I slowly open my eyes as my internal clock goes off. Eons of getting up at the same time forces me to stretch a little.... why is Luna in my bed? I sit up right and look around my room for answers but... shouldn't she be at night court or checking on the dreamscape? I slide off the side of my bed, trying my best not to wake her, and take another look around; finding a note on my desk written to me. I bring it over and read it over:

Celestia

I'm writing this letter to myself because I know I will forget again. Lunas birthday has passed recently and due to the spell I forgot all about it. This morning you will spend the entire day with her, doing everything she wants to do. I have already rescheduled all of our appointments for today and informed the guard of our day of solitude. Do your best to have fun and remember to thank Miles for reminding you,

Celestia.

P.S. It is urgent to ask Luna if her and Miles...

"What's that?" Luna asks from behind.

"Nothing." I say as I crumple it up and toss it into a nearby trash bin. I turn back to her and do a double take as I look at her mane. I had forgotten about that little prank I played on her all those years ago. I can't believe it's still in effect. "Um... Luna..."

"It's my mane isn't it?" She asks dully as she runs a hoof through it. I nod and laugh a little as she grumbles her way to my mirror. "I don't think I'll ever understand why it does that. Look at your mane, it's perfect." She pouts as she starts to brush it out. I try to think back to the yesterdays events, but can't remember what happened after meeting Miles.

"So... Luna... after raising the sun and moon... what do you want to do first?" I ask in an attempt to see if we had set any plans.

"Hmm.... I know exactly what I want to start with, but it can wait until after breakfast." She says as she finishes brushing her mane. We both look over to the clock in my room to see we have a couple of minutes before sunrise.

"So... here we are... birthday girl." I say awkwardly as I try to start a conversation. I'm finding it a bit strange due to the fact that I forgot her birthday yet she seems perfectly fine about it. I guess yesterday we made up for it.

"Heh, technically it was six days ago but better late than never right?" She jokes. I take a deep breath before looking her straight in the eyes.

"Little sister, I know I probably said this a thousand times, but I'm sorry I forgot all these years..."

"It's fine Tia..."

"It is not fine! I'm your big sister and I forgot your birthday. You may have come back from the moon but..."

"But?" She asks as she leans in.

"*sigh* but I feel as if I don't know you at times. We've become so distant recently and I feel as if I'm losing you. But that changes today. I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that we're as close as we were before." Luna doesn't say anything at first. She just stands there for a moment staring at me, thinking about what I just said. She takes a few steps towards me and lightly embraces me, sighing into my neck as she presses against me softly.

"Tia, you'll never lose me. No matter how far away I may seem, you'll always be my big sister." She says quietly. I sigh in relief as I begin to return the affection. "Come now, we should begin the sunrise..."

"You do it today." I tell her, making her step back and gawk at me. "I've raised both the sun and the moon plenty of times before, but you've never raised the sun. If you'd like to, you can."

"But.. the sun is your thing. I don't know..."

"The choice is yours sister. If you choose not to I'll understand." I tell her as I walk over to the balcony. I sit and wait for her to take her place in front of me.

"You sure you won't mind?" She asks with a glance back to me.

"I won't." I tell her with a confident smile. She looks out to the horizon and begins to charge her horn. I wait patiently as she stands there with her horn lit...

... just standing there...

... any time now...

... hopefully on time...

... come on Luna, just grab the thing and go....

...*sigh*...

... am I going to have to kick her or something?

"Luna? Are you..."

"Hold on." She says quickly as she continues to focus. I just roll my eyes as she continues to just stand there. I guess doing something like this is pretty nerve wrecking for her.

"Finally." I mumble under my breath as the sun begins to shine over the horizon. After a minute of Lunas intense focus the moon finally sinks down as the sun begins its daily course. "Well done sister." I say as she lets go of the two orbs.

"Thank you, it was a little tricky to connect with the suns soul, but I got it." She says as she turns to me. I tilt my head a bit at what she said in confusion.

"The suns... soul?" I ask.

"Yeah. At first it didn't want to connect with me but after some coaxing I finally got through."

".... huh."

"What?"

"Well.... I usually just grab it and put it on course. I didn't even know the sun had a soul." I admit as I look up to the sun. I didn't know Luna connected with the moon the way she does... I guess that's why she hates it so much when I do it.

"Maybe another time I'll teach you how I do it. Then you can connect with the sun even more." Luna says with a warm smile as she turns and looks out at the horizon. "Hmm.... lets get breakfast."

"OK, sounds good to..."

"In Cloudsdale."

"... Cloudsdale? Why not just eat here?" I ask as I step beside her.

"We eat here every day. I want to try something new and I've only been to Cloudsdale a couple of times. Let go there and try something new out."

"Are you sure Luna? The both of us eating out in public could be... unwise." I warn her.

"Tia, when was the last time you made an unannounced public outing?"

".... February 29th... oh my... alright, lets go eat out in Cloudsdale." I say as I begin to charge my horn, intending to teleport to the carriage port.

"RACE YOU THERE!" Luna yells before launching through the air. I shake my head a bit before chasing after her.

"WHY ARE WE FLYING THERE!?" I yell at her as I catch up.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER? TOO MANY SWEETS AT NIGHT SLOWING YOU DOWN?" Luna yells back at me as she pulls ahead of me.

It...

Is...

ON.

I begin to flap my wings as hard as I can, gaining on Luna quickly. She glances back to me and banks to block me from passing. I roll to the left and drop a bit, skimming the cloud cover and gaining enough speed to catch up with her. She drops down beside me and gives me a smirk as she begins to pull ahead. Oh no you don't! I flap even harder as we fight for the lead.

"GIVE IT UP SISTER! I'M LIGHT AND BUILT FOR SPEED!" She yells as Cloudsdale comes into view. I snap my eyes shut as I begin to flap my wings as hard as I physically can.

"I'M..."

FLAPPING...

"NOT..."

FLAPPING...

FWUM

I suddenly crash through a cloud and veer off course as I lose a tremendous amount of speed. I open my eyes...

FWUM

"AAAHHHH!" Some mare screams as I crash through a cloud wall. I only make it half way through, but it's enough to scare the daylights out of the couple before me. We all stare at one another silently; the two of them trying to comprehend what just happened and my not knowing what to say.

"So.... god morning my little ponies... uh... my apologies for the... sudden intrusion." I start with. They look to each other before looking back to me.

"Um... it's alright... Princess Celestia." The stallion says as they both do a slight bow.

"So.. whAH!" I gasp as I feel somepony grab my back end and begin to pull. "Good day to you!" I yell before being pulled through the holes and fall on top of Luna.

"Ha! We haven't raced like that since we were foals!" Luna exclaims as we both get up. "And by the way you loss..."

"I did not!"

"How would you know? You had your eyes shut the entire time." Luna smirks as she trots down the cloud path. I trot after her and try to think of a response... but have nothing to say. How she's able to pester me like this. I'll never know.

Luckily for the two of us it's too earlier in the morning for anypony to see us, so walking around is fairly easy. A guard spotted us and offered us an escort, but we both told him that we were fine on our own. It struck him as odd, but he complied, even went as far as to tell the other guards of our arrival.

Due to how early we had arrived we didn't find many restaurants open. Well, we did find some doughnut shops, but Luna said no.... then added some rather insulting comments about my sweet tooth and weight. If there is one thing that I will never forget it's how much Luna loves to tease me about my weight. While she gets to eat what ever she feels, I have to keep myself on a regulated diet, otherwise I blow up like a pregnant cow.

"UHG, well... want to make a run to Ponyville? See if anything's open there?" Luna asks as we stop at the end of a line of restaurants.

"If you wish. We're doing everything you want to do so if you feel like trying there we can." I tell her as we walk through the empty street.

"Hmm... you think it would be weird to got to Twilights or Miles' place? Somepony we knew at least."

".... I think it would." I tell her as I think of the chaos that would ensue of walking in, unannounced, to Twilights. "Maybe we could just..." Don't say get doughnuts. "Hmm..."

"OH! Look! I think they're opening up!" Luna exclaims as she takes off for the top of one of the cloud buildings. I follow after her to find a small restaurant beginning its opening routine. A couple waiters are going around setting chairs for small round tables as the cooks in the back begin prepping for their later courses.

"Excuse us but would you happen to be open right now?" I ask as Luna and I walk through the front door.

"Sorry but we haven't opened just yet, you.... you... you... you're the Princesses." The closes waiter gawks as he drops a chair. All of the staff freeze and stare at us as we look to one another.

"Well if you aren't open yet..."

"NONONONO! Don't mind what he said! Please come in your highness's!" The waitresses with the light blue hair and teal coat in the back says as she runs over and ushers us to a table.

"You don't have to give us any special treatment. If you're not open..."

"We were opening early anyway! Right Stir Fry!?" The mare yells to the cook, who nods vigorously and begin to run around the kitchen."Please, we insist. My name is Sky Blue, but you can call me Sky, and I'll be your waitress, can I start you with some coffee?" She asks as she gives us both a menu.

"I'll have some orange juice." Luna says as she looks over the menu.

"I... will have the same. Thank you." Better play it safe and get what she gets.

"Two orange juices coming right up you royal highness's!" She says before flying to the back. I bring up the menu and pretend to look over it as I really just look around the room. It's a pretty simple get up. Large open windows take up the walls as small round tables fill the room. A counter separates the kitchen from the rest of the room that has simple stools stationed periodically on it. With how simple and new everything is I take it that this place is relatively new.

"Hey Tia," Luna says as she flips through the menu. "Remember when we went to that restaurant in the goblin empire?"

"And how you tossed the cook out the window? How could I forget." I chuckle as I look over to Stir Fry. He's staring right at Luna, sweating lightly. Probably not the best thing to have said...

"He was beyond rude, but do you remember what we ordered?" She asks as she sets the menu down.

"Hmm... it was something relatively simple. I remember because you yelled 'see how easy THAT was' at him as he fell from the building."

"OH! I remember, it was a crepe! Stuffed with chocolate hazelnut spread stuffed inside..."

"Is that something you'd be interested in having? Because that happens to be one of our specials today." Sky says as she brings us our drinks.

"Yes! And a side of toast of you don't mind."

"Of course, and what would you like this morning?"

"I'll have what she's having." I state simply as I give Sky my menu.

"Two orders of the special crepes, got it!" She says as she flies the ticket over to the cook. I take a sip from my glass as Luna does the same, both of us enjoying the citrus-y drink.

"So... here we are. Just the two of us... what do you want to talk about?" I ask as I set my drink down. Luna just shrugs as she takes another sip from her glass.

"So... Princesses," Sky asks as she walks up to the two of us. "I know this must be pretty rude to ask, but can I get a picture? To put on the wall, you know, for all of the famous ponies that come here and stuff."

"I don't mind, you?" Luna asks me. I shake my head and scoot closer to Luna as we turn to Sky. She fumbles with the camera a bit before finally lifting it up and snapping off a picture.

"Thank you so much Princesses!" Sky gushes as she sets the camera down.

"Not at all, why don't you sit with us and tell us about this restaurant? Give us the insiders look." Luna offers. Sky stands there, stunned, before shaking her head and pulling a chair up to our table.

"OF COU-*cough cough* I mean, of course. Well Horizons Peek has been here for nearly a year now. I own it, well, inherited it from my sister really. She build this place with her own four hooves, but became very ill. She passed away about three months ago..."

"You have our condolences." I tell her, getting a smile from her.

"Thank you. Silver Tray was her name. She loved being a waitress; bring ponies their meals and seeing it bring them together, it really was her passion. She worked her whole life to make this place what it is, but once it was started she was diagnosed with... well, the doctors didn't have a name for it. She would become ill and forget random things then get better and act like nothing was wrong. It was tearing her apart and... well, one day she didn't get better... and she didn't remember her medication..."

"You don't have to continue, we understand." Luna tells her as she rubs her back a bit. Sky nods a bit as she wipes her eyes.

"Thank you. That's why I wanted to continue running Horizons Peek, for Silver Tray. There aren't a lot of ponies that know of this place, that's why I wanted the photo. So we can get some recognition and stuff. NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO GET FAMOUS OR ANYTHING! I want the food to speak for us mostly, but ponies need to but the food in order to know that... NOT THAT THE FOOD IS BAD OR ANYTHING! Its just..."

"That's enough out of you!" The light tan waiter says as he stuffs his hoof in her mouth. "Sorry about that, Sky tends to get a little feather brained when she reminisces about the restaurant."

"It's alright, and you are?" I ask as Luna and glance to one another, each chuckling on the inside.

"I'm Bread Crumb, I'm Sky's brother." He says as Sky yanks his hoof out of her mouth. "Silver Tray was my wife."

"Oh, sorry about your loss."

"It's alright. There wasn't anything anypony could do. The best we can do now is keep the restaurant alive for her and move on. Why don't we get our sad stories out of your manes while we go and check on your food." He says as he pulls Sky towards the back.

"Well... that was... interesting." I comment as I look back to Luna.

"We should... um Celestia?"

"Yeah?" I ask as she leans towards me.

"Did you bring any money to pay for this?" She whispers to me.

"... oh. No... I don't usually carry money with me."

"We can't not pay! After everything that they've been through it would be just rude!"

"I know, but what can we do? Where are we going to get some money?" I ask her. We both take a moment to think about it as Sky trots back out and sets our food before us.

"Do you have a restroom?" Luna asks her.

"Of course, the door in the back left of the room."

"If you'll excuse me." Luna says as she stands and walks over to the restroom. Where could she possible be going? SHE BETTER NOT LEAVE ME HERE!

"Is everything alright?" Sky asks nervously. I shake my head and try to think of a way out of this mess...

"Yes, I mean no." I stutter as a thought comes to mind.

"WHAT!? I mean, what is it? How can I help? Is there something wrong with the food?" She asks eagerly.

"Umm... no, the food looks just fine its... Lunas... birthday."

"Her birthday?"

"Yes, well actually it was a few days ago but we're celebrating it today. Do you think you could muster up something for her?"

"Hmm... STIR FRY!" Sky yells as she runs to the back. I sigh in relief, this should buy me some time to think of something. I can't really just sneak out, and I can't just teleport out either. Both would be obvious and rude. Hmm... maybe they'll let me wash dishes...

FLUSH

I shake my head in bewilderment as I hear the toilet flush. moments later Luna walks out and saunters to her seat, completely calm and collect. She smiles to me before lifting her fork and digging into her food.

"Luna, is everything... taken care of?" I ask nervously as I glance back to the frantic kitchen.

"Don't worry, I've got everything under control." She says before sipping her orange juice. I give her a skeptical look before taking my fork and taking a tentative bite. We eat in relative silence, making small talk about the food and surrounding area. Once we finish all of the workers gather around us, shuffling a bit as Sky takes the lead.

"Princess Luna?"

"...yes?"

"1234
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
FROM ALL OF US TO YOU
WE WISH IT WAS OUR BIRTHDAY
SO WE COULD PARTY TO
WE WISH ALL OF YOU DREAMS MAY COME TRUE
SO HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, OYE!"

Confetti and streamers burst forth as they all break into song, clapping and cheering as they do so. Luna and I laugh at their antics. At the end of the song they present a little breakfast pastry and run back to the kitchen. Luna looks down to the pastry before laughing a bit more to herself.

"How were you going to pay for this?" She asks through her giggles.

"Don't worry about it. Eat up and we'll get going." I say with a chuckle. Luna splits the pastry and we finish it quickly. Once everything was said and done we stand to leave, getting Sky to escort us out.

"I hope you enjoyed everything Princesses." Sky says as we pause at the front door.

"I think we did." I say as I look to Luna, who nods and levitates out a platinum bit.

"Keep the change." She says before trotting out. I smile to Sky before following after my sister. Where did she get money like that... I better not ask. I may not want to know.

Once the Princesses were out of sight I run over to Sky and yank her to the back.

"WHAT THE BUCK WAS THAT ABOUT!" I yell at her.

"Dude, they are awesome tippers." She says as she toys with the bit in her hooves. I grab the bit and begin to pace around.

"WHAT WAS THAT!?"

"I couldn't help it! I started with one lie then another came out and then you saved my flank!" She yells back. "What did you want me to say? That we're just some cafe on a cloud?"

"YES!" We all yell, making her shy away.

"Well... I guess you have two wives now." She tells me with an innocent smile. I grumble to myself as I rub the top of her head.

"Lets just hope they don't look us up, or we might be in some big trouble."

"I don't think they will. I mean, if it was Lunas birthday, why did she pay?" She says as she sits back up.

"To be honest I didn't even know Celestia had a sister..."

"Now can I have my bit back?"

"No. This will be split between all of us for not calling you out on your lie. Now lets get back to work, we have a cafe to run here."

We spend a little more time just walking around the city, but as more and more ponies begin to wake, the more difficult it becomes to do so. Eventually we take to the air and begin to head towards Canterlot.

"What shall we do when we get back home?" I ask Luna as we glide through the air. Luna thinks about it for a second before a purely evil smile grows on her face... I'm not going to like this at all.

"I propose a race to Carousel Boutique. The loser has to get a pair of fuzzy, saucy, waist high socks." I lose a bit of altitude when Luna says this.

"A-are you joking?"

"What? Afraid you'll lose?"

"NO! Why would we race to get SOCKS!?" I yell at her, trying to grasp her reasoning for this.

"It's not like I'm worried, I beat you last time. Unless you think it would be an unfair advantage, the weight difference and all." She says with an evil smile.

...

...

...

"Its on." I say bitterly as we both land on a lone cloud. We take a moment to stretch before taking our stances. YOU. WILL. NOT CALL ME FAT AGAIN!

"READYSETGO!" Luna yells as she takes off. I put all my strength into launching myself as quickly as possible.

We both rocket through the air as we fly down towards Ponyville, each of us flapping our wings as hard as we can. I glance over to her and begin to flap with all my might, making my joints burn as I push myself faster. As we speed up, the ground quickly approaches, making our game of chicken intensify. I ignore Luna as I close my eyes and continue pumping my wings, waiting to hear her stop before stopping myself.

...

...

FWUOSH

Once I hear her open up I throw my head back and hold my wings open as I...

THUD

I crash down and immediately look around, seeing Luna land directly in front of me. I look over to Carousel Boutique before growing a large smile on my face.

"HAHA! I won! You know what that means!" I yell as I prance around the dumbstruck loser.

"Tia please! I don't..."

"You're getting socks!" I yell as I stick a hoof in her face. "Fuzzy, saucy, waist high socks! How do ya like THAT!" I yell as I do a little victory dance on front of her. With my back leg I kick the door open and begin to walk backwards inside, still gloating to the now blushing Luna. "Froo froo, silky, raunchy, seducing..."

"Socks?" I freeze up from the voice behind me. Slowly I turn around to find Miles, Shadow, Rarity and Easy standing directly behind me. Miles is squatting over Shadow covering her ears as Easy tries to help Rarity not to faint.

".... Miles... what are you doing here?" I ask him as he stands up..

"Getting winter clothes. I would ask the same but we already know what you're up to." He says as he lifts up a bag and gives it to Easy. Silently, his group takes their belongings and leave the shop. All the while Luna and I stay completely silent, our faces covered in our blushes.

"Well... Luna, if you please. We can get started..." Rarity starts but stops when we both look to her.

"We aren't..."

"Yes we are!" I say as I lift Luna up with my magic.

"WHAT!? But..."

"No buts! You've mad fun of my weight for the last time! Now suffer the consequences! Rarity, could you please make it as seducing as possible. I want these to embarrass her just to even have them in her closet."

"Well... I think I know just what to do." Rarity says as she mumbles something else under her breath. Revenge has never tasted so sweet before.

Shout out to Arlan753 for picking Shadows birthday and junior Alien Child for picking what was for breakfast. (Yes, it was a two part point reward.) Hurry over to my blog to add your own Ocs to the pool, the next art should happen within the next few chapters so don't wait. Thanks for reading and like always, Brony on!