The Sun and the Stars: A Twilestia Prompt Collab

by Fuzzyfurvert


180. Carving by Sankt Kaiser

by Sankt Kaiser

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Starswirl galloped through the royal garden chasing a monarch butterfly. Her playful hops were dizzying to the mares watching her. The foal stretched her hooves out in anticipation, her tiny wings buzzing faster than a bee's.

Twilight watched the girl with pride swelling in her chest. "She could barely get off the ground last week, but look at her now! Those lessons with Rainbow Dash are really paying off."

"She will be a very strong flier one day," Celestia replied with the same pride.

The princesses sat close together, haunches mere inches apart, with many books before them. Theories regarding time travel and the devastating effects it could wreak lined the pages on Twilight's side, while Celestia's were filled with Equestrian peace treaties and maps for a distant land.

"I still can't believe this is happening... But the DNA results came back positive." The purple alicorn swallowed a lump forming in her throat. "Science says she's ours."

"Seeing Starswirl each morning still confuses me to no end, but because of her I am feeling a sense of joy I never thought I would ever feel." Celestia buried her nose into Twilight's mane and sighed in content. "Thank you for bringing her into this world, Twilight."

Twilight blushed over the affection she received and shook her head in disagreement. "I haven't done anything--"

"Be careful young one!" Celestia called out a second too late. The urgency in her voice startled the princess beside her.

Teary purple eyes that mirrored Twilight's glanced back ashamed. Celestia sprang on her hooves and rushed over to the sputtering foal, her face full of concern.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" Starswirl sat on her rump with her forehooves clenched tightly to her chest. "Please don’t be mad, Mama Tia."

"I could never be mad at you little one, but there is a lesson to be learned here." Celestia sat down stroking her mane to stop the tears. "You were larger than that poor--" Starswirl pulled her hooves apart and revealed the remnants of the butterfly, legs still twitching, to Celestia's horror. "Ew."

The mare tried her best to hide her disgust but found herself leaning away from the mess. The image had carved itself deep in the inner recesses of her mind. She conjured a bottle of hoof sanitizer along with a handkerchief and wiped away all evidence of insectoid regicide.

"We will never speak of this to Fluttershy, do you understand?"

"But what about the lesson?"

"Right. Lesson. Carve this into your memory, Starswirl," Celestia incinerated the hanky, her lips curling into a victorious grin. "Entrails are better left inside."

Starswirl cocked her head and frowned, she didn't quite understand.