//------------------------------// // Celestia's Toothache // Story: The Royal Root Canal // by StormLuna //------------------------------// It was another peaceful day in Equestria as Celestia rose the sun. She got ready to leave for a meeting with Twilight and her friends in Ponyville. One of her royal guards said, "Are you ready to go Princess?" "Yes I am. I need to get to Sugarcube Corner. Twilight and her friends are waiting on me." replied Celestia With that they took off towards Ponyville. It was a relatively short flight and the pegasus ponies had made the weather wonderful that day. They land at Sugarcube Corner and Celestia says to the royal guard, "Thanks. You have a great day." "You as well your majesty." replied the royal guardspony. Celestia walked into Sugarcube Corner and was greeted by the ponies. "I am so glad you could make it Princess. I hope your trip here was good." said Twilight "I am happy to be here Twilight and the trip went good. There wasn't any wind today. Thanks for making the weather so good today Rainbow." replied Celestia "You're welcome Princess. I wanted to make sure that your trip was perfect." said Rainbow Dash "Alright, what are we going to have to eat today?" asked Celestia Twilight told her that they were going to eat some sweet cookies that Pinkie had made. Twilight asked Celestia, "What did you want to see us about today Princess?" "I just wanted to come by and say hi. This is an informal visit. I wanted to see how my number one student and her friends are doing." said Celestia "Well Princess, we are doing pretty good right now. Big Macintosh and I have been Applebucking like we usually do this time of year." said Applejack "Everything is going great! I get to run Sugarcube Corner alone again tomorrow since Mr. and Mrs. Cake are catering a party in Fillydelphia." said an excited Pinkie "Things are going good so far Princess. Things have been really quiet at the library. I really wish the ponies here were more enthusiastic about reading. It seems like almost nopony here even checks out any books." said Twilight Celestia replied, "Well hopefully they will come around. Let's eat!" Pinkie brought out everypony's treats. Celestia loved the cookies that Pinkie had made for the get together. Suddenly Celestia shouted, "Ow, my tooth! It is hurting so bad." Twilight asked the Princess which one it was. Celestia replied, "It is one in the upper left part of my mouth." Rarity asked the Princess, "Would you like to go visit the dentist? She graduated with top honors from the Manehattan Dental Academy." Celestia put her hoof over her mouth and then said, "I don't know. I am really scared of the dentist. I always have been. As a filly I had to get a filling and the shot to numb my mouth hurt really bad." Fluttershy replied, "Well you could at least go over to her office and see if she could give you a dental exam". "Oh, ok Fluttershy. I am only going there since you suggested it." said Celestia Celestia and the ponies headed over to the local dentist's office. As they headed into the door Colgate said, "Hi your Majesty! What brings you here today?" Twilight replied, "Princess Celestia has developed a bad toothache and I don't know if you would have time to take a look at it?" Colgate looked through her schedule and replied, "I just had a last minute cancellation. I have time to give you a dental exam. Let's see what is going on." Colgate led the princess over to the dentist's chair and started checking Celestia's teeth. Colgate used her radiation spell to see what was wrong and she said, "Oh my your Majesty. One of your teeth is in really bad shape. You are going to need a root canal." "A root canal?" asked a terrified Celestia "Yes, a root canal. I am going to have to get you scheduled as soon as possible. We can't risk you getting an infection. Would Wednesday the 27th at 11 in the morning work for you Princess?" asked Colgate Celestia had a terrified look on her face and said, "I don't know. Root canals are really painful. Do you have any sort of pain killers that could stop the pain?" "I have mouth numbing agents that will lessen the pain but there is no way to completely deaden the pain." replied Colgate Celestia suddenly wanted to leave, but before she did she told Colgate, "I will only come if you find a way to completely deaden the pain." I experienced great pain at the dentist as a filly and I don't want to have to go through that again." "Well, that may take quite a while and we need to get this taken care of as soon as possible. I don't want to see you get a horrible infection. That would cause pain far worse than a root canal would." replied Colgate Colgate also asked Celestia, "Do you brush your teeth three times a day?" Celestia replied, "I don't brush at all. I didn't know princesses had to brush their teeth." Colgate told her that all ponies have to brush her teeth and that she really should start brushing her teeth or more of her teeth will get in this bad of shape. Celestia told Colgate that if she could find a way to make the root canal painless, that not only would she come and get it taken care of, but that she would make it well worth her while. Celestia also told Colgate, "Ok, I will start brushing my teeth so I don't get more bad teeth." "That is good to hear." said Colgate "I will do my best but I can't make any guarantees." "Please try your hardest." said Celestia With that Celestia and the mane six headed towards the door. "You have a good day Princess and I hope to see you soon." said Colgate as Celestia walked out the door.