>Be Celestia
>Your senas-
>Your sinnes-
>Your pony that handles stuff is out
>"Luckily" Rarararararara was staying in that fancy broom closet and insisted her sister help repay you
>It started out surprisingly good
>Somehow, Swibbles can make authentic old world eggs
>Baked Crystal Empire!
>Hot Juice!
>Croutons!
>Even the mythical Pure Sugar Cube- a secret lost with the Foreclosure of Paradise Estate, yet this mini marshmallow does it by accident!?
>That filler doesn't just cook cakes, she CRAFTS. CUISINE.
>Her sister has no idea the kind of haute cuisine she's been turning down- and you plan to keep it that way
>You might be looking at your future personal chef, if only you could lure her away from her suitors
>The appled one will be easy, but what pony can resist the allure of the rare Chicken Pegasoid?
>Even you, in your weaker moments, have been tempted to dredge up some old, old laws.
>Luna is the only one who understands, and she understands too well- how many times have you had to cover for her bringing that Pipsqueak home?
>A mare her age and a colt his age jumping on the bed! Scandalous! Yet.....
>No, get your mind back in the present
"Sweetie Belle, go make me one of your famous burnt juices, please."
>She looks at you in a way you've seen billions of times before
>No, something's different- you don't like that glaze in her eyes
>"CELEST VULT!"
>You don't parse her leaving, because you're losing your shit right now
>That phrase takes you back
>Eons ago, when your people were but animals among animals
>Fearing the knife, the beast, the witch, the wars
>OH the endless wars
>The desperate odysseys to find safe land
>All the close calls, barely stopped by a good Samare-itan
>How much darker the world seemed, when the rainbow bridge dimmed for the last time
>Everything after- the blood, the death, the erasure of languages and cultures and entire species
>To rebuild and watch over a new world was your duty
>To be the only adult mare amongst children, your punishment
>Of course the only competent chef in the world would also use those words
>YOU might deserve this, but you won't let the old world poison the new
>You'll need to get Mister 47 on this, ASAP- And dredge up that old robot, you can't risk Rarity going rarinanners over a simple, ahem, cleanup


>Be Swibble
>Be having the best day ever
>Princess Celestia likes your cooking
>You want to impress her with your Pony Latin
"CELEST VULT!"
>It means "The Sun wills it" so it's totally appropriate to say when she asks for juice
>She's so happy she doesn't even know what to say
>Better go, that juice won't burn itself