I need my coffee, Lulu!
Whenever a pony asks about what made Celestia's day, there are three things that she always responded to such a pony that asked the question to her; those three things were the simple pleasure of raising the sun, of watching her little ponies happily live their life in Equestria, and coffee. When asked about the last item, she stated that she was just like anypony else; that she got tired and lacking energy in the morning, and needed a cup of coffee to help her, much like most working ponies today.
Unfortunately for Celestia, today was one of those days where she needed a cup of coffee, and today was not being kind to her, if the soreness in her body was any indication of that. Playing extreme, hardcore, on the ceiling while eating marshmallows and running backwards tag with Luna late at night was not something she would recommend to anypony anytime soon. She groaned as she got of her bed, onto her newly carpeted floor (She managed an inward squeal of joy before the pain in her hooves squelched that feeling), and walked over to the private bathroom that was located a little to the left of her bed; she did need to wash up and brush her teeth just like any other pony, after all.
Stepping inside of her shower, she turned one of the knobs that was underneath the shower spout, and immediately afterwards, a warm stream of water made its way from the shower spout, flowing down freely until it splashed upon her body. She allowed herself to bask in the warm water for a moment before sluggishly enveloping a bar of soap with her magic, rubbing it across a brush roughly for awhile, and then rubbing said brush across her back.
The routine changed slightly as she moved the brush across the rest of her body just as slowly, pausing only to reapply more soap upon the brush. When she felt satisfied with brushing herself, she set the brush down, and grabbed a bottle, squeezing a generous portion of some extremely rich shampoo into her mane; when the amount she wanted was reached, she began to massage her scalp and mane gently. The shampoo easily breathed life into her mane, and just felt like heaven to run through her mane.
However, it did not last long against the onslaught of warm water, and once all the shampoo was washed away, she began to wash her tail with that same shampoo, caressing it gently and giving it the same careful care that she gave her mane.
Once she had finished washing herself and performing a quick-dry spell (One of the benefits of being the solar princess!), she set on the tedious task of brushing her teeth. Dental hygiene was one of those necessary evils that she had learned to live with, and with her tendency to eat lots of cake at any given time, it was important that she brushed her teeth twice as well, for cakes had too much ooey, gooey sweetness in them, which were bad for her teeth! That didn't mean she couldn't enjoy it, however; there was just something about those firm bristles and minty paste that made her take pleasure in the simple action of brushing her teeth.
After the vigorous brushing workout her teeth went through, she went to the kitchens to receive the final part of her morning ritual for slow, groggy mornings like these; her cup of joe, maybe even multiple cups, if she felt so inclined. She strode down the final hallway, which was populated only with either silent, vigilant and boring guards, or with servants that rushed to bow at her feet and inquire if she had any needs to attend to. She gently shooed the servants away, not wanting to bother them with her simple request, and strode the rest of the way down the hallway quickly to enter the kitchens before anypony else stopped to ask her more things; coffee now, ponies later.
As she entered the kitchens, she took in a deep, appreciative sniff of the wonderful aroma in the air, and smiled at the ponies that were working hard to provide food for the entire castle; they didn't stop to bow to the princess, busy with their work as they were, and she appreciated the dedication her kitchen staff had. Despite the amazing smells that were killing her nose and sending it to heaven right now, she had only one destination in mind, and that was to meet the castle's coffee maker, Coffee Joe, brother to Donut Joe and a pony that could make a mean cup of coffee.
"Ah, Coffee Joe, it's nice to see you, as always!" The stallion she was addressing jumped, and turned around, startled by the princess sneaking up on him. Upon seeing her, however, a wide smile was on his face, and he offered a hoof to the princess, which was immediately taken and shook.
"Well, Princess Celestia! Here for your morning cup of coffee, I assume?" Celestia nodded, looking around for the telltale sign of fresh coffee, which, oddly enough, was absent this morning.
"Of course! I just can't help myself from drinking the splendid coffee you manage to brew here, Coffee. Speaking of which, may I have a cup?" To her amazement, the stallion shook his head, and looked regretfully out towards the storage room, where his coffee beans were located (And which some of them by now should have been blended to create smooth, rich coffee).
"...I'm sorry, princess, but there's no coffee this morning for you." Celestia assumed that he was joking, and giggled softly; when he didn't join in with her, the giggling died out, and from the look he was giving her, she suddenly realized that what he was saying was true.
"Wha...What?! You usually brew more than enough coffee for me and the whole castle! We even have to dump out excess coffee at the end of the day because it goes bad!"
"Well, yes, we would have more than enough coffee, but that was before we found a note that said that some pony tried some of the coffee here last night, and was so disgusted by the flavor of it that she had went ahead and got rid of all our coffee bean supply; I trust her judgement, though, as much as I dislike it. There's not much you can say or do about it when the pony is a high ranking official. Oh, and the fact that this all happened last night when we were all sleeping."
Celestia sighed, and began to walk out of the kitchens, the tempting smells of baking pies, pastries being assembled, and fresh fruit being cut open suddenly muted by the fact that she was not going to be drinking any coffee today. Darn health inspectors! In the middle of the night, as well! Coffee Joe followed the princess outside, and smiled at her.
"Don't worry, princess, I'm sure we'll have some more coffee later, once we run it by her."
"I hope that's true, Coffee. Speaking of which, may I have the name of the health inspector that decided to throw away all my coffee away? I'm curious as to why they did not bring it up with me first." Coffee Joe had a confused look on his face, and frowned slightly at Celestia.
"Health inspector? There was no health inspector, what are you talking about?"
"...The note from the pony that had all my coffee beans removed wasn't a health inspector?"
"No, it was written by Princess Luna."
Celestia was suddenly taken to a flashback of an exhausted Luna and Celestia giving each other a hug before parting, with the lunar princess stating that she would be going down to the kitchens to get something to drink. The only thing that was left in the kitchen at night that was readily drinkable was coffee, a drink brewed from beans which was introduced some three hundred years after Luna's banishment. Celestia had recommended coffee for Luna; unfortunately, she had neglected to tell her to brew a new batch of coffee in a pot because old, stale, leftover coffee was the most rancid, nastiest thing on this side of Equestria, and if she remembered correctly, there was one pot of coffee left in the kitchens that evening that wasn't thrown out because one of her ponies actually liked it that way (Blueblood had some weird tastes), which probably meant that Luna had drunk the coffee from that pot, and...
If there was any place that Coffee Joe suddenly did not want to be at most of all, it was right in front of Princess Celestia, who had a subtle twitch of her eyes, and her teeth were slightly bared; he really did not like the look on her face, and he had a sudden urge to ran back to his room, lock the doors, close the blinds, and cry underneath his bed.
"Princess...Celestia?" He dared breathe; he was then treated to the sight of Celestia running down the hallway in an undignified manner, screaming at the top of her lungs.
"LULU, I SWEAR TO FAUST, I WILL END YOU! I NEED MY COFFEE, LULU!"