//------------------------------// // Princess Celestia // Story: Portal to Canterlot // by RikaChan //------------------------------// "Celestia..." Luna started, but she was interrupted by a furious scream. Luna just sighed. "Aren't we going to do something about that?" I asked, slightly panicking. "Something is obviously wrong!" "Well duh!" said Carrot Top. "How forgetful are you? That's Princess Celestia." "Yes..." said Luna. "My sister is having a little tantrum...she's upset because her pet phoenix Philomena died..." Luna sighed again. "I'm very sorry to meet you like this-" then she suddenly stopped, realising that she had never asked for my name. "Kotori." I finished. "Oh!" said Luna. "What a nice name! It sounds...familiar...oh, never mind." "Ok...and thank you," I said, remembering my manners. "Well," said Luna, "since you are here, could you perhaps help my with my sister?" "Well we were in a bit of a-" started Carrot Top. "Of course!" I replied before Carrot Top could finish. I kinda wanted to see what the Princess looked like when she was mad. "Thank you so much!" exclaimed Luna. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Carrot Top glaring at me. "Well sorry!" I whispered to her. "But she's royalty right? And we can't say no to royalty!" I grinned. "Let's get going then!" said Luna, smiling and already prancing down the stairs. "C'mon," I said to Carrot Top, as I too, pranced down the stairs. Carrot Top groaned, but she still followed us. When we reached the kitchen, it was chaos. There were broken plates and bowls on the floor, food all over the place, 3 of the cupboards were broken, and the chef was standing in the corner, looking terrified. But the most terrifying thing, Was the pony in the middle. Her mane was no longer green, blue, and pink, but instead it was just a mane made of flaming fire. Because her mane was flaming fire, you would probably think she was really mad. But it was the exact opposite, she was crying, crying, and crying, until she made a waterfall. "Sister!" I heard Luna shout as she ran towards the pony. Carrot Top was standing beside me, looking horrified. "A-are you ok?" was all that came out of my mouth, before I realised how dumb that sounded. Of course she wasn't! "Sister, it's ok! Everything will be fine sister..." Luna tried to calm down her sister - I forgot her name - but it didn't seem to be working. Suddenly, I had an idea. I walked up to Luna's sister. "Hello your majesty," I said as I bowed. "What's wrong? You can tell me if you want. Of course you don't have to though. But I'm always here if you want me. You know, today I took the wrong bus, and ended up here. My parents are probably worried sick about me..." Celestia looked up, and for the first time i saw her face, and looked into her eyes. Then, with that, we formed an understanding. I saw everything she was worried about, why, how she grew up, and it was like we had known each other for ever. Then, I just smiled, Celestia stopped crying, and I walked off.