The Midnight Dance 8

History Repeats Itself

Fourteen years had passed since Twilight was crowned queen of Canterlot, the young queen managed to rule the kingdom with wisdom as her parents did before her, but she also ruled with kindness, generosity, honesty, loyalty, laughter, empathy, and courage, which she got from her sisters Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle, all of them were married and had children of their own, in fact, most of the children were now full-grown, which was a dilemma for Twilight, she knew the royal line had to continue, but the question was how, all their lives, the children grew up together, from playtime to private tutoring, so they never had a chance to be around other fillies and colts their age, and that was a problem for Twilight, she gathered her five older sisters in the throne room one afternoon while they were visiting from the Everfree Kingdom, she wasn't sure how they were going to react to her idea, since they had once been forced to meet suitors and were almost forced into arranged marriages, had it not been for the magical underground kingdom where they could meet with their lovers in private, who knows who they could've gotten married to, but luckily, there was a choice this time, when their mother, Queen Luna, made the suitor proclamation, she only did it to protect her girls from an evil Changeling Queen who had cast a curse on their father, King Sombra, Chrysalis could track them down when they had fallen in love and cast the curse on them as well, fortunately, everything had worked out in the end and in return, they had their father back, then over time, more good stuff happened to the girls, the little filly maids, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, were adopted into the royal family and were their new sisters, in time, they grew up, found their true loves, and had children of their own, their cousin Cadence was cursed as a Breezie by the evil Lord Tirek, but thanks to Twilight's magic and Shining Armor's everlasting vow of love, they broke the curse, now, Cadence and Shining Armor were living happily ever after with their teenage daughter Skyla and her little sister Flurry Heart, finally, they found their long-lost sister and Twilight's twin, Sunset Shimmer, she had been taken by Starlight Glimmer when she was just one year old, at first, after they saved her from her controlling guardian, they locked Starlight away just as she had locked Sunset, but after a dreadful sleeping curse was cast across Equestria by the Sirens, shadow demons, and Nightmare Moon, Sunset found two diaries by Starlight and she understood her former caretaker, once the curse was lifted, Sunset forgave her and Starlight repented at last, Twilight told her sisters of her plan and immediately could see that their reactions were less than pleased, Rainbow was the first to speak 

Rainbow Dash: Whoa, whoa, are you telling us that you want our kids to go through the same thing we had to go through 

Rarity: Darling, I must agree, this is something I thought we would never go through again, and with our children, no less 

Twilight: But it'll be different this time, instead of just members of royalty, it could be any pony that comes to call 

Applejack cringed: Are you sure that's such a good idea, I mean, it's great for the kids to make their own choices and have more options, but what happens if they choose someone that's wrong for them 

The other girls muttered in agreement 

Rarity: They could accidently choose a Blueblood 

The sisters winced at the memory of being held captive by their greedy distant cousin 

Twilight: Which is why we'll be keeping a close eye on any suitor or mare that comes along 

Fluttershy: You know they're not going to like this, Screwball especially 

Pinkie Pie nodded: Sprinkle wants to find love on her own, like how Cheese and I met 

Twilight: Yes, but you got lucky, in fact, we were all lucky, Spike was our friend since his birth, Fancy and Flash were trusted employees of the castle, Discord reformed, and Soarin and Cheese were decent guys trying to make a living, all they wanted was our love, but suppose we met someone who was just using us to get into the royal family