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// Stop drinking so much coffee, Tia! 
// Story: Little loony Luna and crazy caffeinated Celestia's life in Canterlot 
// by Vidhwansak 
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Stop drinking so much coffee, Tia!




Luna yawned as the sun rose; this was her cue to prepare for bed. Night court was exhausting, and she wanted nothing more than to sleep. A growl from her stomach, though, told her otherwise, and she wasn't about to try and go to sleep on an empty stomach. That wasn't very healthy. So, with the goal of filling up her tummy with some sort of snack in mind, she began to travel towards the kitchens; along the way, she met up with Chrysalis, who waved at her.

"Lulu! How was night court?"

"Terribly exhausting...I'm going to get a small snack from the kitchens before I go to sleep."

"Ah. I'm feeling a bit peckish myself, so I'll join you. Balancing your check is weird...Did you really ask a unicorn to enchant a moon pie to become your pet?"

"Yes, and it ended terribly, as it almost ate Blueblood. I had to dispel it personally."

Oh. "I'm sorry, Lulu."

Huh? "I'm not, that moon pie was twice as delicious as any moon pie I've ever eaten!"

...Even though that thing was your pet once upon a time, you still ate it? Only you. "Ah, I see."

The two alicorns opened the doors to the kitchen, only to see Celestia sitting up straight and staring off into space next to an apologetic looking Coffee Joe, with empty coffee mugs littered all around Celestia like a minefield. Luna immediately knew this was a bad sign; after all, her sister wasn't usually that rigid, surrounded by coffee mugs, and lost in her train of thought. She didn't quite understand why it was a 'train' of thought, but if it indeed was a train, then truly, her sister's train of thought seemed to be derailed, if what she was seeing right now was anything to go off by.

Chrysalis cleared her throat, and circled around Celestia. "Tia?" She raised a hoof to Celestia's face, and began waving it about; unfortunately, there was no reaction at all. "What has happened here, Coffee Joe? Has Tia's mind finally snapped?" 

The stallion sighed, and rubbed the back of his head, wondering where it all went wrong. "I don't know 'bout her mind snappin', but Celestia here came by, seemingly grumpy this morning. I know I would be, raising the sun early. She had a cup of coffee, then asked for seconds. Never have I ever heard her ask for a second cup, but I didn't think too much of it. I think that's where the problem began, actually. She said 'seconds', not 'second' cup, so...Yeah. I thought she was nursing her coffee nice and slow, though, apparently, that's not the case."

"Indeed." Luna counted twenty coffee mugs on the floor, some of which still had dregs of coffee still inside. Her sister could be such a slob, and a lazy one at that. "So, when you looked back at her, she looked like...This?"

"That would be correct."

Chrysalis then made the mistake of gently pressing her right hoof against Celestia's nose, in an attempt to see if physical contact would snap her out of it. It did, though at the cost of realizing that Celestia certainly didn't drink decaf. 

"CHRYS!" Celestia cried out rather loudly, and the changeling alicorn suddenly found herself wrapped up in a bear crushing hug, constricting her ability to breathe. "Omigosh omigosh I feel soooooooo good! It's like I'm so happy and I'm happy and I jumpy and twitchy and my back itches and why aren't you saying anything Chrys Chrys Chrys?" 

Due to the lack of air, Chrysalis could not respond to the hyperactive alicorn, and she promptly passed out. Sighing, Celestia set Chrysalis down, then lunged at Luna, who swiftly dodged her sister after seeing the effects of what would happen if she were caught. "What are you doing, sister?!"

"I feel so happy and amazing! It's like I can do anything! Wee!" To Luna's horror and astonishment, her sister jumped at a wall, and somehow, instead of her weight (which was always a tender subject) causing her to go through the wall, she bounced off it like it was made of rubber. Celestia began bouncing around like a pinball, and Luna swore she was hearing the 'ding' of points being awarded.

"Everypony out! Celestia is hyper!" Her proclamation caused a ruckus as ponies scrambled to leave the kitchen, though she supposed that it was more because Celestia was now a living pinball then what she actually said. When it was just her, Coffee Joe and an unconscious Chrysalis, Luna threw a frying pan at Celestia, causing her to go off-course and land in a sack of potatoes meant for lunch later. "Stop drinking so much coffee, Tia! Look what you've done to the kitchen!"

"I'm sorry but I'm having so much fun bouncing around like bouncy bouncy bouncy bounce!"

This is going to be impossible to deal with. "Please, sister, stop!"

"Nope, I won't do as you say!" Celestia prepared to start bouncing again, when she suddenly tripped over a bag of potatoes. Luna expected her to jump right back up and ricochet off the walls again, but her sister made no movement at all. Concerned, Luna walked up to her sister, and did what any concerned pony would do; grab the biggest stick (or similar to) they could find (in this particular case it was a nearby pot), and poke at Celestia gently.

"Tia? Tia, are you okay?"

"She's under a coffee crash right now."

Luna turned around to see Coffee Joe, who was looking around in dismay at the destruction caused by the living pinball. "Even though coffee can help you stay awake, it can also sometimes give you a massive 'crash' later on, in which you'll feel extremely tired and cranky, and the only real solution after that is to either drink more coffee which I would not recommend in this case, or take a nap, which I do. I'm guessing she spent all her energy becoming a pinball."

Luna processed this information slowly, then looked at her sister, who was indeed sleeping. "...Don't tell me I'm going to have to take care of her duties and Chrysalis', aren't I?"

"Yep."

"And I won't get any breaks in-between duties?"

"Most likely."

Luna suddenly located a pair of sunglasses that weren't damaged, and she levitated them over, placing them over her eyes. "Bring it on."