//------------------------------// // The Room-1 // Story: Tiny Twilight Tales // by Foals Errand //------------------------------// Twilight yawned and opened her eyes wiggling off the end of the bed. She had drunk way too much milk with dinner and was really paying for it. She glanced back after all four of her hooves hit the floor to see Luna sprawled on her back like some weird pony starfish. Twilight lifted a hoof to cover her giggle before she was urgently reminded why exactly she was awake. Twilight sighed in relief as she closed the door to the bathroom, now much relieved and ready to go back to bed. She paused hearing a muffled ouch coming from one of locked rooms, that Twilight was never ever supposed to go into. Twilight glanced around seeing no guards near by she bit her lip and walked towards the ajar door and pushed it open quietly to blink meekly. In front of Twilight’s eyes was Princess Celestia a paint brush held in her magic. Her majestic white coat was splattered with spots of dark blue paint as she grumbled. “This is why I don’t paint anymore… my mane seems to attract the paint, now where is that stupid ribbon…” Celestia yipped as the ribbon wrapped around her mane pulling it back into a ponytail. She spun around to see Twilight smiling up at her. “Twilight? What are you doing up?” Twilight rubbed her foreleg with her fore hoof. “Well I had to go potty really bad so I got out of bed. Luna is a really really good sleeper! So I went potty and was about to go back to bed but I heard a ouch from this room and the door was sorta open so I decided to check. Princess, how come you’re in here all by yourself this late at night?” Celestia sighed and put the paintbrush down, balancing it on the can so it wouldn’t fall in before taking a look at the room. It was a mess; part of a wall was dark blue and the other looked like a badly reproduced nightscape. She’d already moved the majority of the furniture somewhere... she'd remember soon enough. It had been moved in a panic, after all.. “Ah, well come sit with me Twilight and I’ll try to explain alright?” She lifted a wing, which her four year old student scampered under. “Now, I’ve already told you how very thankful I am that you have returned my little sister to me, but I was expecting to gain her back, even if my expectations were at least a decade in the future. So, for the last few years i’ve been preparing this room for her. Can you see the problem with it now my faithful student?” Twilight looked around the big room and hummed. “Well… it’s really empty and dark… No night light and it's kind of scary.”   Celestia sighed. “I thought so. You see, the room I had been preparing was for my full grown, dark night loving sister. However, it’s clear to see that the little filly you brought home is not the sister I was preparing for. So… I tried to fix it. I thought if I added some stars to the walls it would help, but…” “It doesn’t look great… Um, sorry Princess!” Twilight blushed as Celestia laughed “No, you’re quite right. Luna has always been the artist. Just wait until you see how she can paint the night,” Celestia said as she smiled, stroking Twilight’s mane as she seemed to be thinking. “What is it?” “Well, you said that Luna is an artist, right? Well, um, why not make her walls washable?” Twilight glanced up to see Celestia looking puzzled. “It’s, uh, something Mommy did with my room when I started running out of chalk boards and moved my formulas to the walls. You can buy special paint that lets you wash the walls with a simple spell!” Celestia put a hoof to her chin and smiled. “Twilight Sparkle, I think you are onto something. Why don’t you go back to bed and I’ll call a court recess tomorrow.” “Huh? How come you want to do that Princess?” Twilight asked before a large yawn escaped. “Well I’m going to have Cadance take Luna out for the day tomorrow while you and I will get her room setup. How does that sound?” Celestia’s smile dimmed as she saw Twilight look down at her hooves and nod. “Twilight? What is it, my precious student?” “W-well, if you have Luna live in this room, that means we won’t be roommates anymore and… I don’t want to go back to sleeping alone. I really like having Luna with me! She makes me happy… but, I guess I’m being selfish, huh?” Twilight looked up, her ears pinned back as Celestia laughed gently. “Oh, Twilight… I’d never separate you and Luna like that. Of course you would move into this room with her. It’s far closer to my quarters anyway and big enough for two grown mares, never mind two small fillies. Now, do you feel better about helping me fix up this room tomorrow?” Twilight nodded eagerly before she yawned again, and brought a hoof up to rub her eyes. “Good, now back to bed. We’ll have to get started as soon as the stores open and before that, I want you to eat a good breakfast.” Celestia nudged Twilight out of the room with her muzzle following after her. “We both need to get some sleep, tomorrow is going to be a busy day.”