Royal Romance

Midnight approached and Twilight still couldn't get to sleep. That moment where Celestia put her wing around her remained in her mind. Finally Twilight simply could not get to sleep and she thought maybe a stroll in the castle would calm her nerves. She first started pacing up and down the hall that ran from her room to the dining hall. Soon though, other thoughts ran through her mind. She decided she would take the risk of waking Celestia up and seeing if they could just talk.

Twilight headed past the throne room and down the hallway that led to Celestia's sleeping chambers. To her amazement, Celestia's door was open. She stood there in the doorway and saw Celestia sleeping. Her heart skipped a beat as a surge of warmth filled every part of her body. She thought to herself, "She's so beautiful, she's so sweet, she's so perfect. I wish so much I could crawl into bed with her."

Twilight just stood in the doorway watching her sleep for nearly an hour in a daze dreaming about a day when her and Celestia would be married. Eventually she actually began to head into Celestia's room. She was walking slowly towards Celestia's bed when suddenly she began to talk in her sleep. "No Luna, I will not fight you!"

Celestia had begun to have a bad dream about the night that she had to banish her sister to the moon. This terrified Twilight but she knew that she couldn't just go galloping out of the room. She walked slowly out of Celestia's room and headed back towards her room. When she passed by the entrance to the throne room Luna was sitting in there on her throne. When she saw Twilight heading back towards her room she took flight and swooped down in front of Twilight. Seeing Luna landing in front of her with a scowl on her face terrified her.

"Twilight Sparkle, what was thou doing coming from our sister's room?"

Twilight replied, "Uh, uh, I just wanted to talk to her like I did as a filly."

Luna's glare deepened into a full blown scowl. She got in Twilight's face and asked, "No Twilight Sparkle. What was thy true plan? We know something else was running through thy mind. Tell us the truth."

Twilight broke down into tears. She cried, "No Luna, I really just wanted to talk to her."

Luna growled, "Just get back to bed. We are sure that Celestia wants thou most alert tomorrow. GOOD NIGHT."

Twilight headed back to bed with tears in her eyes. While she knew Celestia cared for her deeply, she was quickly becoming scared of the much less trustful Luna. She knew however that she could not just go telling Celestia what happened that night as she did not wish to get in trouble.

The following morning Celestia woke up and raised the sun after Luna lowered the moon. She knocked on Twilight's door and said, "Twilight, wake up! We have a busy day ahead of us."

Celestia would say this when she would wake Twilight up when she was a filly. Twilight got up, rushed to Celestia and hugged her. She excitedly said "Good morning Princess!"

Celestia gave her a half smile and Twilight said, "Oh, I mean good morning Celestia."

Celestia smiled and replied, "Good morning Twilight. Did you sleep well last night?"

Twilight replied, "Oh not really. Maybe it is just because I am starting a new chapter in my life."

Celestia motioned for Twilight to follow her to the dining hall. While Twilight was hoping that Celestia would sit next to her again that morning she resumed sitting at the head of the table, which meant Luna would be sitting right across from Twilight, with those cold, disapproving eyes. Twilight couldn't stand it anymore so she asked, "Luna, why do you always look at me like that? Why do you always give me this cold, uncaring glare?"

Before Luna could say anything Celestia interrupted, "Twilight, you need to understand that is the look that she gives almost everypony."

Twilight asked, "What do you mean she gives that look to almost everypony? Never once has she given my friends a look like that."

Luna was getting sick and tired of Twilight's complaining. She said, "Twilight Sparkle, unlike thou, thy friends do not have anything they must prove to show that they deserve their role. Once thou proves thyself worthy of being a princess, then we shall drop the disapproving looks."

The rest of their meal was quiet and tense. Once they finished their meal Luna glared at her sister and continued, "Big sister, we are headed to bed because we are most tired. Hopefully thou can help thy student figure out what her role is."

Luna headed out of the dining hall towards her room to get some sleep. Celestia walked over to Twilight and pulled her close to her as she knew she needed some comforting. She said, "Don't worry about her Twilight. There is nothing she can do to you."

Twilight wrapped her wing around Celestia and replied, "I am so happy you look out for me. I just wish that I could be by your side forever."

Celestia was sort of shocked by this statement but she just figured she said it because she was kind of scared of Luna right now. She had no clue that Twilight truly meant it, that she would sacrifice being with her friends to be with her.