A Secret That Was Meant To Be Hidden

"Please sister! Let me in!!"

"You're an alicorn! Let yourself in!"

"Tia! You know I can't!!"

Luna stood frustratedly outside the sun goddess's room.

"Please Tia! Don't do this to yourself!"

"I'm worthless!"

"No, you're not."

"I'm pathetic!"

"Celestia!!"

"I threw my sister to the moon, without helping her."

"It was necessary! I was a danger to everypony!"

"I get off with somepony younger than me! I mean, come on! He was 25, and I was over 1021!" Celestia wailed from inside the room.

"Yes, but, you found somepony who loved you for you. And you had a wonderful child."

"And I gave her away!! I'm horrible!!"

"You are not."

"Who knows what happened when she was young!"

"Please Tia. Let me in." Luna slouched to the floor.

"She was raped Luna! Raped!"

"I know."

"How?"

"One night, I felt somepony having troubles and nightmares. It turned out to be Rainbow Dash. I then saw her dream. It was awful. The poor pony. She was so young and he was so brutal."

The wailing got louder.

Luna put her head in her hooves.

"Tia. Wallowing in your bed, is not going to help. Tia, please." Luna begged.

The sound of hooves echoed throughout the castle.

Luna, however, still had her head down.

The sound got closer and stopped next to Luna.

"Princess Celestia is unavaliable at the moment." She mumbled.

"I'm sure she just needs somepony to comfort her."

Princess Luna looked up to see Iris.

"R-R-Rainbow D-D-Dash?" Luna stuttered as she looked at her new niece.

Luna hadn't really had a chance to look at Iris earlier.

She stared at her big rose eyes.

"Luna?"

"You definitely have your mother's eyes."

Iris cocked her head to the side.

"How? Celestia's are lighter."

"I mean, you have the same fire in your eyes. You have the same confidence and kindness. And the same loyalty." Luna said calmly as she stood up. "Even though she wasn't the Element of Loyalty one thousand years ago, she is still loyal to everypony she cares for. And she cares for you deeply."

Iris smiled, before she ran up to Luna, and hugging her.

Luna was knocked down by the power of the hug. But she still returned it.

"Thank you Luna."

"Your welcome."

"Or shall I say, Auntie Luna!" Iris giggled.

"That makes me sound old."

"You are!"

The two alicorns burst out laughing.

The door unlocked, but the ponies outside didn't hear over the sound of laughter.

Celestia looked down onto her daughter and sister.

And they both looked up.

"Celestia!"

"Mother!"

The grand alicorn smiled gently.

Luna reached out her fore-leg in hope that her sister would help her up.

Celestia cautiously put out her hoof.

But no sooner had she touched Luna's hoof, she was dragged down into the pile of ponies.

She glared at Luna who was howling with laughter.

Celestia laughed nervously. She then began to giggle and snort.

After awhile of laughing, running around the corridors and plain messing around, the three princesses settled down.

"I'm sorry. For running off." Iris admitted quietly.

"It's okay." Celestia soothed. "You were nervous. I understand."

"I'm sure anypony would do the same if they suddenly became royalty." Luna said as she picked the leaves and twigs out of her flowing mane.

"I was just....just so scared. I didn't know what to think."

"It's alright." Celestia nuzzled her daughter.

"It's not alright. I'm not a very loyal daughter am I?" Iris turned away.

"Of course you are. You came back."

"Sure." The rainbow alicorn rolled her eyes. "Wait!"

"Hnnn-ah! Ow. What is it?" The guardian of the night rubbed her sore head from the pulling of her hair.

"What is my talent? Is it still flying?"

"Hmmm. How about we see what you can do?"

"But...I don't know any magic?"

"Of course you do." A voice called.

The three princesses turned to see Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rarity.

Iris was dumbstruck.

"Earlier, you opened the door. With your magic." Twilight stood next to Luna.

"I-I-I did? How? I just thought of opening the door."

"Exactly."

"Oookaaay." Iris said uneasily.

"How about this? Don't think at all, darling. Just let it come to you." Rarity added.

"Hmm." Iris stood up.

She closed her eyes.

Her blue tinted horn began glow magenta. Rainbow sparkles began to swirl around her horn.

She opened out her now largened wings as a surge of magic blasted out.

Iris opened her eyes, but they were now pure white light.

The mares looked up into the sky and watched the rainbow and rose aura swirl through the sky.

They watched as the whole of Equestria brightened.

The glow around Iris ceased but the land remained bright.

Iris collapsed to the floor, coughing and panting.

"Oh my! Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked worryingly.

"I *cough* am fine. Just *cough* tired."

Celestia held her daughter close.

"Don't worry. It was your first time at magic. You will feel drained for awhile."

Iris cleared her throat. "So, what did I do?"

"Well, you supply the magic and colour for Equestria."

"Eh?" She cocked her head to the side.

"Equestria depends on a magic supply. Especially unicorns. Alicorns don't however. Me and Luna usually supply it, but now, we have a princess to supply Equestria with magic and colour."

"So, I'm the Princess of-"

"Colour and magic."

"But I thought Twilight's talent is magic."

"It is."

"Whatever." She shook her head. She couldn't be bothered anymore. Her head hurt.

Celestia turned around and hovered the small tiara over.

"I now, crown thee, Princess Iris Unquam Offendas." She placed the glimmering tiara on her daugter's head. "And when I and Luna die, You and Twilight will be the new rulers of this peaceful land. With you raising the sun and Twilight raising the moon. And both of you will bear the Elements when your friends pass over."

"So, me and Twi, will live forever. And watch our friends die." Iris gulped.

"Don' worry sugarcube. It's a long time before any of us pass on."

"Yeah! Don't worry about that yet Dashie!" Pinkie bounced around everypony.

Iris smiled.

"I'm going to be the coolest princess ever!"

She tried to stand up but her legs buckled underneath her.

"Ouch."

Pinkie contiued to bounce around, but she gasped as she got closer to Iris.

"What?"

"Your cutiemark!"

"What about it?"

Everypony looked towards Iris's flank.

Instead of her usual cloud with a tri-coloured lightning bolt.

It was a  curvey lightning bolt with all colours of the rainbow, and a swirl of sparkles around it. A cloud was also above it but now in the shape of Celestia's cutiemark.

"Riiiight!"

"Seems that your orignal cutiemark was only half of it."

"But my talent was flying."

"What happened when you really got your cutiemark?"

"I perform a Sonic Rainboom."

"That Sonic Rainbow did what you had done only a couple of minutes ago. It rejuvenated Equestria. But since you weren't a full alicorn, you only got half of your cutimark."

Iris put her head into her hooves.

"My head hurts."

The girls giggled.

"I'm just gonna..." Iris was unavailable to finish her sentence as she fell asleep on Celestia.

"Awwww."

"I ain't surprised. I feel asleep as soon as I raised the moon." Princess Luna stood up. "And speaking of moons, it's time for night." Luna yawned. "Darn, it's catching."