The Friend They Lost

"Luuuuuna!" The high pitch voice bounced down the halls of the large castle, "Luna, come on! Mother wants us to be ready for the picnic!" Trotting down the corridors the small sized strawberry-colour maned alicorn hummed to herself with an agitated expression clearly showing on her face. This wasn't the first time the lunar princess was holding up the family outings and fun she was bound to have messing with the younger sibling.

"HELP! TIA, M-MY WING!!" The blue filly bellowed from her chambers in a terrified manner.

"Luna? Luna, I'm coming!" Celestia pumped her wings and shot down the hall and through her sisters door. "Luna, are you okay?! What's wrong with yo- oh you have got to be kidding me Lulu.." her voice died down and she face-hooved; ashamed.

"Getmedowngetmedowngetmedown!!!" She shrieked.

"Oh be quiet, you did this yesterday!" She couldn't believe it... well, actually she could. Luna got herself trapped in a mess of rope again. "You really have to stop training so hard. You won't be able to fly at all if your wing keeps getting caught, let alone fly through loops and do acrobatics.." Sighing to herself Celestia levitated the blue ball of rope and fur, undoing the rope and carefully untying it from her wing.

Rubbing her sore wing and folding it against her side, Luna got up and stood next to her sister. "I know, Tia.. Thanks for getting me out again hehe..." She said sheepishly.

"You're welcome, Luna. Now come on, if father sees this mess, we won't be going anywhere today!" Celestia enveloped Luna in her aura and placed her on her back as she readied her wings. Looking back to Luna, she flapped her wings, taking them out the window and around the castle to greet their parents for their outing of the day.

Luna always loved the air whizzing passed her face, showing clearly as she began to smile and let her wings catch and glide through the air. Celestia bombed down causing Lunas sore wing to twinge with pain so she placed it back at her side.

Landing gracefully befitting a regal princess, Celestia shone a happy smile to their mother and father before walking ahead causing Luna to roll and fall off her back.

"Hey!" She huffed, crossing her hooves.

"Haha, sorry Lulu; but you know how much I love mothers cucumber sandwiches!" Giggling and running over to the picnic blanket her parents were on, Celestia shone a happy smile to them.

Glaring, Luna got up and dusted herself off, "Oh, you're going to regret that Tia..." Luna started walking up to Celestia with a small frown as Celestia floated a sandwich and a small glass of juice with a straw.

"Come on Lulu, there's plenty to eat, mother even made lunar bars!" She said giddy, looking up to her mother; her galactic mane swirling with constant nebulae and shooting stars.

"Yes, do dig in dear, I added a little something just for you." Galaxia said warmly, bringing all of the food out and setting it down. "I hope you still like fudge." She added with a smirk.

"Really?! I haven't had any desserts all week! Can I can I can I?" She pleaded as if her mother was tricking her.

"Haha, just be sure to finish a few sandwiches and we have a deal." She picked up her tiara and took a small leaf out of her mane. "And Celestia, if you take your sister flying, make sure she's off your back before you gallop away." She chastised slightly, in a small joking manner.

Looking down, Celestia placed her yummy sandwich down and tapped her hooves together, "Sorry Luna... I should have waited." She said sadly.

"...It's okay, Tia. Just don't do it again and we have a deal." The happy princess said with a wink to her mother.

Celestia nodded with a smile and nibbled on a lunarbar, while Eternia's horn shone and a medium-sized hoofball bounced around the blanket and landed in front of Celestia. "When you two are done eating for a bit, you should go and play. Crater here hasn't been outside for a whil-"

*whack*

Luna kicked the ball at his head, making the king fall and topple over. "I told you to stop calling me that, father!" She huffed and looked away, sipping her juice.

Galaxia gave a soft laugh and poked her husband, "Strong kick, dear?"

Eternia chuckled and sat up, "It wasn't a weak one if that's what you mean." Frowning playfully at Luna he used his magic and turned the ball into an exact copy of the moon in the night sky. Bouncing the ball a few times in front of her and laughing, he tried launching the ball, but when he did so Luna grabbed on and flew through the tree line with it.

"We're you really thinking she'd grabbed it?" Galaxia raised a brow.

"Of course. Crater's been trying to fly like that for so lo- OW!" The ball slammed in his face and bounced off, back into the bushes towards Luna.

"Hehehe, father was right. Lulu is quite good." Celestia said through a fit of giggles.

"Why don't you go join her dear? I'm sure she's waiting for you by now."

"But I was going to go to the rose gardens and see all the new blossoms!" She protested. "Even the tulips are beginning to respond better to my magic!"

Galaxia thought for a moment and unwrapped a cloth that was filled with two vanilla cupcakes with honey-berry frosting and strawberries on top. "What? Did you think I'd forgotten about you as well?" She teased.

The whole time Celestias eyes were wide and her muzzle was dripping with drool. "Those wouldn't be what I think they are, are th-"

"Oh yes they are~" She floated them around Celestias head as her child followed them, "Go play with Luna and you can have one. Your sister gets hers after you see her, got it? Luna gets a cupcake too, alright?"

Celestia mumbled something incoherent and grabbed hers with her mouth and smacked the other with her wing as she galloped towards the trees.

Eternia shook his head as his wife laid on the blanket and he over top her neck. "Our foals have an unhealthy addiction to sweets and you know it."

"Says the stallion that can eat ten whole liters of ice-cream and still want to have apple fritters," She said with a small smile and an eye open.

"Mmm, 'irsh cupcake ish delicioush!" The solar filly said ecstaticly through her whole cupcake mouthful. Striding through the grass and trees, Celestia looked for her younger sibling, watching out for the moon to come whipping passed her face... Or in it.

"Come on Tia, you're getting closer~!" Luna's voice blew thorough the branches. "I wanna play something other than hoofball today."

Celestia Didn't know why but her voice sounded extremely close, but she couldn't see her. "You're on, Lulu. What's the game this time?" She questioned to the breeze.

"Hide 'N Seek! Count to thirty and come find me, Tia~" The bushes rustled and blue lunar eyes poked through.

"Okay Luna, get ready!" Celestia turned around and started counting. "One!"

Luna sprang through the many bushes behind her and smiled at the flowers, smelling them.

"Eight!"

Her friends she had made earlier fluttered about the bush, taking in the sweet nectar of the butterfly bushes' flowers. "Did you all miss me?-" She looked over her shoulder.

"Twenty two!"

"-Because I have a great idea for Tia." Rubbing her hooves together like she was an evil genius, Luna whispered into the mass of butterflies.