Rainbow Dash slumps down on a patch of grass by the Apple Family's barn, panting and sweating heavily. How can she keep going!? Tia meanwhile continued to fly in a circle directly over her saying, "Come on Dashie! Best out of a hundred!"

Jeez. I need to get her a foal sitter...or, maybe three... Rainbow Dash smiled devilishly. "Hey Tia?"

"Yes Dashie?" she said brightly.

"You wanna go somewhere fun?" her response was as predictable as it was immediate.

"Totally! Where is it?"

"Uh..." Rainbow Dash looked around quickly and spotted the small tree house in the nearby trees. "Right over there..."

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"You're doing it wrong!"

"Am not! You are!"

"That doesn't make sense! Apple Bloom isn't even touching it Sweetie Belle."

"She's still doing it wrong!" CCCCCCCRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! The exploded into splinters as a single white mare came barreling into the clubhouse. She landed on her rump right in the middle of the three fillies, her head spinning from the impact. "You sure it will be fun?

"Oh Yeah...Race you there! Rainbow Dash had said. Now Tia was wondering where her pegasus friend had gone. Hadn't she followed her?

"Hello, do you need help?" Sweetie Belle asked kindly, choosing to ignore the fact that their 'guest' had just crashed through the ceiling of their clubhouse.

"Help?" Tia asked dumbly. Her head was really hurting.

"Yeah!" Scootaloo jumped in and placed a hoof on her flank. "We're the Cutie Mark Crusaders! We help ponies find their cutie marks and you don't have one." Tia's ears drooped, her lips forming into a pout.

"I...I don't..?" Apple Bloom, sensing that their new friend's feelings were hurt, covered her friends mouths with her hooves.

"But that ain't bad!" she said encouragingly. "A very good friend of mine once told me that that just means you got limitless potential. And...you're an alicorn! You must have a an awesome special talent." Tia considered this for a moment before speaking.

"Y-you really think so?"

"Of course!" the three fillies shouted out once. Apple Bloom trotted over to Tia and hugged her tight."Time to get out the drawing board!"

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"I think I've found it!" Twilight exclaimed cheerfully. She had spent the last two hours looking through every book in her library trying to find a way to return her old mentor to normal. And she finally did it. "This spell will undo whatever magic made her young again. We'll have Celestia back as soon as we find her." Discord, who had been lying in a hammock floating above her since she began reading, rolled his eyes.

"Why? Celestia is boring. At least when she's like this she isn't so serious. I swear I can still hear Luna screaming about that tape." Twilight shook her head and flew up to the draconequus. "Princess Celestia has royal duties that must be attended to! Who's going to raise the sun when Luna's too tired to stay awake!?"

"Not to point out the obvious or anything," Discord said sarcastically. "but you could. Or, you know, I could. I'm the freaking Lord of Chaos! I could make the sun sentient and give it a smiley face! Why don't you just let Celestia have some fun?" Twilight shook her head once more and floated Discord out of his hammock. He could of teleported away, she knew this, but he didn't even try. He just sat there in her magic's grasp while she flew out of the castle in search of Tia.

"Where is she Discord?" She asked the sulky Lord of Chaos. "And don't lie!"

"She's at Sweet Apple Acres." He told her, his voice surprisingly somber.

"Then let's go."

"Yes. Let's." Discord hissed quietly. It was a short flight from Twilight's castle to Sweet Apple Acres. Discord didn't try to escape or warn Tia or resist in any way. He just sat in Twilight's magic and scowled. This bother Twilight. It wasn't at all how she expected him to act. Twilight thought he may be plotting something but her gut told her that her wasn't. She stopped to hover above the farm and looked around for her former teacher, and it didn't take long to find her. The alicorn mare was sitting atop a small tree house, surrounding by the three little fillies she had taught many times. Twilight watched fascinated as Tia slowly hovered off the top of the tree house and raised her hooves above her head. The sun began to set at once and in a flash of white light a small sun appeared on Tia's flanks.

"There you go Twilight," Discord said tiredly, his voice ringing with defeat. "I tried to give Celestia one good day, and now she'll remember everything. I need to remember to give those fillies a noogie." Twilight blinked in confusion.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Celestia is over a thousand years old. She's spent nearly all of that time being a princess. Being a ruler. She deserved to have a nice day where she could relax. Instead of having the affairs of state to deal with the only thing she need concern herself with was what tavern she was going to go to. What she was going to have for lunch. Now that she remembers who she is she'll have to let you turn her back to normal. Boring old normal." Twilight paused. Part of her wanted to yell at Discord for making Celestia the way she was, but the rest of her felt something unexpected. Guilt.

Discord was right. Princess Celestia had spent more than a thousand years caring for an entire nation. It must be exhausting, and it made Twilight cringe. One day she might have responsibilities exactly like Celestia's. How long would it be before she wanted a break. She rubbed her chin for a few moments before turning back to Discord. "Can you make it last a little longer?" Discord smiled brightly and hugged Twilight.

"I think I can."

Author's Note

Hey! Look at that, its over!