Her Joy

It was just another lonely night in Canterlot for Princess Celestia. She lowered the sun and prepared to rise the moon. She could feel a stretch in her heart and some tears in her eyes as she was doing so. Because it was not her duty. It was the duty of somepony else. Somepony she missed so much. Somepony she loved so much. That somepony was no one else than her younger sister Luna. Her horn glowed and a large shiny silver ball appeared from the horizon. A pony shaped dark spot could be seen on the moon after it has risen completely. It was because her younger sister Luna was there. She was banished by Celestia herself once she became the Nightmare Moon. A deed of which she was not proud of.

She missed her so much. According to prophecies, she'd be back after a thousand years. Celestia was waiting for her return so she could make amends for her past mistakes. To lessen her loneliness she was taking care of two foals for some years. One was a Pegasus filly. The other was Unicorn Colt. That Pegasus filly was her adopted niece named Mi Amore Cadenza. The Unicorn colt was her nephew or this is what she said named Blueblood. It sometimes worked for her but she still felt the lonely time to time.

She was walking near to the lake looking at the moon as she did most of her lonely nights. This night was rather different from others. This night she noticed a floating wooden basket in the lake near her castle. For a moment she thought it could be an illusion but then she heard some kind of noises coming from it. She flew towards that floating basket. She used her magic to bring that basket near her. It was covered by a white blanket. She noticed some kind of movements by something under the blanket. Also, some kind of babbles were heard by her. She curiously removed the blanket being enough careful to not surprise anypony or anyone under the blanket. As she removed the blanket she noticed the cutest view somepony could ever imagine. A small furless creature which looked like a shaved baby ape. But it was not an ape. His appearance was pretty different from the apes. It had fair skin. Its head was only place covered with hair. It had bright yellow hair. It looked towards Celestia with curious and surprised eyes. It had shiny brown eyes. Now he was not making weeping sounds at all.

She tried to revise her memory if she ever had seen that creature but she couldn't. She picked that creature up to examine him. It was not like the creature she ever saw before. The creature curiously grabbed her muzzle and made an adorable voice. 'Tha'. That was just the cutest moment she ever felt. She giggled a little. She put that creature on her barrel and search for something more in the basket. She found a note and not a thing more.

"This note must explain something about him." She thought and opened it

It was written in an unknown language. When low-level translation spells didn't work she tried a very strong translating spell. It seemed to do the trick. But even this spell was not able to translate it completely. The only readable part was

<…. found my son…. take care…. life is in…. last hope…. home…>

She understood that this creature is someone's infant and was left in that basket intentionally in hope that someone will find it. It read that to take care of him.

"But why does somepony will leave their son like that?" She thought aloud. "It couldn't be that they left him to die. Or how else they left a note with him. There must OUCHH!" She was interrupted as that creature pulled her mane with all of his strength. "You naughty baby!" She looked towards him and giggled.

The baby giggled in response. And looked at her with a smiling face.

"You like it. Don't you?" Celestia said as she looked towards him

She again looked at the note and tried to figure out what the remaining of it says but in vain. But it seemed that it wasn't necessary at all. The important thing was that baby needed a good home in which someone could take care of him.

Celestia, at last, made a decision and took him to the castle. It was not hard for her to figure out that this baby belongs to a sapient being just like ponies themselves. Despite her confusion about the creature's origin and species, she was feeling so much happy that night. She experienced the most cutest and joyful moments of her life. Even if they were so little but those were enough to let her forget about her all sadness. She could enjoy this cuteness all her life.

Her decision was clear. He was a unique creature. And pretty cute one of that. It was possible that some judgmental ponies would see him as a danger or something ugly so best and the only option she had was to take care of him herself. In fact, she was very happy to do this. That creature filled her empty shell with life again within a few moments of their first encounter. Maybe this was the joy she was lacking for many many years.

She went to her castle and straight went towards her bed chambers. She was holding the innocent soul in one of her front hoofs. She put the baby on the bed softly. She saw him and smiled softly. The baby smiled in response.

"So it looks like I've to take care of you from now on. Isn't it?"

The baby made some babbles.

"Will you like being here with me?" She said bringing her head closer to her package of joy

The baby smiled and extended his hands to touch her muzzle. Baby nuzzled her muzzle softly. Celestia chuckled again. She was smiling as she never smiled since… that event.

"I'll take that as a yes!"

"Welcome to your new home…" she remembered that she didn't give him any name yet

This creature gave her the joy she was lacking for many years. He had beautiful shiny brown eyes. So there was the only one most perfect name for him. A name which will show her love for him as a mother.

"As I was saying welcome to your new home Joy Star. Welcome to Equestria."