The Shopping List

by Vanilla Mocha


"You'll Do Just Fine."

Hello. My name is Vanilla Mocha, and I am white furred unicorn with messy brown hair. My cutie mark is a yellow star, which means that I am good at imagining and creating things. I live in Applewood, and just last weekend I went to Canterlot, and let's say it didn't turn out so good.

I was walking around, looking at the city. Inside her gold and purple castle Celestia was watching TV. Nopony ever told me about the episode Luna Eclipsed. No wonder nopony ever thinks of me like that! I should demand my own episode. she thought to herself. I mean, look at this! The whole Nightmare Moon incident should make me look like a hero, but those little fans take it like I was being rude! They are the ones being rude!

Celestia sat on her couch in her private living room. She took out her iPhone and looked at the time. Its already lunch time? Wow, I am not even hungry! she thought. Watching her TV, Celestia heard something.Her tummy growled. Forgetting it was lunch time she thought, Huh, I guess this whole Luna Eclipsed thing made me all hungry. Let me see what I have to eat.

She stood up and went to her royal fridge. The royal fridge is covered with a ton of royal magnets that only royals can lay their royal eyes on. "LUNA!" She yelled. "Why did you do this!? You ate all my royal Jello Pudding! YOU ATE ALL OF MY ROYAL BANANA FLAVORED JELLO!" Luna was sleeping in her royal bed so, of course, so she didn't hear her royal angry sister.

Walking out into the regular hallway where royals and non - royals can be together, Celestia called her servant. "RAVEN!"

Raven didn't come.

Celestia called her servant again. "RAVEN!"

Raven didn't come again.

Celestia called her servant again (again). "RAVEN!"

Raven didn't come again (again).

"Where's Raven?" Celestia asked a guard that was standing in the regular hallway.

"She took the day off. She is visiting Applewood this weekend." The guard said.

"Oh. Wait, how'd you know?" Celestia asked the guard with curiosity.

"You told everypony non-stop yesterday." He sighed, not wanting to remember.


(This is what happened yesterday.)
"HEY EVERYPONY! RAVEN'S GOING ON VACATION! RAVEN'S GOING ON VACATION TO APPLEWOOD! RAVEN'S GOING ON VACATION! SHE'LL BE BACK IN TWO DAYS ON MONDAY!" Celestia yelled running, flying, and teleporting herself all around her castle, and soon after she became bored with that she began running, flying, and teleporting herself all around Equestria. "RAVEN'S GOING ON VACATION TO APPLEWOOD, BUT DON'T WORRY! SHE'LL BE BACK IN LIKE TWO DAYS! CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEN!"


(Back to the present)
"Oh. Okay. Well, I need a replacement." Celestia remembered, walking out of her castle and into the streets of the big city of Canterlot.

Meanwhile, I was roaming the mystical city of Canterlot. Canterlot is so awesome. In Canterlot I saw the old foalhood home of the new princess of Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle. I also saw the archives of Starswirl the Bearded. He looked like a fun guy. And then I saw a blue unicorn doing a magic show. She called herself 'The Great and Powerful Trixie'. Also, I saw some pretty cool landmarks including the Fausticorn Memorial when I bumped into you know who.

I looked up at the alicorn. OH MY GOSH ITS PRINCESS CELESTIA! OH NO, WHY COULDN'T I HAVE RUN INTO LUNA? I thought to myself. She shook her head, then her big pink horse eyes looked down into my small green pony eyes.

"Raven?" Celestia asked, still looking down at me.

"What? Oh, no, your majesty. No, I'm Vanilla Mocha." I said, feeling uneasy.

"Well, you are going to be Raven for today because your name is just way too long for I, Princess Celestia, to remember."

My name is shorter than yours, I thought. Instead, I said, "Just call me Mocha then, you know, for short. And why are you calling me 'Raven', anyways?"

"You are a unicorn that has white fur and brown hair. So does Raven." Celestia said.

"So...?" I asked.

"Raven usually does stuff for me, like take notes and go shopping. Today that's what you're doing." Celestia instructed.

"What do you mean, Princess Celestia?" I asked, feeling confused.

"My sister Luna ate all my Banana Pudding. Can you believe it? She ate something that wasn't a taco! Back to the topic.... so, you are going to the local Walmart to buy me more bananas." Celestia said.

"I guess I can do it..." I mumbled. Thaks a lot, Lulu. Thank you for making me do this. I thought.

"Did I ask you to do it? No, no I did not. But, since you agreed anyway, I don't see any difference. Plus, I'll even give you a reward for it." Celestia added with a wink.

I gulped. A winking princess can't ever mean anything good. Unless if you are the princess winking. But I'm not a princess, so I was worried.

"Just one question, Princess Celestia." I asked, clearing my throat.

"What?" She was getting annoyed.

"I have never done anything like this for anypony with your royal authorities before. I feel nervous, really. And how will I remember what to buy, and things like that?"

"I'll give a quill and paper. You can make my shopping list." Celestia answered.

"Yeah, but I am still nervous. I'm not sure I want to do this." I tried to back out of it.

"You'll do just fine." Celestia said, leading me for her castle.