Making his way to Celestia’s chambers the doctor thought of how to word what he needed to say playing it over and over again; it still baffled him how he could manage to let a medical file go missing. Once at Celestia’s chambers the doctor was stopped by her Guards “The princess is asleep you’ll have to come back another time” the bigger of the two guards spoke up blocking the doctors way.
“Move it young lad or I assure you stopping me from knocking on the princesses doors will be the last task you ever perform, I’m under strict orders to report to princess Celestia under certain circumstances and this happens to be one of them times. Her orders not mine however if you would rather I tell Princess Celestia you stopped me from performing a task she herself appointed to me well then I’ll be on my way and let you take the blame on this blunder” The doctor replied in a very confident and borderline threatening tone.
With that the guard hesitated for a moment but ultimately stepped back to the side of the door allowing the doctor to knock as requested. Taking his hoof he banged on Princess Celestia’s door loud enough to wake her, much to his surprise it only took a moment for the door to open. Celestia looked down at him appearing awake but looking tired as though she had yet to rest “Yes? Oh doctor nice to see you” Celestia smiled “Bit late for a visit don’t you think?”
The doctor pinned his ears back and lowered his head “I’m sorry to bother you princess Celestia and I assure you I would not if this was not an important matter, may I please come in for a moment?”
Celestia turned around leaving the door open for the doctor to enter, her horn lit up as she covered her bed up with her comforter making it look neat and clean. “Do close the door behind you please” Celestia asked nicely and the doctor quickly obliged. Celestia walked over to her floor bed and laid down facing the doctor “Now, care to tell me what was so important you felt you must see me at once?” Celestia inquired.
“Yes ma’am…” The doctor seemed to be getting a little nervous now “it’s about Cielo Rey princess; his file has gone missing from my office. There are no signs of forced entry, the lock is intact and no other files were touched… I checked before coming here”
Celestia looked puzzled “This is troubling, why do you think his file would be taken, was there something of consequence on it?”
“Yes ma’am… I know telling you this might cost me my job but Cielo needs to be given a leave from clearing, the padding around his wing joints can’t keep up with the added stress he puts on them. IF he continues he will lose his wings, my worry is they will give out during flight and he will could very well end up dead” the doctor paused and thought. “I don’t know who would want his file or why but it’s gone, what if somepony leaks this to press”
Celestia shook her head “I’ll be sure that won’t happen, I’ll send a guard to check on all storied and give an order to report any story containing Cielo to me first” she replied looking down at the floor. “So… his wings are really that bad huh?”
“Yes princess I’m afraid so”
“Thank you for bringing this to my attention doctor, speak of this to nopony and let me handle Cielo. I want to see how he handles himself over the next few days before I make any decision on how to approach him on this” Celestia lifted her head and looked at the doctor. “If there is nothing else I would like to be alone with my thoughts now”
The doctor nodded his head and started for the door not wanting to linger, he stopped just a few feet shy from the door and looked back “Oh and one more thing… seems your sister Princess Luna has taken an interest in Cielo’s health as well, she made her way into my office while I was away but she did not find the file, In fact she was not even looking in the right area. I’m not saying she took it I’m saying the opposite, I just thought you would like to know she was snooping around”
Celestia’s eyes narrowed a bit “Thank you doctor” she replied almost in a growl causing a chill to run down the doctors spine, he quickly bowed his head and made his exit worrying he might have ticked her off. Once the door was closed Celestia took a few minutes to be sure that she would not be disturbed again before getting up off the floor bed, she walked over to her normal bed and pulled the comforter back down with her magic. Scattered across her bed were several papers and a folder with Cielo Rey’s name on it, using her magic she levitated the most recent report an x-rays up to eye level to have a better look “Cielo… what am I going to do…” Celestia said softly to herself trying to come up with some way to help the young stallion.
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Morning came soon enough With Celestia getting a bit of sleep after slipping out earlier in the night and placing the file back in the doctor’s office without being seen. After raising the sun Celestia started to make her way to Luna’s chambers expecting Cielo would be there keeping watch over her, upon reaching her sisters chambers Celestia did not see Cielo at the door so she gave a knock hoping to catch Luna before she settles in for the morning to rest. Celestia did not have to wait long to be greeted by Luna rather rudely upon opening the door, “What do you want?” Luna asked almost irritated to see Celestia’s face.
Doing her best not to be rude back Celestia calmly replied “I wish to borrow Cielo for a moment; there is a matter I must discuss with him.”
“Well… he’s not here right now, I allowed him some time off to rest” Luna’s voice changed tones when Cielo was brought up, her expression changed to one of annoyance to one of worry.
Taking note of this Celestia used this chance to ask a follow up question “okay then perhaps you could tell me why you were snooping around the doctor’s office last night? That does not seem like something a guard should allow anypony to be doing” this was not Celestia’s reason for coming in search of Cielo by a long shot but it did give her a chance to observe her sisters rather odd behavior.
“T-That… I mean, listen that was not Cielo’s fault he had no idea I was even gone or where I went to” Luna quickly replied as though she were trying to defend Cielo.
“Then where was Cielo during all of this Luna?” Celestia continued questioning her sister hoping for some answers, her curiosity now peaked on the matter.
“Asleep… I kind of drugged him with sleeping medication…” Luna said softly looking down as Celestia’s jaw dropped in disbelief “But I had a good reason!” Luna quickly added, “Have you seen his wings!? the poor stallion looked horrible, I was just trying to find out if he was okay, I was worried for him honestly”
“That is no reason to Drug him you twit!” Celestia snapped angrily pushing Luna’s door open and inviting herself in much to Luna’s dismay. Celestia slammed the door and faced Luna “Have you any idea what you have done! Cielo cannot handle medication well, he’ll be recovering from that for days!”
“Ya well!” Luna went to yell back but stopped, she really had nothing to counter with, despite the fact she really did not want her sister to be right this time Luna could not come up with a reason good enough to shift the argument in her favor. “You’re right… I messed up, I didn’t know he would be so affected by some medical tea and I knew he would not tell me what was wrong. Celestia please believe me I really wanted to help I did, I felt bad for treating him like dirt and wanted to do something nice for him”
Celestia was mad but was a bit taken with Luna’s new found care for somepony other than herself, did her plan really work? Had Cielo finally broken through Luna’s defenses and gained her trust? Celestia felt a little happy but at the same time could not show it. “Still it was stupid of you, I’ll get you a replacement while he recovers”
“No!” Luna quickly protested “I don’t want a replacement, send one and I’ll send him away. It’s Cielo or nopony, I’ll be fine on my own for a day or two, I don’t need a foal sitter!” Luna was back to her normal snappy self; at this point Celestia was not in the mood to argue with her though.
“Fine whatever do whatever you want” Celestia shook her head and walked past her sister opening the door again. “Smarten up and use your brain next time before you go and do something stupid” Celestia said with bitterness in her voice before slamming Luna’s door shut; She heard Luna scream out in anger as she walk away.
Letting out a sigh Celestia tried her best to relax as she made her way to the barracks, she had an idea on how to help but the hard part would be getting Cielo to go along with it. The young stallion was quite stubborn when it came to taking help from anypony, even more so if the help went against any rules or laws. The barracks were separated into two different sections; one section housed all of the guards who worked during the day and the other section house all the guards who worked nights; It was done this way so both sides did not disturb each other’s sleep.
Getting into the barracks unseen was the hard part; Celestia was not use to having to duck form guards much so she made a little game out of it to ease some of the stress that came with it from her mind. Soon enough she was home free, walking lightly Celestia did her best to keep her hoof-steps light. She was regretting her decision to wear her shoes before coming but then again not having them on would have sparked more attention from the guards who did see her on her way to the barracks.
Reaching Cielo’s room her horn lit up opening the door with magic slowly, Celestia peeked inside the dark room to see Cielo resting on his bed; his eyes were closed and he seemed to be fast asleep. Celestia opened the door a bit more and entered his room; closing the door behind her she turned on the light and hoped he did not wake. With a flick of the switch the light came on but Cielo did not stir one bit, Celestia paid close attention to the stallions breathing remembering a little trick Cielo had taught her. Even when pretending to be asleep most ponies never remember to control their breathing thus giving them away, “Cielo are you awake?” Celestia asked softly giving him a little poke with her hoof. She watched his chest carefully and there was not a change in his breathing, his chest rose and fell with each breath about seven to eight seconds apart.
Taking her hoof Celestia removed her shoe and gently brushed Cielo’s mane “Poor stallion… I can’t believe my sister would do such a thing, I guess she did not know how weak your system is to medication though… she thought she was doing good and honestly if I was her I might have done the same thing” Celestia knew Cielo could not hear a word of what she was saying but it made her feel a bit better to talk to him even if he did not answer back. She pulled the covers off him a little to get a better look at his tattered wings, large portions of feathers were missing and they looked utterly horrible, the fact he was even able to fly with them in such a condition surprised her.
Though Cielo was supposed to keep this wings bandaged he never was one to listen to the doctor when it came to medical advice, “You foolish thick headed stallion, you just won’t give up will you. When somepony says something you don’t agree with or don’t want to believe you just have to put everything you got into proving them wrong…”
Celestia continued to stroke Cielo’s mane getting a little emotional as thought of Cielo’s mother Breeze came to her mind “When you were brought back to Canterlot that day along with your mother I will never forget that cute little smile you gave me when I first saw you, I promised to look after you and yet time and time again I have failed you… why do I always seem to fail the ones I love… my sister… you…” Tears now begin to run down Celestia’s cheeks “Your mother…” she still blamed herself for not being there for breeze. Even if she had gone to visit when she was supposed to there was no evidence to show Celestia being there would have made a difference, in fact she could have ended up losing her life like everypony else but still that would have haunted her.
Cielo remained asleep not hearing a word from Celestia and she was grateful for that, one of her biggest fears second only to losing her sister was Cielo’s reaction when he finally knew the truth about where he came from, his family and the death of his mother. “I have let you down and failed you time and time again but this time I will not let you come to harm Cielo” Celestia moved her hoof away from the sound sleeping stallion and placed it back in her shoe. “I’m kind of glad right now my sister gave you that medication, it will make this a lot easier on both of us” Celestia’s horn begin to light as she muttered off long chants in a language nopony, aside from her sister Luna, had ever heard Celestia speak.
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Cielo awoke a little later than usual almost missing the raising of the moon; his head was still spinning a bit as he rushed out of bed and to Luna’s chambers cursing himself for being ill. Cielo was a smart stallion for the most part but he never once thought for a moment he was drugged but rather was blaming his symptoms on a cold he must have caught. Reaching Luna’s chambers Cielo knocked first and was a bit surprise to hear Luna respond with a “come in.” most of the time Cielo would have to wake her from her slumber but once more without Cielo to keep an eye on her Luna found little to no rest due to Nightmare Moon plaguing her dreams. “Cielo!” Luna exclaimed jumping off her bed the moment he walked into her room, she quickly dialed her excitement back a bit blushing slightly in embarrassment at her sudden outburst.
Cielo smiled a bit and chuckled nervously unsure if he was in trouble or if Luna was just happy to see him “I’m sorry to be so late princess, it’s not like me to let a cold get the best of me but I thank you for giving me the night off. The extra rest really helped” Cielo thanked Luna before closing the door.
Luna wasted no time walking over to Cielo with a smile, she was more than happy to have him back and see he was okay. Luna took notice Cielo’s wings were not bandaged up like they should be, “And how are you feeling, are your wings doing okay?” Luna asked feeling guilty for drugging him still, she wanted to tell him the truth on what happened but feared she might actually have crossed a line he would not forgive.
“groggy but my wings feel good” Cielo replied opening his left wing a little making Luna gasp, Cielo looked back at his wing and was shocked to see it looked normal not a single feather was missing. Quickly he opened his left wing completely and moved it around, not an ounce of pain was felt nor was his motion hindered. With a chuckle of disbelief and excitement his right wing shot open, once again it looked to be completely healed, full motion and not one bit of pain was detected.
“That’s… not possible…” Luna said in astonishment looking at Cielo’s wings. “Nopony can heal that fast…” Cielo was in his own little world at this point and begin hopping around a bit flapping his wings in time with his jumps testing them out and sure enough they held up just fine like they had never seen a single injury in Cielo’s life. “How…!?”
“Who cares look at them!” Cielo exclaimed laughing. “I told you I was going to be fine~” Cielo almost sang out strutting a bit now “who was right!? I was right!” Cielo chanted a few times in utter bliss, he was perplexed as to how but honestly did not care, that fact his wings were healed was all he needed to know.
Luna’s shocked stare was interrupted by a knock at her chamber door “I’ll get it!” Cielo called out and quickly hopped his way over to the door still overcome with utter joy.
Opening the door Cielo was surprised to see Celestia standing there in a dark pink sweater. “Well somepony sounds happy” Celestia said with a slight smile “What’s all the excitement about?”
Cielo opened his wings a little with a grin “My wings are back to normal!”
“It’s not possible!” Luna added in walking up to the door beside Cielo looking at her sister “Did you get a chance to see them!?” Luna asked Celestia still in a state of disbelief.
Celestia shook her head softly “Afraid not that’s why I came by” Celestia looked down at Cielo’s wings but did not seem all to happy. “The doctor came by my chambers last night and filled me in on your condition Cielo, now you may ask as to why so I’ll field that question right off. Your file went missing from his office last night but from what I gathered from him your wings were quite beaten up” Celestia leaned down a little with a stern look on her face “Cielo you would not know anything about a missing doctor file would you?”
Cielo’s smile faded “No princess, I was here most of the night; Afraid I fell ill and was relieved by princess Luna of my duties just before daybreak… I can’t prove where I was but I went right to my quarters to rest, I remained there until I awoke and then came here to report to Luna. I was nowhere near the doctor’s office after I was checked out last night upon returning”
“I can vouch for him” Luna added looking at Celestia “there is no way he could have taken the file”
Celestia lifted her head back up “Cielo, has what the doctor brought to my attention true? Are your wings beginning to fail?”
Cielo remained silent for a moment as did Luna, though the doctor had told Luna about Cielo’s condition the night before she would have to act surprised if he admitted to it. “Yes princess Celestia it’s true, the tissue between my wing joints is deteriorating…” Cielo admitted, Luna let out a little gasp that sounded a bit forced but Cielo did not catch on. “I promise you I can handle it though, my wings feel fine now and I will gladly keep taking care of any storm I’m needed to”
Celestia let out a sigh “Cielo… You know what I have to do, please come with me to the doctor’s office so he can look you over. I can’t knowingly let you continue injured and risk you further hurting yourself or worse”
Cielo hung his head in frustration and anger, he could not believe what was happening to him. Just a moment ago he was on top of the world and now it was all about to be snatched away “If you really want to know just ask him” Cielo muttered.
“I did but seeing as how your file is missing I wish to see full proof before making a decision on this, or would you rather me rule in the doctors favor and ground you indefinitely” Celestia asked sounding a bit harsh.
Cielo looked up at Celestia with a glare in his eyes, she could tell he was crossed with her and there was no way he would follow such an order “Fine let’s go” Cielo growled and started to walk by Celestia. “But no matter the outcome you can kiss my tail if you think I’m going to stay on the ground”
Luna’s jaw almost hit the floor hearing Cielo say that to Celestia; even Celestia was taken back; she expected defiance but not like that. Cielo was never really a rude stallion and never once spoke to Celestia in such a manner, his tone however spoke more volume than his words. Cielo was sure of himself and not going to budge an inch on this subject, though rude Celestia could not blame Cielo for feeling the way he did towards her statement. Celestia bounced back and looked over at her sister “Don’t you have a job to do?” she asked rudely referring to raising the moon.
Luna scoffed and went to walk by her sister as Cielo continued down the hall, noticing he was out of earshot Luna stopped “I’m with him on this you know” Luna said in an angry whisper. “I know it’s not like you to think of anypony’s feelings or life other than your own but instead of being a bitch why don’t you try showing some compassion for once in your life” With that Luna continued to walk by leaving Celestia stunned.
With a flick of her tail Luna smacked Celestia’s cheek and continued down the hall, Celestia stood there silent for a moment wanting badly to lash out at Luna but through sheer will power she held herself back and just took it. Turning towards Cielo Celestia caught up to the stallion letting Luna’s comments roll off her back for now “Sorry If I sounded harsh… I really am just trying to look out for you” Celestia said softly to Cielo seeing how frustrated he was.
“And sorry I told you to kiss my tail but really Celestia you can’t expect me to follow such an insane order, I was born a pegasus not an earth pony. I’d rather die free above the clouds then chained to the earth” Cielo replied as the two of the neared the doctor’s office, Cielo looked over at Celestia and could see she looked a bit upset. Though he felt he was in the right he still felt bad he upset her or so he thought he did anyway. “So what’s with the sweater?” Cielo asked trying to change the topic.
Celestia looked back at Cielo and then to her dark pink sweater she had on “Oh this old thing, to be honest I think I might be coming down with a cold. When I woke up this morning I was chilly and really have not been able to keep warm all day. So I tossed this on to help keep me warm” Celestia explained.
“Sorry to hear… I hope you feel better soon” Cielo replied as Celestia and him reached the office.
“Me too” Celestia added using her magic to open the door for Cielo.
Celestia walked in behind Cielo seeing the doctor waiting for the two of them, Celestia had ordered him to keep a slot open for Cielo prior to going and fetching him. “Welcome back Cielo, I’m sorry it had to come to this really I am but I had no choice after your file went missing”
“Whatever” Cielo grumbled walking into the backroom seeing as how there was nopony ahead of him, the office was in fact empty this time of night “Let’s just get this crap over with”
The doctor let out a sigh and followed Cielo into the back while Celestia waited in the waiting room; the doctor did all his normal tests and took a few x-rays of each wing before letting Cielo go back to the waiting room. At this point Luna had raised the moon ushering in the night and headed back into the castle, though very tired she could not rest yet, not until she knew how Cielo was. By the time Luna made it to the doctor’s office Cielo was pacing back and forth waiting for the x-rays to develop. Luna shot Celestia a glance upon entering the room and Celestia shot one right back at her, the two sisters did not want to be in the same room right now but for the sake of Cielo they both remained civil towards one another for the time being “You okay?” Luna asked approaching Cielo who seemed oblivious to her presence at first.
“Waiting on the results so no not really princess Luna, please forgive me if I sound a little rude but I’m under a bit of stress at the moment” Cielo replied as he stopped pacing. His tone was a bit sharp but Luna did not make a fuss about it.
“It’s fine Cielo I understand completely” Luna replied placing her hoof on Cielo’s back “I’m sure everything will work out”
Cielo went to reply but the doctor entered the room with a puzzled look on his face instantly getting the attention of Celestia and Luna “Well seeing as how everyone is here please come with me… I have something to show you all”
Taking a deep breath Cielo was first to head towards the back again not wanting to really hear the news, Luna followed closely behind him and Celestia behind her. All three of them entering after the doctor, Cielo’s x-rays were posted up and visible, the doctor stood beside the screen waiting for everypony to get in and situated. “What are we looking at doctor?” Celestia asked closing the door to the office behind her and looking at Cielo’s x-rays”
The doctor shook his head “I don’t even know where to begin” he started making Cielo worry instantly though what he said next utterly shocked and confused him. “We are looking at two healthy wings… I don’t know how but it seems all the damage that was done to his tissue has been repaired”
Cielo was happy before when his wings looked all better and felt better but to here there was no damage at all was not only great news for him but also was deeply puzzling. “How is that possible?” Celestia asked “There is no way his wings could heal like that overnight”
The doctor shook his head “You got me Princess Celestia you really do, I took blood work to be sure but nothing of consequence turned up. There is no medication, potion or spell that could have done this to my knowledge, I’m honestly baffled” The doctor continued almost sounding impressed “and it don’t end there” walking over to his desk the doctor levitate a file up off it, Cielo’s medical file. “I found this back in its rightful place, all my notes on Cielo’s condition along with the x-rays I had are gone. Everything else is in there though” The doctor looked back at Cielo. “I don’t know how you did it lad but I’d thank my lucky stars if I were you, you have yourself a guardian watching over you”
Cielo smile a little at this news feeling waves of joy wash over him knowing he would not have to choose between protecting others and losing his wings. “Surely you don’t think this was the work of some mystical being” Luna questioned what the doctor really meant by guardian.
“Do you have a better explanation Princess Luna? Because I sure don’t, damage like that can’t just be healed. It’s not possible in any sense” the doctor added sticking to his beliefs.
“Well I don’t want to question your beliefs doctor I’m more interested in a flesh and blood pony, I want you to fake some records” Celestia said softly. “Whoever did this might try again if they knew that you had backups of Cielo’s old x-rays so they might try to get their hooves on his fine once more if we plant that information” Celestia said covering her tracks wanting to be sure she was clear of any suspicion.
The doctor shook his head a little “Sure I can do that but honestly do you really want to reprimand whoever this might have been? The fact is flesh and blood being or not they did a good thing here”
“I agree with the doctor” Luna said looking over at Celestia. “We should just be grateful Cielo is okay”
Celestia looked over at Luna then to Cielo who looked back at Celestia with almost begging eyes “very well, you two are right we should be glad and I am happy for you Cielo that you are in good health once more. who or whatever took your files clearly did not take them with the intent of bringing them to light however I will be adding guards to watch over your office at night to assure that nopony can tamper with any more files”
Luna gave Celestia another look as if to say she was disgusted “Well I’m glad to hear you’re better Cielo regardless of how” Luna said with a smile.
“Thank you Princess Luna” Cielo replied happily. “If it’s okay with Celestia and you perhaps we can get on with the night if there is nothing else?” Cielo asked looking at the doctor making sure there was nothing more he needed.
“I’m set, you’re free to go I guess” the doctor replied “I’m going home, after the past two days I think I need a vacation. This job must be driving me insane”
Cielo happily headed for the door and Luna went to follow but was stopped short when Cielo stopped and turned to Celestia “Would there be anything more you required of me as far as testing?” Cielo asked.
“No I would say this was all good enough Cielo, thank you for your cooperation” Celestia replied with a smile. “Despite what my sister may think I was also happy you are well” Celestia added making Luna roll her eyes.
“I know ma’am” Cielo replied before bowing his head and leaving the room, Luna followed not speaking a word to her sister as she passed. Luna quickly joined Cielo at his side once the two of them exited the office.
Celestia turned to leave but was stopped by the doctor asking her a question. “Bit warm for a sweater isn’t it Princess?”
Celestia looked back and smiled “oh this yes, afraid I might have caught a little something. Ever since I woke this morning I have been a tad chilly”
“Would you like me to have a look at you before leaving?” the doctor asked.
“No it’s fine I’m sure it will pass within a few days, I don’t get sick very often and when I do it never lasts for very long. You should go home and get some rest you have already stayed in long enough” Celestia turned her gaze forward and started walking. “Take the day off tomorrow if you wish doctor and I thank you for staying late today to assist me, you were a great help”
The doctor muttered a bit still not to keen on having no answers but then again what was he really going to do about it, there was nothing that showed up in Cielo’s blood except for a very small amount of sleeping aid and that certainly could not have cured him. All in all Celestia felt in the clear making her way back to her chambers, there was nothing that could tie her to the disappearance of Cielo’s file or the missing notes and x-rays. Reaching her chambers Celestia’s two guards quickly opened the door for her “Thank you” Celestia gave them a little nod as she walked by them and into her room “oh and please see to it I’m not bothered for the rest of the night please”
“Yes ma’am!” the two replied in unison closing the door promptly so they did not bother Celestia. Walking over to her floor bed Celestia used her magic to pull a mirror over in front of it so she could look at herself. Carefully she then used her magic to remove her dark pink sweater before laying day, very slowly Celestia opened her wings to get a better look at them. Large portions of her feathers were missing and the simple task of opening her wings caused her to flinch a little, the doctor was right there was no magic he knew of that could heal wounds such as Cielo’s but there was magic that would allow the user to swap out somepony’s injury and inflict it upon themselves instead leaving the previously injured pony fully healed. Celestia was not surprised the doctor didn’t know of this type of magic, nopony aside from Luna would even know of its existence. Long ago before Luna’s banishment the magic Celestia had used on Cielo was forbidden, all existences of it stricken from all spell books, eventually it faded into memory as the generations passed until it was all but forgotten. Though Luna was still around at the time of these types of spells being stricken from record it was likely she had forgotten they even existed. After all she never learned once, Celestia was the last to know of such a spell.
With nopony to swap her wounds out with Celestia settled in for a long and painful night, her horn lighting up bright as she chanted softly slowly healing herself. It would take a few days’ time but Celestia would be able to grow all of her feathers back using magic at an accelerated rate, she would have to keep her wings hidden for at least 3 days before they would look formal again but as for the damage to her joints, that would take her years to heal. For Celestia this did not pose much of an issue though, she hardly left the castle and when she did she usually traveled by magic or chariot, the most stress she would really have to put on her wings would be to open them from time to time giving her a regal appearance. In Celestia’s eyes it was more than a fair tradeoff for the times she was not there for Cielo when he was growing up and also she felt she owed it to breeze, to look after her son like she promised she would. Though in pain Celestia smiled thinking back to Luna’s comment when she called Celestia selfish and a bitch finding it funny now, time slowly slipped by and Celestia kept on chanting until she exhausted herself hours later having used up as much magic as she could without causing herself to blackout.
Panting she looked at her feathers once more and was pleased with what she saw, most of the patches that were once bare were now covered with feathers. At this pace before she slept the following night her wings would appear to be normal. Celestia carefully put back on her sweater and struggled to stand upright, she had pushed herself a bit harder than she thought now almost too fatigued to stand. In her weak state Celestia made it over to her bed collapsing down on it, closing her eyes. It only took another minute before princess Celestia fell into a deep slumber; a soft smile was on her muzzle as she slept soundly.
