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...Months had passed since Duskfire had been freed. She explained to everypony what had caused her to turn evil was some kind of possessive Nightmare. Well, everypony except Nightblade, who seemed to try as hard as possible to avoid her.

"Good morning Dawn," Duskfire said cheerily as I entered the kitchen.

"Morning. Has anything interesting happen yet?" I replied, yawning.

"Unless you consider Snowglider being buried under a mountain of pancakes interesting, then no, there's nothing interesting," She giggled.

"I thought I heard the sound of somepony being crushed by an avalanche of breakfast pastries when I got up," I said jokingly.

"Hey!" Snowglider's voice came from the kitchen, "It's not my fault Dusk knocked over the trays!"

"Then you shouldn't have put them in front of the door!" Duskfire countered.

"Where else was I supposed to put them?" Snowglider complained.

"How about on the counter where they should go?" I joined in, trying to hide a smile. Snowglider just huffed and faked being angry as she stormed off. Me and Duskfire just burst out laughing, unable to contain it any longer.

Knock knock knock

I went over and opened the door to see who it was.

"Good morning Dawn. Princess Celestia would like to see you and Duskfire," Silverwing declared calmly.

"Alright, tell her I'll be right there," I said politely.

"Okay," She said as she dashed off to the throne room. I glided back over to the dining room and told Duskfire to come. Then we used our magic to hide our wings and set off for the castle. Eventually, we arrived at the huge, ornate doors of the throne room and trotted inside. Celestia and Luna were waiting on the thrones but stood up and came to join us when we entered.

"Good morning Dawnfrost, Duskfire. We have much to discuss," Luna greeted us.

"It has been noticed that while you have been called Princesses, you have never been given a coronation," Celestia continued, "So we have planned for you to have a small one this afternoon. However, I'm afraid the attendance will be limited to family, friends, and the palace workers."

"That's fine, I don't really want to be known by all of Equestria just yet," Duskfire said shyly.

"That's good. Then you should probably go to the forge to get fitted for you regalia," Luna shooed us with a fore-hoof, succeed in getting a raspberry from Duskfire before we raced off. Luna just smiled and rolled her eyes as we left.

The next few hours were spent being measured and fitted in the humid forges. Once finished, we started to leave and ran right into Nightblade who jumped in surprise. He tried to slip past but wasn't fast enough and Duskfire stopped him.

"Don't I know you?" She said, puzzling me since she hadn't had the chance to meet him yet. "Yeah, I remember, you were a racepony before your accident."

"I think you may have the wrong pony, your highness," He bowed, trying in vain to hide the cringe that crossed his face.

"No, I don't think so," Duskfire declared, "I may not know many ponies, but I'd recognize one of my old friends anywhere."

Nightblade looked miserable as he sighed, "There's no point in trying to deny it, is there?"

"Nope," Duskfire agreed, "My memory is a little fuzzy still, but I can just remember that you name was Blazing Light. Am I right?" I just stood there feeling lost.

"Yeah," Nightblade sighed heavily, "That's me."

"Sweet Celestia! I'm even more confused now than I'd be if a pegasus could use unicorn magic without a horn!" I blurted in frustration, "What in Equestria are you two talking about?"

"Oh, sorry Dawn," Duskfire replied, "This here is my old friend Blaze."

"I thought you said your name was Nightblade," I glared at the dark pegasus.

"That's my name, Blaze was just my racing name," He explained.

"Oh, okay. That makes sense," I softened my gaze.

"We met when I was racing and got hit out of the sky by a red blur. I spiraled out of control and hit the ground hard. My wing was broken, and I was told I would never race again," He paused, looking at Duskfire gratefully, "Then I met Dusk, she helped me train and get better. In fact, it was her idea that I take to sparring against the guards with pillow swords. That training is what got me my cutie mark and made me join the Royal Guard."

"Wow, that's amazing... I never knew about this," I whispered in shock and awe.

"Umm...Dawn?" Duskfire sounded worried, "Are we supposed to be ready before or after the sun sets?" I glance over to a window to see the sun setting.

"Sweet Celestia! We need to get going! See you later Blaze!" I shouted as we bolted for the throne room. We burst through the just as the decorations were finished.

"Sorry if we're late," I panted as we approached Celestia.

"Actually, you're right on time," She replied with a giggle. "Now let's begin." She spread her wings behind her as she addressed us, Luna following her example, "Step forth young Dawnfrost Flitter and Duskfire Shadow."

We took a step forward as everypony bowed respectfully and then knelt before the Princesses.

"Dawnfrost, I am pleased to crown you the Princess of Harmony and of the Dawn," Celestia placed a pale orange crown with indigo edges on my head, "You may rise."

She turned to Duskfire, "Duskfire, I am pleased to crown you the Princess of Chaos and of the Dusk," She placed a pale blue crown with dark red edges on Duskfire's head. "You may rise."

"Congradulations," Luna smiled as the sun set and the moon rose.

"Thank you," I dipped my head in respect and thought I saw something fly past a window, "Excuse me for just a moment." I hurried over to the window while the party started.

Outside I saw a smoky gray pegasus with a black mane that flowed like fire. The pony shot across the sky faster than anything I had ever seen before they disappeared into the Night.

Who was that? I wondered, then shook off the thought and went to join the party...

That's all for this chapter! Sorry if it's short, but I was pressed for time. I hope you enjoyed it!

JK! It's not over yet!

This next part isn't from the POV of Dawn. It's from that of a pony about as old as Celestia and Luna. This character won't appear more often until a later point in time, but this is where they come into play. Now I hope you enjoy!

...Darkness. All we hast seen is thy never-ending darkness. Here on thy darkest star, we are all alone with only our thoughts and memories to pass thy time. We remember our sisters, thy ones whom trapped us here.

Afraid of our power, they just couldn't see the good we were doing for them. Instead, they trapped us here, unable to face our true power without those cursed pebbles.

Suddenly, there was a light brighter than thy light of the Sun. We were blinded before the light lifted us from thou black star and swept us off.

What in thy Kingdom of Light is happening to us? We pondered to ourself, To where art we travelling?

Then a quickly as it came, thy light vanished. What we see is familiar but changed. Home... We have finally been freed from thy stars. We grinned, spread our wings, and took off into the night sky, Now we will make thine sisters pay for what they did to us...

That's all for this chapter!

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