Chapter 6: Breakfast
It was very early in the morning and Celestia was surprised to find her sister, Luna, in the kitchen making breakfast for them both (or at least trying to).
“How is it that you’re up so early? I just raised the sun a few minutes ago!”
“Oh! Good morning, dear sister. I’m just in a good mood this morning, so I decided to be the one making breakfast for both of us this time.”
“That’s good to hear,” responded Celestia smiling before noticing what Luna was baking, then her smile turned into an expression of concern.
“What are you trying to bake again?”
“What do you mean with ‘trying’? I’m obviously baking a cake!”
She was interrupted by a *ding*, indicating the cake was ready.
“Just in time!”
She rushed to the oven, took out the cake and rushed back to Celestia with a huge smile on her face, showing both her excitement and how proud she was of her creation.
“Oh! That looks ehm… delicious,” Celestia said nervously looking at it. Cakes were not supposed to emit smoke.
Luna flew to the table while levitating 2 plates and some utensils, then proceeded to cut the cake (or, again, she tried to, accidentally splitting a knife in half in the attempt).
“That was not supposed to happen…”
“…”
“… Whatever.”
Then she proceeded to cut the cake into 8 slices using her magic.
“I don’t even know why we still use knives.”
After witnessing that, Celestia was straight up scared to eat the cake.
“What are you waiting for standing there, Tia? Come here, let’s taste it!”
“Y- yeah, going.”
She took a sit and grabbed a fork using her magic. She looked at her plate, then looked at her sister, who was already eating (and seemed to be enjoying it). Celestia took a deep breath and finally ate a little bite of her piece of cake. She was surprised it actually didn’t taste that bad despite its appearance.
“Wow! This isn’t bad at all!” she said with her mouth still full of cake.
“Thanks! I always knew I was able to bake wonders too,” Luna replied, still feeling proud of herself.
“So, how did your night go? Looking at you I may guess it was fine.”
“It indeed was! It was still a little tiring, but good none the less.”
Celestia couldn’t help but notice a pattern. Luna was more energetic than usual this morning and, lately, she seemed a little… happier.
“I haven’t seen you this enthusiastic in ages, sister. Is there any particular reason?”
“What do you mean?”
“You have been a little more… cheerful these last couple of weeks.”
“I have been a little more motivated, that’s all,” she said while levitating some more cake to her mouth.
“Is it related to your new student?”
“It may be.”
“Oh, dear sister. Just, look at you, having a student of your own now! I’m so proud of you.”
Luna blushed a little.
“Thanks, sister. It still feels surreal sometimes.”
“I know. It takes some time to get used to it.”
“Yeah, but I would say it worth it.”
“It totally worth it.”
Half of the cake on Luna’s plate was gone, but somehow Celestia, even starting to eat after her sister, managed to have already eaten her entire piece.
“Can I have some more cake?”
“Of course! I knew you would love it!”
She happily levitated more cake to Celestia’s plate and one more slice for herself.
“You know? I have been thinking a little about your suggestion.”
“What suggestion?”
“The one about having an assistant for my night duties.”
“Right. I’m glad you’re considering the idea. Do you have somepony in mind?”
“Not really, not yet. I’m not sure about what kind of assistant I would like.”
Luna always did her royal duties alone, since before her banishment until her return when she started to go through dreams. She wasn’t sure what qualities somepony needed to be a good assistant.
“How do you choose your assistants?
“Usually are the guards the ones who interview ponies to choose them as assistants, but I’m not sure if this situation would be the same.”
“Why not?”
“Well, for one thing, the guards hire assistants for we both, but I have never had a personal assistant to help me in that way; and for another, if they’re going to help you, they’ll have to enter to the Dream Realm, which means you’ll probably need to teach them how.”
“Oh… You’re right. I never thought about that,” -Luna looked down thinking- “I can not teach how to navigate through dreams to anypony, I’ll have to be careful with my decision.”
She looked up again to meet her sister’s eyes.
“What would you do to know who is adequate for the position if you were in my place?”
Celestia looked away to think for a couple of seconds before answering her.
“It would have to be somepony responsible who I can trust.”
“Responsible, huh?”
“Yes. They would also have to be fully aware of what they’d be signing in for.”
“Mhm”
“Somepony supporting, somepony you know will have your back.”
“Okay”
“And it’d be even better if it could be a friend.”
Luna was writing down all those things in her head to make a mental list of possible choices.
“Oh, and somepony who is truly willing to help, of course.”
“Alright, so it would have to be somepony trustworthy, aware of what they’re doing, supporting and willing to help.”
“Exactly!”
“Let’s see…”
Some seconds passed.
“Still no idea?”
She sighed.
“No, I’ll have to think a lot about this.”
“Take it easy, sister. You don’t have to make a decision right away. Maybe we can keep thinking about this together later while we eat some donuts. What do you think?”
“It would be okay. Thanks sister”
“No problem,” Celestia replied smiling.
“Heh, funny you mentioned donuts. The way you said it reminded me a little of Darky Spell.”
“Who is that?”
“My student’s best friend, the daemonequus lady.”
“Oh, right. I’d like to have the chance to talk with her someday. We have never seen a daemonequus in Equestria before, let alone Canterlot.”
“True. She and I talked a lot the day of the tour, and we have talked a few other times after that as well. She’s a really interesting pony.”
“I can already tell. By the way, I just realized you never told me the name of your student.”
“I didn’t? How did I forget about doing so? His name is Buggy Br-“ she stopped talking for a second as her eyes widened. “Wait, that’s it!”
“That’s what?”
“I know who could be my assistant!”
“That’s great, sister!”
“I don’t know how I didn’t think of it before.”
“…Will we still have our donuts afternoon?”
“Oh, yeah, sure.”
“Yes!!”
Celestia jumped up to her sister to hug her, ending them both in the floor.