Forgetting by Going Back

This is boring me to tears.

Celestia had the pleasure of a grown stallion -- her own Captain -- making foalish faces to his princess, of which she couldn't find anymore tedious right now. In truth, he was a mere distraction compared to the literal Alicorn just plainly sitting beside her.

She noted the odd appearance of his body...thinking the stallion resembled a prank photograph.

No.

On second thought, she suspected his seemingly assembled body was the act of a spell. Specifically...one of the illusion variety.

Taking the chance with the pony being at climbing distance, Celestia pounced on Lightning-Strike, intent on bringing upon him a world of pain. She pelted him with buck after buck, strike after strike, and even bite at his ears a bit for she knew the power an ear-pull could conjure.

Yet, from all her bravado, only the laughs of Shining Armor echoed throughout the nursery.

Celestia ceased her nibbling of the adult pony's swaying ears to spit out rather rudely, "Captain Armor, I demand you assist me in roughing up Discord at once! He should be shown no mercy! Quickly, get out your sword, and cut off his tail as pun-"

Celestia soon found herself sailing through the air to wind up back in the grips of her own ponysal warrior, bent on ignoring the chain-of-command.

"Now, Celly, you can't just attack Lightning-Strike just because he's an accident," Shining explained to the child as simply as he thought a foal could hoofle.

Lightning-Strike opened their eyes at the comment, even getting up in anger at the insult.

The trapped pair asked of their brother-in-law, "Who are you to offend us?!"

Shining Armor noted the horn charging, wings flapping hotly. In preparation of what he hoped wouldn't ensue, he still placed a Guardian shield around himself and his temporary charge.

To his great dismay, the young stallion only seemed more aggravated Shining's desire to protect the royal child from harm, stomping and charging up his horn with more fury and power. Shining rushed for the door, his magical shield on guard to save them both from the brunt of the attack.

A barrage of lasers blasted down the hallway, puncturing through walls to reach their intended target.

"I'm with child, you little bastard!", was all Shining could scream out as he awkwardly descended down the hallway, his foe now after him with horn freshly powered up.

Celestia wasn't too sure why Discord would seemingly fire magic at Shining Armor, or refer to himself with another name besides his own.

Shining Armor called for more guards to come restrain the unruly makeshift Alicorn. This was honestly getting out-of-hoof.

Unfortunately, nopony came, leaving Shining Armor to make a stand to end this torment once and for all. He couldn't just merely run until exhausted. This was a fight to the death. Shining was a warrior, he knew this to be certain!

So, he stomped a hoof, cracked his neck, stared down the hallway for the approaching pony, and...

Watched as a crying Lightning-Strike trudged down the hall with Cadence in tow.

For buck's sakes.

Cadence, once spotting her in-trouble husband, stomped a hoof, cracked her neck, and stared through the stallion's soul.

He tried to guess if he was the one in trouble, "S-soooo, your brother did a lotta damage to that nursery-"

She bellowed out in her Royal Canterlot Voice, taught by none other than Celestia herself, "Did you honestly call my brothers both mistakes?!"

"Technically, acciden-"

"Raaaaarrrrrrrr!!!!"

...

Shining Armor decided it'd be in his best interest to place Celestia gently on the floor, then promptly ran away with his tail between his legs, screaming for any guard in the vicinity to protect their Captain...from his wife.