The alicorn of time

Based on the sounds of heavy hooves against the cave floor I assume Celestia was making her way inside. I dislike Celestia for some reason but I can’t put my hoof on why I dislike her.

In the eyes of her little ponies she is a very kind and loving princess that cares for everypony and would stop at nothing in order to make sure everypony is safe within her borders.

But in reality she is a rather cruel ruler and she won’t stop at anything in order to save the ones close to her.

There was that one time when she allowed the flames of the sun to devour a entire griffin capital in a firestorm, burning everything to the ground and killing exactly 10457 griffins. she did all this only because they had foal-napped Luna. But then again Luna is her sister but I’m certain that they could have settled that little incident in a less life wasting way. But ever since that faithful day no nations have ever dared to cross Celestias path, except for the dragons but that is a tale for another day.

“Greetings my old friend” Celestia says as she lay eye on me.

“I wave a hoof in the direction of her voice direction thus showing her that I have acknowledged her presence.”

Being the nice godlike entity that I ‘am, I conjure a table, two pillows and of course a goblet filled just below the rim with dragon scale tea. If I recall correctly that is Celestias favorite tea.

“I motion with my hoof the she is free to take a seat.”

“Always giving me the silent treatment” Celestia chuckle while taking a seat on the pillows.

“I levitate myself on top of the table so that we can communicate face to face.”

Celestia is sipping the tea and she looks pleased with it, she then looks me straight in my eyes and says.

“Don’t you ever get lonely in here?”
“I shake my head”
“I have been thinking about you lately and I believe that some time outside this cave would do you good, so won’t you come to Canterlot caste and live there together with me and my sister for a while?”

(Hmm how do I answer this in a good way…? Oh I know.)

“ZRBTT! I stick my tongue out and blow a small raspberry at her.” I swear Celestias jaw is almost touching the floor, fascinating It looks like her eyes are about to fall out of her sockets.

“Excuse me?”

(Hmm I guess age must have taken a tool on both her ears and her eyes. I guess I’ll just repeat myself.)

“ZRBTT! Once again I stick my tongue out and blow a raspberry at her.”

(I swear that I can hear the gears in Celestias head coming to a complete standstill. That was not my intention though I promise. ¨)

“Ok enough with your little games, can you please talk to me as you used to?” Celestia said.

“Well fine, if you consider me talking to you telepathically is better than my visual form of communicating you could have simple told me so.”

“Good now that we are on the same page I’ll ask you again, would you like to come and live with me and Luna for a while?”

“Really…? My raspberry was not a good enough answer?”

“For your information a raspberry can mean a lot of things”

(…. I won’t even dignify that with a comment. Sometimes it’s easy to believe that Celestia have gone cuckoo for coco puffs or something.)

“Why do you want me to come and stay in Canterlot with you?”

“I simply want you to experience some things in the outside world. You have been in here as long as I can remember and I believe its time for you to leave this place for your own good. Besides I can promise you that all your needs will be satisfied once we are in the castle.”

(Hmm should I blow another raspberry at her? Nah I better not although if she reacted the same way she did last time it would be hilarious.)

“Celestia my dear child, you do know that I can experience anything I want through the eyes of others right? Besides I feel content here. My mind is always at ease and there is nothing that might distract me from my duty here.”

(With the exceptions of my horrible nightmares but that is nothing Celestia needs to know about and I only sleep once every five thousand years or so.)

“That is exactly the thing I mean, you can experience anything through the eyes of others but you miss out on the smells, the fell and the sounds. You only satisfy one of your many senses and I think you have experienced close to nothing inside this cave. I don’t even think you have ever felt the warmth of a hug or the felling of being nuzzled by someone who cares for you.”

I stay silent for a moment and ponder what Celestia just said.

(It is true that I have never actually experienced anything physically. I have only experienced things in my mind, but I really don’t feel the need to experience things any other way)

As I sit in deep thought Celestia wraps her arms around me and pulls me in for a close hug.

(This feeling is amassing I can feel her body heat, I can hear her heartbeat. This is something I have never experienced before I can’t put this felling into words as it is beyond my ability to comprehend. It’s simply divine.)

Celestia have only hugged me for a short moment, I yawn and I can barely keep my eyes open. Celestia notices this and cradles me in her arms while smiling her usual motherly smile at me, she kisses my forehead and with that I’m gone. I have drifted off to sleep despite it being way too early for my scheduled sleeping time.

Celestia smiles and levitate me onto her back and she is carefully making her way back to the chariot that is waiting outside.

The Pegasus guard opens the door for her and bows his head.

“Please take us back to Canterlot as smoothly as possible” Celestia tells the armored stallion.

“As you wish princess” the guard says with a salute.

The chariot takes of and I'm deep asleep beneath Celestias wings. She nuzzle me gently and watches as the sun sets.

But Sadly even in this moment of pure bliss and happiness I can't escape my nightmares.