Love and Power: A New Dawn

Noon arrived in Ponyville and nopony had seen a trace of Twilight. Twilight's friends gathered at Sweet Apple Acres for some cider and to discuss what they think is going on. They had various thoughts on what they thought happened, everything from the belief that she is simply in Canterlot to her having gone mad and wanting nothing to do with them anymore.

Applejack asked, "You know, Twilight was acting awfully strange last night. I never thought she would keep you out of the library Spike. What do you think is going on?"

Spike replied, "I don't know. I didn't think that a simple public speech would cause her to go crazy like that. I did notice that she seemed a bit clingy to Celestia right before we left Canterlot."

Rarity added, "Oh I'm sure she's just nervous. Technically she is no longer Celestia's student and I know they were both very close."

Rainbow said, "Enough with all the negative talk for now, I'm thirsty. Let's have some cider!"

In the library Celestia and Twilight were waking up a bit. Celestia pulled Twilight closer to her and said, "Twily, I was so afraid that everything had been a dream and I would wake up without you but now I know it is real. I'm so happy!"

Twilight turned around so that she was facing Celestia and replied, "I know Celly, I know. I was still a bit awake while you were dreaming. You were saying 'I want my Twily, I love my Twily.'" Twilight moved in towards Celestia and gave her a long, passionate kiss. They could feel each other melting in one another's wings.

Celestia looked deep into Twilight's eyes and asked, "Twily, what do you think everypony would do if we just shut ourselves in here for a week or so?"

Twilight replied, "Well I know my friends would be worried but I'm worried about the wrath that Luna would have in store for you. She is far more powerful than she used to be. I could seriously see her taking your absence as abdicating the throne and she would name herself Queen."

Celestia kissed Twilight and said, "Oh I think you're just being overly paranoid Twily! I don't think she would want the duties that a queen would have. She would have to have somepony to patrol the night because she would have to handle the daytime issues."

Twilight asked, "I don't want to sound like I am questioning you too much but what kind of mood was Luna in when you left this morning?"

Celestia pulled Twilight close to her and started to cry, "Twily, she was so mad at me. I stayed up all night last night looking at a picture of you and then I didn't have the energy to raise the sun and she had to do it for me."

Twilight pulled Celestia closer to her and said, "I know you are worried about confronting her but as much as it will kill me inside you will have to go back for a while. I don't want her punishing you."

Celestia asked, "Twily, do you think it would be ok if I stayed here with you until tomorrow morning?"

Twilight jumped on Celestia, gave her a big wet kiss and said, "Sure! We will just have to keep quiet enough that no one will know that I am home."

"Agreed," replied Celestia "We will just stay quiet and I think laying together hugging and kissing is a wonderful way for us to spend more of our day."

Twilight asked, "Well we will need to eat too! I want us to have plenty of energy for all that hugging and kissing!"

Celestia nodded in agreement. Finally the afternoon arrives in Canterlot and Luna is waking up. As she left her room she ran into Gray Wings. She asked, "Gray Wings, has Celestia got back from Ponyville yet?"

Gray Wings replied, "No, she has not." He paused for a minute and then asked, "Princess Luna, is there some sort of ancient law regarding a pony abandoning her royal duties and abdicating the throne?"

Luna got a smile on her face and replied, "You know, there might be. After I do not just my royal duty, but Celestia's, I am going to go up to the archives and search through the oldest laws. I think my mom and dad may have put some sort of rules on the books regarding abdication."

Gray Wings asked, "So in other words, if she continues this behavior you could become Queen Luna?"

Luna started flying around the throne room shouting, "Queen Luna! That would be so amazing! I'll have to go check those old law books!"

Two hours later Luna was out in the courtyard and Celestia had yet to get back. Flash Sentry saw Luna was getting ready to lower the sun and he shouted, "Luna, it is not your job to lower the sun! Only Celestia can raise and lower the sun. She will have to banish you to the moon again if you do this."

Luna growled, "You know what Flash, your beloved Celestia was unable to perform her royal duty this morning because she stayed up all night last night staring at a picture of Twilight Sparkle. She begged me to raise the sun for her this morning because she didn't have the strength to raise it. She is still not home. If I allow the sun to stay up longer than normal Equestria will overheat. That would not be good for our country."

Flash Sentry looked stunned. He asked, "That's true.....wait, did you say Celestia still isn't home?"

Luna replied, "No, she is not. If you want to go look for her, be my guest. Now if you will excuse me I have both a sun to lower and a moon to raise."

Flash asked, "Before you go to do that, where did Celestia go anyway?"

Luna shouted, "SHE WENT TO PONYVILLE TO GO SEE TWILIGHT. GO FIND HER AND BRING HER BACK, NOW!"

While Flash Sentry headed towards Ponyville Luna lowered the sun and raised the moon. After she was finished Gray Wings asked, "Wow Princess, I never imagined that you would be taking care of both celestial bodies! How did it feel lowering the sun AND raising the moon?"

Luna replied, "Well it felt odd, I will admit that much. I could get used to handling both the moon and sun. How about you join me up in the archives while I look through the old law books?"

Gray Wings said, "Alright Queen Luna, I'm coming up with you!"

Luna laughed, "Well I'm not Queen Luna yet. I don't know if there are even any laws on the books regarding that."

Thirty minutes later Flash Sentry arrived in Ponyville and ran into Applejack. He asked, "Ma'am, do you know Princess Twilight Sparkle?"

Applejack replied, "Yep, I know her. I'm a close friend of her's." Applejack looked closer and asked, "Wait a minute, you're Flash Sentry aren't you?"

Flash replied, "Yes, I am. Princess Celestia is missing and Luna believes that she may have come here to see Twilight."

Applejack said, "Well I'm not sure. Nopony has seen any trace of her today and the library looks dead. I would think that if she were home and Celestia was there we would see activity over there."

Flash replied, "Well I am going to go over and see if I can see anything."

Flash flew over to the library where he knocked on the door. Inside Celestia and Twilight heard the knocking and were afraid as to who it might be. Celestia headed over to the top window and peeked out from behind the shade for just a second and saw it was Flash. Celestia let out a sigh of relief.

Twilight asked, "Who is it Celly?"

Celestia replied, "It is just Flash Sentry. It is nopony important. We just need to stay quiet and not show any signs that we are here."

Twilight nodded and signaled for Celestia to come back over to her. Flash continued to knock on the door and Celestia and Twilight continued to find safety and comfort in holding one another close. Flash finally gave up and headed back towards Canterlot. After a few minutes of no knocking Twilight and Celestia felt a bit more at ease. Celestia asked, "Twilight, do any of your friends know how to unlock doors?"

Twilight replied, "Yeah, Rarity does......oh no, we better lock it to where she can't unlock it."

Celestia kissed Twilight and replied, "I will put a powerful lock spell on it and she won't be able to get in."

Celestia flew down and put a powerful lock spell on the door. This made Twilight feel a lot better. She said, "Thank you Celly, now we will know for sure we won't be bothered."

Celestia replied, "I know how you feel Twily. This is OUR time and I don't want anypony taking it away from us."

Twilight and Celestia sat down to have some supper before cuddling and talking about their dreams and desires in their future together. Finally they fell asleep in a loving embrace. Both hoped that they would be able to do that forever someday but didn't realize that it wouldn't just be easy as pie.