Shield and Sword

Once upon a time…Or at least last Tuesday...

There lived two great knights, Shield and Sword. These great warriors were friends once, but then something happened on that day of the Fall Harvesting festival. Don’t worry they went back to being friends again. But what could it have been that caused these two friends to fight? You might ask yourself. Well, it was a mare.

I guess I should start with the descriptions of the characters.

Shield was a muscular, white Earth Pony, with silver mane and tail. Shield is also known as SH. Whereas Sword was a very slim, silver Earth Pony, with a white tail and mane. Sword is also known as SW.

Anyways, on to the story…

Our heroes were stuck in the dungeon of a small town known as Hoovesbury, this place is especially known for it's fantastic supply of wheat crops.

SH was lying on the bed of the cell, staring at the ceiling with a blank stare. SW sat under the window, listening to the ponies going on about their business.

“How’s it coming along?” SH asked, not moving from the bed.

SW stood up and peeked through the window. It was a very nice, warm, blue day. A few clouds in the sky, the sun shined in such a way the crops seemed to glow in its very wake. He saw that the ponies were working very fast and furiously. You see, this week is the annual Fall Harvesting festival, so everypony must work very hard to prepare for this festival in honor of the crops they have grown.

"Still the same as it was before." SW sighed. His eyes panned through the scene, until something caught his eye.

It was a beautiful golden, yellow mare Unicorn. With a long, light green mane and tail. Her emerald eyes seem to sparkle in the sunlight. A cupid’s arrow struck SW right in the heart.

“Why would such a beautiful creature such as her be a harvester?” SW asked to apparently no pony at all. He slumped down below the window in a love-struck manor.

SH got up from the bed, “What in the blazes are you talking about?” SH looked outside through the window. He too saw the gorgeous mare outside working in the fields. “A damsel such as here doesn’t need to work for she could have others do it for her.” He slumped down beside SW in the same manor.

“Wait, you love her too?” SW asked in a surprised tone.

“Of course I do, who couldn’t resist a mare such as her?”

“But I love her.”

“Well I claim her.”

“You can’t claim her, for I saw her first.”

“But you got the last mare, so this one is mine.”

“That one didn’t count because--“

“Gentleponies, your time is done, let’s go.” A guard pony said to the two stallions that were pressed up against each other in rage. “Also, please wait to fight, until we get outside, cause I really don’t want to have to scrape up yet another cell today.”

***

The white pony guard led the two angry stallions out of the dungeon and to the front of the Town Square. As the two stallions came upon the entrance. SH saw that the beautiful mare was in the Town Square as well. SH thought of what to say to her, what to give her. Then, that’s when he spotted a stand that was selling bouquets of flowers. SH snuck away from SW while he wasn’t looking and bought a bouquet of flowers.

“Hello there my dear.” SH said to the unicorn and showed her the flowers. “You look rather ravishing today.”

The mare blushed when she took the flowers. “Why thank you, how thoughtful.”

“My name is Shield, but you can call me SH for short. What is your name?” SH asked.

“My name is Mary Maiden, but you can call me Maiden.” She replied.

SW rammed SH out of the way, he held a bigger bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates in his hooves. “And my name is Sword, but people call me SW. Pleasure to meet you my lady.” SW said, holding out the gifts.

Maiden gave a slight grin to herself, like she knew what was going on. She nodded her head and decided that she would play along. SW and Maiden walked off towards the square. SH became a little flustered by this. SH and Maiden chatted for a while, getting to know each other, before Maiden stopped in front of a puddle in the sidewalk.

“Oh my, I wish not to get dirty before the festival.” Maiden said.

SW looked around for anything he could use for Maiden to walk on, but all he had was his sword. And that certainly wasn’t going to cut it. Then SH came along. SH set his shield down on the puddle for Maiden to walk over.

“Allow me my dear.” SH said with gentlepony charm.

“Why thank you sir knight.” Maiden gave a small bow.

SH picked his shield up, giving SW a slight smirk as he did. “Better luck next time, mate.”

The couple trotted onwards to the market. They were about halfway there before maiden stopped to sit and rub her hooves.

“Are you alright my lady?” SH asked anxiously.

“I’m quite fine, thank you. I’m just tired from all that working in the fields.” She continued to message her hooves. “I wish we had a carriage.”

SH looked around for a carriage, but noticed that all the rentals were gone. Then suddenly, a carriage pulled up beside the two ‘lovers’ that was driven by SW.

“Hop on fair Maiden!” SW commanded from upon what seems to be the last rental carriage in a heroic tone.

"I would love to." And Maiden did so with a vibrant smile.

SW looked back at SH and gave a smirk. “Better luck next time mate.” SW said in a mocking voice. The carriage speed off, leaving SH in a cloud of dust.

"Alright then Sword." SH quietly said to himself. "This means war."