Her Princess Charming

High Commander Loft Wing gulped as he kept his back pressed against the wall, sweat rolling down his form as the temperature in the room rose steadily. He had always known this day would come, the day he and the others of the flock got found out, but he had always held out a naive hope that it would be long after he retired, like his father. Now though, now he was faced with the wrath of a mare whose fires he had been stupid enough to think had died out long ago.

“DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS!?” roared the princess, flinging files at upon the stallions desk as her eyes glowed with a hellish fire. “HUNDREDS OF MARES AND STALLIONS RAPED FOR THE PLEASURE OF YOUR SUBORDINATES, RESULTING FOALS FOALNAPPED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEEMED MILITARY PROPERTY, AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER CRIMES COMMITTED BY THOSE UNDER YOUR COMMAND THAT I REFUSE TO MENTION!”

She took a step forward, the heat from her hoof actually causing the stone to heat up as she shouted some more, her spit actually burning through his fur and into his skin as she vented her rage on him. “BUT THE WORST OF ALL THESE ACTS CAN’T COMPARE TO WHAT THAT…FILTH YOU CALL OFFSPRING ATTEMPTED TO DO TO MY PRIZED STUDENT LAST NIGHT, AND IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR THE ELEMENT OF LOYALTY’S INTERVENTION, AS WELL AS MY SISTERS, SHE WOULD HAVE ENDED UP RAPED!”

Again the princess made another step forward, this time her hoof sinking into the ground a bit as the heat intensified even further. “SO I ASK ONCE AGAIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY FOR YOURSELF!?”

Loft stood there for a long moment, and then stood to his full height, glaring at the princess as he spoke. “I am Loft Wing, direct descendant of High Commander Hurricane, and member of one of the most pure flocks in all of Equestria. We are a privileged few, held above all the rest so that we can defend those who can’t defend themselves, including you princess, so I don’t have to say a damn thing to you!”

He expected many reactions from the princess, but he didn’t not expect actual steam to fly from her flaring nostrils, nor for the princess’s horn to flare blinding white as he felt all four of his legs simultaneously shatter, causing him to scream.

After she had dealt with the high commander, Celestia had gone on a rampage, dealing with every single member of the Canterlot Flock who were part of this damnable affair, save for Flash himself. Him she was saving for Twilight’s family, even though she was sorely tempted to tan his blithering hide.

Now however, now she was sitting in her office, steam still billowing from her nostrils and her main and tail crackling like fire, instead of flowing gently like it usually did. She looked around for a moment, and then let out a deep sigh, grabbing a bell on her desk and ringing it before setting it back down as a brutishly large thestral appeared before her.

“You rang?”

“Yes I did,” said Celestia with a sigh, “I need you to fetch Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and lieutenant Shining Armor, for I have a matter which must be discussed with them.”

The thestral nodded, disappearing into the shadows and giving Celestia a few more moments to calm down, before the familiar sound of teleportation sounded in front of her door, and then a knock. “Enter.”

The door opened, and in walked her niece Cadance, and the one who she had chosen as her mate, Twilight’s big brother Shining Armor.

“Hey aunty,” said Cadance, walking over and giving her a hug before pulling back and giving her a sheepish grin. “Are you doing ok, I don’t think I heard you freak out that much since the time the nobles tried to have me married off to the Sultan of Saddle Arabia.”

Celestia gave a snort at that memory, both ponies backing away a bit as the steam washed over her desk, but she sighed all the same. “I am fine, just dealing with something I should have dealt with a long time ago…a long time ago…”

Shining looked at Cadance for a moment, then Shining Armor spoke up, “You’re talking about the flock of Canterlot aren’t you?”

Celestia shot him a look, “You know about them?”

“…Everypony in the guard knows about what they do princess…”

“Shining what are you talking about?” asked Cadance.

Before Shining Armor could speak, Celestia passed Cadance a folder, the young alicorn reading it over quickly, her eyes taking on an angry glow before finally she threw down the file and looked at her aunt. “HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON!”

“For over a hundred years apparently,” said Celestia, “though I only found out last night when Luna sent me a group from the flock, a group who had apparently been planning on raping Twilight.”

The moment the words left her mouth Cadance and Shining’s eyes light up with a righteous fire, both of them asking the same thing in the same defining voice.

“WHERE ARE THEY!!!”

Celestia sighed again, “They are in the dungeons, but before either of you run off to do what I know by right’s you are allowed, there is something I need to discuss with both of you.”

Both ponies looked at each other a moment, then sat down, waiting for the older mare to speak.

“As you no doubt have guessed, I have done extensive digging into this matter, and what I have found is…well to be honest it is frightening to me. This…problem apparently doesn’t just concern the flock of Canterlot, but has spread to every military flock within the kingdom. There are parts of it that can be salvaged, but unlike here; I can’t possibly take care of this all by myself.”

She got up, walking around her desk till she was standing in front of the map of Equestria, sighing once more as she spoke. “To effect change, I need ponies I can trust, which brings me to a question.”

She turned to look at Shining then, the stallion looking nervous. “If you knew what was going on, why didn’t you do anything?”

“I…” started Shining, “I wanted to princess, I really did, but none of us who knew anything thought we could fix it, not when we didn’t have the power to affect the kind of change we desired.”

“And if you had the power to affect such change?”

Shining got a determined look, “I do my best to restore the honor of the Equestrian military, and make sure such things never happened again.”

Celestia smiled, “that’s exactly what I wanted to hear High Commander Shining Armor.”

Shining spluttered, “Wha…what!?”

Celestia moved over and placed a wing on his shoulder, “Due to the fact that I cannot trust the pegasi at the moment, I am making you High Commander of the Equestrian military, for I believe you are the only one who I can trust to affect the changes we both know need to be made.”

“But…but princess,” said Shining, “surely there is a pony better suited them me for the position.”

“There might be,” said Celestia, “but like your sister, you are one of the phew ponies who has devoted himself to the mare that is your princess, not the image, and that is the kind of pony I want rebuilding my military.”

She then turned to Cadance, “As for you, a strong leader always needs the helping hoof of a friend, or in some cases something more. Because of this, I want you to stay close to Shining Armor, to make sure he stays on his desired path and not slip down the path of those who came before.”

“Aunty?” she asked, confused by her request.

At that Celestia gave her a knowing grin, “you both may think you have been hiding it quite well, but I have known about you relationship for a long time.”

Both ponies blushed, causing Celestia to smile, before her face became grim. “Now…about Flash Sentry.”

Immediately Shining Armor snorted, “what about him?”

“While you both have right to claim umbrage against Flash Sentry, our laws state that he must be held accountable for his actions before a court of his own peers, and must be alive to make it to that court date.”

Both ponies looked disappointed, but then Celestia gave them an evil grin, “However, the laws say nothing about what condition he must be in when presented to the court, so with that, I give you leave.”

Cadance and Shining were gone in a flash, leaving the princess to smirk as she walked to her office window and looked down upon the guard barracks, where the prisoners were currently being held.

“I wonder if they realize how deep of a pyre they have landed themselves in.”

“Hey, hey pee brain, I’m talking to you dick head listen to me, you have no right to keep me in here!”

Flash and his cohorts were currently locked in the barracks jail cell, Flash himself pounding upon the cell door as he yelled at the guards, who to his ever growing anger were pegasi from his flock.

“Aren’t you listening to me you maggot, I am the son of your dam high commander, so you better fucking…”

One of the guards rounded on him, actually head-butting the door with enough force to dent the bars before glaring at him. “You will keep your mouth shut you fucking scum, and be thankful that the only reason I am not tearing you apart is because I don’t want to deprive Twilight’s brother the chance to mess you up, for nopony messes with the princesses student, nopony!!!”

The guard then turned his back on the stallion, ignoring his further attempts to get his attention, and then smiled when he saw Shining Armor walking down the steps.

However, that smile turned into a dropped jaw when he saw Shining’s new attire, and behind him, Flash looked livid. “How dare you wear that uniform scum, only the high commander…?”

“I am the High Commander you insolent swine!” yelled Shining Armor, causing Flash to blanch. “The Princess instated me as High Commander after she found out what your father has been allowing to happen.”

“Allowing to happen, the only thing he’s been allowing to happen is…”

Before he could finish a blue glow surrounded his neck, causing him to choke as Cadance walked down the stairs after Shining, her eyes glowing menacingly as she spoke. “You shall not speak in my presence unless I deem it necessary cur, so I think I’ll be taking your voice till were done here.”

Flash choked more, and out of his mouth came a ball of glowing light, a ball which floated away from him and over to Cadance, who placed it in a bag she was carrying. After that was done, she let go of his throat, Flash trying to speak a bit and finding his voice had indeed been taking, and promptly wet himself in fear.

“Now,” said Shining, glaring at the stallions trapped in the cell with a fire in his eye. “You stallions planned on raping my sister, prized pupil of Princess Celestia and bearer of the Element of Magic, simply because she spurred your advances due to her sexual preferences.”

He snorted, his anger clearly shown in the glare he leveled at the tan stallion. “Normally I would be well within my rights to deal with you as harshly as I see fit, as are the laws when it comes to royal…disagreements. However, as High Commander I cannot be seen doing such…things on my own, it wouldn’t be proper.”

Flash and his compatriots looked gladdened for a moment, till Shining spoke once more. “However, it is custom for the High Commander to pass on less savory tasks to those under his command, so in keeping with tradition, I am going to pass on your punishment to more capable hooves. BOYS, FALL IN!!!”

After he said that, three stallions came into the room, and the ones in front of the cell moved up to join with them, all of them turning to Shining Armor as he spoke. “You boys get the privilege of dealing with this scum yourselves, just remember, they need to be alive when they report to their hearing, but till then, their all yours.”

He then left with Cadance, leaving his guard to deal with the loathsome stallions who had attempted to rape his sister.

Flashes last act of defiance was to yell with all his might at the retreating stallion, but not a sound was heard as the stallions opened the cell door and rushed in to exact their revenge.