Solar Fever

by The Lunar Mare

Rating: teen
Tags: Spike, Princess Celestia, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Comedy
Length: 2776

A heat wave hits Equestria in the middle of winter. Why? Celestia has a fever, and it doesn't end well.

A normal winter in Equestria is interrupted by one of the worst heat waves in history. Why? The Solar Princess has a fever, and she doesn't take well to medicine.

Note: The reason why this is teen is that Luna mildly curses in it and a few other things, but thats it.

Published 2014-12-07 23:40:05 UTC
Last updated 2014-12-07 23:40:05 UTC

The Fever

Princess Luna of Equestria woke up in bed on a cold winters day. But she then realized it wasn't cold at all, but rather a very hot day, so hot in fact, that when Luna got out of bed she noticed that she was so sweaty that her mane had lost its ability to flow in a magical wind and simply drooped at her side. Luna walked to the thermostat on the wall in her room to check just how hot it was. It was 100 degrees out! Luna knew that measurement did include the castle's air conditioning, so it was even worse outside. Luna looked out the window and saw that all the snow in the castle's courtyard had melted. Then there was a knock at the door to her bedroom. "Enter," said Luna.

One of Luna's lunar guards opened the door. "Princess," panted the guard. "What is going on? Most of the snow in Canterlot has melted, theres a crowed of ponies outside the castle asking whats happening, and your sister's temper is paper thin,"

Luna groaned. "We have seen this before we were banished, we will deal with it, and inform the other gaurds that they must remove their armor, it will act like an oven in this heat.

"Yes Princess," said the guard as he took off his armor and left.

Luna groaned again and went into her bathroom and grabbed some grape flavored fever medicine, and then left for her sister's room. When she arrived she saw that the guards posted outside the door had a look of fear on their faces and backed away as Luna reluctantly knocked on the door. "GO AWAY," yelled Celestia in her Royal Canterlot Voice, which she had not used in hundreds of years.

"Sister, tis us," said Luna. There was no response for about one minute.

"Come in," Celestia growled.

Luna slowly came into her sisters room as she heard the guards outside making bets if she was going to die or not. Celestia's angry face was a red as a rose. "Hello Luna," grumbled Celestia.

"Hello sister," said Luna. It was then Celestia noticed the medicine Luna had with her.

"No," siad Celestia flatly.

"Sister, please, you must take this. You are making everypony in Equestria miserable." said Luna.

"LEAVE AND NEVER RETURN WITH THAT VILE LIQUID AGAIN!" yelled Celestia.

Over the next few hours Luna pleaded with her sister to take the medicine. She offered to mix it in with a milkshake, but Celestia still refused. All Luna managed to accomplished was to make her sister eat a bowl of carrot soup. Luna came into her room and slammed the door behind her in frustration. "Dam it Tia, thou needs to take the medicine," said Luna.

Luna lay down on her bed and yelled into her pillow for about ten minutes. Then she got an idea. She hated to do it, but she had to cure her sister, for Equestria's sake. Luna returned to her sister's bedroom. "Luna, what did I say, I said to never," she was cutoff by Luna. "We are sorry sister, but this must be done,"

Luna pulled out a frying pan and hit her sister over the head with it. It hit Celestia in the head with a loud clang, and she passed out. Luna then pulled Celestia's mouth open and poured the dose of medicine in. Luna left the room to take a nap, knowing that the heat wave would be over soon, and that winter in Equestria would go back to normal, well as normal as a winter can get with no snow.

An half an hour later Luna was awakened by her sister yelling her name, followed by an explosion. Luna looked out the window and saw a charred hole in the wall were the window to her sister's room had been. Luna groaned and teleported over to what was left of sister's room.

When Luna arrived in Celestia's room, she saw that the entire thing had been burnt to a crisp. Her sister was lying on the burnt wood floor infront of her. Celestia wanted to get up and takle her sister, but she didn't have the energy to do so, instead she just turned her head and looked at Luna. "I hate you sometimes Luna," groaned Celestia.

"Sister, we have assigned you a counselor," said Luna. An aqua colored unicorn with a light green mane holding a notepad walked into the burnt room.

"Hello Princess, my name is Soothingwell, and I will be your anger management counselor for the next few weeks.

Luna went back to her room again to try to get some more sleep, which she dearly needed after all this. But after only ten minuets their was a hard knock on the door to her room. Luna sighed. "Enter,"

Soothingwell dashed into the room strait into an open closet and slammed the door shut behind her. "Don't let her find me," whimpered Soothingwell from within the closet.

"Son of a," said Luna.

In Ponyville

Princess Twilight Sparkle was in her Crystal Castle, pacing back and forth, trying to figure out why this heat wave was happening. Her assistant Spike came downstairs with a blue scroll tied with a sliver ribbon in one hand that he had just coughed up. "Twilight, we got a letter, I think its from Princess Luna," said Spike.

Twilight rushed over and unrolled the letter.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

We have sent this letter to you as an explanation and as a request for help. The recent heat wave was caused by our sister going trough a rare form of a fever that only she can get, a solar fever. Whenever she gets one, her temper, to put it lightly, is very short, and an "incident" occurred today due to it. We have tried anger management counseling, but it was unsuccessful. We know that our sister listens to you, and we hope that you can help her with her temper.

Sincerely,
Princess Luna

"Spike, were off to Canterlot. The student is about to become the teacher," said Twilight.

In Canterlot

Twilight and Spike arrived outside Celestia's bedroom, were Luna was waiting for them. "We thank thee for coming, our sister's temper is slowly improving, but she still requires your help," said Luna.

"No problem, your sister's temper will be back to normal in no time," said Twilight confidently.

"We will be in our quarters if our assistance is needed," said Luna.

Luna returned to her bedroom, confident that Twilight would be able to calm her sister down. She lay down in bed and finally got some sleep. But fifteen minuets later, Twilight and Spike rushed in and hid in the closet that Soothingwell had hidden in. Luna tried to scream and curse, but she just fainted instead.

Author's Note

So yea thats the story. What do you think of the name of my OC, Soothingwell? If anyone can come up with a cutiemark for her, post it in the comments and I will add it to the story.

Revised version by Juntao112

Winter was the time of snow and warm nights spent next to a roaring fire. Waking up in the mornings, however, was more problematic, as the biting cold tended to make disentangling one's self from the comfortable bedding an unwelcome task.

This morning, however, Princess Luna found herself soaked in sweat upon waking up, as if somepony had left the fire on all night. She opened her eyes to search for the cause of the heat, only to see her mane drooping over her face instead of flowing with the aether. She brushed it out of her way and strolled over to the nearest thermostat, only to find that it was almost a hundred degrees outside.

She stared at the little thermometer in shock. The thermostat indicated that the castle's air conditioning was blowing in full force, which meant that the temperature was even worse outside. Luna looked out the window and saw that all the snow in the castle's courtyard had melted into a small lake.
Then there was a knock at the door to her bedroom. "Thou mayst enter!"

One of her personal guards opened the door. "Princess," he panted, as if he had run a marathon through the desert. "What's going on? Most of the snow in Canterlot has melted, the sun's shinning brighter than it ever has, and your sister threatened to banish me to the moon when I tried to inform her of this!"

Luna's eyes widened, and she took a moment to compose herself. "We have seen this before. Fear not, for we shall deal with it. In the meantime, we suggest that thou inform the other guards to remove their armor and seek shelter. It may be quite some time before this problem is addressed."

The guard saluted sharply and immediately departed. Once he was safely out of hearing range, Luna let loose a loud groan, and retrieved a dark purple bottle from her private alchemical cabinet. It was half full — more than enough for the task at hand. She took off the cap and gently wafted the vapors towards her. It smelled strongly of grape, still potent after an entire millennium.

Luna tucked the bottle under her wing and made a brisk trot for Celestia's bedchambers. When she arrived she saw that the guards posted outside the door had a look of utmost terror on their faces. She motioned for them to back off as she braced herself for the difficult task ahead. After a few deep breaths, she reached out and gingerly knocked on the door.

"GO AWAY," yelled Celestia in her Royal Canterlot Voice, the likes of which had not been heard in Canterlot for hundreds of years.

"Sister, 'tis us!"

Judging by the clock down the hall, there was one full minute of silence.

"Come in," Celestia finally growled.

Luna slowly pushed open the door and walked into Celestia's room. Before the door closed, she could hear the guards outside making bets if she was going to die or not. Judging by the expression Celestia's wore — tired, with puffy eyes and a face as red as a rose — their pessimism was not entirely unfounded.

"Hello Luna." Celestia grumbled. "What brings you he–" It was then that Celestia noticed the bottle tucked under Luna's wing. "No."

"Sister, I beg of you, partake of this tincture. Everypony in Equestria is suffering from this abysmal weather!

"LEAVE! LEAVE AND NEVER RETURN WITH THAT VILE LIQUID AGAIN!"
The curtains around Celestia's bed drew closed, leaving Luna alone in the room. She sighed and walked out the door, causing one guard to sigh and pass a sizable bag of bits to the other.

"Gadzooks, Tia, thou needs to take the medicine," Luna muttered, after she was in the safety of her own room.

Luna lay down on her bed and yelled into her pillow for a good ten minutes. Once all the stress and frustration had left her system, a new idea popped into her mind. The thought was somewhat unpleasant, but there was no other choice. She had to cure her sister, for Equestria's sake. Celestia would understand.

Luna made a quick detour by the castle kitchen before she returned to Celestia's chambers. She did not even knock this time as she strolled into the room. The curtains were still pulled around the bed, just as she had left it.

"Luna, what did I say? I said to never–" s

"We are sorry sister, but this must be done!"
Luna tore open the curtains, pulled out a frying pan and hit her sister over the head with it. A resounding "clang" echoed through the castle as Celestia hit the bed like a sack of potatoes. Luna made sure the Celestia's head rested comfortably on her pillows before pour the medicine down her throat.

Luna left the room knowing that the heat wave would be over soon, and that winter in Equestria would go back to normal, or as normal as winter could be with no snow. She went back to her bedroom — which was already several degrees cooler — and immediately went back to sleep.

Half an hour later Luna was awoken by her sister yelling her name, followed by an explosion. Luna looked out the window and saw a charred hole in the wall were the window to her sister's room had been. Luna sighed and teleported over to what was left of Celestia's chambers. When Luna arrived, she saw that the entire thing had been burnt to a crisp. Her sister was lying on the burnt wood floor in front of her. Celestia tried to get up and tackle her sister, but she didn't have the energy to do so. Instead she just turned her head and looked at Luna.

"I hate you sometimes Luna," Celestia muttered from the floor.

"We are well aware." Luna kneeled down by her sister's side and cradled her head. Her horn lit up and summoned a quill and a piece of parchment. After scrawling out a quick message and sending it, she stroked Celestia's mane until a knock came at the door. Luna opened it with her telekinesis to reveal an aqua colored unicorn with a light green mane holding a notepad, who stared at the wrecked room in awe.

"Sister, we have assigned you a counselor to help you though this difficult time."

"Hello Princess." The unicorn bowed. "My name is Soothingwell, and I will be your anger management counselor for the next few weeks."

Luna gave Celestia a kiss on the cheek and went back to her room again, in an attempt at getting some more sleep, which she dearly needed after the morning's events. Ten minutes later, there came a hard knock on the door to her room. Luna sighed. "Enter."

Soothingwell bolted into the room and straight into an open closet. The door slammed shut behind her, and was followed by the sound of heavy objects being moved to block it.

"Don't let her find me," whimpered Soothingwell from deep within the closet.

"Daughter of a–" Luna checked herself just before committing the most grievous act of lèse-majesté and went to her desk for another quill and parchment.

In Ponyville

Princess Twilight Sparkle was in her Crystal Castle, pacing back and forth, trying to figure out the cause of the midwinter heat wave. She looked up from the latest book she was reading — An Inconvenient Revalation — to see Spike walking downstairs with a scroll tied in his claws.

"Twilight, we got a letter from Princess Luna."

Twilight rushed over and unrolled the letter.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

We have sent this letter to you as an explanation and a request for help. The recent heat wave was caused by our sister going through a rare form of a fever that only she can get, a solar fever. Whenever she gets one, her temper, to put it lightly, is very short, and an "incident" occurred today due to it. We have tried anger management counseling, but it was unsuccessful. We know that our sister listens to you, and we hope that you can help her with her temper.

Sincerely,
Princess Luna

"Alright, Spike, were off to Canterlot! The student is about to become the teacher," Twilight proudly declared.

Back in Canterlot

Twilight and Spike arrived outside Celestia's bedroom, were Luna was waiting for them. "We thank thee for coming; our sister's temper is slowly improving, but she still requires your help."

Twilight puffed her chest out and held her head up high. "No problem, Princess! I've been hitting the books on the ride over, and I can assure you that Celestia's temper will be back to normal in no time!"

Luna sighed with relief. "Thanks the heavens. We will be in our quarters if our assistance is needed."

Luna returned to her bedroom, confident that Twilight would be able to calm her sister down. She lay down in her pleasantly cool bed and drifted off to sleep. Fifteen minuets later, her door flew open with a bang and Twilight and Spike rushed in and teleported into the closet that Soothingwell was currently occupying. Luna felt a scream building up in her lungs, but they gave out before she could vocalize it, and she fainted instead.

Author's Note

This isn't exactly what Juntao112 wrote, since the formatting screwed up when I copied it over and i had to fix it. Don't worry admins, he sent me a PM giving me permission to post this.