The First Unicorn

Meeting her maker

Twilight awoke to the sound of birds chirping in the distance. She lifted her head, remembered last night, grunted and tried to stretch her body only finding it to be very sore.

Oh, whoa… I feel like jelly, especially my legs. That sure was fun... but now…

As she looked to her left, she saw a basket filled with assorted fruits. attached to the handle was a note.

"Twilight, hope you're feeling alright. Here’s your breakfast to give you some energy. I really enjoyed last night and look forward to seeing you later on; Sincerely, Dawning Light."

Twilight rolled onto her back and levitated some grapes into her mouth. Staring up at the sky, she saw the sun a little past the position it would be in for noon. One in the afternoon… That’s just great. Spike is gonna be worried sick about me!

As she finished her food, she stood up. Now feeling refreshed, she headed to the cliff exit.

As she exited the forest, she thought about her life thoroughly. I have a new special somepony, and she’s a mare… Not only that, but I need to visit her every night to ensure she lives. As if that isn’t bad enough, I now know that my friends find me sexually attractive… At least things couldn’t possibly get any worse...

Twilight entered her tree house and was greeted by Spike coming down the stairs. “Oh, Twilight! Where in Equestria have you been?”

Twilight told Spike to leave her alone. She was about to grab a spell book and start studying when Spike burped up a letter from Princess Celestia.

“What could she want?” Twilight said as she unfolded the note.

It read: “My dear faithful student Twilight Sparkle. I’ve found myself missing you these past few months and thought it would be pleasant for you to visit Canterlot for about a week. Please R.S.V.P. me soon. Your mentor and teacher, Princess Celestia.”

Twilight gulped after reading this.

“Oh no!” She said in a frantic voice. “I can’t visit her now of all times! I’m doing something more important. Could she have more ironic timing?”

Spike, who had been listening to Twilight’s odd reaction to the letter with confusion in his mind said “But you haven’t seen her for months. I would think this to be a good opportunity for you to go see her.”

Twilight looked at the dragon and told him to take a note.

“Dear Princess Celestia.” She said in a rather sad voice. “I am regretful to inform you that I cannot enjoy visitation for quite some time. Something has come up and I’m afraid that visit will have to be postponed for a later date. I am deeply sorry for this and I hope you understand. Sincerely, Twilight Sparkle.”

Spike rolled up the note and stamped it. Before sending it, he asked “Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider this?”

Twilight told him to send it. As the dragon blew his green fire onto the paper, Twilight lowered her head knowing she probably upset her teacher.

The day slugged by and Twilight stayed in her tree house reading up on ancient mysteries of folklore and gallop mythology while trying to learn anything about her friend, Dawning Light.

The dawn goddess, Dawning Light, was almost always described with a glowing mane as she opened the gates of heaven for Flare to raise his sun… Nothing about her cheating… Nothing about her being the first unicorn… Just what she did and how she is nothing more than a myth… This gives me a head ache.

Twilight put the book down and looked outside to see the sunset.

Well, time to go see her again. I wish I could see her during the day. I’m not getting enough sleep at night.

Just as she was about to exit, Spike stopped her by asking where she was going.

“It’s none of your business.” She sighed.

The young dragon walked down the stared and said “It is to my business. You’re my friend. You’ve been wandering off a lot lately without giving any sort of explanation. Please Twilight; just tell me where you’re going so I’m not left alone in the dark.”

Twilight rolled her eyes, opened the door and said “I’m going to the Everfree Forest. Don’t follow me.”

As Twilight left town, the unexpected happened; Princess Celestia arrived in ponyville. She came in a chariot which was being pulled by two guardian stallions. As she landed, she hoped out saying “Thank you, gentlecolts.”

She knocked on the door of Twilight's tree house and was greeted by Spike.

“Y- Your majesty?! What are you doing here?” Spike asked in astonishment.

“I’m here to visit Twilight Sparkle, of course.” She said in a dignified manner. “Mind if I come in?”

Spike looked around and said nervously “She… isn’t here… She went to the Everfree Forest...”

The princess’s eyebrows raised in curiosity as to why she would be in a place like that at this late hour. As she asked this, Spike claimed he hadn’t a clue.

“Well then, I’ll have to retrieve her, wont I.” she said as she headed to the woods.

Meanwhile, Twilight searched for her glowing friend. A little after thirty or forty minutes, they found each other. Princess Celestia caught up with her student and hid in the bushed to avoid being seen. As she spied, she saw her mother; of course, she didn’t know who Dawning Light really was at the time. She wondered who this mare could be and why she glowed.

Twilight just stared at the mare. They didn’t seem to speak, but they did make facial expressions like a smile and nodding their heads in some sort of agreement. Then, the glowing mare lowered herself down to Twilight and vice versa. As they lay on the grass, Celestia saw the glowing mare come in for a kiss. As their lips met, Celestia began to blush at what she was seeing. The mare and Twilight deepened the kiss by opening their mouths to welcome each other’s tongues. That’s when Celestia couldn’t take it anymore. She stood up and stepped out of the bushed causing Twilight and Dawning Light to break the lustful kissing.

“Twilight! What are you doing?!” Celestia asked as she walked towards the two.

Oh, no! Not now; She can’t be here! I didn’t want her to find me. What is she doing here?

Twilight was stunned and almost couldn't form the sentence she was trying to say. “P- Princess… What in- Why… What are you d- doing here?”

Celestia looked at Twilight and then at Dawning Light. The glowing mare was trembling before her own daughter. Her eyes said she was worried and that she wanted to run.

“I got your letter and thought I might come to visit you instead of the other way around.” Celestia explained. “Who’s your… special somepony?”

Twilight cleared her through and tried to dodge the question while mentally asked Dawning Light what she should say. “Well, you didn’t need to come by. It’s really not that important.”

What do I say? She’s bound to find out!

Tell her I’m… I’m a creature of the woods that… uh… No, that won’t work.

“I wanted to see you.” Celestia said. “It’s been far too long since I paid you a visit, so I came to Ponyville hoping to spend time with my favorite student. And then I see this! You and… I don’t even know her name!” She turned to Dawning Light requesting the information.

Oh, no. she can’t know my name… tell her I’m a mute.

Twilight did so and told Celestia the truth.

“A mute… That would mean you don’t know her name either.” Celestia said to Twilight. “That’s a bit odd Twilight.”

The purple mare was still trying to figure out what to do when she heard Dawning Light give in to the pressure and think It’s no use. Tell her the truth… I’ll know if she’s truly mad at me for what I did all those years ago to her and my late husband.

With no other choice, Twilight explained with difficulty about how she and Dawning Light could talk telepathically. She explained about how Light was Celestia’s mother and about her cheating on her husband. She explained the punishment she had endured for all these millenniums and that she was sorry for all of it. At the end of the explanation, Celestia looked more confused than ever.

“She says.” Twilight continued. “She is very sorry for what she did and that she knows you won’t forgive her easily. And I’m sorry too… for seeing your mother… but without me, she'll die! It’s not like she has a choice to love me. It’s the stupid spell that’s doing it.”

Celestia closed her eyes to collect her thoughts and emotions. Dawning Light lowered her head and shed a tear. As it slithered slowly down her glowing face, shining and sparkling, Twilight caught it with her magic and whipped it off for her.

“She says.” Twilight began. “You don’t have to forgive her. And she understands why.” As Twilight finished her sentence, Dawning Light and the purple mare took off for the cliff still crying. Celestia opened her eyes and followed suit.

Wind blew Twilight and Light’s mane to the left as Celestia approached the two. Twilight’s hair soothingly caressed Light’s chest as tears continued to flow freely. Celestia came up to the right of Dawning Light and put her hooves around her mother while saying “Please… uh, mom… I forgive you.” The last word left her lips and was shortly followed by tears of her own. As she caringly hugged Light, she continued. “I could never, ever stop loving a family member no matter what they did. You have my forgiveness, and I hope you understand me when I say that no matter what… I love you.”

Twilight told Celestia that she would act as the voice for her mother.

As time slowed down, Twilight started.

“You see… When I was first starting out as a goddess, I was destined to marry Ending Day, but I had loved Flare first. He was the one I saw every waking day, while my husband never came to me for the night. We very seldom saw each other. When Flare and I did our normal duties together, he always tempted me and plagued me with ideas of bodily pleasures.”

As Twilight got closer to the next part, Dawning Light’s face curled up into an angry frown, salty tears still falling from her eyes.

“One day… I was pushed too far by my husband not coming to me… Flare, however… He was always there. I regret every act of adultery I did now... I had his child, but Flare and Ending Day looked so much alike that Ending Day wasn’t able to notice the child wasn’t his… That child was you, Celestia.”

Celestia’s lips shook as she tried to remember the memories of her childhood, only to find they had disappeared over the years.

“Crescent also tempted me… Him and I were inseparable. Every day, just before he left, I would see him off. He was so kind and shallow at the same time… If I had known what would have happened, I would have pushed him away… His romantic lines of allurement dragged me to cheat once again… but I was stupid.”

Light’s hoof slammed itself down on the ground in frustration, lightly splattering the liquid puddle of tears.

“I cheated again… and had yet another child… Luna. After that… After that…”

Light collapsed and sank down to the rocky terrain and sobbed heavily. Even Twilight found it hard to speak as Light cried. Celestia, still with her hooves wrapped around her mother, said it was alright.

“After that, my husband removed my wings and banished me to this cursed place.”

Twilight finally shed a tear as well despite her fighting to hold it back.

“Flare cursed at my name and punished me by making my body disappear during the day… I haven’t seen the light of the sun in such a long time… It feels like hell, always being surrounded by darkness… Always having the guilt in your chest. Knowing you hurt three of your best friends… Crescent was the only one who showed me compassion that day by forgiving me and allowing me to keep my body during the night… Years later, I was sitting on this same cliff… apologizing to the air, the sky… Ending Day showed himself before me once more.”

Light shook her head in utter disgust for what she had done to him.

“I ran to him and bowed while pleading for his forgiveness. He just snorted at me… told me he would be dying soon… and cursed me with his power. I begged the other gods for forgiveness… but they just ignored me. Crescent was the one who begged with me to try and convince them that I was truly sorry for my heinous acts. So they did do something… They created Twilight as a conduit to absorb all the power of my husband and control it with respect and dignity. She would be born years later… but in order to ensure I would find her and still suffer the whole time, they cast a love spell on me. For years, I’ve been awaiting her arrival. Wanting… Needing her to show herself… I’m sorry for what I did, daughter… I beg for your forgiveness just as much as I begged for leniency from the gods, and my husband.”

Princess Celestia slowly stroked her mother’s mane. Light’s body shivered with grief and depression. While tears fell from all three of the ponies faces, Celestia began to say in a weak but assuring voice “I told you already… I forgive you.”