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// "1" Sunkissed 
// Story: The Changeling Sun and the Shadow Moon 
// by PrincessFlutters 
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Princess Celestia held her child with her magic as she stepped out of the room to present her to the other Princesses. Twilight, Cadance and Luna looked beautiful in their crowns, horseshoes and gowns. Cadance immediately rushed over to Celestia holding Flurryheart, still a filly.

'She's beautiful. But she looks so different to you?' said Cadance, worried.

'What colour are her eyes?' asked Luna. 'Are they blue, or pink, or, or, I don't know, yellow?'

Celestia shied away from Luna.

'Actually, they are, um, white.' she said, obviously nervous.

'WHITE!!!' everybody cried, astonished.

'She's blind.' Celestia explained. 'Too much sunlight.'

'I knew that stuff was bad for you!' cried Luna exultantly.

'What? was it something I said?' Luna said to the frowns.





Baby Celestia Dawn, or Tia was born blind, but she could see as long as there was light. Something about her sucked up the light and gave her an awareness of where things were. It was for this reason that there was always a light in her room. Without it, she was truly blind. but Tia gave off her own light as well. Just not at night. Celestia was constantly hassled with the chores of raising a normal baby, but made a tiny bit harder in the fact that Tia would never learn to read, write or know her mother's face.

'Mama, where be you? Mama, I not know where you be!' The baby's cries echoed through the empty halls of Canterlot Castle. The sound of hooves shattered the silence that followed.

'Mama, be you come? Mama, are you come? Mama, be you here? Where be you Mama?' The hooves were closer now.

'There you are, Celestia Dawn!' came Luna's voice.

'Auntie Woona! Where be Mama? Where be Tilight and Shiny and Cadnce? Where be Mama?' cried Tia.

'Celestia Dawn. Shush. Listen to me. Mama is away, and I am looking after you, although in my state I'm not sure why. This means that you don't go wandering off, and that you need to pay attention. Now listen. Luna is here to protect you, so you come with Auntie, Please Tia?' Luna hushed the baby and used her magic to place Tia on her back.

Baby Tia struggled, batting her wings and trying to get out of her aunt's magical grasp.

'Now now Tia. You must be good for me. Now please be quiet and hold on, I am just going to raise the moon. Please stay still.' 

And with that, Luna beat her wings and raised herself up, her horn glowing. The moon came up, just as the Sun went down.

Tia cried as she lost what little sight she had.





The only sound in the room was that of scritching pens. Only one, but to Celestia Dawn, it sounded like more.

'Is this OK?' came the voice of a spiky dragon.

'My name is Celestia Dawn. I am three years old. I have just learned to walk. I can talk, but I can't write. I can't look at pictures. And I will never, never know my mother's face.  I was named for my mother and the start of the day that she brings about. I am blind. Spike says he is a Dragon, but what is a dragon. All I know is he is sitting to the left of me, Mum on the right and Twilight in front of me. Mum is tall for a pony and Spike is small for a dragon. Mum, Twilight and me are alicorns. That means we have horns and wings. Not that I will ever use mine. I'm blind. I can't see, so I don't know where to fly, I can't see so I won't know where to put my magic, I can't see, I can't see. That's all everypony thinks, except the princesses and Twilight's friends. Mum says don't worry about it, but what else is there for me to do.'

Celestia smiled at her daughter sadly.

'That was inspiring' she said.





The End

For now