//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Rulers for a Day // by Creativa-Artly01 //------------------------------// A half hour later back in Canterlot, Twilight and Starlight continue to tend to all sorts of royal duties. Once they are done for the day, they go to the royal spa to relax and unwind. Twilight couldn't be more proud of Starlight for keeping a level head. She even says as much. The next day, the two continue to do royal duties, meetings, and even handling some of the gala planning. All of the stress from the gala planning soon pushes Twilight over the edge and Starlight agrees to take over so Twilight can go take a break. For her break, Twilight goes into her room and just reads a book like she does every other time she needs to unwind. Three hours later, she returns to helping Starlight plan all the details about the gala. Starlight's just glad Twilight's back to her less stressed more focused self. They also tend to the statues in the garden by giving them a nice and thorough cleaning, so they sparkle when the royal sisters return. Around midnight that night, the two princesses return to Canterlot. Celestia peaks in on Twilight not long after they land. "Come in," says a groggy Twilight as she sits up in bed. Celestia enters the room. "I'm proud of you, Twilight," she says with a smile, "you and Starlight did good." "Thank you, Celestia," replies Twilight with a smile before instantly falling back to sleep. Once she sees Twilight has nodded back off to sleep, she exits the room and turns in for the night. Now, it's her sister's turn to interact with Twilight in her dreams. In Twilight's dreams, Luna sees that everything is just fine. She sees dreams of Twilight playing with her brother, hanging out with her sister in law, and even playing with her niece to even being the main character in a book. She sees dreams of Twilight and Moon Dancer, Twilight and Starlight, even Twilight and Sunset. Luna smiles. She then hears screaming coming from one of Twilight's more recent dreams. She goes towards the dream and enters it. Once she's in the upsetting dream, Luna sees that Twilight is in tears because she is overwhelmed. Luna goes and sits down beside her and comforts her. After several hours of comforting, Twilight's dream returns to a more pleasant state and Luna exits her dream and heads off to the dreams of the rest of Equestria. A smile appears on Twilight's face as she sleeps. She's just glad she made the princesses proud. After all, that's all she ever wanted in life and now that dream has finally come true.