Book 1 - The Behemoth came to Canterlot

by Equimorto


26

"I hate it. I hate it I hate it I hate everything about it."
"Ma'am?"
The pegasus looked up at the unicorn. Then she turned into a crow and flew out of the window.
On the other end of the room, Celestia stared, mildly confused, holding some cake in the golden glow of her magic.
The unicorn sighed and shrugged, then moved away from the table. As he passed near her, Celestia couldn't help herself, and asked him, "Does that happen often?"
"It does not," he replied. "We had never met this mare before today, and we apologise for the inconvenience." He then left the room.
A single leaf flew in from the window, seemingly carried by the wind, and it landed right on Celestia's shoulder. And there it spoke. "It hurts my soul to read that, okay? How? How does it happen? No school teacher would approve of a child writing something like that, they would fail their test, it's so poorly written, yet-"
The leaf was forcefully cut off as Celestia teleported it back outside. Annoyed, it turned into a fly and flew back towards the alicorn. "So you know that pony who carried the experiment results? Basically she's gonna have him come down below the castle and convince him to-"
Again, the fly was teleported out of the room. This time, Celestia closed the window as well. No one had anything to say against it, because there was no one else there.
A unicorn seemed to appear behind the window from out of nowhere, and she beat her hoof against the glass with annoying insistence. "It was Firecracker, okay? The one who got there was Firecracker after hitching a ride with... What are we calling her here anyway? I'm not actually sure. Anyway she-"
A soundproofing spell coated the window and the walls of the room, shutting out whatever else the mare had to say. Celestia then decided to focus on her cake again, before the heat had it melt away.
Her peace was short lived. Less than minutes later, an exact copy if Princess Twilight Sparkle, crown included, walked into the room from the entrance. "So you know that shadow thingy? That's actually-"
Celestia forced the other's mouth shut with her magic.
A second mouth appeared on the would be Twilight's neck. "The Moon Beast is what they will have there, you got that? And it's actually-"
That mouth, too, was sealed shut.
A third one appeared on the creature's forehead. "It's not about Rarity, it's about R-"
Celestia, an eyebrow raised in annoyance, teleported the both of them and her cake atop the nearest chasm. Chains of golden energy erupted from her horn and wrapped around the creature held in her telekinesis, then she unceremoniously let go of what still somewhat looked like Twilight and watched it fall down.
"And by the way your coil is-"
Celestia reappeared in the restaurant. She opened the window again, and quietly finished her cake. It was very good.