"What?" I asked, the group still staring at me with an awestruck expression.

"The Princess is gonna be pissed" Shining trailed off, lowering his head slightly.

"Why is that exactly sir?" I asked, fearing what was to follow.

"You just beat her record, Luna doesn't like getting beaten in anything." Shining said ,flinching slightly, reflecting some past experience I wasn't eager to dig up just yet.

"That's a right shame sir, but the princess will just have to gain the record back." I said, turning to the treeline and chuckling."Won't you Princess!" I shouted, prompting the sounds of branches and twigs snapping violently as the Alicorn landed with a violent thump from her perch within the trees.

"B-but how?" The startled Lunar Princess stuttered, pulling herself back up to her hooves with the aid of the tree next to her.

"You need to work on your camouflage and concealment Princess, I noticed you as soon as we hit the trail." I scratched my head, chuckling once more. "You should probably refrain from muttering as well, that pretty much gave you away completely. So, do you have a reason for following me?" I asked, slightly annoyed at being trailed.

" Would thou expect us to allow a creature we barely know to be left without proper supervision?" The Princess asked, making her point clear.

"Of course not, but I would at least expect some form of trust. If you wanted to supervise me, you should have just left me in that cell, your lack of trust concerns me." I explained, becoming frustrated with my circumstances.

"Leaving thou in the cell would have done none of us any favours, we know that and thou should too." She sighed." We suppose we should have afforded thou more trust, but leaving you in a cage may have allowed mine record to sit untouched as it has before you flounced in and ruined it." She joked, pouting slightly. "We have reconsidered our offer on you training our troops. Our nation, although it has its own bouts of chaos, is a peaceful one. We believe our guard shall do fine with the supervision of Captain Shining, as long as he doesn't go soft on them?" She quirked an eyebrow towards the Captain of the Guard.

"Of course not your Majesty, I shall continue with the new program as planned." He stated, snapping up a quick salute and leading the other recruits back to the assault course.

"So, Princess, what's with the change of heart?" I asked, following the Princess as she began to walk towards the camp's small billet.

" Luna shall be fine Captain Parker, Mine sister is the one who decided to stop you." She giggled slightly. " We must admit, the stalking of thou was mine own idea, we wanted to ensure you wouldn't escape and cause harm to our citizens. We were originally going to contact you in your dreams and recall you to the palace, but thou stopped us from doing that quite frustratingly." Her horn lit up with a dark blue aura, my equipment soon hovering from the room and onto my body.

"Really now? I'll believe that when pigs can fly Luna" I joked, knowing that both were impossible.

"We assure thou that we can enter ponies' dreams Captain, perhaps we may demonstrate later? Mayhaps we could find out more about your life?" She grinned, her smile becoming slightly deranged. "Maybe we'll even share the finds with mine sister?" She chuckled darkly." Your secrets shan't be safe for much longer"

"I'd advise you not to delve into my dreams Luna, you won't like what you find in my head. And I won't take such a breach of my privacy likely." I warned, causing Luna's grin to fall.

"Of course Captain Parker, we shall refrain from invading thine dreams. We only said this in jest, any secrets you hold shall remain yours as you wish." Her grin returned in full force. " But that won't stop me from learning more about you mine Captain" she explained jovially.

"Mine?" I asked

"Yes, thou are now our own personal bodyguard, and the only member of the Nocturn guard, effective immediately." She stated. " We apologise for not allowing your own say, but we required a competent guard of mine own, mine sisters day guard seemed too weak and so you arose as the obvious answer."

"Luna, you do realise I'm not loyal to neither you nor your sister, why choose someone who could just as easily kill you and everyone you love as I could leave you in search of a way home?" I asked, highlighting the flaw in her logic.

"No, but thou is loyal to the lives of the innocent and to your country and her interests." She grinned with a sly smile. " But considering that your country does not exist within this world, perhaps you could form new ones with the nation of Equis, you may even keep your loyalties to Britain, no matter how far it may be."

"That seems like a sound deal Luna, but you will have to earn my loyalty before I swear loyalties to Equis." I explained, as Luna turned to face me.

"That is an understandable wish, we shall present you with your new duties when we are back at the palace and all has been explained" she claimed, leading me uphill towards the looming structures of canterlot. " I expect thou has no issues with becoming mine loyal guard?"

"No, though unexpected, I don't mind running security for you. Just as long as you don't use me as a gopher." I joked.

"We'd perish the thought, our guards have always been treated with the upmost respect and honour." She explianed. " I can't wait to see how your form looks in mine Nocturn armour, Captain Parker"

"Wait, you never mentioned a uniform, your not gonna force me to wear that shitty gold stuff the rest of them wear are you?" I asked, a joking tone masking my worry of becoming a walking mirror.

"Why would we force you to wear that? I have mine own guard armour that is much more practical than mine sisters garish golden plates. I shall craft you armour myself, considering that the existing armour won't fit your unique form. I'll even make it fit to your own equipment" she replied.

"Armour made by royalty, I'm honoured. I hope you won't mind my assistance in the creation of my armour? I'd appreciate being able to add some personal touches." I explained.

"I wouldn't have it any other way my Captain"

Author's Note

So, another chapter.
James has been dragged into becoming Luna's bodyguard, where will this lead?

Even I don't know yet!