>Sunbutt sits on her haunches, concentric, colorful circles spinning in her eyes.
>"Anonymous, what did you DO!?" shouts a guard, who looks at Celestia with concern.
"I-I don't know how it happened! All I was doing was putting her under to help with her irrational fear of screwdrivers, and now she's like in this unbreakable trance!"
>Celestia smiled mindlessly, her goofy grin almost making you laugh.
>"I don't care how it happened! You have to fix her!"
"Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit," you repeated as you tried snapping in front of her face.
>It was to no avail. She was still hypnotized.
>"Try...try smacking her!"
"Fucking what!?"
>"I don't know, I'm just throwing something out there!"
"You do it, then!"
>"Me!? It's against my very being to harm her!"
"Then why even suggest it!?"
>Celestia's jaw began to hang open, her mind still lost to your hypnotic powers.
>"Don't you have a manual on this?"
"If by manual you mean years of reading psychology textbooks, then yes!"
>"So you should know everything about the art of hypnosis!"
"Except I've never seen this before!"
>The princess slumped over on her side, unable to hold herself up for any longer.
"Shit, uh, WAKE UP, PRINCESS! WAKE UP!" you yell at her, clapping your hands.
>She still lies down, almost doll-like.
"Dammit!"
>The guard next to you hyperventilates, raising his hoof.
>"I'm...I'm sorry, princess."
>With one quick swoop, the guard smacks Celestia's face with great force.
>The guard stares at his princess, still breathing heavily.
>No response.
>"I JUST ATTACKED MY PRINCESS FOR NOTHING!"
"Oh shut up. It was just a smack on the face."
>"A smack on the face!? I'm not even supposed to touch her, let alone smack her!"
>"Step aside, gentleponies."
>In comes Luna, a large, freshly-baked cake in her magical grip.
>She sits Celestia up and puts the plate of cake right under Celestia's nose.
>The sun princess blinks and her eyes are normal.
>"Mmm, chocolate."
>You and the guard are speechless.
>As Celestia gets herself a slice to eat, she feels her cheek with her hoof.
>"Ouch. Where did this come from?"
>Luna shrugs.
>The guard is sweating bullets.
>Before Celestia can question you or the guard, he gets to the ground, his face bowed low.
>"I'M SORRY PRINCESS. IN MY HASTE TO AWAKEN YOU, I RESORTED TO...TO...SMACKING YOUR VISAGE!"
>Celestia blinks at him, then bites into her slice of cake.
>"Oh."
>"PLEASE FORGIVE ME, PRINCESS!"
>"Okay."
>"You are dismissed, guard," Luna tells him.
>The stallion zooms out of the room, still likely ashamed of what he had done.
>There's an awkward silence as the sun princess continues eating her cake, her sister having taken a slice for herself.
"So...you still afraid of screwdrivers, Celestia?"
>"Since when was I afraid of screwdrivers?"
>Huh. Somehow, the hypnotherapy worked.
>Satisfied, you took a slice of cake yourself and joined the royal sisters in their snacking circle.