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// Princess Celestia Ashamed of Her Former Protege 
// Story: The Weekly Equestria News 
// by StormLuna 
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Article by Written Script

CANTERLOT-  For many years, dating back to when she first took her in, Princess Celestia has always held Twilight Sparkle in the highest regards.  She always admired how she focused on her studies and how she finally made friends when she relocated to Ponyville to continue her friendship studies.  There have only been two things that have caused Celestia to be disappointed in her.  The first being her constantly being shown up by her daughter and the other being her recent behavior.

Twilight's behavior in the Ponyville Day Spa is what has caused Celestia to become ashamed of her.  Many local patrons have become upset when Princess Twilight and a friend of hers, Fluttershy will spend all day in the steam room.  Most ponies wouldn't think anything of it but the fact that the princess always puts a lock spell on the doors makes many ponies wonder what she and her friend are doing in there.  Some citizens have even gone as far as to lurk outside the steam room while they are in there together and the sounds they hear certainly aren't family friendly. 

We chose to interview the friends of these ponies and while they knew the two enjoyed their spa days, they had no idea that Twilight actually put lock spells on the door.  Applejack and Rarity, two of the spa's other primary patrons also spend plenty of time in the steam room but when interviewed, both of them stated that they never lock the doors.  Applejack however is becoming frustrated because as time has passed, Twilight and Fluttershy are hogging the room more and more. 

We also contacted the owners of the spa and they have admitted that they allow the two to lock themselves in the steam room because Twilight has been paying them a good amount of money for exclusive usage.  When asked how she paid, Aloe stated, "Oh she uses the government credit card." 

When asked about her fellow princess using government funds for her spa time, Princess Celestia was not one bit happy.  "She's doing what?  She's using federal funding for spa time, spa time that she may be engaging in unprincess-like behavior?"

During her interview with us, she was calm for the most part but others in the palace have heard her shouting at guards, yelling at maids and going on rants about Princess Twilight's behavior to her daughter all the time.  Princess Starlight is currently refusing to comment on the activity out of respect for both Princess Twilight who is a friend of hers and naturally she is declining out of respect for her mother. 

Our insiders did eventually wait around and catch Princess Twilight and Fluttershy, a friend and former element bearer, coming out of the spa with guilty looks on their faces.  When asked about their activities, Fluttershy hid in her mane and Twilight went on a rant about how she is being stalked before burning our insiders with her energy and then the two running off to what is apparently Fluttershy's cottage for what we are assuming are more activities that would upset Princess Celestia.