"I will only ask once more, who are you?" Noctis voice boomed.Before the strange mare could answer the white alicorn she had asked for came swooping down. She landed infront of Noctis who was slightly taken aback."Auntie?! We were in the midst of apprehending this mare, we didn't mean to disturb you!" Noctis and the other guards bowed quickly as she spoke. Even though Celestia was her aunt she still needed to be shown respect."At ease" Celestia simply answered and the guards all lowered their weapons.Celestia then just stared at the mare infront of her, unable to believe what she was seeing. The mare appeared rugged and tired. She had a few bruises on her chest, around her right eye and around her muzzle. However none of them seemed to be that severe. The most confusing thing about her though was that she was an alicorn. Another alicorn, and one that Celestia recognized.The mare seemed startled as well, seemingly too nervous to speak.Celestia squinted her eyes as to make sure she wasn't just seeing things in the dark. She then took a step closer to the grey alicorn and opened her mouth as to speak, but no words came out.The alicorn then straightened herself slightly, more relaxed this time she finally spoke."Mother...?"At this Celestia's eyes started tearing up and her guard fell completely."Aurora is that really you?"The mare simply nodded and sniffled, tears starting to well up in her eyes too.Clesestia couldn't take it anymore."Oh baby..." She practically threw herself around Aurora's neck and hugged her tightly. "I can't believe it's really you. I thought I would never see you again" Tears started to fall down Celestia's cheeks, quickly escalating into rivers both out of relief and worry."Mother I'm so sorry... I would have returned sooner if I had the chance...""Shhh... it's alright baby, you're home now"Noctis just stared in disbelief. What was happening?!Did she seriously have another cousin that she did not know about? How come no one had ever mentioned her?Cerulean would surely not have had the ability to keep quiet about a thing like this, so did he not know either?"Mother... I'm...""Reserve your energy, we can talk in the morning. Just know that I love you"------------------------------Sorry to all you guys hoping it was Sunset Shimmer ^^''She will most likely not be a big part of this verse unfortunately since I haven't thought out exactly how to incorperate her properly without it feeling forced. I might come up with something and throw her in later but meh, it's for later.But anyway, here we have "Princess Aurora Borealis" Celestia's missing daughter made as a concept a good while ago.But as stated in her description the real Aurora is dead. So who could this be? (totally not obvious in any way)Celestia should know that her daughter couldn't have survived this long as she should be dead of old age as well, but hey crazier magical stuff has happened. Celestia is just thrilled of having her baby back... for now...Tried to do some night shading practice or something as well. Need to work on it but it was kinda fun (if not a bit annoying to get the colors right)EDIT: changed the placing of Aurora's horn a bit since it didn't really make much sense before.