Single Parents

"Get up, you two!" the queen of Arabland yelled at her twin son and daughter who were sleeping in their bedroom in their castle.

"Why do we have to, Mum?" Rainbow Sparkle asked in a tired and annoyed voice.

"It's so early!" Flame yelled and he then fell back against his pillows.

The twins were both ten years old and they were raised by their mother and their aunt, Lullaby. The twins never knew their father as he left the queen when he found out that she was with foal. This devastated her and she raised the twins alongside Lullaby and they would never say anything about the father to the twins.

Rainbow Sparkle had a white body, rainbow hair with sparkles and light blue and purple eyes. Her cutie mark was a few rainbow sparkles. Flame had a yellow body, flaming orange hair and orange and golden eyes. His cutie mark was a flame.

"You know fine well that your lessons are always early in the morning until noon, then you can do whatever you like." Lullaby said in a stern voice.

"Alright." the twins said with annoyance and they both got out of bed.

"Also, Rainbow Sparkle, if you want to become a good queen when you are older, you must start acting like one when you are allowed outside of the castle." the queen said in a strict voice and she walked away alongside Lullaby.

Meanwhile at another castle that was near the queen's castle but was separated by a stone wall, the once used to be king, tried to wake up his twin foals who were still asleep.

"Wake up, Snowflake and Dover!" the king yelled and the foals fell out of their beds.

"Is it time for our lessons now?" Snowflake asked in a tired voice and she rubbed her head.

"Why are they always so early?" Dover said as he got up and brushed himself off.

The twins were raised by their father who used to be the king. They were ten years old. Their mother died after giving birth to them and their father decided to give up his position as king and he was forced to give it to his worst enemy. She was currently the queen of Arabland and he had to make sure that his foals were not going near her foals.

Snowflake had a white body, light blue hair and aqua blue eyes. Her cutie mark was a snowflake. She looked so much like their mother. Dover had a light blue body, dark blue hair and dark green eyes. His cutie mark was a river and he looked so much like their father.

"If you want to become a proper king, Dover, you need to pay attention if you want to be a good king." the king said then he walked out of their bedroom.

"What if I don't want to be a king?" Dover said to Snowflake who looked at him with annoyance.

"It doesn't look fun to me." Snowflake said in an annoyed voice.

"I rather just go outside and make it snow so we can have some fun." Dover nodded in agreement and the twins went downstairs for their breakfast then afterwards, they would have their lessons.

It was noon when Rainbow Sparkle and Flame decided to play tag and they were enjoying themselves for half an hour until they decided that they were bored.

"Want to go ask Mum if we can go somewhere outside the castle walls to play?" Flame asked in a bored voice and he traced a shape on the grass with his hoof.

Rainbow Sparkle nodded slowly and they both got up and walked into the castle.

"Mum, can we go outside the castle walls to play because we have nothing to do?" Flame asked with pleading orange and gold eyes.

"We don't want to have a duel because what if he was to set something on fire then we would be in big trouble and have a bad reputation?" Rainbow Sparkle said in a scared voice.

The queen and Lullaby looked at them for a moment before the queen sighed.

"Alright, off you go but stay on the path that I made those years ago." the queen said and the twins then galloped off.

Author's Note: Just a reminder, Rainbow Sparkle isn't named after the shipping. I tried to make the queen a bit like Sir Trenton from Racing Stripes and Simba from Lion King 2. I'm also getting inspiration from Daughter of Discord which is my one of favourite fan fics by DisneyFanatic2364.