Raising Fire

Pheonix Sparks returned from another exusting practice with the princess, it was rare now that they do actual magic in their lessons, now it was endless tips on how to rule his futer kingdom.

He was still youthfully handsome, he still had his charm and ego, but  he was slowly becoming mature. This was an extreamily good thing because Equestria couldn't afford a prince who ruled Equestira puerly for the fun of it.

He was also more emostionaly mature and had finaly addmitted his feelings for the princess' personal assistant.

She was older than him but the way he towered over her, nuzzleing her mane lovingly, nopony could tell.

They were the talk of Canterlot, the princess' second in command and the young prince.  Nopony took it to seriously, nopony considered the fact that they both knew that one would live forever.

Tomorrow was the day he would get his wings and the day after he would be crowned the prince of Equestria, he was actuly going to be the prince. He was actuly going to become an alicorn!

Upon arriving at the entrance to his room in the castle, he walked past the gaurds, ignoring them. As he entered and fell down onto his bed and imaged life with wings, being able to just..take to the sky whenever he pleased...The way the other alicorns had done before him.

He loved attention, money, fame, he loved everything about the possibility of being a prince, exept loosing Sunset.

Sunset...nopony would ever know how deeply he loved her, her soft orange coat and long flowing pink mane. The way her amber eyes lit up when he talked to her and her adorable blush that she'd get when they walked through the street swarmed with press.

She was smart and kind and beatiful...He sighed. He wished notihng more than to spend the rest of his life with her.

What if..what if he just didn't become an alicorn? and he could spen the short time on this earth with her in the castle.

But, Twilight's time was running low and she had devoted so much into training him into the best prince he could be. They had shared so much together, she was more like a mother to him then his biological mother had ever been. And it would take time to find another foal, raise and train them. She had givin him so much, and she was plainly excited fot him to rule. And there was somtihng else as well, somthing that had been there since she first met him but he had only recently realised and understood what it was.

She didn't want to be alone. Over the time he hd spent with her he had learned of the sacrafices she had had to make for her friends. Her mentor, her friends, her parents and brother were all gone and she didn't want to be alone anymore. She wanted to share the last thousend years she had with another eternal being, and though she had never said it he knew that she considered him a friend.

He couldn't just leave her like that, he couldn't just run off with Sunset abandom her to find another foal.

As he engulfed himself in thought, he didn't hear the door open and his marefriend enter.

"Hey Pheonix," She lay next to him in the bed, while he stared at he cieling. "Pheonix, have you gone to get your corniation cape mesured?"

"Cape mesur-OH!" He sat up, suddenly remembering that really importnt thing he had to do. "W-was that for today?"

She smiled her cute little smile. "Yeah, I told you eight times yesterday."

"Nah ah, you couldn't have," He opened the door and smiled at her before he left. "Other wise, I would have remembered. "

She laughed as he blew her a kiss and left the room dramaticly.

She loved him so much, it brought tears to her eyes when she remembered that he would live on and she would die.

He knew that she knew that he would exist forever but only live in a physical form for three thousend years, and once he disolved he would forget her all together.

She would never forgethim, even when she died and her soul went to wherever it went to, she would never forget the young colt that walked in with those five brats to interiew to be Twilight's personal student.

She would never forget watching him grow into a stallion, seeing his failed attemps at speed spells, and that one time where he went to the grand galloping gala and pointed at one mare with a truly vulgar outfit on, and shouted as loud as his little lungs could manage; "PRINCESS, WHAT'S THAT THING ON THAT MARE'S HEAD?" Oh she would never the awkward silence that folowed.

Now he was going to be crowned prince of Equestria, and she...would he think of her? She was certain he would at least think of her, but where would their relasoinship go?

She pushed her face into the matress, and mumbled somthing into the sheets. "Please don't leave me Pheonix. I'm sorry I acted so uptight and crappy all those years, but please don't just forget about me."

She stayed there, face in matress like it was her only friend in the world. Eventully she pulled herself up to reume her job and tackle the ever growing amount of paperwork.

She had not idea how much he would fight for her.