Sunset smiled at me, “I think it looks good. And Luna is right, you deserve it.”
“Did you know about this?” I asked her before looking at Twilight. Twilight shook her head but Sunset smiled,
“Where do you think the measurement came from?” she said and then shrugged, “They felt more comfortable approaching me than an alicorn.”
I sighed softly and lifted the circlet off my head, turning it in my magic, “...At least it fits then…”
“You don’t seem happy,” Luna said quietly as she jumped onto the couch next to me. I sighed and shrugged my wings, shifting to lean against her,
“It’s not that,” I said and glanced up at her, “I do appreciate the gesture, but this was expensive. I don’t like ponies spending their bits on jewelry for me when they need it for… I don’t know, food!”
Luna's magic took the circlet from mine and settled it back onto my head, “You’re not just a pony, My Page. You’re a symbol for these ponies and they need you to be. Let them.”
I sighed softly.
Twilight nodded, leaning to look at me from across Luna, “She’s right you know, Princess Cel-”
I sighed again as I rubbed my eyes with a fetlock, “I know, I had that speech too,” I admitted.
Twilight smiled and jumped off the couch, stretching a bit, “So listen. Besides, don't you have a lesson around now?”
“I do,” I admitted, “Thinking of canceling.”
“Go,” Luna said and nosed at my ear, “I need to patrol the dream realm as well.”
“And I need to meet up with Midnight,” Twilight said and looked towards Sunset, “Wanna come?”
Sunset sighed, “I would, but I have a meeting with Moon Glow. I can stop by later though if it finishes in time,” she said and slipped off her chair, shooting Luna and me a smirk, “Behave now.”
Luna, being the older and more mature pony, responded by slipping a wing around me and rolling me onto my back as she moved in for a kiss with a grin.
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Eventually I found myself in the dream realm, looking at Celestia’s dream portal. Instead of its usual silvery blue, the blue was now the cloudy black and whirling silver of a nightmare.
Not a Nightmare, just a regular bad dream.
Taking a deep breath, I then touched my horn to the agitated surface and stepped through into an almost pitch black forest. The wind was howling and it was raining hard enough that it was only moments until my coat and mane was completely soaked through.
The wind tore at the trees and the thickly falling rain, branches hitting branches and trees smashing together.
It was a really bad storm.
Where i-
I caught a flash of pink and white towards one side, curled up tight against the roots of an upturned tree, hiding the best she could in the limited protection it gave against the elements.
Moving closer, I saw a young Celestia. Alicorn, but very young. Middle teens if at that.
Well, enough of this.
I tapped my hoof against the forest floor, solidifying the dream and at the same time, I send a pulse of magic out into a shield bubble around where we were to keep the water and the wind away.
I couldn’t actually cast that one in the real world, but here it was no problem at all.
Celestia flinched before she blinked and raised her head, looking around and brushing her soaked mane away, “Page?” she asked, her voice still a bit unsteady but quickly getting better.
“It’s me,” I confirmed and tapped my hoof, applying a bit of will to create a ready campfire before lighting it with a spark of my horn, “You doing okay there?”
Sunshine slowly unfolded herself and slowly stretched as water started to outright steam off her. I was meters away and I felt her heat stronger than I felt the fire.
She slowly relaxed again before frowning down at the previous grass beneath her, now ash. Frowning to herself she got up and scooted onto some fresh grass, “I’m fine,” she said and sighed, giving me a small smile, “...Been ages since I had this dream. Almost forgot about this.”
“What happened?” I asked and settled down next to her.
Celestia sighed, “I was being stupid and got caught out in a storm. It was before I really grew into my abilities.”
“You could get cold? Even then?”
She shook her head, “No. But it wasn’t fun being wet and afraid,” she said and glanced out through the shield bubble at the storm, “I did manage to get back home the next day.”
I nodded, “It wouldn’t have been. Especially for a little filly.”
Celestia smirked, “I’d have you know that at this time I am considered fully adult.”
I shook my head and poked her side with my wing, “So… what’s on the menu tonight, Sunshine?”
Celestia flicked one ear, “I was thinking about economics, but how about magic tonight? You have been wanting to practice your spell casting.”
“Works for me,” I agreed, “What scene would you like?”
“This one works, we’ll work on your fire magic,” she said before she smiled playfully, “I figure having things be covered with water is a good idea.”
“Well, at least you’re fireproof.”
Page reallly deserves that crown.
Twilight & Midnight have a Holiday.
Page has a crown now.
Luna should totaly get a foal now
Or at least a Cuddlebug army to cuddle her to sleep
Page has Firemagic? Wasn't his strength in the magic of:
Dream
Illusion
Shadow
Maybe Ice?
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Hence, practice somewhere he won't set himself on fire.
Again.
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Again? I know Celestia accidently did it to him. Maybe Sunset when sparing, but wasn't his last practice years ago in Canterlot?
Shining: Thanks for the tea, Rarity. Sorry for showing up unannounced. Well, it was announced, but only by the trumpets outside your door.
Rarity glared.
Rarity: Yes, yes. I very clearly remember. So does the skirt I was working on that now has a cross stitch where no cross stitch was ever meant to be.
Shining sipped his tea nervously.
Shining: You know, I never did like that trumpet guy.
Rarity: Well, I suppose it could be worse. Did you hear that Prince Page finally got his own crown?
Shining: Really? Cady didn't mention anything about that.
Rarity: I'm sure she was just busy with princess duties.
TWO HOURS LATER..
Celestia: How did you set water ON FIRE?!
Page: I didn't set the water part of dream water on fire. Only the dream part!
Celestia:
*IN THE NBA JAM VOICE*
PAGE IS ON FIRE!!!!!
It’s a ruse. Celestia is not hot. Only when Page is around.
Heh, nice British stealth pun.
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I'm fairly sure I remember him singeing himself before, but to be honest given Page it's pretty inevitable to have happened 'off-camera' if it wasn't explicitly shown and I'm just remembering something from my own writing.
Also on the topic of your earlier post (number two for this chapter) so I'm not double pinging you, a foal would very much complicate matters right now. It'd set family directly against duty for both Page and Luna and while such things weren't uncommon for medieval nobles by necessity, it's not the middle ages any more, even if this Equestria seems rather feudal.
Two small but serious grammar jackboots:
'Was' should be 'were' in this case, as more than one thing is being soaked.
I sent
Lessss goooooooo! He gonna try to use fire magic over and over again! Practice makes perfect👍