//------------------------------// // Celestia's day // Story: Alexis 10 // by Chaos Nightmare //------------------------------// In the castle of Canterlot Celestia looked towards the moon from her room, “Just a few short days Sister and you’ll be free.” She said with hope in her voice. She was tired, tired of doing her sister's job, tired of the celebration of the saddest day of her life, tired of the false face she had to make daily. “Princess!” A guard spoke from outside her room “It is time for you to Start Court.” And the nobles, once a title that meant more than just prude cowards who revel in what their great great great grandfather did. “I’ll be there soon.” She said putting on the last of her jewelry. She sighed as this was going to be another morning of ‘My ego was broken by a pony, I demand you send them to the moon.’ If it wasn’t for her council being run by the old guard of nobles she could redo the entire noble system. But she knew if she tried that with the current council running things she would be kicked off and might even lose the title of leadership and have more corruption in the system. Some days she wishes that she could just flee, live somewhere remote, and start a family. But she knew that it would cause too many problems with the world. As she walked into the throne room and took a seat on her throne she reminded herself that after lunch she would be spending time at her school which honestly was a better time. “Alright.” Celestia said taking a deep breath and putting on her ‘Smile and Wave’ face “Send in the first wave of nobles.” and with that, the day started. In the afternoon Celestia was genuinely happy, No nobles to deal with only children who honestly acted more mature than most of Canterlot’s so-called elite. “Princess?” A colt asked as Celestia came out of her bliss induced zoning out. “Yes, Blue streak?” Celestia asked knowing it was probably a question to go to the bathroom. “What's that thing?” he asked while pointing at some kind of leg in a tree. “I don’t know...” Celestia said suspiciously, the leg was too big to be a foal's leg so she used her magic to lift and move the owner of the leg. “Hey!” The leg's owner said while probably grabbing onto a branch before being pulled out of the tree all while saying “Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!” as they were brought out into the light. They were pink-skinned and barely had any fur...they were also covering themselves as they were naked. Their face turned red as they screamed in fear and confusion. “Princess?” A guard shouted as two others came to see what that scream was. “Ah Royal Flush, you three keep an eye on the children while I’ll deal with this.” Celestia said right before teleporting away in a flash of light with the naked stranger. “But-” Royal Flush tried to speak before she was gone. “*Sigh* You heard her.” He said to the other two guards looked at each other in worry. In Celestia’s personal room a flash of light came in as Celestia and the stranger arrived via teleportation. The stranger backed away as Celestia looked at her with anger, only to realize that the stranger was both confused and scared. Her anger calmed a bit as she turned to her disappointed mother's voice. “Why were you in that tree naked?” The stranger stammered saying “I-I don’t know, I just woke up there. I don’t even know where I am or what's going on.” Celestia went on one knee and asked. “What's the last thing you remember?” “I was in a hospital bed then I was in a void with a strange man, then I was in that tree” The stranger explained before pausing and asking herself “Wait, was I naked in that whit void too?” before her face turned more red. “Could you tell me your name?” “Alexis, my name Is Alexis Jones.” “Okay Alexis, I’m Celestia.” Celestia introduced herself before standing up and muttering to herself. “I know I should have some of her old clothing around here somewhere.” As she dug through a closet she said an ‘Aha!’ as she pulled out a leather jacket and some old-looking clothing. “This used to belong to...” She paused feeling uncomfortable thinking about who these used to belong to. “Well nevermind who they belonged to they’re not coming back so You can have them.” She said handing the clothing to Alexis. “You can dress behind the partition over there.” Celestia said pointing to a large fabric room divider. In a few minutes, Alexis was dressed and walked out from behind the partition “Okay whomever this used to belong to...was at least a tad smaller than me.” Alexis said, noting the chest. “Well, anyway, I’ve sent for somepony to look after you while I head back to deal with the children.” And with that Celestia teleported away.