//------------------------------// // Morning // Story: A Drink // by Chemtest //------------------------------// Today was a very odd day in Canterlot Palace. The Princess appeared in a flash of teleportation during the night, telling her secretary to cancel Day Court and to declare it an official day of rest. Nearly everyone, except for a few maids seeking extra pay and guards who snuck bribes to their captains, has left the palace. Inside her room, Celestia has buried herself under a pile of pillows, falling asleep under their soft warmth, only waking up now due to her body’s refusal to continue sleeping. Slowly, her magenta eyes open, looking deeply into the sun insignia on the pillow right above her, then slowly floating it, and the rest of the pillows, away. Above her stands Daybreaker, smirking, “Wakey-wakey, Sunny-Bunny. I made breakfast.” Celestia blinks, “You did what?” She sits up, looking at a plate, held aloft in fiery orange magic, “…You made breakfast. How?” Daybreaker grins, “Just because I’m trapped in your mind doesn’t mean I can’t have some minor outside influence. Even you can’t ever fully contain me.” Celestia slowly floats the breakfast over to her, looking it over. Haycon, fried, some roasted broccoli, and pineapples cut to look like pancakes. She looks up at Daybreaker, smiling slightly, “This… well, thank you, Daybreaker. I’m… at a loss for words, really, I did not expect this.” Daybreaker grins more, “Yeah, well, whatever.” She shrugs, “Are you going to enjoy or what? I’ve been smelling that for a while and want to know how it tastes.” Celestia nods, taking a small slice of pineapple on a summoned fork, eating it first, “Mmm… this isn’t the palace chef, it is cooked slightly more than she would. You got this from elsewhere. A diner?” Daybreaker smirks, “Yep, a small place in that ‘Tall Tail’ town, thought it’d be good. Now make sure to eat all that pineapple, Sunny-Bunny. I remember we read an experiment some centuries ago that found that mares who eat pineapple taste be-“ Celestia dispels her fork, “Daybreaker. Did you do this all as a joke?” Daybreaker grins, laying down on her belly at the end of the bed, “Well, duh, of course I did. That’s how it started, but it changed. You need that, Sunny-Bunny, to regain your energy.” Celestia slowly nods, summoning another fork and biting into some broccoli, “Well, I appreciate it no matter the reason.” Daybreaker smirks, “After all, you need it. That was the most sexual activity you’ve had for a millennia!” Celestia blushes, “W-what, no it isn’t! Two millennia! When Hermása kissed me, that was the last time.” Daybreaker grins, “Oh, right, you’re even more of a virgin than I thought! You even needed a mind changing artifact to so much as cuddle with that blue hybrid.” She frowns, “He was my nephew, and my mind was poisoned. B-besides, there is nothing wrong with being a virgin.” She grins slightly, taking a small bite of haycon, “I am the pinnacle of virtue, Daybreaker, perhaps one such as yourself cannot understand that purity is virtue.” Daybreaker smirks, “Oh, your body may be pure, but your thoughts aren’t. Don’t forget, Sunny-Bunny, I saw what you wanted to do.” She nods, “Perhaps I wanted to do something different, in moments, but I didn’t.” Daybreaker then smiles, standing up, “So, what’s it going to be with her? You know that all this time without any fun is wearing down on me too, right? While you might be able to hold your chin up high and go ‘oh, I am to be a celibate virgin, chaste and locked away from the world’, well, I’m not the same. Now, before you speak, I want you to actually listen.” Her fiery eyes meet Celestia’s magenta, “I want you to be happy, Sunny-Bunny, and I want you to find love. Just like I wanted you to eat that breakfast, or I want you to read certain books, I want… I need you to do all of this, so I can feel it at least once.” Celestia looks away, “Perhaps you may enjoy it, but there are other things to account for.” Daybreaker frowns, appearing where she looks, “Celestia, look at me. Look into my eyes.” She grabs Celestia’s either cheek with her hooves, “That mare’s kiss was the best thing I have ever felt. It is the closest I have come to being physically touched since you first trapped me. It is trapped in my mind, replaying over and over again in how good it was. Please, Celestia, I know you want more of it too.” Celestia pauses, averting her eyes, and slowly nodding, “Yet, still, there is much to account for. Teardrop is… quite beautiful, yes, and I do enjoy speaking to her. She is a nerd, she has shown appreciation to both my mind and my body, she has granted me gifts, she listens… and she took initiative. But she doesn’t know who I am, Daybreaker, and if she were to know, I doubt she would be so brave.” Daybreaker rolls her eyes, “Oh yes, she doesn’t know. The random mare with a look like the sun, a cutie mark of the sun, can down drinks without even a hint of being inebriated, is named after the sun, ‘facing down Griffon Knights’, leaves when the night is done, has the power to teleport, is a gardener in the Palace gardens… definitely totally unrelated to Celestia. Nope, I guess Teardrop is too stupid to connect the really obvious dots.” Celestia frowns, “Hey. Watch what you say, Daybreaker.” She then pauses, “And… perhaps you might be right, but you could also be wrong. I will go to her in disguise still, until such a time that I have set up the proper way to reveal. And now that she has become explicit about attempting to woo me… I shall see where it goes.” Daybreaker grins, “Tonight?” Celestia nods, eating another piece of pineapple, “Tonight.” Teardrop trots into her apartment as the sun rises outside, smiling just a tiny bit, but looking worried as well. Sunrise stands in their living room, as before, working on the finishing touches for her machine. She looks over as Teardrop trots in, smiling, “Did you get the mare?” Teardrop nods, losing her slight smile, “I… think? I went to the bar and I gave her the flowers, and she seemed really happy about it. And I took her to the special place, and we had a wonderful time…” Sunrise puts away her tools, trotting over, “There’s usually a ‘but’ after that, and seeing you aren’t grinning widely, I assume it wasn’t her’s.” Teardrop nods, taking a seat, “I gave her the kiss, and I was about to say something, but… she teleported away.” Sunrise blinks, “Oh, oh, she’s a stallionish filly, then, whoops. Wait, you’re into stallys?” Teardrop looks up, “What? No! Well, okay, don’t look in the secret desk drawer, but no, she’s not a stally. She’s very beautiful, marely, I guess she just didn’t… know I wanted her romantically?” Sunrise sits down as well, “Don’t worry, Teardrop. If she isn’t a stare, then she probably just panicked in the moment. Buy her some flowers, and when you next meet, tell her that you like her. Go deep in details, too. If she’s got a good ass, by no accounts should you be shy about mentioning it.” Teardrop chuckles slightly, rubbing the back of her head, “She does have a pretty good ass… but there’s more to her than that.” Sunrise nods, “Well, no shit, compliment those as well. If she’s got a polished horn, you’d better comment on that, maybe offer a little something involving polishing it more. If she’s got a good mane, you tell her she’s got a good mane. Long legs are a must to comment on, lots of mares love talk about their legs.” Teardrop smiles, “Well, I’m not just going to talk about her body, Sunrise, she’s so much more than just beautiful. Oh, that’s good, I need to save that one for later.” She floats out a notepad and writes on it, “Anyway, she’s super smart, fun, and she listens. Unlike you, I don’t just go after things because they’re physically stimulating, I need emotional stimulation too. I feel like you’d fuck a piece of cardboard if a good enough flank was drawn on it.” Sunrise grins, “Now, since when could you see the past? Also, don’t go into my room, you bitch. Also also, at least I actually get flank, unlike you. Aren’t you a virgin? At twenty four?” Teardrop frowns, crossing her hooves, “Hay, that has nothing to do with this. If I get with someone, Sunrise, I want it to last, if not be permanent. That’s what I’m hoping for here. I think… I think Smiles and I could go for the long haul here, and I’d be happy.” Sunrise smiles, “Then do it, if you want. And get some sleep, you look a mess.” Teardrop stands up, “I will. Still look better than you.” She trots past her. Sunrise grins, getting back to her machine, “Bitch.” Teardrop smirks, “Just wait, you asshole, until me and Smiles keep you awake at night!”