The Lecture By WeirdoFish Watch

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Decided to change the title.



Anyway....



Princess Luna was incredibly energetic for a young filly. Every day she would bounce in circles around her older sister, Celestia, even when she was in the middle of performing her duty of raising the sun. She enjoyed pestering her sister, as most little sisters did, and never grew bored of her reactions and scoldings. Of course, her scoldings were not full of rage, but rather calm annoyance. Celestia was the type of pony who was always patient, gentle, and responsible. She knew how to keep her cool so her emotions wouldn't get the better of her. After all, people tend to do outrageous things whenever they're emotional.



One day as Celestia endured yet another session of Luna's rambunctious bouncing about and shouts of excitement, she decided to have a little chat with her. With the help of her magic, she lifted the surprised alicorn filly and sat her down next to her by the window. Luna looked up at her with a rather disgusted look on her face and made no attempt to refrain from sticking out her tongue. Celestia did nothing more than giggle. "Dear little sister," she said, "For a long time now, you have done nothing more than bounce and play, even when I am in the midst of performing my duty. Is there no reason for such behavior?" Luna did not answer at first, but after three whole minutes of silence she took a deep breath. "Sister," she answered quietly, "Why do you spend so much time with your duty and not as much with me? I grow lonely over time, you know! Raising and setting the sun seem to be more important than having fun with your little sister."



Celestia's heart pounded at the sound of that reply. She had no idea that Luna was driving her crazy just to grab her attention. This whole time she thought she revelled in her annoyance and would do everything in her power to do just that. She looked at the younger filly turning her head away and thumping her tail on the ground in childish bitterness. Celestia thought for a long time about what she should say to cheer her up. Finally, she got an idea. The two of them were alicorns, the most rare and powerful kind of pony throughout all of Equestria. They possessed a type of magic that only they could use, and Celestia used them to raise and set the sun. If she could talk her little sister into raising the moon...



"Luna," Celestia said after several minutes of silence, "How would you like to have the honor of raising the moon and stars at night?" Luna quickly snapped out of her pout and looked at the older alicorn surprised. "Me? Raise the moon? And the stars??" she asked bewildered. Celestia nodded. She then turned her attention to the library down the hall and brought before them a book on the celestial patterns of the heavens. She opened it to a page showing the sun and moon on either side with two figures below them. The figures were alicorns who worked together to maintain harmony throughout the land and the cosmos. Luna stared into the book and gawked at the images while remembering her sister's offer. "By the stars..." she breathed. "As you can see," Celestia lectured, "There were others before us. What you see here are the very first alicorns to take on this immense task. As their descendants, it is our destiny to continue this cycle of life. I have raised and set sun long enough for you to inherit the night, little sister."



Luna kept her gaze into the book. The idea of inheriting the night was pretty exciting in a scary way, but Celestia knew that her time would come. For all she knew, it was just around the corner. "But Celestia, "Luna objected, "Why did I have to wait so long for this? I am an alicorn, aren't I? Shouldn't I have had this already?" Celestia placed her wing over the filly's back. "Just because we are alicorns does not mean we are on a higher level of divinity," she answered, "Aside from our longevity of over a hundred years and unique kind of magic, we are mortal like everypony else. By that, I mean we too started out like our subjects: small and incapable of basic things like walking and speech. However, what sets us apart from other pony kinds beside our lifespan and magic is our ability to learn said basic skills and even third-level education much sooner and faster than them. I started out incapable of raising the sun, but not until I reached your age did I carry the torch from our ancestor's hooves." Luna flicked her right ear. She looked again in the book at the alicorn under the moon. It was hard for her to believe that her older sister hadn't started her duty until she was her age. Now that she too had reached that age, it was time to take on her new royal duty as Princess of the Night.



"I believe I get it now," Luna said, "I was born sometime after you inherited the day and took responsibility over the night. You were doing the best you could to make a decent night, but that will soon change. From this day forth, I will make the best nights the whole world has ever seen!" Luna stood up and spread her wings out wide. Celestia still sat there and looked contently at her. She was proud that she was ready for her duty. "I'm glad you like the idea of taking the night," Celestia admired, "However, you're going to need some assistance before you can bring it on your own. I will help you with that, starting tonight."



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Short story aside, this is just a little fan theory of mine saying that Luna had not received her royal duty until she reached a certain age and the same occurred with Celestia.



About the picture itself, this was a college doodle made alongside "Royal Silliness." At first I wanted to make this all sepia-toned, slightly blurry, and somewhat grainy to give it an old-fashioned feeling, but I felt that it was a bit of a distraction, so I left it the way it is.



Also, epic title is epic.

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Published : Apr 28, 2014