Everypony gets tired of their job. Even princesses. Celestia has finally had enough of lawgiving and sun-raising. At her sister's encouragement, she decides to take a secret vacation and spend some time among her subjects. Her ensuing misadventures involve an unsurprisingly large amount of culture shock and a surprising amount of falling in love and saving the world.

Will her replacement be able to keep Equestria running? And will Celestia survive to reclaim her crown?

IMPORTANT NOTE: This was started long before Twilight became an alicorn. This operates on the rules of MLP before that episode. Bear this in mind as you read.