The skies the limit

Walking through my local mall, passing stores during the busiest shopping sale day of the year, Black Friday. I spotted the oddest little store. The store  was filled with costumes and props. It’s neon sign was unintelligible, and was so bright and colorful that I had to wonder how they paid the electric bill. Shrugging I made my way inside, I walked in and spotted a costume hanging off the wall. it reminded me of one of my favorite Lyra-senpai’s art pieces. The piece features a fused Celestia and Luna with one notable exception, it looked more anthro than a normal pony from the show. It had a gold metal breastplate engraved intricately, in a style reminiscent of greek armors, The breast cups were easily a 38D. Between them sat a sapphire cut into an ellipse and set directly between the cleavage.

The breastplate ended in downward arrow tip shape, looking like it would leave a girl's midriff exposed, the collar was curved like the base of marble pillars. over the breastplate lay a midnight-blue hoodless cloak, which would be draped over the right shoulder. It was held together by a brooch with Celestia’s sun cutie mark and Luna’s crescent moon cutie mark in the sphere of the stylised sun.

Under the breastplate was a white sleeveless shirt with dustings of light midnight blue highlights, it’s hem flaring out just before the gold bikini bottom. The bottom armor piece was engraved similar to the breastplate however from it hung a midnight blue skirt, leaving only the front exposed to the elements. The golden greaves reached the knees and shared the sun and moon motif as the brooch, however the hem at the top of the boots looked like flames and the foot part had several downturned spikes that looked like claws. The leg display also displayed white thigh high socks that shared the same color highlights of the shirt. The gloves also sharing the same coloring as the shirt and socks, were hanging at the side of the rather impressive looking costume, and each had an wristlet similar in style to the boots. On the left glove a glowing yellow curls and swirls were they met or crisscrossed blots of sun yellow formed, on the right glove the same was executed in celestial blue.

Out of the whole outfit though, the head and dual wings were the true masterpieces. The head was highly detailed, on the forehead sat 3 horns, two small horns curving away from the center longest horn. The beautiful eyes that shone light sapphire blue bordered by dark magenta. The mane and tail a mixture of Celestia and Luna’s styles with Celestia’s colors with highlights from luna’s colors.

While I stood in awe of the costume before me, a feminine voice said from behind me

“Do you want to try it on?” she said as I jumped out of my metaphorical skin.

Turning around panting, while looking at the woman with a half hearted glare on my face as I held my right hand on my chest over my heart.

“Don’t do that! I nearly had a heart attack.” I ground out as I gasped for air. While I gathered myself, it gave me the time to get a better look at her. She was wearing a very impressive cosplay of Chocolina, a merchant from Final Fantasy XIII-2.

“Oh my apologies sir, I am Chocobocolina, best merchant this side of Cocoon … . I saw that you were interested in this piece, would you like to try it on?” Chocolina said while flapping her fake wings.

As I regained myself fully I nodded. “Yeah, sure.”

Now very few people who know me, know that being androgynous I gained an appreciation for the art of crossplay, cosplaying as opposite sex characters. I  had won lots of cosplay contests for my costumes. Also seeing as this costume was based on one of my favorite pieces of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan art, I had to try it on. Chocolina guided me to the dressing room where I put on everything from the armor from the head, the wings and tail, to the boots and gloves. And as I turned to admire myself in the mirror, it looked surprisingly good on me and felt tailor made for my body, I thought it very odd. So I left, after picking up my wallet and phone stuffing them in the cloak, that seemed to have a lot of pockets of varying sizes. As I came out I went up to Chocolina.

“Oh my~ Chocobocolina was right you look great in it!” she exclaimed flapping those wings again. I got out my wallet to pay, but a crimson wing pushed it back.

“No need sir, it’s on the house, I, like Rarity, love to spread fabulosity all over the earth. You can also take it as an apology for scaring you.” She said as she grinned.

Thanking the crazy shop girl, I left in a hurry. As I left the store I went to turn around to get one last look only to find it gone. I felt faint and heard a giggling sound echo in my head.

Everything turned black as night, before revealing an old large brick style room. Gasps filled the air as I turned around to see upon two thrones the royal pony sisters, wide eyed looking directly at me.  I looked down at myself the costume replaced by white, blue highlighted fur, a heavy weight on my chest and a lightness in my crotch. turning around again to face Celestia and Luna.

In shock and panic, I rasped out in a mixed voice not my own “Celestia!? Luna!? But that’s not possible!” before collapsing face first on the ground.

******

Celestia groaned as she placed a forehoof to her head in exasperation, “For the last time Stone Cutter, the mine is too dangerous for us to excavate it and no amount of guards will change that.” Celestia said as she tried to keep a level neutral tone.

“But you—” Stone Cutter never got to finish as he was knocked across the room by the arrival of a strange creature, one that both looked familiar and oddly alien. Celestia internally cheered as the mouthy earth pony was silenced. The portal that had brought the new arrival, and secretly my newest best friend, closed behind the new ‘guest’ who was kneeling on one knee. She, at least I thought it was a she, looked at us and then seemed to be inspecting itself before turning to me and my sister again. Her eyes widened with fear and shock as if all she knew was falsehoods. Then it spoke in both mine and Luna’s voice simultaneously.

“Celestia!? Luna!? But that’s not possible!” before she collapsed face first into the floor, making me wince at the impact, even though it left a crater where it’s- I mean her face landed. I heard Luna try and keep her composure as she held in her laughter.  While I sighed internally, guards slowly inched towards the creature’s body spears aimed at it, should it decide to awaken.

Despite the familiarity of its face, its horns and wings were decidedly strange, this creature was an alicorn that much was certain and its eyes were sapphire blue and dark magenta, which gave off a yellow glow similar to sombra’s as did the lines on it’s arms. The sheer power this strange looking alicorn creature was emitting was immense! I honestly felt rather unsettled by the sheer amount of power that this unknown alicorn was giving off. Why? Because, if she decided to be foe, instead of friend, then I would be powerless to stop her. That knowledge, that I might not be able to protect my subjects from a possible threat was honestly unpleasant. Still, I shall reserve judgement until the alicorn has made her intent known, whether she is an ally or an enemy. Still, you don’t rule a kingdom as long as I have without having contingency measures. But those would only be activated once I knew if the strange alicorn was not friendly towards Equestria and Luna and I. But despite that it/she held an otherworldly beauty, I was interrupted by a teasing cooing coming from my left.

“Awww ‘Tia’s got a crush on the alien.”

Blushing I hurriedly answered back “Lulu, I do not have a crush on her, though I do appreciate its beauty. Its power and its strange similarity to us is off putting. I mean what if this is our descendent?”

“‘Tia are you suggesting you and I copulate in the future and have one of us give birth to that creature? Eew! You’re my sister! Why would we ever do such a thing!?” Luna exclaimed disgusted at the thought.

Some ponies coughed or muttered after Luna just killed their kinky princest fantasies. Even as I pointedly ignored the reaction it was rather unsettling that it was so prevailent.

“I don’t know Lulu, but if it does happen, I don’t want to fall for our future daughter. If it’s true then it’s already incestuous enough as it is,” I replied

“Also, it’s good to know my form disgusts you sister.” I deadpanned.

“Sister, you know that’s not true you are a beautiful mare but cease this line of thought, it bodes ill for our future!” Luna practically yelled out before her sister could fall into the trap of a self fulfilling prophecy.

I stood up grumbling at my sister as I gathered my magic in my horn, levitating the creature before the guards get any funny ideas.

“Guards, I shall take this creature to my chambers, and see if I can rouse it.”

“But your majesty—” Celestia raised her hoof to silence the guard who spoke.

“No! This is first contact with an alien race. This must be handled delicately and with tact, and not hostility, we do not want to start a war we can’t finish. I also wish to know how this creature knew me and my sister.”

******

I felt warm and comfortable, like I was wrapped in a cloud. I tried to open my eyes, but I could not. I felt something wet and soft cover my eyelids as liquid seeped from the material into my eyes. Well at least I am not dead. I tried calling out in my mixed voice.

“Hello? Anybody there?”

The sound of muffled hooves reached my ears, which flicked in response to the new sensation. A feminine voice answered,

“Greetings, what is your name? You seem to already know mine.”

Okay you can do this, it’s only Princess Celestia ,Sol Invictus.

“My name is Sora, it means sky, to my people.” I spoke trying to keep calm

“Another similarity we share, tell me Sora, are we related in anyway? Perhaps you are from the future?” Celestia asked,

“We are not related, Celestia … although, we might be now? It’s strange and confusing quite frankly, I do not come from this world, Celestia.” I replied

“What do you mean we might be related now?” Celestia asked.

“I mean this isn’t my original body, Celestia. I was tricked, I wore a costume of an anthro fusion of you and your sister as in the two of you as one, merged into one being, and I was turned into it and sent to Equestria, a world that is fiction in mine. So technically I am you and your sister and I am also at the same time neither you nor your sister.” I paused so Celestia could respond.

“You are me and my sister? Do you have our memories too?” Celestia asked.

I paused to look through memories, memories I knew I couldn’t have ever experienced as thousands upon thousands of years flashed by.”

I nodded “Yes, I think I do? Do you remember that time when Princess Platinum tried to prove she was a better princess than you two, because you two were blank flanks?”

“Why yes?” Celestia said a small smile playing over her lips as she reminisced

“Do you remember Luna not having any of it and challenging her. Which culminated in Luna calling her manticore friend to scare her?” I pressed on.

“Hehehehe, I do.” she said giggling

“Do you remember the time when Luna broke the cookie jar when she was trying sneak a cookie, while mom wasn’t looking?” Celestia asked.

“Oh I do! Hehehe she tried so hard to look adorable and cute while she was surrounded by broken cookies and the smashed pieces of cookie jar.” I said giggling.

A huff and a grumble sounded on the opposite side of the bed to Celestia, “Did you remember what ended the griffon war and where ‘Tia hid the cakes.”

“Yes I do know Luna, though I shall not tell you where the cakes are. The griffon war ended because Starswirl the Bearded made some of his special eclairs and you made a rhyming letter to confuse the griffon king.”

“So ‘Tia it seems we have a new family member, it also looks like somepony needs to look for her cutie mark.”

“Indeed, Lulu it seems we do and though it is by rather odd and unorthodox means, we have a new sister” Dammit, I just hope we don’t fall in love with Sora she may be totally different personality wise and not completely the same species, but it is still selfcest/incest, although that’s a technicality, I dare not hope.”

“I appreciate the sentiment, you two but how are we going to explain this to the nobles let alone the commoners? Secret long lost sister from your mother’s forgotten tryst with an alien?” I finished shaking my head at the idea, but when I didn’t hear any objections, but instead an intrigued hum I bolted up straight in a panic.

“No, Don’t you even think about it! That is just too stupid to work!” I tried to reason with them. I heard a flare of fire and a snort of amusement coming from Luna.”

I groaned “You just sent a press release to explain that very thing, didn’t you Celestia?”

“I did.” She said with a certain amount of smugness in her voice.

Luna laughed boisterously at her sister’s antics.

“So do I start calling you and Luna sister, Celestia?” I asked in slight exasperation.

“Of course Sora, once the paperwork is through we’ll make it official and name you the newest princess of Equestria.”

“Ok i’ll call you celestia Oneesan and Luna Luna Oneesan.”

“Wait you are from neighpone?” Celestia asked.

Sora twisted her head to the side, “No I come from America, though my family originally hailed from Nippon our worlds analogue to neighpone.”