Before the Bearers of Harmony, before the Sisters, there were others.
Standing at the twilight of her life, Dame Firefly of Dream Valley feels glad to have lived to see the dawn of a new age, heralded by the birth of Celestia and Luna.
But there are old friends with whom she must reunite, and a long-ago place she must revisit, before she can finish finding peace in her heart.
A tale set in the greater universe of Spectrum, though knowledge of that work is not required to understand this short story.
If only Luna knew how she too was appreciated for so long...
Excellent start, Vox
Lots of intrigue woven in the classic tale of Hearthswarming here, and I look forward to seeing the rest up.
Earthponies need more love, of course.
Thanks, Sledge, 12075112. It isn't entirely how I'd planned it, but here's to the tenth anniversary milestone of my writing membership on Spectrum.

Nice picture of Firefly, click Source... 404
Shorten the url... Nothing to do with ponies. Maybe a mistake?
No, 12075143, unfortunately, the original picture can apparently no longer be found on DeviantArt, at least not under that name.

The picture can be found here on Derpibooru, if you really want a source, but I felt it'd only be correct to link this back to where the artist first posted it.
(Although given the changes to the artist's DeviantArt page, evidently they no longer associate with ponies.)