Solar Child: The Original Chapters

Solar Child

Chapter Nine

Written by Bakmah Genesis

       "Are you sure you are all ready to go?" asked Celestia.  She was messing with Twilight's saddle bags, constantly adjusting them, checking inside, and putting something in or taking something out.  Twilight giggled at her mother.

     "Yes, mommy.  I'm only going two blocks away."  Celestia sighed and smiled at her daughter.

    "Yes, but its my job to worry about you.  Now behave and pay attention.  The teachers there know me so they would be more then glad to help you with any problems."  She sighed and looked out the window towards the school.  "This is going to be difficult when you have to move out when you're older.  I'm afraid I might just try to tie you to the floor so you won't leave."

    "He he, you are silly, mommy.  Can I go now? I don't want to be late."  Celestia sighed and nodded.  Twilight beamed and ran out the castle gates.  She motioned for to guards to walk over to her.  Once there she pointed at the receding image of here daughter.

     "Follow her for a few days and make sure she does alright.  I don't want anything like a few years ago to happen again while she is further away from me."  The two guards nodded and took off towards the school.  Celestia sighed and walked back into the castle.  "Being a mother is a lot harder then it looks."

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      Twilight walked through the halls of the large school that her mother ran.  There were unicorns her age and slightly older walking around the wing of the school she was in.  Twilight couldn't wait for her class to start.  She was nearly jumping up and down.

    She soon noticed that the others were giving her odd looks and backing into the lockers when she walked by, making room for her.  She stopped and looked behind her, her jaw dropping as she beheld the two guards that followed her.  She face hoofed as she knew full well who sent them.

    "As much as I love to be escorted by guards, could you stay further back?  You are scaring everyone and I don't want them to be scared of me because I have two guards at my side."  The guards looked at each other nervously before backing up a good distance.  Once they were a good ways away from her, she smiled and kept walking towards her first class.

     Once inside the classroom, the guards again followed her.  She sat down at a desk and pointed to the back of the room.  The guards sighed and took a seat in the back corners.  They couldn't disobey since she was royal family but they still didn't like the idea of being in a crowded room with her so far away.  The unicorn guard shook his head and leaned against the wall, watching the filly.

     In her excitement, she barely heard the whispers and murmurs from the other students.

     "Hey, isn't she the one who turned the deans into potted plants?"

    "Yeah, but what is she doing in an higher class?"

    "And why do guards follow her around?"

     "I head she's the daughter of Princess Celestia."

     "She's probably only in here because her mom put her in here."  The guards shifted with unease as they listened to the comments, more them happy that Twilight couldn't hear them.

     Seeing that class still had a few minutes until it started, a light blue colt stood up and walked to her desk.  The two guards stiffened and the unicorn guard silently prepared a spell to lift the colt away from her if needed.

     "Excuse me, but this class is for third years only." said the colt.  A few other colts from around where the blue one came from laughed.  Twilight cocked her head then looked at her schedule.

     "No, I'm supposed to be here."  The colt scoffed and leaned closer to her.  The guard's eye twitched, resisting the urge to throw the colt into the wall with as much force as he could.

     "Just because your mother is the principle of the school and Princess of Equestria doesn't mean you get to go into classes we worked for while you barely did anything except ask mommy."  Twilight looked at him confused.

    "I didn't ask mom.  I told her to be fair and let me join like everyone else.  I was told by the dean to join this class and I did."  She turned her attention back to the board in front of her, trying to ignore the annoying colt.  The colt was about to go off on her when he saw that he was covered in a green aura.  He turned and saw the unicorn guard shake his head while glaring at him.  The colt gulped and went back to his seat with his tail between his legs.  Twilight turned and glared at the guard.  He shrugged and gave her a sheepish smile.

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       The rest of the classes up to lunch went without incident.  The presence of the two guards was enough to make ponies think twice about approaching the young princess, as they called her.  Twilight was only mildly annoyed by this but after listening to their reason, allowed the guards to follow without complaint.

      She was currently getting lunch, the guards got their respective lunches after the lunch mare demanded they get some.  They followed the filly, ready to sit not to far from her, but not next to.  They didn't need to be too intimidating.  They soon just decided to sit in the corner and watch over her from there.  If they would be needed, they could easily reach her still.

     Twilight looked around the lunch room, trying to find a seat at a table.  For the most part, the lunch room looked completely full.  She then found a spot at one of the spots and decided to take it.  She sat down and focused on her lunch.  She would have tried studying but her mother asked her to only do it during study halls and at home.  For now, she set about eating her lunch.

     After a few minutes, she realized that no pony at the table was talking.  She looked down the table to see everyone staring at her.  She shifted and tried to get back to eating.  From the corner of the room, the Pegasus guard noticed this.  He pointed it out to the unicorn and they both watched from their seat, ready to run to her side when needed.

     "Why are you sitting here?"  Twilight blinked and searched for the voice.  Standing in front of her was a grey unicorn a few years older than her.  Her glare made Twilight shrink down and shift in unease.

    "W-well there a-are n-no more seats a-available s-so I thought I c-could sit here."  Twilight could almost feel her anxiety build within her. The filly's glare intensified and caused her to whimper.

     "This school is for unicorns who actually control their magic and don't use their parents authority just to get in higher classes because she thinks she is better."  The filly's glare was ice cold.  Twilight could barely breathe.

    "I-I-I w-wasn't d-doing t-that.  I-I s-swear."  The filly was about to open her mouth when someone tapped on her shoulder.  She whipped around, ready to yell at whoever did that, when she found herself looking into the eyes of a unicorn guard.

    "Miss, I will kindly ask you to leave Madam Solar alone.  Swift, check on the poor filly.  Miss, come with me."  Swift nodded at his partner and knelt down next to the terrified filly.

     "Madam Solar, it is alright.  You are safe.  Just take deep breaths."  The filly didn't seem to hear him.  She stared at where the older filly once stood, frozen in place.  The other filly's and colts were now gathering around her with concerned glances.

     "Is she okay?" asked a red colt as he looked over at her.  Swift motioned for them to stand back.

    "I can't be completely sure.  She suffers from extreme anxiety attacks if stressed out to a degree.  She has been this way for a few years.  I would treat her, but I don't have her medicine nor am I a unicorn skilled in trauma treatment.  Just step back."  Swift stroked the filly's mane, trying to soothe the filly out of her state.

    "Trauma?" asked the same colt.  He was farther back now.  By looking over his shoulder, he could tell the others had the same question.

     "Yes.  It was just before Madame Solar was assigned her own guards.  Being the daughter of the most powerful being makes you target for terrorist, enemy countries, and most recently, the AntiCelestia group."  He propped up the filly and held her on his lap.  "She has seen too much for her age."  He shook his head and put the filly on his back.  "Make room, I must return her to the castle and report this to the Princess.  While the other filly may get a stern talking from her parents and the deans, she will get a very angry lecture from the princess herself."  He picked up her saddle and walked towards the door.  Everyone moved out of the way.  After excusing her from the school, he took off towards the castle, ready to explain Twilight's condition in front of the princess and most likely court.

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        "WHAT?!" yelled Celestia, her mane and tail flaring up a bit in her bout of anger.  Everyone in the throne room winced and Cadence covered her ears from the force of her voice.  The guard walked in and told the princess of what happened before she questioned his interruption.  To say the least, Celestia was not pleased to learn of this.  She was both angry with the fact that a filly would so heartlessly bully her daughter for her talent.  But she was also horrified.  This was the first time she had an anxiety attack in public and it would spread like wildfire during a dry spell for sure.

      "Tia, just calm down." said Cadence.  Celestia turned to face her.  She had the same flame in her eyes as when Twilight was kidnapped.  She knew how dangerous her aunt could get like this.

      "CALM DOWN?  I REFUSE TO CALM DOWN WHILE I KNOW MY DAUGHTER IS BEING BULLIED FOR HER TALENTS.  I CAN'T LEAVE HER ALONE FOR A FEW MINUTES WITHOUT SOMEONE GOING AFTER HER."  Cadence knew Celestia rarely used the Voice, and when she did, it was never a good thing.

       "Tia, you are in public and your daughter can probably hear you."  Celestia calmed down and took a few deep breaths.

      "Anything of urgent matter will be asked to come to night court, everything else will wait until next day court, dismissed."  She stood up and walked out of the throne room, Cadence right behind her.  "Cadence, go to Twilight and calm her down.  If you need to, have her take her medication, you know where in her room I keep it."  Cadence nodded and walked towards the filly's bedroom.  Celestia sighed and looked to one of the guards who was accompanying her.

     "Do you have any children, soldier?"  The guard shook his head.

    "No, Princess.  We are expecting our first in a few months, however."  Celestia nodded.

     "Be warned, it's going to be a hoofful."  The guard nodded.

     "From what I see here, I couldn't agree more."  Celestia chuckled and walked down the road, heading towards her school to have a chat with a certain grey unicorn.