Twilight sat in awe of what the white alicorn just told. It was something she would have never thought she would hear. Celestia looked over to her sister, who was bracing herself for what she was about to tell Twilight. Celestia knew Luna needed a few minutes to prepare.
"Twilight..?" Celestia asked the curious purple mare in front of her, eyes wide and jaw open a tad.
"T-that was.... Oh, what?" she replied with her head still in the story a bit.
"Would you like to take a break for a bit?" Celestia asked.
"S-sure..." Twilight said with a bit of uncertainty. Celestia could sense it, but knew her sister would hate if she questioned it any further. Celestia was the first to get up, since Cadence was already up. She heard the story already, and it was only appropriate that she would leave the shock to Twilight. Twilight laid down on her stomach, covering her head with her wings to act as a little room for her to think. She muttered to herself a bit. Celestia, on the other hoof, went to the small table with food and drinks. She levitated three cups and put a drink in each. She put a coconut smoothie blend in her own, grape juice in Luna's, and purple dyed sprite in Twilight's. Cadence sat back down as Celestia levitated the drinks to her sister and former student. She kept her own near her.
"Anypony want a bite to eat..?" she asked, facing the food.
"I think it's a no from Twilight.... but I would gladly have some red velvet cake." Luna answered. Celestia levitated a slice of red velvet cake and a fork to Luna. She levitated a small cupcake to Twilight anyway, since she might feel snack-ish in a bit. Twilight lifted her head to see that there was sprite and a cupcake in front of her, as Celestia walked over to her couch to sit and eat. She ate a spoonful of the Marzipan Mascarpone Merengue Madness that she saved from a few months ago. She luckily found the recipe from Pinkie Pie and made a new one before the party, but gladly ate the older one to keep from the other ponies becoming ill.
Cadence looked at her surroundings. "Luna, what about your story...?" she asked. Luna looked at her in shock of the sudden question.
"I'm not ready yet, Cadence...." she whispered to the mare. To move Twilight away from questioning the whisper more, she raised her voice from whisper level and said, "I need some time to mentally prepare...."
Cadence nodded and looked over to Celestia, who was sipping her smoothie, then Twilight. Cadence needed to prepare as well, and how was she going to explain it? Celestia merely told her story in a few minutes. About 20! Cadence never heard Luna's story before, but with how much she needed to prepare, she guessed it would take hours to tell. She knew her own story would take at least 1 hour.
Celestia looked at the three alicorns in the room. Two were preparing to listen and tell, and one was ready to receive all of their knowledge. The thing that worried her most was what they were all going to tell her, and more importantly.... How she would react.... She sighed and looked over to Twilight, a small tear crawling to her eye. Will she hate what she planned?
Twilight looked over to Celestia, who was looking at her. She was tearing up! Twilight quickly got up and trotted fast to Celestia. "Are you okay..?" she asked. Celestia smiled softly at Twilight.
"Yes, my dearest student...." she said, watching her reaction in her head. The way Twilight would react.... the way she would feel... it was just too much. She passed her own test... what else would she want?
Luna looked over to Twilight and Celestia. They seemed to be having a conversation. Cadence was mentally preparing herself as well for her own story. Luna tapped Cadence's shoulder. "It's okay...." she told Cadence, comforting her a little bit. Cadence looked up at Luna and smiled warmly. "Break's over!" Luna said. The three came back to the rug, as Cadence shuffled over a tad. The three alicorns of pink, navy blue, and white looked over to the alicorn of purple. Twilight looked back at the three in confusion.
"What..?" she asked.
"Who goes next?" Celestia responded, with another question. "Are we going in order of rule? Or favored?"
"Luna." Twilight replied. "Order of rule is only appropriate.."
Cadence let out a sigh of relief. She at least didn't have to go right after Celestia. Cadence's eyes widened as she got comfortable, looking up at Luna. Luna looked at the three alicorns. Twilight was getting impatient, just wanting to get her story over with. Celestia looked at Luna with warming eyes, giving a bit of encouragement to go on with what she was going to admit. Luna sighed, and tried to make a quick distraction. "M-may I get a quick bathroom and water b-break..?" Luna quickly asked, small drops of sweat forming on her forehead. Twilight groaned.
"Suuure..." she said. Celestia glared at her student... So arrogant these days. Wings really CAN change a pony. Cadence nodded, knowing that it must be reaaaaalllllllyyyy juicy of a story to ask for a quick break before hoof. Celestia got up after her.
"I need to go as well..." Celestia excused herself. She followed Luna to the bathroom. Outside the door she could hear Luna's voice uttering things like: I can't do this.... I can't admit it....... Do I retell the story of nightmare moon...? No, no! That's too revealing!
Two knocks on the door, Luna is out. She looks to see it is her elder sister. Celestia kisses Luna's cheek. "Go get 'em Luna~" she says. Luna runs off, but gets a bottle of water first. Celestia waits a few minutes to make it seem like she really did go to the bathroom.
"Ugh! What's taking her so long?" Twilight complained.
"Here I am." Celestia says, trotting over to her spot, laying down comfortably.
"Twilight, are you sure you want me to tell the story?" Luna asks. "It's almost an exact copy of yo-" Twilight cuts Luna off.
"Yes! Now hurry up! We don't have all day!" Twilight says.
Cadence and Celestia glare at Twilight, who then sighs and mouths the words 'I'm sorry.' to Luna.
Luna clears her throat and begins. "It all started when I was a young filly....."