I overheard screams from outside the temple. I wondered what could possibly have aroused the other Ralicorns this much. I decide to take a look when the headmaster, my teacher, told me to stay indoors. I wanted to argue but he seemed worried. This didn’t help my conscious at all.

I wish I had gone outside.

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I woke up gasping for air. “Are you alright mister?” A small, soft voice filled the room. I looked over the left side of my bed to see a little Luna sitting beside my bed with big eyes. She had set up her own little camp made up of blankets, and pillows, and all sorts of comfy things.

“Why are you in here Luna?” I asked softly. As to not wake up the other alicorns in the house. I was aware her sister was very touchy to loud noises. I didn’t need to sense that with my magic.

“You were having a nightmare, uh at least I think you were.” Luna replied. The fact that somepony else could sense others dreams astonished me. I had always thought that to be a trait I had. I don’t remember much about what happened to the others though, so maybe Luna was more than she seemed.

“Oh I’m quite alright now. Thank you for checking on me little one. Also, do you intend to sleep there?” I was confused at first, then I looked over the fort and saw Dashie laying there too. I could put the pieces together from there, but the loud “BOOM!” that crackled across the sky was the real give away.

Oddly enough, Dashie woke up and jumped over to Luna’s side of their fort and the two shivered in fear with blankets wrapped around them. “Dashie, you’re not normally afraid of storms. Is everything alright?” I asked, though Dashie had never come into my room before during a storm, I wasn’t initially surprised by the fact that she was in here with Luna. Her answer made me a little concerned myself.

“I thought there were Timberwolves outside when I heard the storm. I... I know you usually let me sleep in your room when I’m scared so I followed Luna when I saw her going down the hall away from Celestia’s room and told her about where I was going.” Timberwolves were known to gather near the village and be very aggressive towards ponies, but the second part of Dashie’s explanation was what struck me as odd.

“Luna, why were you walking away from your sister’s room?” I was afraid I knew the answer before Luna said anything. But when she said it I felt the words a little more surprising than usual.

“T-tia didn’t allow me to sleep in her room.” Ouch. Celestia was already told that if she didn’t be nice to her sister, she wasn’t going to have a pleasant stay.

“Well why not?”

“She said that I was being a scaredy-cat and that I needed to, ‘mare-up’ and I left.”

“Well if it happens again I’ll address the problem, but for now you can sleep in here.” All was silent as they settled down next to each other. Or, at least it was until an even louder series of bangs and booms came from outside, sending the two flying upward and dive bombing right onto me. But the surprises weren’t over yet, Celestia came barreling into the room at top speed screaming loud enough to make my ears hurt. “No! Wait!” I yelled but it was too late. I now had all three alicorns on top of my chest. Instinctively I went into full panic mode and shoved the three into the pile of blankets and pillows beside my bed, Celestia on the bottom.

I jumped out of bed. “You foals need to calm down! I get you’re scared but don’t jump on top of me! I couldn’t breath!” Maybe I was a little to harsh, because all three of them broke down into tears. I felt my ears fall back on my head and I knew my face had turned beet red. Dashie didn’t normally cry so I had little experience with this type of combat.

“Umm, I’m sorry! Shhh, shhhhh it’s okay it’s okay. You guys can sleep in here if you want. You’re gonna be alright.” I guess whatever I did worked because they seemed to stop crying and downgraded to sniffles, which was a far less damging attack. Of course, another crack of thunder made them squeal.

Dashie was wrapped around my front right leg while Luna was attached to my left, Celestia, however, jumped onto my back. And they were all shivering like mad. I just sighed, plopped them down in front of me and told them, “You can sleep in here, but only if you’re nice to your sister, and you don’t jump on me again, okay?” The trio nodded and I climbed back into my bed.

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It wasn’t long until I awoke to the sound of soft snores from the three fillies beside my bed. I carefully slipped out of bed onto my hooves, standing above a small pile of alicorns. I softly walked over to the window and began to help raise the sun. My cutie mark was described as a yin and yang of the sun and the moon by others. I helped lower and raise both, this took a decent chunk of power and magic to do.

I eyed the trio a little more closely and was overwhelmed by adorableness. Celestia was on the bottom, with Luna laying on top of her and Dashie in the middle of her circle that she had made with her body. She opened her eyes and looked up at me with a smile. “Shhh. They’re sleeping.” She whispered. She lifted her head and nestled her muzzle into Luna’s small, softly snoring body. Then she rested her head back into her spot and said, “Just 5 more minutes, please.” I smiled and trotted out of the room, quietly shutting the door behind me.

I headed down the stairs and into the kitchen. I didn’t really know what the princesses would like or normally have, so I decided to make mine and Dashies favorite; bacon with sunny-side-up eggs and French toast. I got to work right away. To my own surprise, I didn’t worry as much as I thought I would about if the princesses would like it. Dashie and Luna are like mirror images of each other. Celestia I knew would like it. I could tell she likes cake from the obvious frosting on her mouth when I saw her upstairs.

I checked the cupboard and sure enough, the chocolate cake that I had been secretly eating over the course of the week, was completely obliterated. I thought Celestia would have been smart enough to know that eating a chocolate cake with a white coat wasn’t very sneaky. Of course, when I went upstairs to tell them that breakfast was ready, and they all stood in front of me, I saw she had shared.

“Did you fillies enjoy the cake?” I asked. I couldn’t help but laugh as their ears fell back and Celestia asked, “How did you know?” Their eyes widened when I showed them the empty tray.

“Oh, and none of you cared to wipe your faces.”

Im having way to much fun making this =)