Prologue: Memories
Princess Celestia sat down in the royal dining hall by herself. She sipped her tea and ate a few delicious strawberry crumpets before thanking the servants on her way out, then waited on the balcony just off the north tower. She still had another hour before raising the sun, but that wasn't why she had come. She was hoping to catch her sister Luna before she went to bed in the west tower.
Celestia remembered when they had built the new castle. They could not bear to live in the old one after their parents had died, and the surrounding forest had grown too much anyway. It had been Luna's idea to build one tower in each direction of the map. Celestia had happily agreed on the condition that she could have her bedroom in the east tower since the sun rose in the east. Therefor Luna slept in the west tower opposite her sister. And as for the other two towers, it had just made sense; the north tower would look out onto Canterlot, with a glimpse of the possible future. And the south tower would face the everfree forest, with the crumbling ruins of their past.
Some days she wished she could give all her life for one more day of friendship with her sister, no, she wished that everyday.
Luna flew down onto the tower as she spotted her sister.
"Why art thou standing here fair sister?"asked Luna in her loud Canterlot-style voice.
Time for Tia to take some action! She was determined to get back what she and her sister had once shared, it was now or never.
"Luna, we're going on vacation!" the words came out before she could think.
"What does thou mean? We are thy princesses of Equestria! We cannot be away, especially not lying about and abandoning our sacred duties!" said Luna looking rather shocked at the idea of it all.
Celestia just stood there not sure what to say, except the truth, so that's what she said.
"Luna, when you returned after your defeat, I made a terrible mistake, I left you alone assuming that things would just go back to the way they had once been. But now I see how the years have changed us both, and I can't let us just drift apart. So you and I are taking a break to be sisters. Not princesses, not rulers, just two best sisters."
"I, I don't know", said Luna no longer using her loud voice, "I mean, there are so many things that we would need to arrange..."
"I've already though of everything" Celestia lied.
"You're sure you've planned everything?" asked Luna as she raised her eybrows.
"What could I be missing?" responded Celestia hoping she wouldn't have to make up answers on the spot.
"Like who will be in charge?"
"Twilight."
"Where are we going?"
"Wherever you want."
"How long will we be gone for?"
"Depends where we go."
"And when are we leaving?"
Celestia took a deep breath before responding, : "Now".
She didn't know what Luna would say but she certainly wasn't expecting this. Luna smiled and said "Okay, give me a second to pack".
Yes! Next stop; sister vacation adventure awesomeness! Oh, and she needed to sent a quick message to Twilight.
