Celestia was shook awake by the sound of vomiting. Looking over at her clock she saw she had only a few minutes before she would raise the sun. She grimaced as she could her Chrysalis dry heaving through the thin walls. There was a knock on her door as the guard outside their doors peered inside.
“Princess, is she okay?” asked the young stallion. Celestia yawned before nodding.
“She is probably still experiencing morning sickness. Make sure the cooks are preparing breakfast and tell them to double Chrysalis’ plate.” The guard nodded before leaving the room. Celestia let out a sigh as she walked out onto her balcony. She started the spell to raise the sun when the balcony next to her opened.
A white unicorn mare with a crimson mane walked out onto the balcony, her man a mess as she was drinking from a water bottle. Looking at her eyes, she could see Chrysalis was too tired to disguise herself fully as they were still a bright green.
“I am starting to hate being pregnant.” said Chrysalis, her voice unmasked. The changeling stared at the sun as it made its way up the horizon. The two of them were quiet until the sun was up in the sky and could move on its own.
“So will be coming for breakfast soon?” asked Celestia, turning to the changeling. “I asked them to double your pancakes since I heard you dispose of last night’s meal.” Chrysalis grimaced before finishing her bottle of water.
“I need to shower and brush my teeth before I let food go anywhere near my mouth.” said Chrysalis through a yawn. “A hot shower and I should feel better. I’ll have the guard let you know when I am ready.” Celestia nodded. She turned to head inside, but stopped, turning to Chrysalis.
“Around castle staff I want you out of disguise. They are required by law to not disclose who is visiting the castle for security reasons.” said Celestia. “It's only around and in public that I want you disguised.” Chrysalis just nodded before groggily heading into her room.
Celestia went back into her room and finished making herself presentable. She also had to figure out how she was going to explain the mare that was accompanying her to court. There was a lot of things she had to now accommodate for, not even thinking ahead to when the child itself comes.
“I heard from the guards we have a new guest.” Turning around, Celestia watched as Luna landed on her balcony. “I have to say, sister, this is an odd predicament you found yourself in.” said the younger alicorn with a smirk. Celestia rolled her eyes as she levitated over her hair brush.
“I wasn’t exactly expecting this to happen.” said Celestia with a sigh. She let out a groan as she caught a snag in her mane. “I was just hoping she was turning herself in when suddenly the forces that be decided to give me whatever this is.”
“I am sure it is called a foal.” said Luna with a chuckle. “I do admit I was not expecting you to be the so called father, but I had the feeling that she was pregnant with a pony foal for a little while now. Her dreams have been plagued by the figure of a foal since it was conceived.”
“Well, at least you were somewhat prepared for the news.” said Celestia with a sigh. She set down her bush before slipping on her daily attire. Luna raised an eyebrow, walking over to face her older sibling.
“And from what I can tell, this is weighing heavily on you, sister.” said Luna, a somewhat concerned look on her face. “Do you want to talk about it.” Celestia let out a heavy sigh, setting her tiara off to the side before taking a seat on the ground.
“I just don’t know what to do, Luna.” admitted Celestia. “I have dealt with plenty of difficult situations in my many years as ruler of this country, but now I am stuck with two different problems. An enemy of the state came to my home and I cannot jail her, I also I have a child on the way and the mother of said child is also said enemy of state.”
“You can’t jail her, but you can’t exactly let let her be free.” said Luna, following along with her predicament.
“Correct.” sighed Celestia. “Which is why she is shadowing me so I can maybe keep an eye on her. I am secretly hoping that I can convince to reform, I guess?” Celestia let out a groan before plopping her body on the floor. “I don’t know what I am doing, I am literally making it up as I go along and hoping it doesn’t crash and burn on me.”
“This isn’t like you, sister.” said Luna, lowering herself next to her. “You would make a plan of attack, carefully adjusting it to make sure it all goes smoothly. Making things up on the go is not how you do things and we both know it never works the way we need it to.”
“I know.” said Celestia, pushing herself off the ground. “But with all these changeling rumors and now the fact I have to have Chrysalis with me at all times, it is becoming difficult to really come up with solutions.”
“Then how about you take today off?” asked Luna bouncing up. “I will handle the courts for awhile and it will give me a chance to get to know the mother of my niece.”
“Aside from the fact we don’t even know it’s gender,” said Celestia, raising an eyebrow at her younger sibling. “Are you sure you are up to handling day court? You are normally asleep during it and I’m not sure how much of the currents events you are even aware of.”
“Oh please, sister. I am sure I can handle it.” said Luna confidently. “All you need to do is relax for today. Then maybe you can better figure out what to do with this situation.” There was a knock on the door as a guard poked his head into the room.
“Princess, Chrysalis says she is ready for breakfast.” said the guard before leaving. Luna turned to her with a big grin before prancing out of the room. Celestia could only sigh as she followed her out of the room.
Outside, Luna was hovering over a slightly concerned looking Chrysalis, asking her question after question. Upon seeing her, the changeling gave her a questioning look.
“Be thankful it isn’t Twilight.” said Celestia, turning around. “She’d be taking notes and asking for every detail about you since the dawn of time.” Chrysalis could only sigh before following in her hoofsteps towards the dining hall.
Celestia had a feeling that even though she was going to get to relax, the castle resident was going to find out just how much of an oddball the other royal sister really is.