Brother Rivalry

"What do you mean the princess isn't seeing anyone?" Twilight asked in annoyance as the royal guards that protected the sun princess's door refused to move.

"It means she isn't seeing anyone and we are here to respect her wishes. "One guard said.

"We say this with all due respect princess Twilight." The other said.

"But-But the sun it's-"

"Moving closer. Sister already knows about that. She's doing her best to deal with the situation." Luna said as she entered the hallway from another door.

The guards bowed at her presence.

"Twilight I suggest waiting until dear sister decides to come out."

The purple mare nodded and walked back down the hallway with Luna. Back on the balcony Celestia herself was having trouble staying awake from constant surveillance. The balcony was filled with books and a large chalkboard she used to write equations to help find a possible solution.

"No, that won't work either. (yawns) I must stay awake, I must....stay....."

Her thoughts were cut short when the sun seemed to be coming closer to the castle, but instead of being a giant flaming ball it turned into a small white sphere. It flew closer to the princess's balcony, she was about to approach the floating sphere when it burst into a bright flash and everything went white. She awoke a few minutes later.

"What, what happened?" She asked groggily.

Looking up at the sky she was amazed to see the sky a blank white, no color to speak of. It was like looking at a blank canvas.

"What's going on? Am I Dreaming?"

"Dreaming? I don't think so." A voice answered.

Turning around Celestia came face to, well, chest with a rather large figure. She quickly backed up to see what was in front of her, standing in front of her was a stallion. He had a light shade of orange coat as well as a radiant orange and red mane that flickered like well attended fire. He wore gold plated armor similar to her royal guard's uniform that covered a vast majority of his body. But what really caught her off guard was how tall the stallion was for she was fairly certain that there was no pony as tall as her! His size actually dwarfed hers by a few inches giving her quite a challenge to actually look at his face leaving her with only a view of his chin.

"Okay, I must be dreaming, She thought to herself.

I ensure you that you are not A masculine voice echoed inside her head.

She jumped back in surprise, her wings flaring as if she was about to take flight then and there.

"You heard my thoughts?" She asked.

The giant looked down at her, his 12 inch orange horn stopped glowing which explained his ability to hear thoughts and nodded while finally giving her a view of his face. He had a rather large smile on his face as if laughing at the whole situation. She noticed that his eyes were a combination of orange and flakes of gold that glowed and flickered like his mane.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Hyperion, Titian God of light and wisdom." He spoke in a regal tone very similar to Celestia's.

"A Titian? You mean like the ones in Tarturus?"

The giant placed a hoof onto his chin before answering.

"Well, yes and no. Yes I am indeed a titian of great legend but I wouldn't dare categorize myself with those that deserve to be placed behind the many bars of that place. Although they are my family."

"Oh my. I didn't mean to offend."

"Oh no. In fact I thank you for asking. For I struggle for finding the answer to my own question: If I am a Titian, must I be punished like the others?'

Celestia paused and thought about it for a brief second.

"No need to give an answer for I have already learned that all Titians must pay for their wrong doings. And even though I have been proven innocent of any wrong doings and I have been stripped of my position as keeper of light by Starswirl the bearded and made the sun my prison. He then gave the sun to the royal family as a gift, passed down from generation to generation and as the years went by I continued my slumber.....until now that is. So now a new question now forms in my head: Why was I brought back.....and why now? So many questions, so little answers."

The large stallion sat down on his haunches, the sudden weight shook the balcony a little but he didn't seemed to noticed as he sighed deeply to himself, his fiery mane seemed to have die down a little. Celestia felt great sympathy for the giant, she walked up to him placing an elegant hoof on his broad shoulder.

"I think you were brought back for you have not yet completed your destiny. So fate has given you another chance."

The giant's mane bursted with new fiery life as his eyes grew wide.

"Another chance. Yes. Of course! How could I have not realized that!"

The large stallion politely trotted past the princess towards the balcony's edge. Suddenly two large, fiery wings the size of billboards erupted from his sides.

"Thank you Princess! I'm sure our paths cross again soon. Farewell!" the stallion called back.

And with that he jumped off the ledge and began flying through the white sky leaving a blazing orange trail as he flew over the horizon.

"He's....an alacorn? Hmmm." She said right before realizing she forgot to ask him about the missing sun!