Celestia could feel panic building up as she dug through the surprisingly large pile of papers in front of her. "No no no no no..." Where is it!? I couldn't have misplaced it!
"Sister, the school boards wants to know what the plans for this year's musical is." Luna stuck her head into the, for once extremely cluttered messy, office. If she was surprised to see that her sister appeared to be distressed about something, she didn't show it.
"I know that! I could have sworn it was right here!" Celestia threw down the stack that she had been rifling through, not finding the necessary paperwork there.
Luna frowned, moving further into the office, closing the door behind her. "If you don't submit your suggestion before the week is up, then you cannot do the play."
"I know that!" She yelled out in frustration. "It's somewhere in here, and I have it all filled out already... I just need to find it!"
"Would you like some help?" Luna leaned against the closed door, aware of how stressed her sister was to get to this point.
"No! Yes! Gah! I need to take a break from this..." Celestia mumbled to herself as she stubbornly rifled through yet another stack of papers.
"Then why aren't you?" Luna stared at her sister, keeping her façade calm.
"Because..." Celestia leaned against her desk, exhaustion flooding her features suddenly. "HE'S back and we don't know where he is hiding or what he is planning. The school is on the verge of closing for good, there are new heroes running around... we also don't know where the Elements of Harmony are to defeat him. I think that I want Sunset to stay with me permanently... but that is so out of character for me I don't even know why I'm considering it!"
Luna blinked slowly, surprise flashing through her. "That is...wow. The school and everything else I was expecting, that bit about Sunset I wasn't."
"Wait... you were expecting me to be stressed out about the school and him? Why did you ask then?"
"Because I know you. You never admit to anything stressing you out. That and I entered your dreams last night." Luna rolled her eyes skyward, even as she dropped her arms down. "You have to let people in sometimes. Also, talk to Zecora. She told me that she's debating asking you to take her in full time since she hasn't tried running or anything since you took her in."
"You snuck into my dreams!?" Celestia yelled, springing up from her seat.
"That's not what I... look you need to take a break. How about you go check on the students while I tidy up in here and look for the paperwork?" Luna stepped up to stand next to her, gently pushing her older sister towards the door. "It's time for lunch anyways. The staff and students will be wondering where you are if you don't make an appearance today."
Celestia sighed at that, knowing that she was telling the truth. She had made a goal to go to the cafeteria everyday to try and help her students when she first started this job. Everyone will notice that she wasn't there if she didn't take a break to go there this afternoon.
The noise from the cafeteria was, like always, a soothing balm to Celestia's soul. Her gaze swept through the large room, noting where all of her various students were sitting and what they were doing. Pinkie was sitting near Fluttershy, Dennis right across from them, rambling about something. Sunset appeared to have caught on that Applejack and Pear Blossom were too similar to not be related and was clearly trying to figure it out, if her eyes flickering between the two was any indication. Rarity was sketching in her sketchbook, possibly a new design for one of her personal fashion shows she sometimes did. Twilight was hidden behind several books, Spike curled up under the table as he dozed during the break.
Celestia smiled to herself as she settled herself down at one of the tables, an empty one of course. None of the students wanted to be caught hanging with the principal after all. Picking up her fork, she moved to eat her salad. Her phone vibrating caused her to pause, quickly lowering her fork. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled the device out, scanning the coded message that flashed across the screen.
Her eyes narrowed in concentration, typing out furiously a response to the text. Looks like her plans for that night has been made for her.
Day Breaker stood on a rooftop, her heart pounding as she scanned the area. She was once again wearing her old alter ego uniform, ready for a fight. Even from where she stood, she could see the havoc that was throwing the entire town into chaos. To make things worse, or better, Master Chaos stood in the midst of it all, cackling with laughter as his minions that she most definitely didn't know he had swarmed everywhere doing his bidding. Narrowing her eyes, she prepared to lunge at him when a hand landed on her shoulder...
Whirling around, she lashed out at the minion, knocking them backwards as she attacked, pure panic rising up from within her. She couldn't let them win...she just couldn't! "Day Breaker! Relax! It's just me!" Suddenly Nightmare Moon was in front of her, raising her hands up in surrender.
Day Breaker gasped, taking a step back to see that her sister and best friend were the only ones near her. "I...I didn't mean too..."
"I know. Now then, let's go fight Master Chaos." Nightmare Moon assured her, before gesturing to the attack taking place behind them.
Master Potioneer took a step forward, a frown crossing her features. "Actually... our opponent appears to have fled the scene."
"What!?" The sisters whipped around to stare at where the villainous supervillain used to be at...only to see that the square was completely empty. Day Breaker spoke up first, shock flooding her voice. "Where did he go?"
"We must be missing something. It is not like Daniel to just leave before exacting his plans." Nightmare Moon mused aloud, confusion creasing her brow.
"Come on... I need to check on Sunset anyways."