The Tale of Two Suns

by CroakerGamer

Fight Fire With Fire

Sunset couldn’t understand. A few attacks ago she was inflammable, but now she was catching her self on fire? The more she focused on the fire the better she felt. It was almost like a jacket, warming and protecting.

Within minutes she was able to bring her smoldering body to a wild fire. Princess Celestia couldn’t help but watch in awe. How long did it take the princess to learn this, Sunset thought to herself. Could Sunset have really surpassed Princess Celestia?

As Sunset gathered her thoughts, Princess Celestia charged up her next assault. By the time Sunset noticed, it was too late. The Alicorns clashed in a second magical duel. The princess had the upper hand, using her reserved magic, where Sunset, with her new inflamed form, was able to keep up.

How was this possible, Sunset thought. Her mind drifted to when she raised the sun. She was only able to move it with the magic of friendship. Had those thoughts increased her power this far?

With a distracted mind, Princess Celetia’s power overcame Sunset, overlapping her students ray of magic. Sunset, once again, was pushed back. Sunset lost her balance and fell over. I have to focus, she thought as she got back up. Her friends had gotten her this far, now it was up to her to finish her task.

She charged up a blast, but Princess Celestia followed her lead. The princess’s orb of magic, however, was built of fire. If Sunset was going to stand a chance, she would need to ignite her magic as well. She filled her head with thoughts of fiery things: campfires, hearths, forest fires, the sun.

The ball of magic forming around Sunset’s horn wasn’t filling with fire at all. She was missing something. She looked over at her teacher to see her place at the throne was completely covered with a ball of fire! At first Sunset thought she was adding more and more flames to the sphere, however, upon closer analysis, it was actually coming closer!

Fine, Sunset thought. If I can’t ignite my own magic, I’ll borrow yours! She griped the orb with her own magic, fighting for control. This seemed familiar to her, like she had already done this before.

The sun! She felt the same way when pushing the sun back. But it was strange, this time it was easier. It should be more difficult though. Princess Celestia was pushing against her now. She thought again about pushing the sun.

Wait, Celestia was pushing back when Sunset raised the sun back into the sky! Why else would the sun be moving behind the horizon? If Sunset had already over powered the princess, she could do it again.

Now more determined than ever, Sunset pushed the fire ball towards her teacher. Now Celestia was the one under fire. As the fire got closer Princess Celestia’s face became more hurt. Was she not immune to heat as Sunset was?

Princess Celestia let out a cry of pain as the orb made contact. The princess lost focus due to the pain of the heat and the ball burst. Princess Celestia was thrown backwards onto her throne.

Sunset observed her work. A huge scorch mark was made on her teachers chest. The princess’s flame was dulled due to exhaustion. A closer look at Princess Celestia’s face showed that she was unconscious. Sunset took the opportunity to catch her breath. It wasn’t an easy battle.

One last time, she looked herself over. With every calming breath her own fire died down. She couldn’t help but start laughing. The student had surpassed the teacher. A sharp pain went through her mind. Where had Reggie gone? Was he okay?

Like clockwork, a familiar ball of light appeared nest to Princess Celestia. Reggie and Princess Luna emerged from it. The princess was slumped over Reggie’s back, passed out.

Reggie tossed Princess Luna with her sister, with little effort for comfort. Looks like that student couldn’t surpass her teacher. This thought caused Sunset to grin even more.

The collision of the sister caused them both to awake. It took them a couple moments to regain total awareness of their situation. Reggie took this time to observe his three students. He gave the sister a pitying look, as if he knew he could have trained them better. He then adverted his glance from them, looking a Sunset. His expression changed to one of complete approval.

“Well done, My Dear.”