Ch.14

Announcer: "Presenting his majesty, King Solaris, and his wife, Queen Faust!"

The day of the ball had finally arrived; all seemed to be going well, but then again the night was still young, or at least it was going to be once Luna was done raising the moon.

Announcer: "And now, our two lovely princesses, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna; will commence in their tasks of setting the sun, and raising the moon!"

All watched as the two princesses made their way to the center stage; Celestia took her place under the sign of the sun, while Luna, took her place under the sign of the moon. Moonscar looked on in amazement with Starswirl at her side; he had watched her fairly carefully throughout the entire event, it was all in an effort to keep her from doing something stupid.

Starswirl: "Who picked out your wardrobe?"

Moonscar: "Umm…..Luna. She thought it would suit me...Celestia picked the symbol and design."

Luna had picked out a wonderful looking tunic and belt for Moonscar; it was all indigo with the golden insignia of Equestria, the belt was black with floral designs in the leather, and Moonscar had decided to wear her red scarf. Although Celestia had tried to get Moonscar in a lovely dress, Luna insisted that the mare was trying to be a knight, and not a princess. After several hours of arguing, Moonscar mentioned her scars, which caused the two sisters to stop their bickering; Celestia, feeling guilty about forgetting such a detail, had made sure that since a dress was out of the question, that the tunic would have to be just as fancy and grand as any dress.

Starswirl: "Now you do know to behave, right?"

Moonscar: "Yes. I also know to avoid my grandfather."

Starswirl: "Child, I didn't me that. You aren't the only pony in the world who has had to endure such a thing. Even I, and your master have suffered from the same circumstances."

Moonscar: "Have you now?"

Starswirl: "You may not know this, but my mother was a noble unicorn who had an affair with a lower ranking unicorn, and of course she had me in the process. And as for your master, he was the son of a great military unicorn, who despite being married, had him with a pegasus, and disowned him because your master refused to leave his mother. I and your master, are considered bastards; we have gone through the worse, and have risen in the hopes of showing everypony what we are capable of achieving. You can do the same, but you must not run child; destiny does not wait for the great to come forth, it is merely a word that defies the actions of one who is not afraid to do the impossible. Just remember, that in this world we live without knowing when our time will come, and that we must make the best of it, as we push forward."

Moonscar looked into the old unicorn's red eyes; sympathy was all they read as she gazed into them, he and her were kindred spirits that had faced a cold world unkind to those considered different. As the two princesses finished, they were applauded, and swarmed with many of Equestria's noble families; Luna, being the smallest of the two, managed to escape, and head towards Moonscar.

Luna: "Moon! Moon! Come dance with me!"

Moonscar: "Alright. I'm coming. Where is your sister?"

Luna: "She is talking to some of our cousins. We may not see her until the ball is over, they never leave her alone, or let her go once they've caught her."

Moonscar: "Oh my. Must be tiring for Celestia."

Luna: "Momma says its common because most of them want something."

Moonscar: "Is that so? I guess it does make sense, you two are the children of the king and queen. Anypony that you like, is in the good graces of the king and queen."

Luna: "I don't like it. Its so annoying, and they talk about boring stuff."

Moonscar: "It is boring, but it can be important since it may have to do with the kingdom. You'll eventually have to talk about politics when you're older."

Luna: "I hope not."

Moonscar laughed at Luna, and bowed as she was ready to proceed in dancing with the little princess; Luna jumped up with excitement, then pulled Moonscar towards the dance floor. The two danced away unaware that they were being watched by a few unkind eyes, and why not? The king and queen's daughter seemed to be very fond of the one she was dancing with.

Somberpeach: "Celestia? Who is that dancing with your sister?"

Celestia: "Hm? Oh! That's Moonscar; she is a guest of ours."

Bluebow: "Your sister seems very taken with her."

Celestia: "Yes, she is a very kind pony. Luna can't seem to get enough of her."

Belladonna: "I've heard about her. She has become very popular among the nobles."

Celestia: "Really? How so?"

Belladonna: "I heard that she almost killed Captain Coppershield, and that she was banned from the academy for it."

Celestia: "That isn't true; he tried to kill her, but Starswirl intervened."

Somberpeach: "Wait!? Isn't she the one with the horrible scars? I heard she got them from Steelwind; most barbaric, if you ask me."

Celestia: "Yes, she is the one with the scars, and no, Steelwind didn't give them to her."

Bluebow: "That mare is the same one from before? The one who insulted you, Celestia?"

Celestia: "It was a misunderstanding. She had every right to be upset with me."

The very mention of this caused a bit of a stir, so much so that Celestia was able to finally sneak away unnoticed; she of course headed in her sister's direction, hoping that she didn't tire out Moonscar too much.