Incase You Didn't Know

"Princess Twilight Sparkle," Princess Celestia called her student from across the room, "What are you doing in the library so late at night? It looks like you've made yourself a fort again."

Princess Twilight, a year after her coronation, was slightly taller then her friends, slimmer and a lot more graceful. Her wings were no longer bigger then her body could handle. Her eyes shined with knowledge that her successor was proud to call Twilight her pupil. Twilight looked around her and was surprised Celestia pointed out something she herself haven't noticed. She blushed and stood up, carefully not knocking over any stacks of books.

"I'm sorry, Princess." Twilight tried to hide her eyes under her bangs. "I kind of got sucked into them again. I didn't realize how late it was! Where's Spike?"

Celestia chuckled and with her magic, dug out a sleeping, green and purple dragon from under a loose pile of books. He was a little longer himself, his claws a bit sharper and his spikes more pronounced. But he still loved the gems everyone gave him and followed Twilight around like a little brother. It was true Princesses matured faster then dragons, But Spike was no normal dragon to befriend and live with ponies for so long as he has.

Twilight smiled at Spike and Celestia put him on her back softly. "Sorry if I missed out on a class. I started to read something and I forgot everything else."

"No worries Twilight," The sun princess smiled softly, but she looked tired, "5 minutes into the class we were supposed to do I had something urgent to attend to."

The purple pony realized a few weeks into her Princess training that 'urgent' was a given word for anything that had to be done at the last minute. Not always important and Celestia thought it was best to leave out some details. Twilight stopped asking about them. One time Princess Celestia had to pick u pa purple Pegasus because she was a trouble-maker; didn't always come to the castle when she had to and the train scared her after an incident a few months ago. She couldn't fly long distances either, so Celestia thought it best that she took the pony to make sure she didn't brake mentally. Twilight still couldn't understand why the princess did it, but she hasn't asked either.

"You've grown so much over the few years, my pupil." Celestia sighed, "Let me tell you a story as we go to your room. It's about the lavender Pegasus."

Surprised that the older Princess read her mind, she almost tripped over a stack of books. Luckily the forgiving Alicorn caught her and balanced her while putting the books back into their home. The white pony waited for Twilight in the entrance, watching the young princess yawn and walk to her, careful of her little dragon her back.

"What about the lavender Pegasus?" Twilight whispered even though there was no pony around.

Celestia smiled her patient smile and opened the door and let the purple pony through before her. She followed and closed the door behind her. They walked a little bit before she started the story: "A few years before you were born I found a little foul at the entrance of my castle. No note, nothing but a swaddle and a sleeping Pegasus in the rain. As you know, it's rare for Pegasuses to live in Cantorlot, seeing how it's mostly magic based. I had to give her to a family that wasn't too full or wanted a child... The Shines were a perfect choice."

The white, sun goddess sighed and looked outside of a stained window that Twilight never saw. It had tragedy all over it.

"I didn't know the hardships would start with that night." Celestia sighed, "Ame Shine is her name. One day out of the blue the carriage her family was in disrepair and no pony knew it. After they came and visited like they promised they would in return for the foul everything tipped out of the poor foul's favor. Not only did she lose her father, but she also lost her legs and hooves in the process. Her mother went into an insane despair after that, trying hard to keep a smile but couldn't. One day, after a visit with the doctors here at the castle she found her mother on the floor, dead from heart ache and sorrow. Rainbow Dash reminds me of her in a Pegasus way; She has the rainbow that Rainbow Shine had in her mane and tail, but it dulled over time. She aged quickly."

Celestia looked away from the window if somepony had slapped her. The memory of that day, a foul losing her mother right in front of her. She lowered her head to the ground, something the young princess never saw. "I didn't help," Celestia admitted, "I kept her in the castle grounds. She never liked it, Ame Shine slept outside a lot to keep out of the way of us and the politics of the land. I wanted to teach her but she refused. Ame Shine helped Luna get out of her room after you saved her. I enchanted her so she never aged, but because of the lack of happiness she had, her hide grew white. I was happy when she chose to leave the castle to go to Ponyville. She met you and your friends."

Twilight watched the princess to see if she would speak anymore. Ame Shine lived the hardest among the ponies she knew, smiled a lot and helped for almost nothing in return.

"But why does she come here every few years?" She asked.

"Remember when I told you she had her legs hurt in the accident?" Twilight nodded. "She couldn't walk and I wanted to do something. She has bionic legs that can help her land on clouds and walk. Ame is accepting it better."

It would explain so much, why she couldn't move when Twilight found her when herself was just a unicorn. That and why there were hoof prints throughout Ponyville.

Celestia yawned breaking her thought process, reminding that Twilight was also tired herself. They both walked silently to Twilight's room and nodded, quietly thanking her for the insight. Twilight closed the door quietly so she didn't wake Spike and softly put him in his bed. She turned out the reminding lights and slid into her soft bed, thinking of the pony who went through all of that and still hasn't lost hope. An ear rose when she thought she heard something scurry across the floor. She dismissed it and went into deep oblivion.