//------------------------------// // The Fever // Story: Solar Fever // by The Lunar Mare //------------------------------// Princess Luna of Equestria woke up in bed on a cold winters day. But she then realized it wasn't cold at all, but rather a very hot day, so hot in fact, that when Luna got out of bed she noticed that she was so sweaty that her mane had lost its ability to flow in a magical wind and simply drooped at her side. Luna walked to the thermostat on the wall in her room to check just how hot it was. It was 100 degrees out! Luna knew that measurement did include the castle's air conditioning, so it was even worse outside. Luna looked out the window and saw that all the snow in the castle's courtyard had melted. Then there was a knock at the door to her bedroom. "Enter," said Luna. One of Luna's lunar guards opened the door. "Princess," panted the guard. "What is going on? Most of the snow in Canterlot has melted, theres a crowed of ponies outside the castle asking whats happening, and your sister's temper is paper thin," Luna groaned. "We have seen this before we were banished, we will deal with it, and inform the other gaurds that they must remove their armor, it will act like an oven in this heat. "Yes Princess," said the guard as he took off his armor and left. Luna groaned again and went into her bathroom and grabbed some grape flavored fever medicine, and then left for her sister's room. When she arrived she saw that the guards posted outside the door had a look of fear on their faces and backed away as Luna reluctantly knocked on the door. "GO AWAY," yelled Celestia in her Royal Canterlot Voice, which she had not used in hundreds of years. "Sister, tis us," said Luna. There was no response for about one minute. "Come in," Celestia growled. Luna slowly came into her sisters room as she heard the guards outside making bets if she was going to die or not. Celestia's angry face was a red as a rose. "Hello Luna," grumbled Celestia. "Hello sister," said Luna. It was then Celestia noticed the medicine Luna had with her. "No," siad Celestia flatly. "Sister, please, you must take this. You are making everypony in Equestria miserable." said Luna. "LEAVE AND NEVER RETURN WITH THAT VILE LIQUID AGAIN!" yelled Celestia. Over the next few hours Luna pleaded with her sister to take the medicine. She offered to mix it in with a milkshake, but Celestia still refused. All Luna managed to accomplished was to make her sister eat a bowl of carrot soup. Luna came into her room and slammed the door behind her in frustration. "Dam it Tia, thou needs to take the medicine," said Luna. Luna lay down on her bed and yelled into her pillow for about ten minutes. Then she got an idea. She hated to do it, but she had to cure her sister, for Equestria's sake. Luna returned to her sister's bedroom. "Luna, what did I say, I said to never," she was cutoff by Luna. "We are sorry sister, but this must be done," Luna pulled out a frying pan and hit her sister over the head with it. It hit Celestia in the head with a loud clang, and she passed out. Luna then pulled Celestia's mouth open and poured the dose of medicine in. Luna left the room to take a nap, knowing that the heat wave would be over soon, and that winter in Equestria would go back to normal, well as normal as a winter can get with no snow. An half an hour later Luna was awakened by her sister yelling her name, followed by an explosion. Luna looked out the window and saw a charred hole in the wall were the window to her sister's room had been. Luna groaned and teleported over to what was left of sister's room. When Luna arrived in Celestia's room, she saw that the entire thing had been burnt to a crisp. Her sister was lying on the burnt wood floor infront of her. Celestia wanted to get up and takle her sister, but she didn't have the energy to do so, instead she just turned her head and looked at Luna. "I hate you sometimes Luna," groaned Celestia. "Sister, we have assigned you a counselor," said Luna. An aqua colored unicorn with a light green mane holding a notepad walked into the burnt room. "Hello Princess, my name is Soothingwell, and I will be your anger management counselor for the next few weeks. Luna went back to her room again to try to get some more sleep, which she dearly needed after all this. But after only ten minuets their was a hard knock on the door to her room. Luna sighed. "Enter," Soothingwell dashed into the room strait into an open closet and slammed the door shut behind her. "Don't let her find me," whimpered Soothingwell from within the closet. "Son of a," said Luna. In Ponyville Princess Twilight Sparkle was in her Crystal Castle, pacing back and forth, trying to figure out why this heat wave was happening. Her assistant Spike came downstairs with a blue scroll tied with a sliver ribbon in one hand that he had just coughed up. "Twilight, we got a letter, I think its from Princess Luna," said Spike. Twilight rushed over and unrolled the letter. Dear Twilight Sparkle, We have sent this letter to you as an explanation and as a request for help. The recent heat wave was caused by our sister going trough a rare form of a fever that only she can get, a solar fever. Whenever she gets one, her temper, to put it lightly, is very short, and an "incident" occurred today due to it. We have tried anger management counseling, but it was unsuccessful. We know that our sister listens to you, and we hope that you can help her with her temper. Sincerely, Princess Luna "Spike, were off to Canterlot. The student is about to become the teacher," said Twilight. In Canterlot Twilight and Spike arrived outside Celestia's bedroom, were Luna was waiting for them. "We thank thee for coming, our sister's temper is slowly improving, but she still requires your help," said Luna. "No problem, your sister's temper will be back to normal in no time," said Twilight confidently. "We will be in our quarters if our assistance is needed," said Luna. Luna returned to her bedroom, confident that Twilight would be able to calm her sister down. She lay down in bed and finally got some sleep. But fifteen minuets later, Twilight and Spike rushed in and hid in the closet that Soothingwell had hidden in. Luna tried to scream and curse, but she just fainted instead.