((Once again, MLP is not mine, it's Hasbro's. My Celestial Ponies are, however. This is a short interlude to explain about them. Written in a first-person (Pony?) point of view. Celestia is an actual custom I've done (from a Pony Bride), the Night Ponies are on their way to being done, and I've yet to get the proper Pegasi for the Day Ponies (I need a CB Masquerade and Whizzer).))

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The New Generation :: Interlude: The Celestial Ponies

My name is Celestia. I am the Queen of the Celestial Ponies, four Ponies born from the stars to guard the day and night. Myself, I am an Earthling Pony in apperance, though I'm a slimmer than most you'd see. I have very light blue eyes. My fur is, for the most part, white. I'm covered in swirls and stars, and my back and hips have a blue sky (with more of those swirls and stars) with grey clouds. Flying through the sky on each of my hips is a red phoenix. On my forehead is a red phoenix feather. My mane and tail are short and black. I can control any aspect of the heavens I wish, though my powers are limited to that alone. I'm more ageless than any Unicorn.

However, I'm not omnipresent or invulnerable.

The Celestial Ponies were sent to help me. They each guard a time of day. All are what would be called Twinkle Eyed Ponies. Their eyes are silver with a hint of an underlying color. None of them have real Pony-like markings.

The Guardian of Daybreak is Asa. He's a Pegasus with yellow fur. His mane is deep green for the first third, then it turns to a lighter green, then finally chartreuse. His tail's a mix of these. His eyes are green under the silver. On this forehead is a faint golden blaze. Asa's powers are strongest during the first half of the day. They slowly fade out as the morning turns to afternoon.

Helping Asa protect the day is Naeva, the Guardian of Dusk. As Asa's powers fade, her's grow stronger. Naeva is also a Pegasus. Her fur is pink, and her eyes are purple under the silver. Her mane and tail consist of three colors: light purple, light blue, and pink. She also has a faint golden blaze on her forehead.

Asa is a very soft-spoken Pony. He is quite content with things as they are and doesn't like change. He also doen't like confrontation, but can and will fight if he has to. Naeva is more likely to be at the front of any fight, even if it didn't involve her at first. She's very protective of her friends and would do anything for them.

The Day Guardians are boyfriend and girlfriend, though the term is simpler. The same goes for the Guardians of the Night.

Once the Day Guardians' jobs are done, the Guardians of the Night arrive. They are the Moonlight and the Midnight Ponies. As the moon changes her phase, their powers also change. Both are Unicorns.

The Moonlight Pony is Snowhawk. She is at her strongest during the full moon. Her fur looks white, but she's really a very pale purple. Her mane and tail are white and she appears to glow in the moonlight. Her name came from that. There's a very faint stripe of silver down her back, starting at the base of her mane and continuing to her tail. Under the silver, her eyes are pink.

At his strongest during the new moon is Kirrian, the Midnight Pony. Kirrian is like Snowhawk's opposite. His fur looks black, but it's really deep shades of purple, blue, and red, and there's a faint stripe of silver running down his back. His mane is deep red, purple, and blue with streaks of black, and his tail is similarly mixed. His eyes are blue behind the silver.

Snowhawk's personality is what some would call aloof. She's a little scatterbrained at times, but can pick up when a friend needs her. She prefers to keep her problems to herself.

Kirrian is... troubled. He vanished one night and came back some several days later with a changed personality. His return to the Light will be his decision alone, but I hope that his mate can help him decide. Maybe some of those Ponies she's visiting now can help too.

Naeva is the youngest of the Celestial Ponies and Kirrian is the oldest. Asa is only slightly older than Snowhawk. Like myself, all are immortal, but not invulnerable.

Well, I think that's about it...