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Chapter 2: Celestia's light

Celestia was sitting at her desk as she was going over some paperwork that was brought to her early that day. As she finished another piece of work, she put it in the finished pile and reached for another one, only to realize that it was the last piece she had. She smiled knowing that she was finished with work for the time being and sat back, letting out a sigh as having her breasts lean on the table gave her some relief but also made the underside a little numb. Now that her mind was free of the work she was doing, her mind went to a special addition to her life.

If you were to ask Celestia if she ever regretted her choice to adopt Phantom, she would immediately tell you: No.

Sure, there were moments that tested her patience and ability to maintain her sanity, but it was completely outshined by all the positives.

Waking up in the middle of the night and hearing him cry was outshined by holding him in her arms and having him cuddle into her as they fell asleep together.

~Flashback 1~

"WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

Celestia immediately sat up on her bed at the sound of Phantom starting to cry. She threw off her blankets and ran over to the crib that was a few feet from her bed.

The crib was a gift from one of the ponies that already had a child that grew up. She was grateful for the gift and said that she would repay the pony when she could.

The answer she got for that was that she didn't have to since having her being a just ruler was payment enough and helping the princess in this way could be seen as repayment, yet nowhere close to worthy of all she had done.

Celestia picked the tiny dragon into her arms. "What is it, little Phantom? What do you need of me?" She began to rock the baby in order to calm him down. She saw him start to calm down but still had tears in his eyes. It almost looked like he had seen something terrifying and she wondered what it might have been. 'Could it be that he had a nightmare? At such a young age? I would not think he had progressed enough to have those, though I do not know much about this matter.' She saw him look up at her as if asking her to banish away the thing that caused him fear. She cupped his face with her fingers as he was so tiny in her arms, and wiped away his tears with the tip of her thumb. "If my sister were here, she would have been able to wash away your nightmares with ease. I do not have such a power so I cannot do it her way." She held him tighter as he gripped her pink negligee. Thinking of something that she was told, she moved him so that his head was on her left breast and able to hear her heartbeat. She began to hum gently as she moved over to her bed and sat down. Seeing that he was easing up a bit more, she opened her mouth as the words of her heart reached her lips.

(play: "You'll be in My Heart" by Phill Collins)

"Come stop your crying, it'll be alright~. Just take my hand, ho~ld it tight~"

She began to sing as she brought her finger in front of him and had him grip it.

Despite the soft tone she used to sing the song, the words gently echoed through the halls, catching the ears of all that were still awake.

Ponyguards recognized the voice of their princess and smiled as they could feel the amount of love she put into the song.

A few unicorns that were in the library lowered the books they were reading and closed their eyes to listen to the soft tune.

The guards outside of the room looked at each other with a smile before looking ahead and continued to guard the royal bedroom. They would dare not make a sound as they did not want to disturb her.

Even if their princess had already given the orders to not enter unless she called them, in fear of waking up Phantom, they did not want to ruin such a moment for Celestia.

As the song was coming to an end, she saw that he had closed his eyes in order to sleep. She smiled at the sight and was about to take him back to the crib, only to give a silent yelp at a sensation she felt on her chest. She looked down to see Phantom suckling on her nipple. It seems that in his snuggling, her negligee and bra had been lowered to allow him access to her nipple and began to suck on it. She sighed as she sat back down on her bed and slowly laid back, allowing her wings to spread on her bed. She laid on her back as she watched him suck on her breast, getting a late-night snack. She then winced when he bit harder on her nipple and she had to take a breath to stay silent as he continued to feed in his sleep.

She couldn't help but enjoy this and closed her eyes to join him in the peace of sleep.

~Flashback 1 End~

Such moments ended up being a daily thing afterwards and she rather enjoyed the company at night.

Then there were moments where she had to take him with her.

Not having anyone to watch him when she had to deal with meetings and important yet boring discussions, were moments she enjoyed when she brought him with her and he would try and get her attention by waving his little arms in front of her face since he would always sit in her lap. She would still pay attention to the meeting, but she had something to keep her from being bored as her advisors seemed to make it their mission to bore her with how dull their voices were.

~Flashback 2~

Celestia was sitting on her throne as this was the time when she would listen to her advisors or any pony that made an appointment to have an audience with her. The pony that was reading off a scroll was speaking in such a droll tone that made her begin to think that all those who were assigned advisor rolls were trained in a way that allowed them to speak with the enthusiasm of the dead.

"...the distribution of cyder had been only at 70% before we were able to repair the tracks but now that we have it back to its original state, it has increased to 85%. The reason we were not able to regain 100% is due to the backlog of products and not being able to see them all at the time. What was suggested is….."

Celestia continued to listen to him drone on, maintaining her stoic visage, but it seemed that she was the only one who was doing so.

"Bah."

Celestia shifted her eyes down to see Phantom looking up at her with his big blue eyes. She gave a small smile at him before looking back at the advisor.

"Bah!"

Celestia continued to look at the advisor but couldn't stop her smile from growing as Phantom stood up from her lap, using his tail as a third leg to stay upright, and began to wave his hands to get her attention. She brought her hand up to place on his head to calm him down, but it seemed that he wanted more.

Phantom puffed out his cheeks before he wobbled forward, since her legs were not as stable as the ground, and began to climb up, using her dress as a foothold.

Celestia couldn't help but let out a chuckle as he climbed up onto her breasts before she picked him up and held him in the air. "Must you really want my attention all the time?" She may have been trying to reprimand him, but her voice was void of any real weight to them as she was still smiling at him as he giggled and held out his claws to her.

"Forgive me, but should we continue this at another time?" The advisor looked away from his scroll as he watched their princess slowly raise and lower the new dragon prince. After the incident with the scribe saying that they should lock away the egg, it was suggested to never say anything that could get in the way of the two. And with how more and more attached the two were getting as the days went by, that rule became more prominent.

Celestia raised Phantom into the air once more as she softly laughed at his giggling. "No, it is alright. I believe the best thing we can do is to spread out the distribution. I believe we can have the cyder be sold in some of the other shops for a limited time so that we can have the products sold along with other eateries. Perhaps in bakeries and some specified restaurants. We only need to do this until we have removed the extra stock, then we can have the normal methods continue from there."

The advisor was a bit surprised that she had heard his whole issue with the overstock and came up with a usable solution. Not only for the cyder but for other products that they may find overstocked as well. He had assumed that she may have stopped listening midway when the small baby dragon began to want her attention. But it seems that she can give her attention to the dragon and still listen to what is going on around her. "That would be perfect. I can send a notice to the farm so they can give their opinion on what shops they would allow to hold their stock for a time."

Celestia nodded before she brought up Phantom and kissed him on the cheek, getting him to laugh before he tried to mimic her action.

~Flashback 2 end~

Now it was a given that he would be with her during those events and she would still be able to listen to her ponies.

Though whenever he couldn't be with her during those times, she would get the occasional question about where he was. Almost like it was out of the ordinary if he wasn't around.

This is not to say that he didn't cause his fair share of trouble to others. Such as the moment they discovered his enjoyment of gems.

~Flashback 3~

Another meeting was taking place, this time in a council room with all of the ponies sitting at a large table with Celestia at the head. The matter was more important and needed to only be heard by the people inside this room, not in the public audience chamber.

Celestia was focused on the reports that they were giving as she needed to focus on all the details. The Timberwolves were once again moving around and they needed to make sure that the den they made was not in a spot that could lead to dangers later on.

Phantom was once again with her but he was bored. His mother wasn't paying attention to him but the look she had on her face made him realize that he shouldn't bother her. He had been curled up on her lap as he tried to take a nap but he just couldn't find himself sleeping. He kept shuffling on her lap till he laid on his back. Shifting back and forth to get comfortable on his back so that his spines weren't in pain, he looked up and noticed something. Peeking past her breast was something shiny. "Buu?" wondering what it was, he shifted to his tummy while keeping his eyes on the shiny thing. Wanting to know what it was, he began to crawl up the side of his mother and up toward the shiny thing.

Celestia could feel Phantom climbing up her side and wondered what it was he was doing. He hadn't tried to get her attention so she didn't notice him moving until she felt him start to climb on her wings. She had assumed that he would have slept through the meeting since he seemed to understand that this was serious. She winced and pulled her head back a smidge as she felt him use her ear to climb up to the top of her head. She looked to the side to see his tail disappear behind her mane. She felt him sit on top of her head and figured that as long as he stayed there, it would be alright. But if at any moment, she felt him start to fall, she would react. Focusing back on the pony, she continued to listen to how the Timberwolves were seen south of the castle yet moving down the mountain, she made a mental note to have a squad head over to cut them off before they reached Ponyville.

But suddenly, the pony froze and stared at her with a dumbfounded look on his muzzle. She raised an eyebrow at how he had stopped mid-sentence and looked at her as if she had gained another head. She then saw that the other ponies in the room began to look at her and gained the same look. She was about to ask what was the issue till she froze at a sensation on her head. She felt something dripping on her head and immediately reached up to grab Phantom. Bringing him in front of her, She was stunned by the sight of him and what he had in his hands.

Phantom had her crown in his claws and was biting on it so that the gem that was in the center of the crown was part way in his mouth.

Phantom had made it to the shiny thing that he had seen and saw it was the weird thing that his mom usually wore on her head. He had seen it before but for some reason, he was really interested in it today. He frowned at seeing it as he thought it was something new and interesting. He was about to just lay down since he was already up here and didn't want to climb down, till his eyes landed on the purple thing that was in the center of it. His eyes shimmered in intrigue as he began to reach out for it, he got closer to it and eyed the thing. Once close enough, his forked tongue came out and licked the purple thing and his eyes sparkled in joy. Without a thought, he glomped on it and bit down on the top of the crown to try and eat it. With his mouth being too small and lacking a full set of teeth, his drool went down the crown and onto Celestia's head. He ignored that as he continued to try and eat the very tasty thing she had.

Celestia stared at the baby dragon with a raised eyebrow as she saw him gum her crown. Her mind tried to come up with a reason for it till she remembered reading about how Dominant Dragons had a taste for gems or jewels.

Dominant Dragons can be considered the slightly more evolved version of the species, capable of walking, talking, and more cognitive reasoning compared to the Primal dragons. They have their own society that mirrors those of the ponies yet there is still an aggressive feel to the way their society lives.

Primal dragons are more animalistic in that they do not act like other races. As the name implies, they continue to walk as dragons of old, on all fours, and are more aggressive toward those of other races. They are still able to speak but their voices tend to be guttural and sound more like they are growling at you rather than speaking to you.

Despite how all dragons are born with the ability to stand upright, when they reach a certain age, they undergo a sort of metamorphosis where their dragon instincts take over and they begin to hoard items, whether it is their stuff or not. Depending on their upbringing, they could either remain in such a mindset; making them stay as Primal Dragons, or overcome it; making them dominant Dragons.

It is also researched that it is more likely for a dragon to become a Primal Dragon if they are raised in the Savage lands as it is a rough environment with a survival of the fittest sort of mindset.

And if a dragon is raised in a more peaceful, civilized environment, they are more likely to become a Dominant Dragon.

As for gems, Primal dragons find the need to hoard treasures, piling them up as high as they can, finding or stealing them from other locations, and disregarding if they belonged to others.

Dominant Dragons, on the other hand, have a different appreciation for treasures. They understand the value of coin and are more willing to part with any treasure in order to conduct trade with other races. Gems though, are like a delicacy to them and they would rather eat the gems than part with it. Like the ultimate sweet that they can't resist.

It is even rumored that if a Dominant Dragon is to give away a gem that they find to be the most valuable to another, it is the equivalent of a proposal, stating that the person is more valuable to them than the gem.

This behavior from Phantom made it seem that he has more of a Dominant Dragon's mindset, which was the only reason he would be chomping down on the gem on her crown. 'To have such a craving at such a young age.' Wanting to move things along and not want him to eat her crown, she put him down on the table and began to gently pull the crown away from him.

Unfortunately, he wouldn't let go.

"Please let go, Phantom." She gently tugged on it but he would keep his grip and mouth on it.

Phantom gripped harder on the crown and slobbered more. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to win against her in this, he began to chomp on the crown but didn't get much leeway on it, only getting a few small clinks for his trouble.

Celestia frowned at it as she tugged a bit harder and gave a slightly harsher tone. "Phantom."

The tone actually made him jump and he bit down harder on reflex, causing the gem to crack.

*crack*

The sound caused all of the other ponies to jump in panic at the sound and were able to see the crack in the gem.

One of the ponies even fainted as Phantom had just damaged a symbol of power.

The sound made Phantom lose all fight in him and he sadly unwrapped himself from the crown.

Celestia pulled the crown away from him, lifted it up to examine the gem in the center, and frowned at how it was now damaged. She looked down at Phantom and saw him curl his tail around his legs and shrunk in on himself. He looked utterly guilty at his action. "Phantom, do you realize what you have done?"

Phantom shrunk down even more and laid on his tummy as he covered his eyes with his claws.

The sight made Celestia's heart melt as she did not like to see him in such a manner. Not only that, he was still only a baby, not even capable of speech yet. Which is a given since he is only a few months old. She let out a sigh as she could not punish him for the fault of his instincts. Her frown dropped and let out a sigh before she put the crown down and picked him up. She brought him up and held him in her arms as he began to sniffle.

He turned in her arms to hug her breast before looking up with a look of regret, clearly asking for forgiveness.

Celestia couldn't help but find him to be more intelligent as he already knew he had done something bad and was asking to be forgiven. She smiled at him before she wiped away his tears with her thumb. Feeling a need to appease him, she looked back to the crown before she reached out to it. She gripped a piece of the gem and ripped it off.

The pony that fainted had gotten up from the floor as he held himself up by his chair. Seeing her rip off a piece of the crown caused him to fall to the floor once more.

She held the piece up to him and he looked at it in interest.

He reached out with his claws and looked up at her as if asking for permission. Seeing her smile, he grabbed the piece into his claws before he brought it to his mouth and began to suck on it as if it was a binky.

The pony on the ground got up once more before plopping his head onto the table. His eyes refocused on the princess and saw the baby dragon using one of the royal gems as if it were a baby toy. His eyes rolled to the back of his head before he collapsed once more.

He was followed by a few more that could not take the sight anymore.

~Flashback 3 end~

Ever since then, she made an order to have gems of the best quality to be cut up into small pieces and delivered to her. She had the finances to buy them and it isn't like she gave him one every day. They were more like treats for him when he did something really good.

Phantom had brought a new light in her life with all the things she had learned from having him and what she had taught him. Not only that but it had banished a certain feeling she had been dealing with for so long.

She was no longer lonely.

Celestia smiled as she thought of Phantom. Not only that but her mind went to how he affected others. Such as-

*knock knock knock*

Celestia looked from the papers she was looking over and called out to the door. "You may come in."

The door opened to show it to be one of her scribes, who looked nervous as if he had done something wrong. He was a pony that had brown fur, a disheveled tan mane and tail, and was wearing a gray dress shirt and black pants. "Excuse me, I am sorry to disturb you, Princess, but I wanted to ask…. If you have seen….. Prince Phantom?"

Celestia eyed the pony blankly. After a minute, she leaned forward, her breasts leaning on the table again before she spoke. "Are you to say that you have lost sight of Phantom when you were supposed to be responsible for him?"

The pony felt nervous at the tone she was giving him and he began to shuffle his hooves while twiddling his fingers. "I….I-I only took my eyes off him for a second and he disappeared! He simply vanished from my sight!" He gulped as he continued to give the reason he had lost sight of the little prince. "I-I am still in the process of looking for him but no one has seen him around the halls, library, or….." He felt even smaller as the princess continued to stare into his eyes. Not being able to stand the look of disappointment given to him anymore, he screamed. "I'LLKEEPLOOKING!" He bolted from the room so fast that the door slammed shut from the wind.

The room was silent as Celestia stared at the door.

"...is he gone?"

Celestia smiled as she nodded. "Yes, he is gone."

Poking from under her breasts popped the head of a young dragon who plopped his chin on the desk with Celestia's breast weighing down on his head. He eyed the door for a few seconds before he let out a sigh of relief. "Good."

Celestia leaned back before she reached for him on her lap and held him in the air.

The dragon boy had grown in the last ten years but he was still small. He was wearing a white dress shirt with a royal blue vest that had gold lining and black pants that had a hole for his tail to go through. On the back of his vest was the symbol of her cutie mark, something he wanted. He said he wanted a mark like hers somewhere and even had tried to paint a sloppy imitation on his leg.

The little one couldn't get it on his hip.

And so, she had her cutie mark symbol embroidered on not only his vest but on a few other things he asked for.

Celestia smiled at Phantom as he dangled in her arms. "Why must you continue to escape from your lessons? You know that it is important for you to learn from your teachers."

Phantom flopped his head back as he moaned. "But it's soooooo boring~. Droning Tone talks like he isn't trying to teach me but bore me to deaf."

Celestia chuckled at his misuse of words. Choosing not to correct him on that, she leaned back and sat him on her lap before she began to run her hand through his hair. "I know that the way he speaks can be a little dull-" She looked down to see him give her an incredulous look. "-but he is the most well-educated pony that we have in the castle."

"Nuh-uh!" Phantom threw his arms in the air as if he was offended by her statement. "You're the most well-edumacated there is!" He looked her in the eye with such determination that you would be hard-pressed to deny his point. But since he was still a child, his determined look was still cute.

Celestia had to hold her tongue as he had once again mangled his words. Something he does when he gets over-excited and tries to argue a point. She hugged him into her breasts and placed a kiss in between his horns. "Thank you, little Phantom, and despite how that might be true, I do not have the spare time to be your instructor in everything."

Phantom stuck his forked tongue out in annoyance as he crossed his arms in a pout. "Mm should have."

Celestia smiled at his pouting form before looking at the clock. Seeing that there was a lot of time before her next audience with her council, she figured there would be something that would cheer him up. "Well, since you are so adamant about having me teach you, how about we have a lesson outside? What do you say?"

Phantom perked up at hearing how she was going to teach him again. Jumping out of her grip and onto the floor, he grabbed the bottom of her dress and began to tug on it. "Come on, come on! Let's go!" He turned around with her dress still in his claws and began to drag her with him.

At least, he tried to.

All he ended up doing was having his feet slide on the smooth marble flooring with Celestia still sitting down. Which made sense since he barely reached halfway up her calf.

Celestia watched him for a few seconds with a smile on her face before she stood at her impressive height, picked him up, and held him in her arms with his cheek pressed into her chest. "Alright, Phantom, let's go."

Phantom cheered as they were now on their way. "Yeah!" He rested his head on her chest as he could hear her heartbeat. After a few steps, he looked up with an inquisitive expression. "Hey, mom?"

"Hmm?"

"What does 'ababament' mean?"

Celestia chuckled at the question. "It means 'eager', and it is pronounced 'adamant'." She pressed her finger onto his nose as she said. "This is one of the reasons you should pay attention to your lessons." She chuckled once more when he crossed his arms and pouted once more.

~Unicorn Training yard~

Celestia and Phantom were outside sitting in the center of the stone courtyard meant for unicorns to practice their magic.

Within the castle were several courtyards meant for training, with each set up for specific ponies and their talents.

One set was for earth ponies to practice with weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, or physical training. On one side of the training field was a set of wooden weapons so that they could practice their forms in spears, swords, maces, bows, and a few secondary choices. In the center of the field was an arena drawn in the dirt with white paint for the ponies to have spars. In the northeast corner was an area with weights to train in strength or speed. On the west side was a set of practice dummies with targets on them. In the southwest corner was a facility where medical and security unicorns were always on standby in case someone was hurt or a fight needed to be stopped before it got out of hand.

Another practice field set was meant for pegasi. These were the largest of the fields, not because they had more importance, but because it was set up with the pegasi in mind. It had an aerial obstacle track for them to practice their maneuverability as there were hoops, walls, and swinging pendulums. Should there be a need for them to practice for battle, they are able to set up dummies or targets through the obstacle course so they can practice their archery or spear throws. And like the Earth pony field, there are always medical unicorns at the ready in case one of them crashes too hard.

The fields for unicorns were set up for them to practice their magic with wide open areas set up with practice targets. These practice fields were set up with stone so that if any wayward spell were to hit the walls or grounds, they would be able to handle the destructive power the spells could produce. One special thing about the unicorn fields was that there was an area on the northeast side that was close to being a miniature park in case the ponies needed to either read up on a spell they wanted to practice or if they needed to meditate in order to focus their magic pools. Around this small area was a barrier that a group of unicorns focused on so that no spell could affect or damage it. But unlike the other two, there are times when the field would be unusable as the unicorns that are meant to set up a barrier around the field and miniature park needed to take a break so that they do not overexert themselves. During those times, the unicorns would usually head to the library which was on the other side of the castle, since explosions and impact shaking could throw the books off the shelves if it was too close.

Celestia and Phantom were using the Unicorn field during the break time since they would only be practicing magical focus.

"Breathe in through your nose and let it out your mouth as you focus on your center." Celestia instructed Phantom, who sat in front of her with his eyes closed, to try to focus on the magic within him. They were trying to get him to access his magic consciously so he would be able to control it. Despite how she could feel great magical potential within him, if he could not control it, he could be a danger to himself and all those around him. She nodded as she saw him do as she asked. She smiled as he was sitting as still as he could, with his tail twitching every now and then. A clear sign that he was doing his best to keep it from moving. She spoke in a gentle voice so as not to disrupt his focus. "Good, good. Feel the magic within your center and follow the feeling go throughout your body." She focused her senses on his magic and could feel how it was pulsing through his body. "Can you feel it?" She saw him slowly nod. "Tell me, can you explain how it feels?"

Phantom focused on the feeling he could feel flowing through his body and tried to understand how it felt. He wasn't sure how he could explain it so he imagined himself trying to grab onto the magic with his hands. His mind conjured up a massive orb above him as he stood there looking up at it. His imagination pictured him jumping up to it and grabbing some of the transparent wisps that were coming off the orb only to fall back to the ground with some of the wisps flowing through his fingers before returning to the orb. He wasn't sure how to describe it but he did his best as his imaginary construct rubbed his fingers. "It… feels like…..cold air. Like …. When it was snowing and I tried to catch some of the snowflakes…..only to trip into a snow pile and make a snow phoenix."

Celestia smiled at the memory since it was humorous to see the young dragon jumping in the air trying to catch the falling flakes before he tripped on his tail and fell face-first into a pile of snow. She ran up to him to ask if he was ok, only to see him begin to wave his arms and legs up and down before popping out of the snow with his face covered in the white powder and smiled up at her and said; "Look, mom, a Snow Phoenix"!

She came back to the task and continued her instruction. "Good, now-" She leaned closer to him and gently held his hands in her own. She ran her thumbs into his palms to open them up and moved them to face each other, a few inches apart. "Imagine that wind to flow the way you want it to. Try to flow it through your hands and into the space between your claws." She still held them to help him in this task.

Phantom did as told and tried to manipulate the magic within him to his hands. His imagination came up with him holding a large fan, blowing the wind in the direction he wanted.

Celestia could feel his magic pulse into his palms before a small orb began to flicker in the space between them. She watched in interest as his magic continued to pulse, growing and shrinking in size from the size of a golf ball to the size of a marble and vice versa. She could feel more power being channeled into the orb and looked at his face to see that he was starting to strain. "Easy, Phantom, you do not need to force it." wanting some clarification on how he is manipulating his magic, she asked. "How are you moving the magic from your center to your hands"

Phantom furrowed his eyebrows as he tilted his head to her while keeping his eyes closed. "I think of swinging a large fan to make the wind go in the way to my hands."

Celestia nodded as she came up with why he was straining. "And you are swinging it harder to make more of the wind flow, right?" She frowned when she saw him nod. "That is why you are straining to move your magic." Thinking of a way for him to better understand, she instructed. "Try to imagine the wind itself blowing left. Can you do that?" She smiled when she saw his face ease up before he nodded. "Good, now imagine that wind blowing right." Seeing him nod again, she continued. "Now left." He nodded. "Right." Another nod. "Left." A nod. "Right." She had to hold in her laughter when she saw him start to tilt his head in the directions she was giving him. She noticed that his horns began to light up in the direction she gave. When she instructed left, his left horn would begin to glow blue. When she instructed right, his right horn would glow green. She was curious about why he had two colors in his magic but she couldn't feel anything wrong with it so she chose to investigate it later. "Good, now-" she brought her hands to the side of his head. "-imagine your magic flowing from-" she ran her hand from his head to the center of his chest. "-Your center-" She ran her fingers from his chest to his shoulders. "Up to your shoulders-" She ran her hands to his arms before wrapping her fingers around them and slowly moving her hands down his arms. "Down through your arms-." She then cupped her hands around his own, making them form a cup. "To your palms….. And make that orb of magic once more."

Phantom did as he was told and imagined the wind to blow in the direction he figured his hands were.

Celestia could feel that his magic was no longer pulsing, now it was flowing more easily. Her eyes focused on the space between his hands and could see a small orb begin to grow. The orb grew smoothly and soon was the size of a small ball. "Ok, Phantom, now try and maintain the flow without putting too much into the space." She saw that the orb kept its shape with it growing and shrinking ever so slightly. "Now keep it up for as long as you can. This will help you learn to control your magic flow. Soon, with enough practice, it will become second nature."

For the next few hours, they sat there as Phantom continued to do this practice. He would occasionally put too much magic into it and it would burst, sending him rolling on the ground. He was never really hurt, just dizzy from the rolling but Celestia would be worried for his well-being, only for him to smile at her and get back to it. He was very excited about this since this was the first time he had been able to access his magic. Now that he could access it, he wanted to control it so that they could get to spellcasting.

Though Celestia will avoid anything far too dangerous for him.

She was now sitting a few feet away from him, reading a book but still aware of anything he might do. She turned the page of her book before pausing as she felt that his magic reserves were nearing their end. It was impressive for someone so young to have lasted this long. She closed her book, got up, and walked over to the young dragon. She paused at the sight of the young dragon as she could have sworn for a split second, his scales shimmered a different color. But it disappeared when she blinked. 'Another thing I must investigate.' Pushing that thought aside, she moved closer and spoke. "Phantom, I believe it is time for us to call it a day."

Phantom opened his eyes and looked up with a frown. "But I can still keep going."

Celestia shook her head. "No, your magic reserves are close to depleting, and we still have to appear for the next few ponies that will arrive in the audience chamber."

Phantom frowned as he pulled his magic back and stood up. It was then that he realized how tired he felt since the second he got to his feet, he felt like falling back down as he felt drained. He shook his head before he took a breath, feeling better.

"Now do you see why we should call it a day?" She picked him up and began to carry him back to the castle. "Since you did such a good job, how about we go stargazing tonight?"

Phantom's tiredness was quickly forgotten at the mention of stargazing. "Yeah!"

Celestia smiled at his excitement. Something to look forward to, but first; meetings.

Celestia was once again in the throne room, listening to her ponies as they brought up ideas, updates, and grievances. To her right was another throne, much smaller so that Phantom could sit on it. She decided to have him be part of these audiences so that he could learn how these go and for him to be part of it. Both Celestia and Phantom were now listening to the pony with serene smiles on their faces so that no one there would feel rushed or meek.

The pony that was speaking to them was explaining how there was an issue with his sales and asking for advice on what he could do to address this.

They had to handle these smaller matters as well, but it at least meant that things were peaceful.

Once the pony finished his inquiry, Celestia intertwined her fingers as she thought about the best piece of advice to give. She sat there for a minute and was about to give advice until Phantom spoke up first.

"Well, with how your stall is at the marketplace, there would be a supel-surple- Surplus! after the day ends. Maybe you can have your stall placed more closer to the shopping center so ponies might want to choose your stall rather than going to the marketplace."

Celestia smiled at him before nodding in agreement. "I believe that Phantom's advice would be the best way to find more sales for your stall. Ponies that finish shopping would potentially feel peckish and instead of heading over to the marketplace, they may go to your stall. With word of mouth that goes around, your stall would get a good amount of customers." She paused as she saw some of the other ponies that were waiting for their turn making notes about what was heard. Knowing how this strategy might be a bit overblown, she spoke up in a louder voice so that the others could hear it as well. "But with how this might be used by others, I believe that if we begin to use this, we should have a registration of spots to use temporarily so that the shopping center may not become another marketplace.

Phantom had to hold his laughter as he saw a bunch of the other ponies slump at how they would need to register to use the method.

The two continued to listen to their ponies on their matters with Phantom giving advice when he had something.

This always made Celestia smile as he was giving advice that benefits multiple ponies in ways she may not have thought of herself. Or maybe she is just doting on his ideas a bit and the ponies tend to like how he gives advice in a childish manner with him still working on saying words with multiple syllables.

As time continued, Phantom looked more excited about the passing of time.

Celestia knew why since once this was over, he would get to do what he enjoyed doing.

~that night~

"Leo…Leo Minor….. Ursa Major….Ursa Minor…. Draco, and Camelopardalis!"

Celestia smiled at how excited Phantom was every time he pointed out one of the constellations that were in the sky. She would look in the direction he pointed and could see the shape of the star configuration he called out. Seeing them made her smile sadly inside as these formations of stars were something that her sister had done. Luna was the more artistic of the two

Phantom had a star book in his hand with a checklist of constellations. He looked down at the book before he filled in the boxes of the ones he found. Once he checked them, he moved over the telescope in order to find more.

Celestia let out a sigh as she had a memory flash through her mind with every single constellation she could see.

Memories of Luna and how she spent time rearranging the stars to be a sort of show for the ponies that enjoy the night. The thought made her heart ache as very few ponies enjoyed Luna's hard work, yet now, here sat two of her most dedicated audience members.

"Hey, Mom."

Celestia was brought out of her thoughts and looked at Phantom, who was looking up at the sky.

Phantom pointed up at the sky as he asked. "Why is there a picture of a mare on the moon?"

Celestia closed her eyes and took in a breath as she followed his claw pointing into the sky.

In the sky was the beautiful moon, giving off its elegant glow to the earth below. And there, on the surface of the moon was an image of a mare, curled into a fetal position with her hair flowing to the edge of the white orb in the sky.

Taking a breath, she moved closer to Phantom and picked him up before placing him on her lap. "There is a story to that. Would you like to hear it?" She saw him nod to her before looking up at the moon. "Long ago, before anyone could remember, there existed two sisters both loved by ponies everywhere as they were. One sister was one of the light while the other was one of the dark, but don't let that give you the impression that the sister in the dark to be evil. She was kind to all around her and would not wish harm to anyone. For ages, they watched over all around them as best they could but as time passed, there was an evil that crept up on one of them. Being the mare of the dark, many began to ignore her and pay attention more to the mare of the light. This made the mare of the dark jealous as she did not receive the love she deserved and soon that jealousy corrupted her, reshaping her into one who would not hesitate to hurt others. Not wanting the people to hate her, the mare of light chose to seal away the dark mare in the moon." She had begun to run her hand through his hair as it was a comfort for her as she never took her eyes off the moon. "She had hoped that when the dark mare was released, the jealousy that gripped her would be extinguished and be free to be the loving mare she used to be."

Phantom was entranced by the story and could not help but feel sad for the mare of darkness. To not be loved to the point of growing jealous and wanting to hurt others. "I hope she did get better and was able to see each other again."

Celestia smiled as she nodded. "Yes, I believe they will." The two continued to stare at the moon as she thought to herself. 'A few more years, Luna. I hope to find those to bear the elements to their full extent to free you of your curse.' She looked down at Phantom and smiled. 'And I'm sure you will love Phantom and how he adores your star-filled nights.'

Meanwhile, in the hall of the castle, the scribe from earlier was still searching for Prince Phantom but still had no luck. "If I don't find Prince Phantom. Princess Celestia will never forgive me!" He looked around before running down the hall in search of the young white and black dragon.

End of chapter

NEW COVER ART! :)

Well, this chapter is the start of the child arc and shows that Danny is growing up nicely and the bond between him and Celestia.

Now from what I can see, this arc is going to be two or three more chapters before we get to canon time.

Alterations will be made clear as the story continues.

One thing I realize is that me and Redknight have different story flows. He tends to set up the main point and gets to the meat of the story. Not rushing it as he has a great story flow, most likely better than mine.

I, on the other hand, tend to go into super long and drawn-out details and potentially unneeded exposition.

As such, this might take much longer to get anywhere than he would have done. Sorry to the readers that might want things to get here sooner

Now the image I am using for the cover art is what I pictured when Celestia was pouring magic into Danny's egg. So it is a good example of what Celestia looks like.

Speaking of, I want to clarify (just in case) that everyone is anthropomorphic but I have it so for ponies, they have hooves for feet but still have hands and fingers. The reason I am doing it this way is because I feel that if I gave them hands and feet with their pony heads… They just seem like humans with animal heads and a tail. So I balanced it out a bit more.

Now a question I am sure that a lot of people will have; will Danny regain his memories? The answer is; Yes. he will regain his memories and I have an idea of when it will happen but I must discuss it with Redknight

He will also regain his name, much sooner, since calling him Phantom might make him seem more like an OC but I want it to be known that he is Danny.

I am also drawing "new" designs for the characters to have a better visual of what they look like.

Currently working on Danny's dragon look. Getting the shape of his head is a little difficult since there are so many different types of dragon heads. I kinda want to distinguish him from Spike.

Also working on Twilight Sparkle's look so she doesn't look like EQ's Twilight. I had a bit of an issue with their look so I am changing it a bit. I will be doing this for multiple Characters

Hope you look forward to the next chapter

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