The Super Avatar of Equestria
Chapter 16
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI made it back to my chambers, and am sitting in a chair that was specially made for my human form. I was waiting on my mares to finish packing so that we could leave.
I had already preened them, and they enjoyed it more then I was expecting. Apparently my hands are much better at preening then any pony’s magic, or gentle lips ever could be.
“Misty, could you come here, and help me with something?” I hear Cadence call for me. I get up, and walk over to Cadence’s walk in closet that she has.
“What do you need Cady?” I ask as I get up to the closet door.
“I’m stuck.” She tells me. I open the door, and see that she has her horn, and legs stuck by multiple pieces of clothing, and a couple suitcases. I chuckle at the sight, and walk up to her.
“I can see the problem. Would you like some help?” I ask. She gives me a sheepish smile. I just grin, and start gently pulling clothing off of her and un-stuck her horn from the wall.
It took me a few minutes to get her out of there, but I had gotten the job done.
“Thank you Mist.” Cadence tells me.
“So how in Equestria did you get stuck?” I ask her.
“Well, when I went to grab a few pieces of enchanted clothing I had forgotten that I still had them pack in the two suitcases from the last trip I was on, and I tried to get the suitcases open. It all went downhill from there.” She tells me. I give a few short laughs, and help her clean up the mess we had made.
“So what do the enchantments do?” I ask her.
“Well the ones I want to take with me will keep me cool under the desert sun, and the empire is in the middle of a desert.” She tells me.
“Okay, that is a reasonable tale.” I tell her as I got the last piece of clothing off of the floor.
“So when are we all leaving?” She asks me.
“Soon I’m hoping. It seems every time I try to leave for this job, something pops up to stop me.” I tell her. She giggles.
“It seems so. So what do you think will stop you this time?” Cadence asks as she puts on new regalia. It looks exactly like the other regalia, but this one seemed to have a very light blue tint to it.
“I’m guessing that is the enchanted regalia.” I say as I exit the closet with her. She nods, and there is a knock at the door.
“How much do you want to bet that, that is another set back?” She giggles at me.
“Royalty can’t gamble, but if I could I would say 200 bits.” She tells me. I give a hardy laugh as I open the door. It was Shinning Armor.
“What do you need Captain Armor?” I ask him.
“I am here to challenge you.” He tells me with a growl.
“I’m listening.” I tell him.
“I demand to have Cadence back, and you will have to surrender your title.” He tells me.
“That is if you win, and what do I get if I win?” I ask him.
“What do you want?” He asks me. I think about this for a moment.
What do you think I should win? I ask my Dad.
How about he becomes your personal guard? My Dad offers.
No, he can’t do that, for he is Canterlot’s main defense if the city is attacked. He can cast a shield over the entire capital city. I reply.
Hmm, how about he backs off, and you get a favor. I think about that idea.
“I think I should win a favor of any kind, and you will have to accept what has come to be.” I tell him. He nods, and I hear Cadence come up behind me.
“What is going on?” Cadence asks me.
“Captain Armor has challenged me for you, and I am just going to win for kicks.” I tell her.
“You think this is a joke? If you lose I have to be with him.” She tells me.
“You don’t understand. I won’t be able to lose. My Sayain abilities are too great for his shields to work, if he wants a weapons duel, I will use my sword, and break his. If he wants a magic duel I will improvise.” I tell her. She is glaring at me.
“Just let me handle this.” I tell her. She is still glaring at me, but nods. I just sigh, and look to Shinning Armor.
“Where is the duel going to be?” I ask him.
“In the training fields.” He tells me. I nod, and look at the balcony doors
“I’ll be there.” I tell him. He nods, and walks off.
I walk over to the balcony.
“What are you going to do?” Cadence asks me, “What happens if you lose to him?”
“I won’t.” I tell her.
“Just tell me what you’re going to do if you lose.” She tells me.
“Like I said before Cadence, I won’t lose. If I have to I’ll beat him to a bloody pulp, but I won’t lose.” I tell her trying my best to hind my anger. She is silent, and I spread my wings.
“Are you going to come with me, or wait for someone to tell you what has happened?” I ask her. My answer came as she flew out the window. I jump, and follow her.
We made it to the training field after a few minutes of flight. I landed in the middle of the field, and waited for Shinning to show up.
He made it to the grounds with Celestia in tow. I bowed to Celestia, and nodded to Shinning Armor.
“Artermis, you do not need to bow to me. We are of the same legal status.” Celestia tells me.
“I understand this, but I am still new to your world, and will always consider you, and your sister, above me and my power.” I reply.
“Then I order you to act as though you have been here for millennia with my sister, and I.” She replies with a smirk. I just chuckle, and look at Celestia.
“You do realize I’m joking about this right? I will still consider you two above me, but I will stop bowing to you if you so wish.” I tell her. She nods her head, and I look to Shinning Armor.
“Are you ready?” I ask him. He nods, so I turn around, and make a raised platform of stone around us. I turn back to him.
“There, now we don’t have to worry about making the ground look terrible.” I say as I get into a stable stance. I motion for Cadence to move to a safer location, and she does. I look to Celestia, and she walks up to the center of the platform.
“The duel between Captain Shinning Armor and Prince Artermis will begin soon. Are you both ready?” We both nodded.
“Very well, BEGIN!” Celestia says as she teleports off of the platform. I waited on Shinning Armor to start. He seemed to be waiting on me as well.
“I give the first move to you Captain.” I tell Shinning. He smirks, and traps me in a small bubble shield. I sigh, and shake my head.
“You will need to try harder then that.” I tell him as I summon my ki. I start to do the ki roar as I pulled energy from my tan tien.
I throw my arms out to my sides in a horizontal position, and shatter the shield without a problem, and manage to push Shinning back a few feet.
“You’re welcome to try again.” I taunt him. Shinning looks irritated. He charges me, and I make the stone in front of him slide to the left, making him slip, and fall onto his side. I then make small pillars of stone to hold him in place.
“You should have chosen a different opponent Shinning Armor. You can not keep up with my abilities.” I tell him. I watch in amusement as he lights his horn, and breaks the stone that was holding him. He charges me again, and I make the ground slide once more, but he jumps over the moving stone. I smirk as he is ten feet away from me now.
I start to compress air into a ball that fits in my hand. It was about the size of a softball. Shining was five feet away when he stops moving. I dash forward, and hit him with the compressed air, releasing the compression, making it look like I threw him back twenty feet.
“You won’t win Armor. Give up before I do something I will regret.” I tell the white unicorn. Shinning gets up off of the ground, and fires a bolt of magic at me. He had caught me off guard, and I get hit in my left shoulder.
I groan as I look at the burn that the bolt gave me. I bring my hands together into a ball holding position. I charge my ki up. I had my purple ki ball powering up in my hands when Shinning shot another bolt at me. I dodged this one, and added more ki to my ball.
My ball was ready so I aim at Shinning. I see that he is charging up an attack of his own.
“CHAOS…TORRENT!” I shout as I unleash my ki ball into a large blast, sending it straight at Shinning. Shinning fires his attack at my torrent, and both attacks are stopped by an explosion. I growl in frustration. I take to the air above the smoke, and look into the sky. I see the stars behind the suns light, and reach for theit power. I move the celestial energy into my tan tien. My ki font was starting to burn my tan tien, so I stop sapping power from the celestial bodies.
I see a bolt of magic get fired at me, and I dodge it with ease. I land on the platform, and air bend the dust out of my way. I could see Shinning clear as, well day.
I charge another ball, but this one was to my side. I was in the stance for a kame hame ha, but I was charging the blast with the celestial energy I had taken. My hands were starting to burn, but I didn’t care.
“I will not lose to you.” I say as I push more energy into my ki ball.
“I won’t allow you to take what brings me happiness.” I was almost ready for my blast.
“I will not fall to you. I will make sure of it.” I say as I bring my hands forward.
Shinning puts up multiple shields in front of him, and had around twenty shields in between me, and him. I look Shinning dead in the eye.
“Celestial blast.” I say calmly as I release my blast, and watch as the silver energy leaves my hands, and smashed through Shinning’s shield, and tears at him. I hear him cry out from the pain of the blast, as it surely was taking its time dissipating.
When the blast was over, there was a trench in the ground along the path of the blast, and Shinning was lying on his side, unconscious. He was breathing, and alive.
I fall to my knees as the toll of the blast starts to take effect on me. I fall forward, and manage to stay awake. I hear hoofsteps coming up to me, but I didn’t care.
I hear the ring of magic, and feel myself being lifted. I turn my head, and see that it is Celestia, who is also carrying Shinning Armor.
“Prince Artermis has one the duel.” Celestia says with a mask of calm on. I fall into sweet unconsciousness before I could hear another word.
“What the hell kind of battle was that?” I hear my Dad ask me.
Apparently when I’m asleep, I return to my mindscape, and am now being pestered by my father.
“I wanted to end the battle quickly, and I also didn’t want to hear the BS that was going to be Celestia telling me that the blast was uncalled for, and was over powered. I don’t need that crap being told to me right now. I seriously just want to get to the empire, and do my job before anymore zebras die.” I tell my father.
“I don’t care about that right now.” He tells me.
“IF YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT CITIZENS THAT ARE BEING EATEN BY A CANNIBALISTIC RACE OF PONY LIKE CREATURES THEN YOU ARE NOT MY REAL FATHER! MY REAL DAD WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT I WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING IN TRYING TO GET TO MY JOB BEFORE MORE BLOOD IS ON MY HANDS!” I scream at my so called father.
“Calm down Mist, I was only giving my opinion.” My father says with his arms raised to show me he didn’t mean harm.
“I don’t need to speak to you if you won’t agree with me. I am now a prince, and I wish to have peace right now. If you don’t have anything that will be of use to me, let me be. If you do have something I can use, I will be at my fonts of power.” I tell my father before I shift myself into my fonts’ mindscape.
I look over the fonts, and look to each sign. I notice that my ki font is much lower than before, and my chi font is lower as well. I look to my paladin font, and see that it is glowing blue.
“Stars please bring me aid in my recovery.” I say with my head bowed. I watch my paladin font glow blue, and slowly starts to drain, and my other fonts are refilling.
“I thank you stars for your aid.” I tell my power source. I look over to my magic font.
“I guess I should practice my magic while I’m unconscious.” I say to myself. I make a note for my father if he wants to find me, and shift my mindscape to a training field.
The field was a large expanse of solid stone. The stone was a rust color. The sun I had put in my sky was a blue star that gave off the warmth of a regular sun.
“Okay, what spell should I learn first?” I ask myself, “It really sucks how I don’t have a lot of knowledge on the spells in this world.” I sigh, and sit down.
“I guess I could create some spells while I’m here.” I say as I scan my brain for ideas.
“I should make some offensive, and defensive spells, just incase I run out of ki, and chi on the battle field.” I tell myself as I stand up. I gather some magic into my hands, and raise a stone pillar out of the ground. I point my right hand at the pillar, and force my magic out like a tank was firing a shell.
I watched as my dark magic bolt collides, and demolishes the pillar.
I raise another pillar, and start with a smaller amount of magic this time. I fire tiny bolts of magic at the pillar, making small chunks of the pillar fall off of it.
“I wonder if I can make this a more powerful shot, just in a smaller bolt.” I say aloud. I start to compress my magic into my hand, and aim at the pillar. I release the magic, but it hit the pillar with the same results as my first blast.
“What if I try doing the same thing, but with my finger instead of my hand?” I ask as I compress magic into my right index finger. I release the magic, and it makes a clean shot through the pillar.
“Woo hoo! I made the finger bang!” I say as I congratulate myself. I make another compressed magic bolt.
“Finger bang.” I say as I release my magic, making another hole in the pillar. I give a whoop of happiness, and start to laugh up a storm.
When I calm down, I notice that I have a small audience.
“Well hello Princesses, and my beloved Cadence.” I say as I walk up to my small audience.
“Hello Prince Artermis, we saw you practicing your magic, and we are impressed with what you can do with it.” Luna tells me. I give her a nod.
“So what brings you all to my wonderfully dull mind?” I ask with sarcasm.
“I am starting to question your actions by how childish you’re acting.” Celestia tells me. I smile, and shake my head.
“I’m not surprised as I am only seventeen years old Celestia.” I say as I sit down, and shift my mindscape to a room with my personal decorations of my old world’s beautiful sights, and wonders.
“How can you only be that old, and have the wisdom of an elder pony?” Celestia asks me.
“Because unlike the rest of the human race. I was smart, and learned from others’ mistakes before I made them on my own. I was also raised right by my father, and mother. Speaking of which.” I say as I summon my father to us.
“Well, that has never happened before.” My dad mumbles as he takes a seat in a plush chair I had in my mindscape.
“Who is this?” Cadence asks me.
“Cadence, I would like you to meet my father, Solaris.” I tell her as I gesture to my Dad, “And Dad, I would like you to meet my marefriend Cadence.” My Dad stands up, and walks over to Cadence.
“It is nice to meet you Princess Cadence. I trust you’re keeping my son in line?” My father asks.
“Like wise Solaris, and I try my best to.” Cadence replies. My father bows to Cadence, and returns to his chair. I hear Celestia clear her throat. I look to her.
“Artermis, I would like to talk about the last move you used on Captain Shinning Armor.” She tells me. I give her a nod.
“Where did you get the energy to do that attack from?” She asks.
“I got fed up, so I tapped the stars, and yuor sun a bit since it is a star, and fed the energy into my ki font, and used the energy to end the duel.” I tell her with soldierly perfection.
“You told me you could not make a connection to my sun.” She says.
“You’re still correct. I can’t make a true connection to your sun, but I can borrow energy from it.” I tell her. She stays silent for a few moments.
“I would prefer if you only do this technique as a last resort.” She tells me.
“You have my word princess.” I tell her with a nod.
“Now may we discuss your school for benders?” She asks me.
“Of course Celestia, what do you need?” I ask her.
“I need blueprints, supplies you will need, and I need a location to build on.” She tells me.
“I have already picked the location for the dojo, and have thought of a few ideas for the layout of the school. I will have to think about supplies.” I tell her. I point at a wall, and make a projector materialize onto the wall.
“This is where I would like the school to be.” I tell her as the projector puts a 3D image in front of us. It was currently showing a map of the mountain range that Canterlot is surrounded by. I make the projector highlight the mountain that I had started to train Feather Touch on.
“That can be done.” Celestia tells me. I nod, and make the projector show only the mountain top I had requested.
“I have thought of a few plans for the dojo, but will need to see if you can get them built.” I tell her as I made the projector show two individual mountain tops with their own dojo on them
Celestia eyed the mountains in front of her for a while, as did the other two Princesses.
“We might be able to do the first dojo with fewer struggles then the second.” Celestia tells me.
I made the second dojo fade away, and made the first one bigger.
“Okay, here is the floor plan.” I say as I make the dojo into a 3D blueprint.
“I can copy it into your mind if you will need me to.” I tell Celestia as she looks over the new information I was showing her.
“I don’t see a reason for it to be this large.” She tells me.
“Well, I plan on training many students at once, and when enough of them get to the preferred level, I will make them into teachers, and the school will need that space for all of the students to stay at.” I tell her. She narrows her eyes at the plans before her.
“You plan on keeping your student there?” She asks me.
“Yes, it is for the benefit of the students that they stay at the dojo while they train, and learn. I will teach twenty students at the start of the school’s history, and train them to become teachers if they will want it, but it is up to the student to come, and stay at the dojo. I will not keep the students at the dojo against their will.” I tell her
“I will see if I can get enough builders to… start on this project. I am assuming you will want this advertised?” She asks me.
“Not yet. I would like the construction to begin after I complete the empire quest I would like to finish today.” I tell her.
“Artermis, you have been asleep for a few days now.” Luna tells me. I blink a few times.
“Then I suggest that I will wake myself up now, and we can speak in the real world.” I say as I stand up, and change my mindscape to the field I was in.
“We will see you awake then.” Cadence tells me as she gives me a kiss. I return her affection, and then pull away.
Celestia, and Luna leave my mind, and Cadence follows shortly after. I turn to my Dad.
“I’m sorry for my outburst earlier.” I tell him. He gets up, and hugs me, being mindful of my wings.
“It just proves that you are going to be a great Prince.” He tells me. I return his hug, and tears start to fall from my eyes.
“I missed you so much.” I tell him, as I hug tighter. He chuckles, and pulls away.
He puts his hand on top of my head, and gives me a genuine smile. He removes his hand.
“You should wake up. I don’t want to keep you from my grandchildren now.” He tells me. I wipe the tears out of my eyes with a chuckle, and nod.
“I’ll keep you unblocked so that you can see them.” I tell him as I prepare to wake myself up.
He just smiles, and nods to me. I smile back, and wake myself up.
I opened my eyes to see that I am in a hospital room, again.
I sigh as I get up into a sitting position, and rub my eyes clear of the crust that forms when you sleep well. I throw my legs over the side of the bed.
I then see Shinning Armor in the bed next to mine. He is in a full body cast, and was sleeping with a pained expression on his face.
I stand up, and walk over to his side. I place my hands over him, and let my ki slowly soak into him, healing him faster then a unicorn could.
I stop my ki when I sense that he is completely healed, and step back as he slowly opens his eyes.
He looks around the room slowly, and his eyes eventually fall on me. He stares at me for a while, and I just stared back. We stayed in this silence for a few minutes.
Finally he breaks the silence by asking, “How long was I out?”
“For a few days, which I spent in here out cold as well.” I tell him. He blinks a couple times.
“Why did you pass out? I thought you won.” He tells me.
“I did, but I used too much power with that last blast I did. The stars did a number on my ki, and my body.” I tell him.
“What did the stars have to do with that last attack?” He asks me.
“I literally tapped into their celestial power, and used it to fuel the blast.” I tell him.
“Then you lost by the rules of engagement. The Princesses can not help one challenger to win the duel.” He tells me.
“Yes, I would have lost, had I asked permission to use the stars.” I tell him. His eyebrows rose in amazement.
“You just sapped the stasrs without asking Luna?” He asks with awe evident in his voice.
“Yes, but I didn’t expect the toll on my body to be that bad at the time, and now I see that it was a very stupid move for the duel we were in. Had I known the backlash the move carried, I would have used the avatar state instead.” I tell him.
“What can you not do?” He asks me. I think about this.
“I can’t bring the dead back to life. I can’t move the planet, and I can’t make new stars. Those are just the few that are off the top of my head, but I know there is a plethora more.” I tell him. He nods, and looks at his cast.
“So how long am I supposed to be like this?” He asks me.
“When would you like to get out?” I ask him.
“Now would be preferable, but that is impossible.” He tells me.
“And if I told you that you are fully healed?” I ask.
“Then I would ask to be out of this cast.” I grin as I bring a finger up for him to see.
“Well, I just healed your body, so would you like to get out?” I ask.
“I’m not sure I trust you yet.” He tells me.
“If he says that he healed you, then it is the truth, and he did.” I hear Celestia say. I turn to see that all of the Princesses are here, as well as my kids, Dash, and Feather Touch.
Apple Bloom rushes to me, as well as Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle. I sit down on the floor, and catch them all in a hug. They hug back with all of their might.
I look up to Cadence, and she is smiling softly at me. I smile back, and her smile widens.
I look to Dash, and she just looks at me with a mask of cool on, but I could see the relief in her eyes.
“Artermis, we must see that you are ready to leave for the empire soon.” Celestia tells me. I nod my head, and shift into my alicorn form. I get myself into a lying position, and let my kids onto my back.
I stand up, and start walking over to Shinning again. He is eyeing me, and I light my horn.
His body cast breaks off of him, and he relaxes.
“Thank you Prince.” He tells me. I just give a genuine smile, and nod. I turn to Celestia.
“Let’s go.” I tell her. She nods, and everyone, but Shinning, exits the room and walks to the throne room. As we were walking Dash and Cadence come up to my sides.
I drape my wings over their backs, and pull them closer to me. My mares nuzzle into me, and we just stay like this until we reached the throne room.
We all made it to the throne room with ease, and we let Celestia, and Luna walk ahead of us all up to the throne. Celestia and Luna turn around to see that Cadence hadn’t followed them up.
“Cadence, why are you still with Artermis?” Celestia asks. I extend my wings, as does Cadence.
“I wish to accompany him.” Cadence tells the two sisters.
“No, we are already risking losing the first alicorn prince by sending Artermis.” Luna tells her. I increase my magic output, and in turn it makes my mane ethereal. Celestia sees this, and stares at me. I stare right back at her, unmoving.
She breaks her gaze, and whispers something to Luna.
“No I can’t allow him to do this.” She tells Celestia.
“Excuse me Princess Luna, but it is also not your decision, nor is it yours Celestia. It is Cadence’s decision for she is the one whose life it impacts. Besides, if harm comes to her I will be in a rage, and kill what caused her harm, or anyone that will come with me to the empire. My anger is teetering on the edge of rage just being here while innocent citizens die.” I tell them as my magic, and ki skyrocket.
My mane turned into silver flames, and my feathers started to sharpen, and quiver. I push my anger down, and try my best not to growl in irritation.
“And if she gets killed?” Celestia asks.
“Then I will be the one held at fault, and will pay the consequences.” I tell her. Luna is looking at me with a scowl, and I try to suppress my magic output.
I succeeded, and my mane returns to its static position, with the long bangs that hang in front of my face. I push my bangs over to the side of my face. My tale returns to its two piece blade like form, and I look back to Luna. I look to Celestia, and she seems to be in deep thought.
I clear my throat, and Celestia looks to me.
“Celestia, I can promise your with all of my soul, that Cadence will return home safely, and alive.” I tell her. She sighs after a few more moments of thought.
“Artermis, if she so much as has a scratch from one of the cannibalistic ponies, I will have you on the moon for the rest of your life.” She tells me.
I give a hardy laugh at that.
“Please Celestia, to actually punish me you would have to banish me to my home world, which should be gone in a few more days.” I tell her.
“So you wouldn’t be unhappy on the moon?” She asks me with an eyebrow raised.
“Please, that would be more of a gift than a punishment. I would be lonely yes, but I could have way too much fun up there.” I tell her with a grin.
“Then how about the sun?” She asks. I give another laugh.
“Please, getting off of the sun and back onto this planet would only take me a few months. All I have to do is cast an antigravity spell, and the sun will literally launch me off of it, and then after I’m far enough away I will break the spell so that I could land back on this planet.” I tell her. Her eye twitches.
“Then I’ll banish you to Tartarus!” She yells at me.
“Oh that would be a bit scary, but I could slaughter everything that is in there. I would be back after a few years, but I would be back.” I tell her with a much less happy face.
“And if I did come back from slaying everything in Tartarus you would have to kill me because I would be traumatized by the bloodshed I caused. I would enjoy killing after I came back.” I shiver at the thought. Luna is looking at me with a confused look on her face.
“What do you mean by, ‘My home planet being gone in a few more days?’” she asks me. I blink a few times before I realize what she meant. My mood dampens.
“Oh, I forgot that I didn’t tell you what I had done to turn the star Sol purple. I had been angered to a much higher degree than usual, and fired the whole storage of ki that I had at it, and it is most likely almost there. I wouldn’t be surprised if you see a super nova soon.” I tell her with a tinge of sadness in my voice.
Luna’s eyes widen with tears welling up in them, and she teleports out of the room.
“You fool!” Celestia shouts at me.
“What would you rather me do? Release my anger at a star, or your land?” I ask her as my magic output increases on its own. I regain my ethereal mane.
“I would have preferred if you didn’t unleash your anger at all!” She yells at me.
“So, you would rather have me bottle up my anger, and wait for me to explode rather than letting me release? That is truly foolish on your part Celestia. If I bottle up my anger and that bottle shatters, I’m not going to even remember what happens!” I tell her in my most forceful voice.
My form shifts on its own into my human form, dropping my kids to the floor.
“I’m sorry girls, but when I have an extreme emotion I either shift without control, or my ki skyrockets.” I tell my children as I kneel down, and nuzzle them.
“I am really considering just flying to the empire on my own, and raising the entire continent.” I growl as I stand back up, and face Celestia. These words freeze her in thought.
“How are you even considering this?” She asks in a low voice.
“It’s my anger Celestia. We are having a worthless conversation while innocents in another land, who had requested help a while ago, are dying at my hooves. I just want to get this task done, but you are keeping me from it.” I tell her as I sit down with my legs crossed.
I bring my hands up to my temples and start to massage them.
Would you like some help? My dad asks.
How could you help? I ask him.
Let me speak with her through you, and you can be on your way sooner rather than later. He tells me. I didn’t see any consequences, so I let him do his thing.
I felt my body go numb before I entered my mind, and my father took control.
Make sure you tell her who is speaking. I tell my Dad. He gives me a positive thought, and I just sit back and watch.
I watch as my form automatically shifts into my Dads form.
“Princess Celestia, I’m Solaris speaking through my son.” My Dad tells Celestia.
“Why are you speaking instead of him?” She asks him.
“Well for one I wanted to speak, and for two he wanted me to do so.” My Dad replies.
“Well go ahead and speak.” Celestia tells my Father.
“While looking through my son’s memories I have seen a couple that have caught my attention. The first is with Cadence. He is reassuring her that he will return form the empire, but she believes otherwise. The second is actually a few of his thoughts on the main subject. He would like Cadence to go with him to the empire so that he still has a piece of home with him.
“Back on Earth when we sent soldiers to war they couldn’t bring anything with them, but their weapons, and a photo of their precious ones. When the soldiers returned home they always had a few mental sicknesses, like flashbacks to bad missions, and nightmares of said duties. Mist would like to avoid these traumatic sicknesses at all costs.” My father begins in his undeniable lawyer skills.
“It would be best for everyone if you aloud Cadence to accompany him on his quest.” Dad concludes. Celestia seems to be in thought as Dad returns my body to me.
Once in control, I slump to the floor with nausea.
“Let’s not do that again.” I say aloud as my form shifts back into me. I move into a sitting position, and start taking deep breaths. After a few seconds of deep breathing my head is clear, and most of my nausea is gone.
“Okay, I’m good for now.” I say as I stand back up.
“I’ve come to my final decision.” Celestia says as she approaches me.
“I will allow Cadence to go with you, but if she is harmed by one of the targets you will be held responsible, and will be punished.” She tells me.
“Thank you Celestia.” I tell the Princess as I shift back into my alicorn self.
“Just don’t make me regret my decision.” She tells me, “You are all dismissed.” She says with a wave of her hoof. Rainbow Dash, Feather Touch, the CMC, Cadence, and I all left the throne room. I was heading to the armory, and my kids followed me. Cadence and Dash went to their room, and Feather stayed with me.
I walked into the armory with no problem this time, and shifted as I walked up to the blacksmith pony behind the counter.
“Hello there Prince, what can I do for you?” The black smith asks.
“I’m here for the bow and arrows I requested a while ago. I actually need two bows. I need one to have a pull of three hundred pounds, and the other to be fifty.” I tell him. He nods and head into the back of the armory for a few minutes before he returns with three quivers of solid steel arrows, and two bows.
“Here ya go Prince.” He says as he places them on the counter.
“Thanks.” I tell him as I put the bows on like a hunter would, and put the quivers on my back.
“Anytime Prince.” He replies with a nod. I turn, and walk out of the armory.
I was back in the throne room, looking at the glass windows. I was standing in front of the glass window of Discord.
What is that thing? My father asks me.
That is a draconiquis. This one in particular is named Discord. He likes to spread chaos that is mostly pranks and some are pretty funny. I reply as I continue to look at the stained window.
So he is a problem here. My father says. I just turn and start walking with the train station in mind.
He will be in a year or so.
I stretch my telepathy to the others.
It’s time to go, rendezvous at the train station so we can leave. I tell them. I receive a positive response from the others, and start moving again.
“Dad, can we leave now?” Scootaloo asks.
“We are now. Gather your things, and meet me at the train station.” I tell my kids, and Feather as they follow me through the castle.
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