The following morning arrived and Starlight and Twilight were quick to rise. They knew that their day had finally come, they knew that before the day was out that they would be the ones ruling Equestria and would have a much larger bed to engage in their favorite activities on. As they were getting up they heard a voice, "Girls, up up. We need to have some breakfast and then Luna and I need to crown you two as leaders."
"Coming mom!" replied Starlight. Starlight then turned to Twilight and asked, "You ready for this babe?"
Twilight giggled and swatted her tail in Starlight's face, "Pet names already huh? Well hot stuff, you'll see how much of a babe I am tonight!"
The two gave one another a quick kiss before heading towards the dining hall where they were greeted by Celestia and Luna. Luna was somewhat tired given that she normally didn't stay up that late. She yawned, "Well are you two ready for today? Are you ready to take over?"
Unlike it was with Celestia, Twilight did not have any issues with Luna. She replied, "Yes Aunt Luna, we are ready for it."
Celestia gave the two a giggle, "And are my girls ready for tonight? Are you ready for your first night as rulers of Equestria?"
The two gave one another nervous smiles as they knew exactly what their mother was talking about but hoped that Luna figured that it would just be a night of what would hopefully be a peaceful night's rest. There were a couple of things Luna was curious about, "So, who will be taking my room and sister, where is their father? I thought he would be here."
Celestia replied, "Well there was an emergency in Sire's Hollow so he had to get home and then she got a huge smile on her face, "And my daughters, they will both......"
Starlight cut her off, "Well we haven't decided on who will move into mom's room and who will move into your old room."
"Very well then." replied Luna. She then turned to Celestia and asked, "So sister, will this be done like Twilight's crowning as a princess was going to be done or will it be done a different way?"
Celestia replied, "I'm not sure and" she then turned to her daughters and asked, "what title will you two be using? Will you still be using the title princess or given your powers, will you be using something else?"
Twilight stood taller and proudly stated, "My sister and I have talked and we have decided that we shall use the title Goddess-Queen."
Starlight too stood taller and added, "Mom, we have infinite powers so we may as well use titles that will represent us for what we truly are, Goddesses that are ruling Equestria."
Both sisters had their concerns. Luna said, "But the title queen hasn't been used since Queen Majesty of Dream Valley and given her attitude, that is what caused ponies to stop using the tile queen and go to using princess instead."
Celestia added, "And to add the title goddess in there, it makes you sound kind of arrogant."
Twilight replied, "But mom, I thought you would want us to do that. Remember how you bitched about me not wanting to show off how much better I was than everypony else when Trixie first went to Ponyville? Remember all the other times you told me that you didn't raise me to think I wasn't superior?"
Celestia replied, "Well yeah....wait a minute Twilight, did you just call me mom?"
Twilight continued, "Yes I did and maybe that will get you to finally realize that I am no inferior." She paused for a second before continuing, "Now my sister and I will use titles that assert us as everypony else's superiors."
Starlight added, "And given what I know about your past, I thought you would want your daughters to view themselves as better than everypony else."
Luna gasped, "Seriously sister, you have always told Twilight that she should behave like she is better than everypony else?" She then turned towards Starlight before turning back to Celestia and continued, "And what about Starlight? Have you ever told her the same thing?"
Celestia replied, "Yes I have told Twilight that and when it comes to Starlight, I never have because she already was better than everypony else but now my daughters are equals and BOTH are better than everypony else."
Her daughters blushed at the comment and then Starlight asked, "So what time will our coronation be?"
Celestia replied, "It shall be at noon so you two better go and ready yourselves while ponies begin to get seated in the throne room."
The two nodded and headed back towards their bedroom to wait for their time to come. When the two got there, they saw that there were still a couple hours until they would have to head to the throne room. Twilight suggested, "Starlight, I think we should arrive holding hooves and have our wings around one another." She gave her a nudge and added, "I don't care what ponies think, I want us to be known as the closest sisters in pony history."
Starlight gave her a smile, "I agree my sexy sister, I agree completely. Let's do that, let's show that unlike mom and Aunt Luna, we are close!"
Two hours had passed and Twilight and Starlight were laying on the bed in a loving embrace and then they heard a knock on the door and a voice, "Starlight, Twilight, your time has come."
Starlight replied, "Coming mom, coming!"
When they exited the bedroom, they were greeted by Princess Celestia. She noticed that her daughters had their wings around one another and were holding hooves. She gave them a slight look of disapproval and asked, "You two aren't going to hide your incestuous activities, are you?"
Both blushed and Starlight replied, "Well wasn't there a time in the distant past when pony sisters who ruled were like this? Wasn't it ok back then?"
Celestia replied, "Actually no. If the queens and princesses back in the very old days behaved like you two do, you'd likely be overthrown but given that you two have infinite powers, I suppose you can behave however you like." She saw them both get huge smiles on their faces and continued, "But when the press starts speculating that you two are engaging in incestuous activities and bucking non-stop, you can't just go throwing everypony into Tartarus, alright?" She developed a bit of a scowl and finished, "Now you do know I can still decide not to retire right?"
Twilight sighed, "Seriously, you're still thinking about not retiring?"
Celestia replied, "Look, if you two go out there clinging to one another like a couple in heat, it will make ME look bad. Now once the transfer in power is complete, you can do whatever you want but for now, please behave like normal sisters, ok?"
The two pulled their wings to their sides and stood apart. Celestia gave them a smile, "That's better. Now let's go and get this done. I'm sure you're ready to take over and I'm really looking forward to retiring into private life."
The two nodded and then followed Celestia towards the entrance to the throne room. When they saw that it was packed with ponies, Starlight became nervous. Celestia saw this and asked, "Starlight, what's wrong."
Starlight gulped, "I'm sorry mom but huge crowds make me nervous."
Twilight gave her a nudge, "It's alright, we will still have our personal space. It's not like they're going to be crowding us."
Celestia gave the two a smile and said, "Alright, you two wait here. I'm going to go in and address the crowd."
Celestia headed to the front of the throne room where Luna was waiting with a smile on her face. When Celestia reached the front, she turned around and began the address,
"Mares and gentlestallions, today marks a monumental day in Equestria. Today is the day that my sister and I have decided to retire and two ponies very close to me shall take over, two ponies that up until now were unknown to be related to me." She motioned for her daughters to enter the throne room and head to the front.
The crowd went silent as the two large Alicorns walked towards the front of the throne room. When they arrived to the front of the throne room they faced the crowd. Celestia and Luna stood on each side of them and Celestia continued, "For over a thousand years my sister and I have ruled Equestria. While Equestria has had its turbulent moments, with the defeat of Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow, I now feel that Equestria is safe and the time for my sister and I to retire has arrived."
She levitated her crown off of her head, fired a bolt of energy at it and then placed it on top of the elder sister's head. No longer did it resemble hers, it was more silver in color and had a gem in the shape and color of Starlight's cutie mark on it. She then levitated Luna's crown off of her and did the same before placing it on Twilight's head. The crown that she now wore resembled her first crown, it was gold with a gem in the shape and color of her cutie mark in it. Once both of her daughters had their new crowns on, Celestia announced, "The transfer of power is now complete."
She then got a smile on her face and announced, "And now I present to you for the very first time, Goddess-Queen Starlight Glimmer and Goddess-Queen Twilight Sparkle!"
The entire crowd gasped when they heard the title that Celestia had given them. The silence was deafening and seemed to last forever to the two new leaders but Celestia would break the silence, "I know nopony alive remembers a time when anypony other than a princess has ruled Equestria but my daughters have been ascended to a higher level." Celestia then went quiet before continuing, "They have been ascended to a higher level since we no longer have the Elements of Harmony to protect us."
The crowd then began to cheer and proclaim their love for the new leaders. This brought out a sigh of relief from the two, especially Starlight who was about to panic wondering if the ponies would see them as legitimate leaders or believe that they were put in power solely for being Celestia's daughters.
It would not be long until Celestia pointed her wing towards the exit and said, "Now you two must address the rest of the city. You need to win them over."
For Twilight this would be easy given that most everypony already loved her and knew her given that she grew up in Canterlot. The very thoughts of this terrified Starlight though as she had only ever given addresses to her old village and even those were short and in front of ponies she had under her control.
Celestia led the two to the balcony where Twilight had originally addressed the city so long ago. One thing the city did know was that not only was Celestia and Luna retiring but also knew that she was going to introduce those who would replace her. Twilight began her address,
"Hello everypony, I'm sure many of you remember how I was crowned as the fourth Alicorn princess of Equestria few years back. I have faced many challenges since then and now with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna retiring, I believe that all the challenges I have faced have prepared me for the challenges ahead. I promise that I will not let you down."
Twilight then touched Starlight with her wing motioning for her to step up. Starlight began her address, "Uh hi everypony. I am Starlight Glimmer, Princess Celestia's daughter. I have faced much adversity in my life including events that I am not so proud of but once I finally met who I would learn was my sister and she took me under her wing, she helped me learn about friendship and since then, I would say that I have learned a great amount about friendship and how to handle things in a proper manner. I look forward to being a good leader and making Equestria an even better place."
The crowd cheered after their addresses and Princess Celestia then stepped forward and announced, "Citizens of Canterlot, I am proud to present to you my daughters, Goddess-Queen Starlight Glimmer and Goddess-Queen Twilight Sparkle!"
The crowd, despite hearing them being announced as something much more than mere princesses, began to cheer loudly. Twilight and Starlight both smiled and waved before they headed back towards the entrance onto the balcony. While they were still in eyesight of some of the crowd, the two put their wings around one another and held hooves. When they got back in the castle Celestia saw this and asked, "How long have you two been doing that?"
Both mares bushed and Starlight replied, "Ever since we began heading back into the palace."
Celestia put her wing up to her face and sighed, "Couldn't you two have at least waited until you were out of eyesight of the crowd? Now ponies are probably going to think you two are much closer than sisters should be."
Luna suggested, "Sister, perhaps ponies will think that they are merely close sisters. Some sisters do show signs of affection and they don't do anything questionable."
Celestia replied, "Perhaps." She then began to head towards her bedroom and continued, "Well sister, let's get our bedrooms cleared out so Equestria's new leaders can have them tonight?"
Luna said, "Yes sister, let's make sure they will have their proper places to sleep tonight."
Once Celestia and Luna got out of eyesight, Starlight and Twilight gave one another a long, passionate kiss. When they broke this kiss Starlight gave her sister and fellow leader a smile, "Well my sexy sister, are you ready for this?"
Twilight returned the smile, "You bet I am my hot sister!"