Colgate's Practice 2: A Royal Problem

After a brief flyover of the Everfree Forest, Luna returned home and got a bit of sleep before it would be time for her to raise the sun. She rose early as she was excited that morning. As she lowered the moon and raised the sun, the light from the sun shone in on Colgate and Amethyst. Amethyst smiled and said, "Thank Luna all this wasn't a dream. It feels so good to wake up to just you holding me close."

Colgate smiled and replied, "I know how you feel." She kissed Amethyst and continued, "Well we better get down to the dining hall. I'm sure Luna will want us to join her for breakfast."

They rushed downstairs and arrived in the dining hall at the same time that Luna and Gray Wings did. Colgate asked, "So your Majesty, are you ready for your big day?"

Luna smiled and replied, "Yes, thy Queen is most excited for her coronation!"

Gray Wings interrupted, "Well we better eat a good, filling breakfast since you scheduled this for noon. Don't worry though, I have notified the chefs that they are to produce the most massive feast in the history of Canterlot for your post coronation meal."

Luna was so excited upon hearing this that she began to fly around the room. She gleefully shouted, "Thank you Gray Wings! Thy Queen looks most forward to this feast!"

Amethyst asked, "Your Majesty, who all will be able to partake in this feast?"

Luna smiled and replied, "Well thy Queen's whole guard shall partake in it as shall thou and Colgate. Thy Queen wants those closest to her present."

Colgate said, "Thank you your Majesty. The two of us greatly appreciate it and thank you for it."

Luna got an idea, she decided that rather than simply standing on her balcony for the whole ceremony, that as soon as she received her new regalia and was officially declared queen by Gray Wings, that her, Colgate, Amethyst and Gray Wings himself would fly down and land in the crowd and mingle for a while. When Luna told the three about her idea, they enthusiastically agreed that it would be the best plan.

Finally it was five minutes before noon and a huge crowd had gathered in the courtyard at the base of the royal balcony. Luna was looking at herself in the mirror and asked, "Colgate, Amethyst, does thy Queen's mane and tail look ok?"

Colgate replied, "Of course it does your Majesty! Don't be nervous, just be yourself, the same pony that everypony loves so much."

Luna smiled as Gray Wings headed out to the balcony. He looked at the crowd and began, "Citizens of Canterlot, visitors from other parts of Equestria, today we have gathered here to celebrate a momentous event in the history of Equestria."

The death of Celestia was well known across the nation but nopony knew of the deaths of Twilight and Cadence. One pony raised his hoof and asked, "Does this have to do with Twilight and Cadence? Did they die too?"

Gray Wings was irritated by this but remained calm. He replied, "Yes they have but the sole remaining monarch shall be out here to address these issues shortly."

While most ponies had no clue as to what having one remaining monarch would bring, the pony who asked the question knew full well what was going to happen that day. He asked, "So is Luna going to become queen."

Luna and her friends headed towards the entrance to the balcony. Gray Wings saw this and raised his hoof. The band sounded their horns as Luna headed onto the balcony, followed by Colgate and Amethyst. Luna smiled and waved at the crowd. Gray Wings whispered to Luna, "You see that blue pegasus with the shield for a cutie mark? I think he is suspicious that we were somehow involved in the passing of Cadence and Twilight."

Luna replied, "Well we'll just make him disappear without a trace if he causes any problems. We can't have any troublemakers."

Luna looked up and addressed the crowd, "Hello everypony, we would like to thank thou for showing up for our address." She lowered her head for a minute and shed a tear. She looked up and continued in a sad, solemn voice, "It is with deep sadness that we must notify thee that Princess Twilight and Princess Cadence have been involved in horrible accidents and have passed."

The crowd broke down into sobs upon hearing the news. They were especially distraught over the news of Twilight's death since she was born in Canterlot. The blue pegasus shouted, "What did you do to our princesses?"

Luna's facial expression became more sad and she continued, "We did not do anything to them. They were not paying attention when they were flying around and slammed into a mountainside. Both of them broke their necks and perished."

While everypony else in the crowd continued to sob, buying into Luna's lie easily, the pegasus continued to scream and shout, even after he was grabbed by two guards and hauled off to the local jail. Once the troublemaker was gone, Gray Wings motioned for Colgate and Amethyst to stand side by side with Luna. He said, "Everypony, now that we have only one monarch, for the first time in Equestria's history, we shall have a queen. For the very first time, I present to you Queen Luna, supreme monarch and ruler of all of Equestria."

Using their magic Colgate and Amethyst levitated Luna's old regalia off of her and placed her much more elegant regalia on her. Immediately after that the four flew down into the crowd and the newly crowned Queen Luna began to mingle with her subjects. While the crowd was initially greeted with sad news their moods immediately went from being sad to ecstatic as their new queen took time to talk with them. Long gone were the images of Luna being Nightmare Moon. Those had been replaced by first a caring, nice princess but now have become that of a truly sweet, caring and wonderful queen.

Colgate and Amethyst stood by their new queen and boss with looks of happiness on their faces. While Amethyst was soaking in the moment, the wheels in Colgate's mind were already turning. She had already begun to think of ways to punish those who her new secret army would bring to her. Colgate looked over to her hygienist and said, "Well Amethyst my love, it looks like truly great days await us."

Despite being in the middle of a crowd, Amethyst kissed Colgate and replied, "Truly great days do await us. I am so happy!"

After the ceremony the two joined Luna and her guard in the dining hall for the largest feast in the entire history of Canterlot. While Amethyst was dreaming of the wonderful life that her and Colgate would have together in their new castle home Colgate was more focused on achieving what her true dream had been ever since she graduated from the dental academy in Manehattan. She could finally start to rid Equestria of poor oral hygiene and with Luna's blessing, her wrath towards those who fail to take care of their teeth will be more brutal than ever.