Sunset smiled at me, “I think it looks good. And Luna is right, you deserve it.”
“Did you know about this?” I asked her before looking at Twilight. Twilight shook her head but Sunset smiled,
“Where do you think the measurement came from?” she said and then shrugged, “They felt more comfortable approaching me than an alicorn.”
I sighed softly and lifted the circlet off my head, turning it in my magic, “...At least it fits then…”
“You don’t seem happy,” Luna said quietly as she jumped onto the couch next to me. I sighed and shrugged my wings, shifting to lean against her,
“It’s not that,” I said and glanced up at her, “I do appreciate the gesture, but this was expensive. I don’t like ponies spending their bits on jewelry for me when they need it for… I don’t know, food!”
Luna's magic took the circlet from mine and settled it back onto my head, “You’re not just a pony, My Page. You’re a symbol for these ponies and they need you to be. Let them.”
I sighed softly.
Twilight nodded, leaning to look at me from across Luna, “She’s right you know, Princess Cel-”
I sighed again as I rubbed my eyes with a fetlock, “I know, I had that speech too,” I admitted.
Twilight smiled and jumped off the couch, stretching a bit, “So listen. Besides, don't you have a lesson around now?”
“I do,” I admitted, “Thinking of canceling.”
“Go,” Luna said and nosed at my ear, “I need to patrol the dream realm as well.”
“And I need to meet up with Midnight,” Twilight said and looked towards Sunset, “Wanna come?”
Sunset sighed, “I would, but I have a meeting with Moon Glow. I can stop by later though if it finishes in time,” she said and slipped off her chair, shooting Luna and me a smirk, “Behave now.”
Luna, being the older and more mature pony, responded by slipping a wing around me and rolling me onto my back as she moved in for a kiss with a grin.
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Eventually I found myself in the dream realm, looking at Celestia’s dream portal. Instead of its usual silvery blue, the blue was now the cloudy black and whirling silver of a nightmare.
Not a Nightmare, just a regular bad dream.
Taking a deep breath, I then touched my horn to the agitated surface and stepped through into an almost pitch black forest. The wind was howling and it was raining hard enough that it was only moments until my coat and mane was completely soaked through.
The wind tore at the trees and the thickly falling rain, branches hitting branches and trees smashing together.
It was a really bad storm.
Where i-
I caught a flash of pink and white towards one side, curled up tight against the roots of an upturned tree, hiding the best she could in the limited protection it gave against the elements.
Moving closer, I saw a young Celestia. Alicorn, but very young. Middle teens if at that.
Well, enough of this.
I tapped my hoof against the forest floor, solidifying the dream and at the same time, I send a pulse of magic out into a shield bubble around where we were to keep the water and the wind away.
I couldn’t actually cast that one in the real world, but here it was no problem at all.
Celestia flinched before she blinked and raised her head, looking around and brushing her soaked mane away, “Page?” she asked, her voice still a bit unsteady but quickly getting better.
“It’s me,” I confirmed and tapped my hoof, applying a bit of will to create a ready campfire before lighting it with a spark of my horn, “You doing okay there?”
Sunshine slowly unfolded herself and slowly stretched as water started to outright steam off her. I was meters away and I felt her heat stronger than I felt the fire.
She slowly relaxed again before frowning down at the previous grass beneath her, now ash. Frowning to herself she got up and scooted onto some fresh grass, “I’m fine,” she said and sighed, giving me a small smile, “...Been ages since I had this dream. Almost forgot about this.”
“What happened?” I asked and settled down next to her.
Celestia sighed, “I was being stupid and got caught out in a storm. It was before I really grew into my abilities.”
“You could get cold? Even then?”
She shook her head, “No. But it wasn’t fun being wet and afraid,” she said and glanced out through the shield bubble at the storm, “I did manage to get back home the next day.”
I nodded, “It wouldn’t have been. Especially for a little filly.”
Celestia smirked, “I’d have you know that at this time I am considered fully adult.”
I shook my head and poked her side with my wing, “So… what’s on the menu tonight, Sunshine?”
Celestia flicked one ear, “I was thinking about economics, but how about magic tonight? You have been wanting to practice your spell casting.”
“Works for me,” I agreed, “What scene would you like?”
“This one works, we’ll work on your fire magic,” she said before she smiled playfully, “I figure having things be covered with water is a good idea.”
“Well, at least you’re fireproof.”