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Read about princess horse! You know you want to.
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
"What do you think it means now?" by SojournSunrise [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When she was young, Sunset was always so sure of herself. She knew exactly who she was meant to be and her cutie mark only reinforced her ideas of unrelenting power. She had the most powerful pony in existence behind her and nothing could stop her destiny, but after years of trying to be better, she's not so sure anymore.
On a usual trip back home, Celestia finds her to help her set the past straight, and ask an important question.
An Old Tradition by Admiral Biscuit [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Hearth's Warming has its traditions, ones that Rockhoof knows nothing about. His village had their own traditions, ones that ponies have long since forgotten.
Princess Celestia knows this, and feels like it's her duty to help Rockhoof transition into the modern celebration, but maybe he's not ready for that. Maybe he needs one last proper Yule celebration.
Friendship = Evil by PaulAsaran [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
All the castle staff of Canterlot know that when seven-year-old Twilight Sparkle has a problem, the correct answer is always "Let Celestia handle it." But this time? Celestia's student has come up with a theory that she wasn't quite expecting.
Yeah, this needs fixing.
Princess Celestia x The Sun by Mockingbirb [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When Celestia turned eighteen, she put a collar on the Sun. Neither of them has ever regretted this unusual lifestyle choice.
A cozy cuddlefic, or close enough.
Rained In by Rune Soldier Dan [21k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
A combination of budget cuts, mismanagement, and bureaucratic indifference meant there was no warning before the storm arrived. Now Canterlot High is surrounded by the rising flood, trapping faculty and students inside. With few supplies and no preparation, Principal Celestia must keep them all safe.
She must. She will. Though in truth, the others will do just as much for her.
A cozy disaster story.
Shooting Stars by Nailah [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Celestia and Luna have always been close, but when Celestia starts learning the ins and outs of being a leader, she finds herself having less time with her beloved sister. One night the two of them finally spend time together in the park just enjoying one another's company.
Comedy
What?! by Dragon-In-Black [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After Celestia and Chrysalis gets into an argument, Celestia accidentally turns Chrysalis into a teenager. Chrysalis is not happy.
Redshift by FanOfMostEverything [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Some six hundred years after the banishment of Nightmare Moon, something is amiss in Canterlot. It began quietly, abruptly… and undeniably. A creeping corruption, a slow dimming of the light. None could say why, how… even what was difficult to assess. But a wrongness grows in the capital and the princess.
Now comes the awkward question of who, if anypony, is going to do anything about it.
Bovine Poaching Tantamount To Hate Crime by Bandy [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Griffon poachers hate capturing ponies. It's not because they're not delicious. It's because of the paperwork.
Celestia has Zero Attention Span by TheMajorTechie [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight Sparkle knew this day would come. The day when she must... claim the throne for herself.
Not out of greed or malice, no--because a certain SOMEpony has stopped paying any attention to the day-to-day tasks at hoof.
Luna's alright though she works from home from her eic g8mer pc.
A Rare Occasion by Estee [7k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Even after all this time, it’s still far too easy for Celestia to just become sick of international politics. The newest head of the griffon nation decided to make a power play, and now any breeze moving across the Protoceran border is going to be charged by the atom. She’s been trying to work it out with their ambassador — but that hasn’t been going anywhere, and it’s getting close to the point where they’ll also wind up sick of each other.
So he offers a simple proposal: take the negotiations out of the palace. Change of venue. Maybe… talk it all over at a nice restaurant. His choice, of course.
And now she’s just trying not to become sick.
Assassination Manifestation by TCC56 [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Celestia needs to have Blueblood assassinated.
For reasons.
Rarity seems like a good choice to do that, right?
Storm of Terror by DrakeyC [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Luna awakens from her morning slumber and finds Equestria on the brink of chaos. She races to do what she can to secure the safety of her subjects before going to her sister to alert the rest of the country.
...why does Celestia not seem to be taking this seriously?
Set shortly after the events of "Luna Eclipsed"
Sun. Lit. by gimmick68 [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Cheerilee sits idly, watching the festival in full swing. She's recovering from last night's encounter with Princess Luna. Unfortunately, Princess Celestia shows up with her own problems. Cheerilee is once again the recipient of unwanted drama.
Sad/Dark
All-Powerful Garbage Baby by Faeforches [9k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Ever have one of those days when you're a Princess of Equestria and you use a magical amulet to disguise yourself as another, less noticeable pony so you can go out on a late-night donut shop run in peace, only to find the good deed you're doing for a good friend has suddenly left you responsible for a newborn baby and also has suddenly left you dealing with a whole lot of questions and emotions you're probably not prepared to deal with in the first place because, again, you're a Princess of Equestria and you've got work in the morning?
Sometimes you just have one of those days, y'know?
Testament of a Thousand Suns by Mal the Hellpony [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
A thousand years have come and gone. As prophesied, Nightmare Moon returned, and exacted her revenge. Despite her best efforts, Celestia failed to defeat her, and her sister subjected the solar princess to the same punishment she had inflicted so very long ago.
Now, exiled and alone on this rocky satellite, she documents her thoughts on stone slabs chiseled from the moonstone.
These are the transcriptions of that journal.
Celestia Loves Bat Ponies by AtomicGlow [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Tip is a bat pony.
Tip's father was named Tip. Tip died a guard. Tip became a guard. Tip fears ending up like Tip.
Tip is confronted with a tour of Canterlot's deepest garden. Tip meets a choice whose answer was decided before he was born; Tip is a bat pony.
Atop White Cliffs, Shrouded in Mist by Macho Madness [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Atop the white cliffs, Celestia searches the past for her memories. But what is there to find in the mists that cloud everything?
Celestia's Stone Cemetery by Magpiepony [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Celestia has harbored a secret for 1,000 years. She's been able to keep that secret until a particular rock-loving excavator stumbled upon it. Maud Pie attempts to escape this place with her life, but an evil presence looms near...
Have You Considered My Servant, Twilight? by Cynewulf [30k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Celestia and Luna have lived long and suffered greatly. Luna, still insecure in her newfound grace, is anxious to secure herself against any further suffering. She sees in Twilight Sparkle (and in many others) the roots of ten thousand tragedies. Celestia proposes a wager.
A very loose retelling of the Book of Job.
Mourning Glory by Ice Star [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Celestia meditates on her love of gardens and daily life in Canterlot.
Drama
False Flag by TCC56 [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The Gauntlet of Fire is complete and there is a new Dragon Lord for the first time in centuries. Thanks to her brother Spike, Twilight Sparkle was present for the new Dragon Lord's ascension and offered out her hoof in friendship.
That she tried was not a surprise.
That it was taken rather than bitten off was entirely unprecedented.
Unprecedented enough that Princess Celestia doesn't believe it. She has to see it for herself - and to see if she can get this Ember to drop the act and show her true colors.
Another Pony’s Poison by Pascoite [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sunset Shimmer must have felt nervous about meeting Princess Celestia again. She couldn’t even be mad at Celestia anymore, even though by all rights she should. If she could just be loved, maybe that would prove enough.
Aurora by Flashgen [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Celestia has spent her retirement trying many pursuits and has taken quickly to a class on painting. However, one assignment has left her unable to focus, to act, to create.
Why is she struggling to paint "Love?"
Only Every Time by Ice Star [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Every dress Luna owns is a gift she had no say in. Every dress Luna owns was given to her by Celestia. Every time Celestia gives one is a way she tries to understand her sister, and why moments of tension that arise when their expressions clash.
The Demon Child by Equimorto [8k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Celestia feels like her life isn't all it should be. Luna enjoys the quiet, and keeps toiling away at her job. Cozy Glow wants to enjoy spreading chaos almost as much as she wants something out of it. Two of them are dead and the third one might as well be, and only one of them knows it. The tide is rising, and it's time to face the past.
Sci-Fi
Cultlike Behavior (Princess Celestia vs. Modern Astronomy) by Mockingbirb [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
One day, Twilight Sparkle wakes up to the realization that she's in a religious cult, and Princess Celestia doesn't really raise the sun.
Final Solution by Luna-tic Scientist [413k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Believed dead by their creators, the ponies that will become Celestia and Luna have broken their mental conditioning and escaped into the wilderness. Here they plan the revolution that will free all ponykind, knowing that it is only a matter of time before their ruse is discovered.
Back in their underground arcologies, the ponies' erstwhile masters deal with the consequences of the escape, all the while unaware that something lurking at the bottom of space-time wants them all dead.
