Jack stared blankly at the ceiling of his new room. The room that Celestia whisked him away to and promptly fucked him in was his new room in the Castle. The day after, he was introduced to the populous as “new royalty” and while not any relation to the current royal family, he still held the title of Prince. Jack scoffed as he rolled over to face the window. A week in Canterlot and he’s already a Prince. A Prince of what? Nothing. When he was human, he would always joke to his friends about being royalty. And now that he was, in his new life, it felt like an empty title. So much that he began missing what little simple life he had back in the Everfree Forest. Now he felt like the royal fuck buddy.

Jack sighed as he tried to get some sleep. He felt that his species really didn't need sleep, but he did so anyways to appear normal. The night was beginning and he opted out of the latest party, celebrating “Prince” Blueblood’s latest acquisition. He didn’t care, this world that he already felt out of place was really doing a good job of making sure he never did. Jack eyes slowly closed and he felt himself fall into a trance.

‘Jack…Jack…’

‘That voice…is it in my head?’ he thought lucidly.

‘You desire purpose within my lands…seek out the Temple of the Changing Seasons…’

‘Temple…of the Changing Seasons…’ Jack eyes snapped open as he quickly sat up. Looking out the window, the sky was a deep gray as it snowed. ‘What…the hell? It was the middle of the summer last night? Why is it snowing?’ His mind went back to the voice he heard in his sleep. ‘The temple…I see…Something must of happened at the Temple.’

“Prince Jack, are you awake?” asked a voice at his door.

“Yes I am. Come on in.” Jack said as he hurried to his closet. He heard the door open and shut.

“Flash Sentry, checking in on you. Princess Celestia wants everyone accounted for as they try to figure out whats going on.” Flash blinked as he watched prince throw clothes out onto the bed. “Sir…what are you doing?”

“Flash, don’t call me sir, just Jack. If you have to do so in public, fine, but right now it’s just me and you.” Jack complained. “And what I’m doing is going through this useless stuff and finding scraps for what I need.”

“What are you planning?” Flash asked.

“Tell me, have you heard of the Temple of the Changing Seasons?” Jack asked as he walked out of his closet. He was now wearing the sneaking suit he made, though he made some modifications to it when he last used it. It now was seamless, and fit underneath his clothing like spandex.

“Yes, it’s located south of Canterlot, what about it?”

“You and I are going on a little trip.” Jack said as his horn glowed. He was using his magic to transform the clothing into something useful. The end result was a blue tunic, brown gloves and boots. Slipping the articles of clothing on, he turned to Flash. “I have a hunch, and I’m going to investigate it. And I know Celly is going to have a fit if I go alone. So go grab Tempest and gear up for cold travel.”

“O-okay. Should I tell anyone-“

“No…this one is off the grid. I don’t want anyone else interfering with my investigation.” Jack replied putting on a white cloak. He clipped on something to his belt and he turned invisible. “I’ll be following you two while you make haste to the Temple. Tread heavily, as I’ll be walking right behind you, step by step.”

“I get it. You’ll be literally following my footsteps so nobody will notice that three ponies are leaving the building. Gotcha.”

“Right. So hop to it, the sooner we get this done the better.”

A short while later, Flash and Tempest were leaving out of the castle. The guards didn’t bat an eyelash at them as while the Castle was on lockdown, the guards were doubling as carriers so it was natural for them to come and go at the current situation. After a hour long trek, they made it to the temple. Jack turned visible as he walked up the stairs with Flash and Tempest.

“So what are we investigating here? This temple is usually only populated during the Solstices and Equinoxes.” Tempest questioned as they reached the top.

“Something out of the ordinary…” Jack said as they entered. The Temple looked like a simple church of all things. ‘I haven’t been in a church in ages…this place is definitely suspicious considering that there hasn’t been any mention of organized religion in any of the texts I read.’ “Fan out and search for anything.” The three split up as they went searching around the hall. Jack went up to the statue that was most prominent in the entire room. The Statue depicted a pony in robes holding up a staff. The Staff had a globe on it with four moons circling it.

“This must symbolize the Solstices and Equinoxes.” Jack muttered. He noted an inscription on the front of the statue’s base with a similar globe/moon design near it. “Gur Sbhe Frnfbaf ner gur Xrl. Gur Cngu jvyy ortva ng gur punatvat bs frnfbaf? What is this?” Suddenly a memory of his past life sprung into the forefront of his mind. ‘Okay this is getting creepy. That description was deliberately written in Rot13. Not a lot of people even know how to decipher Rot13, let alone use it.’

Touching the mechanism near the description, Jack began turning the moons in order. It was then he realized that it wasn’t big orb in the center wasn’t the planet, it was a sun. ‘Oh…clever girl…’ Fixing the orbs, Jack gasped as a bright light engulfed him causing him to disappear. “What the he-“

Flash and Tempest looked up from their searching to see Jack gone. “W-where did he go?!” Flash asked confused.

“I don’t know, he was here just a moment ago!”

“We need to find him and fast!”

//---0---//

Jack groaned as he picked himself up. ‘I don’t think I’ll ever get used to teleporting…’ After balancing himself, he took a cursory glance at his surroundings. ‘…Damn it…I hate when my hunches are right. This must be the actual Temple of Seasons.’ Jack sighed as he tucked away his cloak and cloaking device into his hammerspace and he conjured up a sword and shield. ‘I had a feeling I might be dungeon crawling today, so I brought out my Zelda gear. Let’s just hope that I don’t run into a Gohma or something.’ Sheathing his sword and putting his shield on his back, Jack ran to the closest door.

//---0---//

Shining Armor sighed as he entered the Temple of the Changing Seasons. Celestia and Luna found out that Jack snuck out and sent him to find Jack and the two awol guards. When he entered the temple, he found himself watching in morbid fashion as Tempest was shaking the newer recruit, Flash, in anger.

“PRINCES DON’T DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR, FLASH!”

“WHY ARE YOU SHAKING ME?! ALL I SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE HE TELEPORTED AWAY?!”

“JACK HATES TELEPORTING!”

Shining facepalmed as he watched the two bicker. Having enough of it, he separated the two with his magic. Blinking at the sudden intervention, both Flash and Tempest paled as they saw their captain. “Sir!” They both exclaimed saluting.

“Now that you two are done, tell me whats going.”

“Well…” Flash began nervously. “I went to check up on the Prince, as per orders. When I given clearance into his room, he was gearing up. His highness said that he had a hunch and he didn’t need Princess Celestia and Princess Luna interfering with his investigation.”

“A…hunch?” Shining asked confused.

“He believed that whatever caused such a drastic change in the weather could be linked to this place.” Tempest replied. “We were searching the area for anything as per his orders when we heard his shout out. When we turned to him, he was gone – vanished into thin air.”

“I believe he was teleported by something, sir. Tempest has worked with the Prince before I did, and noted that Teleportation was not his forte.” Flash concluded.

“Well…What was the Prince doing before his disappearance?”

“He was reading the inscription on the statue.” Tempest answered. “He found whatever it says interesting. We checked it, and we can’t decipher what it says. It goes beyond anything we’ve both seen before.”

“Well that’s just great. And the Prince was probably the only one who could read it,” Shining said rubbing his temples. “Right. I got to report this. You two aren’t in trouble per say. You were just following orders. Stay here and see if he reappears.”

“Sir!”

//---0---//

‘How’d I fucking call this one? It’s partially flooded. I knew it’ll be a water dungeon.’ He thought annoyed as he swam through a long hallway filled with water. He conjured up the Zora Tunic which was known to be enchanted with the ability to allow the wearer to breath underwater. So far, hes slain what would be the Equestrian counterparts to Octoroks, Skulltulas, and Tektites. He found several rare gems and was now heading to the final chamber. ‘How does Link deal with this? I mean honestly, I’m exhausted.’

Finally reaching the final room, he surfaced and climbed out of the water. Opening the final door, he went inside the room. What he was greeted with was a shadowy figure. The figure looked like a Unicorn made out of pure darkness. His horn was jagged and was blood red.

“So…the new prince has arrived.” The figured said with a sneer.

“Oh goody a Phantom,” Jack exclaimed with sarcasm. “Let me guess, you’re the Phantom of King Sombra, you came to this temple to usurp the power of the season so you can revive and continue your reign of terror.”

The phantom frowned. “How do you know so much?”

“Honestly I was taking a shot in the dark. Well now that I know, you know I got to stop you right?”

“You can try fool!” The Darkness exploded into a giant beast with claws that dripped darkness and one eye.

Jack sighed. ‘Obvious weak point: check. Cheesey looking appendages that serve no purpose for defense: check. Obvious boss fight is obvious. I better take care of this quickly.’

Jack charged the Phantom with speed that belied the level of exhaustion. He slid under the heavy claw strikes and slashed the eye several times before backing away. The phantom roared as he tried to grapple with Jack. “DIE!” the Phantom exclaimed.

“You first!” Jack replied as he dodged the claws again and drove his sword into the eye and twisting it. The Phantom squealed in pain as it slowly broke apart.

“No matter, I will be whole and when I am, you will die!” It said as it finally died.

After a moment of silence the room suddenly was illuminated as a gem fell from the ceiling. Jack caught the gem. It looked like the sun and the planet circling it. He could feel the energy radiating from it as it slowly filled his body.

“You have proven yourself worthy of keeping the Element of Seasons.” A melodic voice said as the gem slowly vanished…no he could feel it, deep within his aura. “Use this power wisely to protect Equestria.” He could feel himself vanishing from the room as he heard the voice speak one more time. “Protect…protect my daughters from the darkness.”

//---0---//

Tempest was pacing as she and Flash waited for something to happen.

“All that pacing isn’t helping,” Flash commented as he lounged in one of the benches. “We just have to trust the Prince to come back is all.”

“I don’t know why I agreed to help you two!” Tempest exclaimed wanting to pull her hair out. She knew why, the sex was great. But Flash didn’t need to know that she banged the Prince.

Suddenly a flash of light and grunt drew their attention to the entrance. Jack was slowing getting up. “S-seriously, why does teleporting exist!”

“Your highness!” Both Flash and Tempest ran to Jack to help him up. “Are you alright, sir?”

“Well…if you knew what I had to do…” Jack said shaking the cobwebs out of his head. “Anyways lets go, I have a solution to the problem.”

Flash and Tempest looked confused but followed Jack outside. Jack was standing at the top of the stair, conjuring something. His magical aura looked different now. Before it was green, the standard for most changelings. Now his aura glowed in multiple colors. They watched as he formed a rod with a glass orb on top of it. Grabbing the rod, It glowed red as he pointed at the sky. There was a bright flash that blinded them both. When the light went away…

“No…way…” Flash muttered.

“Y-you changed it back to Summer!” Tempest shouted confused. “HOW?!”

“I’ll tell you when we get back to the Castle. It’s a long story and I’m pretty sure I’m going to get reamed for sneaking out anyways.” Jack said twirling the rod before it disappeared. “Let’s not keep them waiting.” Jack began the trek back to the castle humming a jaunty tune.

“Tempest.”

“Yes Flash?”

“The Prince confuses me.”

“He confuses me too.”

Author's Note

Okay so this was kinda of a filler chapter if anything. I wanted to introduce Flash Sentry into the mix early before getting into the serious plot of the story. Plus I wanted an excuse to write in a Zelda Sequence. This is canon this this story. I decided to write the whole "Prince of Seasons" thing because each of the Alicorn class characters in MLP have some sort of powerful gimmick - Celestia has the Sun, Luna has the Moon and Dreams, and Candace is well...technically the embodiment of Love technically. Giving him power over Seasons makes his powers just seem mild in comparison. Outside the complications that he could technically kill crops and basically freeze the planet over, its not that big of a power boost.

Also the Inheritance Laws. In this story, it reads as follows:

Nobility is granted by the ruling body if the individual receiving nobility has show great courage and commitment to the realm.

If that individual dies, their title is passed on to the next available heir.

Individuals that show an unusual talent or mutation shall be given nobility. If this individual is a female, she must sire a male child for future breeding. If the Individual is a male, he shall breed to propagate the talent or mutation to see if it sticks. The male is allowed several wives to that end.

The Realm can take away the individual's nobility if the individual commits treason towards the realm.

To sum it up - if you're good at what you do and you help out alot of people, you get a title. If you die and you have a child, they get that title. If you have strange or unusual powers, you must breed to make more of you, and if you commit treason you're fucked.