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// 104. New by ArguingPizza 
// Story: The Sun and the Stars: A Twilestia Prompt Collab 
// by Fuzzyfurvert 
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by ArguingPizza


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Perhaps it began with the wings.

After all, it wasn’t every day one ascended to near godhood, blessed with power beyond reason and life everlasting. Though, the argument could be made that, for Twilight Sparkle, it wasn’t the strangest thing to happen to her. A further argument, only slightly weaker, could be made it wasn’t the strangest occurrence that week. But such was the life of Twilight Sparkle, and such things were to be expected when one keeps company with the likes of a reality-bending Earth mare and a Pegasus capable of shattering the visible light spectrum by sheer will alone.

But, perhaps it began earlier than the wings. Maybe it began on a boring Tuesday morning, when a lonely mare wandered her castle and silently berated herself for failing yet again to find the right student, only to have her day, nay her life, turned upside down and inside out by one of her ivory towers being suddenly and violently replaced by an enormous dragon hatchling.  

Then again, there were those that put forward that only later, long after Equestria’s Fourth Crown was bestowed, did anything truly blossom. Two Princesses appearing where there should have only been one, standing just a bit closer than normal. Subtle glances, missed by most but not by all. Stifled giggles and red faces hidden behind hooves as the Element Bearers watched what to all others seemed to be perfectly innocuous interactions between the Goddess of the Sun and the Mistress of Magic.

It was a slow process. Years became decades became centuries as the Sun and Magic coalesced, danced, and tangled together.

Over time, it became merely another fact of everyday Canterlot life that, if Princess Celestia is present, then Princess Twilight is as well. The reverse proved just as true, to the point that not a single pony batted an eye when The Royal Chambers shrank from four doors to three. Nor was a fuss made when a golden necklace with a familiar sun-mark engraving made its home in lavender fur, or when stars of pink and white replaced the Sun Torque.

‘Don’t you think it’s a bit strange?’ a newly commissioned guard or inexperienced maid might inquire. Their answer would be a noncommittal shrug of indifference from the more seasoned staff and a simple ‘That’s the way it’s always been.’

There was no Royal Wedding, no grand ceremony to commemorate the joining of Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight. It wasn’t needed. Instead, on an otherwise uninteresting Tuesday, so much like the day forgotten so long ago that had begun the whole adventure, the two shared a kiss outside their chamber doors in front of the guards assigned there. Without a word, the two proceeded inside with contented smiles cheeks slightly flushed. Before the day was out, the gossip had spread through the Castle, then Canterlot, then Equestria.

And that was that.

To an outsider, the revelation could have easily been a disappointment, but to the ponies of Equestria, it was simply another fact. Carrots are orange, Pegasi can fly, Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight are together.

For those few curious souls who bothered to ask when the two had begun to court, their only answer would be a light, “It began…” and a happy, far-away gaze. More than once, this would lead to the two excusing themselves for ‘Private Royal Business’ and a several hour disappearance.

Some, understandably not content with this answer, would make inquiries to the Princess of the Night. Princess Luna’s response would be, without fail, a heavy blush a quick change of subject. Whispers among the guards of the Noctis Custodi mentioned things like ‘caught them in the shower’ and ‘soaking wet dreams’, but these were treated as mere rumors. The extremely rare pony who thought to inquire to the Princess of Love of the relationship between Equestria’s Sovereigns would be met with an eye roll and some rather inappropriate gestures.

Perhaps it didn’t begin. Perhaps it simply wasn’t until it was. Two mares, bound from the beginning of one’s life, and the renewal of the other’s. A pair of stars circling each other endlessly, destined from the very first instance of Creation to be joined together.