Shinning soon left the two to get antiquated after explaining to Angel that Cosmic was top of his class.

Angel took in the guards appearance. He was a pegasus, a head taller than her and had a dark gray, almost black, coat. His mane was white with gray streaks. But the odd thing about him, were his eyes. one eye was a fiery red and the other a cold blue. He stared at her showing little emotion which made Angel uneasy.

Cosmic Blast finally spoke. "So....you are the new princess everypony is talking about." His tone was dry as if he wasn't too impressed. Angel tried to size him up. She was a year older than him and she wasn't about to be looked down on by this guard. "Yes I am Princess Angel Wings, but I go by Angel," Angel stretched out her white wings and puffed out her chest.

Cosmic snorted at her, his eyes still void of emotion. "As a guard I shall refer to you as princess," he said dryly. Angel narrowed her eyes. "Shouldn't you take orders from me, a princess, you being a guard and all?"

He narrowed his eyes as well. "I take orders from your grandfather first, and the royal guard code."

Angel bit back a retort. "Well I'm planning to meet my friends at the bakery, so come on let's go," she said as calmly as she could.

To her surprise he listened and silently followed her to the bakery. There she introduced him to her friends.

"Guys, this is my....new body guard....Cosmic Blast." The group stared at him questioningly but said hi. He replied with a grunting hi back before standing in a guard's stance watching the bakery carefully.

Angel sat down and chatted with her pals who all wished her a happy birthday giving her gifts.

Rose had given her a couple books on and animals and creatures of Equestria and Dusk gave her a gift card to the sweets shop they were at. Sapphire got her a chapter book and Silver got her a necklace with a butterfly charm.

Angel thanked them for the gifts, then using the new gift card, bought everypony drinks and doughnuts. As she chatted with her friends Blast was looking around the place obviously on guard. Angel prodded him. He jumped. "Hey want a doughnut," Angel asked with a smile handing him a powdered doughnut.

Cosmic snorted, "no thanks, I have no time for treats," his voice was cold as if she had interrupted his thoughts. Shrugging Angel returned to her conversation with Sapphire. But in the back of her mind Angel couldn't help but wonder what was with this guard.

Author's Note

Passage above is subject to change.