Royal Romance

Twilight was standing on the balcony smiling and waving at the adoring crowd in Canterlot. She smiled and said, "Today I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria. Thank you friends, thank you all."

When Twilight headed back into the castle she bumped into Shining Armor and Cadence. Shining Armor had a huge smile on his face along with tears streaming down his face. Twilight smiled and asked "Shining Armor, are you crying?"

Her brother replied "No, of course not. It's liquid pride! Totally different thing!"

After she hugged her brother she was greeted by her friends. Applejack said, "Way to go princess!" Pinkie added, "Best coronation day ever!" They engaged in a group hug and Fluttershy added, "We all love you Twilight."

Twilight replied, "I love you too girls."

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After spending more time with Spike and her friends, everypony was getting ready to head home. Celestia stopped them and said, "Ladies, Spike, I know you're all excited to get home and throw your own party for Twilight but she needs to stay here for a couple of days."

Spike asked, "Why?"

Celestia replied, "She just does." Spike was getting ready to say something when Celestia continued, "I'm sorry Spike, but she has to stay up here with my sister and I alone. We have a lot of important issues to discuss and we all have to be as focused as possible."

Spike looked sad and replied, "Oh ok. I understand."

Rarity could see the dragon was sad. She said, "Tell you what Spike, how about you and I go out and look for gems?"

Spike's eyes lit up and he replied, "Really? I'd love that!"

Celestia motioned for Spike and Twilight's friends to head to the train station and go home. Celestia motioned for Twilight to follow her to the throne room so they could begin to discuss some important issues. Once they got to the throne room Twilight nervously asked, "Princess Celestia, what will my role in Equestria be as a princess?"

Celestia had never really thought about this and given that Luna and Cadence did not have much of anything to do with her development, it was pretty much up to Celestia what her role would be. Celestia replied, "Well right now I'm not sure. I am sure that through further studying you will discover what your true destiny will be."

Luna slammed her hoof on the floor. She shouted, "Big sister, thou crowns her as a princess yet no role is provided for her?"

Cadence, who is much closer to Twilight than Luna is added, "Princess Luna, I am sure she will grow into some sort of role."

Celestia glared at her younger sister and growled, "Look, I would not have transformed her into an Alicorn if I did not have plans for her. Don't question me, ok?"

Luna rolled her eyes and stormed out of the room. Celestia walked up to Twilight, put her wing around her and said, "Don't worry about her Twilight. No matter what happens, I will be here for you."

Cadence added, "As will I."

Twilight smiled knowing that two of the other princesses had her back but when Celestia put her wing around her, a warmth she had never really felt before rose up within her. She put her wing around Celestia and replied, "Thank you princess. I really appreciate that."

Celestia said, "Twilight, you are a princess now. You don't have to call me princess anymore, you can just call me Celestia."

Twilight replied, "Sorry your Majesty." Celestia gave Twilight a disapproving look and Twilight continued, "Sorry."

Celestia knew that it would take time for Twilight to feel comfortable simply calling her by her name. She smiled and continued, "It's ok Twilight. Now let's go have some supper, I'm sure we're all hungry."

The three headed to the dining hall and were greeted by a somewhat irritated Luna. While she knew that Twilight was now an Alicorn princess and there was nothing she could do about it, it still irritated Luna that her older sister would make Twilight an Alicorn yet have no real plan for what she would do. Normally during meals Celestia sits at the head of the table but during this meal she would sit close to the new princess while Luna sat at the head. Luna glared at Twilight and asked, "So Twilight, when does thou plan on going back to Ponyville to be with thy friends?"

Before Twilight could respond Celestia interrupted, "Little sister, I want her to stay here for a couple of days so I can help her know more about what being a princess entails."

Twilight smiled and replied, "Thank you princess."

Luna's glare deepened as she asked, "Oh, and where is she going to be staying?"

Celestia replied, "Little sister, she will be staying in her old room."

The rest of the meal went by normally despite Luna's foul attitude. After they finished eating Twilight followed Celestia into the throne room while Luna and Cadence headed out onto the balcony. Cadence asked, "Luna, why are you so upset about Twilight being a princess?"

Luna snapped, "We are not upset about Twilight becoming a princess. We are upset that Celestia simply makes her a princess but has no role for her."

Cadence sighed, "Well I'm sure Celestia will have a role for her soon enough."

Luna grunted and took off to do a patrol of the Everfree Forest. While she headed out Celestia began to discuss with Twilight numerous issues regarding governing, such as diplomacy with other nations, dealing with the nobility and gentry and handling dissidents in Equestria without resorting to violence. After a couple of hours it was time for bed. Twilight asked, "Prin.....I mean Celestia, is there anything else we need to discuss tonight?"

Celestia smiled and replied, "No Twilight, we need to get some rest. We will discuss plenty more tomorrow."

It had been years since Twilight slept in her old room and it felt strange to be turning in for the night in the same place where she did most of her growing up. While Celestia easily got to sleep, Twilight just couldn't. That moment earlier in the day where Celestia put her wing around her impacted her greatly. She just couldn't get it out of her mind and she began fantasizing about her and Celestia becoming much more than just fellow princesses, but marefriends, lovers and eventually getting married.