//------------------------------// // Chapter 1- A GIANT solution // Story: The Royal Sisters' GIANT Break // by BottleH2O //------------------------------// BANG! The door to Princess Celestia’s room was kicked open and in walked the sun princess herself. Mane disheveled, bags under her eyes, and wings sagging from her body, the poor ruler looked much worse to wear. Celestia sluggishly removed her shoes, crown, regalia, and unceremoniously dumped them onto the floor in a heap before flopping down onto her bed. “What a taxing day,” she thought as she pulled the covers over herself “The entire court was taken up by the nobles, and all they did was waste my time with such petty problems! There is no reason for Ever Wealthy to sue her neighbors just because they are making hedge animals! And why did Solid Gold try to shut down a restaurant just because they ran out of his favorite dish? It makes no sense.” Celestia sighed as she turned onto her side, nestling further under the covers. She was happy she had the foresight to lower the sun on her way to her room so she could just dive right into bed, instead of waiting a few extra minutes by lowering the sun on her balcony. “I wish I could just have a day off,” Celestia thought, as she closed her eyes “Just a day where I don’t have to worry about the problems of the upper class, running a kingdom, or deal with the responsibilities of a princess. Just one day to let loose and enjoy myself.” “We believe we can help with that dear sister,” said a voice. With a yelp Celestia’s eye’s shot open, however she was no longer in her bed, she now found herself fully dressed again and standing inside an empty void. “Where am I?” Celestia murmured to herself as she took in the surroundings. “We would think that would be quite obvious,” the voice answered with a giggle. Celestia turned around a saw her sister Luna, princess of the night standing behind her with big smile on her face “We’re in your dream of course! You must have been extremely tired dear sister because your mind is completely hazy right now. Hence the complete lack of anything around us right now.” Celestia felt a smile slide across her face as she embraced her sister in a hug “Oh thank you for coming Lulu! I could really use somepony to talk to right now. Today’s events had just been so awful!” Luna nodded “Of course you can talk to me, what’s on your mind?” Celestia took the time to explain what had happened today as well as what has been going on the past few months including all the added baggage she had been forced to carry thanks to the nobles. “I just wish I could have some time to let loose and blow off some steam,” she finished, looking down glumly. Luna put a hoof to her chin “Well, I cannot help you with the nobles asking about trivial matters, however I can help you get some down time for yourself and ‘blow off some steam’ as you put it,” “Really? How?” Celestia asked. Luna simply smiled and lit up her horn, Celestia averted her gaze as there was a blinding flash of light. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself and Luna inside the throne room of the castle. Celestia looked around the empty room confused “I don’t understand how coming to the throne room will help. If anything, this is only bringing back some of the stress.” “Oh, we will not be here for long,” Luna said “In order for us to truly let loose and enjoy ourselves we will need to throw caution to the wind and forgo any normalcy. Hence why we are going to grow into giants here and spend the rest of the night enjoying any activities we please around the kingdom!” “What?! Why?” Celestia asked “what about our poor little subjects? If we become giants, they could get hurt!” “Tis is just a dream remember? None of this is really happening. And be honest, don’t you sometimes wish you could just stick it to those infuriating nobles who constantly pester you with silly problems? As Princess Celestia you help them out of the kindness of your heart even if that means you tire yourself out. As Giantlestia you can just ignore their teeny-weeny little problems, stomp on by, and focus on enjoying yourself. And let’s not forget that our dear subjects constantly put us up on pedestals every day, making us seem larger than life. Metaphorically they already see us giants. Here we’ll literally be.” Celestia sighed “I guess I could give this a try,” Luna sat back on her hind legs and clapped her front hooves together happily “Wonderful Tia! Let’s begin. Time to have some fun!” Luna lit up her horn again and there was another blinding flash of light. As soon as Celestia could see again she felt herself begin to rise. All around her the throne room was beginning to get smaller as she and Luna’s heads began to rise towards the ceiling. “Oh, this feels wonderful!” Luna said happily, closing her eyes as she enjoyed the sensation. It almost felt like a massage all over her body. She took a small step back and unknowingly squashed the throne with her hind hoof. In a matter of minutes, the two royal sister’s heads burst out of the castle roof with a loud CRUNCH. All the ponies and guards on the streets froze as they watched their currently 100-foot-tall princesses extract themselves from the castle and fall onto the ground in a heap with a small THOOM. Luna poked her head up “Come on Tia!” She said happily, “Let’s make our way to the edge of Canterlot before we outgrow the entire city!” Luna got up from the ground and observed her surroundings. Buildings were currently at her chest height as she continued to grow, now at 175 feet. As Luna took a step forward the ponies in front of her scattered as her hoof came down where a small crowd was just standing. Luna strolled off through the city, rocking the ground with her steps. Behind her Celestia was just getting to her hooves, now currently at 190 feet. She glanced around her, taking in the sight of the ever-shrinking city and citizens around her before setting off after Luna. Luna meanwhile was relishing every moment as she walked through Canterlot, the buildings now only ankle high. Far below her, ponies fled from her humongous hooves as they stormed through the streets, crushing carts, upturning stands, and leaving behind huge footprints. A little way in front of her however, a small family was trying to make it onto the sidewalk and to safety, but their youngest colt tripped and fell onto his stomach directly in Luna’s path. Luna stopped walking and glanced down, catching sight of the little brown colt struggling to get back into his hooves amidst the rumbling ground. Luna’s eyes widened in concern as she leaned down, moving her huge muzzle towards the fallen colt. “Are you alright dear?” she asked softly. “Yes, your highness,” came the colt’s squeaky reply. Luna smiled as she tenderly nosed him back onto his feet and gently nuzzled him off the sidewalk and with his family. “Thank you, your highness!” the colt called up to Luna as she leaned back up, now completely towering over every building and house. Luna simply smiled and gave the tiny family a wink before continuing her walk to the edge of the city and mountain. Behind her, Celestia, who was even bigger than Luna, was apologizing frantically as she tried walking through the streets, still not used to her new, and ever-increasing size. BOOM! “Sorry!” THOOM! “My apologies!” CRUNCH! “Oh dear, I’ll pay for those little ones!” “Hey, watch it you big oaf!” screeched a tiny voice. Celestia blinked and looked down. Standing below her, in between her front hooves, was the diminutive form of Ever Wealthy. “You crushed my cart you dumb mare! Now who’s going to pay for it?” she hollered. Celestia’s ears flattened “I’m truly sorry Ms. Wealthy. I assure you that I will-” “I don’t care!” Ever Wealthy cut her off “You better fix this right now or I swear I’m going to be really angry!” Celestia frowned, not pleased at being spoken to like that. She was about to reply politely with a small lecture about how to properly address those in public when she remembered what Luna said earlier in the dream; “As Princess Celestia you help them out of the kindness of your heart even if that means you tire yourself out. As Giantlestia you can just ignore their teeny-weeny little problems, stomp on by, and focus on enjoying yourself.” Celestia thought back to all the trouble Ever Wealthy always caused her and how she does nothing but brag about how rich and important she was when in reality, all her wealth came from the money she inherited from her father. Celestia looked past Ever Wealthy and to where her large mansion was. A mischievous smirk crossed her face. “Now hop to it princess and get me my new cart!” the tiny Ever Wealthy said, her eyes closed, and nose raised in the air snootily “It’s not going to pay for itself now will it-” BOOOM! Ever Wealthy’s eyes shot open in shock and turned around. There behind her, was Princess Celestia’s humongous hoof, occupying the space where her million-bit mansion was. Wealthy’s jaw dropped as she stared uncomprehendingly at the scene. Celestia meanwhile put her gigantic hoof to her mouth if faux shock and said “Oh dear, looks like this big dumb mare accidently squashed your teeny tiny little house. Silly me!” With a hearty chuckle Celestia set off after Luna, her hoof leaving a crater behind her where the mansion was. Celestia finally caught up with Luna, who was standing at the edge of Canterlot, looking down the side of the mountain. The two had grown significantly since they left the castle. The houses now stood no taller than their hooves. “Ok, Lulu, now what do we do?” Celestia asked. “We jump off the edge and onto the ground below. This way we don’t crush the rest of the city and we can finish growing in peace.” Luna said, “After that is done we can finally get started with our night off!” Celestia nodded and Luna leapt off, landing on the ground below with an audible BOOM! She stood up completely unharmed. Celestia took a deep breath and stepped off as well. When she landed however, she lost her footing and landed on her rump, with an “Oof!” squishing a few trees beneath her in the process. Celestia shook her head, getting her bearing. One glance at the mountain yielded the sight of Canterlot slowly coming down to her eye level, on its perch in the side of the mountain. Even when she was sitting down. She and Luna where still growing! “Lulu, how much bigger will we get?” Celestia asked with slight concern, not moving from her spot on the ground. “Not much longer now I believe!” Luna replied happily. Celestia watched as her head passed the entire height of Canterlot and continue to rise. She and Luna remained growing, becoming bigger and bigger. And the mountain became even smaller. Soon Celestia could barely see the city anymore as she grew so large, the mountain was now even smaller than her cutie mark. Celestia finally rose to her hooves, leaving behind an enormous twin crater. She and Luna towering over the landscape like titans. “Ohhh my! This feels wonderful!” Luna said happily as she pranced in place, making the ground rumble beneath her, Canterlot mountain bouncing comedically in the air from her stomps. Celestia smiled, she did have to admit it felt great being so big and not have a care in the world. She let out a breath, parting some clouds that where near her head, as she took in the wonderfully fresh air. “Come on dear sister! Let us go have our fun!” Luna said. “But what about our dear subjects?” asked Celestia concern as she looked around at all the minuscule towns and cities around them, all of which now barely rose up past ground level to the two titans “They’ll be crushed under our gigantic hooves! I don’t wish to harm them!” “Oh, do not worry about that.” Luna said as she walked around Celestia and stood over Canterlot mountain “They’ll be fine,” she said while raising a hoof. Directly over the mountain. Celestia’s eyes widened in horror “LUNA DON’T!” she yelled but it was too late. Luna slammed her hoof down on top the mountain and squashed it with an audible THOOM! Celestia covered her mouth with her front hooves and felt tears welling up in her eyes as she watched Luna remove her hoof from the ground leaving behind nothing but her hoofprint “Luna how could you?” she asked quietly. Luna looked at her and pointed down to her hoofprint “They’re fine. See?” Celestia wiped the tears from her eyes and slowly walked over to where the tiny mountain used to be. She lowered her great head towards the print and was just able to make out hundreds of minuscule, multicolored specks stirring on the ground. All the ponies in Canterlot were completely safe. The ponies looked up in awe as they beheld the monolithic muzzle of their ruler hovering above them. A few ponies raised their hooves to their mouth and tried calling out to their colossal princess, chanting that they were ok. A smile broke out across Celestia’s face as she heard that. Celestia lowered her muzzle a bit more and lovingly nuzzled her bug sized subjects. Relieved they were unharmed. Her ears twitched as she faintly made out more of what they were saying. She felt her heart flutter as she heard them tell her to enjoy her night off and to have lots of fun. “Thank you, dears. I certainly will.” Celestia said softly as she rose back to her full height again. “See? I told you they’d be fine,” Luna said, “Though some mountains and cities may fall under hoof during our time off, the important thing is our subjects will be perfectly safe as we go about our fun.” Celestia nodded, happy that none of her or her sister’s little ponies will be put in harm’s way. “Now enough of this idle talk! Where should we go first Tia?” Luna asked, walking up to Celestia. Celestia thought for a second “Well, I haven’t been to the beach in quite some time. Let us start there first.” Luna nodded “Excellent! Now let us be off! A fun day at the beach awaits!” she said ecstatically. The gigantic moon princess turned around and set off towards the beach, stomping her enormous hooves as she went. The world trembling with each step. “Fee, Fi, Foe, Fum!” “Lulu!” “What? I’m just getting into character!”