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After a long, long time of painful obliviousness followed by much trial and error, I won the heart of Twilight Sparkle. I suppose I was technically a prince at that point, but I hardly played the part. Neither of us was particularly preoccupied with royal titles or worried with the admiration of Equestria. Honestly I became more of a folkloric cryptid around Canterlot because of my reclusive nature, but I was rather well-known for my advancements in magic and many a pony would come in search of me to study as my apprentices.

That being said, I still never was very good at using magic myself, but I don't think that was ever my destiny to begin with. I was much better at and more comfortable with conducting research and compiling that knowledge into an archive to enrich the lives of all creatures, as well as to ensure that darker magics stayed hidden well away from the wrong hands.

Twilight and I had two foals together. Prominence was the oldest, born an alicorn just like her cousin Flurry Heart. Admittedly she was quite spoiled, being our first, and was raised with every intention of succeeding Twilight's role as princess one day. She had a magnificent, colourful mane reminiscent of Celestia's. She went through a phase of entitlement that lasted a couple years, which was what prompted us to start backing off from our lax hoof with her, but she eventually grew into an admirable pony who mastered the magic of friendship.

Our second foal was was a colt we named Solar Flare. He was an adventurous spirit who wanted to prove himself and set himself apart from his sister. He was very close with his uncle, Shining Armor. He was also a bit of a target for Prominence's foalhood bullying, but they actually had quite a strong relationship with one another. She was highly protective of him and vice versa. Their arguing was worrisome for a while, but it was heartwarming to see them build such a strong bond over the years.

Speaking of family, Sunset Shimmer was my sister. We were quite close when we were foals, but Sunset was always the prodigy since she could actually use the magic she learned about. She was quite the powerful caster, too, which was why she was invited to apprentice under Princess Celestia despite being so young at the time. I, on the other hand, had to study night and day just to have a chance at getting into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, let alone be taken under her wing. The difference in our abilities and the opportunities we each had was what drove the wedge between us in the first place, and when Sunset went rogue and took off into the parallel universe, I even found myself glad, however briefly, that I didn't have to compete with her anymore.

Of course, that feeling was fleeting. I grieved for the absence of my sister for months before I could come to terms with it all. After all, I had no way of knowing if she were okay or even still alive for that matter. I just had to accept that she was gone and that was that.

And then, suddenly, she wasn't gone and everything was flipped upside-down. When Twilight first mentioned her adventures in the parallel universe and meeting Sunset, I nearly broke down in relief and grief alike. I had just found out my sister was alive and well and reformed to top it all off. When she later returned to Equestria on a brief visit to retrieve a replacement for her magic journal, we had something of a bittersweet reunion. She didn't part on great terms, after all, and while I still resented her for it a little, the bigger part of me was just glad to see her again. Starlight Glimmer, however, had more than enough scorn for the both of us. She had nothing kind to say to Sunset during the time she came to visit.

On a lighter note, though, Starlight did have other reasons to be happy. She and Trixie were an adorable couple. It's funny that things worked out that way because, in the beginning, Trixie was the one who kept trying (and failing) to set up me and Starlight as a couple. She kept putting us in these awkward, blind date-esque situations, and at one point, after we had sussed out her intentions, Starlight and I confronted her about it and she admitted to what she was up to. It was in that moment that Starlight brazenly confessed her feelings for Trixie in the same breath with which she berated her for trying to set her up with her best friend. I'm still not sure how that worked as a come-on, but they ended up happily ever after, I guess.