Greetings and salutations fellow ponies of Canterlot, my name is Avery and I would like to direct your attention to the mystery of Alicorns; their existence, purpose, and overall, why they are such a rare race. During this, I would like to point out that this is but a personal theory of mine, even making a video about it in the near future when I get my laptop back to me. You can discuss this however you want, but I implore you that this is my own personal thought and process about the Alicorn race, since I took the option of having an Alicorn OC, and I'm sticking with it.

Now, I brought this up mainly because I was reading through the comments of my previous entries on this blog. Even though the previous ones were more for venting out stress, it still made me think. (Also, for somereason, I don't get notifications about the comments naturally. Which is why it took me this long to begin with.) So now, I'm going to throw my idea at you, and hopefully you'll follow the same idea that I have, perhaps... even make something from it.

Now, the Alicorn race is an extremely rare race in which it is composed of the three main pony races. Those being: Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi. So far, from this point, the only time we've ever seen Alicorns the majority of the time, is through royalty. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Princess Twilight. First... let's look at Twilight, as she wasn't always the Princess of Friendship that we now know her as.

Twilight was a simple unicorn in the studies of Princess Celestia, working her hardest to please her mentor as best as possible. Though with the coming of Ponyville, she then took on lessons in friendship, as she and all of her close friends were the pieces of the Elements of Harmony. During the hard and troublesome quest through many adventures, and simple life lessons, she had... gained the Alicorn gene through the magic of Celestia.

We all know that Alicorn magic is extremely powerful, capable of raising and lowering the sun and moon, bringing love to a pony's heart, and bringing harmony to all of the land. So, something like this should be easy to handle, right? ...Well, I don't believe its as simple as that. So, let's take a look at the other princesses: Celestia, Luna, and Cadence.

Cadence was the most recent princess that we had knowledge of before Twilight, and thanks to Twilight's flashbacks, we know that she was an Alicorn when she was taking care of Twilight when her family wasn't around. But, we also know that she is the Crystal Princess, ruler of the Crystal Empire. However, her empire was gone for well over a thousand years, so how is it that she was able to escape the vanished empire? That's an entirely different story for another time, but still noteworthy. Cadence has been the Princess of Love for quite sometime, and she has that title well kept. However, we don't know a lot about Cadence, other than she's the ruler of the Crystal Empire, and that she's the Princess of Love.

Now, for Celestia and Luna. They've been around for well over a thousand years as well, possibly even two thousand years. They raise the Sun and Moon respectively, so their powers are supreme at this point. Celestia has been the main ruler of Equestria, giving guidance to those that were in need of it. Luna was the second in command, helping those ease their troubles, and prevent any trouble from being caused. Much like the objects they move; the sun usually gives guidance for lost ponies, while the moon helps calm the mind, usually bringing peace.

We've always known that Celestia and Luna were Alicorns, perhaps since birth, but what about them really makes the Alicorn race so rare? Well, let's take a look at their titles.

Princess of the Sun

Princess of the Moon

Princess of Love

Princess of Friendship

Each Princess represents something, Celestia represents the Sun, which brings light.

Luna represents the Moon, which symbolizes darkness.

Cadence represents Love, something that resides in every living being.

Twilight represents both Magic and Friendship, two things that can be compared as extremely powerful in all media.

So, what am I getting at? Well... Alicorns are basically gods in a sense (Goddesses in this one), and each one represents something in one way or another. But what if I told you, that the princesses were just reincarnations?

Celestia and Luna represent an element, those being Light and Dark respectfully. While Cadence and Twilight represent emotions of the heart, being Love and Friendship respectfully. Now, if they were at all completely of this nature, they would look completely different, wouldn't they? They would have their bodies match their element, however, they don't, making it be that they aren't the first that they were the bearers of those elements.

So, let's take a look into the past, FAAAAAAAAAAAAAR back to the beginning of the pony race. Where there was little to nothing. This was where the first four ponies came to existence, the ponies of the elements.

Water

Fire

Earth

Wind

Water was a Unicorn, making the first benefit of magic, giving life to the earth below, and making it hard to move.

Earth, the earth pony, in turn, made the landscape, shaped the world for those to enjoy it, but would be too stubborn to do anything else.

Wind, the Pegasus, made everything move, giving purpose to everything, however being too cold for many.

Fire, the confused, brought warmth to the land, making it better for life to sustain, but also causing destruction to what it touched.

However, those were just the beginning, as fire came to be, so did Light and Dark. Along with life on the land, brought about emotions to share, some of the first being Joy, Friendship, and Love. Friendship believed that it was too powerful by itself, thinking that one wrong move could ruin the world. So, it fell dormant deep into the earth, becoming a seed, which would grow into the Tree of Harmony, bearing the six equally powered gems of Friendship.

But with the emotions that came first, also came the opposite, such as Discord, Envy, and Fear. These elements have been fighting eachother for generations, each one having a new body to hold, becoming something such as Deer, a Sea Serpent, a Dragon, or perhaps simply a Pony.

Now, with this newest generation, this is the fourth reincarnation of the elements, bringing harmony, causing mischief... whatever they were. For Light, Dark, Love, and Friendship, they were ponies, like their original selves. For Discord, Wind, and Fear, they took the bodies of a Draconius, Spirits, and a Tyrant. Quite the variety, wouldn't you say?

But... what about you? What do you think about this little theory of mine? I would love to hear it, it ties in for so many things. But also makes for some unique stories... wouldn't you say? Well, I hope to hear from you all about this, because this is a big idea of mine. My name is Avery, writer extraordinaire, and believer of many things.

I hope you all have a wonderful day, and a lovely night, until we meet again.