Destinies intertwined

Princess Celestia looked at the clock: 10:24 AM. Only nine hours 'till she had to lower the sun. The Sun monarch was laying in bed, the covers draped over her all the way up to her nose, she didn't want to get up.

For starters, she had to banish her sister to the moon again, send her brother-in-law into hiding, entrust the care of her one-month old nephew in the care of strangers, and to top it all off she had an upset stomach, which was only cured momentarily by soda and orange yogurt.

Life was just peachy-keen.

As Celestia began to think about getting her 11up, there was a knock at the door. "Can I come in, Tia?"

It was Solaris. "Come in." Celestia muttered.

The door opened and her husband entered before closing the door and sitting at the foot of the bed. "How are you feeling?" He asked in a loving tone.

"Lousy." Celestia answered bluntly.

Solaris chuckled at his wife's blunt answer. He then glanced over at the nightstand. "Do you need another soda?"

"The one I have works."

Solaris chuckled again, and then began to rub Celestia's back through the covers. "You're on a roll."

No response.

"Do you know who's here?"

"Matt Diamond?"

"Nope."

"Michael Hay?"

"Does the castle look like it's on fire? Try again."

"No thanks, I have to raise the moon in nine hours and don't have the time for guessing games."

"Well... since your being so persistent. Twilight, Cadence, and Shining are here."

No response.

Solaris grinned sneakily and pulled the covers completely off. Celestia tried to react by grabbing the covers but missed completely. "Ole!" Solaris exclaimed.

Celestia glared at Solaris before trying to grab the comforter. "Give that back before I kill you!" Celestia yelled.

Stunningly she pushed Solaris off the bed and took back her comforter and draped it around her body again. "It'll take more then that Solaris!"

Celestia lay there for a while, feeling very smug. But then she felt something wet touch the back of her neck.

Solaris was kissing the back of her neck.

As sweet as it felt, she still clutched the comforter.

Solaris wasn't done; he then began rubbing her bare arms.

That did it to her. She closed her eyes and began to melt into the affection, and soon the light neck pecking grew into a deep kiss on each other's lips.

Soon, Solaris ended the kiss and held Celestia close. "Now will you go downstairs?" He asked.

"Well, okay. I'll be down after I take shower."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

Solaris grinned. "Ok, beautiful." Solaris kissed the base of Celestia's horn and left.

Celestia sat up and held the comforter, a large smile on her face. "Thanks, Sol."

Later...

Celestia, now wearing a yellow shirt, jeans, and heels, entered the breakfast room (What?) and saw her husband Solaris, prize student Twilight, niece Cadence, and her (Cadence's) husband Shining Armor, eating breakfast and chatting at the table. Celestia put on a small smile and made her way to her place at the head of the table next to Solaris. Celestia sat down but tried to remain relatively close to Solaris. "Good morning Aunt Celestia!" Cadence smiled.

"Good morning, Cadence." Celestia returned the smile. "It's good to see you again and Shining again."

Celestia glanced over at Twilight, she looked like she felt left out. "It's good to see you too, Twilight."

Twilight gave a small wave and smiled slightly, but still looked a bit down.

Solaris leaned in and whispered. "I brought her over here to help you- you know..."

Celestia leaned in and whispered. "Thanks."

Solaris looked at Cadence and Shining. "Um, could you two come with me?"

The couple nodded and they followed the Alicorn out.

Twilight took a small bite of a pear she was levitating with her magic while Celestia was looking down at the waffles on her plate. She wasn't real hungry so she pushed them aside and asked. "So Twilight...how has your week been?"

"Good." Twilight replied. "How has yours been?" Twilight's eyes widened. "Oh! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked it just-"

"It's fine, Twilight. So, I've heard there have been a number of weddings and engagements in Ponyville."

"Yes. Let's see... Well Soarin' proposed to Bon Bon, who said yes, they're wedding is on the first of October. Which was great because everyone thought Bon Bon liked Lyra Heartstrings."

A queer look came over Celestia's face. "Pardon me Twilight, but isn't Lyra a woman, too?"

"Yeah, that's why it was a great thing. See everyone thought Lyra and Bon Bon were, um, homosexuals, when they really weren't."

"Wait, they thought-" Celestia was too stunned to finish. That was the weirdest thing she had hear in her entire life.

The two talked for a few hours, slowly Celestia began to cheer up, she even laughed at one point. Around Two or so Twilight said she had to leave, not knowing what trouble her assistant Spike might be getting into, so, after hugging squeezing Shining Armor and Cadence and saying good-bye to Solaris, Twilight left.

Later, in Celestia and Solaris' room...

"So, I guess you had a good time?"

"Yes, I did." Celestia said before giving Solaris a peck on the cheek.

Solaris raised an eyebrow. "Hmm...One minute you're kicking me off the bed, the next you're giving me little kisses?"

"Uh-huh!" Celestia replied cheerily (no pun intended) before going into the bathroom with some clothes in her arms.

Celestia slid down onto the floor, blocking the door with her back, and removed the shirt from the pile of clothes, for underneath it was a cell phone. She picked it up, dialed a number, and held it close to her ear. After ringing for a bit, someone answered. "Hello?"

"Hi, is Dr. Foalson there?"

"Yes he is, one moment."

"Thank you."

Celestia was put on hold. 'They just haveta play songs by Hoof Direction don't they?' She thought, annoyed.

"Hello?"

She was off hold (Thank Faust!). "Hello Doctor."

"Ah! Pri-err, I mean, Sundancer. How is everything?"

"Fine, but I was wondering...Do you mind coming by here in about thirty minutes? I know it's short notice but-"

"Nonsense! Anything for a beautiful Princess like yourself."

Celestia chuckled. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, see you in thirty minutes, bye!"

"Bye."