A new year has passed in Equestria where the Summer Sun Celebration is coming to pass. With Princess Luna ruling beside Princess Celestia, the celebrations for the festival has become to learn to add the tradition of giving Luna rest for one day and are in need of a task master to organize the Summer Sun Celebration in Ponyville. The previous tasker for the celebration has retired and Princess Celestia has begun to decide who will lead it. As she appointed an official taker for the job, Princess Luna offered an idea.
Princess Celestia listened carefully to Luna's proposal of who the new task master should be. The two stood side by side on the patio of the Canterlot Castle tower and overlooked all of Equestria. Celestia stared at the glowing lights of the cities as the ponies slept for the evening. The moon glowed over the lands uncivilized by ponies and the sounds of the growling beasts of the Everfree forest rolled over the hills of the Badlands.
The moon that is raised by Luna every night provided natural light to the dim citadel of Canterlot. Celestia wore a warm comfy scarf around her neck to protect herself from the frigid ice of winter. The celebration marked the end of the freezing spring and into the warm summer. Princess Luna embraced the coldness of the night by wearing no article of clothing for winter.
Now, back to the two princesses. Princess Luna gave a suggestion to Princess Celestia on who the new manager should be for the Summer Sun Celebration.
"I think Twilight Sparkle should be appointed task master for this year," Princess Luna said to Princess Celestia. "I think she is great for the job."
"I don't know about that one little sister," Celestia replied back with a sigh. "Last year I allowed her to oversee the celebration but I had a task master back then. Now with you as part of the celebration, there's more to organize."
"I'm sure she'll be fine," Luna bumped her shoulder against Celestia's to give some assurance. "She has her friends by her side."
"You're right sister, I shouldn't worry as much."
And so, Twilight Sparkle was appointed task master of the Summer Sun Celebration. That night, with quill and paper at hoof, Princess Celestia officially documented Twilight's role.
Dear Twilight Sparkle, I am proud to inform you that, above all my possible contestants I have thought of, that you are the one most capable of being a task master for this year's Summer Sun Celebration. With this being the first celebration with Princess Luna, we have incorporated a new tradition into the event but we need someone to run it. Last year, you made sure everything ran smoothly for the celebration but we had somepony else organize the festivities. Since you managed Prince Cadence’s wedding and you are my faithful student, I think you could handle the Summer Sun Celebration. I hope you have an enjoyable time setting up the celebration. Luna and I will see you in two days. I am so proud of you.
From yours truly, Princess Celestia
P.S. A list of things will be included with the next incoming letter.
As she rolled the letter up into a scroll, she casted the teleportation spell on it. She breathed a small green flame from her mouth to the scroll and watched as it whisked away into the Equestrian winds.
Twilight received the letter from Princess Celestia nearly instantaneously. Spike spat the scroll in a vibrant green burst of flames and handed the scroll for Twilight to read. She placed the book she was reading about folklore of earth ponies on her bedside and took the scroll from him. The paper of the scroll crunches in Twilight’s magical grasp. As she read the letter, Spike spat out another scroll with detailed instructions for Twilight to follow on Summer Sun Eve.
"Remind Applejack about the zap apples that were ordered months ago, the sun dresses for the dancers to be crafted by Rarity, have the Cupcakes and Pinkie Pie cater the event with sun themed sugar goods, and Rainbow Dash to direct a Wonderbolt Show the evening of the events,” Twilight said to herself as she read the list of the things required for the Summer Sun Celebration. “Besides asking the mayor to decorate the town, I think I can handle this festivity.”
Twilight dropped the list on the ground and headed to the door to get the Summer Sun Eve started. She was confident that the organization would be a piece of Pinkie Pie Cake and that nothing could go wrong. When she was several hooves away from the door, Spike looked at the list one more time and notices that there was more.
“Wait Twilight!” Spike yelped as Twilight began to head outside the door. He took the scroll with him and showed her the backside of the list to do for the Summer Sun Celebration. “There’s more on the back!”
Twilight read the last tid-bit on the back of the list as Spike held it up for her to read. “There is going to be a new addition to the celebration where we will have something called the Rest of Winter. A glass orb containing magic will be delivered to Ponyville by…” the delivery service name was smudged out. “It is important that the orb be kept safe until midnight of the Summer Sun Celebration.”
“I wonder who is delivering the orb to Ponyville?” Spike asked as he lowered the list.
“Let’s just hope that its somepony who is careful,” Twilight said. “I’ve got to get to Applejack’s to check on the zap apples for the event. Summer Sun Celebration only comes once a year.”
… At the Equestrian delivery service…
“Now Derpy,” Derpy’s father said to her. “I want to make sure that NOTHING happens to this package. Understand?”
Derpy Hooves, the Chief Deliverer of Ponyville, stared blankly at her father who was the boss of the Equestrian Post Office. Her crossed eyes searched around the room but she was staring at her father with a straight glare. Everypony thinks that she would mess up and it secretly makes her angry inside. Sure some of her deliveries caused the parcels to be either destroyed or incinerated, but they were still delivered on time.
At least she still had her job in the Equestrian Post Office. With a happy sigh and a salute to her father, she accepted the delivery request.
“I don’t know what could possibly go wrong Papa,” Derpy sighed as she left her father with the package in her mouth.