Hey, everypony! First off, I wanted to thank you all for your wonderful reviews and feedback of my first Disney/MLP:FIM crossover, "The Pink Pony Detective." It was a ton of fun to write! So I'm going to do another one for y'all: "The Alicorn Queen," the ponified version of "The Lion King." Hope you enjoy!

CAST:

*Princess Mi Amore Cadenza/Cadance as Simba

*Shining Armor as Nala

*Princess Celestia as King Mufasa

*Nightmare Moon as Scar

*Discord as Shenzi

*Gilda as Banzai

*Random Diamond Dog as Ed

*Bob the Tomato as Timon

*Larry the Cucumber as Pumbaa

*Zecora as Rafiki

*Archibald Asparagus as Zazu

*Twilight's Mom as Sarafina

OK, I know not a lot of y'all like Veggie Tales…or at least not as much as I do…but I needed SOMEONE to play the side characters who could also be snacks, and ponies are vegetarians, so…you get where I'm going, right?

OK, story time:

It was a sunny day in the kingdom of Equestria. In the capital city of Canterlot, ponies from all over the kingdom gathered outside the palace. They were awaiting the presentation of the newborn Princess Mi Amore Cadenza.

Queen Celestia, a white alicorn with a multi-pastel colored mane and tail, light purple eyes and a cutie mark of the sun, stood at the balcony, smiling over her subjects.

"Everything is all set, Your Grace," Celestia's majordomo, an asparagus wearing a red bowtie and a monocle on his right eye, told the princess. "The entire KINGDOM must be here for the presentation!"

Celestia smiled as she looked at him. "Thank you, Archibald. Please go get Mi Amore Cadenza for me."

"Certainly, my Queen." Archibald left to get the infant princess.

Just then, Celestia saw a familiar face approach her; a zebra with blue eyes and a cutie mark of a spiral sun, wearing gold jewelry. This was Zecora, the shaman of Canterlot and the wisest being in Equestria. She came up to the princess and bowed. "Good morning, Celestia, oh Princess of the Sun. If ever there were a perfect day, this would be the one."

Celestia smiled and hugged the zebra. "Thank you so much for coming, my friend."

Just then, Archibald came back, carrying a tiny pink alicorn filly with a multi-colored mane and tail and purple eyes. Zecora smiled at the baby. "Mi Amore Cadenza is a beautiful little mare. I shall now baptize her with much care." With that, she took the baby from Archibald. First, she dipped her into a cauldron of water. Then, she sprinkled her with yellow dust. As she did, she said a blessing in Swahili. Then, she took the baby and gently lifted her over the balcony so the ponies below could see.

Everypony went insane as they saw the new princess. They cheered and clapped. As the sun shone on the princess, everypony bowed to their future ruler. It was truly a perfect day for Equestria.

Well, almost perfect.

(singing) It's the ciiiiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiiiiiiife! Sorry, couldn't resist! ;)

I know on the show, Celestia is Cadance's aunt, but in this story she's going to be her mother. Sorry. And as to who the father is...I have no idea, but he's dead now, so there you go. Sorry.

Next chapter, we meet Celestia's sister Nightmare Moon and learn her opinion on her new niece's birth. Hope to see you all there! Please R&R!

All my best, DiscordantPrincess.