//------------------------------// // Sisters // Story: Project Celestia // by decembuary //------------------------------// I woke with a start as I hit the floor. I had somehow rolled off my bed and onto the hard wooden floor. I stood up and headed over to the mirror, then I quickly ran a brush through my flowing mane. It didn’t take to much effort to get my mane untangled (one of the benefits of having a mane like Celestia’s), so within minutes I was heading towards the kitchens. In the dining room, Sun Glow had just finished eating. She quickly stood up and left when I entered the room. She didn’t even stop to say ‘Hello’ to me. I was slightly sad about that. Sun Glow always stopped to talk to me. Why wasn’t she now? I thought back over the past few days to see if I did something she didn’t like. There was nothing unusual, so why was she ignoring me? I abandoned the idea of breakfast and sprinted after the white filly. I had to be a good big sister and find out what was wrong. I was just exiting the room when it hit me. I hadn’t been a good big sister for the past few weeks. Time that could have been spent with Sunny was spent with Cumulous organizing Winter Wrap up or helping ponies that hadn’t finished building houses yet finish building houses. I was a bad sister. I sprinted faster after that and eventually caught up with the young alicorn. “What do you want?” Asked Sun Glow with a hint of anger in her voice. “I want to spend some time with you. I haven’t been recently” I replied. “Are you sure you aren’t too busy? I wouldn’t want you to get in trouble with your boss. Oh thats right, you don’t have a boss. You could easily take a day off without having to ask anypony. In fact, you could easily get somepony else to help build houses or prepare for winter so you’d have more time to spend with me. So why haven’t you” I flinched at the harsh reality of what she was saying. It was all true. I was the worlds worst sister. “No, I’m not too busy. I’ll even stop working for a whole week to spend time with you if that’s what you want.” “Are you sure?” She asked. “Do you really want to spend time with me?” “Of course I do! You’re me sister” I said “Thank you so much. It’s been incredibly boring here, especially with Leafy away. What are we going to do? Can we go down to the river? Wait, even better, could you teach me to fly. I’m sure you’re a lot better than Cumulous, and a better teacher too” My sister said excitedly. All the anger had gone from her voice, and it had been replaced with happiness. My tummy grumbled. “We can do both of those things, and more. But first, I need food” I announced ----------------------- After a delicious meal of hay fries and an apple, I headed to Sun Glow’s room. Sunny was waiting inside, sitting on her bed wearing a wooly hat and a scarf. “You ready to go?” I asked “Definitely!” The white alicorn replied. “Then lets go!” Sunny jumped on my back like she used to for ponyback rides when she was a filly, and I flew out through the window. Five minutes later we were landing by the river. Thanks to the bitter cold, the river was freezing, so we couldn’t swim in it, but that didn’t decrease Sun Glows excitement about visiting the river. I had absolutely no idea why Sunny liked rivers so much. Back in the other Equestria she always wanted to go down to the stream for picnics and all sorts of other things. Me and Mum always joked that her cutie mark would be something to do with rivers, but so she hadn’t got one yet, so I guess her cutie mark will be for something unrelated to rivers. “So, what do you want to do here?” I asked “Anything!” Sun Glow replied “That doesn’t help me come up with ideas!” I said with a laugh. 
“Well, you could teach me to fly!” The white filly said thoughtfully. “Okay then. What has Cumulous taught you so far?” “Not much. I can hover, but not move around” She explained. “Show me” I said Sun Glow flapped her tiny wings and started levitating a few feet off the ground. “That’s good. Now try leaning slightly to the left” The white alicorn leaned to the left. Soon she was turning around to face the other direction. “Cool!” She said, “But how do I move forward?” “I was getting to that” I replied. “Tilt your wings slightly. Keep flapping” The filly did as I told her. She started to move forwards slightly. Now she was hovering just over the river. “Great. Now lean to the left while still flapping the way I told you” Sunny tried to do as I said, but it must have been a little bit to tricky for her. Her flaps faltered and she descended slightly. “Woah. I’m nearly touching the water. How do you go higher?” Sun Glow asked. “Just flap your wings normally” I answered. The alicorn tilted her wings so they faced the ground. She was just about to continue flapping when a leaf fell from a nearby tree and landed on her back. She flinched and tried to dust it off, causing her to forget to flap. She fell into the freezing cold river. “Aeiiiah! The water is FREEZING!” She exclaimed once her head broke the surface. “What do you expect it’s nearly winter!” I said while heading over to the river bank to help her out. “I better get you home and into some warm clothes before you catch a cold” “Aw, but we were having so much fun!” “No buts. If you catch a cold you won’t be able to enjoy the fun activities I have planned for this week.” I said. “Ooh, what do you have planned!” “It’s a surprise” “Aw” Sunny jumped onto my back. She felt really cold, and now that she was closer I could hear her teeth chattering. I flapped my wings and flew off towards the tree-castle. When we got there, I wrapped Sun Glow up in a warm, woolen ursa wool blanket and gave her a hot chocolate. Hopefully she doesn’t get a cold. It would put an end to most of my plans for the week. --------------------- No matter how hard I tried, Sun Glow still got a cold. She spent most of the next day in bed, coughing and sniffling. It gave me plenty of time to work, but after the other day I would much rather have spent it with my sister. She better be well by Friday. Nothing could get in the way of my plan. I’d already sent out invites to everypony in New Equestria to invite them to the first ever, New Equestria Sisterhooves Social. I had based it off the old SisterHooves Social in Ponyville. It had mostly the same events and everything. It would be the first official event that will be continued every year. Sun Glow just couldn’t miss it.