//------------------------------// // Chapter 2- A GIANT beach day // Story: The Royal Sisters' GIANT Break // by BottleH2O //------------------------------// The many beaches of Equestria were always such a sight to behold, it practically looked like something out of a picture book. Sprawling white sands, clear blue oceans, and plenty of ponies playing around by land or by sea. They were all really enjoying the bright sunny day, ponies of different ages were building sandcastles, reading under umbrellas, grilling vegetables, swimming in the ocean, and sunbathing. All and all, a perfect day. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! One pony took off their sunglasses in shock as the ground began the shudder around them, jostling everypony about. They all suddenly found themselves in a shadow as the sun was obstructed by something. “Look up there!” Somepony cried out, pointing up into the sky. High above them, looming in the sky, a gargantuan golden hoof shoe was casually stepping over a mountain, and moving downwards towards the beach, seemingly unaware of the several dozens of ponies scattered around on the sand, trying to get out of the hoof’s immense shadow as it descended onto the beach. THOOOOM!! Every pony on the beach was bounced up into the air as the hoof slammed down, displacing sand before it swiftly took another step and flew into the ocean. Just as the ponies shakily got to their feet, they were treated to round two of the world shaking around them. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The same pony with the sunglasses pointed up again as now the sky was now replaced with a gray metallic shoe. And falling. The ponies scurried out of the way again just in time as the giant stepped down with another earth shattering BOOOM!! Before lifting its hoof and stepping into the ocean. Celestia giggled softly as she carefully stepped over another mountain while she and Luna passed through the flat (to them) landscape. She had to admit, she was beginning to love her newfound size. “It really makes traversing the country much easier,” she playfully thought with a goofy grin on her face as she strode by a city. The whole thing about the size of a plate with inch sized buildings. Growing to the size of a titan had been a little jarring at first but after she had gotten used to the feel of it, along with the fact she couldn’t do any harm to innocent ponies, Celestia really began to enjoy her newfound sense of freedom. Celestia spied the beach in front of her and quickened her pace, with Luna right behind her, a giddy feeling beginning to settle in her as she saw the ocean for the first time in years after being confined to the castle for so long. In her haste to get there she didn’t notice her subjects already on the small sliver of sand as she stomped by, the bug sized ponies trying to scurry out of the way of Celestia’s massive foot. Celestia walked into the ocean, taking off her shoes as she went further into the water, and carelessly tossed them aside and onto the shore. Celestia closed her eyes with a smile and took a deep breath as she soaked in the feeling of the cool waves hitting her hooves. It had been years since she felt this relaxed. She moved further out into the deeper parts of the ocean and lowered herself onto her belly, letting herself float on the surface like a giant pony-duck. Celestia heard a giggle behind her. She opened her eyes and turned around, catching sight of Luna removing her last shoe and tossing it over her shoulder and onto the beach with her hoof. “Enjoying yourself Tia? It’s been quite some time since I’ve seen you look this relaxed,” she remarked as she joined Celestia in the water, sighing contently. Celestia nodded happily “Oh it’s been so long! I almost forgot what this felt like. The cool air, the sea breeze, and the peacefulness of it all,” she said. Both Celestia and Luna looked down as a flock of miniature seagulls flew by, no higher than their bellies as both mares literally had their head in the clouds. “I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself Tia,” said Luna “Though I hope you remember what comes next at a beach vacation.” Celestia cocked her head to the side as she silently inquired to Luna what. Luna smiled “We play of course!” she said clapping her hooves together as she shot a beam of magic form her horn and into the air. With a POP a beach ball materialized into existence and landed with a SPLOSH onto the water. To the two titanic princesses the beach ball was the size of a normal ball, however to the average pony, said ball was a huge as a city. A grin split across Celestia’s face as she grabbed the ball and bounced it towards Luna, who was waiting for it a little way away. The two sisters bounced the ball from one to the other happily as they began a game, trying to keep the ball from falling into the ocean for as long as they can. Back on the beach, the ponies there looked out across the ocean in awe as they beheld the two monumental forms of their rulers playing around like two giant fillies, bouncing around a city sized beach ball from one to the other. On the sand, some fillies and colts were playing around at Celestia and Luna’s mountainous shoes the two had left discarded, trying the climb up the smooth metal while others got into the actual inside of it, surprised to find it was cushioned. Other beachgoers on the other hand were playing around the gigantic crater that was Celestia’s hoofprint when she had walked by. Foals (with their parents’ supervision) were building sandcastles with the newly displaced sand Celestia’s step had spread while other ponies climbed down to the bottom of the massive hoofprint and explored it. Some finding exquisite seashells, others finding some beautiful coral, and one lucky stallion even found some rare antique coins. Just as the ponies began to collect their findings, their heard Luna’s voice booming from across the water “Oh that was fun Tia! It reminded me so much of when we were foals playing at the beach with mother and father!” “I’m happy you enjoyed Lulu,” Celestia’s voice thundered “I must admit I felt nostalgic when we were playing.” Ponies watched as Luna magicked the beach ball out of existence before turning to Celestia. “And I’m sure you remember what we always used to get after a long day at the beach?” Luna asked. Celestia giggled and lit up her horn. Suddenly two enormous ice-cream cones appeared in front of the two royal sisters. A delicious minty chocolate chip for Luna and a lovely strawberry with hot fudge for Celestia. The two giants took their respective treats in their magic and started to head back to the beach. On the way back, Celestia and Luna noticed that their movements were churning up the ocean and sending waves the size of office buildings towards the shore, and more importantly, towards their little subjects on the beach. Their eyes widened in concern, after one quick glance at each other they lit their horns again and quickly made a barrier around the beach, the waves hitting off it harmlessly. The ponies cheered for their two princesses as they finally made it onto the beach. The beachgoers rushed out of the way of their humongous hooves once again, trying not to get flattened. Celestia quickly took the lead, stepping off the beach and onto the grassy fields just behind and took a seat, carful to not disrupt the little ones. Luna followed suite, also taking care to not disrupt the ponies on the beach. The two rulers sat happily on the ground, enjoying their frozen treats, and watched as the beachgoers ran as fast as they could up to their hooves, trying to get their attention while jumping up and down, waving their arms above their heads. Luna smiled softly and unfurled one of her wings from her side and very gently, scooped up a crowd of ponies off the ground in front of her and held them up to her eye level. Celestia leaned in curiously and they could just barely make out dozens of high pitched, squeaky voices. The ponies were pretty intimidated at first, seeing Luna’s massive blue eye take up their entire field of vision, but after a few comforting words from her, they shouted up to the two princesses looming high above them a heartfelt thank you for visiting the beach on their day off and getting to see them. They were glad they got to enjoy themselves and hoped they continued to enjoy the rest of their day. Celestia and Luna’s hearts melted at these kind words from their subjects and proceeded to bombard the little ones with nuzzles from their humongous snoots. Celestia giggled as she withdrew her muzzle from the tiny crowd resting safely on Luna’s wing and tossed the rest of her ice-cream cone into her mouth, chewing on the remains before swallowing. “Well Lulu, I think it’s time we get going and move onto the next activity,” she said. Luna nodded, while licking off the remaining crumbs off her muzzle. “Agreed sister, but before we go, how about we give these precious little ones a proper farewell?” she asked as she smiled down at the ponies she was holding. Celestia grinned and scooped up the remaining ponies by her hooves and held them snugly in her wing “Waterslide time my little ponies!” the titanic sun princess boomed. Luna burst out laughing cheerfully as the two giants stomped up to the edge of the beach, in front of the ocean. Celestia and Luna arched their wings down carefully and watched with joyful smiles on their faces as their itty-bitty subjects cheered, sliding down their massive wings, and into the cool ocean water. When the last ponies popped up to the surface, they looked up at their two gigantic princesses towering above them, waving down to them. With one last smile and wave, Celestia and Luna turned around and headed off, several more earthquakes causing the ground to tremble, as they went to start their next activity.