The Opposing Sides Of Life

Chapter 2: The Next day of the Past night.

The next morning it was sunny outside. The snow began to melt as spring soon approached. The warm rays from the  sun were pushing their way through the tiny windows of Nightlight and Sundance's hut on the edge of the Everfree, Nightlight was on his way out to get food and water. It was quite and peaceful. The perfect morning that nothing could ruin.

*CRASH*

Nightlight snapped his head back towards the hut and ran towards it.

"What's all the commotion?" he called out.

"Oh Celestia just knocked the toy shelf over." Sun said as she cradled Celestia to ease her crying.

Luna sat up in her bed and blankly stared at her sister.

"Well its 9:43, shall we go and see Dr.Featherhoof now?" Night asked while looking at Luna.

"Yes we will go and see if he knows why it is that they have these wings and horns." Sun replied.

The family got ready and left their hut. While walking down the melting dirt road to the doctors office on the other side of the village, a lot of other ponies were giving them strange looks and staring at Celestia and Luna. They walked for a while. Night and Sun watched as their daughters tried to chase the butterflies and such but couldn't. Even though that they were picking up abilities faster than normal ponies and walking well they still needed some assistance. After about 10 minutes of walking they finally reached the doctors hut. They went inside and sat down.

A friendly face appeared in the archway. He was a slim pony with brown coat and grey mane. He had big glasses and a white lab type coat on. "Well hello. You must be Celestia and you must be Luna." He said with a smile. He then turned to Night and Sun. "My my have they ever picked up how to walk fast. This is astonishing." he remarked.

"Oh yes they have. They were walking around last night but still need just some help." said Night with a small chuckle.

"Really? This is interesting. I have never saw this before. I have many books on medicine but never heard of this sort of thing happening." He paused for a second with a puzzled look."Now that I recall there is one thing. It's only but a legend. It's called the. Hmmm. Let me find that book." he said.

"Do you really think that there is an explanation behind this Night?" Sun asked.

"Possibly, my parents told me a story long long ago about something called a Alicorn or something. It was a old folk tale though but maybe its real." he said while concentrating on his thoughts.

Five minutes later Dr.Featherhoof came back with a big brown book with old ancient style pictures and symbols on the cover.

"It's The Great Studies of The World. now hmm let me see." he said while flipping through the pages. "Ahhh yes here we go. The history of ponies. Chapter 6. Alicorns. Alicorns are a Special type of pony that have both wings and horns. They accelerate their learning and pick up on things so much faster than regular ponies. They also exceed in magic and can harness the Acrane magic from the stars or heavens. They typically have very good social skills and such." he flipped a few pages ahead. "Ahh yes the medical aspect. As the Alicorns are hurt they re-heal in half the time normal Ponies do. But have they exact same structure as a Earth,Pegasus, or Unicorn. Just all combined. "But why are they alicorns? why were they born like that?"  Sun Questioned.

"Well it says here that in the past there was one Alicorn named Starshine The Great. He devoted his life to the study of his kinds exsistance. It says he found out that during his studies he realised that he is able to wield the power of the gods, They put him on this planet. He figured that since he was able to do this they must have placed his kind there to rule it over and make sure that the world is balanced." Featherhoof read aloud.

"So this is why my daughters are "Alicorns"?" asked Sun.

"I would assume....." Featherhoof stopped.

"What is it Featherhoof?" Night questioned.

"Ummmm..." he said in a flat tone.

"What is it?" Night asked

"Uhhh your not going to believe this..... It says in a personal journal entry by Starshine. "I have foreseen things nopony can imagine. It seems that I or any other Alicorns in this time are meant to rule and keep order in this world. But I know who will. Two Earth Pony's children. They will have the brightest colour of coats. The biggest eyes. They will be the true ones to rule this world. They will save it from almost certain doom. I have gathered my things. I do not wish to learn any more about this world. This will be my last entry..."

"That's all it says." Featherhoof said quietly.

The room was silent. No one said a word. Celestia and Luna looked at each other and made faces. The Silence was broken by their laughter. Then they stopped. Celestia looked at Sundance and yawned.

Sun looked at Celestia. "Are you tired already?" she said with a grin. "Oh I know. You havn't had anything yet. We will go in a few minutes."

Sun turned back to Featherhoof and stared for a moment. "So how long will they keep learning things at this rate?"

"It says. In the minds of alicorns they are able to pick up on things and learn a lot faster than other for the first few months. After that they slow down and learn at a normal pace. But there is some things they will accel at, Also I would recommend teaching them necessities as soon as possible so they can be better prepared to explore Equestria when the time comes." Featherhoof said.

"So its saying that Luna and Celestia will rule this world one day?" Sun asked.

"Yes that is correct. But I wouldn't tell them about this "gift" if you will, until they get older. By what these research papers say if word gets out that they have this kind of power they could be manipulated. That would mean potentially fatal consequences for this world. They must learn alot on their own." Featherhoof said with serious tone.

"Yes that make sense. We understand. Thank you for all the help Featherhoof." Night said.

"Ok let's get you two home now. I bet you're starving." Sun said to the two little fillies. They left doctor Featherhoof's office and had a nice walk home. It was warm out but there was still some snow left on the ground. When they got back home they sat down and ate. They had daisy sandwiches and straw for lunch. Luna and Celestia had started throwing food at each other while Night and Sun talked.

"So what do we do? Do we start teaching them? What do we teach them?" Sun asked.

"Well yes we should start, I think we should start with language they need to know how to speak." Night said. He turned to the girls.

"Celestia. Luna. Eat your lunch." Night said.

Luna gave him a pouting face and threw a bunch of straw at him. Night paused for a second. "What about you Celestia. Eat your lunch please." Celestia listened and Luna looked at her sister and soon followed. Night gave them a smile and continued to eat. Later on after lunch he went to the girl's room and sat down.

"Hi girls. Having fun playing dolls?" he asked politely. The two just stared at him blankly.

Night sat down and played dolls with the two little fillies for a while. Luna was making noises and pretending the dolls were flying and Celestia was making them walk and jump around. Night just laughed at the two little fillies playing. He couldn't ask for anything in the world but this.

"Suppers ready!" Suns voice came from the kitchen.

"Ok girls lets go eat." Night said happily as he stood up.

Sundance had made more dandelion sandwiches for supper. She was already sitting down waiting to eat. "so did you have fun playing dolls with the girls?"

Luna and Celestia weren't paying attention. They had food all over their faces and continued to eat. This cause a bit of irritation for Sundance as she sighed.

"Ya they are interesting to play with. They seem to just have so much energy and it just baffles me." Night said with a chuckle.

"Are they able to walk better?" Sun asked.

"Yes they can walk a bit better now." Night replied with a smile.

"well that's a good. So what did you want to do with them tomorrow?" Sun asked.

"I think we should go show them around the village. They could meet some other fillies and colts their age and not to mention get some fresh air. They were inside pretty much all day." Night said with a tired sigh.

Sun had nodded and looked back to Celestia and Luna's seats. "Wha.. where did they go!?" Sun asked in shock. She started frantically looking for them. She felt a sigh of relief as she saw Celestia walk out of the room.

"What are we going to do with those two?" Sun asked. With that Night had gotten up and went after the little fillies as they went up the stairs.

He picked them up and carried them off to bed. "Goodnight" he said as he left their room. Celestia and Luna turned and rolled in their sleep. The coming months were going to be very interesting.