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// Prologue 
// Story: Stone 
// by Sakura 
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The time had come. 

Celestia and Luna, the only two alicorns left in existence, where ready to face the chaos-bringer, the draconoquus, Discord. They had been chasing him for some time now, waiting for him to stop and fight. That time had now come.

Celestia was nervous. She had never fought anything before. She was worried about failing. What if they didn't defeat Discord? What would happen to Equestria? Would he continue to bring chaos to their once peaceful land full of life?

She looked over at her sister, the dark alicorn, Luna. She smiled at Celestia. Celestia immediately felt more confidence and ready to face the chaos-bringer, to bring him down. She wanted revenge for the death of the other alicorns, her parents, and for tormenting earth ponies, pegasi and unicorns alike. She wanted to make him regret everything he ever did to the pony species, wanting to hurt him or possibly kill him.

No. Celestia wanted this to be over quickly, so the ponies could live in harmony once again. 

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Luna firing up her horn, activating her three Elements of Harmony. Celestia did the same. As she did, she could feel her alicorn magic connecting to her three elements, and slowly connecting to Luna's three elements as well. She and Luna started flapping their wings and levitated off of the ground while they waited for the elements to reach full power. 

Celestia could fell the Elements of Harmony get more powerful. She instantly fired her horn up even brighter, adding more power. Luna felt the change in power and quickly added more magic.

They could see it now. A rainbow started to appear, connecting all the elements together. It increased its speed before firing a bright rainbow out form the Element of Magic. It rapidly sped towards the chaos-bringer.   

He screamed. The pain the rainbow inflicted upon was to much to bear. Celestia could see that he was slowly turning to stone, intensifying the pain. 

Celestia could also feel something. She, of all ponies, was enjoying this feeling of watching another turn to stone and undergo intense pain. She questioned herself, she should never be feeling this feeling, alicorns were considered to be the protectors of Equestria. Alicorns were not supposed to feel these feelings...they should only feel the need to help and guide the earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns. 

Still, she felt it, and has enjoying it. Celestia enjoyed hearing the chaos-bringer's screams, it was like music to her ears. She closed her eyes and savored the feeling, thinking it would not come again. How wrong she was. 

Luna could hear the screams die down. She opened her eyes and saw the statue of the once powerful chaos-bringer. She let her magic die down. Celestia, however, kept hers up. It seemed like she was oblivious to everything else around her. Luna gave her sister a small tap on her foreleg. Celestia's magic died down. 

Celestia opened her eyes. Ponies where cheering her and her sister on. As the came back into focus, she could hear Luna say that they would be the rulers of Equestria. Celestia stepped forward and agreed as well.

Now that she was the ruler of Equestria, she promised herself she would never like the feeling of another creature being turned to stone. No, she had to feel that feeling again, it felt so... nice. She would hide her secret from her sister and all of Equestria. 





It was coronation day now. Celestia and Luna had agreed that Celestia be the main ruler, raising and lowering the sun each day. Luna would be the lesser ruler, raising and lowering the moon and the stars each night. They would need a ruler for the Crystal Empire, but that could wait. The two new princesses would need to settle in first.





A few hours later, Celestia was scouting the castle grounds, as she would need a pace to put Discord. Celestia, now Princess Celestia, found the perfect spot. It was right outside the hall where the elements were kept, and below the balcony of her room. Celestia then got a brilliant idea.

She would start a garden, and sculpture garden, outside the palace that she would now be living in, as a memory to all those ponies that she would turn to stone in her pleasure in the years to come. She would lie to her sister, of course, and say that she ordered the statues from the local stonemason. Celestia smiled to herself. Yes, she thought, this would be perfect.