A Collection of Headcanons

How did Celestia and Luna come to be, when they seem to be the only ones of their kind? Who were their parents? How are they immortal? And why are there other Alicorns that are not immortal?

After the Founding of Equestria, the three Pony tribes lived peacefully and harmoniously. They had banished the Windegoes from their new land, and tensions were no longer high in this era of content. They worked together. Each morning the Unicorn tribe pooled their magic to lower the Moon and raise the Sun, and vice-versa in the evening. Each days the Pegasi tamed the skies and wrestled the clouds to provide rain and snow. Each day the Earth Ponies tended to their fields, to grow their crops.

In the North, a group of Earth ponies who had deserted the Old Land long before the rest of the tribes, were cultivating their new city, the Crystal Empire. The Crystal ponies were as happy and as content as possible, even if, because they had not helped light the Fire of Harmony, their hearts held a darker streak. They were still happy, and not usually hostile to other types of ponies.

But that is a tale for another time.

Equestian society was calm and peaceful and content. The three tribes worked long, hard, satisfying days in the fields and skies, and the Fire of Harmony burned fiercely and brightly in their hearts, banishing the Windigoes from their lands and souls.

And thus was the Age of Peace.

Until he arrived.

A spiteful spirit said to have been sprouted from the pits of Tartarus. Legend states that his cruel and cold nature brought him to be pitied on by a powerful Zebra priestess, who gave him a heart. Whether or not this old mare's tale was true, he was not a being of evil. He never used his power for death, and he killed none. He was a chaotic entity of greed and hunger for power.

And he took over the peaceful country. The land was young and naive, it's inhabitants even more so. Through tricks and manipulation and gained control of those who lived in the land and over it. He took the throne and he reigned supreme over Equestria, as Discord, Lord of Confusion. He made the clouds out of cotton candy, and made them rain chocolate milk. But life was miserable for Equestria.

And thus was the Age of Chaos.

But he made one fatal mistake. He allowed day and night to exist co harmoniously, and therefore allowed something to happen, something that spelled his downfall. He allowed the sun and moon to rise together. He allowed the sun and moon to converse, to talk, to communicate, for the first time in aeons.

Sister Moon and Brother Sun pitied the creatures who suffered so terribly. For the first recorded time, their lights shone together as one. They concentrated said light, focusing on a single point in the Everfree Forest. Because their light shone together, and it was not an eclipse (which occurred when either Brother or Sister grew jealous and tried to shine out of turn) the light was the Light of Harmony. The Light was concentrated on a young tree sapling, barely more than an apple in height. The Light fed this tree, and it grew to become the Tree of Harmony. Six jewels would grow on this tree, six forces for good and order. Brother and Sister knew, however, that this would not be enough. These jewels, these Virtues, required those of a strong and hopeful heart to weild them. In this time of misery, such hope did not exist among the mere mortals.

They were weak from casting the Light upon the ground, and were more like physical, soulless objects than the Gods they truly were. They had nowhere near the energy to defeat Discord, despite having the hearts to do so. So instead, Brother and Sister had each a child. The same hearts, but stronger.

"Let them fly, so that they may talk to us in hours of direst need." Said Sister Moon, giving them magnificent wings of dawn pink and midnight blue, like the Pegasus ponies that had once tamed the sky

"Let them have powerful magic, so that they may move us how we were meant to be moved, without assistance." Said Brother Sun, giving them horns like those of the Unicorns who had kept them in place for all the centuries, and a near unparallelled magical power.

"Let them be kind and strong, so that they may walk among those whom they shall rule over, as much as they shall fly above them." Said Sister Moon, giving them hooves like those of the Earth ponies whom they wished to save.

"Let them be ever-young so that they may, like us, be constant forces for good and order." Said Brother Sun, making them beautiful and strong.

"I will take the younger." Said Sister Moon, "I will teach her how to guard the night, and the dreams of those who sleep in it." She took the younger child, "Her name is Luna."

"Then I will take the eldest." Said Brother Sun, "I will teach her to rule fairly and wisely, to tread the path of the Light of Harmony." He took the elder child, "Her name is Celestia."

Many years passed, Brother and Sister training each child to be a warrior for good and order.

"There will come times when your magic and hearts are not enough." The children were told, "in those times, you will find new warriors upon whom you can bestow the same gifts we have given you. But unlike you, these warriors will not be ever-young. This gift is only for you, our children, not for others, no matter how worthy." Brother and Sister meant the half-alicorns. The Warriors of Order who would live natural lives. In modern Equestria, there are currently two. Mi Amore Cadenza, who represents a Love so pure and gentle that she was bestowed upon her the magic that made her a True Warrior. And Twilight Sparkle, who represents such a true understanding of Friendship that she was given the wings that allow her to soar across the land she calls home, and protect it.

Then one day, their training finished. The time came. The Celestial Daughters were ready to face Discord, ready to halt the Age of Chaos. Brother Sun's light guided them to the Tree of Harmony, where six jewels waited. These six jewels marked the virtues that each Warrior of Order must hold dear. These were the Virtues of Order, but were more commonly known as the Elements of Harmony. Five were actual virtues; the sixth was the means by which the Virtues' power was wielded.

The Celestial Daughters readied themselves, preparing for the Battle of Harmony.

The battle was strange but nonetheless fierce. Eventually the Sisters managed to defeat the so-called Lord of Confusion and casting him into a stone likeness.

And thus was the Age of Harmony.

But as with all things, evil rose once more. For Order does not mean no evil, it means balance between good and evil. The Celestial Daughters were a means for restoring this balance, but now the scale was tipped too far once more, only the other way.

And so, fate caused a mysterious vapour to capture the heart of the Moon Daughter.

The vapour made the Moon Daughter angry and jealous, so much do that she refused to stand in what she thought was a shadow.

Then one day, the vapour took fill hold of the Moon Daughter, and she was transformed into a semi-sentient creature, who, today, is known as Nightmare Moon.

And thus was the Lunar Rebellion.

Terrified for her sister, the Sun Daughter sought consort with her Father. Brother Sun told her that her own magic was not strong enough to separate her sister from the vapour's dark heart. And so, Sister Moon, Brother Sun and the Sun Daughter formed a plan.

Using the Virtues of Order, the Sun Daughter banished creature from Equestria, sending it to Sister Moon. Sister Moon then spent the next one thousand years slowly prying her daughter from the vapour, peeling off and healing the stains that the dark magic had left on her daughter's soul.

And thus was the Time of Celestia.

Despite her power, Sister Moon could not separate the vapour from her daughter physically. That was a task that only the Light of Harmony could complete, and the only object that wielded the Light were the Virtues.

Warning the Sun Daughter, Sister Moon returned the creature to the Earth. The creature rose up, mad from its imprisonment and the Moon Daughter's attempts to pull herself free. Horrified by what it had become, the creature retreated to the castle where the Celestial Daughters had been raised and trained by Brother and Sister.

Prior to this warning, the Sun Daughter had been training a student to wield the Virtues. The student was not aware of this, but that was nonetheless her destiny. The Sun Daughter had been visited in her dreams by her Father, and been told that this purple Unicorn was destined to be a Warrior of Order, along with five others, who would show themselves in a time of direst need. The six of them were destined to be the new Wielders of the Virtues, to restore Order to Equestria. The wheel had once again turned full circle. As was the natural order, the time for chaos was over, the time for Order was begun.

The Wielders were carefully coaxed by the Sun Daughter into following the creature that had once been the Moon Daughter to the Everfree. During this journey the five other Warriors proved themselves worthy, as well as assigning themselves to one of the Virtues.

Eventually, they battled the creature, and won. The vapour was destroyed, and the Moon Daughter finally broke free. Alas, she was powerless and weak, looking as she did when first created, rather than when she was bestowed upon the Earth to battle Discord. The Sun Daughter arrived and comforted her sister. And the two consorted with their respective Mother and Father together for the first time in one thousand years. The Moon Daughter's power was restored, and she returned to her post of guarding the dreams of her subjects.

And thus began the Celestial Restoration.