Lovers of the Night

Lance walked down the halls looking for key locations that he would probably need to go to. He managed to spot the armory. He entered to discover a wide variety of armaments. There were bows ranging in different sizes and blades long and short. Lance was amazed. He hadn't seen this many weapons all in one place. "These are amazing," Lance said talking to himself. He walked down examining the weapons in hopes to find something he would later use. "Hey," said a pony from behind him. "What is a newbie like you doing in the armory?" Lance slowly turned around. The pony was a Pegasus who had the color of blood tainted on his fur.

"I was just looking through the armaments," replied Lance.

"You have no right to be in here."

"Who are you?"

"Who am I? Heh. I'm Sparking Blade, an officer of the Royal Guard. You address me as 'sir' and only sir. Got it newbie?"

"Yes, sir."

"Now get out. Now."

Lance nodded and quickly walked out. "Also," said Sparking Blade. "If I give you an order. You'd better obey it." Lance, once again nodded and left the armory and headed back to his room. There he began to look over a book he had brought along with him.

The Emozian was the title. It was written about a long lost sword. It was said it held great power. It could defeat any evil creature. Unfortunately, it was broken into multiple shards and spread all over Equestria. Most people wouldn't have believed the story. Lance himself did. He and his brother Logan were cultivating a neighbor's backyard for bits when they uncovered the hilt. It had a silver coloring and had a small yellow crystal being held at the bottom of the hilt. That's when it hit him. He had a flashback of when he was still a colt with his brother. Back when his parents were still alive.

"Whoa! Lance this looks beautiful," said Logan. "I know brother," replied Lance.

"What shall we do with it?"

"Well of course, we shall keep it. Come on, we need to finish our job."

"Right, we'll take it back to mom and dad. Maybe they'll know what this is."

"Daddy! Look what we found," said Lance and Logan almost in unison.

        "That little hilt you have in your hooves is the hilt of the great and might Emozian," said their father.

        Both of the children were amazed of what they had found. But Lance's flashback was interrupted when he heard a knock at his door. "Come in," he said. The door opened revealing Princess Celestia and Luna. "Oh! Princesses," said Lance who was fumbling to bow. Celestia and Luna laughed. "Save your formality Silver Lance," said Princess Celestia. "Shining Armor said you would be in your room. May we come in?"

        "But of course," replied Lance.

        They all sat down. "So Silver Lance," said Princess Celestia. "Please, call me Lance," said Lance.

        "Of course. Luna and I had come to see who our latest recruit was. But, what fascinated both of us the most was-"

        Princess Luna cut in. "Your wings! We have never seen anyone craft such a piece."

        "Yes. My brother helped me make these. We traveled all over Equestria to find the right parts to create this. It may have taken us longer than expected. But I wish not to bore you both with unimportant details. Please, ask me whatever you like Princesses."

        "I do have one question," said Luna. "Why did thou craft these?"

        "Well, my father was a Pegasus. So was my brother. My mother and I were both unicorns. I would always watch my fly with my brother. I myself wanted to experience flying myself. So when I became old enough, I went out with my brother to find parts and help to craft the wings."

        "That is truly amazing. How one would create wings."

        "Come," said Princess Celestia. "Let us go for a stroll down at the garden."

        As they walked down the hall, they met with Sparking Blade who seemed a bit irritated in Lance. "Lance! What do you think you're doing? You're wasting the Princesses' time," said Sparking. Princess Celestia sighed. But, Luna responded instead. "We asked him to come with us. Now please officer. Return to your duties." Luna herself was a bit irritated. She had already known that Sparking Blade had a crush on her. "Yes Princess," replied Sparking who shot a look at Lance. He was indeed jealous. "Sorry Lance," said Princess Luna. "That officer dislikes others coming close physically close to me."

        "Any reason why?" asked Lance.

        "I believe he likes me." They both gave a little laugh and the three of them continued out to the garden. Lance stared in amazement. The garden was huge. "Amazing isn't it," said Princess Celestia. "Luna and I come here for peace and quiet. We sometimes get tired of our work."

        "We never get to communicate freely with ponies such as you, Lance," said Princess Luna.

        "What do you mean?"

        "Most of the time, we are forced to chat with guests at parties rather than acutally enjoy."

        "To me, it feels crazy that I actually got to talk with princesses. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."

        The three of them stayed at the garden for a while. The sun began to go down. "Well, it is best if we head in now. Princess Luna needs to raise the moon," said Celestia. Luna turned to Lance and said, "Maybe all of us can have this type of day again next time," said Luna. Lance nodded and all three of them went back to the castle. Lance went to his room and the two sisters went back to their throne room. Lance shut his door and began to read his book.

        That was when his door bursted open. Lance looked up and met eyes with Sparking Blade. "Alright newbie, listen up," said Sparking Blade. "What do you want?" asked Lance.

        "I told you to call me sir."

        "Okay, 'sir'. What do you want?"

        "I don't want to see you hanging around with the princesses anymore."

        "And why is that?"

        "I gave you and order, so you'd better obey it."

        "You may over rank me, but that doesn't mean I take orders from you. I only take orders from anypony else who actually knows how to lead. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to reading."

        "Why you little..." muttered Sparking. "Alright maggot, if your gonna play it this way, I'll play your little game."

        Sparking Blade walked out of Lance's room and slammed the door shut. As soon as he did that, Lance went over to his opened window and stared out at the night. It was beautiful. Though he has a new found "hostility" in the castle, he's still happy to be in the castle.