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// Game of Pones (2/3) 
// Story: Goodnight Woon 
// by lunabrony 
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	The night proceed as normal. Princess Celestia lowered the sun, and Princess Luna raised the moon. The main difference here was that Luna, once the moon was raised, proceeded to retire for the night and go to bed. This prevented her from working a double shift, and she even managed to get a nice hug from her older sister, and an hour or two of conversation between the two of them.
"Good night Luna," Celestia said at last, and rose to return to her room. "I'm sorry you've been feeling ignored lately. I assure you it hasn't been intentional," she said, and slowly closed the door as she left.
Luna wasn't used to sleeping at night, and she was afraid she wouldn't adjust to it. It wasn't something that happened very frequently. But it seemed as though her body had just been waiting for the proper moment to sleep, as only a few seconds after she'd closed her eyes, a member of the Royal Guard was shaking her awake and the sunrise was streaming in through the window.
"Luna," he said. "Wake up. You have breakfast at 7, and then a meeting with the Ambassador of Clearview."
Luna's eyes snapped open. "A meeting? Me?" She said. "Of course!" She felt giddy with anticipation, as it was almost unprecedented for her to actually have ponies waiting on her. "I'm coming!"
It didn't take her long to prepare herself, and perhaps she could have presented herself a bit more professionally. But the citizens didn't realize how long it took to get ready when a mare had this much mane to deal with, and it was an extremely thankless task. Luna quickly gobbled up her oatmeal in the kitchen right afterward, before rushing towards the Meeting Room. She wouldn't be holding Audiences for another hour or two, so the higher ranking officials had to come first.
Pushing open the elaborately decorated doors, she found herself nose to beak with a gryphon who was lavishly dressed in what appeared to be fine silk.
"Princess Luna, a surprise!" He squawked. "I was under the impression I'd be meeting with Celestia."
Celestia, Celestia, Celestia. Everypony always went on about how great Celestia was. Luna forced a smile. "I am taking care of things today, for a change of pace. How can I help you?"
The gryphon looked momentarily stunned by this, but went on. "As I'm sure you're aware, Clearview is undergoing some hard times, economically. I was hoping you might consider lowering the taxes, just a bit. I would so appreciate your understanding."
"Of course," Luna said kindly. "Consider your taxes cut in half for the time being, I'm more than happy to help the Gryphon Kingdom."
"Thank you, thank you!" The ambassador exclaimed. "You won't regret this, Princess Luna!" The gryphon clacked his beak several times, and rushed out the door. Luna rolled her eyes, and made her way to the throne room. The ponies were in for quite a surprise when they came to talk to Princess Celestia. 
One of the higher ranking members of the Royal Guard approached her before the doors opened. "Princess Luna, I must remind you that we cannot be giving out investments and loans to every one of these ponies. The treasuries ARE limited, and we must find ways to help them without giving them all free bits."
"Of course I know that," Luna said. "I'm not an idiot."
"Oh, I wouldn't ever say you were an idiot!" The Guard exclaimed. "It's just that when Celestia runs things-"
"I'M NOT CELESTIA!" Luna snapped, with such severity that the Guard flinched. He gave her a questioning look but said nothing further, going instead to open up the doors. Luna was busy for the next few hours, though there was nothing of significant importance. Ponies mostly just wanted her advice on things, and she was happy to impart her wisdom. She didn't often get to interact with ponies during her working hours, and it was a nice change of pace.
Around late afternoon, while Luna was still busy holding Audience. a member of the Royal Guard knocked on the golden doors of Celestia's personal chambers. There was no answer after a few knocks, so he knocked again, harder this time.
Celestia opened the door with fury in her eyes, her pastel mane up in curlers. At least half a dozen open books surrounded her  favorite reading area by the window, and the Princess did not seem to appreciate being interrupted. "This better be important," Celestia said. "This is my first day off in I can't even remember how long. My sister is more than capable, and I trust her completely."
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about," the Guard said hesitantly. "The Evening Post came in, I just thought you'd like to take a look at it." He hovered a scroll in front of Celestia's muzzle.
FINANCIAL CRISIS! TAXES LOWERED IN CLEARVIEW. SHAREHOLDERS SELL STOCK - BUSINESSES PLUNGING INTO BANKRUPTCY. LUNABRONY HAS NO IDEA HOW INVESTMENTS WORK!
"What in the world..." Celestia's eyes widened.
Dropping the scroll, Celestia raced down the hallway, completely forgetting that she was still in her bathrobe.
The Guardspony blinked. Oh, this wouldn't end well.