Finding Freedom

I often find myself in situations that are unfavorable. This is the first that I was trying to escape from. Celestia was taking this way too far. In fact I would say she stepped over the line when she talked to me. A part of me knew that she was just joking, but the other part of me was trying to find a way out. I followed behind in her shadow as she led the way. It didn't help that she towered over me and had a horn that could probably spear me straight through.

It was getting late, so many ponies were already inside. However, a few were still outside and simply stared as Celestia passed. Some bowed low and others didn't even move. I should have known better than to involve Celestia. However, I wasn't about to just give up. She would get a special dinner if she wanted one. If she wanted to try and prank me she better be ready. Twilight had played her cards well, but I always have an ace up my sleeve (seriously, never play poker with me, I always cheat somehow).

Celestia led me to a very fancy looking restaurant. She opened the doors with magic and held them open for me. Aware of how ridiculous this looked I went inside. The waiter looked me over and scoffed. Celestia walked in behind me and the waiter's mustache comically fell off. He simply stuttered for awhile until he decided saying nothing was a better idea. He led us to a rather large table, in the middle of the room. Celestia shook her head and pointed towards a different table.

It was in a secluded corner, with a single candle on the table. You couldn't really see the table from the rest of the restaurant unless you walked up to it. The waiter looked at Celestia and then me then back to Celestia. His jaw dropped and he nearly fainted.

Ignoring the waiter's antics Celestia led me to the table. She moved one chair way off to the side and pulled the other one out. She simply laid down on one side, still being tall enough to look over the table. I sat down in my chair and took a final deep breath.

"It's good to finally meet you princess."

Her eyes bored into mine, as if she was trying to look into my very soul. I met her eyes and stared right back,

"The same goes to you Silver. I must admit though, I haven't heard much about you, perhaps you would indulge me?"

Before I could answer the waiter, who had finally come to his senses, came back with two wine glasses.

"Châteaux de Belle, the very best wine we have our highness. It's on the house."

He placed down the glasses and walked off before Celestia could say anything.

I looked at the alcohol with disdain, "Well what would you like to know?"

She began drinking from her glass, "Well I would like you to, among several things…" Here she gave me a saucy wink.

Oooh she was good, but it still wasn't enough to freak me out. "To tell me how you got here."

I once again told the story of my arrival, and she didn't even blink. I know it's not that interesting, but come on! I went through space and time to get here! That's pretty bad-ass if you ask me.

"Interesting… Do you think anything else could arrive in that fashion?"

The waiter once again interrupted us.

"Excuse me your highness, but could I take your order?"

I don't know what Celestia ordered, but it sounded expensive. The waiter turned to me and his fake smile was plastered to his face.

"For you sir?" It looked like it pained him to call me sir.

"Surprise me."

The waiter nodded and walked away from us.

Continuing the discussion I said, "I have no idea. It's possible but I don't know if anything will."

She nodded, her rainbow mane flowing behind her, "Could you leave the way you came in?"

"Probably, but I would need to get my katana to try."

Her voice dropped a few octaves, "And just how long is it?"

I did a double-take. She was very good at this. I needed to get my game on.

My voice dropped as well, "Long enough for you, and maybe your sister too."

I had hoped to win by bringing in her sister, but it was a no go, "Oh I don't know, we might have to test that theory."

I grinned, "I'm ready whenever you are, in fact, the sooner the better."

I was fighting back, if it kept up like this I could probably leave with my pride intact.

She obviously wasn't really interested about how I got here or anything important like that. She must have heard everything from Lunar. She seemed much more interested in this little game she had started. Leave it to Celestia to ignore inter-dimensional travel to play a game.

"Don't get impatient, we should eat first. Might keep you awake longer."

Her voice returned to its normal pitch, "In the mean time, why don't you tell me about your time here."

My voice returned to normal as well as I told her of my adventures, excluding the part about Morkar.

She gave me a genuine smile, "Sounds like you've been giving everyone trouble. Tell me more about you and Fluttershy."

I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything or I would have spit it out, "Excuse me?"

"I mean what are your intentions? Are you just having fun?"

So now she's Fluttershy's mom? Alright then. "I have no intentions. Right now I'm just having fun, if it goes further than so be it." An awkward moment followed that.

The waiter came in and placed down our food. Perfect timing. He had brought me some sort of soup, and I don't even know what Celestia was eating. I had been thirsty for awhile so I just picked up the bowl and drank the soup. I closed my eyes when doing so, I didn't want to know what was in there.

We ate in silence, but soon the food was all gone. The waiter came by to collect the dishes. Celestia asked him about the bill, but he waved her off and said, "On the house."

Celestia suddenly turned towards me and her voice dropped once again, "I'm still not filled up, if you know what I mean."

She had caught me off guard and I chocked. After I composed myself I said back, "I just happen to have something, but I think there's too much for just you to handle."

She grinned at me, I had walked into a trap. "Well then why don't we go outside? We might find someone to share with."

For a being of Harmony Celestia was good at this. She walked outside and towards the library. If I didn't know better I would say she was swaying much more than usual. Either she was drunk, or she was trying to sexy walk. Or both.

We approached the door of the library but before I could enter Celestia spoke in her regular voice, "Well I must say that was fun! I should do this more often. Thank you for a wonderful evening Silver."

Oh yeah lets ignore the shameless flirting that went on back in the restaurant. I don't know who was getting pranked here, me or the waiter at the restaurant. I could swear that she was giving me the troll face smile. I know she just wanted to say, Problem?

She leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Maybe next time we can visit the royal bed chambers."

With that she walked away from me and teleported back to Canterlot. I don't remember Celestia being that weird. This is gonna be one of those times that I just forget about completely. I opened the door to see Twilight laughing at me. It was me who had been pranked.

She calmed down enough to speak, "So how was your date?"

"Very well played Twilight Sparkle, but this isn't over."

She smiled innocently at me, but I just said, "You will regret this."

"I doubt it."

I didn't respond. I just walked upstairs out onto the balcony and went to sleep.
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AN: This was a chapter written for fun. My friend suggested something like this, but involving Silver and Twilight. I thought Celestia was a better fit though. Besides I needed a little break from the actual plot.