Aurora Sunshine wakes up. Stretching and yawning, she walks through the whirly stairs and have difficult to not find her wings stuck between the little pillars there is that carry the handle all the way to the lasts downwards stairs.
Coming by the kitchen she sat on a chair but her wings unfolds suddenly and the chairs aside of her are pushed away.
Finished her breakfast, aiming outside, her wings now forbid her from passing the doorstep, being too large.
“Urgh, come-on! Just close now!”
Aurora manages to fold her wings with enough effort. Finding Bonbon and Lyra on a bench sat in a strange position she wants to sit in middle of them but when she do her wings unfold and the mares both fall off the edge.
Lyra does an ouch sound but Bonbon giggles.
“Hey. I know you are a princess. But can you not throw me out of place when you sit aside of me?” Lyra says, seemingly bothered. “I didn’t thought your title was authorizing you from doing that to your mother.”
“Come-on, it’s okay, she doesn’t control herself fully for now.” Bonbon smiles. “Don’t be so harsh on her.”
“I’m sorry mommies, I know I promised I will train my wings already.” Aurora says.
Later in the day everypony watches them walking around in Ponyville. Even some builders look at them. Lyra grabs Aurora and Bonbon for them to not stand and stare at mares and stallions that stare to them endlessly.
Many minutes later.
“Aurora.” Lyra says after being involuntarily slapped by wings.
Many sixtieth of an hour later.
“Aurora!” Lyra says when she have enough having wings in the face.
Few moments later.
Lyra and Bonbon are in a waiting line, wanting to buy some sweets at the Sugarcube Corner. Everything seemed fine, but Aurora’s wings was unfold, and after some minutes where Lyra was quiet she suddenly had enough.
“By Celestia could you gather enough sympathy to close your feathers ring or I swear I’m gonna bite in it!!” She shout.
“I’m sorry mom” Aurora turns around in an instant and her wings rises even higher “but I don’t know if you thought of it, not only it feel more comfortable unfolded, meanwhile when I eventually can’t keep them consciously closed for hours, it happens, they open, yes!”
“Perhaps you could think about something else than your little comfort, you such a precious filly!!” Lyra grumble.
“Lyra... Aurora... Don’t fight again, please...” Bonbon tries to stop them
“Can’t you be comprehensive about your own daughter having like, I don’t know, maybe literally entire new members to care about everywhere she goes??” Aurora shout.
“Are you serious? That must be the funniest thing I ever heard. A princess complaining about her privileges.” Lyra pouts.
“I don’t know where or in which book you read that I wanted them, but I’m surprised you didn’t also read I’d do anything to get rid of you bugging me out every single time you possibly can!” Aurora argues.
“Come-on girls, we spoke about it yesterday. And... The day before. And... The day before the day before.” Bonbon gets sad. “You were arguing all the week about it, in fact. P- please... S- stop...”
“I’m bugging you out? Just say that you don’t want to see me!” Lyra shout. “Just go away then! Find another mommy that can sing you to sleep every night because you are such a filly that you can’t go to sleep on your own!”
All the ponies waiting in line, even Pinkie Pie that was holding the store, gasps or does such alike noises. They couldn’t grab more attention even if they tried.
“I’m sorry I’m not sleeping nicely these days but since I got my wings my nightmares got like, a huge level up. Now I am scared of things you couldn’t even imagine nor understand yourself, even though when I reach out for my moms seeking comfort you like, brushed me away! I’m sorry, I didn’t seen the sign ‘unhappy to be a mommy’ on your forehead! My friends at least try to comfort me even at 2 am, unlike somepony!”
“You are such a crying precious one I wander why your friends even stick around with you!! You should have a sign with ‘I’m a 20 old baby mare that wants hugs and cuddles cause I’m so uselessly scared and stressed out by any little things because I will never grow up and have confidence in my entire life’ on your head!!”
“I-” Aurora tries to formulate anything but she is way too tired, exhausted, and mad to make up any more responses to that. “Fine. I hope you will have enough space to breath once I will have moved out.”
Aurora walks away, looking at the ground and her hooves, she slowly subside in the background while Lyra pouts. Bonbon does a little sigh.
“What you are saying is disgusting... To your own daughter with that...” Bonbon is shocked.
“Hey, she is disturbing you too with her wings isn’t she?” Lyra retorts.
“She’s only a young lady! And she have your own blood in her. How can you really mean all of that.” Bonbon looks confused. “You and me will have to talk about this.”
Entering her room, Aurora let herself falls on the bed, and sighs, sadly. Bonbon enter the room, and she lays aside of her. The mother raises her daughter’s hooves from hiding her face.
“I’m a failure.” Aurora cries. “I’m just a baby and I can’t control my own self!”
Aurora tilts her wings and with her hooves she tries to separate the feathers like to find something to answers her doubts.
“Don’t think that of yourself.” Bonbon tries to comfort her. “You have fears and weaknesses, and that is totally okay. But being sensible, sensitive, and seeking for tenderness and hugs is not in any single way a bad side.”
“In which way it is good to have feelings, then?” Aurora wipes her tears away. “I wouldn’t have so much troubles in my life if I was not!”
“Aurora.” Bonbon grabs her daughter’s left wing, and display as most her feathers as possible to look for their very bare look and existence. “Why can’t you see you are a beautiful and prosperous mare. Your friends love you, and your mothers do too.”
“My wings are so sensible. I feel every single breeze on them. And any effort moving them is like standing up for hours on two legs.” Aurora look at her front hooves.
“Maybe giving the majority of your alicorn power to heal Glowstone does leave effects on you after all.” Bonbon says. “Even Zecora’s potions couldn’t change anything?”
“No. It didn’t work either.” Aurora looks down.
Walking outside, Aurora’s flanks holding many affairs in some bags, her mother tries to convince her, still.
“You have few days before your friends get to the mansion. What are you going to do all alone in that big unfinished house?” Bonbon says.
But the next instant Aurora bumps into a pony and all her stuff get on floor, as well as her wings that displays for a second with her surprise.
“Oh, sorry, I didn’t seen y...-” The colorful stallion says, before realizing who she is. “Aurora is it you?”
“Um. Yes, it is me. But who are you?” Aurora doesn’t recognize him.
“Oh sorry, Twilight heard you were quite in difficulties these days so she did some research and could find me, so to see your childhood friend!” He bounces on spot happily. “Hel-loo-oh~~! It’s me, Sparkle Glow!”
“Sparkle Glow is it really you?” Aurora is surprised. “Yay, I’m so glad to see you, I missed you so much!”
They hug for some seconds and Sparkle Glow unfold his wings to hover over the ground. He turns around her, studying her wings.
“Woah, you really was beautiful on the tinted glass of the castle but now seeing you I’d say like, astonishing~~!” Sparkle says.
Aurora blushes and raise a hoof off the ground, not knowing where to put that embarrassment.
“Thanks. I know they are, but they are also very annoying.” Aurora retorts.
“How could be?” Sparkle Glow asks. “What’s wrong with them?”
“They always do their own. And are just very inconvenient.” She explains. “I can’t keep them set and folded when I want them to. Plus I never took a flight yet. I’d say I really need to work on this.”
“Why you didn’t said it sooner!!?” Sparkle have stars in his eyes. “I dealt with many different wings problem for my friends but this must be the easiest. It’s simple. Put your wings just like mine.”
Sparkle and Aurora unfolded their wings, and Sparkle tells how to learn to control them after meeting his rear with the alicorn’s one. She seems confused even if she trust him.
“I’m not sure about what you are doing but if you think you can help me, then. Okay.” Aurora says.
“Yes, don’t worry! I came up with an infallible technique. Sing with me and do as I do.” Sparkle says. “C~~ E~~ G~~” He sings notes with his voice that is quite pleasant to hear. As the same time he sings he move his wings to follow the scale he is tuning.
“Are you sure I have to sing?” Aurora blushes.
“Mh-hm!” Sparkle smiles to her warmly. “Come-on, vibrate that vocals for me, your whole body needs to hear you sings. It’s a basic scale, it’s easy.”
“Okay.” She says, shyly.
“C~~ E~~ G~~ E~~ C~~” They sings alongside eachother, as well as they rise and lowers their wings.
But after a time, reaching down some lower keys, Sparkle fold his wing, and at her surprise, she surely can imitate him and fold her wings too.
“That’s it, you see? With proper training, just thinking about the note will help you fold them, and after a time you won’t even need to think about anything!” Sparkle smiles. “But also. I didn’t knew you sung. And with a really nice voice with that.”
“Oh, yeah?” Aurora blushes. “I don’t sing good at all actually, I must have luck I guess.” She lies.
“Okay. But where you were going with all of this?” He gesture the stuff she was carrying.
“Somewhere else I won’t bother one of my mother.” Aurora looks back, and Sweetie Drops sighs, sadly.
“Have fun, darling.” She says, waving a hoof. “I will miss you.”
Aurora was walking peacefully. The landscape is calm, some ponies having fun, others working, some running with friends, others eating cupcakes and sugaries.
After a time she find herself in a room with Starlight. After further observation it is the throne room of the Castle of Friendship.
“Equideer is really annoying these days. Don’t you think we should erase them?” Starlight says.
“W- what? N-no why would we want that? Celestia said we have to make an alliance!” Aurora argues.
“An alliance?!” Celestia enters the room. She seems less cloudy than she should, like her past form. “With these equality-trusters? Who do you think we are?” She giggles.
“I’d prefer it rather, all against all!” Luna appears.
“Celestia? Luna? But I thought- I thought you only wanted good! We aren’t going to attack them are we?” Aurora retorts.
But the next instant they are all at the new 6’s mansion, that is destroyed by an offscreen bombing. Luna grows and become Nightmare Moon, and Celestia’s mane caught fire before she transforms to Daybreaker. They do a simple gesture and guards start running to a village further in the distance, inside the Equideer’s borders.
“Are you ready sister?” Nightmare Moon smiles to Daybreaker.
“They need a bit more sun in their lives...” Daybreaker smugs to her.
They both shoot lasers at the houses of the defenseless deers and ponies.
Aurora turns around and now find herself aside of Esperanza and Valentia, that call the news to the ancient princesses.
“This- This is so mean...” Obsidianna says, almost crying. “Why are you all against us!?”
“This is so... Unfair.” Glowstone trembles. “This is so unjust!”
Obsidianna vibrates and a cloud of smoke makes her change into a great, scary and disturbing purple and magenta mare. Aurora recognizes it’s Nightmare Hateress, she have purple particles flying around her and deep purple eyes. Her new gears appears which are sword and a sort of lance or banner that also wields Equifrancia’s flag. She also find her head inside a bascinet and a chainmail that covers most of her coat.
But she isn’t the only one to changes into a monster.
Glowstone have her mane glowing in red, her cutie mark, that is a hammer and a round plate, duplicates and gain size to become a sort of fantasy war-hammer and a shield, that is red with a golden triangle ontop of it. Her mane now looks like an red electric fire as her gears glow in a red powder or dust and shines, and a greek helmet find itself covering her head.
“For liberty! For equality! For fraternity!” Glowstone and Obsidianna charges with their army against Equestria.
Ethan, Esperanza, Twilight, and Flurry Heart, on their side, are crying in horror of the situation.
“What have you done, Aurora?” Luster Dawn says, appearing suddenly.
Eventually, Aurora Sunshine wakes from her nightmare and horrified she tries to regain consciousness meanwhile Sparkle Glow watches her from a stool.
“Hey there. Are you okay?” He asks. “You had a nightmare huh?”
“What’s happening? Is it still night yet? Where am I?” Aurora asks, clueless.
Sparkle Glow gesture at the digital cloak that rests on the nightstand.
“It is 4 am. You were sleeping. I heard you had quite panicking sounds so that woke me up and when I thought you were up I seen you were only dreaming.”
“Dear Twilight, that is something of a dream.” Aurora sighs, still trembling. “But it felt so real... All was against me because somehow I did something wrong.”
“It isn’t real, it was a nightmare. Only your fear is real. Which can be solved, with enough patience.” Sparkle Glow says. “But you won’t be able to sleep all trembling like this.”
“I never can sleep without someone cuddling or singing me to sleep.” Aurora sighs, sadly, thinking about her past nightmares. “I just really really hate being alone.”
“Well. You’re not!” Sparkle smiles.
“Will you sing for me?” Aurora asks.
“Oh I will go through the world for you.” Sparkle smiles.
Aurora and Sparkle are on top of a cliff. They are wearing some sort of gears. Obsidianna and Glowstone are at the base of the hill and are powering two big vents to make wind.
“Come-on, you want to go to space?” Sparkle unfold his wings and jumps into the wind which makes him able to float in the air without any effort. “If you want to fly an epic and great spacecraft, you have to learn how to fly yourself!”
“Okay, okay.” Aurora sighs.
She follows him and imitate his movements.
“If you want to learn to fly, you need to learn to glide. And only way to be good at it, is practice.” Sparkle says.
She feels the wind through her wings and her mane, and surprisingly she isn’t that scared. She can even go a little to the right or to the left with a simple wing-inclination.
“That’s it, you’re improving!” Sparkle Glow gesture at the princesses. “Now flap your wings, and try to hover even without the wind.”
Aurora seems to stumble in air, so she move her wings more and more, but suddenly in an instant she does a loop and crash on the cliff. Her mane is all messed up and she sighs.
“Ouch.” She says, disappointed of her failure.
“Um. We will practice more I guess.” Sparkle grins embarrassed.
Coming down in Sparkle’s hooves, Aurora smiles to the princesses.
“Thank you for helping me learn to fly.” Aurora thanks them.
“We are happy to help.” Glowstone smiles. “I will never thank you enough for putting so much effort into healing me.”
Aurora approaches Glowstone and unfold her tape, but at her surprise, Glowstone is now fully recovered.
“Oh look, you are cured!” Aurora smiles.
“Yay!” Obsidianna hugs Aurora tightly before she realizes she might be keeping her from breathing. “Hehe, thank you my dear! You are wonderful!”
“I can only thank you for the will you put to save everyone.” Aurora nods to the princess, in a manner of respect.
“But it means you won’t be using much of your magic to help her!” Sparkle bounces up and down happily. “We are going to be able to use our powers to have fun together!!”
“Yeah if you say it.” Aurora says. “Even thought being a Princess doesn’t really make me able to have time to do ‘fun’.”
“What?” Obsidianna giggles. “What are you talking about? Twilight did put a lot of pressure on your shoulders didn’t she.”
“Being a princess isn’t always serious.” Glowstone smiles. “You surely can be a mare aside of a princess. A title doesn’t erase your need of personal fulfilment.”
“Really? I guess I could... Try being artistic...” She wanders.
“I’d love it!” Sparkle Glow grins. “You have no idea how much I draw now!!”
Starswirl, Twilight, and Starlight, are all working around together.
“This time it won’t break.” Starlight guesses. “I hope of it, at least.”
“We have to ignite it correctly this time.” Starswirl says.
“Alright, initiation of the ignition process.” Twilight says.
Twilight uses her magic and the frame trembles, before Starlight and Starswirl both join with their own powers to proceed the opening. After a moment of effort the portal brights and a vortex appears, its shape seems embraced by the colorful inter-dimensional portal that will transport any of what stays in its frame for too long.
“Yes! Finally!” Twilight says. “Here we are, new dimension!”
“Let’s reassemble a team for them to go in.”