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// Trouble with Eyesight 
// Story: Princess Celestia Wears Glasses 
// by twilightsparkle3562 
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"Princess Celestia Wears Glasses"

By TwilightSparkle3562

Chapter 1

"Trouble with Eyesight"

Being a ruler of a nation is never easy. There are many things that you need to attend to in order to rule your nation properly. For Princess Celestia, the bulk of what happens in Equestria rests entirely on her shoulders. For 1,000 years, Celestia ruled over Equestria with fairness and dedication to her subjects. Alas, she was like any other pony and had her weaknesses as a result of her age. In fact, it was starting to show and that there were her peers that could see something was wrong.

It all started one morning following the defeat of King Sombra in the Crystal Empire. Princess Celestia sat on her throne filling out the latest of laws and declarations that needed to be sent out. However, when it came to producing the announcement for Twilight's eventual coronation, she suddenly began to start squinting at the words that were on the paper.

"Your highness, is everything all right?" asked a servant pony. "Something is wrong with your eyes."

Of course, Celestia wanted to always pretend like nothing was wrong with her and sure enough, she did just that.

"Nothing is wrong with me," she sighed, struggling to hold the quill with her magic. "I just didn't sleep well last night."

Signing the document, Celestia levitated the paper to her assistant who then walked away from her side. Suddenly, she could see that something was indeed wrong with her and noticed a blurred vision coming from her eyesight.

"The duke and duchess of Maretonia wants to know if the summit is still on," replied Celestia's assistant. "Shall I inform them that you and Princess Luna are attending?"

"You may," ordered Celestia, stepping off of her throne, but missing a step and falling on her chest, letting out a sharp yelp. This caused several of the guards to run over to the princess' side and help her back to her feet.

"Don't worry about me," Celestia said to the guards. "I am fine. If anypony needs me, I will be in the Crystal Empire."

But everypony in the throne room knew that their leader was not fine and as Celestia continued to stumble to the door, they all knew that something needed to be done.

"Has anypony noticed that her highness doesn't look well?" remarked a guardspony. "Something must have happened to the Princess that she doesn't want to share with us."

"It has to be her eyesight," said Celestia's assistant. "I think the royal optometrist needs to be notified of this at once."

Later that day, Celestia returned from the Crystal Empire once again struggling to find her way as she felt her eyesight starting to give out. Celestia's eyesight problems also caught the attention of her sister, Princess Luna, as she went to start her duties as Princess of the Night.

"My sister's eyesight must be giving out," she thought to herself. "I've always feared the day that this would happen."

At this point, Luna watched as Celestia began to lower the sun with her magic from one of the balconies on Canterlot Castle. She saw her sister struggle with the lowering of the sun and at certain points, Celestia closed her eyes and sweat began to form at the tops of her head.

"Sister?" asked Luna, flying over to her as the lasting rays of light disappeared with the sun. "I fear that your eyesight is leaving you and something needs to be done."

Luna was thinking that Celestia would start to deny her feelings, but to Luna's surprise, that wasn't to be.

"Something does need to be done," cried Celestia, constantly blinking her eyes. "My eyesight isn't what it used to be and I fear the worst."

"It appears so does our inner circle," remarked Luna as she helped Celestia back into the castle. "There is talk that you should meet with our royal optometrist about your eyesight."

Celestia's face began to quiver upon hearing this, for there was a secret about her eyesight that only herself knew.

"It's only for the best," remarked Luna. "You shouldn't be worried about it, dear sister. We both knew that the time would come for you to wear…"

"DON'T SAY THAT!" snapped Celestia, sharply, causing Luna to back away in shock.

Realizing her mistake, Celestia trotted over and draped a wing over Luna's neck. Celestia was not known for raising her voice, except for when she was provoked by anger or threats to her friends and family.

"I'm sorry," she sighed, regretting her actions. "I didn't mean to yell, little sister. It's just that if I end wearing glasses, then our subjects will start to think that my time will soon be coming to an end."

But, this didn't matter to Luna, for all she wanted was for her sister to be well and continue to reign over this great land of theirs. Unfortunately, that would mean that sacrifices needed to be made and that Celestia would have to face her greatest fear.

"Our subjects wouldn't think of you any other way," she said, as Celestia removed her wing. "Besides, we have been meaning to meet with the royal optometrist for some time now. We can't be immune to everything forever, big sister. Our bodies are only mortal, vessels to only keep us in our world for a short time."

Celestia was amazed how mature Luna was in this situation and felt at that moment that she had to give herself a chance. Still, it was something that was going to uneasy to deal with. Celestia didn't want to wear glasses as she said, it would make her subjects think that her time was coming to an end.

"I will order the royal optometrist to look at your eyes in the morning," continued Luna. "But for now, you must rest and let me assume my duties."

After a brief embrace, Celestia allowed her sister to assume her duties as Princess of the Night while she retreated to her quarters, slightly stumbling to the point where several of Luna's night guards had to come and guide Celestia to her quarters. It would only be a matter of time before Celestia would face one of her mortal fears and that was wearing eyeglasses.