Helping to end the addiction
One night a gala was going on at Canterlot Castle where most of the ponies from Equestria gathered to have a celebration with the Royal Sisters welcoming them in. As usual, the ponies that attended this event were socializing, dancing, and even enjoying their dinner until it was time to serve dessert. They had noticed when the cake was being presented, most of it look as if someone already ate a good portion of it. Fortunately, Princess Luna knew who did it. She went over to Princess Celestia and said to her, "Tia, did you eat most of that cake?"
Celestia then mentioned, "Are you saying that I wasn't supposed to eat any of that cake?"
"That cake wasn't just for you it was also for me and all the other ponies that were at that gala!" replied Luna.
"The cook can always make another cake," responded Celestia.
Luna shouted, "Do you know how long it takes to make a cake of a such a size, and do you think that the guests will really wait that long just to get another one of that same size?"
Celestia answered back calmly, "I'm sure that they can wait patiently if that is to be the case, plus there is more to these galas that just having cake."
Luna answered back angrily, "Although you have a point about that, it would be nice if the rest can some of that cake as well. Lately, you're starting to make me feel embarrassed to even be your sister. More importantly, I can't keep bailing you out whenever you keep doing this."
Celestia then chuckled and asked, "Does this mean that you will turn into turn into Nightmare Moon and attack me the next time you get mad over this?"
Luna then said, "First of all, I don't find that to be funny. Also, I won't become that form over something like that. Lucky for you, I have been able to control my anger better, but I don't like it when you try to instigate me either."
The very next day Twilight Sparkle approaches the throne room and notices the two facing away from each other and asked in hoping either of them would answer. "Is there something wrong with either of you?"
Luna answered, "My sister humiliated me at the gala last night."
Celestia mentioned, "My sister is just complaining over little things."
Twilight then asked, "How about you two tell me what really happened last night?"
Seeing that the conservation was going nowhere, Twilight decides to leave the room only to have Luna follow her and say, "My sister seems to be eating a lot of cake lately."
"Doesn't she always eat cake?" asked Twilight.
"Unfortunately, she has been doing this much more constantly," said Luna, "last night she barely saved a slice for the guests."
"What am I supposed to do about it?" asked Twilight.
Luna answered, "Maybe you can get her to stop, because I can't seem to do anything about it."
Twilight then thought, "I don't think I can do anything either, but I do think Megan Williams can especially since humans seem to know how to handle problems like this a lot better than us ponies seem to."
Luna replied, "If she can help with this problem, then I'm all for it."
Twilight approached the Rainbow Bridge to where the portal stood and through her scroll through it that read, "Megan, please come with me to Canterlot. Celestia has a serious addiction to cake, and it has gotten worse. We could really use your help to stop this addiction."
Megan got the scroll, read it, and entered the portal over to Equestria and explained how to handle the situation as she saw Twilight, "Back in my world, when we have such addictions, we handle them something known as an intervention. This means that we get those who are closest to Celestia and tell her that she needs to cut down on her addiction to cake. I'm sure we know who can get to talk to her."
The two headed into Ponyville to get the rest of the Mane 6 to come with them to Canterlot, while Twilight sent a scroll over to the Crystal Empire to tell Princess Cadance that she was needed as well.
Later that day, Celestia entered her chamber only to find Megan, Luna, Cadance, and the Mane 6 waiting for her, and asked to them, "What are you all doing in my private chamber?"
Megan then said, "We are all here to help you with your cake problem."
"I don't have a cake problem!" replied Celestia.
"Yes, you do!" Luna shouted.
"Are we still talking about what happened at the gala the other night?" asked Celestia.
Luna answered and cried, "It not just about that gala, it's about other even as well. I can still remember when it was my birthday, and we were both having a cake to celebrate it. Not only did you eat only the rest of it, but you even asked me if I was going to finish the slice that I was still eating, and that happened to be my first and only slice that day."
"I was still hungry!" replied Celestia.
"However, that cake wasn't just for you!" said Luna in response.
Celestia then mentioned, "At least when it's my birthday, I can eat as much cake as I want to."
Luna replied, "That still doesn't mean that you can't serve everyone else as well."
Megan broke up their dispute and said, "Luna, maybe we should let someone else speak now."
Cadance mentioned, "There was hardly any cake left when me and Shinning Armor were celebrating our wedding anniversary. Then we noticed the crumbs and it led us to Aunt Celestia. There wasn't even any left for Flurry Heart either."
Celestia stated, "It was because of me you got married to Shinning Armor."
"That doesn't justify you eating a cake that was supposed to be enough to feed the guests or in that case an entire empire!" replied Cadence.
Megan got the two princesses to stop as the next speaker came up.
Twilight stated, I can still remember Mayor Mare was ready to cut the cake to celebrate the anniversary for when Ponyville was founded, but when she going to get the cake, it turned out missing only be in the hooves of Celestia."
Celestia mentioned, "Keep in mind that I was invited to that even as well."
"That doesn't mean you can eat all of the cake!" replied Twilight.
Applejack weighed in and said, "There are other foods you can eat besides cake."
Celestia replied, "This is coming from a pony who loves to eat apples."
"At least they are much healthier compared to cake!" shouted Applejack.
Pinkie Pie noted, "Eating a lot of cake could make you end up being fat."
Celestia answered back, "I could say the same about all the sweets you eat especially coming from a pony who works at a place that actually makes them."
"At least I do workouts to burn off those calories!" shouted Pinkie Pie
Rainbow Dash brought up, "Maybe you should understand the long-term damages eating cake can do to you."
Celestia then mentioned, "I can say the same for all the dangerous stunts that you do"
Rainbow Dash then stated, "At least I know how to be careful when doing them unlike you."
Rarity then asked, "Have you ever thought about your figure, plus eating all that cake would make it hard for you to walk or fly especially with all that weight you're putting on with it?"
Celestia then stated, "I can have objects just levitated over to me with my horn just like you can since you happen to be a unicorn that can have such magic."
Rarity stated back, "Even levitations have their limits, and you can't levitate your body. I know this because if I could, then me or no other unicorn or alicorn would ever have to walk or fly ever again."
Fluttershy said quietly, "It's easy to deny that you have a problem with something,"
"How about we address the fact that sometimes we can't seem to hear you?" asked Celestia.
Fluttershy then said, "It's not my fault that I happen to shy."
Twilight then thought, "Megan, I'm starting to think that this intervention is going nowhere. All that we are getting out of this is just a bunch of arguments between each other rather than solving the problems."
Luna added in, "It seems that no matter how much we state her problem, she seems fire back at us with claims that we have problems as well."
Megan silenced the group and stated, "I can see that we are at a stalemate. However, I do have a plan that can work. Starting tomorrow, Celestia will go a whole day without eating any cake. Hopefully, she can do this as part of going through a withdraw."
Luna asked, "Do you think she will actually follow this, because I feel that she won't be able to fight this addiction?"
Megan stated, "As her sister, you may have to keep a close watch on her and make sure that she isn't tempted to eat any cake. Unfortunately, addicts are known to be tempted to go back no matter how much they try to stay away from certain things be it smoking, alcohol, or any other drugs. The same applies for certain foods or drinks that they should be staying away from especially if they are bad for them."
Celestia claimed, "I don't think I can do this."
Megan lifted up Celestia's front hooves and said, "I believe you can do this. Once you stop this addiction for cake, you will start acting normal. I can still remember when that was the case for Catrina after she no longer took the witchweed potion and showed up to Dream Castle with Rep. Overall, we're not saying that you can't eat cake ever again, we just don't want you be gorging yourself so much with it."
The intervention then ended and everyone else left the castle to go back to their homes as the Royal Sisters were ready to perform their duties with the sun and moon. Luna even went into Celestia's dream to help her fight her cravings. The day was tough for Celestia as it went by, and there were even times when Luna felt that she had to take her sister with her almost everywhere she went in feeling that she will crack if left alone. There was even a fear of her looking into the fridge by herself in that she will claim that she will get something else when in reality it was actually a piece of cake. Celestia's withdraw led her to start hallucinating as if everything she saw was turning into a cake and caused her to freak out.
After lowering the sun and seeing her sister raise the moon, Celestia stated, "I don't know if I can go any further with this withdraw. Maybe Megan was wrong, and I can't fight this."
Luna claimed, "All you have to do is sleep through the night and this withdraw will be over. If you want, I can go into your dream again to help cut your craving to survive that."
Celestia replied, "You already missed one night going into the dreams of other ponies, so you shouldn't miss another one."
Luna stated, "Tia, as much as I wouldn't want to do this, I have to. More importantly, I'm afraid that if I leave your chamber, you will be tempted to sneak into the kitchen or even worse have some cake hiding in this room that you will eat the moment I leave. Don't just fight this addiction for me, but also for everyone who else who believes you can do this, especially Megan, who had a lot of faith in you. Perhaps, thinking about that will make you think about something other than just wanting cake."
The night finally ended, and Celestia was ready to wake up and raise the sun after seeing Luna lower the moon. Seeing that Luna had to stay in that room to watch Celestia all night, it did make her feel sleep deprived. Lucky for Luna, now that she no longer had to be on watch for her sister, she could now get some sleep for a few hours and claimed that she will be having her breakfast later on. Meanwhile, Celestia started to feel more cheerful after going through the entire day without eating any cake. Later that day, Megan received a scroll through the portal from Celestia thanking her for ending her addiction to cake and even claimed that she will now limit herself to just a few slices while leaving the rest for others or saving it for another day if it couldn't be finished. Megan was very pleased to hear that her plan worked and was even invited to attend the next gala over at the castle with her and everyone else there being able to have the cake at the end without the fear that Celestia would eat much of it before being served.
