canterlot Castle, Twilight Sparkle either wakes up from a scary nightmare, as well as missing her family, or a thunderstorm, Princess Celestia comforts her. Just because she was her mentor didn't mean she couldn't offer a motherly touch.

For a long time, Twilight could feel it; a sense of emptiness she couldn't explain. Now that she's a princess, that feeling is stronger than ever. She finally decides to bring the matter up with Celestia. In response, Celestia gives her an old book.

The contents of that book will change her perspective of the world... and her beloved mentor. Just accepting the truth is a challenge. And after that?

She has to make a decision.

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Cover art by Famosity.

Celestia: a filly of twelve. A cynical, hungry pauper, with a young sister to protect and feed.

But the food has run out. Winter has gripped the land for too long, and now the pair face starvation.

The cynic in Celestia knows she can't move the sun. But the child in her wonders... and so she tries.

(Inspired by the Donovan song of the same name.)

(Now with a dramatic reading here, by Crafty Arts, and here, by KeyframeProductions.)

(Now with a Spanish translation here.)

In the days after her ascension, every newspaper in Equestria is talking about how Princess Celestia transformed Twilight Sparkle into an alicorn princess.

There's just one problem – Twilight knows that's not what happened.

Why does Celestia let them believe something that isn't true? After all, it isn't like knowing could hurt anypony, right?

Only a few hours after she learned of the Griffon Empire's invasion, Princess Celestia surrendered herself to the griffon army and asked for an audience with the Griffon Emperor.

The Emperor thinks she's here to negotiate Equestria's surrender.

He's wrong.

Spanish Translation
Polish Translation

Ponies take Celestia and the sun as granted. And why shouldn't they? It has existed before any of them can remember and it will probably keep on existing for a very long time.
There was, however, a time, long, long ago, when there was no sun, no night, no ponies, nothing.

This isn't an epic tale or some sort of great adventure. This is merely a look back at Celestia, in a very distant past, when everything was still to create and how her long story as the princess of the sun began.

This idea has been dabbling in my mind as of late: after reading the Great Alicorn Hunt, and reflecting on some tendencies in this fandom to treat Celestia the same way other fandoms treat characters like Dumbledore and the Sandiame/Third Hokage. My mind often thinks of ways to look at fandom cliches in new ways, and this is my take on the subject. Can't say if I would explore it further, but I am not against anyone else taking a dab at it.

Anyway, the idea here is that Celestia is musing in the aftermath of the Canterlot Royal Wedding, about how this may mean Shining Armor may now be doomed to die like a mortal, leaving a brokenhearted Cadence behind. Luna, who unlike Celestia has not had the years (about as long as Cadence has been a royal) to plan these things, is a bit more realistic, believing there is still plenty of time.

This also takes place before Season 3, where one could simply suggest this conversation leads to the plans to cause Twilicorn.

It also implies that Cadence and Shining Armor haven't come to realize the implications of Mayfly-December romance. As far as I know that pretty canon.

Hopefully this meets my goal: of trying to present a Celestia who could work as an antagonist, but one who isn't evil, diabolical, and could be an interesting take on the character for others to use.

This story is a sequel to Another End

After Twilight refused to become immortal, Celestia realizes what it truly means to be immortal.

Inspired by/based off Black Gryph0n and Bassik's song: IMmortal.

The story is a sequel, but it is completely unnecessary to read it's prequel. It just gives a clearer understanding to what happened/what is going on.

It's also my birthday today... At least, when I published this.

Celestia has become emotionally withdrawn and disconnected from her little ponies. The imprisonment of Luna compounded with the constant loss of any who got close to her, she has forgotten how to connect with another pony. Until a small, injured filly who is equally distant after the loss of her parents stumbles into Celestia's life. Now, both ponies will help the other heal and rediscover once more what it truly means to be a pony.

A 'Mommylestia' story, the concept of which has been in my head for some months. I will be sticking rather close to canon for events, the major differences are that Twilight's parents are dead, and Shining Armor is a few years older and already dating Cadance at the time of this incident. I plan to keep mostly everything else the same.