Girls Night Out

The two of them had reached the entrance of the parkway Alister had spoken of. The two of them sat down. “Wow, no wonder the Unicorns stay in just the upper ring of the city.”

“Why couldn’t you just teleport us here?” Luna asked as she took a deep breath.

“I didn’t think about it, to be honest. It was nice walking, though… Just a bit further than I expected.” Celestia dropped to her side and looked up at the sky through the trees. “Your stars are so bright tonight, Luna.”

Luna smiled and looked at her sister. Celestia looked back at her before rolling back to her hooves. “C’mon, let's get up there to the cliff.”

Luna nodded and stood, “It shouldn’t be much further, I guess we can rest once we get there. I do want to see what Cloudsdale looks like from up there.”

As they walked Celestia smiled, “Well I did notice something earlier.”

Luna tilted her head, stepping over a fallen branch on the path. “What’d that be?”

“When I used the spell again, it worked more efficiently than the first time. It didn’t require nearly as much concentration or power. I don’t want to overuse it because I don’t know what could happen if the spell were to be miscast. However, I think I could use this glimmer spell just about any time to transform us back and forth between these forms and our true forms.”

“So there’s a risk that you may butcher the spell and trap us in these forms?” Luna asked as she studied the path they walked on.

“Yes sister, that is a very real possibility. Luckily we can study this spell in more depth in the future.” She smiled, “Hey, Luna.”

Luna looked up at her, “Yes?”

“We’re almost there, race you to the top!” said Celestia taking off towards the open sky up ahead.

Luna laughed and opened her wings, gliding easily passed the earthbound unicorn. Celestia shouted after her and smirked, her horn taking light as she channeled a teleport spell. She appeared at the top of the hill facing luna. She sat down and blew a raspberry.

Luna landed next to her, galloping to a stop. “That’s cheating!”

“No, it isn’t, you flew! Obviously, flight is faster than even the fastest sprinters in Equestria.” Celestia stood and turned towards the cliffs edge. She walked towards it and laid down on the grass, her fluffy pink tail wrapped neatly around her flank and hooves. Luna walked over to her and laid down with her, resting her head against her sister's shoulder.

“It’s truly beautiful,” she whispered as she looked out over Equestria. The rainbows pouring from Cloudsdale were illuminated in the moons glow and were casting colorful shadows across the land below.

“Hello ladies.” came a female voice from behind them. Celestia and Luna both looked back to its source. There stood Parish Snowfall. “I’ve been waiting for you for awhile now. Was beginning to believe you weren’t coming.”

Luna stood and walked over to her. “Why are you here?”