//------------------------------// // Sun and Moon Together - The Birth of the Three Alicorn Sisters // Story: The Legend of the Light Kingdom // by Rakoon1 //------------------------------// A century passed after the creation of the Light Kingdom and Princess Aurora hasn't aged one bit, as well as the Generals of Order. The fact that she was an alicorn with the power of the light of the original star seed prevented Aurora of getting old and the same happened with Golden Paladin and others. Unfortunately, that meant to Aurora have to see her friends grow old and die, including Thunder Spark, but due to the fact that now she could see the renewal of generations worth the immortality. During that century, the Light Kingdom prospered even more, getting bigger and brighter. The young light ponies began to be born with light coat and Aurora really liked to see them growing up to learn the ways of their kingdom. Young ponies by their turn admired Aurora and the Generals of Order. The other kingdoms of the Pony World also seemed to be prospering like the Light Kingdom, all in perfect harmony. But this harmony had some bumps sometimes. One day, Aurora was sitting on her throne dealing with royal issues with her advisors, accompanied by Golden Paladin, when the doors of the throne room opened and a guard appeared, saying: "Your Highness, you have a visitor waiting for you." "Can this visit wait?" Aurora asked. "At the moment, I'm a little busy." "Princess, this pony says is a little urgent" the guard said. "This is a problem that arose in Equestria." That left Aurora a little worried. Equestria was the greatest kingdom in the Pony World and one of the most important and influential ones. If there were problems there, the Lord of Chaos could figure out a way to use this in his advantage. Being thinking the same as Aurora, Golden Paladin turned to the advisers and told them: "Okay, I think we'd better leave this for later. A more urgent subject needs the attention of Princess Aurora." And the advisers left the throne room and then Golden told to the guard: "Send this Equestrian pony get in." The guard nodded and left, making a bow to Princess Aurora. Shortly after, a normal unicorn with roasted yellow coat and light brown mane entered, making a bow to Princess Aurora. "Your Highness, it's an honor to meet you finally. It is also an honor to meet you, General of Peace." "The honor is all ours" Aurora said. "But, please, tell us what brought you here. What emergency is that which arose in Equestria?" "Well, it's a bit complicated..." the unicorn said. "My name is Comet Light and I am a servant of one of the families with more influence in Equestria. As you probably know, Your Highness, Equestria was governed by both tribes of ponies that founded it equally." "Of course" Aurora said. "In fact, Equestria was founded on the principle of equality." "Indeed" Golden Paladin said. "I and my sister, Heartbeat, were responsible for influencing your founders in using that same principle." "Well, it turns out that with the growth of our kingdom, it was decided that the power to rule should be delivered to a single ruler and deploy a monarchical system, much like the Light Kingdom and the Crystal Empire" Comet Light explained. "And, let me guess, that raised a lot of disagreements between potential candidates" Golden Paladin said. "In fact, we were able to reduce the candidates" Comet Light said. "The problem is that the two remaining families don't get along very well and the competition between them has become somewhat... hostile." "And you need us to help you" Aurora said. "Yes, please" Comet Light said. "Of course" Aurora replied, turning then to Golden. “Golden, I think we're going to need your diplomatic capabilities." "Of course, Princess, as you wish" Golden Paladin said. "Despite your choice, dear Aurora, allow me to add one more pony" a voice said. And an explosion of light appeared and the Lord of Order appeared. "Lord of Order" Aurora said. "Master, it is an honour to see you again" Golden Paladin said, while making him a bow. "But what are you doing here?" "I have an interest that this mission to succeed" the Lord of Order said. "So, I want to suggest another pony to go with you to Equestria." "Who?" Aurora asked. "Heartbeat, of course" the Lord of Order said. "Her empathic ability can prove crucial in this mission." "But master, this mission type seems being ordering more my diplomatic skills" Golden Paladin said. "You see, Golden Paladin, sometimes a disagreement can be resolved without resorting to complex plans of diplomacy" the Lord of Order said. And, having said this, the Lord of Order disappeared. "Well, I don't know what he meant by this, but we're going to abide by his advice" Golden Paladin said, something that Aurora agreed. "Heartbeat!" And she showed up with her usual entrance with super-speed, something that surprised Comet Light. "Did you just call me?" she asked to Golden Paladin. "Get ready because we go to Equestria" he replied. "We have a mission." "Great, I'm going to get Mr. Teddy!" Heartbeat exclaimed, leaving quickly and getting back in a few seconds with a teddy bear. "I never leave on a mission without him." And so, Aurora, accompanied by Golden Paladin and Heartbeat, headed to Equestria, along with Comet Light, more precisely to the city that served as its capital. Having already prepared everything, Comet Light took them to the central building of the city, where the inhabitants gathered to important meetings. He entered and then announced: "Your attention please! Here it is Her Highness Princess Aurora in the Light Kingdom and Their Excellencies the Generals of Peace and Affection." And Aurora entered, followed by Golden Paladin and Heartbeat. As soon as she walked in, everypony stood up and made a bow. "Thank you so much for all these bows, but I'd like to know who are the potential leaders of this kingdom" Aurora said. "It's us, Your Highness" a voice said. Aurora turned and saw two unicorn stallions. One of them had a yellowish with coat with a sun with two clouds as Cutie Mark and a yellow mane. The other had a purplish blue coat with the Canis Majos constellation as Cutie Mark and a crimson mane. Both were accompanied by their respective families. "My name is Sunburst, Princess Aurora" the first stallion, introduced himself. "And I'm Eclipse" the second stallion said. "All right, let's treat this matter in a calm and civilised way" Aurora said. "Of course, princess" Sunburst said. "As long as Eclipse admits that I would be a better ruler for this kingdom." "What?!" he asked, turning to his opponent. "But I have more skills than you!" "You've to be kidding" Sunburst said. "I have more qualified leadership skills." "Yes, if the kingdom was inhabited by sheeps" Eclipse answered. It didn’t take long until both families begin to argue. "Please, my dear friends, calm down" Aurora asked, but without success. While Aurora tried to calm the two families, Heartbeat was playing with her teddy bear, throwing him in the air and catching him. All those problems were stressful to Heartbeat. She thought all those problems of the ponies were uninteresting, as were all about the same thing. Especially those in which, as it was the case, involved ponies who wanted to satisfy his ego. It was then that she saw something that caught her attention. Although all members of the two families are arguing, Heartbeat saw that not everypony were arguing. In the family of Sunburst, it was a young mare with light grayish yellow coat with the Milky Way as Cutie Mark, very light orange and dark moderate blue and slightly desaturated red eyes. In the family of Eclipse, it was a young stallion of the same age as the mare with very dark blue coat with a dark grayish blue star as Cutie Mark, very dark grayish violet and very dark violet mane and very dark desaturated blue eyes. They instead of participating with their respective families in the arguing, they were exchanging glances with each other. Heartbeat could feel what they were feeling. It was a warm and pleasant feeling, something that the General of Affection knew quite well. "Ok, that's enough!" Golden Paladin exclaimed, carrying his magic and creating a burst of light that made everypony stop arguing and turn to him. "This argument is ridiculous and will not solve anything." "Golden Paladin is absolutely right" Aurora said. "If you want to decide who will be the ruler of Equestria so you have to do it without resorting to petty and meaningless discussions." The two families got quiet, somewhat embarrassed by their actions. "All right, let's do this" Golden Paladin said. "What we will do is to interview the two families individually to hear what you have to offer and why should you rule Equestria. After that, we will take the decision of who we find more appropriate. What do you say?" They didn't say anything, seeming to agree with the suggestion of Golden Paladin. "Great" Aurora said. "So let's start with Sunburst and his family. Heartbeat, do you want to join us?" Heartbeat, who noticed that the young mare and the young stallion got out softly, replied: "No, I think I'd rather take a look at the city. Mr. Teddy doesn't like boring meetings." And, having said this, she went out. "Honestly, I don't know why the Lord of Order said to bring her" Golden said. "Come on, Golden, you know Heartbeat" Aurora said. "Not everything she does can be explained logically. Probably she will figure this out without us repairing, if he had not figured out now." "Yes, but in the meantime, let's deal with this matter objectively" Golden said. Heartbeat advanced through the city, following the emotional trail of the young mare and the young stallion. Then she saw them, near a small lake. Using her invisibility spell, she approached them. "Nobody followed you?" the young stallion asked. "No" the young mare replied. And the two then exchanged a big hug, followed by a kiss. After the kiss, the young mare said: "Cosmos, this situation between our parents is getting worse. Princess Aurora and her Generals even had to intervene. " "Don't worry, Galaxia" Cosmos said. "Everything will be fine." "Do you think so?" Galaxia asked. "Our parents hated each other and they will never accept our relationship." "So, if they don't accept our relationship, we will ran away" Cosmos said. "What?" Galaxia asked, not wanting to believe what she had heard. "I can't live without you, Galaxia" Cosmos said. "I want to be with you and I will not allow our families to ruin what we have." That statement made Galaxia smile and then she said: "I love you, Cosmos." And the two started exchanging kisses of love. After they had heard the two families, Aurora and Golden withdrew into a room to discuss the matter. "This is impossible" Golden said. "I can't find a solution to this situation. None of those two has the capacity to handle this kingdom." "Calm down, Golden" Aurora said. "I'm sure we can work this out. Don't forget that for every situation there is always a solution." "I'm starting to doubt about that" Golden said. "So I'm glad you have me" Heartbeat said, appearing. "I may have the solution to our problem." "Seriously?" Golden asked, a little skeptical. "And what is this solution that the great General of Affection may have that the General of Peace doesn’t have?" "Didn't you notice?" Heartbeat asked. "In what?" Aurora asked. "Well, when those idiots started arguing among themselves, there were two of them who didn't join the fight: Eclipse’s son, Cosmos, and Sunburst’s daughter, Galaxia" Heartbeat said. "Let's just say I felt that there was something between them, so I followed them secretly and found out that they are in love." When they heard that, Golden and Aurora exchanged a look and the latter asked: "Are you sure?" "You're talking to an expert" Heartbeat said. Golden then remembered the Lord of Order’s words. "Sometimes a disagreement can be resolved without resorting to complex plans of diplomacy" he said. "This is what the Lord of Order meant." "Makes sense" Aurora said. "If the two heirs of the two competitors are in love, then the problem over who will govern Equestria is resolved." "Yes, but there is a small problem" Heartbeat said. "Yes, you're right, Heartbeat" Golden said. "With parents like those, it's going to be a little difficult to use their relationship to end this disagreement." "You have an expert with you, remember?" Heartbeat said, referring to herself. Aurora and Golden exchanged a look and waved. With all gathered to hear Aurora and her Generals’ decision, the inhabitants of the Light Kingdom appeared and Aurora asked: "We have decided who will rule Equestria." "So who did you choose, Your Highness?" Sunburst asked. "Obviously it was me" Eclipse said. "In fact, we have chosen both families" Aurora said. That left everypony confused. "How so?" Sunburst asked. "There's no way I'm going to share power with him" Eclipse said, referring to Sunburst. "Finally something we agree" Sunburst said. "We weren’t talking about you" Aurora said. And so Heartbeat approached quickly and said, looking to Cosmos and Galaxia: "Come on, don't be afraid. You can express your feelings at ease." Heartbeat was able to feel the fear of the two, but, using her empathy, she gave them a sense of security that made Cosmos move forward and say: "I have something to declare. I love Galaxia." That left everypony, mostly Sunburst and Eclipse, shocked. "What?" the two family heads asked. "We know that you may not approveour relationship, seeing the problems that exist between our families, but I'm not going to let that ruin my love for Galaxia." The Cosmos’ courage caused Galaxia also won the courage to say: "I echo Cosmos’ words." "Galaxia…" Sunburst said. "Dad, I love Cosmos" Galaxia said, putting herself next to her loved one. "He is the love of my life. I will not allow this senseless fight parting us apart." Sunburst and Eclipse didn't know what to say. Golden advanced and said: "You might not be best friends, but there is one thing I hope you guys have in common: the happiness of your children." "Their love is pure and strong" Heartbeat said. "And I know what I'm talking about. After all, I am the General of Affection." Golden and Heartbeat’s words made the two family heads meditate. That's when they turned to each other and Sunburst said: "If this feud is making my daughter getting away from me, so I'm willing to finish it." "Yes, I feel the same way" Eclipse said. And, with this, the two bump the hooves, sealing the peace agreement, something that left Cosmos and Galaxia quite satisfied. It was then that a burst of light appeared and the Lord of Order emerged. "Very well" he congratulated Aurora, Golden and Heartbeat. "You managed to end this dispute." "Thank you, Lord of Order" Aurora said, while she, Heartbeat and Golden made a bow. "And now I can do this" the Lord of Order said, extending his closed fists. He opened them and two star seeds appeared. One had a golden light and the other had a moderate cobalt blue light. "What are you thinking in doing, my lord?" Golden Paladin asked. "Now that you've found the rulers of this kingdom, it's time for me to give more special lights to who deserves them" the Lord of Order said, turning then to Cosmos and Galaxia. "It's been a while since I've been watching you. You have so much potential and you form a great team together. It's something that I want. I want you to become my followers and guide your kingdom on the path of peace." Cosmos and Galaxia exchanged a look and then they waved to each other. "We accept" Cosmos said. "Perfect" the Lord of Order said. It was then that Cosmos and Galaxia’s hidden flowers turned out and opened, revealing their star seeds. After that, the lights of the two star seeds the Lord of Order had in the hands started heading to the star seeds of two lovebirds, with the golden one going to Galaxia and the moderate cobalt blue one going to Cosmos. There was an explosion of light and, when it stopped, everypony was amazed with what had happened. Cosmos and Galaxia had become alicorns, like Aurora. Galaxia had darker shades in the hooves, wings and horn, a fluid mane with the dark moderate blue part of her mane with stars. Cosmos also had the fluid mane with the coat covered by stars. "We are..." Galaxia started. "Alicorn" Cosmos completed. "I turned you into alicorns because I decided that you were reliable enough to take control over the Sun..." the Lord of Order said, making a gesture to Galaxia "and the Moon" he made another gesture to Cosmos. "You mean that now we control the day and the night?" Cosmos asked. "Yes, and I hope that you use your powers wisely" the Lord of Order said. Cosmos and Galaxia shared a look and then said: "We will." And so, Cosmos and Galaxia became the King and Queen of Equestria, becoming responsible for rising up the Sun and the Moon. It wasn't long before they get married and then have their first daughter, Ingrid, which turned out to be an alicorn like her parents, but having the power over snow and ice. After that, they had a second daughter, Celestia, and then a third daughter, Luna. Their younger daughters would become the successors of their parents' powers and rule Equestria when they parents have abdicated their status of king and queen to live in Harmonia, the Lord of Order’s kingdom, where many of his followers with special lights live after their jobs had come to an end. However, Ingrid would become the Snow Queen after her heart has been broken by discovering that the stallion she loved didn't love her but Celestia, which resulted in her imprisonment.