The Ghost of Cozy Glow the Second Story

by SapphireRose87

27) The New Ruler of Equestria

After the ceremony ended Robert came up and clapped me on the back.

“You became a prince of Equestria after all!” Robert said.

“It’s funny you didn’t want the title of prince when Prince Shining Armor was going to give it to you! But nooo!" Jasper said sarcastically, "Prince Shining Armor’s sister beat him to it!”

“I think I should hide under a rock now!” I said.

Robert and Jasper howled with laughter.

I grinned knowing Jasper had yet to realize what this means. "It's too bad Jasper.”

Jasper stopped laughing and looked at me puzzled. “What are you talking about?”

“You don’t want any job promotions, right?” I said.

“No... And?” Jasper said.

“You got just the biggest job promotion of your life!” I said. Now it was my turn to laugh.

“What do you mean by that?” Jasper said.

I laughed even harder, “You and Robert just became princes and Sunset just became a princess!”

I could see the priceless look on Jasper's face when it dawned on him. “Oh crap!” Jasper said. I lost it.

* * *

“Well,” said Discord, “looks like my little Normie is all grown up!”

It was the day after the ceremony and I woke to see Discord floating over my bed.

“Don’t call me Normie!” I snapped. “Seriously! It’s Norman! No way I’m calling you dad ever! Not even because you adopted me!”

Discord just smiled.

“I’m tired of you being my alarm clock!” I said.

“Just to let you know your family is waiting downstairs for you!” Discord said. “I can’t wait until you get fitted for your new royal attire as ruler of Equestria! You’ll probably look just as cute in it as you did your general uniform!”

“I’m not looking forward to that and get out!” I said.

“Fine, fine,” said Discord, “I’m leaving before I get declared an enemy of the throne!”

Discord laughed, snapped his claw, and disappeared.

* * *

“My dad’s the ruler of Equestria now!” Cozy Glow said. “We should have a party to celebrate! And I can’t wait until my little brother is born. He'll be a prince now!”

Ruler of Equestria, great... I sighed and put my face on the table. Everyone couldn’t help but laugh when they saw this.

“Oh come on Norman,” said Sunset, “you’re going to have to get used to that! Not to mention I’m giving birth to our baby in a month. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie just can’t wait to throw a baby shower for me! Although you don’t have to go to that if you don’t want to.”

“Why me?” I said. “I mean I know I helped save Equestria and there’s the keyword, helped!”

“Actually you killed both Shadow Mist and Dylan at the same time,” said Jasper, “and almost killed yourself in the process! The rest of the team didn’t go that far but we probably had enough common sense not to. You on other hand are determined to deal with a threat at all costs!”

“You should’ve picked up on the fact that Twilight mentioned Heavenly as the first-ever death walker! If she was going to choose someone else she probably would’ve told a different story!” Fluttershy said. “Duh! As a matter of fact, Twilight told me she was going to choose you before the fact!”

“When exactly did you find out?” I said.

“Right when you got back from the war,” said Fluttershy, “but because you were asleep she had to wait. Trust me she worked with the Medical Ponies to help wake you up faster. But meeting Fate slowed that down. When you woke up finally she was just as overjoyed as your family was.”

“I have a question for you Fluttershy,” I said.

“Yes, what is it?” Fluttershy said.

“Is there a way to kill Discord?” I said.

“Unfortunately no,” chuckled Fluttershy, “he was your alarm again wasn’t he?”

“Yup!” I said.

“I thought I talked to you about that Discord!” Fluttershy said.

“What?” Discord said. “I was just honoring the new ruler of Equestria with my presence!”

“I’m tired of you being my alarm clock!” I said.

“Hey, he doesn’t do that to me!” I heard a voice say.

“Queen Betty!” Everyone said.

“Please don’t call me that!” Betty said. “And don’t bow to me either!”

I chuckled.

“That’s not funny Norman!” Betty said.

“Oh yes, it is!” I said. “You’re just about as bad as I am with people calling me sir! But I’ll have to get used to them saying, your highness now!”

“Oh,” said Betty, “and I brought my family here to see you!”

Betty stepped to the side to reveal Dae and her daughter Ruby standing behind her.

“Don’t you dare bow to me either!” Dae said. “We’re both rulers and not to mention we’re family!”

Ruby did a curtsy, “It’s very nice to see you all!”

Of course, this was met with a chorus of ‘awe’ around the room.

“I would get used to the cameras following you around,” said Betty, “you can’t ditch them so easily like when you went behind enemy lines! They followed me around when I became queen and they also followed me around when I gave birth to Ruby!”

“It’s going to be a circus when the baby’s born!” I said.

“By the way,” said Dae, “have you figured out a name for him yet?”

“Oh yeah,” said Sunset, “we were thinking Norman Jr.!”

“Well that’s interesting,” said Betty, “I’ve never seen a pony with a human name!”

“Well it’s happening,” I said, “just like having a human ruler, which hasn’t happened in 300 years!”

“There’s something I don’t understand, Fluttershy,” Betty said.

“What’s that?” Fluttershy said.

Betty said, “Discord said that the first human and pony war took place. But the second human and pony war took place after Princess Twilight was announced as an Alicorn right?”

“Yes that’s correct,” Fluttershy said.

“As the second human and pony war happened,” said Betty, “when Princess Twilight was announced as an Alicorn did she fight in the war?”

“Oh yes,” said Fluttershy, “she fought in the war. And she even used the Elements of Harmony to help stop other wars before they even happened, just like Heavenly used her powers when she was ruler. And Heavenly was the first-ever death walker when she made the decision to live; she kept her powers for the whole 700 years! Her ruling Equestria ended because of old age. The interesting thing is that only a handful of death walkers make their decision to live. No one knows why that is. Since Sunset, Amethyst, and you have made your decision to live, you'll live to be 500 years or more!”

“What!” I gasped. “Are you kidding me!”

“Nope,” said Fluttershy, “not joking!”

“But if the Elements of Harmony can stop a war before it even starts why not use them to stop the war with Shadow Mist?” I said.

“That’s because the light from the Elements of Harmony started to dim shortly after Twilight took the throne. The power within them started to grow weak. So we couldn’t save anybody even if we wanted to! We think that the reason why the Elements of Harmony started to grow too weak is because of death walkers using their powers to protect Equestria.

"Anyway, once the power of the Elements fades the bearers will die along with them. That’s okay because we’ve lived long enough and it’s time for us to pass the torch, so to speak, to the next generation. The only one that won’t die for a while will be Twilight because she's an Alicorn. The whole reason for this as far as the Icebreakers explained to us is to keep the power of this universe in check.” Fluttershy said.

“So why only 32 years if you’re not married to rule Equestria?” I said.

“For the same reason the powers of the Elements of Harmony started to fade,” said Fluttershy, “it’s to help keep the powers of this universe in check! Heavenly was able to rule Equestria because she got married before the 32-year mark.”

“That’s exactly why I’m banned from fighting in war,” said Discord. “The Icebreakers put that limit on me. To balance the power of the universe! And I don’t like following that rule! Hmph! Too bad they can’t kill me! That’s because I’m a Demigod! But unfortunately, I don’t have the power that Fate does! Because if I had her power, every decision I make would affect someone's future!”

“Wow…” Cozy Glow said.

“Maybe another war will come down the pipe and kill me?” I said.

“I doubt that!” Fluttershy laughed.

“And why's that?” I said.

“Why do you think Heavenly ruled over Equestria for long?” Fluttershy said. “You do realize that she was the first-ever death walker right? And because she was a death walker she was able to use her powers to stop wars before they even started! And since you have decided to live you’ll be able to do the same thing! Especially since the lights from the Elements of Harmony are starting to dim.”

“Great…” I said.

* * *

A week later my coronation ceremony took place which installed me as the ruler of Equestria. Just like when I was general, John decided to pay me a visit as I was walking aimlessly around the castle. Killing time until I needed to lower the sun. Of course, when John saw me he bowed to me.

I did a facepalm and groaned, “You can look at me now.”

John stood up and was trying so hard to keep a straight face.

“So how’s being a new ruler of Equestria going?” John said.

“I’m fine,” I said, “it’s been kind of hectic lately the only time I get to relax is right about now. It’s weird because Betty fought with me side by side during the war and now we’re having sparring matches like me and Jasper did when we first met.”

“I saw some of that the other day!” John said. “You just keep getting better and better!”

“Yeah,” I said, “My sister seems to think we’re evenly matched but I beg to differ. And I wish the news reporters would stop following me around. They’re just as bad as that stupid new reporter that was following Jasper and I around during the war.”

“Oh and another thing,” said John, “have you decided on a name for your baby yet?”

“Yeah,” I said, “we’re giving him the name Norman Jr.”

“I thought you were having a pegasus colt!” John said.

“Yeah well, we decided to go with a human name,” I said.

“Never seen that happen before!” John said.

“It’s just like I told Betty,” I said, “it’s happening! Just like having a human ruler, which hasn’t taken the throne in 300 years!”

“Huh,” said John, “interesting… I hear Discord wants you to call him dad!”

“He’s not my dad,” I said, “I’m not calling him dad! That’ll happen when pigs fly! Although I wouldn’t put it past him. He can make it happen.”

John chuckled and then he cleared his throat, “So who’s taking care of raising and lowering the sun, and what about the moon?”

“I’m taking care of the sun part,” I said, “you just happened to catch me while I'm free. I have nothing to do until it’s time for me to lower it.”

“Okay,” said John, “who’s taking care of the moon?”

I had an evil smile for what I was going to say next, “I told Princess Twilight to give the job to Jasper!”

John couldn’t keep his laughter in even if he wanted to and I joined in.

“So much for wanting no more job promotions!” John said.

“It’s about a couple of hours before I have to lower the sun,” I said, “Jasper should be awake to start his job now.”

We turned around the corner just to see Jasper walk right past us.

“Hi John,” said Jasper, “what brings you around here?”

“I just popped in to say hi,” John said.

Without warning, Jasper has done this several times he kissed me right in front of John. John fell out laughing so hard he couldn’t breathe.

“Seriously Jasper?” I said.

“I think I should you two love birds alone,” John said. “I still can’t believe you two are married now! You two used to be rivals!”

John laughed as he walked away and Jasper grabbed me and kissed me again.

“You know we have a couple of hours before you finish your shift and before I start mine,” Jasper said.

“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?” I said.

“Yup!” Jasper said.

* * *

A couple of weeks later Norman Jr. was born. Everyone had a lot of questions as to why a pegasus colt would have a human name. I told the reporters it was none of their business and declined any interviews on Tv about it.

One day when the family and I were in the castle trying to shield Norman Jr. from the cameras, Fluttershy and Discord just happened to pay a visit to us.

“Awe,” said Discord, “Norman Jr. is so cute! He’s the most adorable baby I have ever seen! And just like Betty, his ears twitch when he’s asleep! I know because I saw it when Betty would take a nap on the couch.”

“Yeah I know,” said Fluttershy, “I’ve seen Betty do that too. That’s because I would check on her at night to see if she was death walking or not.”

“Why would you do that?” I said.

“When Betty first became a death walker,” said Fluttershy, “Princess Luna and your mother conspired to kill her. Princess Luna tried keeping her in the Land of the Dead for more than two days! A death walker can be out of their body for one to two days that’s it! If they’re kept out of their body any longer than that they die.”

“What!” I said. “Why would Princess Luna do that? And with my mom of all people?”

“Obviously,” said Fluttershy, “your mom’s agenda was to kill her. What Princess Luna’s agenda was I have no idea! It’s a good thing I was able to stop them before Betty died.”

“What I find interesting,” said Discord, “is that every child that’s born in the Jewel family has a jewel on their foreheads just like Norman Jr. does! Norman Jr’s jewel is a black onyx! I wonder why that is?”

Truth is, not even the Icebreakers knew what the Jewels on the children that are born to the Jewel family means. They told Betty and I that only Fate knows the reason. And trust me, I don’t want to meet her again anytime soon.

TEN YEARS LATER...

I took the throne ten years ago and thankfully there haven’t been any more wars to date. If it looks like a war might happen, Sunset and I would use our death walker abilities to keep it from happening and keep Equestria safe. The Equestrian military is still set up and things are business as usual.

We did finally add some new members to the family. To my surprise, Jasper added a stallion to the family and Robert added one that's a woman. Sunset on the other hand prefers not to add anyone to the family. Her reasoning was because she wanted to be for me and only me.

The ones that were added to the family stayed in another part of the castle because they are considered the second branch of the family. They are kept away from me because I decided I don’t want to sleep with anyone that wasn’t part of the main branch. Of course, the second branch still keeps bugging me about getting in my bed.

One day I was in Jasper's bed. It was a couple of hours before I had to lower the sun and Jasper had to raise the moon.

“So...” Jasper said.

“So what?” I said.

“Have you even given thought about sleeping with the second branch yet?” Jasper said.

“No,” I said, “not going to happen. You guys can take care of that one. And I wish Wild Ace and Elsie would stop bugging me about it! And I’m not letting them tie me to the bed either!”

“That’s funny to me,” said Jasper, “you know Sunset wants another child?”

“Yeah I know,” I said, “I try to be with her as much as possible. So far nothing has happened, I’m not sure why.”

“Huh,” said Jasper, “maybe you two should see a doctor about it?”

“I know,” I said, “we are going to one in a couple of days to see what’s going on. Anyway I saw you rearrange the stars the other night. I notice something every time I get a chance to watch it.”

“What’s that?” Jasper said.

“You put a shooting star in there every once in a while,” I said, “I take it you’re wishing Equestria good luck so that another war doesn’t start?”

Jasper laughed, “That’s pretty much it, why else would I do it?”

“That’s understandable,” I said, “and hopefully there won’t be another war. I don’t feel like almost killing myself with my own weapon!”

“I still can’t believe you did that,” Jasper said. “You’re just so determined to save people!”

“It’s kind of funny,” I said, “because I’ve finally got over Betty dying. She did say take as long as I needed for that! She even said take a whole decade if I needed to. I think that’s pretty hilarious because it did take a decade!”

Jasper and I couldn’t help but laugh at that. This whole entire time Betty was the only one who understood how I felt and she’s the one that died.

“It’s time for me to raise the moon and for you to lower the sun,” Jasper said.

“Yeah, I know,” I said.

When Jasper raised the moon after I had lowered the sun, I sat down to watch the stars. I saw the shooting star that Jasper would put in with the other stars. Just as Jasper was wishing Equestria good luck to hopefully not enter into another war. I was looking to the future hoping that my death walker abilities would help to keep Equestria safe.

Comments

[Mpony1]

This story was a one epic ride, I love it.

I was sad about what happened to Olivia. She was one of my favorites, until she went crazy and revealed her back story

[SapphireRose87]

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Yeah, I figured people might feel that way about Olivia. I did think about having Olivia be Second in Command but it didn't seem to fit well with the direction of the story that I wanted to go in. So Jasper got the job instead.

[SapphireRose87]

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I should've thanked you for saying my story was epic. Anyway, thanks for that! I really appreciate it.

[Mpony1]

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No prob.