For the second time in as many weeks, newly crowned Princess Twilight Sparkle found herself floating in what she now knew was the Astral Plane. Unlike the first time though, she was more annoyed than anything else. "Alright, I'm here. Can we hurry things along? I've got things to do, and I'm already an alicorn. What else is there?"

"For you to fully embrace what it means to be an alicorn Twilight," came a voice, one she knew was Princess Celestia. Sure enough, her mentor soon stepped from the mist.

Twilight was still confused. "What do you mean princess? What else is there?"

Celestia sighed, her brows creasing. They had been over this already. They were equals now. Twilight had to see that.

Apparently, though, she still refused to see herself as equal to her, Luna, and Cadance. Yes, Twilight was still young and inexperienced, but she was not alone.

It was time to stop beating around the bush it seemed. "For one thing Twilight. Stop using my title, and call me Celestia, please. You are now equal to all of us." She frowned, and Twilight gulped. "In your heart, you still see yourself as a unicorn, and that your wings and title are nothing but a burden. Am I right?"

Twilight wilted under her gaze. "Is it that obvious?"

Celestia nodded. "Very much so." Her gaze softened as she saw Twilight's eyes glimmer with tears. "The truth hurts I know. But Equestria will never again see you as you were."

Her head bowed. "Most will never see past the wings and crown, and look at the pony underneath. Your friends, of course, will still be by your side and love you no matter what."

Twilight sniffed, nodding. She felt a wing wrap around her and looked up into Celestia's smiling face. It helped ease her pain.

"And you will always have me, Luna, and Cadance. Eternity can be a long time without those who share your burden. Keep your friends and family close. One day, they will be gone."

Celestia bit back her own tears. "While you remain the picture of youth and beauty."

Twilight let out another sniff, hearing her worst fears confirmed. For a time, they sat together in silence, lost in thought.

Finally Twilight looked up at the princess. "So, um, was there anything else you wanted to tell me princ- er, Celestia?"

Celestia nodded, wiping away her own tears. She knew it would take time for Twilight to be used to using her name like that. But she could wait.

"Much more Twilight. But I think another can explain the next part better than me. And she has been waiting a long time to meet you," she said with a grin.

Twilight blinked. "She? Who is she?"

"Your Princess Soul," Celestia replied.

Twilight was even more confused now. "My what?"

Celestia giggled. "Your Princess Soul. It is something all alicorns have. In essence, they are what allows an alicorn access to her domain. The sun, moon, love, and in your case Twilight, magic itself," Celestia explained.

Her smile dropped somewhat. "Even more so, they are what allows us to live at all."

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked, worried about what this could mean.

Celestia grimaced. "No pony, not even us, was ever meant to hold this much power. Without the bond we share, our bodies would decay in a very short time. And depending on our domain, Equus would suffer for it."

Twilight gulped. She didn't like the sound of that. She quickly began trying to turn the conversation in a better direction. "But it's not all bad, right?"

Celestia smiled. "No, it is not. While it may seem so, first and foremost, each and every one of us is a friend, someone when we need a shoulder to cry on and who will never leave us." Her smile grew. "Something binds us that no other thing will. Her name."

"Her name?" Twilight questioned, scratching her head.

"Yes. Only one pony will ever know the soul's true name. If the two of you are truly destined to be together, she will tell you," Celestia replied.

Twilight was about to ask more, when she noticed a bright orb approaching them, making a beeling straight to Twilight.

Twilight didn't know why, but she wanted to meet that orb, to know who she was.

"And here she comes now," Celestia said as she stepped back and allowed Twilight and her Princess Soul their space.

Twilight watched as the orb floated serenely over to her. As it did, it began to take on an equine shape. Whoever she was, she was female. That was all Twilight could make out.

As it came to hover before her, Twilight heard a voice. Beautiful and melodic, the voice had the ring of one who had seen much in a long life, yet held the enthusiasm of youth.

"Twilight Sparkle?"

Twilight nodded. "Yes?" She squeaked out.

The voice giggled. "Do not worry. I mean you no harm. I have waited a long time for this day. I was losing hope we would ever meet."

Twilight tilted her head. "Why?"

"It can be very lonely where I stayed waiting for this day. My younger siblings all ascended long ago, and I miss them," the voice replied.

Now Twilight was really lost. "Wait. Younger? Isn't Princess Celestia the oldest alicorn alive?"

"She is, but her Princess Soul is the youngest. We don't know why, but that does not change who Celestia is. It helps her keep grounded when you share your body with a soul much younger than yourself."

Twilight nodded, starting to get it. "So, what about you?"

Her companion smiled, she could feel it. "Me? I am the oldest. Ironic is it not? Me, the oldest soul, bound to share her all with the youngest alicorn."

Twilight smiled a bit at that. "So. Um, should we get this show on the road?"

Her companion nodded as she began to glow. "Now Twilight Sparkle. Do you take me as your Princess Soul? Now and forevermore? Until time itself is unmade?"

Twilight stood to her full height. "I do."

She could feel the joy from her Soul as she zoomed over to her forehead and began merging her form with Twilight's own. Soon her body began to feel warm. As Twilight smiled goofily, she felt a torc appear around her neck and hoof boots appear around her hooves, securing themselves tightly but comfortably.

"Do not worry. These are symbols of us coming into our own," came a voice inside her head from her Princess Soul. "But these will not be the only changes. I feel something else coming. For both of us."

Before Twilight could ask what she meant, her body began to glow once more, before it began to grow with a lurch. Once it ended, Twilight felt that this had been a bit much as she looked down at her now taller body. If she had to guess, she was now between Cadance and Princess Luna in size. "Is that it?" She asked.

Apparently not, as she felt something or someone begin to grow out of the back of her head. First came a snout, then eyes, mouth, and ears. Finally, a fully formed face and head now grew out of the back of Twilight's own head.

Twilight blinked, as she felt her new companion open her eyes and look around, Twilight's own head turning with her as well. As strange as this felt, she had never felt more alive and younger. "This is so weird," she grumbled. "I don't even know your name. That seems kind of rude for how we now are."

Her companion giggled, a rather musical sound. "My name?" Her smile grew, and Twilight could feel the warmth and love it radiated. "My name is Lumena. Lumena Sparkle."

Twilight smiled as well. It felt right. "Welcome home, Lumena."

For a moment, Twilight and Lumena said nothing between them. Twilight was slowly getting used to now sharing everything her body with a second soul. Lumena, meanwhile, was enjoying the feeling of finally sharing somepony else's body.

"So now what?" Twilight finally asked. "Celestia didn't explain everything. And I doubt this was part of anything she thought of."

"For a good reason. Every one of us is different in how affect those we are bonded with," Lumena replied. "But there are some ways to know. Have you ever seen Celestia or Luna act odd, not their normal everyday selves?"

Twilight nodded, not sure how it was relevant. "Yeah. A few times. Why? They don't have a second head as far as I know. Unless she's hidden behind their manes."

"Then you were probably seeing their Princess Soul, not them. We have that effect on you. If you want, we can start working on our, hoof over I guess is the best way to describe it. And I too do not think they are bonded as we are."

Twilight blinked. "How the heck do we do that? Is it dangerous?"

"No, it is not. Do you feel how I the passenger in our body at the moment?" Twilight nodded. "When we switch roles, I would take over as the dominant personality, while you would be where I am now I assume. I can't really say for sure. Even I did not expect this."

Twilight frowned. That didn't exactly sound safe at all. But she could feel Lumena was being sincere with what she was telling her. And the fact that she and Lumena would now spend the rest of time together so intimately meant that they needed to begin building their trust in each other now.

Twilight nodded. "So then. How do we do this? I don't know."

"Let your mind go free. It will happen naturally. But only when we both want it. At least I hope so," Lumena replied.

Twilight nodded. Closing her eyes, she let her mind go free. It actually felt rather nice. Like falling asleep, and waking up from a dream. When she opened them, there was a certain disconnect to her surroundings. Like she was seeing them from someone else's eyes. Even if they were her own. Looking down, she now saw that she had a perfect view of her backside and tail. Odd. But it was something she could get used to.

Lumena for her part felt much the same. But for her, it felt so much more. The feeling in Twilight's body was incredible. More so when she was the one in the driver's seat so to speak.

"No. This is our body now," came Twilight's voice in the back of her head. "You're ready. I'm ready. We are ready. You're in the driver's seat now Lumena. Take our body for a test drive," Twilight giggled

Lumena smiled. A real one. Taking a deep breath, she slowly tried to stand. One by one her legs responded to her commands. Shakily, she came to her hooves.

The feeling of standing on her own four hooves for the first time was a feeling she would remember for all time. The feeling of the breeze in her mane and tail. Her wings fluttered a bit. She made a promise to remember it all.

Lumena took a moment to adjust to now having a physical body. It was a strange experience, to say the least. For one who had spent most of her life as a spirit without a body, it would take some time to get used to this.

Not that she was complaining. "So. Now, what do we do?"

"Well. You can see if our magic is different in any way. I can't really tell like this," Twilight replied.

Lumena nodded. Closing her eyes, she concentrated on a simple spell, one that would only light up her horn. For a moment, she felt nothing. But soon, she felt a faint tingle at its tip.

Opening her eyes and looking up, her smile became so wide that it would have impressed Pinkie Pie. Her horn was now glowing faintly. But what stood out the most was her aura.

It was midnight blue, the same shade as her mane and tail.

"Well. I think that answers that question. Do you feel any different when I use magic?" She asked.

"Not really," Twilight replied. "I mean, I feel a slight disconnect to it like this. But I don't feel anything different."

Lumena sighed, glad that her fear that her use of their magic would be a detriment to the both of them was unfounded. It would have made things difficult if it had.

Before she could say anything more, she saw Princess Celestia walk up with a smile, tinged with just a small bit of worry. Lumena knew it was for Twilight.

"Has everything gone well with the two of you?" She asked.

Lumena nodded, smiling as well. "It has. I don't think we could be happier."

Celestia was taken aback slightly at her response. Her voice sounded nothing like Twilight's own, even though she could hear the faint echoes of Twilights in it. "I can see you are not Twilight at the moment." She said, being cautious with whoever she was talking to. "Though I can see her in the back of your head."

"No. I'm not. Twilight is, letting me run our body for a while." Lumena replied, keeping her tone even and polite, not sure of how she could talk to Celestia. "And my name is Lumena."

"Can she hear everything we are saying now?" Celestia asked. Twilight's head nodded, even though she did not say anything.

Lumena nodded. "She can." She smiled slightly. "And, I get the feeling she is rather enjoying the experience."

Celestia nodded as well, her lips twitching upwards slightly. "That is good to hear. I am glad that the two of you have gotten on so well so far."

Lumena nodded. When she responded, Celestia could hear Twilight's voice echoing perfectly alongside her Princess Soul's. "So are we."

Celestia blinked again. Hearing two voices coming from her former student was an odd experience. She remembered when she and her Princess Soul first started. Luna had said it sounded like two were talking together at the same time.

Granted, Celestia had said the same thing to Luna when she too had come into hers. The same with Cadance. But hearing it come from Twilight was still a shock. "Well, then you two. What are your plans now?" She asked.

Lumena blinked. Now that Celestia had asked, she found they didn't have an answer. She held up a hoof. "Um. Hold that thought for a moment please," both she and Twilight replied.

Turning their minds inward, she and Twilight found themselves facing each other across a table of some kind. There was no definition to it. Just a regular table.

"She has a point," Twilight said. "Now, what are we supposed to do?"

Lumena shook her head. "I don't know. It changes for all of us what we do. Celestia and Luna have the sun and moon respectively. Cadance has love. What do we have?"

Twilight shook her head. "She didn't say really. Just that I needed to discover it on my own."

Lumena smirked. "I think she meant we need to discover it together. Did you plan to dive right into being a princess?"

Now it was Twilight's turn to smirk. "You mean start ruling my own domain and all that?" Lumena nodded. "Hopefully not for a long time yet. I had thought about maybe having my own court in Ponyville."

Lumena raised an eyebrow. "Wouldn't that infringe on Mayor Mare's power?"

Twilight shrugged. "It was her idea actually. And I was just as surprised as you are. I mentioned it to Celestia right after my coronation. She said it sounded like a wonderful idea."

Lumena nodded. "Then what could we do in it? How much would she be willing to give us if we do?"

Twilight shrugged. "Anything short of declaring war on Equestria or declaring independence is fine. If we get of hoof, then she and Luna can step in."

Lumena smiled. "That's a lot of responsibility considering you just ascended."

Twilight sighed. "I know. But, I don't want to let her down. I mean, she's done so much for me. I don't want her to think it was all misplaced."

Lumena could feel how Twilight felt. Their empathic bond was beginning to grow stronger and stronger. More so, she understood how Twilight was feeling.

For she too had felt the same once upon a time. Though it had been many ages.

Twilight noticed Lumena's pause and was both worried and curious at the same time. Since they were so inter-connected, she could feel Lumena's mind was on something. But what she couldn't tell.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

Lumena's train of thought was interrupted and she smiled. "Just. Old memories. Family and seeing each, in turn, off as their time came."

"Good ones I hope?" Twilight asked raising an eyebrow.

Lumena chuckled. "Of course. Seeing my younger sisters off was always a joyous occasion." Her smile grew as one memory in particular rose. "They always asked when I would join them."

"I thought you were the oldest? How were you the last to come down?" Twilight asked.

Lumena's smile grew softer. "Because the one I was meant to be with hadn't been born yet. And I could not join them until she had."

Twilight also smiled. "And here we are."

Lumena's smile grew too. "And here we are." Her expression grew serious again. "But we still need to figure out what each of us will do in this."

Twilight frowned. She had a point. If they were meant to share eternity together, they needed to figure something of an arrangement out between them. "Do you have any ideas?" She asked.

Lumena tapped her chin. Twilight found the image adorable. For some reason, Lumena appeared as an older version of her here in their mindscape. Maybe it had something to do with their bond. "Well. I do have one." She finally said.

Twilight leaned forward in anticipation. "What?"

"How much say were you planning on asking for in how Equestria is governed?" Lumena asked.

Twilight tapped her chin. "Well. I wasn't going to ask for my own kingdom that's for sure." She shrugged. "At least a say in any major decisions. A place in all the big important meetings. Why?"

Lumena's smile had grown into a smirk. "I might have a way to help us both with that. Has Celestia or Luna told you how these things work?"

"The basics," Twilight replied, not sure where this was going.

"Then I might have a way to keep the boredom down during them," Lumena replied a hint of mischief in her voice and tone now.

Twilight leaned in even more, eager to hear what she might have in store.

Celestia waited patiently while Twilight conversed with her princess soul. She knew the two of them had retreated into their mind, having seen and done it herself many times.

She did wonder what they were talking about though. Twilight had said she wanted a say in running Equestria, but Celestia, despite saying she had no trouble with that, was still concerned.

While Twilight did have a good understanding of how these things worked, she did not fully understand everything that went on that kept Equestria running. The Day and Night Courts held the image that they were where most decisions were made.

But in truth, most of the major policy and foreign affairs issues were resolved in committees and the Parliament. And those were always stuffy and boring.

Celestia wasn't sure Twilight was ready for that yet. She had no doubt in her ability to handle it. She was just worried Twilight might go insane from how slow the process was.

Finally after a few moments, Twilight and her twin's head rotated around so that now Twilight was facing forward. "I do have a plan actually," Twilight said.

Now Celestia was intrigued. "Go on." She prompted.

"Well. I do plan to start my own court in Ponyville. But I still want to have some say in how Equestria's government is run." Twilight said.

Celestia steeled herself, preparing to say what she should have some time ago. "Are you sure about that Twilight? Running the government isn't as glamorous as it sounds."

Twilight smiled. "And that's where part two of our plan comes into play."

Celestia's eyebrow rose. "Oh?"

Twilight nodded. "I kind of figured it was. So we found a way to work around that fact and still have something to work with."

"We?" Celestia asked, her confusion deepening.

Twlight and her twin rotated their heads once more. "We plan to switch off between ourselves if one of us gets bored. Ponies will just have to get used to the two of us being like this," Lumena said with a smirk.

Celestia thought on that a moment. It was a bit unorthodox, but she could see how it would make sense. And then kicked herself for not thinking of it herself back then. "I see what you mean." Her smile returned. "I think it's a brilliant idea, Lumena."

Her resulting smile would have made Pinkie Pie proud.

Author's Note

So there is no overall plot to this story. Just random pieces showing Twilight and Lumena's life together. I felt it worked best this way when I first wrote it. Will not change it now. Up next is Equestria Girls.

Hilord17 does have a point though. Twilight and Lumena could be considered an Aplan from Alfava Metraxis of Doctor Who. Though I don't think we ever actually saw what they looked like. Damn Weeping Angels.