A Lesson Urned
Apr. 3rd, 2016 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twilightponyMy friends made use of the throne room this morning to discuss the crystalling ceremony for Princess Cadence and Shining Armor's foal. Spike and I brought them up to speed on what will be involved in a royal crystalling. When I was in the Crystal Empire on Spring Foals Day, Cadence gave me an urn painted in the old Crystal Empire style, showing what to expect. It has stylized images of us, Princess Cadence, Shining Armour and the as-yet-to-be-born foal, as ancient crystal ponies. Plus wings and horns. As you turn it, it shows scenes representing different stages of the procedure: choosing an honor guard, picking a crystal shard, all of us giving power to the crystal shard, which the crystaller transmits to the Crystal Heart. It's a wonderful gift, but not quite accurate. Only crystal ponies can power the Crystal Heart! But it's clear that all six of us are expected.
By the time I managed to tear myself away from sorting through my reams of alphabetized friendship attributes, and thinking up lessons for each one, my friends had finished discussing the crystalling and had moved on to the kitchen where everypony was putting together lunch. Oh well, I'm sure Spike did a good job. There wasn't much to explain anyway.
As luck would have it, later that afternoon I received an invitation to Cadence and Shining Armor's crystalling! It's tomorrow. I went out, knocked on all my friend's doors and spread the news. We're catching the first train to the Crystal Empire tomorrow morning.
On the walk back I couldn't help but notice a few ponies with prams out for a stroll. It really is spring.
By the time I managed to tear myself away from sorting through my reams of alphabetized friendship attributes, and thinking up lessons for each one, my friends had finished discussing the crystalling and had moved on to the kitchen where everypony was putting together lunch. Oh well, I'm sure Spike did a good job. There wasn't much to explain anyway.
As luck would have it, later that afternoon I received an invitation to Cadence and Shining Armor's crystalling! It's tomorrow. I went out, knocked on all my friend's doors and spread the news. We're catching the first train to the Crystal Empire tomorrow morning.
On the walk back I couldn't help but notice a few ponies with prams out for a stroll. It really is spring.
