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// Her Children Are Humans! 
// Story: The Princess, Her Sun, and Her Sons 
// by LukeTheMercenary 
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	A few months passed. However, Celestia hardly noticed that the time passed so fast. The few months with these odd creatures had been some of the best months of her life. She never saw these types of creatures before, but she noticed they had a slight resemblance to apes. 

She was determined to figure out what exactly they were. She contacted Canterlot's biologists to try and determine what these creatures were. They tested their DNA, but there were no matches. However, she DID learn that the four were unrelated. She turned to mythology as a last resort. As it turns out...she was currently taking care of humans, intelligent two-legged creatures that were said to be able to invent amazing things with their own two hands. While there was no concrete proof, they were said to exist 200,000 years ago. Way before Celestia was alive. 

However, this did not bother Celestia in the slightest. She grew to loving the four humans as if they were her own foals, er...humans. Every day, she would feed and play with them. Whenever she had spare time, she would play peek-a-boo with them, tickle them, or levitate them around a little. She loved the four, and the four loved her. 

The servants and the guards grew fond of the babies as well. The servants were usually the ones who changed the diapers, or cleaned up spills or any other messes the little humans would make. While the four humans made sure nopony had spare time, everypony loved them. 

Everyone except Celestia's nephew, Prince Blueblood.  

Now, the prince was still young at the time. He was five years old, but that personality stuck with him all the way into adulthood. Anyways, he used to be the center of attention at the castle. Ever since the humans came, he was given less attention. It wasn't because nopony liked him, the babies just needed the extra attention. The snotty prince disliked this, as well as the humans themselves. 

"Why does Auntie like these things so much?" he would ask, "They're just hairless, chubby monkies!"

Well, his words were eaten after the first few months. Nick and Richard were starting to grow hair on their heads, Elmer was still bald, and Luke had a full head of brownish-blackish hair. 

Aside from the babies growing full heads of hair, they were definitely getting smarter. While they were young, they definitely had a grasp on their surroundings. They recognized voices, and showed this by the looks on their faces. If their personal guards were nearby talking, they would make surprised faces. If they heard Celestia talking nearby, they would make toothless smiles and grab at the air. When Prince Blueblood was nearby, they had mixed reactions. Elmer and Luke would scowl, Richard would cry, and Nick would do a raspberry at the Prince if he saw him. 

"Why not just get rid of them?" The young Blueblood asked one day, "Just toss them outside, or give them to the pound!"

"Blueblood!" Celestia responded, angrily, "They are not just animals, they are humans! They are babies, my children, and YOUR cousins!"

"Wh- what?!"

Celestia calmed herself, "We are done discussing this. Go to your room."

"But-" Blueblood started.

"ROOM!" 

"Y-yes, Auntie."

While that was the last argument that they had about keeping the four, Blueblood still despised the humans.

Celestia didn't care. He could think whatever he wanted, but these humans were her children. They may be adopted, but they were her own. They made her feel like more than just the solar monarch of Equestria. She was no longer just a princess. She was a mother. 

And no matter what ponies said, she loved the humans as if they were her own.