The Consequences of Love

Fourteen days had passed since Celestia began neglecting her royal duties. Luna had began going on with her normal activities as she had put the fact that she could become queen in the back of her mind. Galaxia on the other hand, had not. While Luna was taking a daytime nap Galaxia approached Pinkie. She asked, "Pinkie, I see you have three balloons as a cutie mark. Do you have a special talent involving parties?"

Pinkie replied, "You bet I do your Majesty! I'm the best party planner in all of Ponyville!"

Galaxia asked, "Pinkie, I need you to have a very special party ready for tomorrow morning. I want to make sure that when my daughter raises the sun it will be truly special. Would you be willing to make it special?"

Pinkie replied, "You bet I will. I won't have much time but my friends and I will make this the biggest party in the history of ever!"

Galaxia smiled and said, "I know you'll make us all proud." She looked over at Lyra and Colgate and asked, "Do you two think you could notify every citizen here in Canterlot that they are to be present for tomorrow morning's sunrise?"

Colgate replied, "Of course we can!"

Lyra asked, "Your Majesty, what if they say they don't want to get up that early or just don't want to come?"

Galaxia replied, "Tell them that this is an order from Queen Galaxia and King Cosmos and they will know to get their flanks over here."

Both nodded and headed out to notify the citizens of Canterlot while Pinkie and her friends were gathering everything that would be needed. Applejack saw Pinkie setting up the fireworks and asked, "Pinkie, how is anypony supposed to see the fireworks when it is daylight?"

Pinkie replied, "Well they will still be able to see them a bit but the exploding sounds are what will make it special! Besides, they are supposed to have all their attention focused on Queen Luna."

Rarity, who thought they were jumping the gun on setting things up asked, "Pinkie, she isn't queen yet and what if Celestia and Twilight return?" She began to get a bit panicky and continued, "If Celestia and Twilight return and see us setting up for Luna's coronation, they might banish us somewhere."

Fluttershy interrupted, "Well with as much as Queen Galaxia likes us, I don't think she would let either one of them do anything to us."

Rarity rolled her eyes and replied, "Well I suppose you are right, but still I do have my worries."

Late that afternoon Luna got up. She headed into the throne room and saw her parents there smiling. Luna asked, "What has you two in such a good mood?"

Cosmos replied, "Oh we're just happy to be here with you!"

Luna asked, "Aren't you even a little bit worried about Celestia?"

Galaxia replied, "Well yeah but if anything really bad would have happened to her I think we would know about it by now. Besides, it is almost supper time."

An hour later everypony had gathered in the dining hall except for Luna as she was busy lowering the sun and raising the moon. Before she got back in Galaxia looked at Pinkie and asked, "Is everything ready?"

Pinkie replied, "You bet they are your Majesty! This will be the best party ever!"

Galaxia replied, "Good." She then looked over at Colgate and Lyra. She asked, "Does everypony in the city know about this and will they be here?"

Colgate replied, "You bet they will your Majesty!"

Cosmos asked, "Everything is ready but how are we going to make sure we aren't seen when Luna goes to lower the moon and raise the sun? You know she has the best night vision of anypony out there."

Galaxia replied, "I have it all planned out. Luna is doing a longer patrol tonight than normal. By the time she gets back it will be time for her to raise the sun. All of us will be hidden enough that she won't see us."

Luna entered the dining hall and saw her mom discussing things with Lyra and Colgate. She was curious as to what they were talking about but didn't say anything. That night they had a meal much larger than normal. Luna asked, "Who ordered the huge meal? I don't remember asking for a huge meal."

Galaxia replied, "Luna sweetie, I ordered it. I know you have a longer than normal patrol scheduled so I figure that we should all eat more."

Gray Wings, who would be going with Luna on her patrol said, "Thank you your Majesty! At least now I won't be hungry before we get home!"

Luna asked, "Mom, something strange seems to be going on. What are you up to?" She paused for a minute, smiled at her mom and continued, "If I didn't know any better I would think you were planning some sort of party!"

Galaxia smiled and replied, "Oh it's nothing. I was just hungrier than normal and I decided we should all eat more."

Luna gave her mom a nervous grin while they began to eat their supper. After supper Luna and Gray Wings were heading out the door to go on their patrol when Galaxia said, "Now don't stay out too long tonight!"

Luna asked, "Uh, what do you mean by that? I'm the Princess of the Night. I'm always out late!"

Once they got away from the castle Luna decided that she would get to the bottom of what was going wrong. She knew her mom was up to something but couldn't figure it out. She looked at Gray Wings and asked, "Gray Wings, do you know what my mom is up to? She has been acting strangely all day."

Gray Wings was confused by Galaxia's behavior as well. He replied, "Well whatever it is, she must be keeping me in the dark."

Luna continued, "I notice she seems to be having what she calls 'simply talking' sessions with Pinkie Pie, Colgate and Lyra. I just wish I knew what was going on."

Gray Wings replied, "Well I guess we'll see over the next couple of days."

While Luna and Gray Wings were on patrol Pinkie, her friends, Galaxia, Cosmos, Lyra and Colgate were out making sure that everything was just right. They wanted to make sure that everything went perfectly. Finally they got everything checked and it would work perfectly. Galaxia said, "You know Pinkie, I am so happy you and your friends did all of this. My daughter will be so surprised!"

Fluttershy asked, "You don't think she will be startled when the fireworks go off do you? All those explosions going on when she doesn't expect it might startle her."

Cosmos replied, "Don't worry Fluttershy. It takes a lot to unnerve Luna and a few explosions aren't going to bother her."

Fluttershy asked, "But doesn't she need to concentrate while she is raising the sun? What if the explosions cause her to drop it!"

Galaxia laughed, "Oh Fluttershy, you don't have to worry about that. Like Cosmos said, it takes a lot to unnerve Luna."

Fluttershy finally decided to just drop the issue. She knew Luna would be surprised but she still had a feeling that Luna might be startled and maybe drop the sun.