Becoming
It was midnight. The gentle wind, the leafs barely dancing, the virbant perfume of spring flowers, engulfed Equestria in serenity. Only the late Canterlot train could be heard for a brief moment, following its route, like a distant scream of a ghost materialising into present.
Higher than the golden stars was shining the cold queen of the night, gazing distracted over her kingdom.
"Everyone is asleep, journeying in magic dreams... Oh my dear servants, my dear sister...
Hush little ponies,
I'm looking over you!
Hush my dears, hust,
This lullaby is true!
A princess loves her children,
When loved she is not..
I am alone again
You all just broke my heart! ,,
The room with large curved windows, in spite of being moonlit, was getting darker and darker. Doubts, despair were starting to become tangible, changing into something else, almost like a reaction of ancient taboo alchemy of transmuting base metals into gold, the paid price being the soul.
- Celestia promised you! You will rule together as two princesses, one governing the day, the other one the night. As father said, a kingdom is its ponies, the bond they share together, not the buildings, not the title. How can you be a princess without them acknowledging, thanking you ?
- This can't be..I'm certain they all look up to me, just like to my sister. It's just.. just.. night matters most for resting, like my sister said ! It's an equilibrium that shall not be broke-
- Celestia knows better! She is all high and mighty, idolized by everypony, and claims that you two are equal. Now, to believe that is hard !
- I...I just..
The young princess started crying silently, tears like ice crystals coming down her warm face. Her innocence was slowly consumed, remaining but an empty shell. The act was completed.
"Hush little traitors,
You won't escape my sight !
Hush frail creatures, hush,
Doomed in eternal night ! ,,