//------------------------------// // History // Story: Queen of Cloudsdale // by hamcon //------------------------------// When Rainbow Dash woke up, she found that she in the Golden Oaks Library, in Twilight's bed. Getting up, she looked around for Celestia, or the two mayors, but found nothing. "Thank Celestia, it must of been a dream," she sighed in relief, but her hopes were crushed when she saw not only her friends, but the princess and the mayors. "Good to see that you have awaken Rainbow, we were worried when you fainted," Celestia said. "Well, what do you expect when you find out that you are not only an Alicorn, but Queen of an entire race!?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, throwing her forelegs in the air. "Rainbow Dash, I know that you are upset, but we had to keep it a secret," Celestia said, causing the rainbow maned Alicorn to raise an eyebrow. "We?" "Yes, King Wind Chaser, your parents, Dr. Bandage, and I had to keep it a secret that you were born an Alicorn, until it was your time to rule," Celestia explained. Rainbow Dash stared at the sun princess in disbelief, then glared at her. "Tell me everything," she demanded. "Okay Rainbow, it all began when your mother was pregnant." ~20 years ago~ ~Cloudsdale Hospital ~ The pregnant Aurora Dash and her husband Spectrum Dash were sitting in the office of Dr. Bandage, who was checking the medical reports of Aurora. Aurora, despite her name, was a dark blue Pegasus with a green mane, and wore glasses. She was nervous, as she wanted to know if her foal was alright. Her husband, Spectrum, was an almost purple Pegasus with a rainbow mane. Spectrum put his hoof on Aurora's leg and gave a reassuring smile, which helped calm his wife down. Dr. Bandage checked the reports, put them back in their folders and put it in his desk drawer, then went back to the couple. "Well Mrs. Dash, I am glad to say that you and the foal are perfectly healthy, and no defects were found on the foal," "Thank you Dr. Bandage, but we are wondering something," Spectrum said, looking worried. "And what is it?" "Well, I have been experiencing pain whenever the foal moves," Aurora explained, rubbing her swollen stomach. Dr. Bandage was puzzled at this. "Well, what you are describing is a problem unicorn's bearing foals show, as the foal has a horn, and when it moves around, the horn will jab into the uterus. But this never happens to a Pegasus unless she has a unicorn foal, and according to the reports, you're foal has wings," he explained. "Could it be a defect? I mean, we can't see the foal," Spectrum asked. "You could be right, and while the reports do say that the foal is fine, medical technology has only gotten so far so we can't know for certain, I suggest you take a look at your family tree, to see if there is a history you don't know," Dr. Bandage said. The couple thank their doctor and left the office. Dr. Bandage looked over his reports again to see if he misread anything. "She is experiencing pain that a mother bearing a unicorn feels, but reports say that the foal has wings. Could the foal be... No it couldn't," ~Dash Household, Cloudsdale~ The couple were searching through their attic, looking for their family tree. "Found anything Spectrum?" Aurora asked, going through one of the many boxes. "Not yet, wait I found mine!" Spectrum yelled in excitement, holding up an old book. Aurora ran over and saw the book, it looked to be over a thousand years old, the spine was damaged, and it was covered in the thickest layer of dust she has ever seen. "Are you sure we can find something in this book?" Aurora asked. "I hope so, this book has been in the Dash family for over a millennium, my father gave it to me, but he never told me what ancestors we had, and I never bothered to read it, but now we have to," Spectrum admitted and opened the book, flipping the pages to find out if there was a deformity in his family. The two saw many things that surprised them, but they still found nothing that told of a deformity in the family, but when they got to the last page, Aurora jaw dropped, and Spectrum let the book fall. "That-that can't be right," Spectrum said, he was beginning to hyperventilate. Aurora picked up the book and began to read it. "King Spectrum Blitz, king of the Pagesi from 1 C.R (Celestia Rule) to 100 C.R. King Spectrum Blitz is the one that led the Pegasi into Equestria and credited for creating Cloudsdale. He became allies with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to stop Discord, and to help keep Equestria safe. He had a daughter named Firefly, and a son named Thunder Crash. Firefly married Fire Dash and moved away from Cloudsdale, while Thunder Crash became the next king when Spectrum Blitz died," The two stared at each other, then to the swollen stomach of Aurora. "I'm going to have an Alicorn," Aurora said, not knowing whether to be scared or happy. "And our foal will become the next King or Queen of the Pegasi," Spectrum said. The next day Spectrum wrote a letter to his brother, who happened to be Celestia's personal guard, so the letter could be sent to Celestia without waiting for days to get a response. "Spectrum, are you sure this will work?" Aurora asked. "I hope so, I don't want our foal to be treated like royalty the moment she or he is born," Spectrum answered, he put the letter in an envelope and but in the mailbox beside their house, now they had to wait. ~Royal Guards Barracks, Canterlot ~ Lightning Dash put on his armour for the day, today he had to guard Celestia as she did her routine of checking a city. "Lightning Dash, there is a letter for you, it's from your brother!" A mail stallion said walking up to him and giving the guard the letter. "Thank you," Lightning opened up the letter and read it, his eyes widened and ran out of the barrack to find the sun princess. ~Canterlot Castle, Main Hall~ Celestia waited patiently for her guard, Lightning Dash, to accompany her during her checking of Trottingham. She was sipping her tea when the door burst open to reveal a panting Lightning Dash. "I'm sorry your highness, but I have some urgent news for you," Lightning Dash said in between pants. "And what is it?" Celestia asked, curious about what could be so important. "It appears that my brother and his wife are going to have a foal," "Well, I am glad to hear that, but I do not know why it is so urgent?" "The foal is going to be an Alicorn," Celestia froze in place, taking this information in. A Pegasus couple is going to have an Alicorn? How is this possible? "Are you sure you didn't misread it?" Celestia asked, getting a shake from Lightning Dash. "No your highness, it says in the letter that the Dash family is apparently has King Spectrum Blitz as our great grandfather," Celestia stood from her throne and turned to her scribe. "Tell Mayor Worthy that I will not be coming to Trottingham, and that we are going to Las Pegasus to talk to King Wind Chaser," The scribe nodded and wrote the letter. Celestia turned to her two guards with a stern face. "Get the chariot ready, we are going to Las Pegasus," ~Las Pegasus Castle ~ King Wind Chaser was sitting across from Princess Celestia, he heard everything that was told to him, but was having trouble believing it. "So Princess, you are telling me that the next King or Queen of the Pegasi is going to be born, from a family of Pegasi that happened to have King Spectrum Blitz as a grandfather over a thousand years ago?" "Yes I do," Celestia simply stated, she was trying her best to convince the King of the Pegasi, but it was not going so well. "I'm sorry Princess, but how can a family of Pegasi just now have an Alicorn?" "We do not know, but it could be that a gene was finally able to be added, or nature itself noticed that you do not have an offspring to take the crown once you die," Celestia explained. Wind Chaser couldn't help but agree with his higher up, sure he was king, but it was an honorary title given to the Alicorn royalty to stop confusion between the rulers of Equestria and the the ruler of all pegasi. And his only son disappeared years ago. He stared at the sun princess and gave a sigh. "I will go to Cloudsdale to see if this is true, and if it is, I want this to be kept a secret if words get out, the Pegasus council would be furious that a Alicorn born from a lower class will be the next ruler," "Understood, I enjoyed having this talk," with that Celestia walked out of the room, with her two guards beside her. Wind Chaser turned to his guards. "We are going to Cludsdale, and I want you all to keep this a secret, not even your family can know of this," he ordered, the guards saluted and ran out of the room, leaving the king to himself. He took off his crown and stared at it, thinking about how the family will react if it turns out that the foal really is an Alicorn. ~The Next Day~ ~Dash Household, Cloudsdale~ Wind Chaser stood at the door with his guards beside him, thinking about how he would introduce himself. "Your majesty, shouldn't we knock now?" one of the guards asked. "Hmm, oh, yes, please do," The guard nodded and knocked on the door. The door opened to reveal a light purple Pegasus. "Hello sirs, and hello King Wind Chaser," the Pegasus said smiling, but his smile turned into shock in an instance. "King Wind Chaser!?" the Pegasus bowed before the king and began to apologize, "I'm sorry your highness, I did not mean to be disrespectful!" "It is all right Spectrum Dash; you did not know that I would be coming," "You know my name?" Spectrum asked, now scared for his life. "Yes I do, and I also know that your wife, Aurora Dash, is pregnant, and you think that the foal will be an Alicorn," "Yes your highness, we do, I found out that my great grandfather is King Spectrum Blitz," Spectrum admitted. "Can I see your wife?" Wind Chaser asked. "Of course your highness, please come in," Spectrum said rather quickly, letting the king and his guards inside. Wind Chaser looked around the room, and realized that he never been in a home like this, in fact, he never talked directly to one of his subjects before. "Honey, we have a very important guest," Spectrum called. Aurora came into the room, and saw Wind Chaser. "Your highness, what brings you here?" Aurora asked scared. "I came to find out if your foal is actually an Alicorn," Wind Chaser said. The Dash couple looked at each other scared. "This won't hurt the foal will it?" Aurora asked. Wind Chaser shook his head, "No, all I will do is to sense if there is any magic other than Pegasus in the foal," with that his horn glow a bright blue. Aurora walked to their king and allowed him to put his horn to her swollen stomach. Wind Chaser concentrated; his eyes were closed, in order to see the magic that was coming out of the foal. "I sense Pegasus magic, that is for sure, but I can also sense Earth pony, and unicorn magic, she is an Alicorn, but what is this fourth magic I sense, it could be from the foals mother, but I'm not sure," Wind Chaser thought, he brought his horn away and opened his eyes. "Aurora, you are having an Alicorn," Aurora didn't know how to react, she wasn't sure if she should be happy, or scared. "You won't take our foal away when it is born, will you?" Spectrum asked. "No, I won’t; in fact, nopony will know that the foal is even an Alicorn," "What do you mean?" Spectrum asked. "You will see when it is born," with that, Wind Chaser left the house, leaving the couple confused. ~5 months later~ ~Cloudsdale Hospital~ Screams of pain ran through the hospital as Aurora panted, trying to push her foal out. Spectrum was at her side, holding her hoof, and Dr. Bandage was at the other side, watching while the Royal Canterlot doctors did their work. "Come on Mrs. Dash, you are doing great," the doctor said. The screams continued until she the pain went away, only to be replaced with the crying of a foal. "Congratulation, it's a beautiful Alicorn filly," the doctor said, cleaning the filly and wrapping her in a blanket, giving it to Aurora. "Spectrum, she's beautiful, she has your mane and eyes," Aurora said, crying from joy. The filly was a cyan coloured and had magenta eyes, and her mane was a rainbow of colours, she also had a horn, and wings. Spectrum couldn't help but also cry at the sight. "Hello there my little Dashie, I'm your daddy," Spectrum brought his hoof to his daughter, who grabbed it with weak hooves, causing Spectrum and Aurora to giggle. "What should we call her?" Aurora asked, smiling as their foal went to sleep. "How about Rainbow," Spectrum suggested. "Rainbow, I love that name, our little Rainbow Dash," "I like it as well," Everypony turned their head to see their king, Wind Chaser walk into the room, the ponies bowed, all expect for Aurora and Spectrum. Wind Chaser walked to the couple and looked at the baby. "I definitively see you both in her," "Your highness, what are you doing?" Spectrum asked. "I am making sure that she doesn't get treated like royalty," Wind Chaser's horn glowed, and he brought it to the foal, and before their eyes, the Alicorn became a Pegasus. "What did you do?" Aurora asked, confused at the sight. "I cast an illusion spell on her, it will last till I die, or until she dies," Wind Chaser explained. "What do you mean, aren't Alicorns immortal?" Dr. Bandage asked. "In most cases yes, but since Rainbow here has more Pegasus than Alicorn in her; she will have the life span of a Pegasus," "Your highness, what do you want us to do?" Spectrum asked. "I want you to raise her like you would raise a Pegasus, tell her nothing of her heritage, I want her to rule in my place, with the knowledge of how the world works, and feels," Wind Chaser ordered. The couple bowed their heads at their king. "Yes, your highness," "Good, now I will be going back to Las Pegasus, Celestia will be coming to get her royal doctors; I trust them to not tell anypony," The couple didn't listen, as they went back to their daughter, smiling at the fact that they now have somepony to love them. The rest is history.