Daydream winced and scrunched up her nose when the bed began to shuffle. The motel room was dark and dimly lit by the light of the old lamp on the bedside table, illuminating the room in a soft but weak yellowed glow. She yawned softly, her ear flicking as she began to wake up more. Celestia's large wing was wrapped around her, holding her close as the pair slept. Daydream's eyes wandered to the alarm clock on the nightstand, letting out a soft sigh when she read the time. It was 2:00, and they still had a few hours before they did anything for the day.
''Mh...'' Celestia stirred and shuffled in her sleep but quickly settled, her wings gently rustling. She was holding onto Daydream and pulled her just a bit closer with her wings, keeping her secure. Even in the dim light, she could still make out the features of the alicorn. Her blue, green and pink mane in a slight mess as some of the colors intermixed, the light bags under her eyes from countless sleepless nights. Scars from battles long since won now only light patches on her snow white coat. Her breath was relaxed and warm as she slept, like a warm summer breeze. Despite the chill of the room and the darkness, she still shone through.
Celestia began to stir more in her sleep, her ears flattening against her head as she began to hyperventilate; a nightmare. Daydream knew these all too well. Even after everything regarding her and her sister, she still suffered from terrifying nightmares and terrors from time to time. She was still wracked with guilt, guilt of what she had done and what she hadn't done in all of her years. Daydream felt her heart sink immediately, sitting up slowly as to not startle her awake.
"I-i'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry-" Tia muttered, slowly shaking her head. Her voice quivered and wavered, and she was trembling. Daydream held and gently shushed her, brushing her hoof against the back of her head as she tried to comfort her. She knew very well that Celestia had demons, ones she knew about and others that Celestia kept too herself. Daydream worried about the alicorn, despite her insistence that she was fine. Celestia had begun to calm down after around 10 minutes, her nightmare slowly fading as it presumably ended.
"It's okay," Daydream hushed, her voice barely above a whisper. "You're okay, Tia... Go back to sleep, you're okay." She planted a small kiss on her forehead, shutting her eyes. Daydream herself began to drift back off into sleep, using her magic to bring the blanket closer to the two of them. She kept holding the Alicorn in her arms as she snuggled up against her, falling right back to sleep.
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Soft rays of sunlight poured into the room through the cracks of the blinds as the morning sun began to rise into the sky, causing Celestia to yawn and begin to wake up. She wiped her still damp eyes and pulled back her hoof with a sigh, her ears flattening. Looking up and in front of her, she smiled softly at the sight of Daydream asleep and sound.
She hated when she had those nightmares with Daydream. The last thing Celestia wanted was to put her problems and demons of her past onto her, even if it was through her nightmares. But now wasn't the time to focus on that! She had an entire day planned for just the two of them and she refused too let it go wrong. She carefully got up and out of bed, making sure she didn't wake Daydream as she trotted over to their suitcases, opening hers and examining the contents.
She, of course, had made sure to grab plenty of adventure pamphlets. Despite Daydreams gentle and generally very soft nature, she loved the thrill of adventure equally as much as Celestia. She grabbed a couple from the suitcase, letting out a soft hum as she looked them over. She knew how she wanted to end this vacation off, of course, but that didn't mean she couldn't have other fun things planned their entire visit. But today was going to be simple, and today was going to go well.
First, breakfast, and... Celestia was having a hard time deciding between rock climbing, a theme park and zip lining. She glanced back at Daydream and then back down at the pamphlets. As much as Tia would like to do all three and then some, she didn't want to tire her out on the first day. So, setting them aside, Tia trotted over to the bed, leaning down to Daydream to kiss her forehead.
"I'll be back, I'm gonna go grab us something to eat," She whispered.
"mmmhkay," Daydream mumbled, softly. Her ear flicked as her forehead was kissed. She nuzzled her head into the pillow she was using and let out a small yawn.
Celestia nodded, and headed out. Today was gonna go well, she thought. Today was going to go well and nothing is gonna keep that from happening. As she trotted outside and towards the nearest restaurant she could locate, she'd look up at the morning sky. Once she had to worry about the placement of the sun and the perfect time to start the day and hardly had a time to ever appreciate it. Now here she was, enjoying the simple pleasure of just... Getting breakfast. Waking up next to some pony she loved. Simple joys of life, too her, were a luxury before. Getting the chance to meet and truly connect to somepony, or really anyone, was such a rarity that she didn't even think it was possible.
But as she entered the diner, and approached the counter with an order in mind, her nightmare from that night began to fade away from her memory, replaced instead with what kind of juice Daydream wanted to drink.