Chapter 11 (Edited by: Moonriseoversenset)
It's been so long since Sunset left Equestria, sure there was the heist of Twilight's crown, but she didn't count that. After the Fall Formal, she never thought she would return back, much less with a loving mother, a great aunt, a sweet little sister, and a freaking girlfriend. But as she traveled through the rainbow-colored vortex through the portal, she couldn't help but think of how unpredictable life is. All of Sunset's thoughts came to a screeching halt when she was shot out through the other side of the portal.
“AAAHHHHHHHH!!!” She screamed as she rolled along the crystal ground and smashed into a bookcase. What followed were three more pe-ponies crashing into her along with a few books from the bookcase.
"Ugh... Twilight? Make sure to lay some cushions next time, would ya?"
"Hehe… sorry about that," Twilight said, walking up to them and helping them back up. "So… was it the snow phoenix that you asked me to expect?"
"Snow Phoenix?" Luna asked, who was turned into an earth pony by the portal.
"I'm an ice bird. Pretty cool right," They heard Ari saying while perching on Snowdrop, who was a Pegasus. Everyone looked over in shock at the Snow Phoenix.
"Did… did she just made a pun?" Sunset asked.
"So I'm guessing it's not? Then what is?" Twilight asked.
"Um… it's this?" Sunset said, turning to the side. Twilight tilted her head in confusion before she saw it, and her eyes widened in shock.
"I-is… are those… w-wings?"
"Yeah… they are," Sunset said.
"B-but… how?"
"I don't know. The last thing I did before this happened is saving your counterpart from using magic, and then I had these wings when I pony-up."
"Wait, wait, wait, hold on. My counterpart? Using magic? What happened?" Twilight asked in shock at what she just heard.
"Oh right, I forgot I didn't write about that. Well, it's actually a long story."
"You. Have to. Tell me. Everything," Twilight said, getting uncomfortably close to Sunset. "This could have something to do with the Tree of Harmony."
"Tree of harmony? What happened to it?" Sunset asked.
"It seems we both have a lot to talk about. Princess Celestia said she'll be here as soon as she finished her morning duties," Sunset visibly tensed at the mention of the Princess. "So until then, let's go to the map room, and we can talk about everything," Twilight said, turning to leave the room. Sunset began to follow her only to stop when she heard the startled cries of her mom and Fluttershy and the sound of something hitting the ground and Ari laughing. They turned back to see that Celestia, and Fluttershy, both of whom were pegasi, were flopping around on the ground.
"Right… we need a quick lesson first," Sunset said to Twilight, rubbing her neck.
After giving the four human-turned ponies a quick lesson on walking, they thankfully learned very quickly. They all made their way to the map room.
"So Sunset, remember what I told you about the cutie map?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah. You said it has the whole map of Equestria, and each of the element bearers and Spike had a chair of their own, and the map calls you on friendship problems," Sunset said.
"Yeah, but now… we have a new addition."
"A new addition?"
"Yes, that," Twilight said, pointing at the map. Sunset's eyes widened in shock for the hundredth time as she looked at what Twilight was pointing to.
"What is she pointing to?" Snowdrop asked.
"A chair with Sunset's symbol on it," Ari said.
"I-I… I don't understand. What's going on, Twilight?" Sunset asked.
"We believe that you are now an element. More specifically, the seventh element," Twilight said.
"Seventh element? I thought there were only six. What could it be?"
"Exactly, I think we should trade stories to see if we can find any commonalities," Twilight said as she took a seat in her chair.
It had only been a few minutes since Sunset and her family arrived at Twilight's castle, but even in those few minutes, a lot had already been revealed. Her mom and aunt were not alicorns, just as she expected them not to be. Ari is a Snow Phoenix, which she wasn't even going to touch right now. There was enough on her plate, even without the mystery that was Ari. It was scary how coming here boosted her already stellar intelligence especially considering Ari was only a cockatoo. Sunset also got proof that she actually is an alicorn. However, most of her attention was held by the fact that there are apparently more than six elements, and she is the newest seventh element.
Currently, the humans-turned ponies were sitting around the map table while Spike brought them tea and cake, which Celestia quickly helped herself with while Sunset told Twilight what happened at the friendship games.
"I see. I'm glad you helped my counterpart. So, if I'm to take a guess, helping my counterpart might have led you to become an alicorn," Twilight said. "There are a lot of things we don't know about the Tree of harmony. But one thing I'm sure of is that the Tree has its own consciousness. I think it's been keeping its eye on you since fall formal. Maybe it sensed something in you."
"I'm not so sure how I feel about a tree stalking me if I'm completely honest. But what do you mean by 'sensed something'?" Sunset asked.
Twilight brought her hoof up to her chin as she let her thoughts be heard, "It's only a theory, but what if on the night you placed the crown on your head, you became intertwined with the Tree of Harmony? Thus leading it to have a direct link with you. You were definitely special in some ways, as no pony else ever had that reaction to my crown before. Granted, not many have had the chance to wear it, but those who put it on its nothing more than a gold tiara with a gemstone. Perhaps there has always been a seventh element, but it never had a wielder or physical vessel like the other elements do. It might be like the element of magic. It doesn't have a physical vessel until somepony has activated its spark. And Maybe with you being in the human world, the Tree couldn't make a physical vessel, so it went with the next best thing, you. The two of you are already intertwined. Maybe this form you took while fighting my counterpart is you releasing the power of the element? It could very well be that you are the Seventh Element," Twilight said as she finished.
"Maybe that's why you kept seeing those dreams with the tree?" Fluttershy asked.
"Now that you mention it, didn't you have those dreams whenever you did something special?" Luna asked.
"Special?" Twilight asked.
"Um… yes. I remember her saying the dreams stopped a few days after the fall formal? Then you had that dream when you told us about Snowdrop, and then the day you first helped that freshman, and finally at the battle of the bands," Celestia said.
"I don't know what you are talking about, but whoever this 'tree' is, but it would seem like it was watching over you," Ari said.
"Yeah, Ari's right," Spike added.
"Maybe that's why the tree gave you access to your special talent," Twilight said. "The Battle of the bands was the biggest milestone you made towards the magic of friendship before yesterday."
"Oh, man. This is a lot to take in. So if what you are telling us is the truth, then what is the new element? And what am I the Princess of?" Sunset asked.
"Well, Princess Celestia sent me some research of Starswirl the Bearded. And he theorized about more elements. So I think from what you said, the new element is-"
"The element of empathy," They all turned at the new or familiar but different voice to see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna standing at the entrance to the map room.
“Princess Celestia, Princess Luna. I didn't hear you. When did you arrive?" Twilight asked.
"Just now. I was able to finish the paperwork early for once, though Luna helped a lot. She was impatient to meet her counterpart," Princess Celestia said.
"Why wouldn't we? You don't get to meet another version of oneself from a different world very often," Princess Luna said, walking up to their counterparts. "So you two are Our's and Celestia's counterparts. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is all ours," Celestia said before looking back at her counterpart, who was walking up to Sunset. Sunset was looking down. Unable to look at the Princess's face. Princess Celestia moved closer and reached up to her, and lifted her head.
"Sunset? It's been so long," Princess Celestia said.
"Um… p-princess I-I… I'm s-sorry f-for-" Sunset stammered.
"Sunset. It's okay. You don't have to apologize. I forgive you." Princess Celestia said, missing her counterpart's flinching. Deciding to lighten up the mode, she looked up at the rest of the visitors. "Hm… there are more ponies here than I anticipated. Why don't you officially introduce them?"
"Oh- yes… of course," Sunset said while wiping at her eyes. She moved next to her mom as all the humans-turned-ponies gathered together, but due to her anxiety and relief of seeing Princess Celestia, she missed the way Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were looking at Snowdrop. More especially Luna. As soon as Sunset stood next to her mom, she unconsciously wrapped a wing around her daughter's side. Celestia had a wing wrapped around both of her daughters on either side. "Um… Princess Celestia? These are your counterparts. Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna of Canterlot High School. And my mom and aunt." This information surprised the two Princesses.
"Mom?" "Aunt?" Princess Celestia and Luna said in unison.
"Uh… hehe- oops… I forgot to tell you that," Twilight said awkwardly, rubbing her neck with an uneasy smile.
"Um… yeah. They adopted my little sister and me. Sno-"
"Snowdrop," Princess Luna interrupted.
"Y-you know her?" Sunset asked.
"I… we knew her counterpart," Princess Luna said. "But… that was before I was banished."
"Wait, what!?" Twilight shouted. "But that was a thousand years ago," Princess Luna moved closer to Snowdrop.
"Indeed, I am truly saddened not to have seen her one last time before I was turned into Nightmare Moon. We-I had forgotten about my friendship with her as she was one of the only ponies back then that understood the night as we did. She will be missed greatly. I would like to think that she just as saddened when we lost each other."
Princess Luna walked closer to Snowdrop before she laid down so that she was face to face with Snowdrop, "Hello, Snowdrop."
"Um… h-hi… p-princess," Snowdrop said, unsure of how to reply.
"Don't be so afraid. I knew your counterpart. And I very much like to know about you too, if you would allow me the pleasure."
"Um… okay. M-me too, uh I mean I would like to know you better as well," Snowdrop said. Luna ruffled the kid's hair earning a soft giggle.
"That um… was totally unexpected," Sunset said. Before turning to Fluttershy. "And this is Fluttershy from the human world," Sunset said. Fluttershy, for her part, tried to be brave like Sunset, but as the attention switched to her, her mane naturally began to hide her face, and Fluttershy did nothing to move it out of the way as she hid behind it shyly.
Princess Celestia saw the look Sunset gave her and released why she was here, and smiled, "Well, Fluttershy. I hope you found this world pleasurable thus far."
"It's been great so far besides the portal."
"That's wonderful," Princess Celestia said with a knowing smile at Sunset. They were then interrupted by the sound of someone clearing their throat annoyingly.
"Oh, right. That's Ari. Snowdrop's pet and eyes," Sunset said.
"A pleasure to meet you, your highness," Ari said, bowing a little.
"A Snow Phoenix? Haven't seen one in a long time," Princess Luna said.
"Yes, you are right. And a talking one at that," Princess Celestia said before looking back up at her counterpart before she froze. She kept her gaze with her counterpart for a moment having a silent conversation before breaking the gaze and looking at Sunset.
"Well, Sunset, there are a lot of things to discuss. But first, why don't you, Fluttershy, and Snowdrop join Twilight and relax a bit?"
"U-um… I uh… I guess…?" Sunset said.
"Twilight? Why don't you show her around Ponyville? I'm sure she'd like to see her homeworld again after so long," Princess Celestia said.
"O-of course Princess," Twilight said, sensing something is up, but both Luna and Princess Luna knew exactly what was going on and decided to give the Celestia's some space and left the room along with the others.
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Ooh! Great job on the chapter! Can't wait to see what you do next! It's okay if it takes a bit, we understand
Let the chew out begin.
Luna as an earth pony and Celestia as a pegasus? Interesting. I'm gonna guess that those are the tribes the Royal Sisters were before they ascended to alicornhood.
Hopefully things dont get too heated between the Celestias.
Thank you for the chapter🤗😍
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You are welcome.
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I'm not going to get into Celestia and Luna's past or before they become alicorns or even born because it is impossible to explain. And for the "friendly" conversation, well...
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Fair enough, everyone has their own headcanons.
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Well I don't have one because nothing I can think of can explain it. First off, a world where the sun orbits around the world couldn't exist. Even if we rule it off as magic, I don't see the reason why celestia and luna have to control the sun and the moon everyday because once something moves in the space, it keeps it's momentum same forever unless something interferes. So there's no reason for them to control it everyday. I just don't want to think about it because I have enough going on in my head thanks to the virus, school, and dark souls killing me over and over.
Is there somekind of lore book or something like hyrule historia or something that explains them? Because I think only Lauren Faust can explain them.
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It's a fictional world with talking equines and the like, applying logic is going to be near impossible (though I guess that doesn't stop some of us from trying).
All we really know is, for some reason, ponies control nearly everything from the flora and fauna, to the weather, to the movement of celestial bodies, the last of which was done by a team of unicorns before the Royal Sisters came around.
I know you don't want to get into it so I'll leave it at that.
As for the conversation between the Celestias...
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Eeyup
Very good chapter I quite enjoyed it. It's going to be interesting to see the conversation between the Celestia's because I have a feeling that principal Celestia is actually worried that Sunset is going to want to remain in Equestria. Also not to mention how the princess basically treated her possibly rather poorly at least in principles lest his eyes. I do agree it is rather hard to add logic that's why I try not to think too logical when it comes to MLP:FIM because you can easily destroy a lot about the show but that's okay because that's how some people think. I don't have much head Cannon except for when it comes to Sunset I believe that she was Celestia's daughter whether biologically or adopted that's why I always enjoy momlestia stories. I do love the fact that you made sunset in alicorn which again goes with her being potentially Celestia's daughter and technically a princess already although again you can apply that logic of even though you were born to royalty doesn't mean you get the royal title which would explain why Sunset ended up becoming an arrogant brat because she felt she was owed something like that. I look forward to your next chapter.
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I haven't mentioned anything about sunset's family, the biological family, but she is not related to celestia. I'll explain what happened between the princess and sunset in the next chapter. Also I'm not going into things with her biological family in the future either. Because I don't see the point. She may or may not be abandoned in a very little age she doesn't remember anything but, she don't need to know about them because she already has a family.
Also about thinking logically, I actually like if things can be explained in some way, even if they are not scientifically. Because that just makes the world more, how do I say it, like more accurate? That things in the world are not just put into it willy nilly. Everything has a reason for why they are there.
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Also, glad you enjoyed the chapter.
Next bit is Not going to be fun to watch
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The hell it won't.
Great chapter
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I thank you but I was honestly just mentioning how I think in my own head Canon if you wanted to go and do it what you as you said you don't that's fine but I was more mentioning what I believe.
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Thanks
Like how you didn't make the two sisters alicorns and instead a different pony, good thinking.
You said it sunset.
I think she's still shocked sunset is an alicorn
For the first time I didn’t forget they were dating.
Who are the three?
Ok, that is AWESOME.
Does the princess of friendship not know about space?
Maybe the useless tree should have helped.
I’ll be honest, that makes little sense to me.
What freshman?
Is she gonna poop on the tree?
Wouldn’t that be an extension of the element of kindness?
Why is she flinching?
Why?
Let the battle of the hypocrites begin. Who do y’all have money on?
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1. Yeah. I make it that way so 1. Tgey wouldn't be confused, 2. Counterparts are different, and 3. You need to be worthy of becoming an alicorn and human celestia and luna didn't done anything like that.
2.-
3.-
4. Twilight or Princess Celestia? They are both probably shocked of course.
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yey
1.
2. Her mom, aunt and Fluttershy
3. I wanted ari to be more, talkative. So I thought this Is a good way.
4. She's just excited.
5. It kind of did by giving sunset her special talent.
6. It's just a theory Twilight made (courtesy of moonrise) and it might be not what was actually happening. Also, only a scientist can understand a scientist so it's okay if you didn't understand it because she actually kind of rambling there.
7. I knew you'd ask me this. Well, I'm not blaming you. That part was a really small scene. It was in the prequel. Not very important but if you'd like, you can check that out again. It was in a chapter after celestia adopted sunset.
8.
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9. Yes it may seem like that. Fluttershy actually befriending sunset first shows that. But other elements are kind of like that too. Like you need to understand people to make them laugh, or be generous, or you need to know the consequences of being honest and lying. So I think the element of empathy is more like a link, it strengthens the other elements. You need the original five elements to use the element of magic. But with the new hidden element, it strengthen the harmony. Like, order. Without order, there is discord, and when there's discord there's no harmony. So if I were to give starlight a hidden element, I'll give her the element of order. They can still use the element of magic without empathy and order. It just makes it stronger.
This is actually like a headconon of mine for the elements so you don't have to actually worry about that.
10. She was kind of angry with her counterpart. She don't agree with that line of princess celestia. You'll see in the next chapter.
11. She is her girlfriend. Fluttershy wanted to see equestria and sunset needed support for meeting her old mentor. It was a win win. She can see equestria, and help sunset while doing so.
12. Sorry, I'm can't bet money on this.
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2. But, didn’t ari and snowdrop go in first?
5. Yeah, but where was it before that?
7. Ohh. I think I remember trixie being there, right?
8. What?
9. Wow, that’s a lot. So the element of empathy is like an enhancer?
10. I’m not seeing much of a problem.
12. That’s ok.
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2. Yeah. So after the rest of the people step through the portal, sunset got shot through the porat, with her mom, aunt and fluttershy.
5. Why would it need to help. Everything was going okay. It didn't come to a point where the tree has to step in.
7. Eeyup. That's the one.
8. I didn't understand your question actually.
9. Kind of.
10. You'll see.
12.-
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5. True, but it wouldn’t have hurt to have a little bit of help.
8. What didn’t you understand about it?
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5. They wouldn't learb anything then.
8. The question. What did you mean by... poop an the tree?
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5. That’s true.
8. You know how birds like to poop on statues?
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8. Well yeah but she wouldn't do such thing to the tree.
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8. Aww.
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My money's on Celestia
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Human celestia I presume. In that case,
Principal Celestia : Princess celestia
1 : 0
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Ok, that’s funny.
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I would imagine Principal is gonna lay it on Princess for being so careless about Sunset's needs, and Princess is either gonna retaliate either angrily, or pathetically about the responsibilities of a monarch and teacher, or she could feel guilty she's responsible for Sunset's departure and not handling the situation better (much like with Luna) and won't really defend herself.
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Princess celestia
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I kinda hope she does retaliate.
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Well there is at least one thing Principal Celestia doesn't have: the Royal Canterlot Voice
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Another thing she doesn’t have is the right to judge someone’s decisions.
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Especially with not knowing the full context on the decisions, which is the problem: she only has Sunset's side of the story, and I'm sure well get the Princess' side of the story in their... *ahem* discussion.
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Hopefully.
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It was joke. See they're both Celestia so no matter which way it goes...
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Well, not in my story. Counterparts are different.
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Nevermind
Great work! Looking forward to reading more.
Well I have a feeling things are about to get very complicated especially between Tia and the princess I think everyone can guess the words those two are going to have with each other ooh things are about to get messy
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Wow you are fast. Hope you enjoyed my stories.
and a sense of humor too
Where are Luna’s wings in the drawing?.
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she's an earth pony
wait previous chapter you said sunsets wing had red highlights