One Day

by 2006midnight

Rating: everyone
Tags: Princess Celestia, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Luna
Length: 1066

Celestia thinks about what she would really like Equestria to be like one morning while raising the sun.

One morning while she is raising the sun, Celestia allows her thoughts to wander. As they do so, she discovers what she would really like Equestria to be like even though everypony would not be likely to embrace such a world.

Written for One-shotober.

Published 2014-10-28 00:00:02 UTC
Last updated 2014-10-28 00:00:02 UTC

Arise In You

Celestia walked out onto her balcony and looked up at the moon hanging low in the sky. Since it was not yet time for her to raise the sun, the tall, white alicorn stood still, looking out across all of Equestria and smiled serenely. The cool early morning breeze blew against her face, making her more alert. Above her, the stars sparkled with a newfound brilliance, something they had not done for over a thousand years. Proud of how well her sister handled the night, Celestia returned her gaze to the moon.

As she reveled in the silvery sheen of the full moon’s glow, the breeze picked up slightly. Clouds began to drift across her younger sister’s masterpiece, yet Celestia continued to watch. For the few brief moments that the clouds obscured the moon and the stars surrounding it, Celestia saw colors dancing in the shadows of her vision. The blues, purples, and pinks were the most prominent as they shimmered for her and her alone to see. Only once the clouds had passed by did Celestia’s vision return to normal.

Letting out a deep breath she didn’t know she had been holding, Celestia turned to look at her younger sister’s balcony. Within a few short moments, Luna emerged and went to stand close to the rail of her balcony. After she had been standing there for a few moments, Luna lit her horn and reached her magic out to the moon and stars. As she began to pull down her celestial body, the princess of the night spread her wings and rose gracefully into the air.

Celestia watched silently as her younger sister tended lovingly to the night sky. Her eyes were shining in admiration of her sister’s talent while she waited for the right time for her to begin to raise the sun. As soon as the moon began to dip below the horizon, Celestia spread her wings and lit her horn. She too rose into the air as she began to bring up the sun with her magic.

As she felt the sun’s power filling her entire being, the princess of the sun let her thoughts wander on their own course. This is always the best part of my day. Whenever I can fully embrace the power of my beautiful sun, I feel as if I’m on top of the world. I can just take a few minutes and block out all of the worries that I have to deal with the rest of the time. Ruling Equestria is so stressful, yet it’s that stress that has made me fully able to appreciate just how amazing the sun truly is. Each and every time I come in contact with its power, it feels as if all that warmth is rushing into me from miles away. Even though I expect it, I still can’t get over how unreal it seems. In fact, I’ll probably never be able to get over how it feels. And, in any case, I wouldn’t really want to lose that experience.

A wide smile spread across the sun princess’ face as she continued to tenderly coax the sun up towards the horizon. By this time, Luna had finished lowering the moon and was standing on her balcony watching her older sister thoughtfully, yet Celestia remained oblivious to this development. Now that I really think about it, the world would be so much better off if everypony was able to embrace a way of life similar to the warmth of the sun. Calm and loving, with practically no chaos or disputes. I know everypony has that ability somewhere deep within their hearts; it’s just up to them to decide to bring it out.

If everypony were able to just let go of all their worries, as I do while I’m tending to the sun, then the world would be so much more beautiful in all aspects even physically so. We would be able to allow ponies to be truly free since this overwhelming desire of serenity and peace would keep fighting at bay. As a whole, we would be able to unite since all of the borders made out of our hatred or resentment for each other would turn to dust in the wind. If ponies would be able to do all of that, then throughout the entirety of Equestria peace would sing on the whispers of even the smallest breeze.

I wonder what everypony would think of a world that would be that way. A world free of hate, and full of pure love. There would never be another war, weapons wouldn’t even need to exist, Luna and I wouldn’t be worshipped as gods because we wouldn’t have to do anything other than guide the sun and moon through the cycles of day and night. There would be nothing but the simple truths of their lives. In a way, I suppose I’m afraid that they wouldn’t be able to handle so much of their reality being bared for all to see which is truly a shame. Fear and hatred prevail in the society now, but if ponies were to embrace this new way of life, deep down, I know that Equestria as a whole would be much better off.

As she pulled the sun up over the horizon, Celestia spun around in the air and a bright white light was revealed to be glowing on her chest just above her heart. I know it’s most likely impossible for such a world to function properly, but I can still do my best to share this pure, heartwarming joy with everypony in Equestria. The light began to fade away as the princess of the sun finished raising the sun and dropped back to all four hooves on her balcony. As she did so, she turned her head, caught her younger sister’s eye, and smiled gently. Luna smiled back and held Celestia’s gaze for a moment before disappearing back into her own bedchambers.

Once again Celestia looked up at the sky where the sun was now shining brilliantly. Someday, I would at least hope that everypony could banish some of the hate and bring about a better future for Equestria. Because in the end, we are not cold-hearted beings, we just let our emotions get the best of sometimes and need somepony else to warm our souls once more.