Memory Orbs

by Robert Emerald Fountain

Rating: everyone
Tags: Princess Celestia, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Luna, Thriller, Princess Cadance, Random
Length: 1421

Looking at orbs that show the past

After Cadence gives an orb to Twilight, regarding Flurry Heart's birth, she remembers seeing something like it when they were at the Castle Ruins, and they view them.

Published 2018-10-07 01:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2018-10-26 00:02:11 UTC

The Birth of Celestia

They felt a slight shock, and then They felt as if they were floating in the air. Then, they could see only illusions surrounding them as they flew through a tunnel of time. They soon found themselves in what seemed to be a hospital room. Queen Galaxia was in the bed, in a position between lying down, and sitting up, with King Cosmos at her side.

"*Groan* It hurts.", Galaxia told the doctor as she pushed.

"Your mother looks beautiful.", Rainbow whispered.

"Yes, she was very beautiful, and she was kind too.", Celestia replied.

Moments later, "WAAAAAAHHH!!!"

They looked up to see the doctor pulling out the newborn filly. Tears of happiness streamed from both of the alicorns' eyes, as Galaxia cradled her newborn daughter and sang her to sleep.

"Sleep, my sweet little Celestia.", Galaxia sang softly.

Then, they were blinded by a flash of bright light as they returned to the present.

Celestia's Funniest Memory

The next orb, showed something just three days after Luna's birth.

They found themselves in the castle where the sisters were raised, Celestia was about to start bathing her sister.

*SPLASH*

Luna accidentally kicked over a bottle of ink, and it got on her skin. Galaxia ran to get a cloth to clean up the mess. Without hesitating, Celestia removed her sister's diaper, and began to bathe her. All of the stains came off, except one. Panicking, Celestia scrubbed harder to get it off.

"WAAAAAHHH!!", Luna cried, having been scrubbed so hard that it began to hurt.

"Mom, I need help.", Celestia yelped, "I can not clean out this stain, and I risk rubbing her skin raw."

"Oh, Celestia, Sweetheart, she was born with that spot on her flank", Galaxia laughed.

After they returned to the Present, Starlight was shocked.

"She had never seen your birthmark?", she asked Luna.

Luna and Celestia, stifled a laugh.

"I was wrapped in a blanket when she first saw and cradled me. She only saw my sweet little face.", Luna said with a giggle.

Celestia's Saddest Memory

Thousands of years ago...

They found themselves in the castle, on the night of Luna's banishment to the moon.

"I am sorry sister.", said Celestia. "You have given me no choice, but to use these." as the Elements of Harmony rose up on the pedestal.

Taking them in her magic, she flew high, and charged the energy. Nightmare Moon fired a blast towards her, and Celestia fired back at the same time.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!", yelled Nightmare Moon as the energy from the elements engulfed her.

A shock wave sent her flying up to the moon, and sent Celestia flying downwards. Looking up at the image of a mare on the moon, Celestia's eyes welled up, and her face softened into deep sorrow and sadness. Unable to hold it anymore, she released a loud shriek, buried her head in her hooves, and cried her heart out, over the loss of her beloved sister.

The first Orb, and the flashback

Two weeks after being allowed to stay with Cadence...

Cadence gave a gilded box to Twilight as they packed up to head home. A note on the box said: "The orb in this box is a duplicate of the orb that contain's our happiest memory yet." Twilight read the note, and she and her friends remembered something from when they searched for why Flurry Heart was an alicorn at birth.

"I saw several orbs at the castle when we were looking through the library.", said Rainbow Dash.

"I know what you are talking about, and I saw those orbs too.", Twilight replied.

"I think they were labeled, but I do not know what the labels had written on them.", said Fluttershy.

After arriving back home in Ponyville, they geared up to investigate the orbs art the castle.

Searching the Castle

"We would be happy to go with you.", Celestia said to Twilight when she asked about it.

The next morning, they set off through the Everfree Forest, until they reached the Ruins of The Castle of The Two Sisters, even Starlight went with them after being intrigued by the description.

"Here they are.", said Rarity when she saw the dusty case that held the glowing balls.

"Wow, I forgot that Mom and Dad gave us these before they passed.", Luna said in a quiet voice.

The labels said: " The birth of our first daughter", "The birth of Luna", "Celestia's saddest memory", and "Celestia's funniest memory".

A warning that Cadence had left with her copy orb said: "You might want to cover your ears when you view this memory, just saying."

"I say we look at the ones showing our births first.", Luna suggested.

"Good idea, in fact, we should view them in chronological order.", said Twilight as she readied the orbs for viewing.

They each placed a hoof on the orb, but then the unexpected happened.

The Birth of Luna

"You looked beautiful, Your Majesty.", Starlight said.

"Thank you, Starlight."

They touched the next orb and found themselves in a similar room.

"*Groan* It hurts, just like last time.", Galaxia told the doctor as she pushed.

Moments later, they heard a similar cry as Luna was extracted, only she cried quieter.

Cosmos went out to the waiting room, and said: "Celestia, sweetie, would you like to see your new sister?"

Celestia happily followed her dad to the room, and Galaxia smiled as she handed Luna to her. At this point, Luna was already wrapped snugly in a baby blanket, and was sleeping soundly, yet she had a smile on her face.

Celestia cried tears of happiness as she cradled her newborn sister. "She's beautiful.", she said to her parents, "I am going to name her, Luna, because her skin and mane color look like shades in the night sky.

"You were so cute, when you were born.", Celestia said to Luna as they returned to Present Day.

"Thank you, Sis.", said Luna

The Birth of Flurry Heart

They touched the last orb, knowing it would show them the birth of Flurry Heart.

"Here we go.", said Twilight, as they entered the memory.

The were in a hospital room at the Crystal Empire, Cadence was in the bed, with Shining Armor at her side. Except, she was sweating, because she had been pushing for a while, and she was resting for a moment.

"Okay, Your Highness, I need you to push NOW!!", the doctor said, intently. "One more push should be able to get your little one out."

"AAAAAHHHH!!!", Cadence shrieked as sharp pain flew up her abdomen.

Suddenly, "WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Everyone, threw hooves over their ears, even Cadence and Shining Armor. Flurry Heart's first cry was so loud that everyone had to squeeze their eyes shut.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, it's a filly. However, you have an alicorn, which I can't explain.", the doctor said as he clamped and cut the cord.

Through squinted eyelids, Rainbow saw Flurry Heart's eyes, but they did not look pretty. They were puffy and red, and tight shut.

"Twilight, look at her eyes.", she screeched, over Flurry Heart's loud cry.

Twilight got one look at Flurry's eyes before the doctor turned around to leave and assess Flurry's health. Five minutes later, the doctor returned to Cadence and handed Flurry Heart back to her parents. At this point, Flurry had been diapered and wrapped tightly in a pink baby blanket and she had a pacifier in her mouth. Once Flurry had been placed in Cadence's hooves, Cadence used her magic to remove the pacifier and began to breastfeed her.

As the memory faded into darkness, Twilight wondered to herself why Flurry's eyes were puffy and red.

**

Cadence was waiting for them in the Present. They had confusion on their faces.

"What was with her beautiful eyes, Cadence? Why were they puffy and red?", Twilight asked.

"They eventually opened, but they were like that for four hours. Her eyes were swollen shut, which happened to me at birth, according to what my mother said.", Cadence replied.

"Well, at least they aren't like that anymore.", Twilight said blissfully.

"We have decided to spend a little bit of time with you, Twilight. I hope you don't mind giving Flurry Heart a tour of your Friendship School.", Cadence replied.

"Let's do it.", Twilight said, "Follow us."

The End

Author's Note

I created this story as I went along. However, I do not know what to use as a cover image.