#analyticalprincess

How long had she been hiding behind these bushes? How long would the tiny pony sit there staring at a book? Or reading? Was she reading? Kimber took the risk and peeked around the shrubbery.

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who wakes up first in the morning

Does Luna even sleep.

Twilight wakes up ridiculously early and on time every single morning without fail. When Luna returns from her night duties she’ll almost always find Twilight waiting for her with a steaming cup of tea or hot chocolate, and it’s become something of a morning ritual, since early morning is one of the few times they can talk uninterrupted before they have to go do their princess things. Even when they actually do have coinciding sleep schedules Twilight still wakes up first, because Luna is a mess and will sleep until noon if given the chance, which Twilight complains about all the time. Really though, seeing one of the royal sisters curled up and soundly asleep is too adorable for her to interrupt. She’ll even sometimes make Luna breakfast in bed if she’s had a really hectic night.

who’s the first to fall asleep at night

DOES LUNA EVEN SLEEP.

It varies from night to night. Usually Luna leaves for her night duties after watching Twilight head to bed and wishing her good night, but it’s not unheard of for Luna to return and find Twilight passed out on a pile of books in the library, and the older alicorn will either gently levitate the other into bed and tuck her in, or honestly just curl up and join her. At the same time Luna will sometimes work for days straight until she literally plops down in the middle of Canterlot Castle for a nap. Twilight has memorized all her usual (and unusual) napping spots, and if she can’t get the other princess back to her room, she’s stowed emergency blankets and pillows in each spot and casually instructs the guards to avoid making noise in the area so Luna can get some sleep.

what they playfully tease each other over

Twilight is smol laughs. Luna has lived for over a thousand years as the shorter of two sisters, so she constantly teases Twilight about being the shortest princess (she really finds it adorable though). She also teases Twilight a lot about her obsession with books and history, and especially when it comes to the ponies she knew like Starswirl, she’ll often tease Twilight with ridiculous facts she claims are true and that the books have it all wrong. Twilight on her part teases Luna about her sometimes over the top decorum and how unfamiliar she is with modern Equestria, even if she’s ultimately more than happy to teach the older alicorn (and by teach I mean write her a hundred page essay on the microwave). That and they both tease each other about being huge nerds, but the jokes on them because they’re both huge dorks and they know it.

what they do when the other’s having a bad day

Stargazing. It’s one of their favorite activities to do together, and if one of them is having a bad day, or even if both of them are, they’ll drag each other to an empty field or a balcony and spend the whole night watching for shooting stars and charting the night sky. Nerdy? Very. But it relaxes them both, and by the end it’s very likely they’ve talked through whatever problems were going on anyway. Otherwise if Twilight is having a bad day Luna will sometimes surprise her with a new book (possibly stolen from the Canterlot library) or just throw her at the spa while covering for her princess duties (which doesn’t always end fantastically but). On Twilight‘s part she’ll buy Luna her favorite kind of cake or cupcakes (space themed of course). She’ll even sometimes humor Luna by playing video games with her, which Luna finds super endearing, but usually ends up with them picking up something else to do together after Luna breaks down laughing trying to teach Twilight how to play.

“I love you Twilight but you’re awful at this.”

how they say ‘i’m sorry’ after arguments

After they’ve both had some time to cool off Twilight is usually the first one to apologize, and she’s generally pretty good about just straight up saying it to Luna. She might be nervous and a little awkward about it depending on what went down, but she knows she needs to clear the air and do it honestly. If it was a really bad argument she also sometimes grabs apology sweets (Luna physically can’t resist star shaped cookies). Luna…takes a little longer to get there. She’s short-tempered and stubborn and it takes her some time to calm down and even longer to own up to her fault in the argument, but when she does Luna tends to feel awful about it. She has a harder time outright approaching Twilight and will usually leave her little apology gifts instead, and in the end it’s usually Twilight who ends up confronting her directly after Luna’s avoided her for a good amount of time. It’s something the older alicorn is trying to work on for Twilight’s sake, but Twilight is patient, and she knows that Luna means well in the end.

which one’s more ticklish

Twilight by far. She’s not overtly ticklish, but Luna accidentally discovered her weak spot one day and the world was never the same again. Luna on her part finds it cute as heck, but Twilight is just mortified that somepony found out, and that pony being Luna of all ponies, and it’s another thing that the moon princess teases Twilight about. It’s also another thing she uses if she see’s that Twilight is having a super bad day, and while it usually involves a frantic Twilight running away, Luna has longer legs laughs, and it’s a quick way of getting a smile on the younger alicorn’s face and enough of a prompt for Twilight to let Luna know what’s wrong.

their favourite rainy day activities

Things that are nice and relaxing, since most of their days can get pretty hectic. They’ll usually prop themselves up near a window with a nice collection of snacks and a good book apiece, (or, if we’re going super headcanon, Luna just spends the whole day playing video games while Twilight reads and backseat games the whole time laughs). Twilight also occasionally helps Luna catch up with her paperwork (and by help I really mean she forces Luna to sit down and actually do it), and really they sometimes just end up talking for hours on end, enjoying each others company for longer than 20 minutes at a time for once.

I’m laughing though because Luna has weather manipulation magic so she could technically be just like “nah no rain today”, but if it means being able to spend more time with Twilight she probably low key annoys the pegasi by making it rain even longer.

how they surprise each other

Luna pranks Twilight like at least twice a week. While Celestia is basically infuriatingly immune to all pranks Twilight falls for like the simplest ones in the book, and Luna capitalizes on this so much. She means well though and just does it for a bit of fun, limiting herself to simple gags mostly, but occasionally takes a prank a little too far and peeves off Twilight. Said peeved off Twilight then goes to Celestia for help getting back at Luna, leaving the moon princess to walk into a castle full of pranks and traps and ends up completely dumb founded how prank weenie Twilight managed it all. And she still hasn’t figured it out.

their most sickening shows of public affection

“Dear Muffet,

        I'm not a nerd, and even if I was there isn't anything wrong with that. Putting that aside, I hope you'll have a happy Hearth's Warming and Christmas, or if you celebrate something else I hope that's great as well. I figured it would be nice to show you the spiders of my world and the general spiders this one has to offer. I hope you enjoy it!

                        Yours truly, Princess Twilight Sparkle”

— [ $ ] — ❝You silly nerd~! Don't you know that you shouldn't goad a spider like this? You'll just get more and more tangled in my web. ‘Don't call me a nerd’!! Ahuhu~ Denying just makes it all worse!❞

With all the propensity of a hoarder, Muffet scoops up the packages, hugging the contents to her chest. Nearly savage is her toothy smile, lips open wide enough to reveal pointed fangs. With six limbs and five eyes, it takes no time at all to burst open the box and reveal the contents inside with such giddy ecstasy. The thrumming noise inside her throat is nothing if not pleased.

— [ ✪ ] — ❝Wow! A unicorn!!❞

He does not hesitate in interacting with the pony, running up to her as if she's the most normal thing he's seen. Oh, he's certainly a stranger to the wonders of Equestria, but being at an age where one hopes that ‘Santa Claus’, and ‘fairies’, and all that make believe nonsense is real, he can't help but want to meet her. And, she seems nice, right? Besides, he needs help, and a pair of wings will work just fine!

❝Um, miss, if you don't mind. My hat got stuck in that tree over there, could you get it?❞

— [ $ ] — ❝Oh dearie, there you are! Reading one of your nerd books again, I see! Ahuhuhu~❞

She holds her tongue temporarily, though eyes still sparkle with her trademarked form of mischief. This particular task that she's set herself out to do requires minimal teasing. Oh, however much she likes to play, Muffet knows that being thankful requires a sort of ingenuity and an act of friendliness with no strings attached.

@analyticalprincess

She was…free.

The mare slowly walked down the street, her hooves clicking off the pavement as she glanced around. If the room she had awoken in was not strange enough, one thing was clear from everything she had found outside it. This was not the Equestria the pony had known. It was not even the Equestria she had returned to. The odd glass towers that pierced the sky, the mechanical wagons which roared around her, and above all else the two legged creatures which scurried away from her glare…it was all strange. But there was also the familiar feeling of the wind blowing through her mane, the crunch of the ground beneath her hooves, and the sickly warmth of the sun on her skin.

She was free!

Breaking out in a wide smile the mare cackled. Wherever she was, why she was here, it mattered not. She would find the ponies who had imprisoned her. She would hunt down the ponies who cast her and her night away. And above all she would make them rue the day they scorned her. Looking up the alicorn narrowed her eyes and snorted at the sun. Soon enough she would cast the land in her beautiful darkness once more, and then all would be right.

That was at least until she spotted the unthinkable.

Rounding a corner Nightmare Moon froze mid step, gasping as she spotted another pony. But it was not finding one of her kind that surprised her. At the sight of the familiar purple mane and cutie mark memories flooded the alicorn. Her return to Equestria, fighting the group of ponies that dared challenge her, and in the end a tinge of fear as the light of the Elements surrounded her. It was…it was all that pony’s doing!

“You!”

Nightmare Moon snarled as she approached the other mare, stopping just in front of her and looming up to full height.

“You thought you could imprison me once more? You thought you could save you and all your precious sun worshiping friends?”

Regaining her composure the alicorn grinned as she leered at the other pony. If she was here, no doubt the others would also be nearby. And so might the Elements.

— [ ♟ ] — There is a simple inkling about the identity of the individual who crosses his path by chance. Horn, wings, and an equine form all point to her being an alicorn. His memory of one particular princess is fresh in his mind, though his thoughts on her are wary to say the least. He wonders if this one is cause for alarm or is instead a friend just waiting to be made. Come to think of it, he still hasn't gauged Celestia, either.

Several hours had already passed since Luna first arrived at the ball, a much longer stay than the pony had intended walking in. But there she was. In fact, Luna was not just at the ball, she was in the thick of it. Conversing with other attendees at the (lifeless) punch bowl, hunting down snacks from prowling waiters, and even-

Was…was she tapping her hoof to the music?

Luna did not seem to notice however, and even struck up a cheery hum to the tune as she stood. All the while a smile played at the corners of her mouth. Every one of her concerns about the ball from earlier, all her worries and doubts, had all but vanished partway through the night. Not only that, but truth be told…

The princess was having the time of her life!

Granted Luna could not quite place exactly why she was having so much fun, but before she could really think about it the click of the mare’s hoof stopped as her grin grew ever wider. Just then she had spotted a familiar purple mane jutting out from the crowd in front of her. After all the night was still young, and what better to make such an incredible night even greater than an incredible friend?

Walking, or rather nearly galloping, up to the other mare Luna skidded to a stop next to her before throwing a hoof around Twilight’s shoulders. The alicorn then looked down at the fellow princess and beamed.

“Twilight Sparkle! I’m most pleased to see you! Is this not a wondrous night?”

Taking her eyes off the alicorn for a second Luna quickly adjusted the orange corsage on her hoof, before-