Time is Magic

A coronation?

A BUCKING CORONATION?!

I am losing my mind right now. This totally came out of left-field. For the two years I spent on Earth, my magic was sealed completely, and I wasn’t able to access the timeline at all, let alone fly or use basic magic. It would have been nice to have just a little heads up that I was to become Prince of the Night and Time! Even a subliminal hint would have been better than having Celestia spill the beans!

“Noah...Noah...JEWNICORN! ART THOU OKAY?” Luna says, flying to my side as I am a bit dizzy and overwhelmed from this announcement.

“Yes, I am fine. I am just a bit shell-shocked. I mean, I am from the Davidic line on my mother’s side, but I am not the Messiah or anything. So...MAYBE royalty, but probably not.” I reply as she uses her magic to bring a mirror closer to me.

“Shell shocked is fine. Somepony from Carousel Boutique in Ponyville is coming imminently to take thy measurements, we don’t want to keep them waiting, especially if it’s Rarity!” Luna says as I look at myself in the mirror. I lost weight since I was last a pony, a good ten pounds or so! Guess my continuous exercise on Earth in the event of my return to Equestria paid off!
“Also, wouldn’t it be a good idea to tell your mom that you are an alicorn? I don’t even think she knows about the ten millennia you spent with my sister in that other universe!” Celestia says, piping in from another room.

“‘Tia, one does not eavesdrop on a conversation! Especially with our favorite pupil!” Luna says sternly to her sister.

“Well, even if we abdicated, you are still my filly sister, so I can do what I want!” Celestia says, jokingly, causing my teacher to laugh.

Hm? They get along quite nicely! This is a relief. I was half expecting a crazy fire-breathing mare who wanted me turned into glue. I am more at ease that this is not the case. I notice a little bit of dirt in my wing, and I use magic to clean it. Must’ve hit a dust bunny or something as I was flying here, I guess?

“NOAH! Somepony here wants to see you!” Celestia says, spawning in front of me.

“Ok, who wants to see me?” I ask, unsure of where Celestia is going with this.

“Nopony other than the reigning sovereign of Equestria herself, princess Twilight Sparkle! She’ll be arriving right-”

And before Celestia could say “now” a mulberry purple mare, as tall as both my teacher and her sister, perches herself on the balcony where I landed a half-hour ago.

“Well well well. Looks like we have a new alicorn in the family. What is it you people say? “Mazel Tov!” She says, sure of herself that this was the correct congratulatory expression.

I blush. Obviously, this Twilight isn’t as learned in Jewish stuff as the one from my timeline, but the sentiment is nice.

“Um, hi? I don’t know you that well, and frankly, I didn’t know the OTHER Twilight that well. It’s good to be acquainted after two years.” I say, with a smile.

“It’s okay. By the way, I was the version of Twilight that figured out how to get you here, so a “thank you” would be nice?” She says dryly. At least there is ONE constant between the two Twilight Sparkles: no sense of sarcasm. To be fair, I have the same problem, but I digress.

“Thanks, Princess. I was quite bored on Earth, to be frank with you.” I replied candidly.

“Oh! I almost forgot! I have a present for you!” Twilight says, before using magic to place a medium-sized box on the floor next to me.”

“PRESENTS?!? WE LOVE PRESENTS!” Luna says, running to open the box before I had a chance to even do so.

Might as well flex my time power now. It HAS been two years since I froze time. Wonder if I can still do it?

Ahem: “זאוואדו! עצור את הזמן! !!" (Time! grind to a halt!). Everything and everypony freezes in place, including all three of the other alicorns.

“עברה שנייה אחת”. (one second has passed)

“Well, this is nice. At least I can think out loud in frozen time in this universe. Now, to gently move my teacher out of the way.” I say, using my magic to move her a few meters to the side, while also fixing up the present that Twilight brought for me.

“חלפו שתי שניות” (Two seconds have passed)

Don’t need frozen time anymore for this task. I made my point.

“הזמן יזרום שוב.” (time will flow once again) I say, resuming the flow of time. “Still got it, Jewnicorn, still got it!” I think to myself with a grin as I see Luna look confused and startled.

“What? We were just about to open Jewnicorn’s present- NOAH! WHY DID THOU FREEZE TIME ON US?!”

Twilight was a bit taken aback. “Did...Did Princess Luna just say pause time?” The very thought made the mare shiver to the core.

“What? Nopony told you that one magic spell you can use as a time guardian is freezing time? You live under a rock or something?”

Twilight decided not to answer that question. I use my magic to lift the box up and open it. I wonder what the present could be?

It’s the weirdest thing. Looks like a puzzle with three pieces. Wonder what it does?

“This thing over here is the source of all magic in Equestria, well, the source for everypony that isn’t an alicorn, since we source our own magic. I figured since you are a time pony, you should have this. Seems more fitting for you than it does for me. We all know soft power is the real power. I am busy working on friendship stuff and running a government. I’ll leave the time travel and stuff to you!”

Do I tell her that the other Equestria is a parliamentary democracy? Best not. She just got me a cool gift! Oh my, this seems like foreshadowing for something important, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself. I carefully analyze the artifact and see that it can be split into three pieces in equal size and mass. I am tempted to break it apart, but I realize it would be best not to.

“Oh, the Council of Friendship is going to be at your coronation, too! Everypony is so excited, but Pinkie Pie, well, she’s Pinkie Pie. She has a foal now, too!

Wait, what? How much time passed in this continuity? Quickly scanning the timeline, I realize that we are 15 years ahead from where I left off in the other timeline. WOAH, trippy. 15 years passed, and ten years left before everything hits the fan?

Hmm, I wonder how this could turn out for Twilight? I don’t want to scan the timeline too much, so I don’t go insane, but what could she possibly do to screw everything up?

I’ll think about that later. “Jewnicorn. Who would you rather go tell your family about the coronation? Me, your teacher, Twilight, or yourself?” Celestia asks me, switching to a more lighthearted subject.

“Well, didn't Luna already say she told my sister through dreams?” I ask, trying to remember what the lunar mare had to say already.

“Thou art correct. What we are not sure about is whether to make thy sister a pegasus once again, or leave her in her natural state. We don’t want to alarm thy mother.”

Horseapples! I didn’t even think about Mom. She probably doesn’t even know about my whole time as the Jewnicorn. I love her to bits, but I don’t think she is open-minded enough to find out her firstborn son is an immortal prince of time.
“Hold on, you are from another world, right?” Twilight asks me.

“Yes”

“Do you have ponies there?”

“What do you mean? We have equines, but they aren’t like us, they are...well...how do I put it? Not sentient? Only earth ponies?”

“Interesting. So your mother would probably freak out, seeing magical talking ponies?” Twilight brightly deduces for herself.

“Most likely,” I reply.

“Well, this poses a predicament. I wonder if we give your mother the pony treatment, whether she’ll feel better about it?” Twilight thinks about this idea for a minute.

“Well, you were a unicorn before you ascended, and your sister is a pegasus, right?” Twilight says, quickly spawning a chalkboard and drawing a Punnett Square.

“So, your dad must have been a unicorn then, right?” Twilight asks, unknowingly opening up a HUGE can of worms.

“Well, remember we were all human first, and my father is dead to me. May he rot.” I say, trying not to cause a commotion.

“Wait, you don’t love your dad? From the brief reading I did about your reality, honoring your parents is a prime commandment, no?” Twilight further interrogates me on the matter. My mane starts emitting cyan magic, but only in small bursts.

“My...my dad abandoned us when I was 10. Found a younger, hotter mare to live with.” I say. Quickly trying to change the subject, I summon a quill and parchment and begin writing down a list of things that I want for my coronation.

“Smart move, my boy, trying to change the subject.” Luna applauds me telepathically.

“I must have hit a nerve, sorry Jewnicorn.” Twilight says, quickly realizing she made a big mistake.

I finish writing down my list of stuff I want for my coronation, and I hand it to Luna.

“Hm? Thy list is rather brief. Art thou sure this is all thy wish to have for thy coronation?” Luna asks me, a bit surprised at my lack of pizazz.

“Well, The only thing that I 100% NEED to have is a kosher kitchen and no tree nuts. Everything else would be great as a surprise!” I say honestly.

“A colt with standards. I can get behind that in a prince!” Twilight says, appreciative of my decision.

“Well, you don’t have to worry about Kashruth, because ponies are herbivores! Everything we eat is Pareve or Dairy!” Celestia says.

Holy smokes! That’s true. In two years being back on Earth, I got back to using my omnivorous diet, and I totally forgot I can’t digest meat as a pony. This makes things SO much easier!

“So, that fixes this. Only thing I NEED is a nut-free party. Allergies SUCK!” I say, to which Luna nods.

“Very well. We shall send this request to Pinkie Pie at once, and she shall make the party of thy dreams!” Luna says, roughing up my mane.

“Hey, don’t do that! It takes me a good 20 minutes to not look like a slob in the morning!” I say, quite annoyed with my teacher.

“Well, your coronation is in thirty days. If I was you, I’d have Luna go pick up your sister!” Twilight says, opening a multiversal portal to my house in Monsey.

“Doth thou wish to come with us?” Luna asks me.

“Sure, I don’t see why not. Are we picking up my mom and my sister, or just my sister?”

“Just thy sister for now. Tell me, Noah, doth thou prefer bringing Rivka here as a human or as a pegasus?”

“Not sure. Don’t want to cause a commotion, so let’s ponify her, I guess?”

Guess my baby sister is in for a rude awakening!