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Celestia Fanfics arrive! You should read about this horse princess!
Go get the best fanfics about her below. This is a different list than last year, so go here if you want more. And thanks to Whisper Key for digging them up.
Slice of Life
The Faces We See, the Masks We Wear by The Iguana Man [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When Rarity is given a task or project, she will invariably put every ounce of her attention and effort into it, whether infinitesimally minor or world-altering. As such, when hired to decorate and organize the annual Hearth's Warming ball in Canterlot, she makes sure she is on top of things at all times.
It therefore comes as little surprise when Princess Celestia drops in to check up on how things are going and should, ideally, not be cause for concern. And yet, Rarity can't help but worry about exactly what Celestia knows, what she's heard and whether she knows exactly how on top of things Rarity is. The Princess has a talent for surprising ponies, after all, and a surprise from royalty can be most powerful.
Then again, it's just possible that Rarity isn't the only one in for a surprise.
A Letter From Celestia by Antoninus [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
You stumble across a note from the Princess of the Sun addressed to you. Curiosity gets the better of you, and you begin to read, wondering what it may contain...
A Swim in the Sun by Fluttercorde [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Celestia has been ruling Equestria alone for nearly 1000 years. In that time she has seen many things, gone through many challenges, and acquired the stress that comes with severe loneliness. One day, it becomes too much for the Sun Princess to bear, and she takes the day off to recoup, bringing her apprentice along.
The Last Priestess by brokenimage321 [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
For 1,200 years, on the first full moon after the harvest, Celestia has made the journey to the stone circle in the woods, raised in the memory of the Old Gods. Tonight will be no exception.
Night Falls On Paradise by Celly Da Pancake [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Mortality is truly the bane of happiness, as Luna soon comes to find out. Time is no longer on her side—it never truly was. As such, she finds that the time she has is now limited and she doesn't know how to spend it.
Luckily for her, she has the best sister anypony could ever ask for to help her make the most of it.
Travel Money by Rambling Writer [9k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Coins quietly pass from pony to pony and business to business everywhere in Equestria. They've been in service for centuries, used for everything from basic fruit sales to bribing pirates, but no one thinks about them twice. Even the most basic coin has the most fantastical stories to tell.
As she keeps running into the same coin across the country and throughout the centuries, Celestia wishes she knew what that story was.
Comedy
Princess Celestia Learns to Photosynthesize by Mockingbirb [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
On the very same morning that Princess Celestia mysteriously goes missing, a bright green alicorn turns up in the Palace gardens, basking in the sun and refusing to do any work.
Super Principal!! by DapperLilArts [14k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Magic being unleashed on earth due to Sunset Shimmer had several strange side effects. The Equestria Girls certainly presumed that it would only affect them.
Unbeknownst to anyone on CHS, Principal Celestia is developing strange powers, and she does not understand why, or what they are.
...How well can she hide from her students that she can bench press a car now is anyone's guess.
Tia and Her Tea by Art Inspired [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
For Celestia, what could be better than enjoying a nice, relaxing cup of tea? It's also listening to her new Royal Disaster Advisor talk non-stop about everything that's going wrong in the world.
Sad/Dark
Breathe by Ice Star [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Celestia will always hold herself with unfaltering grace.
Don't You Know the Sun is Coldest When You Touch Her? by Ice Star [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When the lover of Princess Celestia proposes to her, he doesn't get the reaction he expects.
Enveloped in Lavender by stillwedding [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight wields magic. Celestia feels both relief and hope. It is the end and it is the beginning.
In Effigy by PaulAsaran [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Once a year, Celestia goes silent and ascends the tower. Ponies today can't understand why. They only know it is tradition, and that Celestia does as Celestia does.
It Would Have To Be Fast by The Lady [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
At the edge of the darkest night, Celestia remembers a time she taught her sister some goodbyes had to be forever.
Millennium by Discombobulated Soul [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Celestia has banished her dear sister to the moon. She knows how long it'll take for her to be back, and she's prepared to wait. She's going to be there when Luna returns.
Until then, the years crawl by. Exactly one thousand, to be precise.
If only she could find the right words.
The Faceless Princess by Shaslan [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The subdued ring of golden hooves on stone, echoing in the empty halls. The throbbing of an old wound torn open. Another betrayal. Another family broken. And the constant rubbing of the bandage against my furless flesh.
AU in which Celestia gets her face melted by Sunset's dark magic, and how the loss of her beauty affects her decisions and her world.
The Foal That's Crying by Faeforches [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
A thousand years is a long time to be a teacher. A thousand years is a long time to be set in your ways, especially when it's all worked out for you so far.
Celestia's got a reason for everything she does. It's just that it doesn't always go as planned.
Sola Invicta, Celestia Regina by BluebelleOfTheBall [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Equestria's Princess of the Night had returned at last. Freed from her nightmare, she could hardly wait to gaze at her dearest sister Sola's face again. To bury her head in her magnificent pink mane and plead for forgiveness and have a sister again.
But wait.
Who was this 'Princess Celestia' that her noble saviours seemed to be in awe of? Who was this mare with a mane the color of a sunrise?
She was Sola.
Celestia, the Princess of the Heavens. Sola had declared herself the Princess of the Heavens. Sola had broken their sacred covenant. Sola had saved Equestria after Luna had left it to rot. And she was beloved for it, ever so beloved. And just who was Luna in this world that was all her sister's, this world where she seemed to have been replaced already?
The Pony at the End of Time by ThePeer [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
"She will become the incarnate of the teacher’s will. She will be conquered. She will conquer."
A young Princess Celestia takes a final test.
This is her purpose.
Her role to play.
Scars of Harmony by CasualBrony84 [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
In the wake of Nightmare Moon's rebellion, Celestia is left to rule Equestria alone, her own grief and loneliness her most constant companions.
Everything Stays by Odd_Sarge [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Long ago, there was a great happening all over: on the ground, in the sky, and among the stars. When four tribes lived in harmony, the most precious was torn in two.
In the observatory, the last alicorn watches the moon.
Shipping
Alone with the Sun by Maddymoo [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Cherry Berry, an expert in earth pony aviation, spends a winter morning flying with Princess Celestia. The two realize there's a deeper connection between them than simply subject and ruler.
An Apple Each Day by Undome Tinwe [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Principal Celestia is visited by a lightbringer, but hope remains imprisoned.
Drama
Answer Key by sirenc0re [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sunset Shimmer is Princess Celestia's most faithful student. The last thing she wants to do is disappoint her, and she's done everything in her power to make the princess proud. After a certain encounter, she finally figures out what she was meant for all along.
I'mmortal by Reviewfilly [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Decades after the last Friendship Report arrived, a burst of green dragon flame ignited the darkness in Princess Celestia's room.
Although the contents of the letter remain unknown to the public, it's been noted by servants of the Crown, that the Princess abruptly cancelled all of her visits for the day and wasn't seen until the next one.
When questioned, Her Highness simply gave the audience a bittersweet smile before explaining that she was paying respects to an old friend.
Seneschal by Kris Overstreet [10k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
She is the One who Mourns, She Who Raises the Sun and Moon, the Reclusive Princess.
Years have passed since the appearance of the Mare in the Moon, years during which Celestia has left the day-to-day running of the still-young kingdom of Equestria in the hooves of Platinum's grandson Prince Pyrite. Each day she raises and lowers the sun and moon, makes brief appearances at diplomatic meetings and special events, and then returns to her chambers, too lost in her melancholy to even count the years as they pass.
But what will she do when she discovers that her trusted prime minister has not been the faithful servant of the people she expected? Will she lose herself to her grief... or to the same madness that took her sister from her?
The Break of Day by The 24th Pegasus [15k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
She wanted peace. She wanted diplomacy. She wanted harmony and friendship.
She got war.
With the armies of the Changeling Lands marching through Equestria, overwhelming any and all resistance they encounter, Princess Celestia has had to resort to increasingly drastic measures to save her country and the ponies that live in it. But while her sister leads the armies from the front and her ponies fight and die in the name of princesses and country, Celestia feels useless and inadequate in Canterlot. After all, she was supposed to protect her precious little ponies. How had she failed them so badly?
Those doubts and worries gradually gnaw away at her, day after day and month after month. Until one day, she reaches a tipping point, the point of no return:
She will save Equestria, no matter what it takes.
[An Equestria at War story]
The Her That is Me by Rune Soldier Dan [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It is a strange thing, to meet a you who is not you. This is especially true for Celestia, whose dimensional twin stands so superior to her.
She is jealous. So is Celestia.
SciFi
Artificial Sunlight by gloamish [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Her Majesty's Starship Philomena is a generational ship designed to save ponies from the devastation of Equus and ferry them to a new world. The trip will take 150 years: the first generation will carry on the memory of the old world, and the third will set hoof on the new world.
The second generation is ash and engine grease: those born in darkness and destined to die in darkness, who will never know the bounteous fruits of which the hydroponic gardens bear only echoes and promises. Twilight Sparkle is one such middle link, tasked with maintaining the hardware of the ship's onboard AI, Celestia.
Adventure
Ask Not the Sparrow by MagnetBolt [7k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
A story set in an Equestria that could have been...
Rarity, the personal student of Princess Luna, defeated Daybreaker with her new friends and reawakened the lost Elements of Harmony. With Princess Celestia's return, the long-lost tradition of the Summer Sun Celebration is going to be revived for the first time in a thousand years - but first Celestia will need to reclaim her power over the Sun!
