The Two Princesses
Winter was never a very celebrated time in the kingdom of canterlot as puffy white snow covered the ground and all the ponies stayed inside their own warm homes. Fillies would play during the day, if it wasn't to cold, being on a city on the side of a mountain means that wind-chill can play a factor in the temperature and Moods of the ponies living there. Canterlot was a famous living place for more wealthy ponies and was the center of trade and commerce in all of equestria. The unicorns could keep canterlot in a constant state of warm, with the Pegasus's help of course. Not one pony in all of equestria could control weather. except one. One pony in all of equestria and she shared the throne with her sister. Rarity, The princess of Canterlot. She Had the ability to control ice. While most other unicorns could only muster the power to levitate objects and maybe if lucky teleport short distances. Rarity was different. She could control the wind and snow, from her horn she could send beautiful spirals of snow and ice and lower the temperature just by thinking about it. The unicorn had been born into royalty having both a father and mother being both unicorns and very talented. Her family was shocked and her parents forced her to hide away her power. Hide it from the whole world. Even her sister.
"Rarity! Come down for breakfast!" The white unicorn moaned in bed as she used her magic to lift the cover, also freezing it around the edges. She quickly dropped the blanket, She never understood why. Why she had been given this power or where it came from, or even how to control it. The power of hers made even using magic a danger to herself and everypony around her. As she rolled slowly out of the bed She heard a knock on the door, and a friendly voice calling to her, her sister, Sweetiebelle.
"Rarity! Rarity! It snowed last night!" Rarity smiled lightly as she stepped out of bed her hooves tapping on the cold wood floors
"Sweetiebelle, it's the middle of winter, Snow isn't uncommon" she giggled as she tapped her horn to make sure it wasn't emitting any magic. Rarity heard sweeties hooves hit the ground as she hopped up and down
"Do you want to build a snowman? Or maybe make a fort? maybe we can run down, to our parents favorite place?" she lightly sang outside Rarity's door. Sweetiebelle's cutie mark was a music note as her talent was singing. Rarity's were diamonds. She has an eye for fashion and art of any kind. And her magic could not only make ice and snow, but crystals as well.
"Sweetiebelle you know that the parents don't like me doing outside with you." Rarity responded. She heard the sadness in her own voice as she said it. Her own family was ashamed of her. Her horn started to glow as she felt her sadness grow and the floor started to freeze under her hooves. Rarity began to panic, Her sister was right outside. She had to breathe, calm down. If she lost control her parents might isolate her from Sweetie completely. She calmed herself down and the ice receded.
"rarity?" sweetie responded. not hearing an answer in a while.
"I'm just getting slippers on Sweetiebelle." she replied as she slipped some on and stepped out the door seeing her sister happily hopping around with her curly pink and purple mane. Her skin Much like hers was snow white but her eyes were Grass green while rarity's were ice blue. Sweetiebelle came and hugged her sisters leg, and Playfully batted at her dark purple mane. "come on now Sweetiebelle lets go eat breakfast Then we can ask the parents if I can play with you"
"But why do we have to ask? Your my sister, and we have to ask to go out and play together?" The sadness in her voice was clear as her eyes began to water up.
"They just don't want me hurting you" There was a sense of truth to this as her parents were scared that she would lose control and hurt Sweetiebelle
"But your my sister! You wouldn't hurt me! Would you?" She asked her ears flopping down to her eyes Rarity hesitated in her answering because truthfully she didn't know. her power was uncontrollable, and dangerous. But Rarity answered with certainty as she would never hurt her dear sister with her own consent.
"Never" she said in a one word response and Sweetiebelle cheered up and joyfully hoped down the stairs. Rarity fallowed behind her sister smiling, as she came down into the breakfast nook. Her parents looking as royal as ever in their fancy gowns and crowns. Sweetie Bounced around to her seat and sat smiling like usual. She greeted her parents in their royal outfits that rarity herself actually designed. The table was set rather extravagantly for just a Saturday morning meal and even the servers were there and elegant piano music played in the background. Rarity began to grow nervous of the discussion that was about to be set in place. She sat down carefully assessing the situation. She asked happily even though her insides were burning with nervousness "What's all the extravagance for?" she asked still a smile on her face. Sweetiebelle had a large smile on her face which gave rarity the idea that Sweetie knew what this was for. Her mother Spirit Dreamer sipped on tea as her father Blake sheildrunner her father's mane was short with an amber color much like his eyes and her mother had dark blue hair and light blue eyes that sparkled.
Rarity's Father cleared his throat before he spoke "Rarity, me and your mother have been discussing something, something very important. We know that you enjoy your isolation" Rarity started to grow angry at this considering it was them that kept her a secret from the world and her own sister. but she calmed herself. and her father continued to speak "Rarity," he paused and sighed heavily "In a month's time, you will be of age." Rarity played the confusion card but she knew where this was going she spoke, nervousness making her words shaky
"Of age for what?' She asked a question she had already known the answer to. her father spoke in a loud and booming voice
"In a month's time rarity you will be of age, to be the queen of canterlot." Never had rarity wished she had been wrong as much as she did at this moment her throat got sore and her words would not release from her exasperated throat, and only came out as squeaks of fear. It took a whole minute for her to respond, tears beginning to run down her cheek.
"But I can't be queen, you know that, I can't handle the responsibility, And with my, my magic, I can't do it" her voice sounded shaky as her eyes begin to swell from tears. Her parents understood rarity's issue with being queen but Sweetiebelle could not understand why rarity had such anguish over the topic.
"we know, but we believe you are ready that you have the ability to control the power and use it for a good cause for canterlot, and we know that you will do well." her father spoke and she felt her tears break loose and she ran away from the table her tears beginning to crystallize from her magic spurring from her emotions. Sweetiebelle yelled from the table "Rarity!" where are you going. Rarity was able to make it to her room before her magic exploded from her horn causing her whole room to become encased into ice as her tears continued flowing crystallizing before they hit the ground causing them to make clacking sounds on the ice floor. She stared into the ice covered room, she spoke softly to the walls "what am I going to do"
Author's Note
This is my first chapter of my first fanfiction so be nice and please give some helpful commentary.
