//------------------------------// // Epilogue: Twilight's Foals // Story: Nightmare Ponyville // by Super Ponyman //------------------------------// 2 months later... (Twilight Sparkle's Castle, Main Throne Room) Queen Twilight Sparkle sat upon her throne, beside her sat her partner, the Fire Alicorn King Dawn (Burning) Star. The memories of the so called "Nightmare Ponyville" crisis still hung heavily on their minds. They both had experienced some pretty powerful and important events in the past few months. The brother of Celestia and Luna, Prince Eclipsio, returned from his exile. Together, he, Twilight and her friends, and Burning Star and the two knights drove the nightmare tribe from Equestria, and out into the vast reaches of deep space. They would (hopefully) never return... The pair of them were reading a letter from Prince Eclipsio, he was being officially coronated as a Prince of Canterlot. Both of them were overjoyed to hear that their new friend was being welcomed so warmly back into his former life. It seemed odd that Celestia and Luna were being so... loose around Prince Eclipsio. It probably had something to do with him saving all of Equestria from a giant nightmare monster AND Sunset Shimmer/Terror Queen Sunset. Yeah that was probably the best reason why... Burning Star was wondering though, why didn't he get the same treatment when saved everypony's flanks from Sunset Shimmer a few months ago? Maybe it was because he wasn't related to Celestia and Luna by blood? Whatever the reason was, he didn't care. He was sitting beside the pony he loved. She was pregnant with his children, who would eventually grow up into two powerful ponies in society. Burning Star began to read the letter, "Dear Queen Twilight Sparkle and King Dawn Star" "We would like to invite you and everypony else to the official recoronation of Prince Eclipsio. We both thought that it would only be polite to invite everypony that had assisted in the destruction of the Nightmare Tribe, and defeat of Sunset Shimmer... again." "We hope you can attend!" "From, "Celestia and Luna" Twilight Sparkle was overjoyed, she would be a witness to one of the most sacred events in all of Equestrian History. Well... she was the main attraction to a coronation when she became a princess, and then a queen, thanks to Burning Star. So maybe this wasn't a rare event, but it sure was sacred. Twilight Sparkle hoped that nothing bad would happen... even though the thought of that word meant that something was bound to go wrong. Burning Star shook his queen out of her thoughts, he thought Twilight was worried about Sunset returning. He said to Twilight, "You ok? You seem distracted Twilight, Is something wrong?" Twilight Sparkle shook her head to clear it, then said in a oddly annoyed "Let's just get to the coronation, Burning Star. You need to clean yourself up, you're filthy." Burning Star thought to himself, "Is it just me or is Twilight getting really bratty all of a sudden?" (Canterlot Castle, Main Courtyard) Twilight and her friends were patiently waiting for Twilight's brother, Shining Armor and his copy, Shadow Armor, to arrive. Rarity yelled, "What is taking so long!? Those two hayheads should have been here 10 minutes ago!" She flipped her hair around, "I did not get myself dressed up for two stallions with rocks for brains." Applejack put a hoof on Rarity, "Calm yerself, Rarity. A'hm pretty sure that the two knights are almost here." Almost as if on cue, both Shining Armor and Shadow Armor rushed into the courtyard. The both of them were wearing their royal guard armor, probably because they couldn't find anything else to wear. Celestia and Luna emerged from the castle doors with a dark purple crown and necklace in their magical grasp. Prince Eclipsio stood tall on the podium as his two sisters approached him. He had the look of pure pride on his face. Celestia said to everypony, "Silence." and instantly, everypony went quiet, knowing that the next few minutes was a sacred time Luna asked, "Are we ready to begin the ceremony?" Everypony nodded, and Eclipsio bowed. Celestia said to her brother. "Eclipsio, Alicorn of Eclipses and Swallower of the Sun and Moon. For your heroic and valorous deed of defeating the Nightmare Tribe, stopping Sunset Shimmer, and preventing Equestria from being swallowed up in an endless nightmarish abyss..." Luna continued, "We hearby re-crown you, Prince Eclipsio, brother to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, and ruler of Equestria!" Prince Eclipsio felt the dark purple crown and emblem necklace be placed on him, and his wings flared out in excitement. He was a real Prince again! It felt so good to be a member of the royal sisters again. Prince Eclipsio said in the Royal Canterlot voice, "I am Prince Eclipsio!" He jumped into the air, taking flight, "And I am back Baby! Yeah!" Everypony cheered and clapped, happy that the lost brother of the two princesses was finally home. Twilight Sparkle was about to say something before she collapsed in pain, a throbbing sensation coming from her stomach region. Burning Star noticed and said, "Everypony, Stop! Twilight is on the floor. I think the baby is coming!" Celestia wasted no time and teleported everypony to the Canterlot hospital. (Canterlot General Hospital, Twilight's Hospital Room) Burning Star stood by Twilight as she lay in bed, in labor. "Just keep pushing Twilight! It will be over soon!" Twilight screamed, "This hurts so much!" She pointed at Burning Star, "You did this to me!" Burning Star said in a worried tone, "Aaah, I'm sorry!" Twilight Sparkle shouted out, "I'm gonna kill you!" Burning Star stepped back a bit, "Please no." With one final push, two foals came out of Twilight, crying loudly. Burning Star let out a sigh of relief, "I'm glad that's over..." Twilight Sparkle said in an exhausted tone, "Yeah. I'm still going to kill you..." Burning Star went white in the face, "What?" Twilight said to him, "Prepare your flanks when I'm done recovering..." (Canterlot General Hospital, Maternity Ward) Twilight's friends paced back and forth as they waited for news of Twilight's birth. A doctor rushed out to them and Rainbow Dash grabbed him and said, "Is Twi ok? Answer me!" The doctor shook himself loose and said. "Mrs Sparkle is going to be fine, Ms Dash." The doctor pointed to the window, "Congrats. Twins, one colt and one filly." Twilight's friends gazed into the room to see two foals, both were Alicorns. The colt had a crimson red mane and tail and had navy fur. He has blue eyes and his wing feathers were blue and purple. The filly had a dark purple mane and tail with a red stripe down them, she also had metallic purple fur and light purple eyes. Her feathers were purple and red. Burning Star walked out of Twilight's hospital room and said to her friends, "well... I'm a dad. This is going to make things better, right?" Shining Armor nodded, "Yeah. Now Flurry Heart has two new playmates to hang around with, you ok Burning Star?" Burning Star had a single tear down his cheek. "Yeah. I'm just... happy that I can finally relax and settle down and have a family. Something I never had much of..." Suddenly, the double doors burst open and Thunder Fury tackled Burning Star to the ground, he looked angry. Burning Star pushed his younger brother off and said, "What the hell Thunder Fury?!" Thunder Fury stared down his brother, before laughing his head off. Everypony was very confused. "I took your advice, bro. We have a new family now... I should be there for your kids." Thunder Fury said, smiling. Burning Star smiled as well, knowing that his brother was finally in a more stable mindset. Meanwhile, Prince Eclipsio looked on though his magic pool of water, and smiled at the sight of everypony getting along again. He was supposed to join them afterwards at the bar to celebrate Burning Star becoming a father, but somepony had to be dealt with first. (Canterlot Dungeons, Maximum Security Cell) Sunset Shimmer sat in a magic proof box, she had failed... AGAIN! She failed because of a Ancient legend she made up actually existed and then kicked her flanks HARD. She despised Eclipsio for that, but she also admired his courage against her. Eclipsio entered the cell and said, "I heard you tried something similar like this a year ago, is this true?" Sunset hissed out, "Every word of it is true. And now I'm back in prison... again." Eclipsio sighed, "Yeah, you are." He paused for a second, then said "Why did you do it?" Sunset spat at him and said, "Because Twilight doesn't deserve that power, I do. I'll do anything to destroy her now..." Eclipsio chuckled, "Now, you see that is where the problem is, Sunset. You are focusing so much of your effort on trying to kill her, that you are missing the big picture." He began to pace in front of her, "You could have settled down and started a family, like Twilight and Burning Star. You could have been happy and stop worrying about your little grudge against her, but you didn't, did you? And now... you're stuck in prison again." Sunset growled, "I know that. Why are you here exactly?" Eclipsio smirked, "Well, I thought I would offer you a second chance at that happiness, I thought you would be open to reformation." Sunset managed to swing a hoof at Eclipsio, hitting him in the face. Eclipsing quickly bound her to the floor with magic. She said to him, pure hatred in her voice. "I'll never be one of the princesses pawns... even you must see that they are just using the ponies of Equestria for their own ego boosting, right?" Eclipsio gave her a stare, "So, you thought that the best way to solve that problem, even though it wasn't bothering anypony, was to cover all of Equestria in an eternal nightmare? Really?" Sunset shrugged, "It seemed like I would win, I had every possible advantage against Celestia and Luna." Eclipsio grasped her face with his hoof, "But not against me, huh?" Sunset cursed at him, then said "Go away and leave me to go insane... what makes you think that I want to reform?" Eclipsio smiled, "Hey, if I could reform... why can't you?" Eclipsio paces back and forth again, "Your main problem Sunset, is that you think you are able to do anything you want because you are able to do it. You can't do everything, you know." He pointed at Sunset, "If you accept that somepony is stronger than you at one thing, then you would be a lot happier with yourself. Then, you could strive to be stronger than Twilight at something else..." Sunset scowled, "Like what?" Eclipsio smirked and began to shut the door, "Think about it Sunset, and when you find out what it is, this door will open." Sunset begged and pleaded for the prince to not close the door, but he simply said, "Its your choice now, Sunset Shimmer..." With that, Eclipsio shut the door and walked up to the throne room of the castle. As he was walking up the stairs, he stopped and thought to himself. "Maybe she already had figured out what she is better the Twilight at?" The Eclipse Prince wasn't wrong. He was very, VERY right. Sunset had figured out what she was better than Twilight at... What she was better than everypony at... Sunset smiled an evil smile, as the wall opened up behind her. "Ok Twilight, you may be the best at being good." Sunset's eyes turned bright green and purple smoke began to emit from them, she transformed into a shadow and flew off. "But I am the best at being EVIL!" (The Frozen North, Snowdrifts of the Dead) Sunset landed in the frozen north. She looked back and saw that no pony was in sight, it was all snow and ice. A crazed laugh filled the air as an Icy Pony materialized in front of her, it stared her down and her legs began to freeze up. The icy being grabbed Sunset by the neck, saying in a hissing voice. "You think you are the besssst at evil?" Sunset was slowly being frozen into a statue, as the icy pony paced around her. "I'm the besssst." Sunset took a last breath as she was frozen into a icy statue. She was completely frozen! The icy pony smiled, before speaking to Sunset's frozen body. "And you will be my weapon againssssst Celessssita and Luna..." He looked towards Equestria, smiling even wider. "You better bundle up, ponies. Cause old pony winter is coming..." The Icy Pony laughed out a scary laugh, before disappearing with a few last words. "And hisss name issss Frost Soul."