Hello, everypony! Just a few author's notes before we get started. There's something about Celestia's and Luna's relationship that just really makes me think. I couldn't stop thinking about what their lives were like before we all met them. But something that wouldn't leave me alone is the thought that Celestia changed her name. Her real name was Aurora. And then this whole dynamic came about of her being the Princess of the Dawn while Luna was the Princess of the Night. Despite the fact that we haven't seen much of the sisters' relationship on the show, the way the show is written and drawn shows that there is a lot of stuff that the princesses aren't telling us. But it is there, and I had to tell the story. The story of how the Royal Pony sisters took down Discord.
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A word about season 3: This story is pretty much set in stone. Only if what occurs in season 3 is COMPLETLEY AND UTTERLY STORY CHANGING will I do serious changes. For now, the most you can expect is a mention, if the princesses' past are brought up in season 3. Please DO NOT leave spoilers (of my story or season 3) in the reviews. Let everyone discover the joy themselves.
A young alicorn bounced up the dirt road, her periwinkle mane flopping in and out of her face as she did so. She stopped at the top of a hill, and turned back to her family.
"Mother! Father! Aurora! Hurry up!" she called. "We have to get to Canterlot before it's time for me to raise the moon! I told Grandpa Castor that I'd raise the moon for him next time we visit!"
"We're coming, Luna," Aurora called to her sister. "But we can't act like silly fillies in Canterlot. You know that." She caught up to Luna. The pair stared over at the shining castle on the side of the mountain.
Luna sighed. "Yes, I know. Grandma Pleione reminds me every time I walk through the castle doors. 'Princess Luna, thou must speakest in the traditional way, else thy subjects will never respect thee.'"
"I don't like the royal speaking voice…"
"You mean, WE DISLIKE THE TRADTIONAL CANTERLOT VOICE!"
The sisters began laughing. But Aurora stopped long before Luna quieted her giggles. She looked down at the dirt road, and began digging a hole with her hoof, hiding under her pink mane.
"Rora, what's wrong?" Luna asked, getting in Aurora's line of vision.
"Nothing," Aurora said too quickly.
As Luna raised a skeptical eyebrow, their parents caught up.
"Remember," their mother said, unfurling her wings, "you both must be on your best behavior. I know at home we act...casual compared to what your grandparents think we should, but remember, you both are royalty."
"We're the Royal Pony Sisters," Aurora and Luna said wearily. Neither of them liked this nickname most everypony in Equestria had given to them.
"That's right. Never forget that."
Just before they took off for their flight to Canterlot, Aurora turned to her father. "Father, how come we can't be friends with our subjects?"
"Why should we be, Aurora?" he slowly pulled his wings back in, looking at his daughter solemnly. "Aurora, we will live longer than anypony in existence. What good is it to make friends with ponies who will die in, compared to our lifetime, an instant?"
"We're going to live forever?" Luna started shaking. "I don't want to live forever! I'd rather die!"
"Now, girls, we will die eventually. Nothing is eternal, except the earth, the skies, the stars, the sun and moon. The earth ponies take care of the earth; the pegasi the skies; the unicorns assist both of the parties, and we take care of the rest. Before too long, you will find a gentlecolt of an alicorn and you will have your own children. By that time, your grandparents will have passed on, and you will probably have to teach them the power of the stars. They will teach their children the sun and moon, and so on in a never ending cycle. In that way, they will always have a steward over them. Do you understand, girls?"
Luna nodded astutely and took off into the sky, following her mother. Aurora stared at her father. "I don't understand, Papa."
"Aurora, you must understand. You will be ruler of Equestria one day. Perhaps you should spend some time with your grandmother Asterope. She's well versed in history."
"Alright."
He brought her into a hug. "I know it's a lot to take in, right now. But I know you will be able to understand, Aurora."
Aurora took off after her mother and sister, leaving her father to bring up the rear end of their band of four, his dark brown tail streaming behind him.
I had a lot of fun picking out names for the other alicorns.