Rise of Equestria: Children of the Heros

7 months have passed since the death of Tirek as well as Eternal Flames' and Sunset Shimmer's wedding. For the past eight months, one by one, their friends had gotten married and have had no recent attacks from any enemies. Sunset Shimmer was one month away from delivering her child and couldn't feel any happier and worried at the same time. Of course, her mood swings began taking their toll on her since she was 10 months pregnant. She'd wind up being either in a nagging mood one moment, then either bawling her eyes out or filled with joy the next. It was a struggle to throughout the entire 10 months, but if the challenge didn't get Eternal Flames down, it certainly wasn't going to get him down now.

Today started out like any other regular afternoon with the lovely couple going to the Ponyville market. Eternal wanted be beside Sunset to make sure that in case Sunset Shimmer felt like the baby was trying to get out early, he'd take her to the hospital. Thankfully, all that happened was a simple kick. It hurt Sunset, but only for a second. They continued to fill up their shopping list with all kinds of fruit and vegetables, as well as some hay and a few tasty beverages. They even purchased more breakfast ingrediants. After finishing their shopping, they headed home so Sunset can get some well deserved rest and Eternal would help out with the food preparations.

Eternal and Sunset made it back home without anymore complications. Eternal opened the door and let Sunset go in first, she gave her husband a warm smile and thanked him. He followed her inside and closed the door behind him.

"Alright, honey, go ahead and get some rest on the couch, I'll get to cooking up dinner. Don't worry, I'll make sure I don't burn up the kid with any spicy foods." Eternal said, reassuringly.

"Okay then, hot shot. Thanks for your help." Sunset says. Eternal chuckled from what she just said.

"Come on, do you have to call me "Hot Shot?"

"Why not? It's fun. Unless you want me to call you "sweetie-pie."

"Uh...Hot Shot it is."

"That's what I thought."

Eternal shook his head left and right with a smile and headed into the kitchen to get started on cooking. While he was cooking up dinner, they'd start to converse with each other. Eternal was careful on the stove while he and his wife were talking.

"So, honey, what's on the menu tonight? And don't say it's some of your spicy foods!" Sunset says with a bit of attitude.

'Oh boy, here comes the mood swings.' Eternal thought to himself. "Hun, relax. Like I said before, I'll cook up something not spicy so our child won't burn up. You can rest assured I'll make something that both of us can enjoy." He said out loud.

"Good, and don't talk back to me like that! I don't got time to deal with your snarky retorts!"

"Honey, calm down, you're having another one of your mood swings again. Take deep breaths."

"I don't give a damn if I'm mad or not, just shut up and keep cooking!"

"What do you think I've been doing?" Eternal covered his mouth quickly after realizing what he just said. "Oops." Sure enough, he heard sniffling behind him and saw that Sunset was crying. 'I know she has mood swings, but I can't stand to see her cry. It brakes this stallion's heart to see that.' He thought to himself. He turned the stove off and went to comfort Sunset. He sat next to her and gently rocked her left and right on the couch. He had his left hoof stroking her silky mane and hi right hoof gently rubbing her belly. "Now now, Sunset, I'm sorry for what I said earlier. You know I love you."

"Why...why are you not mad at me? How come you're not annoyed?!" She asked with tears in her eyes.

"Because, like I said when we first mated. No matter the challenge, no matter how difficult it'll be, I'll never back down as a husband and I'll never back down as a father. To tell you the truth, this challenge is more difficult than any battle I've been in, but all of our hard work will be worth the day we finally have our baby. I could never feel annoyed or mad at you. Your mood swings may happen oftern, but it's perfectly normal for a mare. I love you, Sunset and I always will."

Hearing this made Sunset Shimmer cry even more, but this time, with tears of joy. She wrapped her hooves around Eternal Flames and kissed him right on the lips.

"I love you, too, Eternal."

Just then, Eternal's fire powers kicked in and surrounded him, while Sunset's magic surrounded her and lifted them both off the ground, making them worried of what's happenind.

"ETERNAL, WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" Sunset asks loudly.

"I DON'T KNOW, BUT STAY CLOSE TO ME!" Eternal said, reaching out to Sunset. She did the same. They struggled to try to reach for each other before who-knows-what might happen to them. At the last second before they disappeared, they grabbed hold of their hooves and held on tightly like they were holding on for dear life.

They reappeared in some kind of spacial dimension with stars sparkling in the distance and mirrors showing them both what happened throughout their past events.

"What is this place?" Eternal asks.

"I don't know." Sunset replies.

"Why don't you let us answer that." said a familiar female voice. Both Sunset and Eternal turned in the direction of where the voice came from and saw that it was Princess Celestia and following alongside her was her husband, Royal Blaze. Or more commonly known to Eternal Flames as his parents.

"Mother? Father?" Eternal asked, surprised.

"Mom? Daddy?" Sunset asked, surprised as well.

"Congradulations, you two. You've overcome countless obstacles in your lives. Eternal, you've shown that even when the odds were stacked against you in the line of battle, you showed determination, courage, and heart. Even more so when you accepted the path of parenthood despite how difficult it felt to you." Celestia says, warmly.

"Thank you, mother." Eternal replies with a bow.

"And you, Sunset, had a warm and forgiving heart and soul enough to make countless friends in your life and even found yourself a stallion who loves you enough to always be there for you. Even though he's tough on himself and sometimes you, you still forgave him because you knew that deep down, he cares about you. Just like how you forgave everypony in your life for their mistakes. Because of this, it's now time for the both of you to recieve your rewards." Royal Blaze said.

"Reward?" Sunset and Eternal asked.

Without another word, both Celestia and Royal Blaze used their magic on Eternal and Sunset. The young married couple felt strange magic powers surging through their bodies and in a flash of blinding white light, they disappeared from the spacial dimension and reappeared on the outside of their house. They looked around to see what happened but then saw that they both became alicorns. All they could do was look at each other in shock and awe.

"Is this what they meant by "reward?" Sunset asked.

"I believe so." Eternal replied, seeing his new horn and wings.

"You look more like a prince just like I look like a princess." Sunset says.

"Actually, you both are going to be lucky when you find out what we have in store for you both. But for now, why don't you both enjoy your time alone here, we've got invitations to send." Celestia says, before she and her husband teleport back to Canterlot.

"What do you think she meant by that?" Sunset asked.

"All I know is that our coronation is coming soon but right now..." Eternal said, before hearing his stomach growl. "...I gotta continue with making us our dinner. I can't have my stomach eating me up before our coronation."

"Yeah, me too."

A week later, everypony from Canterlot and Ponyville had gathered around inside Princess Celestia's castle where she, her sister, Luna along with Luna's husband, Dark Void, and Celestia's husband, Royal Blaze, along with the Mane 6 and Spike was facing the crowd with warm smiles upon their faces.

"First of all, I'd like to thank everypony for being able to make it here to celebrate the coronation of my son and daugher-in-law, Eternal Flames and Sunset Shimmer. Throughout the past year since they arrived here, they've brought lots of happiness and joy to everypony whom they cared for and united us all as one. They both showed courage, determination, and dedication in the face danger. But more importantly, they showed a lot of heart when faced with the toughest challenge they will face in the future known as parenthood. Now, let us all introduce "Queen Sunset Shimmer" and "King Eternal Flames." Celestia says. Everypony, except Royal Blaze and Dark Void had a shocked look on their faces when they heard "King" and "Queen."

The doors behind the crowd of ponies opened and revealed Eternal Flames and Sunset Shimmer being escorted to the throne of the castle where Celestia and the others were waiting. Everypony was looking at the young couple with shock and awe seeing that they both had finally become alicorns, but they wondered how. Eternal and Sunset finally arrived on the throne to meet with the others and faced Princess Celestia and Royal Blaze.

"Eternal Flames, Sunset Shimmer, as of today, for all of your courage, sacrifices and heart, we hearby declare you both, now and forever as King and Queen of the Guardians!" Princess Celestia exclaims. Eternal and Sunset got shocked expressions on their faces, while the crowd, along with their family and friends cheered for their new king and queen. They both faced the crowd and bowed to them with their wings unfolded with joy. Celestia then walked up to them and signaled them to make a speech. Eternal nodded and took a step forward and spoke with his head held high.

"To everypony here and all of Equestria, as your new king, I pledge from this day forth to protect our kingdom with wisdom and valor, and as long as I am here, along with my wife, and my family and friends, you shall have continue to have safe haven in the kingdom of Equestria, for I will not bring shame to the title of King of the Guardians!"

"And I shall never bring shame to the title of Queen of the Guardians. We thank you all so much for welcoming us into your lives as we welcomed you in ours. May you all continue to live your peaceful lives as not just our citizens, but as our family." Sunset says, also with her head held high and proud.

The crowd cheered for them both even more, while Heat Wave and Blue Blaze, Eternal's brothers, gave him a big hug and congradulated him on becoming king. The girls, along with Blue Blaze's wife, Crimson Ruby, hugged Sunset Shimmer and congradulated her for finally becoming a brand new queen.