After a tiring day of bureaucracy, Celestia enjoys some quiet time to herself before a hearty fire. Dancing in those flames is a memory, one of a distant past, where two young mares would watch their world change, and themselves, for the better.
Cel and Lune would suffer greatly, but start something beautiful.
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Edited by flutterJackdash, and art is of course by the wonderful Alumx and used with permission.
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This was originally a PANIC! contest entry from 9/4/2020 in the Quills and Sofa's Speed Writing Server, with the subject being Sentimental Journey. It placed 3rd, which was nice. I cleaned it up some, polished a few words, and added another hundred or so for some context. It will be marked complete, but there's a good chance I might add a couple additional chapters as time goes on, however as it stands it's well enough alone.
This isn't perfect, but it is definitely pretty good. There's a few weird sentences here and there, such as:
To me, the comma after "young and old" suggests that the shared passionate moments were between Celestia and Luna, not them and their loved ones, which I don't think you were trying to imply here.
Besides those small mishaps, I expected you to go back to Celestia sitting in front of the fireplace at the end. Celestia remembers her childhood, then we see what she remembers, and then... I'm left a bit wanting here. It felt like a mix between a feelsgood fic and a history lesson. Not bad, per se, but it falls a bit flat at the end, cuts off a bit too quickly.
Otherwise, this was great. I love pessimistic views of how Equestria used to be, with mares only being sought for their fertility and stallions looking to court fillies. And I loved your interpretation that the sisters had originally come from the Frozen North, and had gone down to Equestria to essentially colonize it. A lotta great ideas that I felt were executed pretty well. If you ever do update this, I'd be glad to read more of it.
:)
I agree with this cannon except for one thing where is Megan.
Quite a nice little story, here. :)