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// Written In The Stars 
// Story: Raine Lionheart Presents... My Little One-Shots 
// by Raine_Lionheart 
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Raine Lionheart Presents... My Little One-Shots


#1: Written In The Stars


Princess Twilight Sparkle was torn, her feelings somewhere between irritation and amusement; mostly the former. A glance around the assembled ponies (and single dragon) told her that she was not alone.

Beside her, one half of the Equestrian diarchy held a gold-shod hoof to her face, muttering to herself in an ancient tongue that even the ever-studious Twilight Sparkle could not identify. Princess Celestia had lived a long life and had probably forgotten more dialects in her lifetime than Twilight had ever read about.

Rainbow Dash appeared to be unconscious, although Twilight was certain she was still wheezing with laughter. She couldn't resist rolling her eyes when the pegasus twitched as she gasped for breath.

Applejack looked to be somewhere between her two friends. She was certainly flushed in the face from the effort it took to keep her laughter inside. She caught Twilight's gaze and sheepishly lowered her hat over her face.

Pinkie Pie was… well, acting like Pinkie Pie. She was snorting and giggling and braying and guffawing and slapping her knees. Sometimes all at once, which made Twilight wince sympathetically for the pink professional pronker pony's paradoxical patella pummeling paroxysms.

Rarity was scandalized, and made sure everypony knew. Loudly. With great verve, frequency and vocabulary. Her pageantry was lost on all of the assembled.

Fluttershy's face was hidden, utterly mortified. She did not dare make eye contact with anypony or -dragon. Instead, she content herself with thinking hard about Buckball.

Spike was confused.

Amidst all of this stood the other half of Equestria's leadership. Princess Luna looked positively smug. She even had the gall to preen her feathers nonchalantly.

Twilight glanced between her two fellow Alicorns. Celestia glared as Luna primped and hummed to herself. The Royal sisters, for all their usual regal demeanor and poise, now reminded her of two barely civil, sniping mean-fillies like back in school.

Twilight closed her eyes and reaffirmed her private oath to crush Sunshine Glitterdrops and her posse.

Celestia took a calming breath and started. "Luna--"

"Yes, dearest sister?" Luna interrupted, her tone saccharine. She raised a brow at her sister. Her muzzle twitched with barely contained mirth.

With a poorly concealed twitch in her right eye, Celestia gestured to the night sky above them all. "When I suggested that you return to your former Starkeeping duties, I was hopeful that you would use this as an opportunity to express yourself--"

"We have," Luna interrupted again, barely keeping a smirk from her muzzle.

Celestia sighed.

Only assorted wheezes and various expressions of amusement could be heard for several long moments.

Finally Spike looked at Twilight and said, "I didn't know Princess Celestia hired a giant donkey!"