"Celestia? Are you home?" Cadance said, calling out Celestia herself as she left.
Celestia was right with her in the castle, her mother in an empty room.
Celestia was sitting on her bed, reading a page on an unknown book she discovered.
Celestia was feeling down and her mother was standing in front of her. "What's wrong sweetheart?" Celestia said softly.
"Oh Celestia," Cadance replied. "It's nothing sweetheart. I'm just...just a little stressed."
Her mother's eyes narrowed in an expression of worry. They were not going anywhere and Celestia didn't want to have to come over there.
She wanted to be alone with her mother. "I will tell you, dear. You'll get over it," she said.
"I'll do!" Cadance said. She gave a friendly smile. "I'm, uh...I'm, uh..." Celestia's eyes widen and she suddenly realized what she was saying.
"What's wrong?" Cadance said again, sounding much more nervous than before, "What's wrong?" Celestia asked, sounding the same question.
Celestia nodded her head.
She took a deep breath and spoke."Um..." Celestia's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she stared in shock. "I...I just got..."
She stammered for a moment before she said, "Um...I got really stressed...really really stressed." She felt her mouth begin to move again.
But the word 'stressful' seemed too specific to her mother, so she didn't say. Cadance just looked like a normal parent.
Sure enough, she had a stress-reaction disorder and that was why she was going to Ponyville to get help.
Celestia spoke. "I understand that there is no better way to get over it than alone, Cadance," she said.
"What's so bad about going out on your own?" Cadance asked. "I was just thinking I'd let you alone."
"You can come with me to my room, but you'll have to go to your room if you are going with my sister. You can stay here until I'm gone."
"We have to be alone because of the way you're acting. But I don't want to stay here alone." She looked down at Cadance.
"I mean...I...I guess you're right. I mean it's true! Your mind is not your body and I feel like I'm...well, I'm alone but I'll think of something else when I come home."
The words came as a shockwave of happiness hit her, Celestia being back."I love you, Sweetheart," Cadance said, her voice filled with love.
She gave a gentle smile."I love you too sweetheart," Celestia said. "Are there any places you can stay?" She didn't really mean to say that. No one knew her mind.
"Oh, that's nice dear! You two do not have much space!" Cadance said."Not much, but the dorms and the dorms are so nice!" Cadance gave a quick nod.
"But I wanna go home and I wanna go home alone!" Celestia said simply, before her mother nodded her head."I would love that." Celestia said.
She began walking into her room. Her mother watched the way.Cadance's mother walked into her room. "I don't mean to sound too desperate or desperate, but I just have a really stressful day,"
Cressie spoke. She knew the answer for sure. "Well, not really. Is there a room or two we can have a few times tonight?" The two looked at each other and spoke softly.
Celestia nodded her head. "Sounds nice, I'm just going to go and sleep in your bed."
"Yes, I can think of two places."
"Sounds nice. Thank you." Celestia opened the door. Celestia left.
"So, what do we do with the night?" Cressie spoke."Oh, not a thing," Cressie said, sounding like she wasn't going to do anything until she had been home all day.
Celestia sighed. That was her problem from now on."What's wrong?" Cressie asked."You got stressed?" Cressie sounded nervous.
"I'm, uh...I'm going to the room and I'll be back in one bit...then I'll be back in a few minutes," she said.
Celestia, still trying not to make sense of her mother's words, nodded. "That sounds good," she said.
"Thank you." Cadance didn't like the sound of her mother answering her. It was like when my mom told her she'd be at home by six in the morning.
"Thank you," Celestia said softly, but Cressie could tell it just wouldn't work as well as Celestia knew it would. "