Escaping from Celestia

The following morning arrived and Twilight woke up before sunrise. She decided that if Celestia wanted her up in Canterlot that morning that she may as well enjoy a large breakfast, which she had missed so much. Spike saw her brushing her mane and getting ready to head towards the door and asked, "Twilight, where are you going? It isn't even sunrise yet."

Twilight replied, "Spike, the princess wants me up in Canterlot this morning. I am sure she will be happy if I am up there early. Besides, I miss the big breakfasts she serves anyway."

Spike was a bit irritated that she wasn't going to fix him any breakfast but before he could say anything she ran off to the train station. Spike slammed the door and said to himself, "Was she born in a barn? Is what Celestia has to tell her that important?"

While Twilight was waiting at the train station, up in Canterlot Celestia is biting her hooves, already anxious about whether Twilight would come. Luna saw this and said, "Don't worry, she will come. You are going to bite your hooves to the quick if you don't stop biting them."

Celestia replied, "Well I just hope she will get her soon, the earlier she gets her the more time I can spend with her."

Thirty minutes later just as the two had finished their royal duties Twilight ran up to the balcony. She smiled and said, "Princess Celestia! It is so good to see you!"

Celestia was beyond happy to see her student. She ran up to Twilight, nuzzled her and said, "Twilight Sparkle, my most faithful student! I am so happy to see you!"

After they greeted one another the two Alicorns and the unicorn headed into the dining hall and waited for their breakfast. Celestia had Twilight sit next to her like she did in the old days, although this morning Celestia had Twilight sitting a bit closer to her than normal. Twilight asked, "Princess, why are you having me sit so close to you? We never sat this close before."

Celestia replied, "Well it is just a matter of me missing you so much. I just want you to be close to me."

Luna gave Celestia and odd look while Twilight moved a bit further away from her sister. Celestia had a look of sadness because her student did not wish to sit overly close to her. Luna asked, "Well Twilight, how have your studies been going in Ponyville?"

Twilight replied, "They have been going so well. My friends and I are having so much fun."

Luna asked, "Are you glad that my sister let you stay down there?"

Twilight's reply would bring a sad look upon Celestia's face. Twilight replied, "You bet I am your Majesty! Everything has turned out just perfect. I have friends that I wouldn't trade for the world and while it isn't as big as the one here, the library is spectacular!"

Celestia had a few tears running down her face upon hearing the happiness of her student. Finally their meal arrived and Twilight's eyes grew huge upon seeing so much food. She said, "Thank you your Majesties, I haven't had a meal this big in ages. I will admit, one thing I have missed are the large meals!"

Celestia's voice, breaking a bit from trying to hold back her earlier tears asked, "Twilight, are the size of the meals here enough that it would cause you to ever want to move back?"

Twilight was stunned by this question and Luna could see the irritation in her eyes. She snapped, "Princess, you are the one who wanted me to go make friends so much. Now that I have friends that I almost view as sisters you ask me if I would ever want to move back here?"

Celestia said, "Well you seem so impressed I just thought I would ask."

Twilight continued, "I would never leave my friends! I love it in Ponyville. An occasional visit here is good but to move back here, NO WAY!"

Celestia was about to break down crying but Luna used her magic to stop Celestia from doing so. Finally they finished their breakfast and Twilight asked, "So princess, what did you want to talk to me about?"

Celestia replied, "Well there are a few things up in the archives that we never went over. I thought we could do that."

Luna smiled and yawned, "Well you two have fun. I'm headed to bed. Gray Wings and I ran into a few manticores last night."

While Luna headed to her bedroom to get some much needed sleep Celestia and Twilight headed to the archives. When they entered the archives Twilight did begin to smile some remembering all the good memories she had in there. Celestia led her over to a corner of the room that had books regarding love spells. She grabbed one of the books, which stunned Twilight. Twilight asked, "Love spells? Why would I need to study love spells?"

Celestia replied, "Well you never know. A loving couple down there might get into a fight and you may feel the need to get them to fall in love again."

Twilight was still confused about why Celestia would have them study such things. She asked, "Princess, what is the point of love spells? Isn't that kind of like mind control basically forcing ponies to love one another?"

Celestia put her wing around Twilight, pulled her close to her and replied, "Well some may look at it as mind control but if a married couple is fighting" She then pulled Twilight close to her and continued, "I think a love spell would be preferable to them getting divorced."

Twilight felt a bit uneasy having Celestia holding her close like that but decided to not let it show. She replied, "Well I can see where you are coming from."

Twilight and Celestia spent a good part of the day in the archives. Celestia even had their lunch delivered up to them. After a while Twilight was remembering all the good times her and her teacher used to have, although not so much that she would want to leave her friends. Finally supper time had arrived and Luna knocked on the door and said, "Celestia, Twilight, it is time for supper."

Both of them were surprised and jumped a bit. Twilight said, "Alright, thanks for letting us know."

At supper Twilight did sit closer to Celestia, which made her very happy but caused Luna to be a bit concerned. Luna wanted to know what was going on so she asked, "Twilight, why are you sitting so much closer to my sister than you were this morning?"

Twilight replied, "Well we spent a lot of time together today and I will admit, I miss spending time with Celestia, but not so much that I would leave my friends."

Celestia had a huge grin on her face, which caused Luna to wonder if she wasn't casting spells on Twilight but decided to keep quiet about it. After supper and a bit of chit chat it was time for Celestia to lower the sun and Luna to raise the moon. Luna said, "Come on Celestia, we need to do our royal duties."

Celestia replied, "It is." She then looked at Twilight and continued, "Well it has been fun my student, but you probably should get going. I'm sure Spike is wondering where you are."

After the princesses performed their royal duties Twilight walked to the train station and headed home. Before Celestia headed to bed Luna asked, "I really want to know what is going on. Why did it seem that when she first got here Twilight was a bit irritated but when she left she seemed so happy to be with you?"

Celestia replied, "Well I don't know. Maybe she missed me and felt so happy after the end of our study session that she just wanted to be closer to me." Celestia headed towards her bedroom and continued, "Well I'm off to bed, goodnight Luna."

Luna sighed, "Good night." She looked at Gray Wings and said, "Well let's head out Gray Wings, hopefully things won't be as hectic tonight as they were last night."

Once Celestia got to her bedroom she began to reflect on the day. She felt warmth within her that she had not felt in quite some time. She was remembering the times when Twilight would look at her, especially in the afternoon and thought that they were looks of love. Soon though, Celestia would fall into despair again knowing that Twilight didn't want to leave her friends.

On the ride home Twilight was trying to take in everything that had happened that day. She thought to herself, "Why did Celestia pull me so close to her? Why would she keep her wing around me for hours?" Twilight was doing some deep thinking but then figured that it was probably just because she missed her since they did have a close student/teacher relationship.