My Little Pony: Sisterly Convergence

Chapter 2

With a sigh, Celestia let another pesky piece of paper float on to the messy pile next to the throne. It was already stacked up so much, it bordered to the arm rest. Exhausted, she allowed herself a short moment of quiet to review on what she had settled so far.

The usual complaints about theft, robbery and the damage had rushed in as the vanguard, and were immediately sent to her subordinates. Following were invitations to ceremonies, marriages, birthdays and others, which she divided into three piles: Attendance important, attendance voluntary, and attendance absolutely unlikely.

What followed those were the obligatory love letters, poems and other forms of literal wooing. Celestia knew that in her position, she had caught the eye of many a stallion, and the fact that she had a unique sort of beauty didn’t help with decreasing the amount of admirers she had. However, in her position as one of two regents, she must not take another mate. She had done so in earlier years, when she was way younger, but it had resulted in more trouble than anything else.

Another heavy sigh escaped her as she signed the polite yet firm reject that was the usual response for this kind of letter. If only there would be one among them that Luna wrote…

No. It still felt wrong thinking about it. They were sisters, royals, her subjects looked up to them, and even though relationships weren’t confined to monogamy, incest was still morally wrong.

On the other hoof, though, the possibility of an offspring was pretty much nonexistent. However, secretly Celestia knew of a spell that could possibly change that, but she knew Luna would never go for it, even if she knew that she felt the same way and that was likely never to happen.

She needed somepony to talk to, somepony who knew a thing or two about love and how to deal with it. Of course, she would have to be discreet about who she said that she’s in love with in order to avoid drawing attention and there was only one pony who was an expert when it came to love but she…

Her thoughts and concentration ended when she heard somepony knock at the door of her studies and quickly composed herself.

“Please enter,” she said.

The door opened and a familiar pink Alicorn entered with a smile on her face. Celestia reacted warmly when she saw who it was.

“Hello Celestia,” she smiled.

“Cadance, it’s wonderful to see you again,.” the Princess of the Day expressed as she approached her adopted niece and wrapped her fore hooves around her, which she returned. “Tell me, what brings you to Canterlot?”

“Oh, I only came for a short visit, lots of business to take care in the Crystal Empire if you know what I mean.” Princess Cadance smirked.

Celestia chuckled. “Indeed I do, and in any case it’s good that you are here.”

“Why?”

“I have something… I wish to ask you… your advice as a matter of fact.”

“What is it?” Cadance asked, curiously. “You can tell me, Aunt Celestia.”

Celestia noticed the guards standing outside the study, probably listening to what they were saying and trying not to show it. She didn’t want any gossip from what she was about to ask so she thought fast.

“Not here, in private,” Celestia told her quietly, as she nodded in the direction of the guards. Cadance turned to them and seemed to understand what her aunt was trying to say.

“Oh! I understand. Follow me then,” Cadance said as she turned and began trotting toward the door. Celestia soon began to follow her while the guard only gave them a passing glance, seemingly interested, before he regained his focus and continued to maintain his post.

Sometime later, Princess’ Cadance and Celestia found themselves wandering outside in the castle garden. The serene and quiet atmosphere filled the air and made the two feel more at ease and willing to discuss whatever was on their mind at the moment.

“So, Aunt Celestia, what is that you wanted to ask me?” Cadance asked, still curious.

“It is… complicated but… recently I have begun to experience certain feelings…” Celestia admitted, slowly.

“What kind of feelings?” Princess Cadance inquired, curiously.

“Feelings for… somepony I know…” The Princess of the Sun finally said, she didn’t mention Luna since even though Cadance was her adopted niece she couldn’t take the risk in telling and disgusting her, so she had to lie about the true identity of her pony-of-interest.

Cadance looked surprised and excited by the news. “Ooh! You’re in love! That’s amazing! I’ve always wanted you to find your very-special somepony!” she gushed, feeling proud of her Aunt.

Celestia smiled. “Thank you, Cadance,” she said, sincerely.

“So… who is it?” Cadance questioned, very interested as she nudged Celestia with a smirk. “Who’s the lucky stallion? Or mare, I don’t judge by the way. Love is love, I should know.”

“Love is love…” Celestia silently echoed before regaining her focus. “I mean it’s… a mare but… I am not sure that she feels the same way or not… or even how to find out for sure…”

“You’re the Princess of the Day, of course she might like you!” Cadance told her adopted aunt, honestly.

“Thank you but… even that might not matter to her, I mean… we are so different and I…” Celestia began to say before her voice trailed off, she looked like she was very lost in thought.

“Ooh… you got it bad, don’t you?” Cadance remarked sympathetically. Celestia nodded in confirmation. “Well… the first thing you have to do is ask yourself… is this pony truly the one for you?”

Celestia quickly began thinking of Luna, about her smile… the way she raised the moon every night… even though they were opposites in many ways, they balanced each other out. And also, after Luna was banished Celestia couldn’t think of anyone else being by her side but her younger sister. She was a part of her and as such, she truly believed that she was the one.

She soon turned her attentions back to Cadance and looked at her seriously. “Yes. I do.” The Princess of the Day nodded.

Cadance seemed to believe her, she smiled and nodded. “Good. Then the next thing you have to do is find a good time and place to confess and once you do, there’s no going back.”

“I understand.” Princess Celestia said. “Thank you for helping me Cadance.”

“Hey, Princess of Love.” The pink Alicorn reminded her with a smile. They both shared a chuckle. “Well, I’d better be on my way now. It was nice spending this time with you.”

“And I you.” Celestia smiled, as Cadance turned and began walking away.

“Good luck confessing your love!” she told her rather loudly.

Celestia blushed bright red, hoping that anypony that happened to be close by didn’t hear that. “Cadence!” she exclaimed, embarrassed.

“Oh, I’m just teasing, and don’t worry, I have faith that you and your special somepony will be together.” Princess Cadance told her. “Just let love light the way.”

As Celestia continued to watch as her niece continued on her way, she echoed the words that she just said to her. “Let love light the way…”

She was so busy letting those words repeat themselves in her mind over and over again that she failed to hear or notice her sister, Luna, approaching her from behind.

Luna spoke up to get her attention. “Sister,”

Celestia gasped, startled, before she noticed it was Luna. “Oh, Luna, sorry, I did not see you.”

“It is fine.” Luna assured her before turning her attention to Cadence. “What were you and Cadence talking about?”

“Uh… I… um…” Celestia stuttered unsure of what to say to her, and she had a feeling that until she confessed her feelings it would continue to be hard to talk to her own sister.

Princess Luna however, failed to notice that her presence was making her sister nervous. Then she got an idea in her head that made her smirk. “Was she giving you some love advice, perhaps?” she inquired teasingly, as she gave Celestia a friendly hip-bump which unknowingly made her blush and stutter some more. “Oh come now sister, you can tell me. Is there somepony out there that has caught your eye?”

“I-I… I mean… yes…” Celestia revealed, her blush growing more red.

“Who?”

“Who?”

“Yes, who is it?”

Celestia became even more nervous then and there, and while she loathed doing so she had no choice but to lie to her sister about the identity of her crush, knowing that she wasn’t ready just yet. “I… can’t say… but it is somepony I care about very much.”

“How wonderful sister.” Luna smiled. “I may have a new brother-in-law, or better yet… another sister-in-law.”

Luna gave her a wink to finish her little tease

“Oh you!” Celestia laughed as she nudged her sister with her wing.

“Well, if you ever decide to tell him his or her name, I will be there,” Luna promised.

Celestia nodded. “Understood,” she said.

Luna gave her one more smile and then began to trot off. She secretly glanced at her sister interested before heading off while her sister watched her go and intently gazed at her perfectly round rump sway as she walked. She put her hoof on her heart again and sighed.

“Let love light the way…”