Ever since Princess Twilight Sparkle had left the ballroom in search of her sister, Celestia had been waiting outside the ballroom doors for the better part of the hour. The muffled chatter and occasional laughter coming from behind her was the only indicator that the Grand Galloping Gala was still in session. As far as she was concerned, however, it was already over the moment her guests had ran out of questions in their fruitless attempts at inundating her.
Some part of her wanted to gallop off to look for them in case anything went awry. However, Celestia knew that this was something they’d have to settle between themselves. All she could do for them was to place her faith in both Luna and Twilight, knowing that everything will work out eventually. All things in time, she reminded herself, as she had done so for several centuries and more. All things in time.
And so, she stood in the corridor by her lonesome, soaking in her realm as another day of her rule came to an end. Such a thought was frankly a frightening prospect for her. Sure, Celestia had utmost faith in Twilight overseeing her duties as the next ruler of Equestria, yet she couldn’t help but feel the severity of this drastic change weighing down on her. What comes next for Twilight, she can’t help but wonder? And now, with her and Luna’s rule of Equestria over, what is there left for her?
The echo of hoofsteps from her right snapped her out of her thoughts, the alicorn turning with a patchwork smile as she spotted Luna trotting down the hallway towards her, with Twilight nowhere to be seen. Before Celestia could ask her sister about it, however, Luna suddenly cantered up to her and, without uttering a single word, buried her face into her chest, the softest of smiles growing on the elder alicorn’s lips when she heard the quietest of whimpers.
“You did well, sister,” Celestia whispered her praises over the muffled wails of her sister, stroking the now trembling Luna by her ears. “There, there. You did well.”
All things in time, she reminded herself. All things in time. Carving those familiar words into her heart and soul, Celestia hugged her weeping sister tighter, finding comfort in the certainty that deep down, this was all that Luna asked of her.
Twilight Sparkle can come later. For now, her place is right here.