65. Destiny
It was surprising how Star Twinkle could even sleep after the events from one day before. His friends having their destinies turned around, looking for Twilight for half of the day, and lastly, Twilight turning into an Alicorn Princess. Of course, Star Twinkle was not directly affected by all those things but it still involved him in one way or another.
Eventually, waking up with those thoughts made him go out of his bed. He sat up on his bed and turned to the side. “Morning Comet,” he said as he greeted his pet goldfish.
Comet didn't move and only blinked slowly. He was greeting Star Twinkle right back.
Twilight became a princess. Those were the only thoughts that he had in mind as he went through his morning routines. However, it wasn't even true yet. The coronation for Twilight was supposed to be today but for some reason, she wanted to make sure that it was postponed by one day. Star Twinkle figured that she was doing that so that she could mentally prepare herself or that she wanted to have one last normal day before attending some Princess duties, whatever those would be.
He was wondering if he should be nervous or happy for her. For some reason, it was important for him to figure out how he felt about it. A little while ago, when he just met his friends, he wouldn't even consider it his problem and continue his day like it was nothing. It would definitely spare him a headache that he had at this very moment. But now Twilight, as well as his other friends became much more important to him. He wanted them to be happy. He wanted to be happy for them. And most importantly, he wanted to feel like as if he was part of them. Seeing Twilight vanish for half of the day without knowing what happened to her, left him in sadness. It was proof that he no longer could just mind his own business without caring about his friends.
“Was I always so deep?” Star Twinkle wondered as he sat on the table in his kitchen, taking a bite off from a piece of bread. “I need to take things a little easier. I don't want to worry about all this stuff. I just want to be happy that my life changed for the better. That's not too much to ask for, right?” He thought, literally arguing with himself in his mind.
Suddenly, some noise made him snap out again. Somepony knocked on the door. He stuffed the rest of his piece of bread inside of his mouth and swallowed it after chewing a few times before he went to the door to open it. He had no idea who it could be. It was strange enough that someone was visiting him this early in the morning.
Star Twinkle opened the door and was quickly greeted by a familiar pony. “Morning, Star Twinkle!” A brown coated and silver-maned stallion greeted.
“Morning, Steel Hammer,” Star Twinkle greeted back. “I don't think you visited me this early before. Is there something you want?”
“I just thought it would be a good idea if we could go for a walk,” Steel Hammer suggested.
“This early in the morning?” Star Twinkle questioned a little bothered.
“You have anything else to do?” Steel Hammer replied.
“Well, he got me there...” Star Twinkle thought, finding himself not seeing a way out of this now.
“Alright, alright...” Star Twinkle agreed before he walked outside and closed the door behind him. “So where are we going?”
“We'll figure that out on the way,” Steel Hammer replied before he leads the way towards the town.
The two Earth Ponies walked aimlessly around the streets of Ponyville. There was not much talking. In fact, there was none at all. Star Twinkle only followed Steel Hammer to wherever he was going to.
Eventually, Star Twinkle began to get a little confused. ”Why isn't he saying anything? Should I say anything? He was the one who wanted to go for a walk, after all...” Star Twinkle thought, wondering about the strange walk that he and Steel Hammer were on for a while now.
While trotting behind, Star Twinkle tried to focus on Steel Hammer most of the time but he still tried to look out for his friends, in case they were close by but there were nowhere to be found. It was weird, to say the least. But it was not like as if he could talk or spent time with them anyway, with Steel Hammer wanting to take a walk with him.
Just when Star Twinkle was about to tell Steel Hammer that this all was a waste of time, the brown coated Earth Pony stopped all of the sudden. “Well, that should be long enough. Let's go back,” he said as he turned around again.
“What!?” Star Twinkle replied confused. “We were just walking around in Ponyville! You didn't even say anything! And what do you mean with long enough?” He started to complain.
But Steel Hammer didn't seem to mind about Star Twinkle and walked past him in direction of Star Twinkle's house again. “Don't worry too much about it,” he assured before he leads the way again.
Steel Hammer's actions made no sense to Star Twinkle but he decided to follow him anyway. If there was nothing else that Steel Hammer wanted from Star Twinkle then going back home was the best decision to make to end this time-wasting walk.
The two Earth Ponies slowly walked back to Star Twinkle's wooden house. On the way back, Star Twinkle could swear that Steel Hammer had a smile on his face but he told himself that it was just his imagination.
They eventually, stood in front of Star Twinkle's house. Steel Hammer took a step back and waited for Star Twinkle to open the door, all while having a smile on his face. This only confirmed that Star Twinkle wasn't seeing thing back then. ”Why are you smiling like that?” Star Twinkle asked, thinking that Steel Hammer's behavior was a little suspicious.
“No reason,” Steel Hammer replied, not stopping his smile for a second. “Is standing behind you, waiting that you open the door really that strange?” Steel Hammer asked.
Star Twinkle could have replied to that but he decided to keep quiet. Instead, he opened the door and tried to think about how he could get him away from this huge waste of time. After the door opened, there were streamers and confetti flying past his face, making him jump in surprise. What followed was a really loud surprise that came from multiple ponies who were inside of his house.
Of course, there was nothing but surprise and questions in his mind after this shock. Why were there so many ponies in his house, for example?
After he took a deep breath from that surprise, he finally realized who was all inside there. His friends, Twilight, Spike, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Then there were also Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. His parents were also there. All of them having a bright smile on their faces.
“What is going on?” Was the first thing that Star Twinkle asked after seeing this picture.
“Didn't you hear?” Steel Hammer replied, putting a hoof around Star Twinkle's shoulder. “It's a surprise. And judging from the look on your face, it was a pretty good one as well,” he added mighty satisfied by how well the surprise worked.
“Of course!” Pinkie Pie added as she appeared next to Star Twinkle out of the blue. “A surprise wouldn't be a surprise if it wouldn't surprise anypony,”
“A surprise for what?” Star Twinkle wondered.
“For your birthday of course,” Twilight said as she stepped out of the crowd.
“Birthday? Who's birthday is it?” Star Twinkle wondered as he tried to think about who Twilight was talking about. Over the time, he learned the birthdays of everypony who was inside of the room for a while now but he was sure that none of them had their birthday today. Even if it was, it still confused him why anyone of them would come over to his house for that. After realizing that and remembering what day it was, it finally struck him. “It's my birthday!?” He said heavily confused.
“Surprise!” Pinkie Pie said once more cheerfully, firing a party cracker right next to his face once more.
After that realization, the party could finally start. There was a lot of decoration in Pinkie Pie style, colorful balloons, streamers or confetti was scattered all over Star Twinkle's rooms. In the living room, there was a table with a big cake on it, Star Twinkle's birthday cake. It was astonishing how everypony was putting this together in such a short amount of time. Star Twinkle wouldn't even be surprised if Pinkie Pie would have put this together on her own.
Whoever it was, they also seemed to have considered that Star Twinkle is not the biggest party animal and made sure that not too much ponies were invited so that it wouldn't be too crowded. Instead, it was rather quiet, not including the three Cutie Mark Crusaders playing around in Star Twinkle's house. The rest of the ponies took a piece of cake and talked with each other.
“Hope you are enjoying your party so far, Star Twinkle,” Applejack asked, standing next to Star Twinkle while taking a bite of a slice of cake.
“I Can't believe that you forgot that today was your birthday,” Rainbow Dash added amused.
“Oh, please,” Rarity interrupted. “With all those things happening recently, it's hard to keep track of everything,” she added, defending Star Twinkle with those words. However, the way she said it made it almost sound like as if Star Twinkle was stupid. But since he did forget his own birthday, there was no way that he could say anything to prove otherwise.
Star Twinkle's father seemed to take it with humor. “It did make for a better surprise though,” he pointed out with a victorious smile on his face.
Star Twinkle had to admit that this was true. If he knew, he probably could have guessed why everypony was behaving a little strange the day before. That would have meant that he had to act surprise, making it a little awkward.
Soon, Star Twinkle's friends insisted that he should open his presents. Even though all of the presents were lettered with the names of everypony, Star Twinkle found out which one belonged to everypony as soon as he opened them. Rainbow Dash gave him the second issue of the Daring Do series, Rarity made him a very nice suit, Fluttershy gave him a self-painted picture from her animal friends, and so on.
Twilight was the last one who gave him her present. “Here you go, Star Twinkle,” she said as she levitated her present towards him. It was a book. No surprise there. “Basic spells and magic tricks. I was reading this book back when I started studying under Princess Celestia,” she proudly said as she presented him the book.
Since Star Twinkle was able to transform into this Unicorn form, it would actually not too bad to learn one or two things about magic. “Thanks,” Star Twinkle said after receiving the book.
He thought that this was the last present, however, his parents pointed out that there was still one more left. “I almost forgot! We meant to give you one more present,” Star Twinkle's mother said as she revealed one more box. “In a way, this one is from all of us,”
Star Twinkle took the present and was about to open it. His friends couldn't wait but to wait in excitement until he opened the box. Needless, to say it was kinda weird being watched like that but he figured that they all wanted to see how he would react to their present.
It was a very light present. Nothing big was inside of it for sure. Star Twinkle managed to open it. There was not much inside besides something very small on the bottom of it. “A picture...” Star Twinkle said once he figured out the content of this present. Inside was a picture that showed Star Twinkle and everypony else in the room. “This picture was taken back then at the wedding from Shining Armor and Princess Cadance,” he figured, causing a reaction from his friends as well. It took him a second until he realized that under this picture was another one. And another one. And another one. A bunch of pictures were inside of this present all of them were pictures of his friends. One of them was a picture with Twilight and Spike, standing in the middle of the library with big smiles on their faces. Another one had Rarity and her sister Rarity on it, inside of Carousel Boutique. Then there was a picture of Applejack, Apple Bloom, Big Macintosh and Granny Smith who were posing in front of their barn in Sewwt Apple Acres. It was all pictures like that.
Twilight walked up to Star Twinkle to explain. “We all know how you were all alone a while ago and we noticed how you didn't have any pictures of any of your friends. So we decided to make this,”
Applejack joined in. “You know, to remember you that you that things are better now,”
“Sometimes, you looked a little sad,” Fluttershy mentioned.
Pinkie Pie stepped up as well. “But you became a lot happier once you started to spend time with us,” Pinkie Pie added. “Believe me, I know,”
Rainbow Dash soon joined in as well. “And because nopony likes to be gloom all this time, we thought that we should remember you that we...uh...” she said before she began to hesitate a little.
“That you got us now,” Rarity added.
"Now you have a whole bunch of pictures that will always remember you to that," Applejack said happily.
Star Twinkle looked at his friends with as he holds some of the pictures in his hoof. “Yeah...”
Star Twinkle's parents seemed to be touched by this present as well. “That's a very nice present, don't you think?” His mother asked.
“Yes! Do you like it?” Pinkie Pie asked excitedly.
Star Twinkle looked at the pictures for a second before he gave an answer. “Yeah...I like it...” he said, his eyes still glued to the pictures. “I really like it...” he added, still looking at the pictures in his hoof.
However, after looking for them for a while, the pictures in his hoof began to shake a little. “I really like it...” he added with some shaking in his voice.
Needless to say, everypony in the room was confused by the tone in Star Twinkle's voice. That was until they realized what was going on. Drops of tears began to drop down on one the pictures. Star Twinkle's lips began to tremble while tears were coming down from his cheeks. “I...I...” he stuttered in front of everypony. His whole body was shaking, touched by this present and the realization that he was surrounded by all his friends and family, the ponies that cared for him.
Star Twinkle rubbed his eyes to remove the tear but they kept coming uncontrollably. Some of Star Twinkle's friends started to have watery eyes as well after seeing Star Twinkle touched like this. Of course, his father was the one who broke the most to see his son happy like this and dropped on the shoulder of his wife for comfort.
Once, the green coated Earth Pony realized that he was just standing there crying in front of everypony, he was a little embarrassed but also happy. Eventually, he figured that he should explain what was going through his head. “A little while ago...I was all alone. I told myself that it was better like this. That I don't need friends. But once I experienced Friendship...Once I met you all...I realized that you became much more important than I ever thought you would be. Sometimes I wished that I could go back to my previous life, especially whenever things became too complicated for me. Friendship is not always easy and sometimes it's even hard to understand. I know that now. But even if it is complicated. Even if I don't know much about it so far,” he began looking at his friends with a happy smile on his face which his friends returned to him as well. “But having you all now...is something that I am happy for now. And it is something that I would never trade for anything in this world. So...” he started before he rubbed his eyes clean again. “Thanks for being my friends,” he said smiling brightly like he never did before.
Needless to say, his friends began smiling as well and were happy to hear Star Twinkle say that. But the group suddenly stopped smiling and looked at Star Twinkle confused. Star Twinkle didn't know what this was all about and got confused as well but he soon figured out the reason behind it. A bright light began to swirl around Star Twinkle. He looked around himself in confusion but he had no idea what was happening. Soon, his body started to levitate above the ground. “What is this feeling?” He thought. “It feels...good...” He accepted the light around him and closed his eyes for whatever was about to happen next.
Before he knew it, the light was gone again and he landed on the ground again with his head spinning a little, causing him to grab it with one of his hooves. Once he had a clear mind again, he noticed how his friends looked at him in awe with open mouths.
“Wow!” Fluttershy said in awe.
“Awesome!” Rainbow Dash added in excitement.
“What?” Star Twinkle asked back in confusion.
But nopony wanted to answer right away. It was not until the three fillies in the room jumped up and down in excitement while laughing happily.
“You did it!” Apple Bloom said.
“Way to go, Star Twinkle!” Sweetie Belle added.
“That's our Cutie Mark Crusader Honorary Member!” Scootaloo added.
Star Twinkle was not sure what all this surprise was about until one thought crossed his mind. “Wait...could it be...” Star Twinkle began to realize, his eyes widening in the process. Of course, to make sure, he had to turn his head around. His eyes scanned through his flank and that's where he was greeted by something that was not there before. “No way!” He said in surprise but also with some disbelieve in his voice.
What he saw was a white star on his flank. A Cutie Mark. His Cutie Mark. A Cutie Mark appeared on his flank. Those were the thoughts that repeatedly wandered through his mind over and over again. Eventually, he could no longer resist and jumped on the spot in excitement. “A Cutie Mark! A Cutie Mark! I got a Cutie Mark!” He repeated over and over as he bounced up and down in excitement. His friends didn't know quite how to react to this but they also didn't want to ruin the moment and smiled at him, being happy for him as well. “A white star! A white star!” He said before his head stopped moving due to the realization that he had no idea what it could mean. “What does it mean?” He asked in a cheerful but yet confused voice.
Twilight seemed to have a good idea what it could be and stepped up. “It's easy. Just think back what happened before you got it,” she explained. That is exactly what Star Twinkle did but he still seemed to struggle to come up with an answer so Twilight continued. “You said it yourself. You had doubts that this is the life that you wanted to live. But now you accepted it and didn't want to lose it. You accepted friendship. You accepted us as the most important thing in your life,”
“My friends...the most important thing in my life? So my destiny is...” Star Twinkle started to figure out.
“Yes,” Twilight nodded. “Friendship,”
“Friendship, huh?” Star Twinkle wondered. “But...there are still many things that I don't understand about it in the first place...”
“Well, Starfall,” Star Twinkle's mother joined in. “Since your destiny is friendship, you don't have to figure things out on your own,” she explained, putting a hoof on Star Twinkle's shoulder to comfort him.
“Exactly!” Pinkie Pie added happily.
Rarity joined in as well. “Just because it is your destiny, doesn't mean that you can't ask us for help if you have any more questions,”
Seeing all his friends caring about Star Twinkle this much made him actually forget his worries and caused him to smile in return. He couldn't care less about his destiny now. Not as long as he had friends who were willing to support him in any way possible. “Thank you...” he said with a warm smile on his face.
On the next day...
The coronation for Twilight was held in Canterlot Castle. There were a lot of ponies in the main hall of the castle, gathering there to wait for Princess Celestia to start with her speech. Next to her were Princess Luna and Princess Cadance. A little further away were Star Twinkle and his friends. As Twilight's closest friends, they had the honor to stood up there with the princesses. Everypony was wearing beautiful attire fitting for this special occasion. Star Twinkle was actually wearing the suit that he got from Rarity for his birthday.
Eventually, Princess Celestia began her speech and everypony in the hall listened carefully. “We are gathered here today in celebration of a momentous occasion. My most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, has done many extraordinary things since she's lived in Ponyville. She even helped reunite me with my sister, Princess Luna,” she said before she looked over to her sister before continuing again. “But today, Twilight Sparkle did something extraordinary. She created new magic, proving without a doubt that she is ready to be crowned Equestria's newest princess. Fillies and gentlecolts, may I present for the very first time, Princess Twilight Sparkle!”
After those words were spoken, the door to the main hall opened and revealed Twilight who was walking into the room slightly nervous but also happy. She was also wearing a beautiful pink and yellow dress, which was designed by none other than Rarity of course. She was also accompanied by a bunch of ponies and Royal Guards who were singing in a choir in her honor. They were also carrying flags that showed Twilight's, Cutie Mark. As Twilight walked up to the rest of the Princesses, she proudly spread her wings to everypony, showing them that she was an Alicorn like Princess Celestia as well. Once she reached the three Princesses, Princess Celestia gave her a crown that slightly resembled her Element of Harmony crown. In fact, it also had the Element of Harmony inside of it.
Once everypony saw Twilight wearing her crown, they began to bow in her presence. After that, Twilight walked outside to the balcony to greet everypony outside of the castle, accompanied by the other princesses and her friends close by. The crowd under the balcony was cheering after seeing their new princess for the very first time. Still, Twilight seemed nervous to see so many ponies cheering for her. Star Twinkle could only imagine how nervous he would be if he was in her situation. He probably would just freeze on the spot.
Princess Celestia walked up to her and reminded Twilight that she should say some words to them. While still being a little nervous, Twilight cleared her throat and focused on the words that she was about to say. “A little while ago, my teacher and mentor Princess Celestia sent me to live in Ponyville. She sent me to study friendship, which is something I didn't really care much about,” she said before she looked over to her friends behind her with a smile on her face. “But now, on a day like today, I can honestly say I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for the friendships I've made with all of you. Each one of you taught me something about friendship, and for that, I will always be grateful. Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria. Thank you, friends. Thank you, everypony!”
The crowd began to cheer once more after hearing those words and Twilight began to walk back inside where Shining Armor and Princess Cadance were greeting Twilight. “Twilight! I'm so proud of you!” Shining Armor said once he spotted his little sister.
Twilight couldn't help but notice something strange about her brother. “Are you crying?" She asked surprised.
“Of course not. It's... it's liquid pride. Totally different thing,” he corrected before he rubbed his eyes clean again.
The two laughed it off and began hugging each other. Soon every one of Twilight's friends walked up to her and congratulated her to come this far.
“Way to go, Princess!” Applejack said.
“Best coronation day ever!” Pinkie Pie said in her usual excitement.
Eventually, it all ended in a big group hug with her and her friends. Star Twinkle still had to get used to that but in times like that, not even he would matter so he joined in as well.
Later that night at Canterlot Castle...
After all the formal stuff was done, the rest of the day was just one giant party at Canterlot in Twilight's honor. It was like the Grand Galloping Gala. There were many guests from higher positions from all over Equestria who joined the party. Needless To say, Star Twinkle felt a little off at this party. Twilight was surrounded by many ponies who traveled from far away and wanted to speak with her. Star Twinkle's friends were all over the place as well, making Star Twinkle stand somewhere in the corner alone. However, he didn't seem to mind. Just now he was happy for Twilight and that was all that mattered at the moment.
“Still not used to partying, right?” A pony said as he walked up to Star Twinkle, getting his attention. It was his Father Sunny Twinkle who was accompanied by his wive Rainfall Twinkle. “It's just like when you were little. Always sitting in the corner and waiting for the party to be over,”
“There are things that never change, I guess,” Rainfall Twinkle added. “But you don't look sad about it,” she figures after taking a closer look at her son.
“I'm not,” Star Twinkle assured. “It's just that this place is a little too...”
“Crowded?” Both of his parents said in unison.
Star Twinkle had to admit that this would be a little scary if it wasn't his parents who were doing it. “Everypony wants to meet Twilight so she barely has time to talk with her friends,” Star Twinkle explained.
“Like you?” Rainfall Twinkle guessed.
“Is it wrong to think like that?” Star Twinkle replied confused.
“Not at all!” Sunny Twinkle said. “It's just weird to hear you saying that. I guess that we finally have to admit that our little son has grown up,” he added with tears starting to form in his eyes. He then jumped towards his son and hugged him while crying loudly. “They just grow up so fast!” He almost screamed across the whole room.
Needless to say, multiple eyes were looking at the two, making Star Twinkle feel a little embarrassed. “Dad...” Star Twinkle said as he tried to push his father away.
But Rainfall took care of it and pulled her crying husband away from her son. “He is just happy,” she explained while she patted her husband on his back while hugging him in the process.
“I know, I know...” Star Twinkle replied as he stepped away a few steps in hope to not get caught by some surprise hug from his father again. “I think I go outside for a while...to get some fresh air,” he added before he walked outside of the hall.
His parents understood and let him walk away. “You do that,” Rainfall Twinkle replied as she watched her son walk away.
“I'm so happy!” Sunny Twinkle cried out in happy but also sad tone in his voice.
“I know, I know...me too,” Rainfall Twinkle said as she patted her husbands head while he was still crying his heart out on his wife's shoulder.
Meanwhile, Star Twinkle walked outside and went to the garden to get some fresh air. That and trying to flee from his overly happy father for a moment. The quiet night and the bushes and statues were the only things around him now, giving him time to relax for a moment. He sat down on the ground and took a deep breath, being a little relieved to get away from this party. No matter how much he loved his friends, there was still no changing that he felt uncomfortable at crowded places like this. He just had to get away, even if it was only for a few minutes.
“I haven't seen any of my friends for a while now. Did they already go home?” Star Twinkle wondered. “Maybe I should go too soon...”
“Trying to get some fresh air?” A mare said from behind, causing Star Twinkle to turn his head around. It was Twilight who walked up to him. “Being surrounded by so many ponies for a while, I kinda start to understand why you wanted to get away from that,” she said before she sat down next to Star Twinkle. “Unless...you were trying to get away from me,”
“Of course, not,” Star Twinkle replied casually after such a ridiculous question. “It was just a little too...”
“Crowded?” Twilight guessed.
“You all need to stop that...” Star Twinkle replied after getting a slight feel of a Deja Vu.
For a moment, there was silence. They both took the time to look at the moon in the sky and enjoyed this quiet night. The sound of the bushes around them being shaken by the wind was sometimes the only thing that they could hear. It was not an awkward silence but rather relaxing.
“So...” Star Twinkle began, causing Twilight to look over to him. “A Princess, huh?”
Twilight seemed to have mixed feelings once this word was mentioned. “I know...crazy isn't it? I mean, one day you live your normal life and then in the next something big like this happens. You know what I mean?”
“I have a good idea how it must feel...” Star Twinkle replied, referring to all the changes that happened to him, like being chosen by the Elements of Harmony, his strange transformations or getting his Cutie Mark only one day ago.
Twilight was just now realizing that Star Twinkle knew all too well. “Of course. How could I forgot...” she practically apologized.
Star Twinkle didn't bother to reply to that since he didn't feel mad or anything similar. “You earned it. You have come a long way and did some great things. Some of them including saving Equestria. Becoming a Princess is something that you very well deserve,” Star Twinkle explained, telling her exactly what he was thinking, instead of just trying to comfort her.
Twilight did seem to be more relaxed after this answer, however, there were still some things that she was worried about. “I'm a little scared. I mean, I know nothing about being a princess. What does a Princess do? And what does everypony expect from me now?” She began to say, becoming a little more panicked after listing up all of this things.
But Star Twinkle didn't react with panic and remained calm, being pretty confident that the next words that he was about to say were enough to calm her down again. “You don't have to find those answers on your own. You still have friends who can help you,” Star Twinkle explained. Those words actually seemed to calm down Twilight a little. “Believe me. My destiny is friendship, even though I don't know much about it,” he added with a confident smile on his face.
Twilight liked to hear that and smiled in return. “Come to think of it...you were always there whenever I was either in trouble or when I needed it the most,”
“And that is not gonna change, even though you are a princess now, right?” Star Twinkle said.
“No,” Twilight said with a light chuckle.
There was not too much to add to this. Of course, Star Twinkle would help her whenever there was trouble or problems to face off. It was always like that and it will always be like that. And that would also be the other way around. The only thing that would probably change is that the upcoming problems would become more royalty related. At least that's what Star Twinkle thought.
“By the way, should I call you Princess Twilight from now on?” Star Twinkle asked.
“No, please no,” Twilight replied.
“You're sure?” Star Twinkle asked again.
“I can order you to not call me that if I wanted to,” Twilight said jokingly with a smug smile on her face. Star Twinkle didn't know what to say to that because he couldn't quite figure if this was a joke or not. However, Twilight giggled and made it obvious that she was joking. Only one moment later, she began to sound a little more serious again and stared at the moon again. “Can you promise me something?” She asked.
“Sure,” Star Twinkle replied.
Twilight hesitated for a moment. She looked at the moon and let the wind blow through her mane before she said anything. “Promise me that nothing will change between us, even if I am a Princess now. Promise me that you won't treat me any different than before, okay?”
It was not necessary for Star Twinkle to think about this too long so he quickly agreed to those things. “Yeah. I promise,”
“Pinkie Promise?” Twilight said as she looked over to Star Twinkle again.
Star Twinkle let out a little chuckle before he began to do the usual Pinkie Promise gesture. “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye,” he Pinkie promised.
After those words were spoken, Star Twinkle and Twilight looked at each other with smiles on their faces. Twilight knew that once Star Twinkle promised it, that there was no way that he would break it. So much did she know about him.
Eventually, the two looked up to the moon again and stared at it for a moment. Twilight got up after a while and attempted to return to the castle. “I better go back before they decide to send some ponies to look for their newest princess,” she jokingly said. “You're coming too?” She asked.
“Give me just a minute. I want to think about some things before I return,” Star Twinkle replied.
“Alright,” Twilight replied before she walked away from the garden and went back to the castle.
Star Twinkle looked up to the moon again and closed his eyes. Many thoughts were wandering through his mind. All the events that happened recently. Twilight was worrying about how things would change once she would become a princess but Star Twinkle was sure that there was nothing that they could not overcome when they worked together. No matter if it was Nightmare Moon, the Lord of Chaos, The Storm Wings, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra or the Outcasts. In fact, things started to look up better than before. There were always things that were hard to overcome but if everypony worked together, then nothing could stop them. No matter what or however it was. Star Twinkle just had to remember that. It was as easy as that.
Twilight became a Princess and Star Twinkle got his Cutie Mark. Those were some positive changes. Twilight got rewarded for her efforts and Star Twinkle finally accepted his life, the way it is now. There was no looking back. No worrying about how things could play out if Star Twinkle lived his old life. Everything was fine.
“I know for absolute certain,” Star Twinkle began to say to himself. “That everything from now on will be fine,” he said before he opened his eyes again and smiled while saying those words.
While thinking about all those things, one noise made him snap out of his thoughts. The noise of hoof steps coming closer to him from behind. “Twilight?” He guessed as he realized that he said that he would come too after a while. Realizing that he may take a little too long, he stood up and was about to turn around. “Sorry. I must have been spaced out for a moment. I didn't mean to make you wait for-” But he stopped in the middle of the sentence after he turned around to face Twilight.
He realized that the pony approaching him wasn't Twilight. It wasn't Twilight at all. “Who are you?” He asked nervously after seeing the pony in front of him.
There was pony standing in front of him, wearing a pitch black armor and a helmet that completely covered the whole body of this pony. There was no indication if this pony was a mare or a stallion based on the build. The armor of this pony had wings on the back and a horn on the helmet, making it even unclear what race this pony was. The pony didn't say anything and just stood there silently, looking at Star Twinkle. Not even for a second did Star Twinkle thought that this pony was good news for him. The silence, the stare that this pony probably gave him beneath that helmet, and the pitch black color of the armor was enough to make him feel uncomfortable. The fact that he also didn't know what gender or race this pony was gave him, even more, reasons to be nervous. This pony was the unknown so naturally, he did fear it.
“Who are you!?” Star Twinkle asked once more, this time a little more angrily because of the threatening silence that he was treated with before.
Suddenly, without any warning, the armored pony began to charged towards Star Twinkle at full speed. Star Twinkle realized that this pony was not intending to give him one big surprise hug and stood ready to defend himself. Transforming into his Unicorn form was the first thing Star Twinkle did once he saw the pony charging right at him. Unfortunately, he couldn't prepare a spell in time. Star Twinkle's and the armored pony's horn clashed against each other. With both of them channeling some magic inside of them, it resulted into a little blast that released their magic.
While their horns clashed, something seemed a little off with Star Twinkle. Out of nowhere, it felt like as if time stopped for a moment. Star Twinkle began to saw pictures in his head. It was almost like two days ago after his friends regained their Cutie Marks again. In fact, some of the pictures he saw, were the same that he saw back then.
All those pictures he saw flashed before his eyes in an instant.
Six ponies...the same he saw two days ago...
Fire...
Ponyville...
Rainbow Colors...
The Silhouette of an Alicorn...
Star Twinkle when he was a little colt...with an Orange coated Unicorn colt next to him, both of them laughing happily...
Those pictures flashed through his mind for maybe a second but somehow, he managed to see all of them and even remembered them clearly. Soon, he found himself face to face against the armored pony again, their horns still crossed. Star Twinkle jumped back to get some space again. But he couldn't ignore what he saw. “What was that just now!? Why am I seeing this pictures!?” Star Twinkle wondered as he grabbed his head with one of his hooves.
But there was no time to think. The pony in the black armor began charging towards him once more. Star Twinkle pulled himself together and prepared a spell to shoot at the pony. Now that he knew that this pony was a Unicorn, he had no choice but to be even more careful.
The armored pony jumped to the side and dodged and continued to charge right at Star Twinkle. Whoever this pony was, he or she was definitely aiming to get into close combat, rather than using magic. As an Earth Pony, it would be better for Star Twinkle to aim for that as well, however, he wanted to play safe and tried to use magic instead. In the worst case, Star Twinkle's transformation would run out eventually, giving him no choice but to use his hooves to fight.
The black-armored pony did charge at Star Twinkle once more, this pony seemed to prefer a close combat as well. However, Star Twinkle's strategy was already set and he continued to fire magic shots at the pony. There was a chance that Star Twinkle would see some more strange pictures once he came in contact with this pony again so he tried his best to avoid letting the pony too close.
Not a single shot hit its mark and the armored pony got closer and closer. Soon the armored pony reached his or hers hoof out in order to hit Star Twinkle but luckily it missed. Star Twinkle backed away and tried to hit the pony with his magic. This repeated for a while. The Armored Pony attempted to get closer and Star Twinkle dodged and tried to use his magic. Soon, the thing that Star Twinkle expected the most happened. His Unicorn Form ran out. He no longer was able to use his magic, meaning that he had to resort to close combat as well. Realizing that going up a pony who was wearing an armor made him worry for a second but knowing that he was an Earth-Pony, who posses a more physical strength then Unicorns, gave him some confidence.
But then things started to get a little more complex. The Armored Pony stopped the assault on Star Twinkle began to focus magic in his or her horn. The pony was about to use magic now and slowly walked up to Star Twinkle. As a Unicorn, the Armored Pony was obviously more dangerous when using magic so Star Twinkle had to be even more cautious.
“Star Twinkle!” Suddenly, a female voice shouted from afar.
“I think the noises came from over here!” Another unknown male voice said from afar as well.
Somepony was getting closer. This was perfect for Star Twinkle, especially since he exactly knew who the first voice belonged to. Soon, he would get help against this threat that appeared out of nowhere. The Armored Pony also heard the voices but didn't seem to mind. The magic in his or her horn vanished again and the pony charged one more time right at Star Twinkle. The Earth Pony stood ready to defend himself for whatever was coming but to his surprise, the Armored Pony jumped and right over Star Twinkle. When the pony was still in the air, Star Twinkle looked right into the face of the pony. He couldn't see the eyes under the helmet but he knew that the pony was looking right back at him once his or her head turned to Star Twinkle. The Pony landed on his hooves behind Star Twinkle and ran away into some bushes.
First, Star Twinkle attempted to follow this pony but then he realized that he was exhausted from the battle and needed some rest. He was also approached by some ponies who noticed the commotion that he and the Armored Pony caused. One of the ponies that approached Star Twinkle was Twilight. She was accompanied by two members of the Royal Guard.
“Are you alright?” Twilight asked in her worry. “We heard some noises from over here. What happened?”
Of course, Star Twinkle couldn't quite explain the situation himself. He had no idea who that pony was or what he or she wanted. With this little information, he and Twilight returned to Princess Celestia and talked to her inside of the throne room. “A pony in a black armor?” Princess Celestia asked. She tried to think about this but it was obvious that she didn't know anything just judging from her expression. “And you said it was a Unicorn?” She asked further to get some more information out of Star Twinkle.
“Yes, but that is all I know...” Star Twinkle replied, saddened that he couldn't give any more information. “The body of this pony was completely covered in armor. I don't even know if it was a Stallion or a mare because the pony didn't say a single word,” he explained further.
Princess Luna, who was next to her sister, thought about this matter too. “Maybe he or she tried to attack Twilight?” She began to guess, causing Twilight to get a little nervous at this statement. “The coronation was widely announced in Equestria. It is no surprise that some more shady figures would be drawn out of the shadows. Remember what happened back then at Shining Armor's and Cadence's wedding,”
While Princess Luna pointed out a valid point, Twilight didn't seem too convinced. “But why would anypony go after Star Twinkle then?” She pointed out.
That was also the one thing that didn't make sense to Star Twinkle. Why would he be attacked if the original target was Twilight? This pony must have known that Star Twinkle was there as well.
Princess Celestia, while still being in deep thoughts suddenly widened her eyes in realization. “Could it be...?” She quietly mumbled to herself. Of course, everypony, looked at her because of those words and asked if she had an idea but Princess Celestia shook her head and denied knowing anything. This especially, got Star Twinkle's attention since he had the feeling that she was clearly hiding something. However, what she said next was what made him a little nervous. “I don't know who this pony was but...I don't think that he or she was after Twilight. Be careful Star Twinkle because I have the feeling that the pony was after you,” she explained, making Star Twinkle widen his eyes in confusion.
Not only did he wondered why somepony would be after him. But it was also for absolute certain, that not everything from now on, will be certainly fine...
In a little town in Equestria, one day later...
“Equestria's newest princess has been crowned! Read it here first!” A pony shouted across the streets, waving a newspaper in front of him.
The news about Twilight becoming a princess quickly spread all over Equestria. From Manehattan to Las Pegasus, every city or town would soon know about the newest princess in Equestria.
Only a few meters away from the newspaper pony, a pony in a gray hood walked away with a newspaper being levitated in front of him. It was Summershine, who was reading out the headline of the paper while he walked through the streets of the town. After reading most of the contents of it he began to grin out of happiness. “Twilight Sparkle, huh?” The orange coated Unicorn said to himself. “Who would have expected that she would become a princess?" He said a little surprised. Also, from what I have heard, Star Twinkle saved the Crystal Empire,” he said as he looked at the sky almost depressed. Soon his smile turned into a frown once he realized something. “They all came so far...” he said before his face became more determined. “I have to make some progress as well...I have to find him! I have to deal with everything in order to make Equestria save for them!” He said before he threw the newspaper in a nearby trash can as he walked away, probably aiming to go out of the town.
Once Summershine was out of view, another Unicorn levitated the newspaper out of the trashcan and read the head line as well. “Well, would you look at this? This little mare from Ponyville actually became a princess!” the white-coated and white-maned mare with the light green eyes said amused. “I knew she had strong magic and at all but come on, a princess?” She said in disbelieve after saying those words out loud. But soon, she smiled again and even began to giggle a little after she realized something. ”Actually...this is pretty interesting. Hopefully, I come across her some time. It would be interesting who would win a duel of magic,” she said in a creepy and sinister tone in her voice before she attempted to leave the town as well.
“Who would win? The Princess...” she started before she touched the amulet on her neck. The Alicorn Amulet. “Or the Witch?” She said with an excited smile on her face.
In another town at the same time...
Just like in pretty much every other town, there was also one pony who screamed around the streets and spread the news about Twilight becoming a princess. Newspapers were handed down to everypony who walked across him.
“Here you go!” He said once a Unicorn stallion walked past him, offering him one paper for free.
The Unicorn stallion took the paper without any questions and began to read the content. “The newest princess of Equestria...Twilight Sparkle,” the pony read out loud. There seemed to be some kind of disbelieve in this ponies voice as if he wasn't satisfied to read this but he did continue regardless. “The former student of Princess Celestia was not too fond of friendship and therefore was sent to the little town of Ponyville to study it. Now she was crowned a princess after her many achievements which included many occasions where she saved Equestria from danger. There are also rumors that she was chosen by one of seven ancient magic relics called the Elements of Harmony. As the newest princess in Equestria she...” however the pony threw the paper away in the middle of the sentence, getting bored by the content that he was reading.
The Unicorn had a red coat and a white mane with red stripes in it and red eyes. On his flank, there was a Cutie Mark with an open book on it.
The pony continued to walk around the town while thinking about the news of this new princess. “Ponyville, huh? This little town seems to be full of gifted or special ponies...” The pony mumbled to himself quietly. “And what is this talking about seven Elements? Why not six?” He started to wonder as he rubbed his chin confused. “Does that mean that she has connections to him and the previous ones...” he guessed as he began to think about some stuff.
However, the pony began to smile and didn't worry about the matter anymore. “If I am lucky, she will be of some use for me. But even if she doesn't, I made sure that everything will go according to my plan sooner or later. I'll just have to wait for the right moment before I take care of things. After all, I have my pawn already placed where I wanted him to be...” he continued with a sinister smile.
The pony walked away from the town and kept his smile up. There was no telling what he had planned or what he was talking about now but whatever it was, it would definitely cause trouble in the future. With one last sentence, he left the town and went on his way again.
“Isn't that right, Star Twinkle?”
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Once one of my other stories is finished, I will quickly come back to this one. And since it's almost completed, it will not take too long anymore ^^.