>>42499498
>>42499498
>'Who said I wanted to be a Prince?'
that could cut Celestia deep, depending on how it's played
>Celestia is normally the epitome of calm
>Even the most infuriating circumstances wash off her like water off a duck
>Aggressive Yaks
>Threatening Dragons
>Greedy Griffons
>She's dealt with them all with a warm smile and the patience of a saint
>Luna's the only one who's ever been able to get Celestia into a shouting match
>And that was only twice
>Once when they were foals arguing over cake
>The other, when she was teetering on the edge of becoming Nightmare Moon
>But after Anon had, AGAIN, blown off his royal duties that she had to cover for him to go off gallivanting, she had to put her hoof down
>Normally when she has to discuss his behaviour, it's a trivial affair
>Behind closed doors, in and out in five minutes
>And four of those minutes are just hugs after they've talked
>But this time he went to far
>Not only was this a repeated occurence of negligence
>It was against one of the Equestria's oldest neighbors
>Not to mention the descendant of a leader she considered a personal friend
>She had hoped it could be symbolic
>Her son working with the son of her old ally to keep the spirit of friendship going
>But he flargantly dismisses her concerns
>Blatantly states his apathy to the situation
>And worst of all, made a comment better made in privacy where the diplomat could hear
>She'd had enough
>What would normally have been a few minutes of discussion dragged on
>5 minutes became 10 became 30 became an hour
>Day court had to be stopped before it even began
>Meetings had to be rescheduled
>All the while, the voices behind the door never went quiet
>Any time Celestia opened the door to let the conversation lie, Prince Anonymous would make some retort that would cause the door to be shut and the argument to start over
>Each time she tried to leave, only to be forced to shut the door again, there'd be more force
>The last time she shut the door, she nearly broke it off its hinges and left cracks in the wall
>And the voices got progressively louder
>Mainly Anon, but Celestia was slowly starting to get louder too
>It got to the point that even Luna was beginning to get concerned
>Before anypony knew it, they'd had to start evacuating the castle as the sheer volume of two alicorns screaming at each other was a genuine health concern
>Ponies in Canterlot couldn't sleep
>Luna had to lower the sun because Celestia was too distracted
>By the time the Castle finally went quiet, it was a dreadful, ominous quiet
>Prince Anonymous had flown off somewhere
>And Luna found Celestia curled up under her blankets, crying