So here goes with chapter three :P
Still review for same stuff as last chapter please
"Who is this? Get off me. I can't breathe!" I barely managed to get these words out before I was let go.
"So, I guess you've met my fiancee, Shining Armor." Cadence walked over and planted a kiss on the unicorn's cheek. He responded by taking off his helmet. I noticed that it had Celestia's star on it as well as Luna's moon.
"*couh cough*Ahem, *cough cough * nice to meet you. So may I ask why you have both royal crests on your helmet?" I was being held up by Fluttershy who was trying to fix my hair and picking up my crown off the ground. I grabbed my crown from her and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
"I could ask you why you have a crown as well. But since you asked first... I am captain of the royal gaurd and organize all the guards for the royal family. Except yours, since you only have three. By the way, next time you go out don't give those three the night off, they came in with hangovers. It's not your fault, but just think ahead next time." He gave me what I supposed was a brotherly look. I could tell I was gonna like this guy.
"Oh, sorry. Aheh heh. Well to answer your question about the crown, I think you already know why, just not the story. Am I right?"
"Well yes. The princesses neglected to tell me why there was suddenly a new royal alicorn. So what is the story?"
"It's actually quite long, so you might want to sit down." He walked over and sat down on the couch next to Cadence, the princesses and Fluttershy. I took off my regalia and shrank to just slightly larger than Fluttershy. The princesses did the same. The regalia may be all powerful, but it sure isn't comfortable.
"Uhhh. Mom, maybe you should tell the part that happened before I was born."
"Sure thing honey, let me get your father. He has a gift for memory, and I forgot most of it on the moon." With that she flew out of the room and went over to the chambers adjacent to hers. After a few minutes we saw a bright flash of light and a white pony with a flaming red mane and piercing yellow eyes in a gray vest appeared. He cantered over to me. He was tall for a normal pony, even taller than me, as I had taken off the regalia when everyone sat down it was much more obvious that I didn't have his natural height if I was just as toned as he was.
"So I hear you all want to know the story of how my son came to be?" Celestia was the first to respond.
"Yes Solarus, it has been too long without that knowledge being known." She looked at the ground with a sad expression on her face.
"Very well, I shall recount all that I remember. It all started 1002 years ago...
A young white stallion fresh off the line from the Canterlot school of magic walks into the royal hall. He had graduated at the top of his class, even higher than the young Princess Luna. This had caused him to be on the recieveing end of a lot of stardom. He had hoped it would only be temporary, alas, he was wrong. He had been summoned by princess Celestia herself as soon as she returned from the changeling wars. Most ponies thought princess Celestia was invincible, and all powerful as she had taken her father's place raising the sun every day. But this pony knew the truth. Celestia had told him that she required his services because she was in a dire position. This pony didn't know what that meant, but it couldn't be good.
The stallion walked up the steps to the throne and bowed before his ruler.
"Celestia, I have come at your request. I will do whatever is needed of me for you." He looked up and noticed a midnight blue alicorn mare standing off to the side of the room. She giggled at him and blushed, whispering to another blue mare that he recognized as Blueberry Pie.
Blueberry had been the only non unicorn or alicorn student to ever go to the Canterlot school of magic. She had been observed to have the ability to predict the future, and the school had helped her perfect her ability. Now, graduating with honors, she had become the personal friend of Princess Luna.
"Rise Solarus Storm. I have called you here to discuss a grave matter. Do you recall the recent war on the changelings?"
"Why yes princess. What of them?"
"Well, in the final battle betwixt I and the changeling queen Metamorphia, I lost much of my power. I had sacrificed everything to take her and her vile minions down. I overextended my magic and accidentally made sure that the only thing they could feed on for the rest of eternity was the love of other ponies. However, their defeat has made them so bitter that they cannot sustain themselves and I fear my power will be needed again in the future. However, it may take hundreds of years to rebuild my magical abilities. That's why I need your help. I need you to raise the sun in my place to give the citizens of Equestria the impression of safety. In return I shall grant you immortality. However, this immortality is different than an alicorn's. Since you are not in every fiber magic, you must eat, rest, and keep up your strength. If you do this, your immortality shall last as long as mine own. Now the decision is yours to accept..."
Thousands of possibilities ran through the head of this young stallion. But he looked over to princess Luna and his heart skipped a beat. She was looking almost eager for his answer. He thought that for some reason he had to impress her. Anything to gain her favor.
"Your majesty, it would be an honor to serve you in anyway I can." From the side of the room soft screams of happiness could be heard.
"Very well, I dub thee, Solarus, the eternal gaurdian of the sun." She placed her horn on his shoulders and suddenly he felt like he was on fire. He looked around and saw his hoofs blackening from the heat.
"What have you done?" He cried out right before he blacked out.
Several hours later when he came to, he found himself in a white room overlooking the eastern horizon. He got up lifting his hoofs out of the bed. He almost yelled. His hoofs were black as coal, but as smooth as glass. He walked over to the mirror and looked over himself. His once beatiful brown mane was now as red as the flames of his cutie mark. His eyes, once blue and full of life were now yellow and orange speckled. And his once pure white horn was now a spiral of red orange and yellow.
He walked out into the hall where he was greeted by a pony who akses him politely as possible to follow him. He led the red maned stallion down winding halls and up spiral staircases until they came to a tower with the sun on it. Here he stopped and said that Celestia was waiting inside. The stallion opened the door and entered.
"Ah, I see you've recovered then. Let's get started then. Ok first you need to..." she continued on about how to raise the sun and eventually let him try to do it. At first it came slowly but progressively came faster. He hsd gotten it to where it needed to be by himself. Princess Celestia applauded him on his first try, saying they would also set it that night.
Six weeks later.
The red maned stallion knocks on the midnight blue door with a crescent moon emblem. He shifts nervously from hoof to hoof as he waits.
"Who is it?" Calls out the voice of a mare.
"Ummm. Luna, it's Solarus. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me to the summer sun festival. If you're busy that's fine. I'll just leave." He began walking away as a scrambling noise could be heard inside the room.
"Wait!" A flustered and bedraggled Luna was at the door.
"I'd love to go with you" she said as she brushed her mane out of her eyes with her hoof. I've been wqiting for you to ask me all week. So, you wanna pick me up around let's say, ten?"
"Sure, I'll make sure I lower the sun a little bit early so Celestia can prepare to do it for a longer time herself." Luna smiled at Solarus and closed the door saying goodbye for the night.
One Year Later
"Do you Luna, princess of the night, take Solarus as your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do."
"And do you, Solarus, guardian of the day, take Luna to be your lwwfully wedded wife?"
"I do."
"Then by the power invested in me. I now pronounce you stallion and wife. You may now kiss the bride." The two ponies in answer kissed passionately. Their two best friends clapped. Bluberry Pie hugged Stratus, Solarus' friend from the castle guard, who blushed quite a bit. He gave her a halfhearted hug in return. Solarus picked up Luna and carried her to their carriage. They weren't going on a honeymoon, but they were celebrating her birthday by going to Las Pegasus. Only fate would tell where they went from there.
[See my memories for continuation from here. Long story short, they sleep together Luna gets pregnant, Celestia freaks out because it was behind their parents' backs and sends her to the moon. She makes a deal with Solarus to make amends for her hasty decision and lets Luna down early temporarily to give birth in Cloudsdale. Here she has to give up Thunder to the Dashes and return to the moon. Thunder lives out his life until nightmare night wondering why he's an alicorn and why he looks nothing like his parents.]
That's pretty much all that I know the rest is up to Thunder."
"Well here goes. On that nightmare night I was approached by nightmare moon in a dream where she said she was my mother. I brushed it off thinking it was a nightmare. Then later at the summer sun celebration I heard that the only way to defeat her was to use the Elements of Harmony. I had umm... well been keeping them hidden after I found them in the ancient royal armory out in the Everfree Forest." Celestia glared at me and Fluttershy gasped. "So I went and got them, knowing that they could only be controlled by an alicorn. I went and did what I thought was right, making them into the shapes of the male regalia. I had no idea that I wouldn't need them. Nightmare moon had just been mom dressed up in the nightmare regalia from great grandma the NightMare." Luna and Solarus had shocked looks upon their faces. "I just used it to take it off of her and she put on a show for the girls and the false Pieces of Harmony I made for them. However you cannot tell them they're fake. They'd hate me forever. But then mom announced to the whole world that I was a Royal Alicorn Prince. That's the story of how I got to be a prince here and how I got the crown on my head. Any other questions?" Here they all looked at each other and then at me and my parents. It was obvious they had questions, but nopony said a word. It eventually became akward. Eventually Cadence pcked up my crown and turned it over in her hooves.
She asked, "Why is it tinted orange?" I chuckled which confused them a bit.
"Well it's just my favorite color I guess. My eyes are orange... my mane's halo is orange...my magic with the regalia is orange. I guess it just goes with the rest of the outfit." They all just replied okay or 'that makes sense'. I laughed at them. They again looked at me quite akwardly.
"Ummm...so, why are you all staring at me."
Fluttershy spoke up in the tiny voice she used with her animals.
"So, ummm...when did I come into your life?"
Apparently Rainbow didn't tell her about that yet. Thank Celestia.
"Ummmmm...uhhhh-" I was interrupted by the growling of Shining Armor's stomach.
"Oh, uh. Sorry everypony, I kinda skipped breakfast to complete my duties early."
"Oh that's no problem, I'm hungry too. Why don't we go out for lunch. My treat. I think I can pull a few strings and get Pinkie Pie to take a break from her catering buisness and throw a congratulations party to the lovely couple." Cadence smiled and gave me a hug.
"Awww...now who's the best little cousin in the world."
"Hey, I'm taller than you. And I was talking about me and Fluttershy." I added that last part in a joking tone with a mistaken expression.
"Hey, that's not fair, we're the ones getting married." She laughed as she said this, an infectious laugh that I bet she imbued with a hint of her special magic. We all began laughing and I was reduced to rolling on the floor because she kept poking me in my ribs.
As I wiped tears from my eyes," alright, we should probably get going. Here I'll send pinkie a lett-"
"That's okay, I'm already here." She had materialized between me and the paper that was supposed to be the letter.
"Pinkie, how are you even...never mind."
[Author: How did you even get here pinkie?
"Well I don't know, I get around. If ya know what I mean...wink wink nudge nudge*whips out a photo album*"
Author: Oh my gosh...Pinkie...ugh...I'll never be able to unsee that...just go...finish the story...I'm leaving...ugh...what goes through the minds of the people who make those...*shudders*...I'm gonna be in therapy for months...]
"Well I overheard that you needed a party for Cadence and Shining Armor. I'll be over at Sugarcube Corner waiting. Come soon, kay."
(Pinkie: yay party time)
"We'll be there around noon Pinkie. Just go, you're giving me a headache..."
"Okie dokie loki, cya l8r." Pinkie dissapears out of the edge of my vision.
"Wait how does she do that?"
[Author: pinkie i said get out, you're not supposed to be heee until next chapter.]
"Let's s get going Clipsy. There's no use trying to understand her. Remember."
"Oh yeah, well then give me a sec to put the regalia back on." I put all my regalia back on and was met with mirrored actions from the other three alicorns in the room.
Shining armor called a pegasus carriage for himself and my father. They hopped in and took off. We followed suit and formed a line in the sky. Suddenly I saw a pony flying down below. I hadn't done anything fun in a while so I decided to drop in on them. I folded my wings in as tight as possible, and free fell.
