The Letter (Interlude)
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Spike ran upstairs and opened the door, finally arriving with Twilight and Lauren. “Twi, you’ve got a letter!” he said, waving his arm to show the scroll in his claws.
Twilight enveloped the scroll with her magical aura and levitated it towards her. “Thank you, Spike.”
“Don’t you want me to read it for you?” Spike asked, looking and Twilight who quickly shook her head.
“Thank you again, Spike, but no,” Twilight said, waving a hoof. “Please go back and fulfill your chores.”
“But-”
“Now!” Twilight exclaimed, looking at her assistant. She wasn’t sure what her mentor wrote, but she couldn’t let Spike know, at least for now.
“Okay, okay,” Spike muttered, walking back downstairs and closing the door behind him. He wasn’t sure why Twilight didn’t want him to read the letter, but whatever reason she had, he didn’t want to question it.
Well, that was kind of rude, but I guess Twilight doesn’t want Spike to find out what’s going on. Lauren tilted her head, curious about what the letter said.
“Okay, let’s see then,” Twilight said, unwrapping the scroll to read it.
My dear and most faithful student, Twilight:
I am terribly sorry, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to our appointment at Sugarcube Corner as we planned last night.
There are many royal affairs and duties going on at Canterlot, so I can’t afford to leave them unsolved, which is why I’d like to request you come here instead.
Don’t worry about the transport method. I’ve already sent a Royal Chariot to pick you up, so they should arrive in a while.
And please, be careful with Lauren’s identity. If I recall correctly, you mentioned she was using a dress to hide her wings. Please make sure she wears it, or anything that can hide the fact that she is an alicorn.
I might have discovered a little more about the matter, so I need you two here as soon as possible. There are many questions I still want to ask Lauren, and together, we shall find a way to get her back home.
Your faithful and loving mentor,
Celestia
“Well, what does it say?” Lauren asked, trying to peek at the letter Twilight was levitating in front of her.
“Princess Celestia has asked us to go Canterlot, to meet her,” Twilight replied, wrapping the letter back to a scroll with her magic and placing it on a shelf.
“To Canterlot? To meet her? Weren’t we supposed to meet her at Sugarcube Corner?” Lauren questioned. Why would Celestia change her mind so suddenly?
“Apparently, she has some royal affairs and duties that she can’t leave unattended,” Twilight explained, looking outside of the window. “So that’s why she requested us to go.”
“So… are we going to take the train?” Lauren asked. She was actually hoping to take it, since she liked trains.
“No, Princess Celestia said she sent a Royal Chariot to pick us up,” Twilight replied, examining the sky to see if there was any chariot on sight, but there was none to be found. “I guess they should arrive in a little while.”
Aww, and just when I wanted to board the train… Lauren sighed, looking at her dress right next to her. “So I guess I should put on this dress then?” she asked, receiving a simple nod from Twilight.
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“Thank you, Your Highness,” a blue-coated unicorn said, bowing against the Princess who was sitting on her throne. “I’ll now leave, if you allow me.”
“Of course, thank you for your time,” Celestia replied. The unicorn bowed one more time and walked towards the giant front door which was opened from both sides by two Royal Unicorn Guards. He left the throne room and Celestia sighed in relief.
“Well, that was the last one. You may leave now,” Celestia said, looking at the two Royal Guards who immediately bowed and exclaimed an unison ‘Yes, Your Highness’ before leaving the throne room, leaving the Princess all alone.
Celestia stood up from her throne and walked towards a window, looking at the bright and sunny morning sky. She forgot the last time she stopped to appreciate her own work with the daytime. It was indeed a beautiful day that nopony would like to waste indoors.
The Princess hummed, instantly forming a smug on her face. “Heh,” she chuckled, “heh heh heh,” she laughed again, closing her eyes and taking a quick breath. Suddenly, Celestia burst into laughter, pressing her hooves firmly onto the floor. She was laughing harder than ever, barely being able to contain herself. Her sides began to hurt as her hysterical laugh echoed through the room.
Nopony could hear the Princess laughter from outside the throne room. Nopony.
Oh, crap, Celestia's lost it. EVERPONY HIDE!
Damn Celly, you crazy!
Good interlude!
MADNESS YES
What game is it that you are playing Celestia?
Good interlude, been sneaking around this matter far to long.
It will be revealed, and then JUSTICE will be dealt, if it requires
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Lunar Justice
wow.. that freaked me out...
Getting a bit suspicious
"but she couldn’t let Spike now, at least for now." - shouldn't it be know?
I think she plans to use lauren to get to the real world!
First I was like Journey to my imagination has been updated
Then I was like just 800-ish words
Then I was like It was awesome anyways
Uh-oh. I don't like the sound of this.
Celestia is going crazy... Seriously what is going on here?
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AND THAT IS HOW MOLESTIA WAS MADE
EDIT: I think Celestia wants to ask Lauren if she likes bananas!
Whelp it seems that cellys cracked or is crysalis Regardless, ONWARDS to less important reading material.
Theory A: Chrysalis
Theory B: Celly's sanity snapped.
well i see two possabilities here:
option one, the most likely; She starts laughing after musing about how nobody should waste their day inside when its so beautiful. yet she is the sun's mover and she has to.
option two, less likely; She has some sort of crazed plan going on.
Okay, it looks like Celestia has lost it.
Let's see what happens next.
I do believe that the cracking and glass shattering was the fourth wall, and it caused Celly to snap.
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If lauren gets banished, she'll haveSO MANY FRIENDS
like skippy the moon rock
Twilight explained, looking outside of the window. “So that’s why we requested us to go.”
---- I believe you mean to use the word 'she'.
He left the throne roof and Celestia sighed in relief.
---- I'm sure you can figure this one out.
This was a nifty chapter. I'm glad it was short too. I was just checking stuff on my comp before going back to bed. Imma go get another 30min or so of sleep in. ciao.
736051 AND DESMOND THE MOON BEAR!
Oh no, Celestia's snapped! D:
Okay, why did Celestia suddenly turn into the Joker?
The likelihood of Nightmare Sol to make an appearance seems to be growing.
Ok if Saturday mornings taught me anything its that laughter of that magnitude is only done by...EEEEEEVVVVIIIIIIL!!!!!
only a villian laughs like that.
You have my attention.
Oh. My. God. What the buck just happened?
Someone is going... TO THE MOOOOOON!
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''broke'' ...remember the cracks?
*paraphrased from "Alladin"*
Celestia is laughing insanely.
Philomeena flies over: "Oh boy, she's cracked." *knocks on Celestia's crown* "Celestia! Hey Celestia get a grip!" *magic grabs Philomeena by the neck* "Ack! Good grip!"
Celestia uses manic smile! It's super-effective! "That alicorn is Lauren Faust! She has the ink-well!"
Philomeena hmphs! "Why that no-good little pony!"
Poor Celestia isn't taking the fact that she's a fictional character very well. I, on the other hoof, was already insane and so it didn't bother me a bit when I found out! *Alondro dwells in his human's head along with Charline de Lyon, Helix, Bunsen, Elambeth, Crying Shame, and Tawny Pride. There's not much room left for the human's mind now....*
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"Oh Non-specific Action figure, your my only friend."
Anyway. Hide.
Everyone.
Fucking.
HIDE.
DO IT NOW DAMN YOU!
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...Oh.
Well, feces.
Welp, Tia went mental, we're boned
Run for the hills everpony!
We've got a mad Celestia on the loose!
-Glassed
Wait a minute.... i'm not gonna say what's on my mind at the moment. I'll just wait and see what happens. Good update.
Oh dear, what's going on here?
I'm going to listen to the first 15-20 bronies that commented.
RUNAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well while everyone is spazzing out about how loony Celly there is getting, I couldn't help but notice that Lauren has something in common with this fellow.
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Did... she figure out she's a fictional character that is directed by Faust's writing?
That would make almost anyone crazy.
You know she's gone mad when she has formed a smug on her face
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That's disturbingly accurate.
Did you watch Alladin before reading this chapter?
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Also: I've never once known a situation in which maniacal laughter is a good thing, unless the villain is simply a "Think of the Possibilities!" Kind of person, and is presently helping the heroes.
In other words, WE DOOMED NOW.
*Insert Mermaid Man picture here*
EVILLLLLL!
...
Or Psycholestia. One of those.
Gah, why would you tease us with such short chapters? This is just cruel!
HER TROLLESTIA MODE IS NOW OUT OF CONTROL, EVERYPONY RUN TO THE HILLS, HIDE IN THE EVERFREE FOREST!
that laught only means that a hare-brained scheme has been made and it will involves Lauren get Publically known as an alicorn while being revealed that she's Celestia and Luna's mother and the actual de-facto Queen of Equestria, it requires careful planning and delicated manipulations, but in the end it will be GLORIOUS!
DAMN IT!!! SHE'S LOST IT!!! HIDE YO KIDS, HIDE YO WIVES AND HUSBANDS TOO!!!
Run Lauren, run away and never return!
For right now, there's only one way to describe this scene:
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Moar, please!
736777 That's only i it doesn't get mentioned again or have anything to do with the story.
736600 Nope! I haven't seen it in several years, in fact! But I can pull the scene out of my mind with every detail. My memory takes a long time and many repetitions to get something stuck properly in there. But once it's there, I can recall it flawlessly. It works best with stories and movies, as each recollection triggers more memory release of the remainder.
Individual words I rarely use are hard to recall. I often can't find another memory attached to them to draw them out. I know they're up there floating out in the dentritic spines, those sneakly long-term potentials just awaiting the proper trigger, and I can almost feel the words I'm looking for. But it's a slow task to get at them.
736818 I said 'for now'. Its condition may change later.
736845 But, but... ...It's more of a cliffhanger than anything!
Ehh, do what you want
Huzzah, it's getting weird!