A Solar and Lunar Pony's Tale

It was a bright, sunny Day in the Sun Lands, where a family of five unicorns had set up a picnic in a small park. They were of High Class, with a vacation home in Precious Corners; a small, peaceful, and friendly town that they would have settled in if it weren't for the non-unicorn peasants. A Lord Abyssal, the father of the bunch, with a light yellow coat, shining blue eyes, and a brighter blond well kept short mane, wore a gold-coloured long jacket with a bright shirt with a purple ascot, and had a Geology Glyph, helped a Lady Scrolls, the mother, who had a light brown coat with a sea blue mane kept in a bon, and had grey, dull eyes, who wore a beautifully made white with red striped dress that hid her History Glyph, to set up a small, modest little picnic table. This was more of a lower class thing, something a pegasus or an earthpony family would do, so they only did it once a year and kept it secret from their peers to keep their image. Besides, what better way to show love for Her beautiful Sun then to take a moment to enjoy It's warmth?

Their youngest children; two twin fillies, a Lady Lily and a Lady Dandy. Lady Lily was white coated with a light blue mane, and Dandy brown coated with a tan mane, both with Flower Glyphs and wore simple white tunics, were dashing about outside with the peasants. As disgusting as it may seem for other unicorns, Lord Abyssal and Lady Scrolls couldn't help but like to see the joy in their little fillies eyes as they played simple little peasant games. And out of the five of them, Lady Novel, the eldest of their daughters, almost old enough to move out and marry, had a light orange coat with a dark black mane, with her father's sapphire eyes, appeared to be enjoying Her beautiful Sun the most. Her Glyph was Writing, which she chose not to hide by wearing a simple blue, white, and red saddle, instead of a dress that would have to cover her flank, much to many a stallion's delight. She did what her Talent said as she sat on the grass, sunbathing as she wrote on paper with a pen that levitated in her blue magic aura.

It was a romantic story of a bratty unicorn, as offensive as it was to her parents as it was, that falls in love with an earthpony who did not care for her dramatic ways. ‘Frankly, my dear', she wrote in her paper as the earthpony in her novel spoke, 'I don't give a--' "My little pony!" called Lady Scrolls, "It's time for our luncheon."

"Coming, mother." replied Lady Novel before she quickly wrote out the last word and quotation mark to settle and grant herself a brake. Lord Abyssal took a moment to call over the twins as well, and soon they all gathered. When slightly pretending not to be civilized and well mannered, and sort of only be a simple, low class non-unicorn like pony, one couldn't help but enjoy the simplest of things. Of course, just because one would have to bring their glorious presence to the lower beings below, doesn't mean they would have to be fully subtle so their graceful riches won't burn their simple eyes. They had brought their fine clothes, but not their finest, and they had brought their steaming tea, cold wine, and a few small pieces of bread and lettuce. Subtle, but only subtle to a unicorn. "Let us pray," said Lord Scroll, and the whole family bowed their heads. "Dearest Celestia, we thank You for our chance to enjoy a Day in Your warm Sun, as we all get to play and sunbathe under Your warmth and grace.

"Celestia, we thank You for the food You had helped us bring, and may we remember Your glorious Name as we shall feast upon our heavenly banquet. We thank You, Celestia; Amen," Lady Scroll finished. "Now let us eat!" and that they did, but not in a fast paced. They eat very little, kept their faces clean at all times, and left not a single crumb. As they eat, they all got to chat about their plans, things that happened, Lord Abyssal's chance to be noticed by the Throne at last, Lady Novel's latest work that her parents still did not fully approve of, but had no good reason to forbid it, et-cetera. Once when they finished, Lady Scroll gathered her children on a chosen spot in the grass. "Now, just because we on vacation," she started as she summoned a book with her subtle grey magic, "Doesn't mean we must fully excuse your education."

"No fair! We never had school on our vacations!" Lady Dandy complained with her hooves raised in a frustrated gesture.

"Yes, that is true," Lady Scroll agreed, "But I can not excuse it any more. We must have at least one lecture during our entire week off." the twins groaned while Lady Novel simply rolled her eyes. "Now, let us begin. Two thousand years ago, there reigned Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, before their souls were sacrificed to the Sun and moon. Many a time, Princess Celestia had saved old Equestria, the land before the Everstorm divided it, with the help of Her younger sister, Princess Luna. They were both loved, one more than the other due to Princess Celestia being more active by making more laws and attended more meetings, while Princess Luna rested during the Day before she started the night, and occasionally helped Princess Celestia with her needs. Princess Luna may hadn't been as well known as Princess Celestia, who was loved by thousands, but only because of her lack of activity, but she was still loved by hundreds of ponies. But, those hundreds of admirers wasn't enough for Princess Luna; she wanted more.

"Thus was when she decided to betray the throne and her Sister, and had attempted to destroy the Day by bringing eternal night. Princess Luna was selfish to bring in nothing but cold and risk of the plants the earthponies worked hard on die from lack of Sunlight. And thus, once when she brought forth the lunar eclipse, she declared herself to be Nightmare Moon. Princess Celestia, of course, didn't tolerate it. Not only because Her Sun was shunned, but also because of the danger she brought forth upon Her subjects. And so, reluctantly, She was forced to fight Her sister, and soon won the battle. Nightmare Moon refused to surrender, and accepted that she was already loved enough, and so Princess Celestia was forced to banish her to the moon for a thousand years before she learned her lesson."

"We already learned this!" Whined Lady Lily.

"Yes, but it is a lesson that we must never forget." Lady Scroll explained.

"Yes, we know," Lady Novel replied, "Do not let envy get the better of us, instead appreciate what attention and love we already posses. You've told us this a thousand times."

"And a thousand more I must, if that's what it takes to keep such a mistake from happening once again." Lady Scroll replied. "Now, let us go forth and play some more peasant games."

*All My Best,*

Doug_