Stories told on the Hearth

by Alchemystudent


No place like home for the holidays

For ages and ages to come,

“ Sister, Are you sure that calling upon the immortals is wise?” Said a dark blue alicon, her flowing mane showing the many stars in the sky.

“Yes, Luna. This is something that they all need to experience and to see.” The white Alicorn said, her glorius mane shimmering in the fading sunlight.  Her royal regelia shining on her body.

“But Tia...some of the immortals are a little...annoying.” Said Luna as she looked to the door, ready to accept the arrivals.

“Don’t worry Luna, besides you love some of them.” Celestia said, with a smile as the doors opened, a gust of snow blowing in, “Ah, our first guest.” And with that in came a light blue alicorn, his mane a mess of icelicles to compliment his frozen wings and snowball cutie mark.

“Hit it!” Said the Alicorn as he danced in.

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Happily he twriled and spun to Luna and gave her a big hug and then began to dance some more.


“OH Lulu, its been too long! I just am so glad to see you out of that moon.” Snow Miser said, his smile almost catching. He then began to look around the entire castle, admiring the scenes before him and the lovely snow on the ground, “So why the call Tia?”

“Patience Snow miser, the purpose of all of you being here will be revealed soon enough.” Celestia said, looking at the snowy alicorn.

“All...of...us. Oh dear sweet chronos, tell you didnt invite HIM!” Said snow miser as he felt the doors blow open with a burst of heat.  Standing in the doorway was a dark orange/red alicorn with a firey mane, his fireball cutie mark shining on his flank.

“Hit it!” Said the alicorn as the music began again.

“ No, that’s me dearest fire.” Giggled Celestia as she watched the master of fire dance into the entry hall.


“ OH Tia, I have missed you too much. How are you and...what is he doing here!” Yelled Heat miser in anger as he saw Snow miser standing next to Luna.

“I was invited here, whats your excuse? People finally got tired of your temper and decided to cool that hot head of yours?” Snow miser said, a smirk on his face.

“So was I, and unlike you, I don't give the cold shoulder to an inivtation, ice cubes for brains!” Heat miser said.

“At least I don't burn down momma’s favorite trees just because I tried to water it.” Said Ice miser

“ That was your fault and you KNOW IT!” Heat miser yelled as he prepared a fireball.

“BOTH OF YOU CALM DOWN!” Yelled Celestia as she used her Canterlot voice and slammed both immortals into opposite walls, chained up with vines, “Vines...but I didnt”

“It was some of my own magic.”  A majestic alicorn strode out, his horn made of bark and seeming to join with his crown of trees and roots. Walking into the entry hall, his leave lined mane flowed with power and on his flank, was the tree of life.

“ Great Ak, you honor us all with your presence.” Celestia said as she bowed to the powerful Alicorn.

“ The pleasure is mine, sun ruler.” Ak said as he kissed the forehoof of the white Alicorn, “May I ask what is the purpose of this meeting of the immortals?”

“I could not tell you, Great Ak. My sister has been keeping the purpose hidden from me as well.” Luna said as she helped to get the miser brothers off of the walls.

“Well, then I will sit and wait to see what problems I may help with.” The master woodspony said as he walked to the table, ignoring the bickering brothers.

Time went and soon the entry hall was lined with immortals from across the many plains. Sitting in front of the huge doors was Celestia, with the princess of the night at her side looking over all of the guests, “ Immortals, you have been invited for a very speific purpose. For far too long have we only met to discuss the longeivity of a mortal toymaker, or to discuss how the long sister Borealisis should be allowed to live. However, since the time that last we all met, several important things happened. My dearest niece found her betrothed,   the empire of hope and light has been restored to its former glory, an entity of chaos has been sealed, the object of legend have been restored and given proper bearers, and...the most important pony in my world has been given to me again” With that, the goddess of the sun nuzzled her dear sister. “ So, instead of us meeting to decide the fates of mortals, I have decided that we all should have...a party instead to celebrate the time of year and all that has happened to us.” With that, Celestia opened the doors of the entry hall with her hind legs to reveal a huge banquet hall decorated to the brim and  filled with the food of Rarity...I mean Generousity. As the immortals began to walk into the royal hall to gaze, feast, and make merry; Celestia turned to her dear sister. “ Remind me to thank Pinkie later. For both the food and the MMMMMMMM.”

“Sister, this is still not a good idea. You know how rough some of these immortals can get when they get...what is that word that I heard some of my night guards say, oh yes...HAMMERED!” Luna said, fear in her eyes for the castle.

Affectionally, Celestia just smiled and hugged her sister, “ It will be fine. I have put up enough wards and layers of protection to keep the rowdiness only confined to here. And if worse comes to worse, I will trick Chrysalsis and her changelings to clean everything up.” Tia said, a troll look on her face.

“ But Tia...what if some of the bigger immortals were to come? Like Mother Na...” Luna then turned to see a green alicorn that seemed to walk and breathe nature across her body-birds and other animals seemed to flock to her.

“Did someone call me? Oh Celestia, Luna you two set up a party for us all, how wonderful.” Said Mother Nature as she walked in, “ You know Tia, after this party is done you must introduce me to the filly who you say can do my job almost as well as I can.”

“Oh no, not as well...even better” Said Celestia under her breath as she nudged Luna to go and partake in the festivities.

The party went on through the night, every alicorn celebrating and partaking in the festivites. The party really picked up when the god of all parties himself, Baccus, joined and brought forth the party cannon of the gods and fired it up. Through it all, Celestia had her fun and sat and partook of her delicious cake, watching as the princess who meant everything to her have fun and excitement, “You did marvelously with this party my daughter.” Said an alicorn made of the stars as she draped her wings around Celestia’s white body.

“Thank you...mother.” Celestia said as she looked up to her dear mother and kissed her cheek, “ Will you be staying?”

“I cant, maintaining the cosmic balance you know. But I stopped long enough to watch as my eldest daughter finally finds her happiness again.”

“I found that when I discovered my dau...my little twilight.” Tia said, reminding herself that Twilight was her daughter in her heart, not by blood.

“And every day, both of them make your day brighter...dont they?”

“Yes, yes they do.” Tia said, a smile on her face as she felt the mother of goddesses fly away.

The night soon ended and the immortals of the universe left this plane, leaving behind a tired and very sleepy Luna who was about to sing, “Hey tia...ever heard” Lets out a very unprincess yawn, “This one?

For ages and ages to come
Till the last tumpet sounds
To the first (yawns again as she is put onto her sisters back and carried to her bedchambers) Cracking of doom
Immortality

The white alicorn smiled as she tucked in the goddess of the night, giving her the abacus and sang with her.

Living to our present state,
Babies

She then remembers the first day that she met the little alicorn, when her mother brought in a little filly in a basket and told her that her duty was to watch and protect her. That said baby booped her nose.

Once were we
Some of us have no children or kin
But I have been very lucky
We have been where no mortal has been
we are the nobility
Immortality

She then kissed the sleeping princess on the forehead and turned to the sky to begin raising the sun. Then she watched as it rose without her, shocking her to a standstill. As she watched it raise, she noted an alicorn flying into the window shining as bright as the sun, “ Fellow sun weilder, I give this gift to you as thanks for the party.” He said as he coat and mane shone with all of the colors of the sun.

“I thank you, Apollo.” Celestia said, bowing gratitude as the sun flew home. Celestia then turned and smiled, glad that the party went well.