The Strange Device
"Twilight! I hath need of thee! Thou must come at once! Tis a matter of the utmost importance!" Twilight read the letter spike gave her carefully. Never before had she gotten a letter from Princess Luna. It was always princess Celestia. For her to get a letter not from her, but from her sister, must mean that something is very, very wrong. She dropped everything she was doing, including the letter she had just finished reading. She flapped her wings once and flew toward Canterlot castle. She had to get there, and fast.
"What's the matter Princess Luna!" Twilight said with panic in her voice. She had made her way to the castle and stepped into the princess' chambers. She was a bit out of breath after having so forcefully exerted herself.
"Ah! Thou art here, Twilight Sparkle!" Luna said as she crossed the small expanse of floor between them only to stop once she got close to the mare.
"Yes I am. Now how can I be of service?" Twilight asked again.
"Ah yes, right. Come with me. I will show you." Luna said as she turned around, a serious expression now present on her face.
The two princesses made their way down the hall, walking past door after door, guard after guard, as they trotted to their destination, a place which twilight managed to notice was...Celestia's room?
'Why are we heading for the princess Celestia's room?' Twilight asked in her head, wondering what problem the princess of the night could have with her own sister.
Once there, Luna rounded on Twilight, putting a hoof to her lips in a gesture meaning "shh..."
"This is the matter of which I spoke."
Twilight made her way towards the door, only to be stopped by a hoof from Luna. "Wait. I must warn you Twilight Sparkle. What you are about to see is something that could spell the end of all of Equestria."
Twilight gulped. It couldn't be that serious could it? She inched toward the door, afraid to open it for fear of what she might see.
She placed her hoof on the door and slowly began to push it open. What she saw....was not what she expected.
The room was dark. All the lights were off. The only light present seemed to be coming from the strange rectangular device twilight now had her eyes on.The light was so bright she felt that she had to shield her eyes just to keep it from blinding her. Was Celestia trying out some new form of magic? Was that what Luna was so afraid of?
She trotted into the room, stepping toward the light she saw. As she did, she accidentally bumped into somepony. "Sorry about that." She said.
She was surprised to hear nothing in reply.
"Um...excuse me?" She said, tapping them lightly. nothing.
She decided to walk around them. When she did, she looked up, and what she saw, terrified her.
"Princess...Celestia?"
"Yes?" The princess turned around to see Twilight. "Ah! Twilight Sparkle. It's lovely to see you. To what do I owe this unexpected visit?"
Twilight backed away. The princess didn't look so good. Her eyes were bloodshot and had bags under them from lack of sleep. Her normally sparkly, eternally flowing mane was now flat and had split ends. It was obvious she had not been taking care of herself.
Twilight immediately looked to the strange device. 'Is it this things fault?' she thought. 'Is it some sort of cursed object? If so then...'
Twilight made her way behind the rectangle, placing a hoof on the top of it and closing it down, right in front of Celestia.
She began walking, picking up the wicked thing with her telekinesis, too afraid to touch it with her hands for fear it would curse her too.
'You will never hurt the princess again you wicked thing!' Twilight thought as she walked out of the room and set the thing down onto the ground. "I'm going to destroy this thing so it can never hurt anyone again!"
Twilight lit her horn, a purple glow enveloping the device.
Luna turned quickly. "Wait! If you do that she'll-"
Celestia exploded.
"Give it back!!!" Luna was interrupted by a shout so loud it almost busted both her and twilight's eardrums.
Luna covered her ears, and twilight stopped her magic, almost dropping the thing to the floor if not for luna's magic taking it up and setting it on the ground gently.
Luna couldn't believe her ears. She used it. Her sister, who never once used it other than for absolute emergencies or unspeakable crimes, used it. The royal Canterlot voice. To use it for something so...she had no words to describe the thing. It brought tears of sadness to her eyes.
"Ow my head!" Luna turned her head toward a voice to the side of her. It was Twilight Sparkle. She had been so caught up in her sadness for her sister that she didn't even worry for her.
Twilight shook off the ringing in her ears, looked to luna and asked, "How long has she been like this?"
"For two days now. She hasn't slept, she hasn't eaten, and she hasn't said a word to anypony. Not even me."
Twilight frowned. "Oh, Poor Celestia..." She said. Then suddenly she had an idea.
"Give it back!!!" Celestia yelled. She was no longer just screaming. She had now begun to throw things at them. Her pillow, her bed, her desk, anything to get them to give her back her treasured item.
Twilight weaved her way past almost all the things thrown at her, only getting knocked back by a book that had hit her in the head. sHe got back up and kept moving.
"Princess!" She yelled, looking at her friend and teacher.
"Be quiet! I don't want to hear it. Just give me back my Computer!!"
Everything stopped. Both Twilight and Luna looked at each other, saying at the same time, "Your what now?"
"My computer! I just got it yesterday and you two had to go and ruin it by taking it from me!"
"Is that what this strange rectangle is called? A computer?" Twilight said, hoping for an explanation.
"Wait, What?" Celestia looked floored. All the things she had gripped with her magic to throw, fell to the ground in that instant.
"I said,-"
"You took it without even knowing what it was?!" Celestia was angry once again, fire in her eyes as she stared down the two mares.
Not wanting her to start throwing things again, Twilight quickly said, "I-i'm sorry princess...I didn't mean to do it without asking. It's just that...you were so engrossed. And Luna..."
"Luna? What did my sister have to do with this!" She turned her eyes on her sister, who had been standing in the doorway the whole time.
"Well, you see sister, I...uh..."
Celestia flew over to her, still angry. "Talk." She said in a serious voice.
Luna steeled herself. There was no way she was going to lose her sister to some unknown...thing.
"I was trying to get you to see reason sister!"
Celestia took a step back, surprised by her sister's words. "W-what do you mean...?"
"you have been using that thing too much! You haven't gotten any sleep, Your hair's a mess, and you haven't eaten in two days! Worst of all, you haven't been doing your royal duties."
Celestia took another step back. Here sister was right. She had been losing herself to her precious machine, and it had hurt her friends. She had to stop. For her people, but most of all, for her sister.
"I understand. I will stop using the computer. It has already done too much damage. To me and to you, sister."
Luna and Twilight smiled. Twilight spoke up.
"Wait. Princess. We know you love your computer. So, how about this?"
Celestia looked up, wondering what she could be proposing
"How about, I take it off your hands. That way you could continue your duties as a princess, and I could learn about this new strange object."
Celestia thought on this for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, that will do fine, Twilight. Thank you."
"You're welcome, Princess." Twilight smiled.
"One thing though." Celestia quickly added.
"What is it, princess?" Twilight said, wondering what her mentor could possibly want now that her problem was solved.
Celestia walked up to her, her eyes narrowing one last time. "Don't touch...my browser history."