The Fake Sun - The Tale of a No one that became Princess

by ratedoni

The Land of the Rising Sunset Part 03

Do you know what the worst thing about wearing a mask is? I don’t mean the ones you use when you go to a carnival or whenever Halloween comes close. I mean the mask that you have to put every day for fear of what could happen if someone sees the real you; or maybe the mask that I had to put on my face when I realized what I have become and what was needed of me.

I couldn’t leave them alone, couldn’t leave them live by themselves. Ponykind doesn’t work like mankind and to my shame I have to say that I would prefer them to be braver, but they are apathetic in so many cases, even more than the human masses. Ponies are lethargic, easily spooked and too many times they hesitate and balk at the choice of fighting or running, opting for the last.

I’m not ashamed of them, they are after all a race that offers a hoof of friendship, whenever they are not too scared of the unknown, but sometimes I wish they could be braver, more like Sunset than the average Joe in the streets. This would be a lot easier if that were the case.

If they weren’t so nice, then other races and idiots wouldn’t be so stupid to think about war or raids against ponykind. Is it maybe that I cuddle them too much, or that they are sure of the power of their monarchs and powers. I suppose when you are ruled by the very being that controls the sun that orbits around the planet, well, it is a huge bargaining chip, except in those cases when the other side is too stupid to back down.

God, if you exist, please, don’t let this be one of those times. I say that to myself as I keep watching the clock in my hooves, watching the minutes go by and thinking about how the world has changed and shifted from the ideal and idyllic land that we all saw safe behind the screen. We all thought that the land was perfect and in many ways it is, but people forget that Equestria hides darkness like no other, darkness that I had to battle alone time and time again.

My companion is barely a chick, just old enough to live by herself and is this young little gryphon that came to give us the news. It is bizarre since the only time I saw her she was a rather abrasive chick and so close of becoming just another bully. I never had the chance to see if she ever got some episode to redeem herself, so what has been changed in this timeline? What else I have changed?

“You are too quiet, something the matter? I’m not going to do the cat got your tongue pun so please, before I am forced to do that, talk to me.”

“How can you be so calm?! I just told you that my kingdom wants to enter a war with yours! What’s wrong with you?!”

“My dear Gilda, you have no idea about that last one and it will take too long to tell you exactly what’s going on with me, besides, this is not my first rodeo against someone trying to destroy my home, nor will be the last considering all the crazy things thrown at us,” some of the things I could say to Gilda will probably leave her brain completely destroyed, not that she will believe half of it.

To think that I left a tea party with Twilight to fix this; although I could have send Twilight and her friends to fix it. Nah, I’m not Celestia, I am the Fake Sun.

If there is a problem I will be the one to fix it. I think that’s the only thing I can do for now, until the day I can return home.

I don’t know why, but something tells me that things are being pushed to the point I will have to find Celestia, the real Celestia.

Maybe that was what I heard in that dream, or at least a part of her. I just wish there would be some kind of hint to guide me to her. You hear that whatever piece of Celestia I have in my head? You better help me in this thing because like hell I will let you sleep while I do all the work. I could have went on and on, trying to get any kind of answer from my head, which sounds crazy or at least crazier than I usually am; but there was something different at the window of my floating carriage. The mountains are beautiful this time of the years and there’s serious changes form the last time I was here; no more are they bare and the cities filthy and almost crumbling. Now there were factories rising across the peaks and gryphons milling around working hard on things. Weird, this has been quite the change and way too fast; when did Gryphon Spire industrialized?

“So Gilda, tell me, what made you look for me? What made you so afraid?”

“I… I saw the change in my people; the higher ups have been pushing for factories and they’ve been blaming ponies for all the hardships we’ve had over the years. Bunch of bullshit if you ask me; we were too busy fighting among each other and over every single gold coin. There is something happening and I could only think of you Princess Celestia.”

“Really? Why’s that?”

“Because there is a saying in Gryphon Spire; Hope rides alone, and it has a white coat,” well, with that kind of recommendation, who am I to let Gilda wanting? So, shall we? Let’s find out what is all this mystery and maybe, just maybe, let’s find the real sun.

For now at least, is time for a good pony to go to war.

Author's Note:

I'll just leave this one right here.

Comments

[Gotland]

It has Updated?!! Author Sempai has updated!

[Crystal Static]

Yay! Update!

Now we just need more updates that we don't have to wait a year and a half for...

~Crystalline Electrostatic~
4:1_8/28/2017

[Rozen Knight]

Welcome back!
All I can say to this is, "Yes".

[Silver Starfall]

Ey! Story returns!

Nice chapter, also sneaky little Doctor reference.

[Neece]

Not that's not nice to see it back, but more updates would be nice

[Blade tormentor]

Wasn't much of an update if you ask me but it was okay

[azereath]

ok first things first, its great to see this updated now onto the review

I liked Celly's thoughts in Gilda, its always interesting seeing how a character thinks and you can really see how being alive for so long has effected Celly

it seems a bit unusal that Celly is still thinking of going back home at this point and actualy wanting to as after managing to run a kingdom for 600 years and also managing it while being a better parent to sunset then cannon celestia you would of thought she would want to stay even if it is just for Sunset and Candance as Celly did basicaly raise them. Especially Sunset as cannon Celestia did not do the best job with parenting her.

I could see if Celly was afraid of having to leave and sees that if celestia comes back, she would have to leave, but I honestly want to see that if this does happen that there is a schism between the country, Luna and the original Celestia as once the truth comes out I would still see the Ponies wanting Celly as their princess as she was the one who looked after them, she was the one who protected them and led them. I am looking forward to seeing how you portray this if it happens especially what the original celestia is like as if she has bene out of the loop for this long she may still be acting like a medieval leader.

[aalelu]

It's not dead... yay

[dav15dav]

8392786
First Celly is in Celestia's body she has to go home to free her or at lest get a new body second there was a scene where Celly was fighting in a dream and Celestia was watching in chapter 4 she seems to approve of Celly and I doubt Luna will be upset for long with Cell when she finds out, she'll be mad at first but it'll pass.

[Asheram]

Huzzah! Praise the author!
By Jove, it's good to have this update.

[Honeybee47]

:D we need more chapters :D!

[killergoonie]

I completely forgot about this story, I had to re-read the first 2 and last chapter just to remember. Glad i favorited this story since i loved the concept and execution. Hope to see more updates from you.

[Confused Horse Noises]

EVERYONE LOOK ITS BACK!
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[SoaringJe]

The concept is intriguing, and I appreciate the humor Celly brings, but the writing is too rough, the narration too wandering and at-times bland that I just can't.

Keep doing what you enjoy though :)

[Tempest_Flare]

Hay can my oc join in?

[Void Runner]

8392786
8392825
I'm banking on Celestia and Celly being one in the same via twisted ontological multiverse reincarnation shinanigans. The reason they haven't "merged" into a single cohesive personality, yet "Celly" still retaining all of "Celestia's" memories, would be because their mind fragmented when they were "killed", Celestia's portion burrying itself due to being overwhelmed by her consecutive failures, while Celly took over in the intern because of the identity disassociation, and Celestia is only now starting to come back because her other half managed to get her sister back with comparitively little fuss.

Am I right? Probably not. It's still a fun theory to consider though.

[mastermenthe]

Neat.

[Doctor Disco]

Demons run when a good (pony) goes to war

Wow, I remember binging this a couple weeks ago and now I see it being updated. Huzzah!

[Adenbadens]

8393106
I second this. I think there is even a group for people who need an editor.

[Azriel]

If you ever need an editor for this story let me know.

[ratedoni]

8394503
You have no idea how much I need one, specially considering where the story is going.

[ratedoni]

This has been such an amazing response from you guys and I can't thank you enough. I swear, this story was in hiatus and still so many people read it and put it on their bookshelves, it was basically every day that I got notifications from other people, so thank you once again. Now, let's go on with the answers, shall we, because this one is going to be long.

8392659
Funny story, this is not the first time I have been called sempai, it happened back when I was studying at college and even funnier was that someone from two years ahead of me called me that. Anyways, thank you and yes, this will be updated more, or at least as much as the MDoSS stories.
8392675
Indeed.
8392677
Oh boy, don't remind me, it was nuts this year and a half, but now I'll keep on working on this.
8392680
Technically I was never away, but my attention was not exactly on this story since MDoSS grew up so much that it just consumed my writing time and most of my processing power, not my computer's, but my brain, like I said, it was nuts.
8392685
You know, once I wrote that I saw the reference. That's how my brain works with this story, it keeps on chugging references and shout outs without me noticing.
8392692
I'll see what I can do since most of the story is already in development.
8392704
Yeah, I know, but it was what I had to do to continue the story, it was more like the little push at the top of the mountain to make a giant snowball.
8392786
Wow, now this is a big one; about Celly's thoughts, that was the main point of the fic since most of these stories were usually from first or third person views, now, this was nothing ground breaking, but most stories dealed with the character dealing with their arrival. Celly's arrival happened years ago so it was fun to see someone with a different thought process than a pony and I had so much fun making Celly the crazymare that she is. i like the way she starts thinking about characters that she saw in the cartoon, but how she relates to them as Celly, is just so fun to write, as if she was being a manipulator without feeling like she is manipulating events, is something that it was new when the story started.

About the whole schism thingy; yes, initially there was going to be a huge rip in Equestria due to the real Celestia coming back and having basically two suns in the goverment, but, with this new directions things will be quite different and is basically a deconstruction to the whole 'human in equestria' thingy and the really overused 'displaced' genre that was a plague several months ago in the site. So, yes, there is going to be some drama so to say, but the direction will be different than planned, after all, she may be the Fake Sun, but she is Celly and everyone, pony or human, simply loves Celly. Keep reading and thank you for your comment.
8392821
yeah well, it was dead for a while I just wanted to keep the hiatus button on for a while since I didn't want to say goodbye to this story, but hey, it was good because we are back in traction.
8392825
And that is one of the points of the fic because every single story I have read is the guy either coming back to the human world or it stays behind happily married to somepony and living happily ever after. Celly is a different character to most HiE ones in that she knows she doesn't belong in Equestria and is trying to find the real Celestia, just having her fun while she works on the world. Basically the changes she did to the world where mainly side effects of her attitude to life. I love the way you explain how Luna could react.
8392834
I think that was the perfect setup for a praise the 'fake' sun pun, but thank you for the words and thank YOU for welcoming me back with all this love.
8392842
And chapters you will have... hopefully.
8392928
Yeah, about that, well, I have some bad news for you buddy since the whole story is now being rewriten in some parts and now it has an editor so, yeah, you'll have to reread the whole thing soon, but hey, let's hope it is worthy. Thank you also for the praise and the words because, let's be honest, the beginning of this story is so weak in terms of execution with the way it was written so let's see how things go after the editing.
8393007
Dude, I love that gif now, I'm gonna have to use it now somewhere in the story.
8393106
Why did I had this in my mind when reading the comment? Click HERE
8393156
I have no idea, but sure, send me your oc through a message and we can talk about that.
8393186
Well, yeah, that was a fun conspiracy theory kind of explnation. I'm not sure if it is right, but hell of a fun concept, I mean, you put some thought on that so great; if it is not the true answer, maybe it can be an omake or a secret ending.
8393317
I know.
8393384
If you did, then you have some kind of luck because this whole episode and revival came from a night of insomnia; the idea behind this episode just popped in my head and didn't let me sleep, so, yeah, thank you for your comment and following this story.
8394067
And I have one now so thank you for the comment.

[Pinklestia]

Butterfly effect, uh?

[Luckyfanisaac]

and there’s serious changes from the last time I was here;

[darklight731]

Yikes, accidentaly causing the Gryphons to industrialize was probably not a part of the plan.

[Ziper Ace]

I'm glad Gilda 😊 a good Friendship with RainbowDash still.