I had a concept that's been floating in my head for a few days, and I really want to see some stories about it.

What if Princess Celestia was mentally challanged?

I don't mean for comic effect. I was thinking of a serious, heartwarming story or two. The problem I have with these stories is that I don't have what it takes to make them good. They require "feels", and I'm about as emotionally expressive as one of Celestia's on-duty Royal Guards. If someone reading this decides to take one of these ideas, could you send me the finished version for approval before publishing? I'd like to make sure it's good, and maybe do some proofreading. I have two ideas:

1) Celestia recieves severe brain damage through a tragic accident. The story show how her friends, and eventually the entire country, support her in adjusting to her new challanges.

2) It turns out Celestia secretly had mental retardation all along. After all those centuries, she managed to learn to hide it, and the staff who helped her were sworn to secrecy and weren't informed of the full extent of her difficulties-- they only knew what they needed to know to work around it.

The story starts when one of the main 6 read one of Celestia's letters instead of Twilight (I figure Dash snatched it before Twilight could), and was shocked by the poor spelling and crude writing. The rest of the story is mostly flashback.

Filly Twilight, recently taken in as Celestia's student, picks up on several oddities, until Celestia takes her aside and confesses, comparing herself to another mentally challenged pony Twilight had met once. Twilight, not to be discouraged, decided to help Celestia. While the princess taught her magic, Twilight taught her to read, write, and do basic math. When teaching her to read, Twilight used a particular foal's book, and stuck with that book throughout the story. It's used to show the reader how Celestia progresses. It was slow going, especially when Twilight had her own lessons in those areas, which were, of course, more advanced than Celestia's. No tutor had ever succeeded in getting Celestia to understand. Apparently, it just needed patience and a child's touch.

At the end of the story, we see Celestia entering her room with Luna, who had returned from the moon and been cleansed of Nightmare Moon only hours earlier. Sitting on the bed, Luna assures Celestia that she made the right choice, and that she had done well in her absence. Celestia then levitated over the aforementioned foal's book, and read the passage out loud; this time, she did it without hesitation or difficulty. Luna immediately embraced her sister and told her how proud she was in a crowning "d'awww" moment.