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// The discoveries of Princess Celestia 
// Story: Sparkle Is An Imposter 
// by Swish 
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	Princess Celestia had spent ALL DAY with these ponies, and had learned more than she had ever wanted too. I mean, they were great ponies and she was sure that they were loyal friends to Twilight. It was just that... well frankly, they were annoying. Take the white one with the purple mane for instance. All she does is WHINE! And Luna complained about her whining! Bah! This pony was all 'But it'll mess up my mane! I'll get dirty! I'll be ugly, and it'll be the Worst. Possible. Thing!'  Then there was the Rainbow coloured one. All she did was talk about becoming a Wonderbolt and pranking ponies, and how awesome she was and the difference between coolness and awesomeness. Oh, and something about a pony named Daring Do. The other pegasus (the yellow one) was adorable, but she didn't talk much, and when she did it was in a shy tone that made you feel awkward. Really awkward. Er.... Moving onward, the hardest pony to understand was the pink one, and whenever Princess Celestia saw her she seemed to be bouncing up and down in some sort of trance that still allowed for an excessive amount of forward motion. Also... she could have sworn that that pony had disappeared at least twice.

Princess Celestia's eyes then rested on the orange pony trotting happily in front of her. This one was... perfect. No flaws at all, with the exception of her strange accent, but Princess Celestia could dismiss that. Nopony wants to be ruled by a princess that judges her subjects on their accents. The only real issue Celestia had ever had with her was that one time when she'd received a letter from her claiming she hadn't learned a single thing. I mean seriously? Who does that? These are reports on what you've learned, not what you haven't learned. Sheesh.

...

After a while though, Princess Celestia began to tire of discovering what Twilight's friends weaknesses and strengths were. She was beginning to get bored of learning and experiencing what Twilight's life was like. So naturally, Celestia decided that it was about time to end her very important 'Learning Experience'. 

"Uh, guys?" She began. "I have something to tell you," I can't believe how scientific Twilight sounds when she's talking! She's like one of those psychiatrist ponies who listen to all of your problems and then talk to you in this matter-of-fact tone that makes them sound like they're a first-grade teacher.

"What's wrong, sugarcube?"Applejack looked worriedly at Celestia. "Is the about that nightmare y'all had?"

"Are you not feeling well deary?" Rarity fluttered her eyelashes at Celestia. I'm not really sure what she's accomplishing by her excessive eyelid movement, but oh well.

Pinkie Pie (wherever she came from) rolled her eyes as if all the ponies were complete idiots. "She's going to tell us she really isn't Twilight Sparkle! Duh! I mean, I dunno what you guys are talking about, but whatever it is, it's just plain silly!"

"I don't really think that's quite right Pinkie," muttered Fluttershy.

"Actually," Princess Celestia began. "Pinkie Pie is quite right. I'm not Twilight Sparkle at all."

"Then what in tarnation are ya? An alien?" asked Applejack.

"Applejack! There are no such things as aliens and you know it," scolded Rarity.

"There are too such things as aliens! They're called humans!" Aaand... everypony just ignored Pinkie Pie.

Princess Celestia personally had no idea what Pinkie was talking about with the whole 'human' thing (It could potentially be dangerous) but at least the pink pony had enough common sense to understand that she wasn't really Twilight Sparkle. 

"I am not an alien, nor am I a 'human'. I am actually Princess Celestia," she said matter-of-factly.

"Well duuuh," Pinkie Pie interrupted, "Tell us something we don't know!"

Everypony just ignored Pinkie again. 

"Well if you are the Princess," began Rarity, "Then pray tell us, how do you intend on getting back to normal?"

Celestia smiled. "I intend on visiting Twilight Sparkle."





Two hours later, Celestia and her five crazy companions were on a train headed towards Canterlot. It had taken quite a long time to get ready, as all of Twilight's friends had many questions to ask such as 'How are we going to get past the guards to see Celestia?' and 'What is our way of transportation?'

Princess Celestia had answers for everything, of course. Answering her subjects problems had always been her top priority. Well... almost always. Their current plan was to head to Canterlot and ask one of the guards to send a message to 'The Princess' saying that 'Twilight Sparkle' had arrived. If Twilight was smart, she would be willing to let Celestia in. And if not, well... Twilight's body was still capable of casting quite a few magic spells, and Celestia wasn't afraid to use them.

The only problem with their plan so far was that it was taking AGES to get to Canterlot. She had been fine with just sitting around back in Ponyville, but now that these ponies had understood that they were in the presence of the Ruler of Equestria, they became less entertaining. 

Princess Celestia stifled the urge to groan. Soooo boring! I wish I at least had Luna to talk to. All of a sudden there was a blur of pink, and a hyper looking Pinkie Pie was grinning wildly next to her.

"Somepony seems bored! Do you want me to sing you a song?" Without waiting for an answer, Pinkie Pie burst into an explosion of song. Seriously, it was complete with background music.

"When you're feeling bored or blue,
The world seems like it's against you, It's true!
But sometimes we need to stand up high,
And fly into that sunny blue sky.

Sometimes the world can fall apart,
But don't let that rip apart your heart,
Cause even though life can get you down,
It doesn't have to make you drown! Yeah!

When you're a little worried,
When you're a little disappointed,
When you can't seem to understand,
and when this world seems a little bland,

You just need to stand up high,
And look for that sun in that Bright, blue sky!"

Pinkie Pie looked over at the other ponies. "Isn't that right?"

"Uh, yeah, sure..." Nopony was really sure how to react. Pinkie Pie never really cared about the Princesses being higher up than she was, she still just did whatever she wanted too.  "So remember Princess! Even though Twilight made a bad mistake, you still don't need to banish her to the moon!"

"I wasn't going to banish her to the moon!" Princess Celestia countered. "I'm sure that no harm was done."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," said Pinkie. "I'm pretty sure Princess Luna told her quite a bit about you."

Princess Celestia's face turned an almost white shade of purple.