the Third Sister

by SeaStorm

Rating: teen
Tags: Sad, Romance, Dark
Length: 171

Twilight thinks she knows all of Celestia's secrets. One day she asks about how the elements were formed, and she finds out something she didn't know.

Twilight Sparkle knows everything. The secrets of Equestria, how to become an Alicorn, and most importantly: all of the Princess' secrets. One day she realizes she doesn't know how the Elements of Harmony and Tree of Harmony were formed. So she asks Celestia, and finds out something nopony living in Equestria has ever known before.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-02-28 15:31:49 UTC

prologue

         Everything was blanketed in silvery snow, with icicles hanging from the rafters and slippery, icy roads lining Canterlot. The stars were bright as the sun that night. One young purple Alicorn was going into the magnificent princess throne room. She walked up to Celestia, an important question wandering her mind. "Your Majesty, Celestia, I wish to-"

"Oh Twilight, you needn't talk like that. You're a princess too, in case you haven't noticed," Celestia's warm smile was the equivalent of the sun itself. "Oh, of course. Well, I was wondering how the Elements of Harmony were formed." Celestia's face suddenly went grim. Twilight was confused. Luna walked into the throne room, strolling back from a night-time walk. "Celestia, why the long face?" She asked. "Elements. Harmony." was all Celestia said in her dark tone. "Twilight, do you really want to know this?" Celestia asked. "Um... Yeah?"

"Very well then. It started out with a third sister-"

"A THIRD SISTER?!?!" Twilight was shocked.

"Yes. A third. Her name was Harmony..."