Celestia threw a banana peel across the study room, landing with a resounding thwack as it skidded across the floor, halting right next to the door. She was spending this lovely evening telling her sister stories of some of her ingenious plots to teach Twilight the magic of friendship.
"So then I decided, what would happen if I were to send Twilight only two tickets rather than six? Well, what occurred next was absolutely hysterical!"
"Wait a minute dear sister, why didn't she just ask for more tickets? She knows that you have met the other elements already," Luna interjected. She took a sip from her glass of moonshine.
Celestia shrugged, "I don't really know, and even if she did ask for more I would have just told her that the gala was already filled up." Celestia grinned.
"Awww, that's just mean." Luna sneered.
"Well, it got half the town to start a riot just so that Twilight could bring one of them along to the gala." Celestia started to unpeel another banana.
"Bwahaha! Tia, how in Equestria did THAT happen?" She slapped the ground repeatedly in a fit of laughter.
"Apparently, Pinkie Pie gathered those particular ponies so they could help her sing a song to Twilight. They didn't even know what the song was for until Twilight started to shout about how she didn't want any more favors to get the ticket."
Luna laughed uproariously, finishing her glass of moonshine and slamming it on the floor with a loud clink.
"Careful there Lulu, I know it's a nice weekend evening, but remember that we promised to each other never to get drunk again after you came back from banishment. Besides, it's not really a good idea to drink right after you just got up…"
"Ugh, Yeah, we…I remember about that, don't worry, that's going to be my last drink, well, for today at least." Luna slightly slurred.
"Son of a retarded camel…" Celestia facehoofed. "Luna, that really better be your last drink for today, I really don't want to have to send you to the moon for being intoxicated. It sucked not having you around when I had to re-stabilize Equestria all by myself back then."
"Well, we were both drunk back then, at least you're sober right neigh…now," she replied.
"Yes, heaven forbid that you turn into Nightmare Moon again thinking that nopony liked you while messing up the time frame for day and night, with me thinking that a thousand years would be a reasonably short time for you to wait on the moon until we were both sober."
It was stuff like this that made Celestia wish that she could just alter the rules of magic with her alicorn powers, but reality just HAD to slap her in the face when she found out that the moon spell had a set timer and could not be undone until the set timer ran out.
Plus, the hangover made that particular morning even worse.
"It is still quite amusing to look back upon, besides, I'm not drunk yet," Luna replied.
"You better stay that way Lulu, but yeah, I guess it was pretty funny." Celestia chuckled.
A voice emanated from the door. "What was pretty fu-ACK!"
THUD
The two sisters turned to the doorway to see Cadence with her face on the floor and a banana peel under her hoof.
Celestia quickly tried to handle the intrusion. "Oh dear! Cadence, what are you doing here? Are you ok? My apologies about the banana peel, trash is supposed to be in the trashcan in the corner over there. How did it end up there...?"
Luna quickly moved all the alcohol and bananas into some cabinets while Cadence was still getting up.
"Maid! Can you clean up the trash bin in the study please?" Celestia called out.
Luna quickly trotted over and helped Cadence get back on her hooves while Celestia manifested a stack of papers to float beside herself in order to look busy.
"Art thou alright dearest Cadenza?" asked Luna. She shot Celestia a dirty look.
Cadence groaned, holding a hoof to her head. "I should be fine, ugh, I should probably sit down for a bit," she replied.
"Over here, you can come sit with us on these cushions," Celestia offered.
After getting Cadence another seat and making sure she was comfortable, Celesita immediately started up a normal conversation to avoid the topic Cadence had just walked into.
"So Cadence, what brings you here to Canterlot?" Celestia inquired.
"Uh, well I'm not here on any royal duties or formalities, I just wanted to stop by here on the way to Ponyville when Shining Armor said he wanted to see Twilight more often after our marriage." Cadence smiled.
"But what of your crystal empire? Is it really a good idea to leave it when you have established your authority so recently?" asked Luna.
"Oh it's quite alright, I have already appointed many other supervisors and established a solid government, my leave for one day should not cause any harm."
Celestia nodded. "I see, so what do you wish to do then until I have to return to my work? My sister and I were-"
"Drinking? I can smell the moonshine still lingering in the air you know." Cadence grinned.
"Uhh, well about that…" Luna started.
"Anyways, what were you two talking about? I don't see how banishing Luna is such a lighthearted matter." Cadence raised an eye.
The two sisters stared blankly ahead for a bit until Celestia leaned over and whispered something into Luna's ear. Luna nodded a few times before whispering back to Celestia, who was smiling awkwardly at Cadence.
The sisters returned back to their former spots before clearing their throats and nervously laughing.
"So, uh...you see..." Luna began.
"Cadence, we're going to tell you some funny stories about the past, but you have to promise us that you will not tell anypony else, okay? Celestia stuck out her fore hoof. Luna rubbed a hoof behind her head while smiling sheepishly.
Cadence shook the hoof gingerly. "Uhh, sure I guess? What exactly do these stories entail?" Cadence nervously moved around in her seat.
This time Luna spoke up. "They entail the true history of the founding of Equestria, because if we were to tell anypony else these stories then it is more than likely that our subjects would not want us to lead them. The truth is rather...absurd, for lack of a better word." Luna chuckled.
Cadence wasn't exactly sure what to expect.