Chapter 25

"...and that's when you'll come through the large doors to this room, followed by some other ponies. You'll come to the base of this altar and turn to the crowd for a few seconds, then turn back and step up the altar and in front of me. I'll place your crown atop your head, then you'll face the crowd of ponies one last time. They will cheer and applaud you and that's when we'll walk over to that balcony to the right of us. More ponies will be out in the field and you'll stand before them - you can wave to them if you like - and that's when you'll give a little speech on what you have learned. After that, you'll be set and you would have officially been crowned a Prince within Equestria. Does that sound fair?"

"It sounds completely fair, Princess Luna," I smiled.

"Then you should get some rest." Princess Luna suggested. "You've got yourself a long day tomorrow."

"Will do, Princess." I agreed, turning around and being led out of the Canterlot throne room by a royal guard pony.

We had arrived in Canterlot as quickly as possible after Princess Luna had told Twilight, Princess Cadance, and myself the wonderful news that my coronation was being held here tomorrow. Princess Luna just finished explaining to me the procedures for tomorrow and walking me through them. From what Princess Luna told me, and from what Twilight had shared with me, it almost sounds like Twilight's princess coronation. The only difference would be that Princess Luna would be the one introducing me to Equestria for the first time, not Princess Celestia. It didn't matter to me who introduced me. All that I knew was that I was feeling much excitement about tomorrow, but at the same time, I was feeling just a little bit nervous.

The guard pony showed me out of the throne room and into one of the hallways. He took me someplace to the left of our location and up some stairs. I was looking around and admiring the scenery of the Canterlot Castle. I had never actually seen this area of the castle before and it looked a little bit different that the area I've seen. The guard stopped in front of a door and opened it up with his magic. Inside the room was a bed as well as Twilight.

"This will be your room, Prince Lunar," the guard told me. "If you need anything throughout the night, I will be here guarding you and Princess Twilight."

"Thank you, kind sir," I replied as I entered into the room to the excitement of a hug by Twilight. The guard kindly closed the door slowly, leaving just Twilight alone with myself. "Twilight!"

"Lunar!" Twilight smiled, wrapping her hooves around me. "I still can't believe your coronation is tomorrow. I remember when you came over to Ponyville to learn about the magic of friendship from me and now look at you...you're just about to be crowned Equestria's newest Prince...it's all happening so fast! I...I'm so proud of you."

"I don't know what to say, Twilight," I replied, nuzzling her with my muzzle, "it did all happen so fast...I've studied friendship for Celestia knows how long and now look at me..." I approached the window with Twilight to gaze out towards the setting sun, continuing to answer Twilight. "...now I'm being crowned a Prince...and not just any Prince; I'm being crowned Prince of the Night, which is a big honor for me, seeing how Princess Luna is the Princess of the Night...so we have Princess Celestia, the Princess of the Sun, Princess Luna, the Princess of the Night, you, the Princess of Magic, Princess Cadance, the Princess of Love, and now me, Prince Lunar, the Prince of the Night...I'm so excited, but at the same time...I'm so nervous..."

Twilight comforted me as best as she could, trying her best to calm and ease my nervousness. She wrapped a wing around my body, as I did to her, as she began telling me something else...something that would calm me down very slightly.

"You'll be perfect tomorrow, Lunar," she started, "I just know it. With your confidence, I'm sure you'll be just fine when you walk through the doors to receive your new crown tomorrow. Remember, I'll be there waiting for you, as will Princess Cadance, Princess Celestia, and my older brother. Princess Luna will say a few words about you and your accomplishments, then introduce you. We'll all be waiting for you at the altar to receive your crown, so you won't be alone up there."

"I know, Twilight..." I smiled.

Some silence fell afterwards. Twilight sensed my uneasiness was still in tact and decided to help me out further.

"If it helps calm you," she began, kissing my cheek in the process, "I was like this before my coronation..."

"I'm sure you were," I replied.

"Don't worry though," continued Twilight, "you'll be fine tomorrow, I just know it."

I have a feeling that my nerves will kick in and say otherwise, but for the time being, all I can do is to agree with Twilight and assume that nothing bad could happen or will happen tomorrow. Besides, what's the worst that could happen, right?

I looked up at the sky and saw Princess Luna raising the moon and decided to calm my nerves before the big day tomorrow. Looking back at Twilight, I told her that I was going to take an evening stroll around Canterlot to calm myself down. She smiled, kissing my lips, then told me to be careful as I flew out the window and glided down to the streets of Canterlot.

Along the streets, there were hundreds upon hundreds of lights. The majority of them were streetlights, but there were a few lights coming from some homes. The time had to have been around seven or seven thirty at night, but there were still so many ponies that lined up the streets. I guess this pleased Princess Luna to an extent, up until each pony went home and slept through her gorgeous nights. I always preferred the night to day, but that's just me.

One of the more notable ponies that was trotting down the side of the road was Vinyl Scratch or, as she's known in Baltimare, DJ-Pon3. She was walking with a grey colored mare, but I couldn't place my hoof on who exactly they were. Vinyl was about to walk into a night club when she pulled down her trademark shades and noticed me.

"Yo," she called, "check out this crazy dude!"

She began walking up to me as I stopped in my tracks, wondering who she was talking about. Turns out that she was talking about me, seeing how she stopped in front of me and began admiring my mane and coat color.

"Really diggin' the colors man!" She told me.

"Thanks." I replied back.

I guess she noticed my horn and wings next because that's what came out of her mouth following my thanks. "And you got a horn and wings. You're like one of the princesses...uhh, what were they called again...?"

The grey mare from before approached Vinyl and excused her for her behavior to me.

"Please excuse my friend here." The grey mare told me. "She can be quite a hoofful..."

"It's okay, miss," I smiled in response.

"Oh, please, do call me Octavia." The mare replied back.

"Sure thing, Octavia." I answered.