//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: A Happy Beginning // Story: How I Lost My Mother // by Stardust456 //------------------------------// It was a week before the thousandth Summer Sun Celebration, and everypony in Equestria was very excited about it. Including a certain four year old alicorn. Cozy Glow stood on the balcony that wrapped around the tower of her bedroom in Canterlot Castle. She watched as the sun raised, starting the day. She was too excited about the upcoming sun holiday to sleep last night. The Summer Sun Celebration was one of her favorite holidays of the year. Cozy turned around at the sound of a knock on her bedroom door. A tall, cream colored alicorn came in. She has a long, sparkling, wavy mane, and a sun as her cutie mark. She has the warmest smile in Equestria, and it was easy to see why she's so beloved by her subjects. "Mommy!" Cozy exclaimed, and ran towards Princess Celestia to give her a hug. "Good morning, sweetheart." Celestia said. " I still have an hour before I check with the unicorns for the firework show. Would you like to spend some time with me in the royal garden before you go to your magic tutor?" Cozy Glow was too young to go to her mother's school, and she was more powerful than most unicorns, so her mother hired a magic tutor to help her study magic early. Cozy Glow nodded at the invitation and her horn emitted with a pink aura. A moment later, she teleported herself and her mother in the castle gardens. "And the younger sister reunited with her older sister, welcomed back by her kingdom that the two now rule together, and they all lived happily ever after." It was sunset, and Celestia was reading a bedtime story to Cozy. Despite how many times she's heard it, she could never get enough about the ponies' tale when her mother fought her aunt who turned into an evil pony, and using the Elements of Harmony to banish her to the moon for a thousand years. "Well, it's time to sleep Cozy. After I raise the moon I'm going to bed as well." "Can I do it, mommy? Pleeeease?" Cozy pleaded with big, pleading eyes. "Alright, alright." Celestia laughed. "You can do it this time." Cozy flew outside to her balcony and her horn ignited with a pink aura. The sun slowly descended and the moon raised into the sky. Cozy giddily jumped up and down, proud of her work. "Great job, sweetheart!" Her mother praised. "You're getting better and better at this. You'll surely be ready for your royal duties when you're older." "I'm already older. I'm already four years old and I'm grown up now!" Celestia laughed. "Well, how about let's say, when you're older than older?" Celestia then sat down on her daughter's bed as Cozy flew in and joined her. "But really, Cozy Glow. I'm really the proudest mother in Equestria. You're the brightest and smartest filly I've ever seen, and your magic is extraordinarily amazing. " "Does that mean I can finally go to your school?" Cozy asked hopefully. “Cozy, I really want you to go to my school. I really do. But you're still too young, you would need to be at least a year older. And even so, my school is a school for gifted unicorns. You're magic already surpassed every level I could teach there. I for one, have never seen anypony do an age spell by accident when they're only one years old, and I never thought you would travel into the dream realm by accident when they're only two. Thank goodness I saw the whole thing and I was able to get you out before the portal closed, otherwise you could have been stuck in that world until you made another portal." Cozy Glow was tucked into a hug under her mother's wing. Celestia looked lovingly into Cozy's sparkling violet eyes. The warm, light violet eyes, that can comfort anypony. Her eyes, just like her mother's violet eyes, from which she inherited from her. Celestia then stroked her daughter's mane. Even though it wasn't magically flowing or sparkling, her mane had the same resemblance as her mother's as well. It was the same shade of blue as the blue part of Celestia's mane, and it was in wavy curls that went over the right side of her body. If Cozy's coat was white, she would look identical to her mother. 'About the dreams, what about my auntie coming back as a bad guy?' Cozy asked, fearfully hiding herself under her wings. 'Don't worry about that, honey. Remember Twilight Sparkle? The girl who your step-cousin Cadence foalsits? The purple pony who came into the throne room yesterday?' Cozy saw her mother's best student all the time, and she looks up to her as if she was her idol. The only reason she didn't talk to her was because she didn't look like she wanted friends, and Cozy didn't want to be rude to interrupt her when she's busy studying. 'She's going to take care of that. She'll turn Nightmare Moon back into your Aunt Luna. She will be very pleased to meet you, and I'm sure she'll be very proud to have such a powerful, smart and kind niece. I'm sure she'll agree with you're title as The Princess of Light." Celestia explained. "Princess of Light?" Cozy asked. "You never told me about that." "I was planning on telling you tonight I'm planning on crowning you as an official princess once your at least old enough to know how a coronation works. You would be the youngest alicorn to ever join the official princesses, and I'm giving you the title as the princess of light. First, you won't have any royal duties until your twelve. In the meantime, just like you do right now, you can help with royal ceremonies and celebrations. But after that, as you grow, as the Princess of Light, it will be your job to spread light across Equestria. Later on, once me and Aunt Luna retire, it will be your duty to raise the sun and moon, even during the Summer Sun Celebration, and you will visit the dream realm and protect ponies from their nightmares.' Cozy was confused. "But real princesses have to do princess worthy deeds to be princesses. I didn't do anything. And not even grownup fillies like me are old enough to be princesses." "Cozy, a princess isn't crowned depending on her age. She's crowned for what's within her heart. And a grownup filly like you have proven yourself worthy. Especially when you did a princess worthy deed. Remember when you casted that amazing spell a couple years ago? You were the first pony to discover the true power of the sun and moon. When you raised the sun and moon to form the first solar eclipse in a millennia, you united the sun and moon's power together. For thousands of years, ponies were trying to find out the secret to revealing their true powers, and you combined their power. Because of this, you now have a special connection with the sun and moon, and as long as you remain, Equestria is protected by the sun and moon's magic. If that doesn't count as a princess worthy deed, I don't know what would." 'And you really feel like I will be ready for that?' Cozy asked, not sure whether to be nervous or excited. 'Of course, Cozy. You're so kind, smart, and you care about every pony so much. I couldn't think of anyone better for the title. Your step-cousin Cadence is going to rule the Crystal Empire once it returns and it's saved from darkness. You might even rule a kingdom of your own someday.' 'I don't want to rule a kingdom right now, though! I don't feel like I'm ready." Cozy said. 'Of course not now, you silly filly. But I want to let you know, I will always be there for you if you need me. I love you, Cozy. I could never ask for a better daughter. There is nothing in Equestria that could change that." Cozy was filled with a feeling the same as her name described, and felt a warm, fuzzy sensation. "I love you too, mommy." Then she opened her mouth to yawn. "You must be tired. We've been talking for thirty minutes." Celestia said as she got up and tucked Cozy in. She went to the door and looked at Cozy. "Goodnight, Cozy. Sweet dreams. Even if you have the power to create dreams." "Goodnight, mommy." Cozy's horn was surrounded by a pink aura, and the spell magically turned off the light, closed the curtains, and the flames on the chandelier went out. Her mother closed the door, and in a few minutes, Cozy fell asleep.