Inbreed

A Train Ride

*tktuk*

The train was moving, it's rhythm swayed back and forth as the sound of metal hitting the iron studs of the track could be heard, it was relatively calm and peaceful in the hot stuffy car, not to mention the special cargo being shipped to canterlot in a steel trap and the lone guard protecting it ensuring no harm comes to it; as a dragon to its jewel's

The train ride was excruciatingly long for gold shield as, he a stallion from manehattan never endure he was a expecting the ride to be quick, on occasion he would sleep due to the ever mounting boredom guard duty was put up to be; seeing out a window was not an option as the freight car held no windows, the walls of his wooden prison were dull red coloring and the constant swaying of other heavy crates would slam into him and keep him awake at this point any pony would of died of boredom or to regret protecting this snow colored changeling, but for him it was a promise he made and one to keep

"ugh, won't this train go any faster it seems we event have made it out of that dustbowl, not to mention stop, *sigh* this ride is going to drive me nuts!" gold shield fumed as his temper was near his boiling point as he was ready to scream in furry

"uhgmuuu" the sounds of a muffled slumber could be heard in the small train car, catching the attention of gold shield, as he looked over the mountains of crates put in by the guards to conceal the true purpose of the extra train car, gold shield looked with interest the lone white changeling inside her metal prison to small to stand on, how she shuffled to get comfortable was comforting to gold shield as he was remembered or why he was here in the first place or why he even singed the hour long papers in triplicate

unlike like gold shields torture sage was blissfully sleeping in her steel home crafted by the guards as she awaited her destination in her dreams, as she would fidget in her sleep as her wings would buzz to the jumping of tracks and her head firmly placed in her white hole filled hooves

"hehe, is still don't understand how you seem to calm me sage, its like you always have to act cute for me to get into some stupide situation." gold shield murmured under the sounds of the trains constant clattering on the metal studs as he shook his head and smiled as he looked at sage, watching her sleep

"I wonder what they might do to sage, they could interrogate her for answers to the hives location, or dissect her to know how changeling feed of love and shape shift no I don't think celestia would be that cruel as to do that to sage it will be unethical, but what might be the possibility they keep her as a prisoner." gold shield in deep thought hovered over sage, sleeping on the floor of the cage "no! celestia or princess twilight would do something about it, I mean she hurt and hasn't done anything to anypony only to um kiss me" gold shield blushed as he remembered the incident in his head

"but still I made a promise to her that nothing bad happen to her and im going to keep it no matter how bad the situation might be even if it means standing up to celestia her self!" gold shield exclaimed as to look around to see if nopony is around, seemingly looking like a mad pony to try and stand up against the goddess of the sun its self

four hours passed and night fall has reached equestria blanketing under luna's moon sleep was all gold shield could do as he tried effortlessly but was subjected to the constant stuffiness and the sounds of the crates slamming into him which jolted him awake

he kept pondering as to why sage found him interesting, is it because he saved and comfort her or that he's a young fresh face in the guard not like iron hoof ,steel sword, or night blade, still he kept on observing her seeing what he found so interesting of her, was it because he found her attractive of the beautiful deep blue eyes he's been urging to see or that he was into inter species relation like his brother emerald shield with his griffon friend, still he looked at her and feeling his lips when she kissed him in his tent and the warm feeling he felt of her own on his

he blushed of the idea of them kissing again, and wondered why he found her so beautiful and attractive as she lie on the steel cage, it reminded him of his father and his mother when they were to gather and how she lost her life when gold shield was young and how his brother and father would try and fill his life with joy just like his mother did, but couldn't

"daddy why did mommy go she didn't leave us she'll come back, wont she daddy because I want her to be with me." gold shield remembered the very question that put his father to tears as his brother followed the same gold shield was to young to understand what happened to her and could not know what life had in store for him

"gold, mommy I-is not coming b-bback, but she told me to promise to her to protect you so as your brother as well b-because you got to keep a promise isn't that what mommy told you never break a promise to those you love the most." his father gently embraced him as his brother as well both holding back tears as gold shield followed as well

A lone tear escaped gold shields eyes as it traveled down his white coat normally blue due to the armors magic which turns them white as he finally came to understand his emotions over his promise to her and why he was meant to protect her

*screeeeeeeeeech*

The train finally reached its destination to canterlot as gold shield started to lift the cage with the help of other unicorns and help put the sleeping changeling in the carriage and headed to canterlot castle

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