Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic or the characters associated with it only my own original characters.
The anticipation was heavy in the air as the Royal Sisters and the Mane 6 were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Divine Alicorns. It was several minutes before something happened, but finally there was a bright light that filled the room. When the light died down there stood a golden alicorn with a flame-like mane. She greatly resembled Celestia in structure and they both possessed the same regality about them. Her cutie mark was a swirling galaxy. The royal herald then bellowed, "Announcing her majesty, Queen Galaxia!"
"Mother!" Celestia and Luna shouted in excitement. The two princesses rushed to her like a pair of young foals after their parent's got home from work. They both reached out their necks and nuzzled their mother. Twilight and the others were a little taken aback by this sight. The princesses were as giddy as a pair of school fillies and filled with pure delight.
"My little darlings, it's so good to see you again. I've missed you both so much." Galaxia greeted her girls. The three of them were teary-eyed and ecstatic, and just as soon as this happened, a second flash filled the room. When the flash faded, there stood a tall, proud stallion that was black as a moonless night, and had a flowing violet mane with tiny stars in it. His cutie mark was a celestial globe. The royal herald then said, "Announcing His royal highness, King Aether."
"Father!" The Royal Sisters shouted and over to embrace their other estranged parent.
"My dear Celestia, my you've grown, and my little Luna, you become a beautiful mare." He greeted his girls with paternal affection. He was smiling until he looked up and saw his former wife. Their eyes met and there was an awkward moment of silence before Aether said, "Galaxia."
The Queen then greeted her ex-husband with, "Aether." Yet another tense silence filled the room until finally Celestia regained her composure and said, "Father, Mother let me introduce you to Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends."
They both went over to the girls while avoiding eye contact with one another. Twilight stepped forward with a smile and said, "It's an honor to you both your majesties."
"It's an honor to meet you in person Twilight Sparkle." Aether greeted back
"Likewise." Greeted Galaxia.
"It's a little intimidating to be in the presence of well…gods. I mean the two of you actually created the universe, this is amazing!" Twilight exclaimed.
The King smiled and said, "Please Princess Sparkle, we may be gods, but we rarely act like it. I sure I speak for Galaxia and myself when I say, "Please just think of us as family." Galaxia nodded in agreement.
Galaxia then turned to the others and said, "You must be the other elements of harmony; Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy."
The mares were a bit shocked by the Queen's knowledge so Applejack asked, "Beg pardon, your holiness, but how did ya know our name?"
Galaxia smiled and said, "Simple my little ponies, being "gods" we are omniscient, in other words we know about everything that happens in our universe."
Pinkie Pie excitably jumps up to the divine queen and asked, "Wow so you're like psychic or something? Tell me, what am I going get for my next birthday?"
The Queen was a little uncomfortable with the smiling party pony, but calmly answered, "You will most likely receive a new dress, a book about comedy, a sparkling balloon, a bath for your pet alligator, and a new hoof-buzzer." Pinkie was amazed and excited by the prospect.
"Mother, Father, I think we should head to the dining room." Luna injected. The King and Queen agreed and proceeded with their daughters and the mane 6 to the large, luxurious dining room. The castle staff had prepared a large banquet, despite the fact that the King and Queen were only there to spend time with their daughters and meet the element bearers. Celestia and Luna were in the middle of the table with Aether on Luna's side and Galaxia on Celestia's. Twilight, Pinkie, and Fluttershy sat on Celestia's side. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity sat on Luna's side. The girls were making small talk with each other and eventually they started talking a bit to the king and queen.
Everything was going well until Twilight noticed that there was an extra seat. She turned to the princess and asked, "Princess Celestia, why is there an extra seat?"
Celestia answered, "Oh, I nearly forgot, Father said he would be bring a guest with him. By the way, Father where is the guest?"
"Oh he'll be along in a while, he loves a dramatic entrance." Aether answered.
Just as he finished the cook came out with a large covered plate. He pulled it and there a bright and noisy explosion. When the smoke cleared there was a strange looking alicorn in front of them. The princesses and the mane 6 instantly recognized the alicorn from the story and shouted, "Chaos!"
"Yes that's right. It's Chaos in all his madness and glory." he stated accompanied by fireworks and kazoo music. The room fell silent, afterward Chaos got an annoyed look and said, "Some ponies have no sense of style." He then descended and took the empty seat, which was in between Aether and Applejack. "So girls, how you been, your pops and I would have visited sooner, but managing the netherworld is not easy. It took us all this time just to get it to self-sustaining, oh, hay fries, haven't had those in millenniums." He stuffed the hay fries in his mouth and seemed to lack any sense of table manners.
Luna with a look of disgust asked, "Uh, Father why did you invite this…creature?"
"Now don't by rude Lulu, after all we're practically family. Heck, I pretty much your stepfather, right Aether?" When he heard Chaos say that Aether started blushing.
The room once again was filled with an awkward silence, everypony was holding their breaths when Galaxia broke the silence, "You and him, are you serious?" Aether was blushing harder and looked down at the floor.
He eventually answered, "I was lonely and he was there and interested."
"Yeah, somepony had to comfort him, and believe me, that wasn't easy. He was moping for about a decade before he even considered my offer. I had to court him for several hundred years before we became intimate. Believe me sweetheart this guy was heartbroken over your divorce, to be honest I'm scared that he would run into your hooves the minute he saw you." Galaxia and Aether were both at a lost for words.
"So are you two that serious?" asked Galaxia.
"Yes, we are." Aether answered his eyes not meeting his ex-wife's.
"Can I talk to you for a moment?" Galaxia asked as she stood up and went to a private balcony with Aether following.
They said nothing for a while until Galaxia finally spoke, "So, we get divorced and you start sleeping with the same creature who made our lives miserable."
"It was more complicated than that Galaxia, I was hurting and he made me happy in his own demented way. I never felt guilty around him like I did with you. I acknowledge the he's done some horrible things in the past, but so have I even though I felt it was for the greater good. However, he's really not so bad once you get used to him." Aether explained.
"Do you love him?" Galaxia asked.
Aether turned around and looked her in the eyes and said, "Yes. Yes I do love him, but believe me I'll always have a place for you in my heart."
"Do you think, if he wasn't involved, we could have gotten back together?" Galaxia asked.
Aether replied, "Honestly, I probably would have taken you back in a heartbeat, but we would have just wound up going through the same problems again. I will always a proud, stubborn stallion who is willing to go to extremes for the greater good, and you will always the kind, gentle, yet strong-willed mare who will never harm a soul or give up her ideals."
"I guess you're right, this was probably destined to happen anyway. Still I think that I'll always love you to some degree, even though I can never forgive you for creating death. Let's just agree not to fight for the rest of the night. We're here for the girls so let's get along for just one night, okay?" Galaxia asked.
"Agreed." Aether answered. They stared at one another for a while until they shared a final chaste kiss. The king and queen then returned to the dining room where things had become a little disorderly.