To Be A Princess

Twilight and Flurry agreed that when Flurry was Princess of the Crystal Empire once again, the Peace Blossoms Orphan Home would be moved to the Crystal Empire so the children would never have to be apart from the woman they lived for.

Twilight and Flurry rode the train back to Ponyville, and Flurry must have cried out all of her tears because she was acting more excited than Twilight had ever seen Pinkie Pie get.

“So when do I get my wings and my magic?” Flurry asked again, stroking Twilight’s left wing delicately.

Twilight sighed. “I’m afraid that won’t come for a while. We will finish your training and then Celestia will test you, as she did me. If she feels you are ready, she will give you your wings, magic, and most importantly: your kingdom. If not, we will go back to training.”

“What is there for me to learn anyway?”

“Plenty of things, including flying and magic lessons before and after your coronation so you won’t be a total dork like I was,” Twilight said with a smirk.

Flurry laughed, but then frowned. “Did Celestia not teach you?”

Twilight did not know what to say for a moment. “Well, you see...Celestia had taught me everything she knew about magic, and that with the fact that my friends had taught me about friendship were the reasons I became a Princess in the first place. But, Celestia didn’t really care about teaching me anything else.” Twilight folded her arms and snapped her wing back into place behind her back. “She’s not as good of a mentor as she’s cracked up to be. But don’t tell her I said that.”

Flurry rested her hands in her lap and began to swing her feet. “So...Celestia is my grandmother? Wow.”

“Great-aunt,” Twilight corrected.

Flurry cocked her head and raised and eyebrow. “Then who is my grandmother? Certainly not Luna...right?”

Twilight shook her head. “Chrysalis is your grandmother.”

Flurry’s eyes and mouth opened wide. “What?”

Twilight nodded. “Don’t worry about it. You’re mother was a gift from Fausticorn, like Chrysalis, Celestia, and Luna were. Your mother had no father. There are millions of pony-changeling hybrids and the like because Chrysalis is the Hive Queen now.”

“What do you mean, now?”

“Well, Chrysalis is Celestia’s twin sister, and she used to be the Ruler of the Land while Celestia was Ruler of the Sky, until Luna came along and the two split their duties. Chrysalis got discord-ed and by the time Celestia found her, because Chrysalis had run off and began her Hive, it was too late. And that’s how changelings were made, basically.” Flurry still looked confused, so Twilight added, “And to finish your ‘History of Equestria’ lesson, the three elder princesses were born as earth humans and given godly powers by Queen Fausticorn as they grew older.”

Flurry’s eyebrow was still raised, but she muttered an “Oh.”

It was less than a minute before Flurry’s head was in her hands and she was crying. It startled Twilight, and she reached over to give her “daughter” hugs.

“What made her do it?”

“Who?” Twilight asked.

Flurry looked up. Her eyes were flooded and red. “You know who.”

Twilight sighed and nodded. “You know what, kid, she loved you so much. More than anyone or anything. She just wanted to spend time with you and honestly....I still don’t understand why she was so overwhelmed. I know raising a child isn’t easy, but she had your father and nothing ever happens in the Crystal Empire. She was just a bad ruler.” Flurry began crying again. “But hey, don’t worry about it. She doesn’t matter anymore. And, if you’re worried about ruling, like I said. Nothing extreme ever happens there.”

Flurry stopped crying for a moment, suddenly. “Is she still alive?”

Twilight was surprised at the question. “Yes. Celestia thought about killing her because that was what Equestria wanted, but Luna and I managed to hold her in a cell for the rest of her life. She won’t get out.”

“Well, if I have one, I want her at my coronation.”

Twilight yelled, “What?”

“You heard me. I know you will be my mother now, but she gave birth to me. I need her there.” Flurry’s voice was stern, and she still had her head buried.

Twilight sighed and hugged Flurry once more. “If that’s what you want.”

Twilight began rubbing her forehead. "What's the matter?" Flurry asked.

"Well," Twilight said, "I just remembered that I am probably going to be flooded with questions from ponies all across Equestria about you. Not that that's a bad thing really, it's just...I can feel a headache coming on already."

Flurry said nothing. Twilight got nervous that she had offended her daughter on her first day of adoption in seventeen years, but after a while, Twilight checked and saw that Flurry had fallen asleep on Twilight's chest with her hands still holding Twilight tightly.