King Cosmos and Queen Galaxia unified Equestria as an all, bringing not only, respectively, the night and the day, but also ruling with wisdom and care for their beloved land. But an harmonious kingdom was not the only thing that they were blessed with.
From the eternal love existed between the two of them three daughters were born, with them all being, for everypony’s amazement, alicorn. The oldest one, Ingrid, had been gifted with great ice powers, what contrasted with the ones of her parents. However, Celestia (who was a year younger than Ingrid) and Luna (who was two years younger than Celestia) had showed great competence to control day and night, respectively. Despite everything, one thing was certain: the three sisters were the best friends of each others.
Their friendship was admired by everypony in Equestria, with nopony having seen sisters as united as those three. It wasn’t unusual seeing them playing on the gardens of the castle or else at the forest that surrounded it, staying at the neighborhood and never going to its inside, where wild creatures lived.
Even when the moment arrived for each one have a magical education, the three of them had the same mentor: Star Swirl the Bearded, considered to be the most powerful unicorn conjurer on the land. Beyond the lessons in magic, Star Swirl liked to tell to his students stories about the old unicorn kingdom before it was consumed by eternal winter brought by the Wendigos and the young princess enjoyed to listen them very much. Under his tutelage, the three sisters flourished in their respective areas of magic… at least until the day Star Swirl disappeared mysteriously.
One day, Queen Galaxia gave birth to a new child: a baby unicorn colt whose coat was like the one of his mother, a mane with dark shades of blue and eyes with a color that had a lighter shade than his father’s. Everypony was delighted with the new baby, mainly the three sisters that now were fifteen, fourteen and twelve years old.
“Oh, he’s so cute!” Ingrid exclaimed.
“Look to those cheeks…” Celestia said.
“He looks so fragile… but he also looks so strong at the same time” Luna commented.
“Come on, girls, give some space to the baby and to your mother” Cosmos said.
They were all in Cosmos and Galaxia’s bedroom, where the latter was laying on the bed, holding the new-born baby who was wrapped by a blanked, sleeping.
“Cosmos, let them be” Galaxia said, giving a chuckle. “After all, this is their little brother.”
“I know, but… all care is little.”
“Honestly, it looks like this is the first child that we have” Galaxia commented, making the three alicorn sisters to drop a laugh.
At that moment, somepony knocked the door, opening it. It was a guard who said:
“I’m sorry to bother you, Your Highnesses, but you have visitors.”
“Really?” Cosmos asked. “Curious, we’re not expecting nopony.”
And then, a figure got in quickly in the room and stopped at the edge of the bed, leaning over to see the baby. It was Heartbeat.
“Oh, he is the cutest thing that I’ve ever seen!” she exclaimed. “Wait, I think I just said a cliché that is said always about babies and that it doesn’t have any originality… Oh, well, it doesn’t matter. After all, it is an undeniable truth that babies are the cutest thing that exist in all Creation.”
“Heartbeat…” Everypony said.
“It’s my name, so, please, don’t waste it because I like it very much” she replied.
As soon she said, another pony came in, but in a slower and more elegant way. It was Princess Aurora that said, while getting in:
“I’m sorry by Heartbeat’s intrusion. She gets always this excited when it comes to babies of any kind.”
“Your Highness…” the five alicorn said, revering Aurora.
“Please, you do not need to head to me in such formal way” the princess of the Light Kingdom said. “Actually, I am the one that should honor you for bringing a new life to this world.”
“You’re very kind, Princess Aurora” Galaxia said.
“I just said the truth” she replied. “If I may know, can you give me the honor of telling the name of this lovely child?”
“Yeah, I also want to know that” Heartbeat said. “It will be much more practical than being calling him the baby. Do you have any idea how many babies there are just in this reality?”
“Well… we decided give him a name that we wanted to give to our daughter in case they were colts: Orion.”
“Orion… Yes, it is a good name” Aurora said.
“I agree” Heartbeat added, making then a thinking look, while looking to the baby.
“What is it, Heartbeat?” Aurora asked.
“There’s something strange with the baby” she replied. “Shouldn’t he have wings?”
“Well, the birth of an alicorn is not that common as it seems” Aurora said. “I have to say that Cosmos and Galaxia had already been very blessed with three alicorn daughters.”
“But, independently the baby was a alicorn, nothing would change the love that we have for each one of our children” Cosmos replied.
“I couldn’t have said better” Galaxia agreed.
And then the two hugged all of their four children.
“Oh, I love family hugs!” Heartbeat exclaimed.
And she gave a step to join the hug, but Aurora prevented her, saying:
“Why don’t you let them have their moment, Heartbeat? After all, as you just said, this is a family hug?”
“Okay…” the General of Affection replied, looking disappointed.
After that moment, they all get out of the room to let Galaxia and Orion rest. Aurora and Heartbeat returned to the Light Kingdom, while Cosmos went to deal with royal duties, as he was doing also his wife’s duties while she was recovering from the birth (except when it came to move the sun, of course). While that, the three alicorn sisters were walking around the castle.
“You know, it feels good to finally have a brother” Ingrid said. “And look that this comes from somepony that had to look over two little sisters.”
“Yeah, it will be strange having a little brother when not long ago I only had sisters” Luna said.
“I think it will be harder for him, as he has three older sisters” Celestia commented.
She then noticed on her older sister’s thoughtful look and asked:
“Is everything okay, Ingrid?”
“Yes, it’s just…” she said. “Well, we three are alicorns, so we will live for centuries. But Orion is a unicorn, so he will have the same lifespan as the other ponies.”
That made Luna also think about the subject.
“I haven’t thought about that…”
Celestia, noticing on the dismay that was growing on her sisters, she said:
“Come on, girls, don’t think about that. Think only that only gives us a reason to enjoy each moment with our little brother. Beyond that, we have to think that, even if we outlive our family and friends through the centuries, we will always have each other.”
That caused Ingrid and Luna to make a smile and then they all shared a big hug, with the three knowing that nothing would separate them.