The Children of the Mane Six

Twilight opened the door as Garnet and Emerald entered her castle. Her children, Flare and Violet, came to greet their friends. Flare is an alicorn with an orange coat, eyes the color of blue and purple mixed, and a blue mane. Violet is an alicorn with a light purple coat, light blue eyes, and a dark purple mane with streaks of blue in it. Violet grew a big smile when she saw Emerald.

“Mom taught me a new spell! I think you will love to learn it!” Violet remarked.

“Fun! I can’t wait to see what it is this time!” Emerald responded as Violet led her into the library. Violet is like her mother; she loves learning new spells and reading. After the two mares left, Flare grew a smile.

“Hey dude, I got a new game!” He didn’t even have to ask Garnet if he wanted to play because he was already racing upstairs. Flare is like Garnet; he loves video games, but is the only one who loves playing them. Sometimes his dad, Flash Sentry, will play with him, but Twilight is more interested in reading, and Violet thinks that she wouldn’t be a “proper princess” if she even touches a game controller. Flare turned on the machine and the two started playing. 2 hours passed, and Rarity came in the castle.

“Hello, Twilight! I came to pick up the kids,” Rarity said as she entered the door.

“Oh, hello Rarity!” Twilight remarked. “Garnet, Emerald, Rarity is here to pick you up!” The Princess of Friendship shouted. Garnet and Emerald came to the door with Flare and Violet, said bye and left. After they left, Violet gave Flare a look.

“I can’t believe you spend all the time with Garnet playing video games! I don’t think it’s very proper for a prince to play those things!” Violet remarked as Flare rolled his eyes. Twilight then gave Violet the look she gave her brother.

“Maybe Flare doesn’t want to act very proper. There is no reason he has to,” Twilight responded to her daughter’s bad attitude. Violet then strolled into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Twilight and Flare joined and waited until Flash finished cooking the dinner. The Pegasus put the food on the table, and everypony started to eat.

“Did you have fun with Garnet and Emerald?” Flash asked his two children. The two returned a nod and continued to eat. Twilight started talking about Spike, and how it’s been exactly twelve years since he moved away. She had been accustomed to the routine of visiting him when she wanted him to take a friendship letter. Flare listened with interest. Spike was an awesome dragon to hang with. He always joked around with Flare and even played video games with him. Violet soon finished eating and went to her room. Flare was about to do the same when Spike entered the door.

“Spike?” Twilight questioned. She saw that Spike had a smile and showed Twilight the letter. Twilight read it and smiled.

“Everypony! Princess Celestia is coming to visit Ponyville tomorrow!” Twilight remarked. Violet was soon right by her side with a smile. Celestia rarely visits Ponyville, but when she does, it is always a good time. Twilight hugged Spike and started asking him about his family life. She then looked down and saw cider. She smiled.

“Oh, yeah! I brought cider for all of you!” Spike remarked. He lives at Sweet Apple Acres with Applejack and his children. Spike started telling a lot of stories about his children growing up, and how he and Applejack helped. He looked up to see a tear in Twilight’s eye. Spike cocked his head to the side in confusion.

“Sorry, Spike. It’s just that twelve years ago, you got married and moved to Sweet Apple Acres,” Spike then told Twilight that he will visit more, and Twilight hugged him. Spike left the castle, because it was already zap apple season. He was going to help prepare for when the zap apples are ready. He’s always had a lot of fun helping Granny Smith. It was also the kids’ first year that they were allowed to make the jam. After Twilight waved him goodbye, she told her children to go to bed. It was a big day tomorrow, after all, with Celestia coming. Violet didn’t waste any time darting up the stairs.

The sun was beaming on Violet’s head as she woke up. She quickly remembered to make herself look amazing. When she got out of her room, she saw her family in the front of the castle. She rushed outside to join them. They looked up and saw a golden chariot coming from the sky. It was Princess Celestia. She landed and walked over to the royal family.

“Hello, everypony. It’s nice to see you again,” Princess Celestia said.

“It’s nice to see you, too,” Twilight responded. They all walked around Ponyville, and Violet proudly showed off the new spells that she learned.

“Amazing, Princess Violet. You are definitely like your mother,” Celestia said as she looked at Twilight. Twilight laughed as they took Celestia to see all of Ponyville. They finally made it to Fluttershy’s cottage. Celestia stopped walking. She hadn’t seen her cottage for years, and it looked chaotic.

“What’s the matter, Celestia?” Twilight asked. Celestia pulled her eyes away from the cottage.

“Nothing, Twilight. It’s just that I forgot who lives with her now,” Celestia responded. Twilight was a little bit shocked. She thought Celestia will remember something like that. But, then again, she always has her hooves full with royal duties. Twilight knocked on the door and was greeted by Fluttershy.

“Oh, hello everypony. Hello Princess Celestia. Do you want to come in?” They then saw a duck with the tail of a rattlesnake fly out and heard laughter. Fluttershy then laughed as the five stepped in her cottage. They saw many of those same ducks flying around.

“Discord! Screwball! Zamtek! We have guests!” Fluttershy shouted. Discord then appeared with the kids.

“Hello,” Princess Celestia greeted. Discord then showed everypony around the house, and Screwball was talking to Violet the whole time. They were good friends and always have been. There were many twists and turns and colors. Celestia laughed.

“You really made a big change to Fluttershy’s house, Discord,” Celestia remarked.

“Why would I be the ONLY one making changes? Screwball and Zamtek always help me whenever I want to be chaotic!” Celestia rolled her eyes. They then came to the exit of the cottage, said their goodbyes, and left. They then all went to Sweet Apple Acres to get some cider before Celestia left.

Soon, they came back to where Celestia parked her chariot. Celestia waved goodbye as she flew away. The whole family smiled. Violet then looked over at Twilight.

“Mom, was I a proper princess today?” She asked. Twilight then rolled her eyes and laughed. She then looked up to see Rainbow Dash flying around.

“I wonder how Rainbow is doing,” She questioned herself. The sun started setting as Twilight took everypony in the castle for dinner.