Chapter 7: The Castle.

The day of the excavation came and I was prepared. The six mares, arrived at the train station in Ponyville where I was waiting. I was surprised to see a baby dragon behind them,"Morning ladies." I said to them giving off a polite bow. They nodded. I smiled at the young dragon,How can such a small little dragon be so important to these six? I asked myself, in my head. The dragon looked at me, with a smile.

"Hey, man. You must be Orphios." He said to me. I smiled and nodded,"So what is the sword for?" He asked me. I looked over to my side and saw my sword. It was just in case of protection, but it was also to take Luna's life if the time came.

"Protection." I answered. They all nodded knowing it was a dangerous area we'd be going to, and with that we borded the train. The train departed without haste. I noticed how chatty the mares were. Rarity, looked at me and smiled.

"So are you married, or dating anypony?" She asked. I shook my head, and turned away. She gasped,"How?! A handsome young colt such as you should have plenty of mares, chasing after you." She said, in a slightly over exaggerated voice. I laughed slightly.

"I did have a crush on a mare once, but her family didn't except me. So we stayed friends." I said sadly,"Since then, I never really thought of it." She gasped even more.

"I can't let that go! I must set you up with somepony!" She said to me. I laughed more, it had been awhile since I had a good laugh. We made a stop in Canterlot to get Luna, and then we were off once again. I smiled as Luna sat with Twilight. Rarity smiled once again at me,"I know so many mares who'd be willing to give you a chance." She continued. I just smiled.

"That's generous of you, miss Rarity, but I only loved three mares my entire life." I said softly. The others looked at me as if to say: 'Tell us more.' I smiled, and nodded,"My mother, who passed away." I said looking out the window,"The mare I had a crush on." I sighed and looked at Twilight,"Finally, my sister. Twilight, she told me about you, said you met twice."

Twilight, looked at me in shock,"I dont remember anypony mentioning you." She said in shock, I simply smiled. Twilight began thinking hard,"Wait, is your last name, Lulamoon?" She asked me.

I nodded my head,"Your sister, is Trixie!" She said pointing her hoof at me. I smiled and nodded. Twilight looked upset,"Sheexiled me from my home, you know that right?" She asked me.

I chuckled,"She told me. She then told me how sorry she was." I told her.

Twilight, smiled at that. Unfortunately the others weren't pleased,"She's a fraud!" Yelled Rainbow Dash. Who looked angry at me.

"She ruined my mane!" Yelled Rarity. Is that all she did? I said in my head. Fluttershy and Pinkie looked away.

"She humiliated me!" Declared AppleJack.

I slightly smiled,"Are you the mares who aggravated her?" I asked with a smile, knowing the answer. They looked down and remained quiet for a few minutes,"That's what I thought. My sister told me about you three as well," I said,"She was just performing, she was suppose to boast, that's what stage performers do." I told them.

"She's still a fraud!" Said Rainbow Dash.

I shook my head,"No she isn't." I said as we arrived at the location of the castle.