I Think It's Snuggle Time
The white alicorn tossed and turned in her sleep. She hectically toiled with her blanket and pillow in such a pathetic manner that it made the immortal ruler seem more like a frightened, cowardly filly. Her eyelids tensed and relaxed and her teeth ground as the storm wound on inside her head...
Princess Celestia was alone in the fields of Elysium. She had often gone there when she slept. Her Elysium was a green, sunny meadow, teeming with flowers as far as the equine eye could see. The paradise alive with the sounds of summer insects and chirping birds, and the best part was that she was alone and free. She was free from the royal duties, the paperwork, and the stress which had ruled her life for 1000's of years. Every night she had this dream, and every night she knew exactly what was going to happen. The princess didn't mind the predictability. In fact, it was nice to not have to worry about what might happen for once. For once, everything went according to plan, but not tonight.
For the past few years, Celestia had been beginning to experience a dramatic change in the dream. Now, instead of looking forward to her late-night trips to the etherial plane, she had learned to despise and fear them. The sky slowly began to darken and all life vanished. Celestia gulped, she knew what was about to happen. The animals stopped singing, the grass began to rot, and all the flowers turned to nettle. The clouds then began to morph, this was when she knew it was time to leave. The Princess splayed her wings and began to flap. but she didn't take off. She began moving her hooves but she couldn't run. She was trapped like a rat. Princess Celestia of Equestria, the most powerful being in all the world, was trapped like a lowly rat. She looked behind her to see that the clouds had morphed into the maw of a great beast. She closed here eyes and braced for impact, but the impact didn't come this time. Bewildered, the White Alicorn opened her frightful eyes only to see that the beast was gone and in its place stood her sister, Princess Luna.
Luna sighed and approached her sibling. Even though the elder mare was relived at the intervention, she was also embarrassed.
"Luna, I'm not a little filly anymore, I don't think you should just walk into-" Celestia said before her younger sister raised a hoof to command silence. Celestia waited for her Luna to speak.
"Nonsense. I help ponies of all ages. It is one of my many jobs, to ensure the consciouses of all my little ponies are clear and at rest. I have seen your torment and given you three years to solve it on your own. I fear that if you are not able to get your psyche under control, the storm in this dream my leak out into your life and duties... metaphorically speaking. With that being said, are we understood?" Luna asked. She tapped her hoof and the setting once again changed. Both of the princesses were now in Luna's Elysium. Luna's Elysium was a meadow like Celestia's, except her's resided in a cool autumn night. Fireflies chirped and nightshade flowers bloomed in small patches. Celestia instantly felt safe and nodded in response to Luna's question.
The Princess of The Night cleared her throat and continued, "You are safe Dear Sister. This is my world that we are in now, your fear won't find you here. Now that you are free from the nightmare, we can now begin to discuss its true meaning. Speaking of which... Do you have any idea what that nightmare meant?"
Celestia silently shook her head.
Luna sighed, "well it looks like we need to start at square one then. Celestia, answer me this, when did you first dreaming of Elysium?"
"A couple hundred years after the defeat of Discord," The Solar Goddess responded.
"Interesting... I found my Elysium on the moon." Luna said in return.
The white alicorn bowed her head in shame, remembering the banishment, but Luna ignored her sorrowful gesture.
"Did you know that all Immortal Rulers have Elysiums?" Luna asked in a matter-of-fact kind of way.
Celestia nodded.
"Do you know why?"
Celestia shook her head.
"It is because as rulers, we put up a wall of stone, we alienate ourselves of affection from our subjects and even those close to us. The Elysiums are created by our minds to help us find solace and refuge in loneliness. This helps us to essentially live forever by ourselves." Luna explained.
"Then why isn't it helping me anymmore?" Celestia Questioned.
The smaller blue alicorn continued, "However, you are a special case. You are the oldest living being in existence -no offense- but most immortal leaders have eventually lost power or been killed... Some have even killed themselves after loosing power. Your psyche has been alienated from equine affection so long it is starting to protest."
The Sun Princess scratched her mane and responded, "then how come it isn't happening with you, you spent 1000 years on the moon for... Celestia's sake... pardon the expression."
Luna chuckled briefly at the word usage before answering, "Well part of my job is to comfort my subjects in their dreams and sometimes in real life. I am a creature of affection at my core, and as a ruler I can show that side of me more than you can. I think it's high time you do the same in your own way. Tell me sister, when was the last time you hugged somepony else?"
"The time I hugged Twilight before our kidnapping."
"That was months ago."
"I know," Celestia blushed a tad as she made her admission. She continued, "To be honest... Twilight has been like a daughter to me. I wouldn't truly feel comfortable doing that with anypony else... aside you.
"Well then I suggest you invite her up here for the weekend. Spend the time being openly affectionate with her, snuggling, hugging, maybe even-"
"Ok... but how do you know she'll be ok with it?"
"why would she not be?"
Celestia sighed. With what she had been told she felt as if she didn't have any other choice, she would have to get the affection her mind craved or else she would go mad. The more she thought about it, the more she openly wanted it as well. She nodded at her sister, "Okay, I'll send her a letter tomorrow."
"Very well," Luna's voice echoed as her body vanished. Celestia slowly started to wake up.
Twilight Sparkle stretched and opened her eyes as the morning Sun hit her face. She stretched her wings and and arched her back as she levitated the covers off of her body. She smiled to herself knowing that today was going to be a nice, lazy Saturday, perfect for reading a campy romance novel. Though Twilight publicly spoke about campy romance novels as substance-less and boring, she secretly loved them. As she went to go grab 50 Shades of Hay, Spike rushed in through the door holding a scroll with the Royal seal on it. Twilight looked at the note inquisitively before asking Spike, "what does it say?"
The small drake shrugged as he responded, "beats me, I tried to open it but apparently it's for your eyes only. Sorry Twi."
"Well then it must be important," Said the princess with a concerned tone. She took the letter and unravelled it with her magic.
The letter read:
Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle,
I would like you to report to the castle today at noon. A carriage should be waiting outside of your treehouse at ten. This should give you time to eat breakfast before coming over. Don't worry, you aren't in any trouble.
Your Friend,
Princess Celestia
Twilight assumed whatever the princess had planned, it must be important. She just hoped the fate of Equestria wasn't hanging in the balance this time. After a nice breakfast cooked by Spike, the princess went outside and saw the carriage there as promised. She hopped in it's back as it departed for Canterlot.
When she arrived at the castle, she was greeted by three Royal guards. The captain spoke on their behalf, "Princess Twilight! Celestia is waiting to receive you in her bed chamber." Both he and Twilight blushed at his statement. Twilight had seen Princess Celestia's room many times, but nopony had put it quite like that before. Regardless of the wording, the purple alicorn made her way to the prescribed destination.
Celestia's bedroom looked almost exactly how one might imagine. It had marble flooring and walls adorned with gold. The most prominent feature the room had was the gigantic, lavished bed in the center on which Celestia sat. Twilight was surprised to see the Leader of Equestria in such an informal state. She was completely naked and unadorned as she greeted her fellow royal. "Why hello Twilight, I'm glad you could make it. Please come sit down." Celestia scooted over and patted a hoof on the bed. Even though she seemed level-headed and casual, she couldn't help but be a tad nervous about her plans.
Twilight seemed slightly confused as she hopped on the bed with the Powerful Princess. She raised an eyebrow as she asked, "with all due respect, why exactly am I here?"
"you are here... to snuggle with me," Princess Celestia awkwardly replied.
Twilight raised an eyebrow, "you mean you brought me all the way out to canterlot just to-"
She stopped speaking as soon as she felt a warm and caring nuzzle from Celestia trail up and down her neck.
The purple mare let out a small mewl in response and pressed into the warm sensation.
Twilight's reaction as well as the feeling of affection made the elder princess less nervous. She retracted her muzzle and pulled Twilight close with one of her wings. The warmth of her Student up against her body gave her a special, warm, loving feeling she believed she had never felt before. Celestia greedily squeezed her student closer, she NEEDED this more than she knew. Twilight wasn't objecting, the older Mare's body was soft and warm. She felt safe and cared for, a rare feeling for a regular hero. She hadn't snuggled since she was a foal, but that didn't mean she was about to tell Celestia to stop.
Twilight pushed on Celestia's side, encouraging her to flip over. Celestia obliged and laid down on her own side. Twilight immediately pressed her back into Celestia's stomach, putting them in a spooning position. Celestia maneuvered her wings around Twilight, wrapping her up. Both Mares were in Shangri-La. Celestia craned her neck down and playfully nibbled at Twilight's ear. Twilight giggled as she said, "If I may ask, what possessed you to do this?"
"1000 years of loneliness can really leave a hole in a pony's heart," Celestia sighed.
"I guess I haven't really thought of that," The studious mare admitted.
"It's ok... nopony does."
"Well Im here for you now, because I really needed this too."
Celestia smiled as her student closed her eyes and gently fell asleep in her embrace. The white alicorn closed her own eyes soon after and fell into a sound, dreamless, slumber, her first one in 1000's of years.
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This is nice. I wish it were true.
Hmmm. I do approve of fluffy time, especially cuddling. I do, however, have to ask: You used the romance tag, yet Celestia described Twilight as "being like a daughter to her". Which tone were you going for? I mean, either is fine, but as a
devoted zealotloyal subject of the Twilestia group, I have to ask.4283282
Well it seemed the MOST pertinent of all the tags... I am leaving how their relationship evolve up to the reader's imagination.
4283313 In that case, the Slice-of-Life-tag might be the more appropriate choice. Other than that, please do continue with the cuddles. There needs to be more of that.
This is silly and a bit stupid...Eh who cares. It's funny
>>Misago
Thank you! I think the fandom needs more happy, wholesome stories. Personally I think the reason we have so much gore and fetishism is because people post that stuff just for attention and shock value. I have friends who have been screwed up in the head by some of the stuff they read. My goal is to write stories that make people happy or that can help people out of hard times. It's one of the core principals of the community!
It could use some minor proofreading, but otherwise enjoyable. And I agree, Its nice to have fluff for fluffs sake once in a while.
I like the idea of a story just about Celestia huggin Twlilight, but this one is kinda rushed and too blunt to really evoke any emotion.
A nice but of fluff. I have to admit, I really enjoy this type of story. I'll give you a like for it
There was fluff and hugging, so yeah, I liked it. As others have said, it does need some editing.
This should have been longer.
Make a sequel with more SNUGGLES, Luna needs to get in on this, and then ALL OF EQUESTRIA! MUWHAHAHAHAahahahahahahahaha
This was cutesy, lovely and fun!
My only complaint is: "which had ruled her life for 1000's of years."
Should be written as thousands of years.
i loved it! i think it would be a perfect story to relax with.
I just can't buy Twilight's initial reaction when she gets to Canterlot. Although the dramatic tension would be broken quickly, if she were (a) summoned to Canterlot under mysterious circumstances (the letter is totally innocuous, why not let Spike read it?) and (b) told to go directly to Celestia's bedchambers, she should think Celestia was gravely ill. And the sense of relief would enhance the snuggling anyway in my opinion.
Short and sweet
But I wish it were at least a little longer.
I'm also disappointed that Twilight didn't ask, "what are we gonna do on the bed?"
I like this.
Well that was cute... So points for making me smile come to a grand total of six hundred plus four hundred for an exceptional representation of Luna... as for kudos, One goes to Celestia for not beating around the bush and telling Twilight, "I command you to snuggle with me!" or something like that... Also Luna gets one kudos for breaking into her sister's dream for three years without letting herself be seen. And last but certainly not least Twi get's kudos for taking her cuddles like a mare.... This makes your daily total, one thousand points and three kudos... congratulations your winnings may be redeemed for prizes at the front desk.
Lovely. I love reading about ponies snuggling.
Cute, but wow are there a lot of weird mechanical errors. I'm thinking of punctuation and random capitalization in particular. Could have done with a second look.
A very cute and cuddly premise, though I think it'd be an easier read with some proofreading and breaking up most of the paragraphs.
Keep up the good work!
Of course she only summons Twilight. It's not like Spike needs any affection, having no family and missing out on every group hug.
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You seem to be forcing your own rather depressing head canon about Spike into this story.
Spike is a canonically happy character, who shares a very close familial bond with Twilight. I imagine that in addition to her that he does have a number of friends and family figures and bonds we don't know about simply because that info has never been relevant enough to any one episode's storyline to warrant screen time. The absence of it in these short and often rushed ~20min episodes doesn't imply it doesn't exist.
Furthermore, he doesn't appear in this story because it isn't about him receiving comfort, it's about Celestia receiving comfort, and that doesn't somehow negate Spike receiving comfort in the future if and when he needs it.
123 like!
4287696 am I just going to start bumping into you everywhere I go?
4295202 Sure seems to be the case.
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i love this consept! everyting about it! If you changed up the ending a bit, made this a little longer even it could turn into an even better story I think. I really got drawn into this one chapter as it was...
There aren't enough stories like this nowadays.
Oh twilight you lucky pony you.
Very sweet and adorable.
this was a vey sweet and fun read.
bravo
D'aaw... Faved.
Wonderful story! Heartily thumbed up.
I thought the way Celestia so suddenly invited Twilight to bed and the way Twilight accepted snuggling so quickly was a bit unrealistic by our world's standards and not well justified in the story without at least an anecdote about how it would be normal for the two or a conversation over tea to first let Celestia explain to Twilight, maybe, and get past a bit of the awkwardness. The abruptness took me out of the moment in which you'd otherwise so skillfully captivated me as a reader. The situation loses some of its relatability by the fact that they seem to be almost immune to the awkwardness that normally makes something like being invited over for surprise cuddles for the first time ever by a mentor a little uncomfortable.
Otherwise very nicely written. If there happens to be a rewrite I'll definitely be interested in reading.
4444809 I'm probably going to edit the snuggle part and do just what you said to be hod rush it some.me
consciences
[Conscious is an adverb, thus can't be plural. I know, homonyms am I right?]
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Needs end " marks.
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Cap.
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Indent paragraph.
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I'm
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Meh ... I'll be honest this fic wasn't bad. I just couldn't really get into it, but that may because I just woke up.
I'll spare you more critiques; it looks like you have plenty already.
So, summary:
It was nice. I like it.
Upon rereading, I also wanted to acknowledge the subtextual awkwardness between Twilight and Celestia. It seems as if the physical play between Twilight and Celestia indicate that they, themselves, aren't sure where this is going, or where they want it to go. Like they're both just starving for physical affection and aren't certain where their own boundaries are going to be yet, much less one another's. On the one hand, they're accustomed to thinking of one another as mother/daughter, on the other hand there's playful (accidental?) ear nips and shudders. Not to mention the conversational slip betwixt Celestia and Luna. It creates an interesting tension within each pony, which in turn shapes the tension between them.
Also, I understand that such a story might be a bit more "serious" than your mission statement (which is a magnificent one, BTW), but If at any point you decide to expand on this, maybe really get into the characters' heads over time, I feel safe in saying I'm not the only one who would read it. Maybe a longer, more detailed alternate of this tale, or maybe a continuation? Because seriously, that kind of character exploration... I would read the crap out of that!
Bad dreams? Can't sleep peacefully?
Hmmmmmm.
SNUGGLES ARE THE CURE.
I honestly loved this.