Celestial Eclipse

Chapter 10 - Welcome To Ponyville

Twilight led Solar through Ponyville towards the Golden Oaks Library. She felt bad about leaving him alone in the mountains outside of Ponyville, so she chose to offer him a home, to which he gratefully accepted.

Luna had gone back to Canterlot to do some investigating into the time frame while Solar Eclipse claimed he was in prison and tortured, so that she could prove his story when the time came.

As for Twilight, she was still unsure deep down, but she knew that she had to bring Solar out of hiding, and make his presence known to Equestria. She also knew that she would need to inform Princess Cadence of this matter, along with her friends.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Solar clearing his throat next to her. He was passing her a sideways glance, but soon averted his gaze to take in the surrounding library.

"Welcome to the Golden Oaks Library, Solar. Make yourself at home. I'll have to find some place for you to sleep, but-" Twilight was cut off by the familiar sound of a rainbow maned pegasus crashing onto the upstairs balcony. "Hold on just a moment." Twilight said while heading off for the stairs. She turned around quickly, "and feel free to look around."

Twilight headed for the stairs, and hurried up, knowing that, although highly unlikely, Rainbow Dash could be hurt. This was quickly answered as she reached the door to the upper level of the library, and was slammed in the face by the thick wooden door.

Twilight wrapped her forelegs around her face, after falling on her haunches. Rainbow Dash shot out of the door way, and tripped over Twilight as she ran down the stairs.

Rainbow Dash collapsed at the bottom of the stairway, in a congealed mass of cyan fur and feathers. Twilight was finally able to stand up. "Rainbow Dash! Why did you crash onto my balcony, and then proceed to hit me in the face with a door?"

Rainbow Dash moaned, and untangled herself. Standing up, she turned to face Twilight, who now had a black eye. "I'm sorry, Twilight, I really am, but I saw some weird pony I've never seen before follow you in here, and I thought you might be in trouble." Rainbow dash looked around.

She quickly found a rather timid looking pony standing in the middle of the room, staring at her in confusion. Rainbow Dash gasped when she realized that the pony didn't just have wings, but a horn as well. "Twilight, do...do you know this pony?"

"Yes, this is Solar Eclipse, and I invited him to live here. He is the original ruler of Equestria, but was booted out, and robbed of his life by Celestia...you know what? He can tell you himself." Twilight said walking down the stairway to join Rainbow Dash.

Solar spoke up, "That I can do, and I take it you are Rainbow Dash?"

Rainbow Dash smiled. "The one and only. I'm one of Twilight's best friends, and the holder of the Element of Loyalty, AND best flyer in Equestria."

"Okay then," Solar chuckled, "any friend of Twilight's is a friend of mine. I do suppose I should tell you about myself."

Twlilight and Rainbow Dash both moved to a more comfortable place , before lying down on the furniture, followed by Solar. He told Rainbow his entire backstory, including the parts about Celestia, and his exile. Rainbow dash was doubtful at first as well, but was soon convinced once her questions were answered, along with being told that Luna believed him as well.

"So...what are we gonna do then?" Rainbow Dash asked looking rather distraught.

"Well," Twilight spoke up, "Luna is going to look into the time when Solar was in the dungeon, to see if she can find evidence to present to the nobles of Canterlot. I want to help Solar become reacquainted with society, but we still have to tell Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, along with the rest of our friends."

"But, what are we gonna do about Princess Celestia?" Rainbow Dash continued.

"Solar, Luna, and I all agree that Celestia needs to pay the consequences for what she did, but the punishment for torturing another pony, at least for royalty, is a royal execution."

"I-I don't know what to say. I mean, she does have to be punished for what she did, but...but is an execution really necessary?"

"Rainbow Dash," Twilight answered, "don't forget that Celestia was the pony that MADE the execution consequence. The most important circumstances that call for an execution are murder, torture, and treason."

"Well, wasn't Solar considered a traitor?"

"Yes he was, but, that was before these laws were put into affect."

"So, how are we going to tell our friends about this, tell Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, and get them to believe us, and after all that, form a plan to throw some justice at Princess Celestia."

It was Solar's turn to speak. "We have no idea Rainbow, but we will think of something with time, and because nopony knows who I am in Ponyville, I would first like to meet a few ponies, especially these 'friends' you two keep mentioning."

"As great as that sounds Solar, I think it would be best to lie low for a few days, so that the incident with the Cake Twins has some time to blow over." Twilight said, standing up and stretching her legs.

"Oh, come on, Twilight. It's not like anypony will recognize him, other than Pinkie Pie." Rainbow Dash responded.

"I just-" Twilight began.

"Oh please, I'm sure it will be fine Twilight, what is the worst possible thing that could happen?" Solar said, standing, and heading for the door that led out of the library. He was only able to open the door, when a pink object flew through the doorway, and tackled Solar to the ground.

"Oh I just KNEW you'd be here. I invited all of my friends here to see you too! I also planned a surprise welcome-to-Ponyville-surprise-party, but I guess it's not a surprise if I told you, but you don't know when it is, so its still a surprise. Anyways I wanted to thank you again, and again, and again for saving the cake twins for me!" Pinkie Pie finished, taking in a large breath.

"Um...that's...great?" Solar responded, not to sure what the right thing to say was, being blasted with so much information at once.

Solar heard a rustic sounding voice chime up from behind Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie ah don't think that the poor colt wants ta be tackled like that."

"Sure he does Applejack. Everyone likes being tackled every know and again." Pinkie Pie said, stepping off of Solar Eclipse.

Once Pinkie Pie had moved, Solar could see three new mares standing in front of him behind the door way. He quickly flipped himself over, and stood, to see a unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony standing before him.

The unicorn, had pristine white fur, and a shining purple mane. She also had radiant azure eyes, and a three diamond cutie mark.

The earth pony had a bright orange coat, a long blonde mane, and dazzling emerald eyes. She had three apples as her cutie mark, and wore a Stetson on her head.

The pegasus pony, had soft looking yellowish-cream fur, and a bright pink mane. Not much could be said of her face or eyes, because she insisted on covering her face with her mane. He could see that her cutie mark was a trio of butterflies.

"Hi girls, I take it that Pinkie invited you here then?" Twilight asked the three mares.

"You could say invited...was a rather soft word to say. It was more along the lines of, drug here against our will." The white unicorn responded.

The orange earth pony walked through the doorway, and stood beside Twilight. "Oh stop yer belly achin' Rarity. Pinkie Pie just wanted us to meet her new friend."

"Yes, well...not all of us have time to be 'meeting new friends.'" The white unicorn, supposedly Rarity, responded, entering the Library as well.

Solar looked back through the doorway, and saw that the yellow pegasus hadn't said anything, or moved the entire time. "Um...hello out there? Would...would you like to come inside?"

The pegasus jumped after realizing that she had been mentioned, and ran around the wall from the doorway, so that she wasn't visible.

"Oh for the love of...Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash yelled, flying out and around the same corner the pegasus made had hidden.

Twilight and 'Rarity' moved up beside Solar. Twilight spoke up. "Well, that's Fluttershy for you."

"Indeed." 'Rarity' added.