The First Unicorn

Forgive and forget

Twilight and Princess Celestia returned to the tree house after sleeping on the Everfree Forest cliff. Dawning Light told Twilight she could visit Canterlot so long as when she returned to Ponyville, she visited the glowing mare immediately. Just before Twilight left her mate, Dawning Light gave her a new spell and told her not to use it until later in the night as it would take most of her energy to pull it off. Twilight said goodbye to her friends while still trying not to remember the fact that they all found her attractive in their own way, and left for Canterlot.

“Alright Twilight.” Princess Celestia said. “We should be there by midnight.”

Twilight simply shook her head and enjoyed the ride. As she did, she investigated Celestia’s thoughts. They were pretty much what Twilight would have expected; royal duties and meetings. Nothing unpredictable seemed to show.

Meanwhile, in the palace, Princess Luna had just finished raising the moon. As she paced her balcony with the look of annoyance, one of her guards stood next to the balcony window staring intently while waiting for her to speak.

“Once again…” Luna said in an angered voice. “The white light shines in the forest of Everfree… I have no doubt in my mind about it now.”

The guard rolled his eyes and said “Are you sure it’s not just a gas leak like the books say.”

Luna darted the guard with a frustrated look and said “Absolutely not! Does a gas cloud shine so bright that I can see it from here? No… It’s a pony… A traitor of the night trying to block darkness with its glow; I know it is! This is the last straw. It’s been getting brighter, which means the pony is becoming self-arrogant about who he or she angers. Sure, I can see the light of other cities, but this one is in a forest, and it's brighter than any general town!”

The guard lowered his head while shaking it in disbelief. “I don’t think anypony would be foolish enough to try and upset you, your highness.”

Luna ignored this and spread her wings while saying “I’m going to eliminate this threat. Keep the palace safe from harm while I am gone.” After this last statement, she took off headed for the Everfree Forest with haste.

Meanwhile, Twilight and Celestia discussed how they would explain to Luna about the princess’s mother when Luna passed right underneath the two without being detected.

As Luna approached the forest, she saw the bright light and swooped down to it.

Dawning Light lay in a field of glowing white flowers smiling and looking serine; However, the sublime feeling was cut short by Luna landing just a few feet away from the glowing mare. Dawning Light jumped up from her spot while silently gasping. The blue mare stood there with flower pedals wafting all around her. The princess of the night starred at her mother with rage in her eyes.

“So, this is the traitor.” Luna said in a low but sarcastic voice. “For months, I have contemplated coming here to cease your annoying defiance of bringing light to the night. Now, when you shine the brightest, so does my anger!”

Luna began walking towards Dawning Light, causing her to run. Light jumped over fallen tree trunks and ran to a nearby waterfall. She stopped and turned around to see if Luna was pursuing, only to see nothing. She looked at the water and saw Luna transport to her while saying “Thought you could escape your punishment?”

The glowing mare backed away slowly with a worried look. Her daughter was oblivious to the fact that she was about to do harm to her own mother. Luna pointed her horn at Dawning Light and fired several rounds of blue streaks only to find them absorbed by a force field. She walked up to Dawning Light and asked “What do you plan? Keep that thing up forever? You’ll wear yourself out soon.”

The mare just kept the shield up while giving Luna the most apologetic face she could. Luna asked “Why do you not address your princess? Answer me now!”

The mare shook her head telling Luna she was mute. Luna frowned and asked “You can’t speak? Disappointing… Well, the faster you let the force field down, the faster you'll meet your fate!”

Dawning Light, feeling that she had no choice but to possibly appease her daughter, lowered the force field and closed her eyes ready for Luna's scorn. the blue mare's horn lit up with intense flare and aimed for the glowing mare’s chest. As the dark blue waves shot out, Dawning Light sent a distress call to Twilight and Princess Celestia. It was an ancient spell used by the gods to call for assistance from others.

The magic beam hit hard and sent the glowing mare hurtling to the ground. Luna then sent a numbing spells to Dawning Light preventing her from running while standing over her with a smirk.

Meanwhile, back at the Canterlot palace, Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia stood in the library having a silly little conversation. They didn’t know where Luna was, but figured they would find her soon enough.

“So, does this make me your technical step mother if I decide to marry Dawning Light?” Twilight asked in a rhetorical tone of voice.

Princess Celestia laughed at the question and stated “I don’t think I can even imagine you being my step mom, but stranger things have happened.”

Twilight giggled and asked “Like what?”

Princess Celestia stared at her pupil and pondered at this for a moment before saying “Alright, maybe not… but still.”

Just then, both Princess Celestia and Twilight heard Dawning Light crying out for help within their heads. Twilight asked the princess if she heard it and Celestia confirmed that they both heard the same plea of help enter their minds. The two galloped to Princess Celestia’s balcony and stood their staring in the direction of the Everfree Forest. Princess Celestia looked at Twilight and asked “Do you think you’re ready to try that new spell you got from last night?”

Twilight answered by lighting her horn in a flash of bright purple aura; just like that, the two disappeared. The spell was the most powerful teleportation spell that could ever be used in Equestria. It would instantly take somepony anywhere they wanted in Equestria.

Luna stood over Dawning Light with her glowing horn ready to execute the finishing blow when both Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia appeared before the two. Luna was pushed off of Dawning Light by her sister’s magic while Twilight came to comfort the glowing mare.

Luna got to her feet and asked why her sister did this.

“Because.” Princess Celestia said. “This is our mother!”

Luna, now on her feet blinked her eyes while her jaw hung open a little looked more confused than ever. She shook her head to try and cope with what she was hearing. “Did you just say… our mother?” She asked in an extremely puzzled voice.

While Twilight used a spell to help Dawning Light recover movement, Princess Celestia explained to her sister what was going on.

“And she’s been here, suffering in these woods ever since!” Princess Celestia finished.

Luna stared at her mother’s burnt chest wound. “I… attacked our mother?” she asked with a wobbling bottom lip. “But… but I thought she was a traitor of the night.”

Princess Celestia face hoofed herself while saying “She’s a goddess. Her body isn’t like ours. She glows because of all the power that is built into her. It’s just now awakening; that’s why she glows. She can’t control it. She was never trying to block out the darkness.”

Luna walked up to the now standing, glowing mare and apologized while embracing a hug from her mother. Twilight stood behind them and informed Luna that she would act as the voice of dawning Light.

“It’s alright. I’m just happy they came to save me in time… and I know I did things in the past, but I hope you can ignore all that and accept my apology for the sins I did back then.

Luna raised her hooves and hugged back while saying “Of course I forgive you. We all make mistakes in our lives. I’ve made a horrible mistake today as well… I almost…”

Thinking about what could have happened to her mother, the blood that would have been on her hooves; The emotional thought brought tears to Luna’s eyes. They slid down and dripped on her mother’s shoulders as she said “I’m sorry too.”

Dawning Light, eyes closed and smiling had Twilight say “I forgive you as well… my daughter.”