Stop Patronizing the Sun!

by Foal Star

Chapter three: Celestia's Meet and Greet

Princess Celestia stirred as she found herself in what seemed to be a tree, with the room being circular and the entire room made of oak wood. The young princess slowly got up and sat on the side of a rather large bed compared to her now small frame and tried to gauge where she was. It took a few moments for her mind to focus when all of a sudden, the little alicorn's mind freaked out realizing she had to raise the sun as she jumped up from Twilight's bed, shouting, "oh dear Faust, I'm late!"

The little filly ran to the window sill, stood on her hind legs and starred outside and was quite surprised to see that the sun was starting to rise without her. Celestia just hopelessly watched the sun rising in the east as the realization slowly dawned on her that it was her sister raising the sun. This infuriated the little princess who jumped off the windowsill and ran down the stairs of Golden Oaks library. Her angry thoughts soon subsided as the smell of breakfast wafting through the halls of the library eased her mind. The little filly's mouth drooled as she looked over and spotted Twilight cooking pancakes and eggs, swishing her tail about humming a tune as the little filly cried out. "Hey, how did I end up in your bed!?"

"Oh!? You don't remember, I guess? You fell asleep on the train coming here." The violet unicorn explained as Princess Celestia scratched her head. She didn't remember falling asleep on the train but it was most probably accurate. The princess was still a bit agitated at herself for acting like a foal as she climbed onto a table and waited to be served. Spike walked over and climbed over to eat and waved a claw. "Oh, hey princess, how are you doing?"

The young alicorn was quite surprised to see that she was about the young dragon's size. She was a bit embarrassed at this realization and looked away before she mumbled, "I'm doing alright."

The young drake looking back at Celestia with wide eyes as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing and exclaimed, "Wow!? I can't believe you're a little foal!?"

"Hey! I'm still the princess of Equestria! So you better treat me as such!" The little alicorn shouted back, making the young dragon back up with his claws raised. "Ok, didn't mean to offend you, jeez!" He plopped down on his seat.

Twilight couldn't help but snicker at the banter as she served them breakfast. The two both got pancakes with Spike's food having gems baked in. Princess Celestia was even given a sippy cup full of orange juice and suckled its contents down her throat. The little filly was still unhappy, and being a bit tired, looked over at Twilight and asked, "Hey, can I have some coffee?"

The violet unicorn shook her head and exclaimed. "Nope! I know from what I've read little foals can't have coffee."

"Come on, Twilight!? I'm an alicorn princess, and I demand some coffee." Princess Celestia snapped back, determined to get a cup of joe.

Twilight laughed as she plopped next to the little princess. "Sorry, but I'm not letting up on this; no coffee for you. Besides, it'll stunt your growth."

The young princess crossed her hooves across her chest and plopped down on the chair, seeing no point in arguing with Twilight anymore; she decided to change the subject. "So...you said something about me going to school?"

The violet unicorn gave a nod as she responded, "yes, and I have a meeting with the school teacher here in Ponyville; her name is Cheerilee. She wants to see how much you have regressed to see where she can start you off. But, that won't be until later she still has her normal school day to go through."

"I guess that's fine, making friends with the Cutie Mark Crusaders would be interesting." The little princess pondered out loud as she heard much about the three little fillies and their adventures from Twilight's letters.

"Well, you'll meet them soon enough. And don't worry about having to use my bed the entire time your here. I just have all your stuff in storage right now until I find some room in my library." Twilight explained as she ruffled the little princess's mane.

Celestia grumbled as she continued eating her food with a pout; the violet mare just giggled at the little filly's antics and held out a hoof. "Alright, let's get you cleaned up before you go out...and maybe we can pick out something to wear?"

"No dresses!" Celestia snapped out loud defiantly, and she allowed Twilight to lead her upstairs to a bathtub. There the princess of the sun was plopped down into a tub filled with lukewarm water and was lathered with soaps and shampoo, her body scrubbed down with a scrub brush and was patted dry by the older mare. Twilight went about and had the little filly's mane combed and brushed slowly, trying to make sure it was curly and carefully preened the princess's tiny wings. Despite her situation's embarrassing nature, Celestia was starting to like being patronized, and the violet coated mare was enjoying herself as well, seeing the little princess wasn't struggling. Twilight then lifted the little alicorn princess, kicking about and squirming as her former student looked down at Celestia with a concerned look then asked, "so are you ready? You don't have to go out today if you don't want to?"

The princess of the sun turned with a smile at Twilight. "No, it's fine; it's not like I'll be back as an adult anytime soon." Celestia was then led back to the library's front and headed off with the violet mare shaking all over, being so nervous about how her subjects will perceive her looking like this. Twilight then took the little filly by her hoof and escorted the princess through the streets of Ponyville.

The sun's princess was quite embarrassed as ponies were walking by and waving a hoof at her. It seems the news of her turning into a foal has traveled across to Ponyville. But things weren't at least not as embarrassing at the palace. She went about shuffling through the streets heading towards the schoolhouse as they came to Cheerilee standing outside and waved a hoof. "Oh, hello, Princess Celestia! I wasn't expecting to see you so early!?"

The filly was quite unsure of what to do as she backed up behind Twilight, being quite nervous seeing how much bigger Cheerilee was. The violet mare cheeks flushed pink as she responded, "oh, she's just shy is all; I know Celestia was not going to school today; I just wanted to be sure she was registered."

"Oh yes, everything is in order; Celestia can start tomorrow. But if she's still nervous, I'm happy to wait." Cheerilee chirped promptly as Princess Celestia was starting to shake a little, feeling both excited and nervous about going to school with a bunch of foals.

Twilight seeing the princess being nervous, quickly escorted her mentor through Ponyville as she chirped, "now come on, I'm going to show you to the rest of my friends!"

Princess Celestia groaned as she toddled along with Twilight wondering what other embarrassments she'll have to endure before the day was over.

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They headed towards Sweet Apple Acres, and upon coming to the Apple's house. The violet coated mare came up and knocked on the door, and Applejack opened up the door, the first of Twilight's friends to see the little princess as she looked down at the filly and dawwed. "Oh, wow, look at you, Sugarcube; you look a lot cuter than what I expected."

The little alicorn filly's cheeks flushed pink as she hid her face with her wings as Twilight whispered, "um... don't do that she's still getting used to being a filly."

Applejack gulped as her cheeks flushed pink. "Sorry, didn't mean to make ya feel so embarrassed, anyways nice ta see ya. Um...Granny Smith baked some apple fritters want some?"

The little princess's filly instincts kicked in as she gave a quick nod and quickly waddled inside the house. She ran straight over to the table and started to eat the apple fritters on the table. Princess Celestia went about gouging on the apple fritters as Applejack snickered, giving her a glass of milk. "Slow down, drink some milk before ya choke."

The filly blushed as she chugged milk down her throat and wiped her mouth. She then gave a cute burp before hopping off the chair Twilight couldn't help but chuckle at the little filly as she replied. "Alright, we should head out. I was hoping to have her meet all of our friends." The farm mare waved a hoof as Twilight led Celestia off down the road with the little filly hoping she could come by again soon.

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They eventually made it to Rarity's boutique, and upon knocking on the front door. Twilight waited patiently for her friend to appear. The white-coated unicorn opened the door gasping upon seeing the little filly. The fashionista hugged the alicorn filly close to her chest and cried out, "oh, Princess Celestia, darling, I'm so glad to see you're doing ok."

The princess of the sun was getting used to staring up at ponies, but Rarity had this radiance around her, and their matching white coats made her feel almost as if she was related to the fashionista. Celestia bent her head down and whispered, "um, thanks, Rarity."

"Oh, darling, you're simply adorable!" Rarity exclaimed, nuzzling Celestia even more with the princess now squirming about being quite tired of being called "cute" and "adorable" all day. But she endured the embarrassment and was eventually placed on the ground. Twilight came forward and asked, "so you had that project you wanted to show Celestia?"

"Oh, yes! Come, it'll be quick!" Rarity got quite excited as she led the young filly back through the rows of dresses Celestia was thrust through the boutique waddling alongside the older mare. The little filly couldn't help but look around at the dresses towering over her and feeling even smaller than she already did.

Rarity took the hoof of Celestia's hoof and assisted her on a platform and went about dressing her in a lovely silky yellow dress with a buttery yellow silky skirt around her waist. It wasn't super girly or overly frilly like the joke dresses that Discord gave her. The filly twisted and turned, admiring the dress in the mirror before her with her cheeks flushed pink.

The fashionista came over next to Princess Celestia. It explained, "sorry, darling, I saw the picture of what you wore yesterday and simply had to get you somthing more fitting for a princess like yourself."

The little princess filly liked the dress, and it looked rather fashionable on her as she responded, "No, this is amazing! Thank you, Rarity."

The princess gave Rarity a hug making the older mare daww and hugging Celestia back. Twilight stood around, watching, and waited for the little filly, and she eventually took off the dress and skipped over to the violet mare. Twilight ruffled the alicorn princess's head before replying, "thank you, Rarity; it was a lovely gift."

The fashionista turned her attention to her friend. "It was no problem, darling, and as for you, Celestia, please come by anytime."

"Yeah...sure…" The princess whispered, still feeling nervous as she quickly bowed her head. Twilight then led Celestia off to her next friend, hoping that her mentor would start breaking out of her shell.

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They continued their walk through Ponyville, and Celestia was getting more used to the ponies towering over her. When ponies waved at her or bowed, she waved back and toddled along. She and Twilight eventually came upon Fluttershy's quaint cottage then knocked on the door. It didn't take long for Fluttershy to answer as she slowly opened it with a pink diaper bag strapped around her midriff with a shy smile on her face as she whispered meekly. "Oh, hello Twilight, I got you some-”

She squeaked upon seeing Celestia and stammered, "oh I... I'm so..s...sorry...I thought you were a...a lot younger."

Princess Celestia suddenly became quite infuriated and stomped a hoof on the ground before shouting, "I don't need diapers! And I'm not a helpless foal!"

Twilight cheeks were a bright pink whispered, "yeah, um...I thought I explained she was five."

Fluttershy's cheeks flushed red, feeling so embarrassed and continued to stammer, "oh dear, I'm so sorry, I must not have been paying attention when you mentioned her new age."

"Well, that's fine; we came to say hi...and I do appreciate the thought," Twilight whispered, and Fluttershy nodded before quickly closing the door. The princess was quite surprised and hoped she didn't hurt Fluttershy's feelings. The violet unicorn, however, reassured her by ruffling the little filly's mane. "Don't worry about it; she's always like this. Now come on, there are a lot more friends we need to see."

Celestia gave a small nod as she followed Twilight back into the streets of Ponyville, as she hoped that the yellow coated pegasus wouldn't have to babysit her any time soon.

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Down the road, Rainbow Dash flew down to see Twilight and Celestia and couldn't help but burst into laughter at the regal princess having turned into a little filly. "I can't believe it!? You're actually a foal!?"

"Yeah, but I'm still the princess of Equestria!" Celestia shouted, pawing the ground with a hoof getting tired of telling ponies this.

The blue-coated pegasus slowly got up, still chuckling as she replied, "I'm sorry, but I just didn't expect you to look so small and cute."

The frustrated young filly pulled at her mane and cried out. "Ugh! Can ponies stop calling me that!"

Twilight rubbed a hoof over her face and gave a sigh, "alright, Rainbow, thanks for stopping by, we're actually on our way to Sugarcube Corner."

"Ok, well, you two have fun! I still have a lot of cloudbusting to do!"

The daredevil pegasus then turned to Princess Celestia and snickered, "can't believe the princess of the sun is a school filly." Rainbow Dash then flew off while Celestia looked down, still being quite flustered. She followed the violet coated unicorn to Sugarcube Corner and led the princess inside, where Pinkie Pie jumped right at them with an explosion of confetti and streamers with her hooves outstretched shouting, "Hello, Princess Celestia! Welcome to Ponyville!"

The surprised filly was then lifted upwards and into the air then was suddenly placed down on a stool where she was greeted by an ice cream float in a glass cup and some cake with pink frosting on it. Pinkie Pie ruffled the little filly's mane and chirped, "drink up and enjoy yourself! I was going to throw you a party but Twilight insisted not to do that yet. So I thought this little treat should do for now!"

"Thanks Pinkie." Celestia whispered as she then took her float and began to suckle her drink through a curly straw. Celestia went about eating her food with Pinkie Pie throwing confetti everywhere and chanting, "princess Celestia is a filly! Princess Celestia is a filly!"

Twilight saw how uncomfortable Pinkie Pie was making Celestia feel and came forward. "Hey, Pinkie Pie let her enjoy her sweets in peace; she had a long day."

"Alright! Sorry I couldn't hold in my excitement!" The princess chirped, still being quite giddy as she bounced off. Twilight came over and sat next to Celestia and whispered, "Hey, you doing ok?"

Celestia gave a deep breath hating getting asked that question when she's feeling horrible and grumbled, "yeah, it's fine, guess I gotta get used to this."

"If you're bothered, just tell the ponies to stop your princess after all," Twilight whispered back.

Celestia rolled her eyes; seeing that shouting, "I'm a princess!" isn't really helping her current predicament. The little filly simply finished her ice cream float sucking up the contents before replying. "It's fine; right now, I just want to eat my cake."

Celestia finished the cake munching on it before getting off the table. Feeling unsure of the evalustion Twilight mentioned earlier coming up she had to ask, "so, what about that test with Cheerilee? Are we still doing that?"

"Oh...that won't be for a while; how about after your snack you come take a nap. I'm sure you can use one." Twilight suggested.

Celestia's eyes were dropping, and she gave a nod and followed Twilight out from Sugarcube Corner and headed back to Golden Oaks Library. The little filly slowly shuffled up the steps and plopped onto The violet mare's bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

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The little filly woke up a few hours later quite energized and waddled downstairs again; this time, Twilight had a peanut butter jelly sandwich with some milk on the table. "Good afternoon! I got you some lunch!"

Celestia couldn't help but jump onto the table and giggled, "you and your friends are going to make me fat!"

Twilight couldn't help but poke the filly's chubby belly and coo, "oh, your already chubby, and little foals need to eat, now go on and dig in."

The princess dug into her sandwich, munching down and gulping down her sippy cup full of milk. But her meal was interrupted when she suddenly heard a knock. Twilight opened the door and there stood the teacher Miss Cheerilee who exclaimed, "Hello! Class ended early today, so I thought we would get a headstart in Celestia's educational evaluation."

"Oh, that's a great idea! She just had a nap, so she should be ready!" Twilight exclaimed, being excited about this evaluation herself.

The princess gulped as the teacher walked over and started to quiver. The teacher did her best to calm the little princess and whispered, "oh, don't worry; we're just going to do some basic tests."

She took out some colored balls, one red, one green, and blue, "now tell me the colors of each ball."

Celestia scrunched her face looking at the balls, thinking as hard as she could. The princess stood there, realizing she forgot the names of the colors, and stammered, "um...I don't know…"

The teacher gulped as she decided to try shapes next, placing a sheet of paper with different shapes on the page and asked. "alright, identify these."

The princess started to tear up, looking down and realizing she couldn't identify them and cried, "I don't know!"

She placed her head in her hooves and started bawling. Cheerilee quickly came over and hugged the filly. "Hey, it's ok, it's alright, come here."

The teacher sighed, "it seems whatever Discord did regress her education down to less than that of a preschooler. So she'll attend classes, but I'll give her extra tutoring so nopony will know, ok?"

"Ok." Celestia whimpered as she sat back to finish her meal. Twilight stood about feeling so bad for the little princess as she escorted Cheerilee out the door. They continued to talk in hush voices as the princess stood there, still sniffling as she munched on her sandwich, thinking about everything and wondering how she'll continue to endure her new life.

Comments

[badninja]

I hope every creature can get use to the new Celestia fast. I am surprised at how everyone keeps treating her like she is actually as young as she looks instead of someone who has been forced into a much younger body. Hopefully they realize this and slowly modify their behavior.

[zx29b]

If a kid can't identify colors and shapes by the age of five, either the kid has a severe learning disability or her parents are spectacularly negligent. That is stuff that a two year-old should be able to do. A five year-old should be reading books and doing arithmatic.

Of course, a five year-old horse should be nearing the end of her racing career.

[Rueneko]

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it is possible that the logic being used is that discord regressed her mind by over a thousand years and educational standards could change wildly
its is also possible that she did have trouble with learning as a filly
im not touching the 5 year old horse vs 5 year old fictional pony thing