The Solar Globe Is Loathed by Equestria's Eldest Princess
Twilight Sparkle sipped her coffee cheerily, nuzzling her number one assistant--who protested mildly but didn't really push her back--and eating her oats and whey. A spider came along, and she gave it a small smile, levitating it outside the window of her crystal tree palace.
"You know, we really need to think of a name for this place," she commented as she shut the pane.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... what the hay is this place?" Twilight spun around. "It's a palace, it's a tree, it's made of crystal--"
"I thought it was called Harmony Hall," Spike commented. "At least I think that's what Pinkie called it."
Twilight tapped her chin. "Harmony Hall... no, I think that would just be the main throne room, you know, with the... thrones." She shrugged awkwardly. "Maybe we can call this the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom Castle?"
Spike gave her a long look. "...you are no longer allowed to name things before you've had three cups of coffee."
"Just throwing the name out there. You got any suggestions?"
"...Sorry, Harmony Hall is the best I've got." Spike shrugged. "Maybe rename the throne room as Friendship Foyer, though."
"Heh, that does sound good. I'll write it up... later." Twilight yawned. "Oh, I'd better go check on our special guest... you know, there was a time where the idea of her drinking wine would have sent me into a tizzy?"
The dragon chuckled and shook his head. "Well, we had a lot to celebrate yesterday. And she has to let go sometimes, right?"
"I know, I know..." Twilight shook her head and smiled, heading up the stairs. "Oh, if Rainbow comes over tell her that she owes me fifteen bits. She'll know what I mean."
"Got it!"
{(O)}
Twilight rapped on the door gently. "Celestia? You awake in there?"
"...grmph."
Despite herself, Twilight couldn't help but smile slightly. "Come on, princess, everypony is expecting you to set policy, sign law proposals, attend large sycophantic gatherings..."
"Tell them I died," Celestia grumbled through the door.
"Mmm, no, I don't want to start a panic." The purple pony opened the door and giggled. "Oh, sorry, I... I really need to get a bed for this room."
Celestia moaned. "And curtains." She glowered out the window. "The sun is just making my headache worse."
"Mmhmm. Luna warned you about that, if I recall." Twilight looked out the window. "Still, she raised the sun for you."
"I hate it."
"Yeah, hangovers are like that--"
"No." Celestia waved a hoof. "The sun."
Twilight blinked. "...what?"
With a groan, Celestia managed to push herself off the floor and glare out the window. "You know what that thing in the sky is?"
The question was so odd that Twilight had to think a bit. "...um... something... metaphorical?"
Celestia snorted. "It's a damned fireball. Scratch that, it's the damned fireball, biggest and oldest in the world."
"Technically, it's in the sky--"
"And that's all it is!" Celestia pointed out the window. "That's all that thing is, a big ball of flame so damned bright it blocks out the stars and turns the sky blue! You can't even look straight at it!"
Twilight stared at her. "Okay, so... it's a big fireball. I'm not understanding the vitriol here."
"Drought," Celestia spat. "Heat stroke. Dehydration. And all that's before I start using solar flares or using the thing as a weapon. That thing that hangs above us every day is a weapon. An unopposed, blatantly obvious, incredibly dangerous weapon and do you know what ponies do? They worship it. They go and say it is the best thing around. They put me in charge just because I control it!"
Twilight bit her lip. "Okay, so you've been subjected to centuries of stress because of the sun--"
"And, oh, guess what, it CHOKES. THE NIGHT."
Celestia glowered out the window at the very thing imprinted on her flank. "I was always amazed by the beauty of the stars and the moon. I could stay up all night and watch. I was proud of Luna... every night. Every night, a true reward for putting up with all the inanity of sycophants and self-important fools. And they pushed her away! Drove her insane! I had to lock up my younger sister and when I demanded an explanation, do you know what they said? They said 'You are the sun'."
She snarled, tears running down her cheeks. "I had to see her, trapped in the most beautiful thing I had ever known, for a thousand years. All because of that. All because they thought that was me."
Silence settled over the room, Twilight unable to formulate a reply as she stared at the flared wings of the eldest princess in the world.
Celestia's breathing slowly slowed down from furious pants to regular ins and outs. "I... I'm sorry, Twilight. It's just, after Tirek... he liked using his magic with a sun theme, and that just... triggered everything, and this hangover... it's been a long week."
"...Why do you still do it?"
The white pony finally looked at her. "I'm sorry?"
"...I know, that before you started raising the sun, it was handled by a council of unicorns." Twilight sighed. "And I'm.. pretty sure you could get them up and working again. So if you hate the sun so much--"
"It's necessary," Celestia interjected. "The sun, I mean. I.. did try once. Shortly after Luna was banished... and the country fell into chaos." She shook her head. "It's the ugliest thing in the world, but it lets plants grow, and... that's it, really. That's the only reason I haven't found a way to destroy it. It's... necessary."
She turned her gaze out the window.
After a moment, Twilight stepped closer. "...You know... I started studying magic because I saw you raise the sun once."
"I know. That's... that's why I never let you know."
"And... well... I guess... even if you despise the sun... I think you still deserve respect for raising it every day." A purple hoof gently rested on a white shoulder. "Maybe even a little more. Putting aside your own feelings for the betterment of your people--"
"That's the price of power," Celestia agreed. "Well, long lasting power anyway. The ponies that just use it for their own... they're overthrown."
"....have you ever told anypony else?"
Celestia sighed. "...no. Not even Luna, she... she wouldn't understand."
"...maybe you should," Twilight suggested. "Find somepony that... a doctor, who won't..."
She trailed off, unsure for a moment, Celestia raised an eyebrow and smiled gently. "Any suggestions?"
"...Pinkie Pie?"
"Hrm." She shrugged. "I don't think it will be necessary."
"Celestia. It's not healthy to hate your talent."
After a moment, the white pony stood. "I... I'll think about it."
"That's all I ask. Well, that... and joining me and Spike for breakfast."
For the first time that morning, Celestia's normal smile returned. "I think... I think I'd like that."
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This may be the best Grumpy Celestia I've seen all year; it's definitely the most believable.
Wow, Celestia is good at ranting.
The short description was pretty funny.
It should be ponies. People don't live in Equestria.
Huh. Double Weave. Are we making blankets?
I like to call Twilight's palace tree "Sparkalon," but that doesn't seem to have caught on.
Well, she is a trained psychologest...
In any case, short, sweet, and effective. At least as world-shaking as Princess Celestia Hates Tea, though Twilight certainly handled this one better. Thank you for it.
I cant wait until Sunset Shimmer finds out about this.
ahem ahem ... MOAR!
I have headcanons that actually explain the whole "unicorns raise the sun without Celestia" as being a historical misunderstanding. Otherwise this feels very much in character.
As for the Tree. Obviously it should be called the "Palace of Learning" or perhaps even the Chapel of Learning.
Its stuff like this that's the reason I follow you;a sweet, short story with a sprinkle of shipping and an awesome central concept + very in-character...characters
Well, The Moon is merely a big, dusty lifeless rock floating in space; its light is reflected from the Sun. And the stars... not sure if they are Suns too in the ponyverse.
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...you mean friendshipping right?
I like this idea of Celestia being a night owl. The rest of it too, but that particular concept will stay with me.
Even with that Sad-tag I expected something along the lines of "Princess Celestia hates tea" and got a punch to the emotional guts for my ignorance.
And then we don't get a resolution to the story, just Twilight's "Hey you should talk about this with somepony.".
What I think? This needs moar chapter!
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I think using 'people' is fine. It means a group of men, women, and children of a community or nation of some sort, which fits the description of what the ponies of Equestria are. The word people doesn't necessarily mean 'humans', we only assume it does since humans are the only sapient race we know of.
That, and Equestria has more than ponies living in it.
It's good not to overuse the 'pony' thing in writing, I think. It's meant to be kind of a joke in the show, after all, and you can very easily wear it out in writing if you're not careful.
4650137 The 15 bit bet and Celestia waking up in Twilight's (lack of) bed made me think actual shipping
The dialogue is good, very good. It seems natural and flowing. But honestly the descriptions are lacking. You only have dialogue and very little description of the setting. Describe the rooms, the atmosphere, the ambiance. What does it feel like to be in Celestia's room, what does it feel like to be in Twilight's home, how does Celestia's headache feel. I had to be constantly reminded that Celestia had an headache because I was never really given an idea of how painful it was.
Everything you've written is fine, there just needs to be more of it.
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Why is this down-voted? The moons reflection only comes about from the sun!
I demand a full story in which Celestia learns to love her special talent again under the (careful/random/dangerous) guidance of (Twilight/Pinkie/The Doctor)!!!
Okay, seriously though, I liked this. Short and sweet.
This story is incomplete. You need to change the "Complete" thing.
Every story has a beginning, a conflict, a resolution, and an end. This is the beginning and the conflict.
I want my resolution.
Very well done. This fic reminds me of Princess Celestia Hates Tea.
LOL BWHAHAHA SO FUNNY TO SEE CELESTIA RAGE LIKE THAT, THE HILLARIOUS IMAGES U PUT IN MY HRAD ARE INCREADIBLY AMAZINGLY FUNNEEEEY. XDDDD. LOLOLOL.
4649359 Well, you say that the stars could be something other than suns in the Ponyverse. If that is true, is it such a leap to believe that in a universe so full of magic, the moon could give off its own light? Maybe it's more like a giant glowing pearl, and less like a giant hunk of rock in Equestria.
You also got me thinking... If stars are suns in Ponyverse, and Celestia raises one sun, what about Luna? I'm going with what seems to be the most common assumption, that Luna controls the stars as well as the moon. This raises three main possibilities in my head. One, Luna is God-Tiered; two, Luna is still All Powerful, but needs to use most of her power to wrangle the stars and moon; and three, the stars just take less energy to move for some reason. What do you think? (I'm also still waiting for a Luna Emote to appear on FiMFic
)
4652492 It's probably disliked so much because he stated something in a blunt and factual manor that hurt most Luna Lovers.
Edit: I dropped a comma. I'm ashamed.
4649359
Helen agrees with you about the moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8fYieylDo8#t=1678
Space 1999
No Luna/ Space 1999 crossovers yet....
Ah Celestia. It's funny every time.
4655037
Yeah I mean..Heck Celestia kinda fails at realizing the sun is a Giant Friggen Star! It's just kinda...
All stars are just hot flaming gasses! It's just I really don't understand Celestia's logic.
"My sisters GIANT LIFELESS ROCK and OTHER STARS are drowned out by the sun, and the sun only gives us plants, despite it also keeping us from FREEZING TO DEATH, that there are medical conditions for not having enough sun, the fact that the sun gives light so people can actually see during the day..."
Also I don't really believe luna controls the other stars, just the moon itself.
More please?
4655037
Until you realize that canon trumps common assumption and Luna only controls the moon. Nowhere, in show, as it been said that she controls the stars. And the stars taking less energy would make absolutely no sense as a star is larger than any planet you'll ever find.
TL;DR
Luna only controls the moon, Celestia only controls the sun. They're both at about the same power, evidenced by Celly moving the sun and the moon while Luna was locked away.
Why is this complete? I want to see her talk to Pinkie Pie Psychologest about it.
4655994 I know, the comment just got me thinking about the common assumption. Or, what seems to be the common assumption with most people I see.
4657472 Errm, what?
Look at the story you comented on.
4656590
Why would you want to do that to nice mr. author, you monster?
4657472
That's a lot of assuming about astrophysics of the MLP universe.
My personal headcanon has it with a flat Earth model, Sun and Moon roughly the same size, Moon shining with own (non-reflected) light, both much smaller than ours, and beyond that all, matter not based on atoms at all.
4657557 my pardon, somehow got to this page by typing on another >.>
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It makes it a crossover with one of his other stories -- a good one that sort of got misplaced TWO years ago. I mean he could even not add a chapter here, but add the chapter there and complete it with it. Or just add the chapter there.
A nice, solid little character study you have here. Liked and fav'd.
I'm agreeing w/ most of the other comments on here. You should continue with this, or make a sequel. It's intriguing that Celestia hates her own talent. Hearing her talk to somepony about that or Celestia even doing something about it would be a good read. Even her telling this story to Luna could be a story in of itself. You've got a lot of potential here.
Does Celly hate the sun because of me?
-StarlightDash
4660487 I'm going to have to change the brightness of the sun... Aren't i?
Sorry Celestia! 
Oh ok. 
4660461 Her talent is raising the sun. She probably hates it because of its consequences. I love the sun and the stars... Just not the consequences... That's literally the same thing
The sun sucks. Hanging up there, givin' people sunburn an' cancer an' shit...
I say we arrest the sun.
This big, dangerous weapon, and what do they do? They worship the damn thing!
Honestly, more of a night person myself. The night shall last forever!
This was great! Short, simple, and a new perspective on Celestia's character, good job
4654532
I wonder how she feels about sun tea?
--arcum42
Although the title and description lead me to believe this was a comedy I absolutely loved it!
4665666
So did I!
4660971
BRING OUT NIGHTMARE MOON FOR ETERNAL NIGHT, EVERYBODY!
4664887 and sun bears?
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This NEEDS to be continued! Pretty please?
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Now listen very carefully to everything I say. I posses certain skills that I have developed over a long career. And I don't know who you are or what you want, but if you don't stop acting like an idiot...
I will look for you...
I will find you...
and I will kill you.
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