Tyranny of the Sun

Prologue

Don’t let anyone tell you being a princesses personal bodyguard is an interesting job, cause I’m telling you now, it’s not.

Sure, being “Sleight-of-Hoof, Protector of a Princess” and getting to accompany her all over Equestria seems interesting when you think about it, but what do you think you are doing the entire time she is greeting her subjects and attending meetings with other mares and gentlecolts of high society? Absolutely nothing. Add to that the fact the princess you are protecting is not only proficient in magic but also one of the bearers of the elements of harmony and a bodyguard seems completely pointless.

No matter how bored I was though, it was both my duty to royalty and a promise to her as a friend that I continued to be her protector. We had been touring all of Equestria so that the newest princess could meet with all of the ponies she would be ruling over. In most places we would only stay for a few days before travelling to the next location. However, in larger cities such as Manehattan and Las Pegasus, we could stay for up to two months meeting all the dignitaries and parading through the streets, and during it all the two of us are forced to act professional. Twilight had more trouble with that than I did though.

We were about to leave Saddle Arabia, our last stop on the tour, and head back to Ponyville. The tour had taken a whole year to finish and above anything else we wanted to return home, but just as we were about to leave, Twilight’s faithful dragon assistant Spike burped up a letter from Princess Celestia asking to make a detour in Canterlot so that she could discuss something important with Twilight.