Big Brother

Dads are easy to deal with. They give you a couple of tests and if you pass them, they allow you to date their daughters. With big brothers, not so much. Heck, Shining Armor didn't even give me a chance. Twilight stayed with her parents for the weekend, so I visited her. Shining Armor also stayed. He came in Twilight's room to ask her a question, then saw me kissing her. Before I could even react, he zapped me with his horn and left a temporary burn on my left wing. He then charged at me and pinned me against the wall, and then demanded to know what I was doing. I was so scared by then I couldn't speak. That was one heck of a day.

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Twilight's horn illuminated and using her magic, she pulled Shining Armor off me.

I breathed with relief as I wiped the sweat from my forehead.

"What the hell is going on?!" Shining Armor screamed.

The voice was terrifying. I've heard Shining Armor yell before, but never in true anger. I covered my ears and crouched to the ground, knowing that this was stupid because this isn't what a royal guard is supposed to do.

Twilight put her right hoof on Shining Armor's chest and pushed him back to keep Shining Armor from approaching me. "Shining! Stop!" she screeched, "Let me explain!" But Shining Armor just pushed her away and continued to come towards me.

He didn't gallop towards me, but I think that would've been less terrifying. Him only walking towards me gave me plenty of time to think about all of the possible things he could punish me with.

I saw Twilight grew angry, and she then jumped onto her brother's back and pulled with all of her strength, using her magic and wings to help her. "Run! Fly!" she screamed.

I wasn't in the castle, so there would be no place to fly. I can't fly out the window, they were too small to fit through. Even if I could fit through the window, I wouldn't be able to fly from my hurt wing. My only option was to run past Twilight and Shining Armor. And so I did. I galloped out of the door, down the stairs, into the kitchen, and out of the house. I've never wished to fly so much in my life. I galloped and galloped, but my hoovesteps were loud; Shining Armor would know exactly where I was going. I heard another pair of hoovesteps from behind me, and I ran even faster. They couldn't be Twilight's; these were heavier, and I'm sure Twilight would fly as an alternative.

Then, I saw a pinkish light glow from behind me, and the sound of magic illuminating. Before I could even think, Shining Armor appeared in front of me with a pink flash. I screamed, and took for the sky but my pattern was unbalanced and I hit the hard Canterlot concrete ground. Shining Armor's face of disapproval was the only thing I could see when I looked back up.

"What do you think you're doing with my sister?" He said, looking like he was about to rip off my head.

"Captain Shining Armor, I-" I began to explain, but he cut me off.

"So you think you can just come up and go out with her, just like that?! You didn't think you needed approval, as your captain?" He yelled.

"Shining Armor!" I yelled back, and I got to my hooves, "She's a full grown mare! She can make her own choices!"

I knew it wasn't the smartest thing to back-talk your captain, but not allowing Twilight to make choices on her own just her own was ridiculous. She was a princess, for Celestia's sake!

"Did you just backtalk me?!" Shining Armor hissed, "I can put you in the Canterlot dungeon for that! I can demote you! I can kick you off the squad! You do not backtalk me!"

I didn't know whether to argue back or submit. Just then, Twilight came galloping into the fight.

"Shining Armor!" She screamed, getting into his face.

I didn't know whether to worry or be relieved. Twilight could get hurt, but I knew Shining Armor would never hurt her. But her interrupting might get her in a ton of trouble, too.

"Twilight! What do you think you're doing, dating him?" Shining Armor screamed back.

I suddenly felt bad for the ponies nearby. It was about ten at night, and their yelling must of woken them up. I took the opportunity to run, but it wasn't long before Shining Armor caught up and gave me a good punch under my chin. I fell backwards onto the street. I heard Twilight scream.

I let out a yelp as my back and head collided with the ground, and my chin was throbbing. Shining Armor's horn illuminated, and he zapped me again. This time on my chest. I felt the sting go through all over my body, and I twitched and yelped again. He kicked my back right hoof.

I looked at him in fear and hatred. I never knew dating Twilight would bring this much pain.Twilight galloped and zapped her own brother, and he  had a burn on his right front hoof. It amused me, but I couldn't bring myself to laugh. I'd probably get killed. Shining Armor's horn illuminated in reply, and he zapped Twilight, I screamed, fearing that she might get hurt. But she wasn't hurt.

I looked at Twilight in shock. What did her brother do?

Twilight then tried illuminating her horn but couldn't.

"Ohnononono!" she screamed.

He used a spell; the five-minute-no-magic spell. I remember Twilight telling me about it before we dated. She said although it was a short time without magic, it took the most advanced unicorns to cast it. This just made me fear of what Shining Armor was capable of doing even more than ever.

Now the only thing Twilight could do was charge at Shining Armor.

It wasn't the smartest idea, but I got back up onto my hooves and began to gallop more, despite my injuries. It didn't take that much effort for Shining Armor to zap my three other legs. I collapsed to the ground.

I saw Twilight trying to pull her brother away from me, but he was far too strong for her. He came up to me, and punched me back and forth from one side of my face. It hurt, it hurt so much, but I couldn't scream. I couldn't.

I lost conscious.