“Hold still Dashie! You need this bath!”

“No! I don’t wanna take a bath!”

“You’re covered in mud!”

“Yeah, so?”

“So you need to get washed!”

I almost had that pesky blue alicorn filly in the tub when I, myself, fell face first into the soapy water. I could hear Rainbow erupt in a fit of giggles as she flew away at top speed. I attempted to give chase but I couldn’t stand without slipping on the floor.

Eventually I gave up trying to stand and tried to crawl my way towards a towel that was sitting on the counter in the bathroom. I got to the towel and dried my hooves off enough to stand properly and proceeded to dry myself off.

Why does she hate getting a bath so much? I wondered silently to myself as I finished wiping my face of soapy water. I had told her that if she continued to refuse to take them then I would use my magic to wash her.

I was about to go up to Dash’s room and dump the entire tub full on her, when I heard a soft knocking on my door. I never really got visitors so I was confused at who it could be. And for some reason, the knock seemed familiar.

As I neared the door I could hear whispering on the other side. But it wasn’t loud enough to make out what the two ponies were saying. I opened the door and to my surprise, was greeted by two young alicorn fillies.

One was tall and white, about up to my chest in height. She looked to be about twelve years old. I saw her cutie mark was yet to appear and her mane and tail were of a rosy hue. I remembered her from a couple years ago, when she and her sister had gotten hurt and I had helped them. I knew her name. Her name was Celestia.

I saw a small figure next to her rear right leg. It was a dark blue aliclrn filly who looked to be around Dash’s age of about 6 years. She had a blue mane and tail, much like her older sister, and had no cutie mark overlaying a black splotch. Her name was Luna. She seemed to be attempting to hide behind her sister’s tail.

“Sorry to intrude on you like this sir, but Star Swirl told us that he was going to be gone for a long time and that we needed to find somepony to stay with.” Celestia said. Her voice had differed in the years that we had not seen each other.

“Oh, um... okay then. Did Star Swirl happen to mention when he was going to come back by any chance?” I knew Starswirl had gone off to fight creatures before but he had never, to my knowledge, told the two sisters to stay with somepony.

“Unfortunately not. We have no idea when he is going to come back. I th-“

“Star Swirl will come back soon!” Luna interrupted her older sister as she jumped out of her hiding place.

“Luna! Show some respect! And NEVER interrupt me again! Now apologize!” Celestia scowled at her little sister, who shrunk back in fear.

“I-I’m sorry mister. And I’m sorry Tia...” Luna’s voice broke as she said these words, and I could see that she was trying to hold back tears. I was surprised to see that Celestia had talked to her this way.

“It’s okay Luna. And Celestia, if you two are going to stay here, you are going to have to be nicer to your little sister.”

Celestia didn’t seem to care much about my remark. While Luna, always full of energy, smiled and trotted up to my door.

But before she could get inside, Celestia once again scolded her sister.

“Luna we have not been invited in ye-“

“I invited you in when I first said something to you.” I said this firmly. I noticed that Celestia seemed surprised at this tone at first, but she quickly acquired her straight face again and walked in after Luna.

I softly shut the door behind them and told them to go upstairs and select which room they were going to stay in.

“Just don’t go into Dashie’s without asking first, okay?”

Luna looked up at me with big eyes. “Who’s Dashie?” Then she let out the most dramatic gasp, “Is she my age!?”

Celestia rolled her eyes as she walked up the stairs, but Luna didn’t seem to notice.

I turned my attention back to Luna. “Well that depends. How old are you?”

Luna put a hoof to her chin and seemed to be lost in thought for a solid minute before saying, “Six.”

“Well then yes, yes she is your age.” I replied to the filly. Luna squealed and did a little loop-de-loop in front of me before racing up the stairs.

I could hear her say a very loud, “HELLO!” before I heard Dashie scream in shock. I knew what was coming next before it even happened. To be honest, I was expecting it to be louder, actually. But, nevertheless, an ear splitting “DADDDDD!”
filled the house.

Dashie flew as fast as she could down the stairs and immediately took refuge behind me. Being the adoptive father of a hyperactive alicorn filly with no help was as exciting as ever. Luna was right behind Dashie but stopped in front of me, eyes fixed on Dashie as she cowered behind me. To be fully honest, I had Dashie exactly where I wanted her.

“I see you’ve met Luna.” I said to Dashie.

Suddenly, Dashie stopped staring and gave a look of embarrassment at me, then turned to Luna and said, “Wait you’re princess Luna!? That’s so cool! My name is Rainbow Dash, but you can call me Dashie!”

The moment that Dashie stepped out from behind me I picked up the tub and dumped the whole lot on her. Dashie squealed as the freezing water made contact with her light blue coat. “It wouldn't have been cold if you would have taken a bath earlier!”

Dashie didn’t seem amused as I wrapped her in a dry towel. Luna however, was rolling in laughter as Dashie’s mane and tail had turned into a large afro. I attempted to stifle a laugh but was losing the battle. Celestia trotted down the stairs and looked like she was concerned until she saw Dashie. I could see Celestia trying to hold in her own laugh but failing miserably.

“What’s so funny?” Dashie asked. I promptly put a mirror in front of her. She let out the largest laugh of us all.

“Who is that!?” She managed to make out between laughs.

“You!” Luna had beaten me to the punchline.

Dashie stopped laughing.

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