Chapter 18: The Princess of Ponyville and Lucky's Hearth's Warming Surprise
When they got there, there was a whole lotta ponies. They weren't too happy about being pushed around by Rainbow, but they kind of backed off once they saw the tiny filly being flanked (hehe, no pun intended) by the 6 older ponies. When they reached the palace, they were happy to see Princesses Celestia and Luna. Twilight and the others who met them, they were surprised to see Queen Cadance and King Shining Armor. "Oh, that's right! Twilight, you're a Princess too, by marriage.", Rarity said. Twilight grinned sheepishly.
"Hehe, yeah, but nopony, even though they know, they don't really treat me like royalty. They're not used to treating me like royalty. Besides, we already have a Princess of Ponyville. This one though, has rights to be. Like you said Rarity, I'm Princess by marriage." Rarity nodded, understanding where Twilight was coming from. "Hey, Twilie, how's my little sis doing?" Twilight went up to her brother when it was safe to. "Hi BBBFF. I'm doing good. It seems I've become an Aunt already.", she said, looking at Lucky. Shining Armor looked. "Aw, she's so cute. Who's filly is she? Wait a minute, you said Aunt?" Lucky nodded, "Um... yeah... I call her Aunt... She's my mamas' best friend, so... also Aunt Pinkie, Aunt Rarity, and Aunt Fluttershy."
Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie's jaws dropped upon being called 'Aunt'. "When did she start this?", Pinkie asked. "Yesterday on the way here.", Twilight said. "Wow... um... it's kind of cool being called 'Aunt'... I guess. It's an honor.", Fluttershy said. Lucky smiled at the other 3. Shining Armor looked curiously at the tiny filly. "You're an alicorn. Just like Cadance. Come on out Cadance, meet a fellow alicorn, a tiny one at that. Also... she only mentioned 4 of you as Aunts... then who?" He looked at Applejack and Rainbow as Cadance stepped out from behind him.
"Aww, she's so cute. Who's filly is she and what's her name?" Rainbow and Applejack looked at each other, from being under Shining Armor's gaze and having the 'who's filly is she' question asked. "Well... I guess you could say she's ours.", Rainbow said. Cadance looked at Rainbow and Applejack, and Shining Armor looked surprised. "Really?", they both asked. They nodded. "Wow. Amazing. How old is she then?", Cadance asked. "She's 5.", Applejack said. "Actually... we don't even know when your birthday is Lucky.", Rainbow said. Lucky grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, it's February 14th." The ponies' eyes widened.
"Hearts and Hooves Day?", they all asked. She nodded. At that time Princess Celestia stepped forward. "Ok girls, and Shining Armor, we're almost ready to announce the crowning of a new Princess. All of Ponyville and Canterlot are here, and I bet even Zecora is here. Appleoosa, and Dodge Junction are here too, seeing as they're a small town and can easily fit in the city of Canterlot. The bigger towns though, like Fillydelphia and all them, they're going to have to watch tv or listen to the radio. All last night before ponies went to bed and this dawn when ponies were waking up, Luna and I were spreading the news all over Equestria, all over the world. Trust me, we're Princesses, we have our ways of telling ponies last minute."
Lucky looked amazed. "Teach me your ways!" Princess Celestia giggled, "Don't worry, I'll take you under my wing for Princess training. On weekends though. Not during school days." Lucky then got disappointed that she couldn't study with the Princess longer than the weekends. "Hey, think of it this way, you get to be taught by me like you originally wanted to the first time when it came to flying and magic." Lucky looked up a bit, "True..." Princess Celestia then looked at the incoming train, the train from Ponyville had left already.
The conductors on Ponyville train would listen to the radio to hear the crowning of the new Princess. Celestia smiled, Lucky's Aunt, Uncle, and cousin were on that train. As soon as the doors came open, the three of them flew like bats out of a lightened up cave. They landed right in front of Lucky. "Lucky Fire! You're becoming a Princess. How your mother and father would be proud. Your grandmother too, and grandfather. Too bad they couldn't make it.", Aunt said. "I sure do miss your parents Lucky, they were the nicest folks you'd ever meet.", said Uncle.
"Nice to see you again cuz.", Fire said. Lucky smiled at Fire Dancer. "Ok, everypony's here now, am I correct?", Princess Luna said in her 'we' voice, which is her voice that speaks to big crowds like the one they have there. The ponies listening to the radio and watching tv are very excited to see and hear about the new Princess. The crowd in Canterlot cheered and stomped their hooves. Princess Celestia held up a hoof, the crowd slowly stopped. Luna spoke again. Aunt, Uncle, Fire, Shining Armor, Cadance, Celestia, and Luna were all standing in view of the crowd, and so were the mane 6 and Lucky.
Ponies started whispering. "Silent please my subjects. This is the announcing of the newest, and only so far, Ponyville Princess." They all cheered again. Princess Luna held up a hoof this time, all went silent. The mane 6 stepped up, "These 6 ponies, who you all know as the twice renown saviors of Equestria: Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy, you know them as our saivors, and now, their little filly friend will become the first, the one and only, Princess of Ponyville! Lucky Fire, step on up!" The ones on the balcony look for Lucky, she's under Celestia, she starts coming out.
Rainbow takes her by the tail and drags her. "Come on Lucky, no time for your shyness you know. We were there when you said you were ready for this, and this is what you get. Fluttershy, take Lucky in the air a little bit." She does, then Rainbow asks Applejack to stand on her hind legs, her right side facing the crowd. Rainbow stands on her hind legs, her left side facing the crowd. AJ and RD are facing each other, on their hind legs, forelegs in the air, with both of their hooves in the air, Lucky can stand on their hooves facing the crowd with no problem. They're doing that so the crowd can see her better.
Fluttershy, kind of sensing what Rainbow wants, puts Lucky down on their hooves, facing the crowd. Lucky's shaking, one, of fear she might fall, and two, of fear of how many ponies there are, she's never seen that many before. "Hold still kiddo, please, otherwise we really won't be able ta hold ya up.", Applejack said. Luna then says, "Citizens of Equestria, behold, the newest Princess of Ponyville!" The crowd goes wild in cheering and stomping. Princess Celestia comes forward, flies in front of Lucky, and touches each shoulder gently once with her horn, kind of like knighting her, but in this instance, it's making somepony a Princess.
Lucky then smiled shyly. "Tell them who you are cuz!", Fire shouted, then Luna said, "Citizens of Equestria, behold the name of this new Princess!" They quiet down again, wanting to know the name. Lucky gulped, then started out quietly. "Equestrians... um... My name is..." Rainbow groans out of frustration 'Not this again, I already went through this with Fluttershy once.', Rainbow thought to herself. "Come on, louder!" Lucky flew up off her mamas' hooves, then looked down at Rainbow, who was getting back on her four feet again, Applejack got back onto her four feet too.
"Equestrians, my fellow citizens of Ponyville..." Rainbow hung her head, hen she looked at Lucky, "Do I need to do what I did to Fluttershy when I was teaching her how to properly cheer?" Lucky tilted her head. Rainbow chuckled and flew up to Lucky. "Do you really want to know?" Lucky looked unsure, "You better not want to know. I can get pretty loud when I want to." Lucky really looked unsure now. "If you don't want to know, then get louder. These ponies can't hear you when you speak too quietly." Lucky nodded slowly. Rainbow went back down to the others. "Remember, louder!" Lucky took a deep breath. "Equestrians, my fellow citizens of Ponyville! I am Lucky Fire, your newest Princess. The Princess of Ponyville!", she said, in a voice almost like Luna's.
She got frightened of the loudness of her voice and her wings snapped to her sides, Rainbow saw and went under her before she could fall. "Hehe, seems like it worked, but it scared the bejeebers out of you kiddo." The others all giggled/chuckled. Even the crowd giggled/chuckled, then they cheered. Lucky was on Rainbow's back, "What did I... what the hay?", Lucky asked. "You got louder, to the point where you scared yourself out of the sky.", Rainbow said while chuckling. Everypony on the balcony hugged Lucky. Lucky grinned sheepishly and looked around, the crowd of ponies were still cheering for her.
They let Lucky go, then Lucky went back up into the air. She looked out to the crowd, she could see them all better. She smiled at them all. "I promise, as Princess, I will treat everypony the same, kindly and even though I might be a bit shy, do not take it personally, it's just the way I am. I will be fair to all and try to find solutions to pony problems that may come up and they ask for my guidance." As Lucky talked, everypony hung onto her every word, and the others behind her were surprised at her big vocabulary, especially the big words she's using, well, Twilight's not surprised at her speech, she's the one who taught Lucky those big words the day before coming here at Lucky's magic practice, and the others thought as much.
When Lucky finished her speech, the crowd of ponies' voices were by now almost gone, so they stomped in appreciation. Lucky was still smiling and she waved to them all. "That's all I have to say, and I do believe the crowning of the newest princess has ended. You may go back to your homes or shop around or whatever it is y'all do. I bid you farewell." She flew back to her family and hopped up and down in place. "How did I do huh? Tell me!" Princess Celestia giggled, "You did excellent Lucky Fire, you will be a great Princess for Ponyville. I have faith in you." Lucky squeed and nuzzled the Princess. Celestia nuzzled her back, knowing with everypony's help, she'll do good.
So, as time went on. Lucky was doing very good as Princess so far. She's had a bit of paperwork, but as promised, the mayor helped her, being her advisor and all. Lucky also had to improve her writing, and she did. She has to concentrate to do it just like with her magic, but she's improved it. Now it's Hearth's Warming Eve and they're all back in Canterlot for the play, Lucky is with Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom in the front row. Spike was the narrator again, and the play commenced. Lucky was excited to watch it this year, she wanted to know how everypony did.
So far, Lucky loved the play. She didn't know they were such good actresses. They were amazing. She thought they could all be actresses for their careers, but she knew they all had their jobs. Twilight was the student of the Princess, but she also was the librarian in her spare time whenever she wasn't teaching Lucky or studying. Pinkie had her job at the sweet shop/cafe, Sugar Cube Corner, Applejack had her job on the farm, Rainbow was the supervisor of the weather team, plus she also was part of the weather team because she controls the weather with them.
Rarity had her job as the fashion pony. She made ponies' clothes whenever they ask her to make them, which Rarity was busier than ever, ever since Lucky became the Princess of Ponyville, and put word out that Rarity was an excellent clothes maker. (hehe, sorry, idk the word for it . I may be 21 and know big words and stuff like that, but I also have short memory, so I forgot what the word was T_T I think my Autism is a part of that :/ (rolls eyes) whatever. Back to the story) Fluttershy... well, Lucky didn't really know if she had a job, she always takes care of the creatures who live with her, but she doesn't think that's really a job... maybe Fluttershy could open her own veterinary/pet salon someday.
Lucky herself, being the Princess of Ponyville is earning money from the taxes, she doesn't spend any though, she was explained to that at the end of each year, the ponies get taxes back. Twilight kinda became Lucky's secretary, Lucky trusts Twilight with that kind of thing, especially because of Twilight's excellent organization skills. When the play ended, Lucky was in awe, Twilight's magic at the end of it was awesome, especially the heart her magic created. She absolutely loved it.
Lucky sang the songs with everypony, then went backstage with her 3 filly friends after it completely ended. "That was awesome! I totally loved it.", Lucky told them. They smiled, "Thank you." "You could be actresses for real with the way you guys can act like how you do. Oh, Aunt Fluttershy, do you have a job of your own, like making money job?" Fluttershy looked at her, "Well, no. Though whenever I give these guys' pets a grooming, I get money from them, I tell them they don't have to, but they say they want to... so I usually end up giving in." Lucky smirked, "Well, I've had an idea, you also take care of sick animals, right?"
Fluttershy nodded. "Well, why don't you open up a veterinary/pet grooming place? You could totally make your own money, and much more than what you get from only these 5 ponies, I don't see why you couldn't open up one. You could make out prices for whichever thing you do for the pet, and you'd be set. If only you had a place to open it up with..." Fluttershy didn't look too sure. "I don't know Lucky. I mean, that does kinda sound nice, but I don't know where I'd get the space for a big enough place." Lucky nodded, "That's what I'm thinking of right now. Give me some time, you think about it too and we'll make a time to meet."
Fluttershy nodded, also surprised Lucky sounds so grown up, even though she's only 5, going on 6 in two months, not even really. So the night of Hearth's Warming eve, they just got home, and Applejack and Rainbow were in the living room talking. Lucky was in their room on Rainbow's bed. "So, how do we tell her?", Rainbow asked. "Hmm... maybe we could say, 'Hey Lucky. Ya know when we went to Canterlot and Twilight came with us? Well, ya wanna know what was so important ya couldn't know about? We were going over some papers and we were signing them fer yer adoption. You're officially mine and Rainbow's filly now.' How's that sound?"
"That actually doesn't sound too bad. I think that's good. Then when she wakes up, we can tell her. This'll be good." Applejack nodded. "I can't wait ta see her reaction. She might be too excited or shocked or even both at the same time ta say anythin'." Rainbow chuckled, "Yeah really. She'll be all like, 'silence...' hehehe. Aw man. I can't believe we actually became her parents now... I wonder what her real parents think up in the green pastures in the sky?" Applejack shrugged. "Dunno. Hope they're happy she has parental figures in her life now. She is only 5 ya know." Rainbow smiled and said, "Yeah, I know. Too young to be without parents. She needs guidance in her life and discipline if she does something wrong, so that she won't do what she did wrong again in the future."
"Exactly." Applejack then looked at the clock, 3 in the morning. In a few hours, Lucky and Apple Bloom will be racing down the stairs for their presents. "We'd better git ta sleep if we want ta be up to see what they think of their presents." Rainbow nodded, then her and Applejack lay their heads down, they were already laying on the floor when they were talking. Before they knew it, Lucky and Apple Bloom were tapping their hooves on Rainbow's and Applejack's foreheads. They groaned, then opened their eyes slowly.
"What's up?", Rainbow asked, then regretted asking as Lucky smartly, sarcastically, and jokingly replied, "The sky." Rainbow groaned again, "Why do I even ask that? I know Lucky's reply already. You'd think I would have learned by now." Applejack chuckled as Apple Bloom and Lucky giggled. Then the two fillies went over to their presents. Applejack and Rainbow watched them, then Big Mac and Granny Smith came to the living room to watch the fillies as well. The two absolutely loved their presents.
Applejack looked at Rainbow and Rainbow nodded. "Lucky, we have something to tell you. Well, Applejack and I have something to tell you. You know when we went to Canterlot and brought Twilight with us right? That's when you had questions and stuff." Lucky looked at Rainbow and nodded, then Applejack continued, "Well, we told ya that we were doing somethin' important and ya couldn't be with us. That important thing we were doing was going through the records and archives of different things for the palace."
Rainbow then said, "That one record and archive we were searching for was actually papers for adoption. You know what adoption is don't you?" Lucky nodded, she'd heard of it before, though she vaguely remembered her Uncle talking about it, from his journeys to other places and he told Lucky of the different things that those places do and have. "Well, we were going through them and discussing them with Princess Celestia. She explained everything to us, and we agreed on the terms." Applejack added, "We signed the papers and put our names on them, that way they have on record our agreement ta become your parents Lucky." Then they both said, "Lucky Fire, we are now officially your parents."
Lucky was stunned. She didn't know what to say. Granny Smith, Apple Bloom, and Big Mac smiled huge smiles. They were happy to have Lucky officially in the family. Lucky then smiled the same smile as the others, and tackled/hugged Applejack and Rainbow. Then grinned and hugged her tightly, but not tight enough to hurt her. They were so happy to tell her that, they just couldn't wait to tell her when they signed the papers.
"I'm so happy you two. I have parents again, they may be both mares, but I don't care. You two have taken great care of me since you both met me, you basically were like my parents, but yet you weren't. You've always treated me as your own, and that was good enough. Now that you've made it official, I really can call you both my mamas now.", Lucky said tearfully. "Now, to make us official Rainbow. But that'll wait a lot longer, as we just basically got together and everythin'."
Rainbow nodded. Lucky then went over to her new family, though she still considers her Aunt, Uncle, and cousin her family too, they may as well be still. They're her only other family, along with her grandparents. "Oh, Mama Applejack, can my grandparents, Aunt, Uncle, and cousin still be my family? They're the only ones left." Applejack and Rainbow look at each other, then at Granny Smith, Big Mac, and Apple Bloom. They smiled and nodded. The two looked back at Lucky, "Sure.", Applejack said.
Lucky grinned and hopped up and down a couple times. "Hey, can we go see Twilight and the others and tell them we're finally family for real?" Her mamas smiled, "Ok, we'll go see them, knowing Pinkie, there might be a party at the City Hall building, it's big enough for just about every pony in Ponyville.", Rainbow said. Lucky then flew into the air and led them both, well actually, the whole family to City Hall. When they got there Pinkie and the others were decorating for the upcoming party later on, at just about noon.
"Aunt Pinkie, Aunt Rarity, Aunt Twilight, Aunt Fluttershy, guess what? Mama Applejack and Rainbow-mama are now my mamas officially. They signed papers and everything." The four ponies looked up and grinned, they kinda knew already, but they were keeping it secret, they play along though. "Really? That's great! I'm happy for you kiddo.", Twilight said. "Oh? Well, that's really nice. Glad you've become family for real now. I'm so happy for you.", Fluttershy said.
"Oh how wonderful. I'm so glad.", Rarity said. "Yay! Now you've truly become part of our big family. I'm so glad!", Pinkie said. Lucky bounced around for the rest of the morning, and she even helped decorate. By the time noon came around, some ponies were starting to arrive. At the sight of their town Princess, they bowed. Lucky bowed back, only because she thinks it's polite to, even though she doesn't have to. They were wondering how everything was going being the Princess and all.
Lucky told them the paperwork was tiring, but she pulls through it and gets things done that need to be done. They all say she's doing a wonderful job. So, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna became the Princesses of Canterlot and Fillydelphia and the rest of the towns/villages that don't have Princesses since now Ponyville finally has one. Lucky ended up greeting all the guests that come in. She saw Sweetie Belle approaching and she grinned.
"Hey Sweetie Belle. Good morning... I mean, hehe, good afternoon. Hope you have fun at the party. I might see ya in there at one time or another after I am done greeting the guests." Sweetie Belle smiled in return. "Hi Princess Lucky." At that Lucky frowned. "Hey, you never used to call me that, why call me that now?" "Well, aren't you on royal duty, greeting the guests?" Lucky shook her head. "Oh, well... good afternoon Lucky. I'm sure I'll see you in there sometimes. Though the crowd can hide you pretty well. You're tiny."
Lucky didn't like that comment too well, but she let it slide. "Yeah, I know. Can't wait to see if I grow to be as tall as Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. My Aunt and Uncle too, and my grandparents. My cousin soon will be as tall as them as she gets older. I hope I do too." Sweetie Belle smiled and nodded, then went in. After all the ponies came, Lucky went inside herself. She was amazed at the population Ponyville has. More than she thought, and she tried to focus on other things than the crowd. She went around, asking if the ponies enjoyed the party so far, and they nodded and said they were having fun.