*Squuuuuueeeeak* *DOGOM*

Hoof steps sound quietly throughout the house as Shining Armor entered through the front door. As he entered the foyer, he tried to make his way up the stairs as discreetly as he possibly could. As he lit his horn, he made sure that the light wouldn't be too much of a disturbance to anyone who was asleep. He passed the trophy case and begun to make his way to the stairs. But something grabbed his attention as he passed the doorway going upstairs. There was a dim dot that stood out within the darkness of the kitchen. Shining dismissed it as he thought to himself that it was just merely one of the appliances in the kitchen. Once again he began to make his way upstairs.

"I know you saw me."

Shining stood mortified at the voice that spoke from within the darkness. His mind was already in a race from the events that happened earlier, but now even his body decided that it was time to panic.

"You better not run from me."

He remembered the lecture that his dad gave to him when he was at the detainment station downtown. He thought of the possibilities of his current situation.

"Okay Shining. Don't panic. This is what you trained for. Thought I haven't been training that long. You can do this. Going upstairs may possibly be a trap. TWILY!!! There's nothing to be afraid of. My sister. One of that coach's henchmares are sitting in your kitchen. This isn't good. My baby sister is... NO! Everypony could be still alive. No way there are the bodies of my. They lie in a restless state, looks of infinite horrors covers their faces as their blood puddles YOU MUST... This is what I need to do. If I can be ready to take them on. ...REMAIN CALM! MOM! They can still be saved. I'll rush inside and prepare myself. "NOW YOU MUST... I can't let my family down. For mom and Twilight, I will..."

"...DEFEND MYSELF!"

Shining didn't hesitate any longer as he jumped out to greet the intruder. As he leapt into a offensive position, he ignited his horn to it's maximum power as he tilted his head down to aim for the magical dot that dimly lit the kitchen. In response, the dot summoned a large magenta shield around the figure, illuminating much of the room as the figure that stood in the kitchen was revealed.

"Oh... It's you mom."

An ethereal hum sounded as both Shining and Velvet deactivated their spells and left their horns to produce the light that they needed to see each other.

"Mom. Don't ever scare me like that. I've could've hurt you."

"As if you had a chance, dear boy." Velvet answer smugly. "So how was your night?"

Shining quickly answered his mother. "It was fine. We won the game and everypony was out celebrating."

Velvet nodded softly. "Oh. Well I don't suppose you do realize that young colts such as yourself shouldn't be walking in the door at around one thirty-six in the morning."

Shining looked back at the clock on the kitchen wall and read the time. "Oh. Heh heh. I guess you do have a point."

"I do, don't I?" She answered as she walked slowly to her son's direction.

"...Well, it's already late and I do have school in the morning. So... goodnight." Shining said as he turned around to head upstairs once more.

"Ah ah ah!" Velvet called out to her son while magically holding his chin to turn him around. As he was forced to face his mother, the door way behind him was sealed off in a force field. "And where do you think you're going?"

"Um... To bed?" Shining answered with a nervous smile as his mother stopped dead in front of him.

"Your magic flow is unstable... You're undergoing a lot of stress." She states, looking at Shining's horn as it continued to give off it's glow. "You've been that way as soon as you walked through the door. That means two things. One; you're hiding something from me. And two; you did something that you shouldn't have."

"Well- I- OUCH!" Shining stuttered before his mother clocked him on his horn, deactivating his illumination spell.

"You are hiding something that you should be telling me, Aegnus." Velvet says sternly as she refers to his middle name.

"Gah, mom you know I don't like being called that above all the nicknames you give me." Shining argued, embarrassed to hear that name.

"Your name is Shining Armor Aegnus Sparkle. I birthed you with that name in mind, you've carried that name since foalhood, you bear that name now, you will hold on to it as you make your vows on your wedding day, you will hold that name as your foals grow up, and that name will go with you as you die."

"Yes, mother." Shining Armor agrees begrudgingly as his mother continued to pressure him.

"Now tell me... What has you so on edge?"

He thought about telling her, but he made a promise to his father that she wouldn't get involved. He knew that if she had found out, that she would be as equally involved in the matter as his father was. And he surely couldn't tell her about what he's been doing for the past four months. She would be beyond livid if she was to discover that she was about to be a grandmother, despite her best efforts to keep him chaste. Both things weighted heavily on his back as he decided not to tell her anything at all.

"I just heard a really creepy story from one of my friends. They really made it seem convincing."

"Oh that's nice... If it wasn't a crock of shit."

Shining really didn't like it when his mother cursed. Not only did she sound like she was about to geld him where he stood, she really hated the fact that she would even hear or bring up language like that in her home.

"Now... tell me what's really going on." Velved hissed to her son, seeming angry enough that she would burn the house with him inside of it.

Shining gulped as he stood by his lie. "...It's nothing mom. Like I said, Azure told all of us a slasher story about a murderer that killed mares everywhere he went and that he buried them underneath the cobblestones of Canterlot."

"Oh... that story." Velvet nodded in agreement. "I remember hearing that one when I was a teenager. Of course a few differences. The killer was actually a mare rather than a stallion. She didn't kill every mare she saw, so much as the mares she was in a herd with because she wanted to have the stallion for herself. And that it all actually happened when I was a freshmeat in college. And the cobblestone thing was true. She cut off the heads, skinned them, scrubbed the skulls and placed them in various locations in the city... Poor little Gemstone didn't even stand a chance."

If Shining hadn't had the urge to use the bathroom before, he surely felt it now.

"It's really a creepy story... if it's told right."

"Ummm..."

"Oh I know, you have school in the morning. Well start trotting on up those stairs, take a quick shower and head straight off to bed. Your breakfast will be waiting for you when you get up." Velvet commented as she undid her force field, giving her son access to the stairs once more. Shining shook as he slowly walked out of the kitchen and ignited his horn to maximum brightness. His mother calls him one last time. "Oh and Shining dear..."

Shining turns around to see a smile on his mother's face.

"Pleasant dreams."

Shining takes off at a mid-pace gallop as he left his mother in the kitchen. The smile she previously wore now became a frown as she dimmed her magic once more.

"My son, you really are a horrible liar."

One Month Later...

"This way, mistress."

Captain Orion, clad in his daily regalia, escorted an average-looking Cadance as she enters a brick door, cleverly hidden from the view of the many other ponies that walk by the palace on a daily basis. The entrance was disguised as a part of the wall to which a high-level sealing spell was needed in order to open the passage that lead to the Canterlot Maze Grounds. It was also known to the younger guards as the Maze of Seeking for the sole reason of it's difficulty of navigating the large, four-acres of endless green hedges. If you were unaware of the methods to enter the maze, then you'd never find a way out. Even those that could normally fly out would find themselves enchanted to having their wings locked against their backs as they walked within it. It was a perfect way to stop any and all intruders that would wander into it's boundaries.

As Cadance and Orion made their way to the entrance of the green maze, Orion stepped forward and chanted these words.

"I am the mare who arranges the blocks." bonus points for those who got that reference

As the secret phrase was spoken to the maze, the hedges rustled lightly as the two stood still. Soon the rustling stopped and there was a green arch that ascended from the ground before them. As the arch seemed that it would only show the green wall that it stood in front of, it was simply their way out. As the two walked through the arch, they saw that they had entered the gardens that was the front lawn of the castle.

As the time passed, they walked into the main hall of the palace. As they walked, a voice echoed in the halls.

"DO NOT LET HER ESCAPE!"

Orion shot to attention and looked either ways trying to identify the problem. As Cadance was looking in the direction from where she heard the stallion's voice come from, she felt something hit her from behind. Caught off guard, she turned around to find a filly with a creamy-orange coat and a dual-colored mane. She sported a fiery yellow-red combo in her mane and her cutie mark carried the same colors, depicting a sun. As the filly rubbed her head, Cadance approached her.

"Hey little one, are you okay?"

The filly looked up at the mare who stood over her. As she looked at her, she noticed something that she didn't like. She saw that the mare had a set of wings that seemed to indicate that she was a pegasus, but at the same time she took notice of the horn that protruded the mare's forehead. Suddenly the filly pulled a feather out of Cadence's wing as the pink alacorn winced in pain.

"...Why?"

Cadance looked confused as she answered the filly. "What's wrong, sweetie?"

"WHY DO YOU HAVE WHAT I DESERVE TO HAVE!"

Cadance was taken aback as Orion joins her side. "Princess is there something wrong?"

"AND YOU CARRY A TITLE!? THIS ISN'T FAIR!!!"

Orion slowly walks to the temperamental filly, asking her with concern. "What isn't fair?"

The filly looked at Cadance and stood up to her. "You! Tell me! What do I have to do in order to become as powerful as you are!?"

Cadance tilts her head in confusion. She wants to answer the filly out of the kindness in her heart, but her instinct tells her otherwise. "Well... You kinda have t-"

"NOT ANOTHER WORD, AMORA!!!"

A voice erupted from above, only this time it held more of an authoritative tone than the others. Cadance shook as she immediate knew who gave out that order. As the halls brightened up to that of the sun itself, the tall figure that held her wings outright stood before them. Orion bowed and Cadance gasped as they entered the company of none other than the sole ruler of Equestria herself.

Enter Princess Celestia.

"She doesn't need to know anything about that rite! She does not deserve it!"

"Lies! I am one of the strongest, if not the strongest, unicorns in all of Equestria! I deserve to ascend!"

"YOU DO NOT!" Celestia screams to the foal.

Cadance does not know entirely what all has transpired in her absence, but she does know one thing from seeing her aunt in such a state; her heart was breaking in two.

"I take you in, I feed you, I give you compassion, I teach you what I could for the time being, I even went as far as treating you as my own daughter... and this is how you show your thanks?"

Orion feels as if he stumbled into something that he shouldn't have.

"You didn't teach me anything worth learning. You fail as an instructor and you have failed me! I quit!"

"SUNSET, WAIT!"

As the filly and her former mentor run down the hall, Cadance and Orion look to each other, unsure of what they should do. But given the circumstances, they decided to give chase to the two argumentative parties.

As the chase ends in a small room, Celestia stood in the doorway as she tried her best to negotiate with the enraged filly, who stood by a large, mysterious mirror.

"I can only teach you what you would be most prepared for. I can't tell you everything, not yet!"

"You had a chance! Now I will learn at my own pace!"

"ORION, SEIZE HER!"

Orion didn't even bother to ask questions as he charged to the filly formerly known as Celestia's pupil. Upon the closing distance, she seemed to struggle with something. As the distance closed between them, the filly disappeared into nowhere. He looked to the sides and found her to his right. As the filly taunted the stallion, Celestia appeared, in the same manner from which she disappeared, behind her. The filly found herself surrounded. Cadance stood in the doorway in front of her, Orion stood to her right and Celestia stood to her left. She backed up until she found herself in front of the mirror, or more noticeably her tail going through it. The others gasped as they saw the unusual event transpire, but only Celestia knew what was truly happening.

"Sunset Shimmer, please. Don't do it." Called out Celestia, who seemed to hold her chest at the inevitable outcome.

"Sorry that it had to be this way... princess."

"NO!"

As Celestia ran to the filly, Sunset Shimmer jumped backwards into the mirror portal. Cadance stood in awe of the artifact as Orion volunteered himself to charge after her.

"Stop!"

Orion's hooves scraped the floor as he stopped himself short of entering the mirror. He looks to his ruler, or rather the mare that was his ruler.

"Not another... I won't lose another. Not a student, not a guard, not a-" Celestia stopped in the middle of her sentence as she realized what she was about to say. Trying to regain her regality, she commanded to Orion once more.

"...To your post captain."

And as quick as she gave the order, she teleported from the room. Cadance nodded to Orion as she looked at the mirror once more.

"You go on ahead. I'll take care of the princess."

Cadance walks into the grand hallway that retained the doors to the room of the princesses. Both of the door resembled that of a half of a semi-circle. One door was that of Princess Celestia's private chambers, a bright white door with her cutie mark engraved upon the mass of the door. The other door was a polar opposite, a mostly midnight-blue door that remained unfinished at some parts. The wood still showed it natural colors at one point and the incomplete paint job on the other. A crescent moon was engraved onto the door.

As Cadance approached the brighter door, she listened for her aunt to see if she was inside. The princess sobs could be heard from within as Cadance knocked on the door.

"Please... go."

Cadance knew what exactly to do when her aunt was like this. She opened the door and entered into the room.

"I SAID PLEASE GO AWAY!"

Cadance's heart ached as she approached the sobbing princess. Celestia ethereal mane laid dormant as her face wrapped her face from the view of her subjects. Cadance used her magic to close the door behind her as she stopped inches shy of the larger-framed alacorn. As the door clicked shut, Celestia finally opened up.

"I'm a complete failure. I can raise the sun, I can save the city from dangers seen and unseen, I can even move the moon and dress the night sky... But I can't even prove to be a mother-figure. Nor can I even become a teacher... Or a good sister."

"That's not true."

"It is Cadenza. I truly tried to have a pupil that I could teach while being motherly."

"That wasn't your fault. She only desired power."

Celestia continued to sob softly as she looked to Cadance for the first time in the conversation. "Where did I go wrong? Why did she leave me? Was my instruction insufficient?"

"No! You are a wonderful teacher. Just look at me." Cadance confirmed.

"And what about Blueblood? He's a mess."

Cadance acknowledged the fact that Blueblood wasn't the best representation of her success. "Yeah, that's Blue for you. But there is something that you have shown what no other pony with some sort of administrative capabilities have."

"Compassion? Tell that to my sister." Celestia stated with deadpan.

Cadance rolled her eyes and sighed. "This, again?"

"You don't understand. Ponies celebrate the one day that I dread the most."

"The Summer Sun Celebration?"

"That! All they can think of is an extra hour of sunlight. But all I can think of is the fact that I had to banish my own sister."

Cadance places her hooves on the princess' head, promoting her to keep her head held high. "Princess, you had no other alternatives. It couldn't be helped."

"And? I still had to fight her."

Cadance nodded. "I know."

"A thousand years of regret. A thousand years of not being able to say to my sister how sorry I am. And if I don't find another way, then it will be a thousand more before I can see my sister again."

Cadance has heard this speech for about a hundred times and it was always this time of year. She knew that Celestia was really trying to feel sorry for herself, but she wouldn't let her. "You're really letting this get to you, aren't you?"

"What can you say to a sibling that you banished for a millenium? 'Hello. I'm sorry about the argument that we got into and how I had to banish you to the surface of the moon for what has now been nine-hundred-ninety-one years, two-hundred-sixty-four days, seven hours and fifty-six minutes. But I hope you forgive me because I can't even hope to arrange the stars like you possibly could' Knowing her, she probably count the seconds too."

"You're being over dramatic. You didn't nearly cry this much when you notice that Blueblood was losing his way."

"But it's my sister!"

"Understood. Now tell me how many more years she has on the moon."

"Eight years, three months, one week, two days, seventeen hours and four minutes."

"Exactly! Look on the bright side. You lived through almost a thousand years to see your sister come out for her millennial parole. And not to mention you'll have the room next door done in enough time."

Celestia had finally stop sobbing as Cadance picked her up off of her bed, giving her a hug. "True... But that doesn't explain-"

"Power-hungry toddler!"

"But-"

"Ex boyfriend of yours that decided the ways of chaos were better than being chaste for his marefriend and ultimately opted to rut every mare he encountered. He was no good. He wanted you for-blah blah blah blah blah. END of discussion. Now if you're done, Blue should be here at any minute for the Harmony Meeting."

Celestia found happiness in her niece's optimism and her way of writing things off. "Why did I have you leave my side, Cadenza?"

"Because I had problems of my own. And unlike you, I don't have the authority to brush off a slew of suitors that come crawling like roaches to a midnight buffet."

"Right. Well let's get to this meeting. I'm sure Blueblood will be more than happy to see you."

"Yeah, right." Cadance deadpans as she thinks to herself about her cousin Blueblood. "[barfs internally]"

" *Ahem* Hear-ye, fear-ye. The almighty game-snatching, mare-stealing, dickhead-of-a-prince-"

"I HEARD THAT!"

"Prince, If you can call him that without losing your dignity and self-respect..."

"AHEM!!!"

"Right, Prince Blueblood has arrived."

"And the soiree won't dare start until I enter!"

Prince Blueblood walks into the Grand Room as he constantly tells the two mares that carries his royal cape that drags about twenty feet behind him. Cadance rolls her eyes at the grand entrance of her dear cousin.

"Dear cousin Blueblood. Still compensating for something I see."

"Dear cousin Cadance. Still without a dance partner for the evening I see."

"Really? The same old insult. You never change."

"You're one to talk. How long have you been in that adolescent form, ninety-four years?"

"Well, at least I'm not a misogynistic male succubus that feeds off the vitality of every mare he has sex with. How's that been for the past eighty-nine years?"

"Well, at least I can keep an open mind. It is you who can't seem to get past masturbation. Tell me Cadance, do you still suffer every estrus season violently humping your nightstand like you did when we were foals?"

"Maybe I am, but at least I didn't catch gonorrhea fourteen times already. Tell me Blueblood, do you still try to make up for the fact that you can't even seem to earn a simple pair of wings to go with your ascension?"

"Oh sod off you hot-nethered, bimbonic slut. I bet you can't wait to sink your teeth into some dick. OH WAIT!"

"That's enough you two." Celestia calls out from the back of the room. She approaches the hot-headed stallion.

"Ah, my dear aunt Celly. I do believe that you are looking quite ravishing as ever."

Celestia smiled as she laughed mockingly."Oh ho ho ho ho *gasp*" And then the sun came out. "Sit your ass down at the table before I consider making you a certifiable bitch."

"YesMa'am." Blueblood said quickly before rushing off in a blinding speed to his seat. Cadance took to her seat across from Blueblood as Princess Celestia sat at the head of the table.

"This meeting has been called to order. Blueblood, Cadance, state your case."

Cadance stood up to start with her case. "Your highness, it has come to my attention that there was a young stallion that managed to get into the case of the stallion named Crimson Reeds. He has been known to hire hitmares and assassins to carry out his dirty work. I wish to get him the best optimal protection for him and his family."

"And who would this stallion be, my dear cousin." Blueblood interrupted.

"...Shining Armor, milady." Cadance answered with a blush.

"Cadance..." Celestia addresses to the pink princess with a smile. "It seems to me that you may have found-"

"A suitor?" Blueblood interjects once more.

"Please don't refer him to that accursed terminology. I would rather think of him as a... well... romantic interest." Cadance admits as she fiddles with her hooves.

"Professionalism, dear Cadance." Blueblood mocked. "He's a commoner-"

"He's a cadet, Blueblood. And he is also the son of the current Captain of the Guard. His family is filled with nothing but magic and combat specialists, which already qualifies him to nobility due to his military lineage." Celestia corrected the arrogant prince. "But he is also already well protected. His father sees to that and he will continue to do so, Cadance. So there will be no need to increase any security for his sake."

Cadance stood in protest as she provided another point that she wished to bring up. "Then I recommend that there will be a security increase for those that are closest to him. His mother, his little sister, his friends. What about the foal he takes care of on the weekends? She's just as close as his little sister at this point."

"He's a cadet, Cadance. Let the boy do his job. Personally I rather see him in action. A spar with me should do."

"No Blueblood." Celestia intervenes. "Your skill and talents in magic are already second to mine. I will not have you engage in any exhibitions with stallions that are not thoroughly trained."

"I... Princess!"

"There is nothing else to say Cadance. He's already under the protection of the Captain of the Guard, his own father no less. Additional security will not be necessary. That decision is final."

Cadance tries to hold back her tears as she accepts defeat. "...Decision acknowledged."

As Cadance takes her seat in a somber manner, Blueblood raises himself with his concerns. "Your highness, I hereby motion that I take in your current student in for my own."

Cadance eyes dart over to the ivory princess at the far end of the table. Celestia continued to stare at the table in front of her vision with a look of pure dejection. "I... have no student to give."

"Preposterous! I saw her the last time I visited. She was a-"

"She is no longer the pupil of the princess, Blueblood. She denounced her teachings and ran away." Cadance intercedes on the behalf of her saddened aunt.

"Tragic... She was such a little cutie."

"Oh no. Not this again Blue. You are not deflowering yet another filly just so you can throw them out of your personal harem in the next five years! I refuse!" Cadance shouted across to her depraved cousin.

"Oh come now. If there was to be any instruction that would suffice her appetite for knowledge, then it would be mine. Not only would I teach her the ways of magic, I'd teach her the ways of the world! She would even receive a little hooves-on training." Blueblood suggested as he smirked to his aunt.

"That motion is denied, and will be denied for the next fifty years. Next motion!" Celestia declares sternly before putting her own motion out. "I motion that we need some way to find more bearers for the Elements of Harmony."

Blueblood groaned as he despised the idea of having another wild goose chase for a children's myth. "That's an old pony's tale. The elements died out upon the dawn of the first Summer Sun Celebration. The last pony known to wield them was a certain, cream colored mare that sits among us."

"Blueblood, I'm restraining all of my willpower to come down there and silence you myself." Celestia chided as Blueblood carried on his rant.

Blueblood ignores Celestia's warning and opts to entertain her argument. "Furthermore, I do believe with my magical knowledge, Cadance's... whatever she has to offer, and you Princess, we are current bearers of the Elements of Harmony. This is what it has come to and this is the only choice that we have."

Celestia sat up in her seat as she proceeded to correct Blueblood's theory. "My dear Blueblood, yet you test my patience I shall inform to you the reasons why that you are most unfit to become an element bearer."

"Okay, you may fire when ready."

"First off, you are the furthest from being an honest pony, thanks to your atrocious gambling habits."

"What? I always win though!"

"Second, you cast aside a mare who confessed their undying loyalty and love for you."

"That wrinkled old prune? I'll pass. I liked her when she was a school filly."

"Thus your lack of kindness is evident in that previous statement. Third, you give nothing to charity except the scraps off of your plate, which clearly defines your lack of generosity."

"That is generous. My harem mares would kill to have a taste of the remains that has been soiled by my mouth."

"Fourth, though you have yet to overthrow me, you tend to backbite most of those whom you deal with. Your loyalties are practically non-existent."

"And? It's a dog-eat-dog world out there."

"Fifth, when things don't go as planned for you, you tend to get on the first train smoking rather than seeing the optimism in the situation. You have a crude sense of humor."

"Hmmhmmhmmm... Dead foal jokes."

"And finally, you lack the ambition and drive that you once had in your mortal youth.The only reason that I keep you around is that you make for good balancing of the Equestrian budget. Though you managed to finished the job that many of my accountants had failed to do, you do not display any leadership role whatsoever. And you even went as far as to forget the very essence of what was the source of your magic. So the last element, that could have been a definite possibility, would deny you."

"But... my magic-"

"Thus disqualifying you from ALL SIX of the elements. You get nothing." Celestia finishes her argument against Blueblood.

"...Well I do get all the mares, as a consolation prize." Blueblood counter's her harsh cruel argument with an optimistic one of his own. "See, I can find the optimism in a dark situation.

"Blueblood, so help me, I'm going to make you scream an octave higher than you already speak, If you continue to speak for the remainder of this meeting. Motion passed. Majority rules." Celestia scorns as she loses what little patience that she had with the over-privileged stallion.

"But princess, my harem consists of eight mares, two stallions and three fillies. So that would make me the sounding majority." Blueblood calls back to the tested princess.

Celestia didn't even flinch as she teleported immediately out of her chair. As Blueblood looked around the room to find the location of the ivory princess, he hears a magical pop sounding off behind him. Before he could turn around, Celestia picked up a hoof, cocked it back, aimed for her target and fired one single blast into the crotch of Blueblood. His vision became something galactic as the many nebulas and star systems appeared in front of his very eyes. For an instant, he saw the beginning and the end of the universe, all for that journey to come to an end with a vocal scream. Cadence pulled out a series of tuning forks to catch his note.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"Wow Bluelood. G♭ (G-flat) in the fifth octave is the highest note you've ever hit. Have you considered opera?" Cadance joked as the pain-stricken unicorn lies in a state of rigamortis, clenching both his pride and joy.

Celestia stood over the silent stallion as she addressed to Cadance once more. "I guess that's something we can agree on."

Cadance nodded with optimism before she addressed to her dear aunt. "I'm so sorry about that."

"I'm so sorry that he turned out to be a complete jerk. But he is the only one that can literally keep our country afloat... That is until I can find a new student that would prove not only to be an element bearer, but one that knows how to be organized." Celestia looked to her with a smile, knowing that she shared some of her harsher moments of the past century with her.

Cadance immediately had an idea, one that involved a certain young filly. "...Actually, I might be able to find somepony like that for you."

"Oh you don't have to."

"But I insist. She's a really gifted and unique little unicorn that is very well-studied. She would do so much better than that pupil who decided to bail on you."

Celestia turned her head to the younger princess that stood beside her. "And what would be her name?"

"Twilight Sparkle, the daughter of the Head of the Department of Magical Research."

"Hmm... I'll consider it. But I want to see her for who she is and not hearing it out her the horses mouth." Celestia suggested.

"Understood." Cadance smiled in hearing the news that the foal she saw so much potential with may be her aunt's next student.

"Well, in that case... This meeting is adjourned. Now lets get out of here before Blueblood thinks of something and gets a rise out of it." Celestia states as she begins to make her way to the exit.

"Umm... Actually you may wanna rethink that." Cadance advises to her aunt as she looks to the stallion on the ground.

"Why do you say that, my dear?"

"Because rather then getting a rise out of your hoof, he managed to get off on you hoof."

Celestia looks to the stallion to see what she was talking about. It didn't take her long to realize what Cadance was referring to. On the ground lied a smiling Blueblood as he held himself in his hooves. He also held a rather large erection as well as a copious amount of semen that spilled all over the floor and causing Celestia to step in one of such puddles.

"...Blueblood..." Celestia levitated a chair that she would use as her form of administrative punishment. Blueblood continued to smile, knowing that he got himself off with the assistance of her hoof. He spoke his final words before the chair fell upon his pathetic form.

"I regret nothing."

In the darkest parts of the Canterlot underworld lied the most dangerous thieves, murderers, and crime bosses. Every stallion and their mother knew who was affiliated with what, and if somepony wasn't affiliated with anything, they were either dead or would end up dead by the end of the week. Many of these individuals were lackeys, errand boys pulled off of the streets that tried to make a dishonest living selling a variety of illegal goods on the night streets of Canterlot. But as the pyramid climbed to the top, there were those that had the political influence of a senator or noble. Some were even fully backed by the nobles themselves.

And then there were the dangerous ones. The colts and mares that knew their way around the place could even sneak into government sanctioned buildings and steal private information on whoever they wanted to snuff out. They could even make a short trip to the hospital one that would end up being an easy hit. And in this dark abyss rested a monster...

A monster that lost everything due to a teenage stallion busting the ref he hired.

"Hey boss, whatcha want me ta do with this?" A griffon walked in carrying a sack full of his bounty.

"Return to sender." The earth pony suggested as he pointed to a box in the corner.

Crimson Reeds, the former head coach of the Seaddle Seaponies football team, sat at the table inside of a bar that he secretly owned in the lower district of the city. When he was on the field at the time of his short yet profitable career, he would be at the mercy of the rules and sometimes the officials who enforced those rules. But off the field, he made the calls. The rules were his to bend and break. In fact, there was only one rule in his playbook; obey or die.

He downed the glass of the Applejack Daniels whiskey and quickly poured another glass to drown out any thoughts that brought him back to hear the news that the Canterlot Chevaliers not only won the Quest trophy, but also the trophy that he himself longed to hold; the Prince Lambardi Championship.

Each time he was reminded of the score that sealed the dynamic three-peat that they had without their star running back nearly made him sick to his stomach. And even as the post season came to it's end, he had to deal with the reporters that constantly waived his bounty charges against him. In the end, the league pink-slipped him without as much as a kiss goodbye. The only consolation prize that he had received was the fact that Southwind soon joined him after he was suspended without pay. And even then, Southwind wasn't safe from the committee, who banned him from ever playing another game in his lifetime.

"Hey boss! I got some useful info on a certain idiot who did us in." Southwind announced to Crimson as soon as he walked through the door.

"What did you find out?" Crimson Reeds asked as he knocked back another glass of the whiskey.

"Well, digging through his personal records, we managed to find some pretty useful shit. He goes to Canterlot's School for Gifted Unicorns. He lives here in the city with the upper-crusts. His full name is Shining Armor Aegnus Sparkle. His mother is Head of Magic Research. His dad is Captain of the Guard. Cute little sugar mamma he's got. Oh and get this; according to his medical and paternal records, he's having a foal at the expense of a certain hoofball player we used to know."

Crimson took a moment to put down the glass without pouring another drop in hearing the news. "A foal?"

"Yeah, the mother's name is a 'Pearl Belle' sir." Southwind advertised with a smirk.

"His wife!? This kid is a pro! I'd like 'em if he didn't fuck up the vibe we had goin' for the season. Hey, Guttree!" Crimson called out to the griffon in the back room.

"Yeah boss?"

"Detour that package, will ya?" Crimson ordered before pouring up another drink, this time to celebrate a plan in the making.

"Sure thing boss! Where to?"

"Not where... who." Crimson laughed to himself as his plan started to root inside of his head. Soon he would see the fruit of his labors soon enough.

"Kay boss. Who is the recipient of this lovely little package."

Crimson smiled as he stood up out of the chair to give the name out to his accomplice. Southwind already knew that he would soon be seeing a certain stallion he wanted to see for a long time.

"Address it to a uh... Shining Armor."

Author's Note

Shitty Headcanon Time
Princess Celeste Delanise Valkerie was her birth name and also the name she used to sign official documents.
To other things and her subjects alike, she was known as Princess Celestia.
Shitty Headcanon Time Over

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