Chapter 3: The Coronation
Another week had passed since everyone had learned of Pinkie’s past. Things had been going well, Luna had taken care of Pinkie’s family and her mother and siblings had a new rock farm, along with better equipment, across Equestria from their old home. Igneous Rock having been left alone to stare at the newspaper with his daughter and her friends on the front page. Guilt overtaking him as he sat in his own self-pity, alone, which is more than he deserved. Rarity had sent him a scathing letter in secret as well berating him, and telling him he was lucky Pinkie had not wanted to pursue charges. As well that if he ever tried to contact Pinkie Pie again, she and Rainbow Dash would personally pay him a visit.
Cloudy Quartz, Marble, Lime, Maud, and Amethyst Pie, who was a purple earth pony with dark red and dark blue hair. He looked quite a lot like Pinkie, having almost the exact same markings as her and looking just as out of place within the family as she had. The entire family was now in Canterlot, as today was the day of the coronation. While Pinkie and most of Twilights family were already in Canterlot, the mane six waited at the train station, sectioned off of course so they were not swarmed by other ponies at the train station, for the rest of their families to arrive. Set earlier in the day as they took an overnight train, Cadence and Shining Armor arrived first from the Crystal Empire.
Cadence, also looking different than we are used to, she is still pink, although a bit darker than her counterpart. She has dark pink on her front legs as well as heart shaped marks just below her eyes, with light pink back legs and appaloosa markings. Her hair is striped, yellow, blue, and purple. Her cutie mark is not all that different although she does have purple wings behind the crystal heart. She bursts into tears upon seeing Twilight and they hug before doing their sunshine dance.
Shining Armor does not look much different. His legs are a dark blue, but his main body is white. His mane is much the same besides an added purple streak to match his teal one. And his cutie mark is a dark blue shield with a pink eight-pointed star in the center, two swords crossed behind the shield one purple one teal. He had the beginnings of a beard growing along his jawline. The stallion was trying to keep it together but was failing horribly. He understood how much it meant to Cadence to have more alicorns around let alone Twilight. They both knew Cadence was going to outlive him, at least now she would have Twilight with her.
Cadence and Shining went off shortly after their train pulled away to go see Twilight and Shining’s parents as well as their little brother Dusk Stone. Dusk looked quite a lot like their father, dark blue coat with light blue socks in the front and dark blue in the back, he had a lighter blue and a hot pink streak going through his dark blue mane. Ever since Twilight had been in Canterlot the little colt had been quite standoffish.
Not long after they left, the train from Ponyville pulled in. The first to pile off the train were the Apples, it seemed as though Granny Smith had everyone in the family come to the farm in Ponyville so they could all arrive for the coronation at once, Applejack had known they were coming but hadn’t expected all of them to rush up to her at once. She nearly choked on her own spit when she saw the Oranges step of the train as well. Applejack and her giant herd of a family stepped off to the side to allow room for everyone else to have space, Applebloom, who was mostly unchanged, besides some lighter yellow markings on her face legs and belly. Her red hair was curly just like her mother’s had been, she also had her mother’s blue eyes. She was bouncing around her excitedly pulling and prodding at Applejacks new limbs. Her voice could be heard across the entire train yard asking if Applejack thought she could get a cutie mark in examining alicorns.
It seems Sweetie Belle, a dark purple unicorn with stark white marks much like her sister. Her mane is mostly the same but with an added darker pink stripe to her curls. The small filly had much the same idea as her friend. Rushing off the train and barreling into Rarity as her parents trailed after looking tired. Sweetie Belle letting out an excited squeal blabbed off many questions to her older sister asking if her hooves felt different now that she had earth pony magic and lifting Rarity’s hooves with her weak levitation magic before Rarity huffed giving her a hug telling her she would tell her later, giving her parents an exasperated look as they shrugged and joined in on the hug.
Scootaloo was the next to rocket off the train jumping right into Rainbow Dash who was hovering just above the ground. Scootaloo was the same orange, but she had a darker orange going only her back, with a lighter, almost cream color on her legs, chest, and belly. Her scruffy pink mane streaked with a darker pink and a deep purple. Her wings small for her already small size. Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles stepping off the train right after her both tearing up as they saw Dash. Dash blushed as her parents hugged her crying, as Scootaloo asked her a billion questions about how turning into an alicorn affected her flight abilities.
Scootaloo’s aunts had been invited to the coronation as well. Dash and Scootaloo’s aunts had become quite close as her relationship with Scootaloo developed, but they had a huge influx of custom plushies, which was what they did for a living, Holiday always going all out for Christmas and Valentine’s Day especially with wrapping up the plushies that Lofty made. The new orders were all about the new princesses, fillies all over Equestria wanting a plush of this princess or that. The amount of Rainbow Dash plushies ordered from Cloudsdale alone would set the two ponies for life.
The last to step off the train was Fluttershy’s family, her brother being just about as loud as he possibly could about how his sister was royalty, Swirly Breeze and Blossom Shy stepped off the train. Their third born, the same age as the cutie mark crusaders, stepped off the train after them. She was the same green color as her father, her markings were very similar to Fluttershy’s but green. Her hair was the same magenta streaked with purple as her mother with added streaks of yellow. She seemed to be much more confident than the rest of her family, besides Zephyr, despite the confidence she possessed it seemed she was quieter than the rest of her family if that was even possible. Fluttershy grinned and trotted up to her little sister wrapping the much smaller pegasus in a hug.
“Ohhh Willow it’s been way to long since I’ve seen you!” Fluttershy exclaimed as she hugged her sister tightly. Willow Breeze grumbled as her sister squeezed her but was smiling anyway. All Fluttershy’s friends, besides Rainbow Dash, were shocked. They hadn’t really heard her talk about having a little sister before. They knew about her brother, and Fluttershy’s endless frustration with him. But other than that, she didn’t talk too much about her family. They had heard Twilight talk about her brothers and had met him briefly at Shining Armor and Cadence’s wedding. Pinkie had just told them about her brother and had only just met him herself. Though the CMC especially had gone quiet and were looking at the other blank flank filly with interest, Apple Bloom and Babs, who was also there, looked at each other with a grin. New recruit. They had yet to meet Twilights brother and Pinkies brother who were both also blank flanks, things were going to get interesting.
Hours later the coronation was starting, the main six walking down the aisle lined with ponies, in their beautiful dresses matching the colors of their elements of harmony, all of which had been fitted into crows for them all, although they had not yet seen them. The dresses all had a slightly shimmery look towards the ends. The six came before Celestia, Luna, and Cadence, whose dresses also looked fantastic, and Celestia began speaking.
“We are gathered here today to celebrate a momentous occasion. I knew the day would come when my former student and her friends would one day become alicorns, and although all of them ascending at the same time was unexpected, it is more than a welcome surprise. They have all worked extremely hard to save Equestria from danger multiple times and have more than earned this. Even reuniting me with my sister, Princess Luna.” Celestia started with a fond smile to Luna
“Twilight Sparkle you are crowned the Princess of Magic, you created new magic and have shown a magical ability that with time I am more than sure will surpass even me and Luna’s.” with that she floated Twilight’s crown over in her golden magic placing it atop her head.
“Rarity Belle, your generosity is not to be underestimated, I know you would drop anything and everything to help your friends and provide whatever was needed. Like making dresses for me Luna, Cadence, and all six of you on short notice for this coronation. You are to be the Princess of Generosity.” placing Rarity’s crown the same as she had Twilight’s.
“Rainbow Dash, your honesty is to be admired, although sometimes you can be blunt, your honesty with your friends, even when it may be hard for them to hear, is a hard thing for many ponies to do. Your bravery, whether it be to rescue Princess Rarity and the Wonderbolts as they fall out of the sky to perform the fabled sonic rainboom, or to tell the truth even in the face of hardship when a lie would be a much easier option. You are to be the Princess of Honesty.” She again placed a crown on Rainbows head containing her element of harmony.
“Fluttershy, your kindness to not just ponies but all creatures, is talked about by everypony you meet. Some would call it a weakness but to be kind even in the face of somepony who seems to have nothing but hate in their heart, you can drag out the softer side of them and help heal them from the inside out. Just as you did with Discord helping him realize that just because he is the only one of his kind, that does not mean he needs to be alone, or take out his pain on others. You are to be the Princess of Kindness.”
“Applejack, your loyalty knows no bounds, even to ponies you just met like with Twilight Sparkle the same day you met her was the day my sister returned. Having just met her you still followed her into the Everfree Forest, convincing the others to come with you. Not to even mention your loyalty to your family, immediate and vastly extended. You are to be the Princess of Loyalty.”
“Pinkie Pie, formerly known as Rose Quartz Pie. Your ability to find joy despite the situation or what you have gone through is extraordinary. You can overcome almost anything with your infectious laughter or make light of any bad situation. I think many would have fallen into a deep despair had they been through some of the things you have, but you persevered and now bring light and happiness to others lives every day. You are to be the Princess of Laughter.”
“All together you are to be known as the Princesses of Harmony.” With that the nine princesses walked to the balcony Rainbow Dash threw off everything but her crown and leapt into the sky. The crowd below cheered as the sonic rainboom exploded in the sky over them as Pinkie shot out candy, cupcakes, and confetti with her party canon from the balcony. For now, everything seemed perfect.