Hearths Warming Eve: The untold chapter of the origin of the Princesses

by thejayowl

Rating: teen
Tags: Princess Celestia, Slice of Life, Twilight Sparkle, Sad, Princess Luna, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 2571

Twilight wonders why the Founding of Equestria play doesn't metion the princesses. So she asks them.

twilight wonders why the "Founding of Equestia" play mentions nothing of the Princesses and decides to ask them. To her dismay the answer is something which she wished she never heard...and something she will cherish forever.

Published 2012-01-07 02:50:41 UTC
Last updated 2012-01-07 02:50:41 UTC

the untold chapter of the origin of the princesses

Origin of the Princesses

Twilight sat on one of the many balconies which littered the sides of Canterlot’s towers, admiring the beautiful white-covered city and the soft purple glow flowing forth from the Flame of Harmony which resided above her. Her friends had gone to spend the rest of their time looking at the wonders and most likely the food which was abundant at this time of year. She however had decided that she would spend some quality time alone to ponder. Since Twilight had started to learn the lessons of friendship, she had learnt many things and acquired many friends which she cherished deeply. Her appreciation for her friends had strengthened greatly after performing the ‘Founding of Equestria’ play for the Hearths Warming Eve celebration. Twilight thought back to what it must have been like to hate everypony and to be segregated from the other tribes. She shuddered at the thought of what life would be like if the hate and deceit between the tribes still roamed free, and the Windigos which would also be freezing the land. But this was not the case. The tribe leaders had found friendship and harmony, with Celestia and Luna alongside them to help guide their way.

Twilight wasn’t exactly sure what Celestia’s and Luna’s roles where, well apart from raising the Moon and Sun. To be quite frank, Twilight didn’t actually know where Celestia and Luna had come from. Twilight had never really put much thought about the origins of the Princesses. Whenever the thought had crossed her mind she had dismissed it due to its lack of relevance to her studies which she took very seriously. None the less, it was now the only thought crossing her mind.

“Where did the Princesses come from? When were they born if at all?” Twilight had read almost all of the books in her and the royal libraries possession and nothing even touched on the subject. Twilight’s mind was now racing, trying to think of how she could find out. Suddenly, like if she had a plant, cart, anvil and piano dropped on her head again, the answer came to her. She would ask the Princesses herself.

Twilight made her way through the twists and turns of the hallways which made up the palace of Canterlot. Her legs ran on autopilot as she tried to think of how she would even propose the question to the two goddesses.

“There has to be some logical explanation to why there is no solid information on where they have come from. Surely somepony has asked them before? It’s not like they’re trying to hide anything right?”

Twilights thoughts were interrupted when her legs carried her straight into the big double doors which led to the main chamber. She quickly recovered and sheepishly smiled at the guards which gave her a strange glance. After identifying herself, the guards gave a quite nod to each other and opened the doors to reveal the two Princesses.

“Why hello Twilight, what brings you here on such a…” Celestia paused to search for the appropriate word, “eventful night?”

“We…I mean I concur, what does bring you here Twilight Sparkle?” Luna added. Twilight could tell she had interrupted something between the two but decided she would continue since they had already asked.

“Well Princesses, after the Founding of Equestria play had finished I had decided to reflect on the lessons that the leaders had learnt and how they had lead to the equestria we have today. However there is something that troubles me…” the Princesses shared a glance before Twilight continued, “I do not mean to sound rude or offensive but where do both of you fit in to the founding of Equestria? There is no information on the…” Twilight stopped talking as she realised that every guard in the room was staring between her and the Princesses which were frantically looking around the room and each other. With a long heavy sigh, Celestia rose from her seat, horn glowing brightly. A white flash filled the room and when it subsided all the guards were lying unconscious on the floor. Twilight was horrified at the sight and fearing for the guards, she galloped her way to the closest one and checked to see his condition.

“Their health is all in order Twilight Sparkle, the last five minutes of their memories have been erased. They shall awake in due course.” Luna said as she and her sister approached Twilight.

“But why?” Twilight almost pleaded, completely perplexed to why her leaders and mentor would do such a thing. Celestia laid a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder giving her a warm smile.

“ The answer you seek is not something that we want to openly share. It is a painful thing for us to tell but I think that you can be trusted with it, don’t you agree Luna?”

“We trust your judgement sister, if you believe Twilight Sparkle should be allowed to know then we also believe.” The two sisters started to head to their private chambers and motioned Twilight to follow, which she did without hesitation. The trio reached the chambers which had two guards posted outside the entrance. The guards snapped to attention as Celestia faced them.

“Guards, you are temporarily relieved of your duty of guarding the royal chambers” the guards didn’t move. “Did I make myself clear?” Celestia asked again, slightly agitated.

“Yes Princess! But our orders are to never leave the royal chambers unattended for any reason what so ever, specified by yourself your Highness.” Luna opened her mouth to talk but Celestia raised a hoof for her to stay silent. Twilight had tried to stay out of the situation but she noticed, as well as the guards, that Celestia’s eyes were changing colour and intensity. She was now standing over the two guards which were shaking in fear.

“Is that ANY WAY to act towards a superior officer, let alone your leader? Back in my day doing something like this would be punishable by death! If you really want to stay here, be my guest.” Celestia horn started to glow and Twilight gasped as she saw the guards slowly being turned to stone. Luna on the other hoof had positioned herself between her sister and the guards.

“Sister stop it! Celestia STOP!” Celestia ignored her and continued the process of solidifying the guards. “COMMANDER HURRICANE, STOP THIS RIGHT NOW! WE COMMAND YOU!” Luna screamed at the top of her lungs. Celestia’s head suddenly jerked as her eyes reformed back to their previous state. The guards feel to the floor, slowly returning to flesh and bone. With Luna still glaring at her sister, they made their way into the chambers with twilight just managing to follow after witnessing the past events.

Twilight was seated opposite to Luna on a couple of cushions which surrounded a large fireplace in the centre of the room. Celestia was on the other side of the room, staring out at the snow covered night painted through the flawless glass windows of her chambers. Minutes of silence passed by before Twilight managed to pull her gaze out of the fire. Before she could speak, Celestia had turned around to address her.

“My faithful student, I am so sorry what you had to endure. It has been a long time since I, we, have been able to show our true selves.” Celestia made her way to the fireplace and sat next to Luna who in turn began to speak.

“ Twilight sparkle, you remember the names of the ponies which you and your friends acted?”

“Yes I do” she said weakly.

“Please name them for us”

“Well there was Chancellor Pudding Head, Smart Cookie, Clover the Clever, Princess Patinum, Private Butterscotch and…” Twilight’s eyes shot towards Celestia as she spoke again. “Commander Hurricane. Princess, why did Luna call you Commander Hurricane?” Celestia looked towards Luna who gave a nod of approval. She slowly made her way next to Twilight and put a massive white wing around her.

“Because Twilight…I am Commander Hurricane, as well as Princess Platinum and Chancellor Pudding Head. Luna here is actually Smart Cookie, Clover the Clever and Private Butterscotch. And…and” Celestia stopped and closed her eyes tight, unable to finish her sentence. Seeing this, Luna decided to do it for her.

“And we also harbour the spirits of Windigos.” Twilight jaw fell agape, unable to comprehend what she had just heard. “My sister and I are a collective of these entities. Since she was a collective of the leaders, she was the one to take charge. And since I was made up of the servants, I let her rule and I served her in any way I could.”Twilight tried to speak put her words couldn’t be articulated through her hanging jaw so she forced it closed and tried again.

“But Princess, how and why did you form into single entities? And why are you so scared to share this information with anypony else?”

“It is simple twilight” Celestia managed to say, “When the three tribal leaders and servants became friends, the Windigos had not enough hate to feed on. However there was still some hate deep within each pony, just enough to feed the three Windigos present. So they did what they were born to do and tried to feed. Since it was so deep inside us, they had to physically enter our forms which would kill any individual pony. The Flame of Harmony saw this and did the only thing it could, it merged all the entities into two beings with a collective consciousness. This in turn overrode the Windigos will to feed and thus saved our lives. Do you understand?” Twilight nodded, unable to think straight enough to formulate words. “Sadly though, this meant that the Windigos still had some influence over our actions.” Celestia turned to Luna who was looking down at her hooves her face long and eyes watering. “When Luna transformed into Nightmare Moon, it was because she had abandoned the beliefs of equality and friendship. In turn the Windigo part of her mind became dominant and took control of her. She was the one that absorbed two of the three Windigos so her will to suppress them was too weak. This is also the reason when she returned, I could not help you and your friends because the Windigo inside me was feeding off the fear stemming from all the other ponies, which caused me to go into a coma as two sides of my mind fought for dominance. A similar thing happened when Discord appeared, though I was able to keep the Windigo suppressed long enough for me to warn you about him.” Luna had by that time had started crying and Celestia had extended a wing to comfort her. “And dear Luna just managed to stay alive with the two Windigos fighting inside her. The amount of power she absorbed through the Windigos was enough to physically alter her into her present appearance.” Luna had managed to control her sobbing enough to speak.

“So you see Twilight Sparkle, if the population found out that their rulers contained evil spirits which could transform them into something similar to Nightmare Moon, there would be major panic which would result in the Windigos changing us or killing us in the process.” Twilight’s ears perked up at the last thing that Luna had said.

“Kill you? But Princesses aren’t you immortal?” Twilights eyes began to water. The very thought of loosing somepony so dear to her was agonising.

“We all have our time my faithful student.” Celestia spoke as she nuzzled Twilight. “One day, an event will occur which will result in the Windigos within us to rip and warp our minds to the point that the Luna and I you know shall cease to exist. To avoid the wrath of what we will have become, we have set up a failsafe within the Flame of Harmony. In the case of which Luna and I lose our minds, the flame shall absorb us and it shall choose new leaders to watch over Equestria. But till then, we will do whatever it takes to keep peace and prosperity in our world.” Twilight was now crying into her mentors wing, who herself was holding back tears. The three of them sat there in an embrace, letting the warmth of the fire and each other sooth their pain. After what seemed like an eternity, there was a loud knock at the door. Celestia acknowledged it and a guard stuck his head in around the door.

“Princess, the other Elements of Harmony have requested to see you.” Twilight and the two Princesses straightened themselves out and with a slight nod from Luna; the guard let the other Elements in. Before any of them could say a thing, Twilight ran towards the group and managed to snare them into a group hug.

“I love you girls so much!” The others decided not to question Twilight’s spontaneous behaviour and returned the gesture and words to similar effect. As they ended the hug, Twilight noticed the Princesses looking at them intently. She quickly got the message and urged the others to stand attentively to let the Princesses speak.

“My little ponies, I must commend you on your performance tonight. Though I was not present I heard it all went wonderfully.”

“And we…err I also apologise for not attending. I am confident that you all performed at the uppermost levels and that the leaders would have been proud to have you six ponies represent them in story and life.” Twilight beamed with joy, being the only one to fully appreciate Luna’s words, as she again snared her friends into a group hug.

“Now go and enjoy the rest of this…”Celestia paused to search for the appropriate word, “Wonderful night.” Twilight and her friends bowed to the Princesses and turned to leave for the door, all apart from Rainbow Dash.

“Um Princess Luna? Why do you talk with a ‘we’ and ‘our’ instead of an ‘I’ and ‘mine’? It’s not like there is more than one of you?” Instead of a response Celestia, Luna and twilight all let out a laugh. Yet they were cut short when Pinkie Pie joined in.

‘Pinkie, why are you laughing?” Twilight asked with a confused yet worried look on her face.

“Oh Twilight you silly filly, obviously Dashie had made a joke and you laugh at jokes! Duh!” At that they all let out a long laugh before wishing the Princesses goodbye and hastily departed. As the door shut, Luna stood up on her back legs and her eyes changed while placing her forelegs on her head.

“I predict that their friendship shall last for many years to come…” she chanted. Celestia let out a soft chuckle and spoke in the voice of a long ago princess,

“I don’t think that you need to be Clover the Clever to figure that out.” Reverting back to their former selves, the two sisters sat together in front of the window. In each other’s embrace, they bathed in the soft purple light of what would cause of their destruction, and only saw the happiness that it had brought forth to all the land.

A/N: This is my first fanfic so feedback would be awesome.
many thanks,
thejayowl