//------------------------------// // Anger Issues // Story: That which Holds the Moon // by TimeLord_Whooves //------------------------------// “Sister!” Luna shouted as she slammed the door to Celestia’s room wide open, carrying Twilight in her magic behind her. “Luna!” Celestia exclaimed in shock, jolting from her bed at the sudden outburst. “What is the matter?” Luna placed the scowling Twilight next to Celestia and said, “She is quite sick and I do not know what to do.” “I’m not sick,” Twilight growled angrily. “But you have such a high fever, how could you not be sick?” Luna asked, her voice hysterical. Celestia looked at Luna then to Twilight and a small grin slid over her muzzle for a short moment. “Let me see,” she said as she lifted Twilight up to face level with her magic and put her hoof to the unicorn’s forehead. “Oh my, you’re burning up, Twilight!” “See, Luna? I’m perfectly… Wait. What!?” Twilight’s head whipped to face her mentor. “B-but Princess, you know I’m fine! I don’t have a-“ “Hush now, Twilight. You wouldn’t want to make that little fever worse,” Celestia said, trying in earnest to keep a straight face. “But Princess-“ Twilight was suddenly cut off by a hoof from her mentor. “I thought you were my most faithful student, Twilight.” Celestia gave her a mockingly stern look, the corners of her mouth trembling from forcing it to stay flat, and continued in a singsong voice, “Now, let’s see about getting that fever of yours down.” Twilight roared furiously as her horn burst with magic, forcing herself free of Celestia’s telekinetic grasp. “I’m not sick and you know it!” She shouted ferociously, “I can see you trying to keep a straight face!” With that, Twilight burst from the room, tears streaming down her face and cheeks and ears burning with rage. She would have run all the way to the train station to catch the next train to Ponyville, but something caught her attention. “Sister!” Luna’s voice came roaring down the hall as Luna was using her Royal Canterlot Voice. “How dare you!? All of that for a joke, one of your little pranks you claim are harmless?” There was a pause in the shouting, Twilight assumed Celestia was saying something but it was too quiet to hear. “You may think that, but obviously Twilight does not, and I most assuredly do not think so either! Could you not see the pain in Twilight’s eyes when you said she was feeling ill!?” Another pause, but this time Twilight could barely make out Celestia’s reply as she had raised her voice slightly. “You thought she was ill too, I was only building on what you said. You presented the opportunity for a good joke and I took it, I didn’t think-“ “No, you didn’t think!” Luna shouted with gusto. “She was already in a bad mood from the things that I had done, she didn’t need anyone else poking fun at her! I came to you for help, sister, and you decided to make it a joke! I wouldn’t be surprised if Twilight was on her way to the train station right now or even her parent’s house just to get away from us!” There was no stopping Luna now, she was ranting, possibly as loudly as she could, and Celestia couldn't get a word in edgewise. There was only one other time that Luna had been this mad before, right before she had become Nightmare Moon… Twilight’s mind was reeling, ‘She… really cares about me that much?’ Twilight crept back down the hall towards Celestia’s room, Luna’s voice still echoing through the halls. “You’re supposed to be the mentor, the role model for all the citizens of Equestria! Instead, you play pranks and make fools of our subjects, why do you think Blueblood acts the way he does? He sees you doing as you please and he thinks just because he has the title of "Prince", he can do as he pleases no matter the consequences other ponies have to face! Tell me sister, when did it come to me, the younger of us, needing to berate you for your actions?” Celestia was left speechless. She stood there watching Luna huff in her anger until Luna finally shook her head and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Twilight watched as Luna walked out into the hallway stomping so hard, she was afraid the floor might crack from the force. Luna’s face was contorted with rage and her eyes were streaming, half from her anger towards Celestia and half for scaring Twilight away. It took her a moment to realize she was not alone in the hallway and when she did, her face turned from pure rage to utter shock. “T-Twilight… You are still here?” Luna asked in an incredibly soft and disbelieving tone. “I would have thought you would be long gone by now, considering everything that has happened.” Twilight gave Luna a slight smile and said, “I would have been, but I heard something that made me stay…” Luna’s head dropped. “Was I truly being that loud?” Twilight nodded. “Kinda hard to not hear somepony shouting in the Royal Canterlot Voice from just about anywhere in the castle...” Luna just kept staring at the floor beneath her as she grumbled, “I would understand if you were to leave now though, I’ve made such a terrible mess of things.” “You have been acting a bit odd lately,” Twilight responded with a quiet laugh. “But, I think I can understand why.” Twilight took a couple of steps to stand beside Luna. “Twilight, I-“ Before Luna could finish, Twilight kissed her on the cheek and began to walk away. “Well?” Twilight asked as she turned to find that Luna was still standing there, hoof rubbing her cheek. “I haven’t quite finished gazing at your gorgeous night sky since you dragged me away and would very much like to admire it some more.” Luna slowly smiled and cantered up to Twilight’s side. As they both walked down the hall, chatting all the way, back towards Luna’s room, Celestia’s door suddenly clicked shut. “Another flawless victory,” Celestia chuckled to herself as she grabbed a book from her bookshelf with her magic, plopped herself onto her bed, and opened it. “It’s so much fun being me.”