//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: A Polarizing Revelation // by RamenWolf1485 //------------------------------// The purple-coated mare trotted up to the large wooden door, it was now or never. She couldn’t hide this any longer, and with her new recognition, she had no choice. Princess or not, she was determined to get her life in order. She knocked on the door. Simple, really. A simple knock. Oh but what if she wasn’t in her room?? What was she to do? Panic? No, that wouldn’t look good… Wander the halls? Nah, that wouldn’t look good as a Princess… oh what is she thinking? She didn’t want to be a Princess… too much responsibi- oh good the door is opening. “Twilight! Or should I say Princess Twilight! What brings you to my room this late? I thought for sure you’d depart back to Ponyville with your friends.” The tall alicorn goddess stood before her. She was wearing a pink robe and holding a cup of afternoon tea with her magic, something she did routinely, to pass off the stresses of the day. “Princess Celestia, uh… can we talk? Please? In private?” She was determined to get this over with quickly. “Of course, Twilight. Come on in.” She backed up and allowed her student* to trot through. “Princess…” She started, taking a seat on a stool, “I… dunno where to begin.” “Just take it easy, Twilight. Something tells me something is bothering you. Now what is it?” “I don’t want to be a Princess.” Celestia had to fight to keep from spitting out her tea. “Umm… could you repeat that?” “I… don’t think I can handle being a Princess.” “Whatever makes you think that? You’ve proved to everypony over and over again that you have the capabilities to carry out the responsibilities of a Princess.” “That’s just the thing, Princess… I… already had a large responsibility.” She trailed off a bit. “And what would this ‘responsibility’ be?” Celestia just had to know. “…I’ll just… Uh…" Twilight stammered. Feeling her words fail her, she turned towards the door and hollered "CALE! Let him in, please.” A blue stallion with a black Stetson hat poked his head through the door. "Now?" "Yes, now." Celestia just stared, “Twilight what on-” but the question died on her lips at the sight of their new guest. In walked a small foal. A small alicorn foal. His coat was white as snow, his mane and tail seafoam green on one half, rich purple on the other. His eyes were lavender, much to Celestia’s shock, like Twilight’s. He wore a small black Stetson and black leather vest. Twilight became nervous, “Umm… Princess Celestia… This… is my son… Polaris Jr..” Never in the history of Equestria had the sun set so fast. Celestia sat there in shock, struggling to come up with an intelligent response. Finally she stammered out, “T-twilight? Y-your…” She gulps, “Son?” She was dumbstruck. How had she not noticed? How had she not been told? Who was the father? Was it the stallion at the door? Questions raced through her mind like a million angry paparazzi. “Yes… I have a son…” She looked down as the small colt trotted up to her and nuzzled her leg, eliciting a smile from her. “When did this happen?” “Right before you sent me to Ponyville to study the magic of friendship…” She looked down, “I had a relationship with one of your nephews…” “Blueblood?” She asked nervously. “…No.” “Oh thank goodness…” “It was Polaris.” “…P-Polaris? Prince Polaris? The Prince of Hearths Warming? How… why…” She was dumbfounded. Then she realized the foal's name was Polaris Jr… how did she not catch that? “We… well… we hit it off pretty well… He was the only friend I had outside of my brother, Shining Armor. And… I don’t know… We just… One night… went all the way. I didn’t want it to stop… and well, here he is.” Celestia was at a loss for words. Her best student had been sleeping with her late nephew? And had borne a child in secret? It was all so much for the goddess to take in at once. “But… you know the rest…” She sighed sadly. Polaris Jr. was trying to hop up to his mother, so she pulled him up in her lap and cradled him. “Yes. We tried to send him on a diplomatic mission to make some sort of trade deal with the Northern Troll Tribe… I couldn’t attend it, but Polaris… his magic wasn’t always the best…” She looked away, “I should have gone instead…” “Don’t beat yourself up, Princess… It wasn’t your fault…” she held her foal in her forelegs and stroked his mane. “But… you… he...” She looked up and chuckled, “Oh, Polaris, you silly nephew. I should have known you would go after Twilight. After all you did talk about her and ask about her a lot…” A tear formed in the corner of Twilight's eye. "I miss him..." she whispered, "He was... the only stallion I ever loved... Liked that...." Celestia felt herself tearing up as well, and quickly changed the subject to something less mournful. "I have to ask Twilight: why did you keep this a secret this whole time? You didn't think to tell your new friends or your neighbors? What about your parents and your brother, shouldn't they know? What about-..." She choked on her words; so much for a less mournful subject. "...what about me?" "I was worried about whay everypony would think… What if the media got a hold of it? Celestia's star student and the Prince of Hearth's Warming Eve? Not just having relations but having a child out of wedlock? It would be a whole scandal! Think of what could have happened! The media would see it as one giant sex scandal put on by the royal family! And- and then, I could've been blamed, and- and I would've been thrown out by my family and then I'd just be a single mom living on the streets! And without the Element of Magic, there would be nopony to save Equestria from the next disaster! And- and-..." She broke down crying. Polaris looked worried and gave his mother a kiss and a nuzzle for re-assurance. "Twilight!" Celestia interrupted her, tears streaming down her eyes as well, "Twilight.... Please..." She leaned in and stroked Twilight's mane, as they both shared a teary-eyed smile. "I'm sorry, Celestia. I should've trusted you more... it's just I was so scared, I didn't know what to do..." "Twilight, my most faithful student... there was no need to hide him from view. Remember, you can always trust me, and your family as well... I don't think any of us would have looked at you any different. You shouldn’t be ashamed. I can see you're raising a happy, healthy foal, and that right there is a lot of responsibility in itself.” She put a hoof to Twi’s chin and brought her face up to look at hers, “Twilight… Since you left for Ponyville so long ago I always treated you like a student who wanted to succeed. Now I know better. You are growing up to become a well-educated adult mare now. I should have realized this sooner.” she sighed. "B-but i've been lying to you and everypony i care about this whole time!" The tears kept flowing. "T-twilight, please, calm down. Here..." She levitated a teapot over and poured an extra cup of tea, "Drink this. It's a special brew Luna came up with. It's good for calming one's self." She levitates it over to her. Twilight takes the up with her magic and took a drink. The tea flowed down her throat and into her stomach, warming every inch of her body and giving her mind a sense of calmness. She picked up a napkin and dabbed her eyes, "...Being silly." "There's the Twilight i know and love..." Celestia smiled. "I'm- I'm sorry..." "Twilight, relax... Now, there is something that is bothering me..." "W-what?" "How did you give this adorable little colt a normal life? I mean it seems you kept him out of public's -- and Pinkie's -- eye for nearly two whole years!" "Well, wasn't easy... But, there's a stallion, back home in Ponyville... he offered his assistance with my foal. He was the only one who knew because he stumbled upon me... uh, "feeding" one day, and he offered his help.” She blushed, recalling how exposed she was that day. "Does he have a family?" Celestia was quite curious as to why a random stallion would have Twilight's trust. "A wife and eight foals..." "Eight foals?! My goodness. No wonder you trusted him quickly." "Ya... Seeing as he had the experience... I allowed him to help. He insisted I not pay him but I did anyways... I tried so hard to give little Polaris a normal life. He got to socialize... I home-schooled him a bit using early foalhood books. I just... didn't want anypony to actually know. I mean I guess they would not have minded, but..." Celestia cut her off, "Twilight, they are your FRIENDS. Need I remind you that you wrote me the letter about judging a pony?" She chuckled. "Y-ya, but-" "No buts, Twilight. I don't ever think your friends would ever condemn you for any reason. You yourself said that friendship could overcome anything." "...Right. I forgot." She looked back up at her former mentor-turned-colleague, "But you do see why I came to you, right? Not just to ask about relinquishing my role as a Princess... but because you can't hide a lie forever. I know it was wrong for me to have... done that... back then, and out of marriage... but looking on it now, I don't think it was wasted... I don't think I'd be the mare I am today." Celestia chuckled, "I'd have to agree, Twilight... and Polaris here seems to agree as well." She motioned to the foal who had curled up and fallen asleep in Twi's forelegs. Twilight looked at her little colt... she thought back to all the times she spent with him, "I wouldn't trade him for the world..." She sighed and kissed his forehead. Celestia's heart melted at this sight, "Very well then, Twilight. You still want to go through with the relinquishing of your status as a very regal and royal Princess?" "Princess, I must. from now on I want to live openly. I'm going to have some explaining to do, but I think can handle it. But... only if you want to, Princess." She stared up at her mentor. "Well... I've been thinking this over the whole time..." She sighed, "I guess there's really nothing I can do, it's not my life. I understand you'd rather take care of your colt than be a Princess... to subject you to both would not be very suitable for just about anypony... Very well... Please just stand over here..." She stood up and laid her cup aside. Twilight followed suit, but sat the now-asleep Polaris gently down on Celestia's bed. "Twilight Sparkle." She began to use the royal 'we', "Thou has asked permission to relinquish thine title as Princess Twilight Sparkle. Does thou come to terms with thy fate?" "Y-yes!" She said confidently. "Princess Twilight Sparkle, it is hereby decreed that thou should now be relinquished of thine title of Princess... and thus returned to thine original state of which thou was before." Her horn started to glow, engulfing Twilight in a white glow. Twilight seemed a bit nervous as she was lifted into the air, the white light completely engulfing her. She felt herself get lighter, her back burned like hot ashes. All of a sudden she was blinded by the light.... and then everything went back to normal. She stood back up, struggling to see, as all that could been seen were stars now. As her vision came into focus, she noticed Celestia was busy straightening the room back as some things had gotten spread about the room. Polaris was still sound asleep on Celestia's bed, but it seems he migrated to one of her pillows. "Oh wow... That felt weirder than when you first transformed me... Ugh..." She glanced back at her... back. "No wings... phew... I thought they were a bit clumsy anyways. Rainbow may complain about it but... It's for the best." She giggled. "Well, now Twilight, having second thoughts?" Celestia chuckled. "Nah... Besides, I'm gonna see if she can help train Polaris to fly anyhow..." "Think you can handle it? I don't know how your friends could handle you suddenly being back to your old self again... plus this revelation about you having a son..." "Princess... I'm sure i can handle this. You taught me that... Like i said, though... it shall be difficult. But I think I can push through it." She smiled wide. "Well, then, Mother Sparkle, you have my blessings." She chuckled. "Oh, Princess..." "By the way... you may want to stick around a little longer... The last train to Ponyville left an hour ago..." She looked out the window, "Also it seems i cause a bit of chaos at the same time. At the time you came in i was just lowering the sun... after you announced him i think i may have dropped it... no worries, it's still intact." She laughed, "Oh, Luna will hold that one against me for years." "Is my old room still here, Princess?" "Of course! Im surprised we haven't used it since you left... Anyways, Twilight, please. Stay the night with us." "It would be my honor, Princess." she trotted over and levitated Polaris onto her back, trotting out the room, "Goodnight, Princess Celestia." "Goodnight, my most faithful student..." Celestia watched her close the door and retire to bed. "Celestia... you did good... Still... it's a bit disheartening... Oh, who am I kidding, this is more likely what she wants anyways... no use debating about it to yourself! Oops... I'm talking to myself... Memo to myself, stop talking to myself. Ugh... forget it..." She laid down and fell asleep quickly, that reversal spell having taken a lot of energy from her. Twilight had conjured up a baby bed for her little foal, who was still sound asleep. "Oh, Polaris... you caused me more trouble today than usual." She giggled, then walked over to a window, looking outside, "Polaris Sr... I don't know if you can hear me... but... we did good. I love you, Poley... you'll always be my stallion~" She smiled and wiped away a tear, returning to her bed and snuggling up under the covers, the silent breathing of her own foal putting her in a deep, dreamless slumber.