Raising Fire

"The, Prince of all Equestira,

"Behold, behold,

"The Prince of all that there is,

"Behold, Behold

"All shall bow in favour, of Prinnnnnnnnce Pheeeeeeonix,"

The song reach it's climax and the prossestion leading up to the throne arrived. At the head of the train of Canterlot Royals, was Princess Twilight Sparkle, Levitiating the crown above his head.

"Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaarks!" The crown was placed on his head as he bowed to the Princess. When he looked up to see the throne room full of people, he broke into a youthfull grin.

The music finished and he stood up to address his subkects for the first time, his new wings speading as he stood.

"My loyal subjects! I welcome you for on this glourious day I become your co ruler and monarc. Under my rule, Equestira shall continue this age of peace and harmony!" He coninued to speek perfectly not really hearing what he was saying, for behind his supposed joy he was thinking about other things. This was possibly THE most important day of his life, but he couldn't keep himself from thinking about Sunset. He was going to propose, and then when they were married and the princess saw how happy they were she would have to make her an alicorn. That was his master plan, it was what he was counting on. This way, he would become an alicorn, thus pleasing Twilight, and marry Sunset, thus pleasing himself.

The on,y thing that could possibly go wrong was if Twiight refused. But why would she do that? He was like a son to her, and he had become an alicorn for her. If she didn't do it out of love she would do it out of dept.

Coming back to reality in which he had just finished his speech, he heard the crowd error in cheers as he lead the possession out onto the balcony to see the rest of Canterlot cheering his name from below the castle.

He made another short speech, nothing of which he heard himself say, and disappeared into the castle for the traditional royal feast that was apparently held after ever coronation but there hadn't been a corrination since Princess Spakle was crowned nearly three thousand years ago.

He did most of the talking, avoiding his parents entirely in a half hearted hope that they would see they were unwanted and just leave.

After nearly four hours of small talk and forced laughter, the new prince was allowed to retire to his royal chambers to rest and summon the courage to propose to the one pony that he truly loved.

--half an hour later--

Sunset could see that he wasn't really listening to what he was saying in any of his speeches. Nopony else seemed to notice that faraway glazed look in his eyes behind his handsome smile. She didn't talk to him much, staying firmly by the princess's side and fake laughing at the poor attempts at humor from whoever was talking to her majesty. But when Pheonix retired to his chambers she was dismissed Ann followed him. It was probably the pressure of his parents being there, they just wanted t talk to the princess and act like they had raised the prince lovingly and caringly from foalhood. From what she could gather from Pheonix and the princess, his parents had sent him to boarding school not expecting him to turn out to be anything special and hoping to see as little of him as possible. He spent his early years trying to impress them with fancy grades and an angelic personality, still they ignored him. He turned to being a trouble maker around the time of his first interview with Twilight. Eventually his parent realised how off the charts his grades were, the only difference this made was that he was invited to their dinner parties to make the family look good.

She shuddered with rage, how could a family be so crule to their son who only wanted their approval and attention?

She was so deep in thought that she walked head long into the prince's door. Rubbing her face she lifted a hoof to push the door while staring resentidly at the ornatly carved wood work.

"Pheonix?" the newly crowned (as in, five and a half hours ago) prince of Equestria had his winged back to her and was sitting in the corner of the room fiddleing with somthing and talking to himself. Conserned she took a few more caucious steps into the room. "Pheonix, You alright?" He turned towards her, his handsome features breaking into an insanly nervios smile.

"Oh, Sunset, hey! I'm fine, wait can you stay here for a sec? Just need to -no, actuly it's fine, I'm fine, just come back in a seocnd  and I'll -No, don't listen to me. Stay here. Wait, no-"

"Pheonix. What are you doing?"

She had never seen him this nervos. She could actuly see him sweating under his new bronze crown. He was properly distressed. "Do you need me to send for the doctors?"

He looked confused for a moment. "Why would I-? Oh, I guess I must look pretty weird right now, huh?" He turned around and murmered to himself. It sounded like self encoragemeant.

Just as she was about to leave and find the medics, he turned around holding a -no, she was seeing this wrong. Was that a..a ring?

"Wanna get married?" He was smiling genuinly, beads of sweat still running down his face.

She could never remeber being as happy as she was in that moment. She split into a grin and threw her forlegs around him, shouting an indestiguishable stream of 'yes!yes!yes!yes!yes!'

They lay there for a minite, Pheonix smiling like mad feeling immensly releved and overjoyed, and Sunset crying with happieness and only stopping her yesses to breath.

Needless to say, three weeks later a wedding was held in Canterlot.