A knock came at Luna’s door. Luna groaned and climbed out of her bed, throwing her bag of potato chips to the side. She cleaned up her mane and straightened her crown. Whoever was bothering her had better have had a good reason…
“Sister,” Celestia greeted as the door opened.
“Oh, hey, Celestia,” Luna replied with a smile, rushing outside so that she could hide her mess of a room from her sister’s sight. “What brings you here so late?”
“I have a job for you.”
Luna’s eye twitched. “O-Oh?”
“You see, there’s civil dispute in Manehatten. The weather ponies are protesting and not doing their jobs and the unicorns feel they’re being underpaid for their service, so there’s no magic either.”
“Sounds like a job for their mayor,” Luna said.
“Riots have broken out and the Royal Guard have had to evacuate him,” Celestia explained. “Normally I would go myself to ease the situation, but I’m afraid that Blueblood’s nephew is having a bad dream and needs my immediate attention.”
Luna frowned. “You think that trumps a-” She stopped herself and bit her lip. “I-I mean, I would love to go, but I can’t.”
“Oh?”
“Y-Yeah. There’s a colt in Ponyville who has a crush on a filly-”
“Oh yes, young Pipsqueak. I’m so glad that Twilight was able to help him out.”
“… What?”
“You see, Luna, I care for my subjects, too. And I have my own way of dealing with unexpected problems.” Celestia gave a challenging grin that said ‘your move’.
Luna grunted. “W-What I meant to say was that there’s a filly who shoplifted some candy and is feeling guilty about it-”
Celestia giggled. “Twilight and Twist did look cute together. Almost like sisters.”
“Oh? That too? Then I suppose I can now help that one colt who can’t get any sleep-”
“Don’t you worry,” Celestia said, laying a hoof on her sister’s shoulder. “Twilight assured me that little Pound Cake has received plenty of warm milk and is now sleeping like… well, a baby.”
“… Touché, Sister,” Luna said after a long moment of silence.
“Well, now that all of those terrible problems are taken care of, perhaps you could spare a moment for this minor little trivial civil war in Manehatten?”
Luna huffed and walked past her sister. “But it’s harrrrrrrd.”
“Too bad! Now do your job or so help me Twilight will replace you!”
Luna stopped and turned to her sister with a shocked look on her face. She then tapped her chin in thought and asked, “Does that mean I get her job of sitting in a library reading books all day?”
Celestia’s mane ignited as she shot a fierce glare at her sister. “GO!” she bellowed, with such force that her sister almost lost her hoofing. With a sheepish grin, Luna nodded her head and teleported out of the castle. Celestia sighed and walked down the castle’s hallway, a proud, victorious look on her face.
“Princess Celestia, Princess Celestia!” Celestia stopped and turned to face her advisor, rushing towards her with sweat dripping down his face and his mane in disarray. “Emergency, Princess! There’s a monster stomping across Equestria, and it’s about to trample of Detrot!”
“I understand,” Celestia said, extending her wings. “Send Twilight at once!”
“Right, I’ll- … What?” Before he knew it, Celestia was gone, and he was alone in the hallway. With a sigh, the stallion began to write a letter to Twilight.