The daemon, Protector of Equestria.

Chapter: 12 Examination

The day after the wedding Twilight insisted on performing an examination on Patholis. Having ignored Patholis after he said that nothing was wrong, Twilight said her examination would be purely for research.

Soon Patholis found himself standing on a stone plinth, in what could only be described as a ‘big dark room. He was surrounded by recording equipment. They beeped at regular intervals and emitted a low humming sound.

‘What do any of these do?’ said Patholis pointing a hoof at one of the machines.

‘Err… magic?’ said Twilight, from behind the reinforced glass of the observation room.

He let it drop as a slight tingling sensation could be felt in his hoofs. Twilight had assured him that the examination would take five seconds. And was completely painless… for the first four seconds.

‘So… When will this start?’

‘About three seconds ago.’

‘Oh buck.’ Was what Patholis would have said if at that moment he wasn’t enveloped by white light and pain. Patholis’ body performed perfectly, he passed out.

His eye sight was fussy but he could see blurred out lines. His ears were ringing but he could hear muffled sounds, which he assumed was someone taking.

A pair of blue hoofs connected, to forelegs, reached out to him. The blurriness dissipated the ringing subsided.

Sometime between passing out and waking up Luna had come into the room.

For the first time in years (13 hours) Patholis got a good look at his marefriend.

Her perfect face, coat, mane and tail.

‘That actually sums her up, she’s perfect.’ Patholis thought.

She stood over him, clear concern and worry carved into her face.

Her mouth moved but instead of her usual angelic tones, her beautiful voice had been replaced with muffled distorted sound.

Her lips moved again and more muffled speech came out.

‘Have I ever told her she’s petty?’ Thought Patholis as his brain came back online.

His vision normalised, his hearing was yet to get the memo from his brain.

Her mouth moved again.

‘Did I ever tell her how much I missed her?’ Patholis felt his voice returning to him.

The ringing ended.

‘Patholis? Can you hear me?’

‘You’re petty.’ Said Patholis coming out of his daze.

Luna’s concerned, worried face transformed into one of confusion.

‘Really? Is that all?’

‘Yeah. You’re very petty. When I was gone I missed you.’

‘Awww. That’s so sweet. Let’s get you up.’ With that Luna’s horn glowed. She didn’t pick Patholis up, just helped his push himself up.

This gave Patholis a second to assess his situation. He was still in the big dark room. But Luna had come in.

Just for a second Patholis could have sworn the shadows in the background had little stars. Which would twinkle ever so slightly.

‘Where is she?’ asked Patholis.

Luna pointed with a hoof to the large glass booth which acted as an observation room.

The mare in question was curled up in the foetal position under a desk.

She sore Patholis enter and tried to occupy as little as space as possible.

The purple mare moved so fast miniature sonic rainbooms could be seen at the end of her mane.

‘I’m soooooooo sorry I hurt you! I wasn’t sure what would happen! I just needed to know what would happen!’

She broke into full crying with dots of sob.

Patholis reached a hoof to stroke Twilights mane away from her eyes. And moved it to rub and comfort her shoulder.

She shudded at his contact.

‘It’s ok Twilight. I’m fine, don’t you-‘Patholis tried to continue but was interrupted by one of the machines as it spewed out waves of paper.

‘So how did the machine know all this? I don’t remember have an interview with it’

‘Magic?’ was Twilights reply who had calmed down after Patholis had promised not to banish her to his old mentor.

‘It is very detailed, and accurate.’ Said Luna, with a sheet of paper held close to her eyes.

‘Oi! Let me have a look.’

The writing on the paper was perfect. There were no mistakes, errors to speak of. It was unnatural, unpony. Everypony made mistakes, but machines didn’t or at least when someponies looking.

Name: Patholis.

Age:???

Species: Daemon (stoic caste)/Alicorn (M)

Visual description: Tall. Grey tail, mane and coat.

Height: 6’4 hands. (1.4 Luna’s)

Weight: slim

Wing power: 78

Magical index: 86

Physical conditions (if any): None major. Possibly allergic to papaya.

Mental conditions (if any): love sick (is that a thing?)

Medical recommendation: drink plenty of water. Don’t pick fights with dragons.

Luna’s hoof had convinced the machine to stop spewing out the same information over and over again.

‘So what do we do now?’ asked Luna who had taken her place at Patholis’ side.

‘I don’t know about you but I’m hungry.’

‘Oh, well I think the chiefs could get us something?’

‘Well err I thought we could go out. Like that café we went to last time.’

‘That café will be dust by now, but I’m sure we could find somewhere.’

‘I’ll just look over these results.’ Said Twilight without looking.

The two alicorns left the unicorn to her results. Both starting to get small hunger pangs felt in their stomachs.

They reached the main doors of Canterlot castle. Patholis prepared his magic to open them.  With greater difficultly than he can remember.

‘What is it?’ asked Luna concerned.

‘Their heavier.’ Patholis said with one hoof pointing at the massive doors.

‘Must be some new security measures, I suppose.’

They walked down the stone road path down to the edge of the castle grounds.

Patholis noted in his mind that the moon was up.

‘10ish?’ he guessed in his mind. He turned to Luna.

‘How long was I out for?’

‘About six hours. Apparently after two she…she,’ Luna stopped both speaking and walking.

‘She what?’

‘Path look.’ At the Patholis turned around to see a horde of journalist ponies crowed at the end of the road. Where the castle grounds ended.

Then a wall of noise, in the form of questions, came at the two.

‘Princess we do you have to say on the recent Luna disturbances?’

‘Luna who is your new coltfriend?’

‘Is he going to be a new prince?’

Luna quickly took it upon herself to teleport her and Patholis away. About five metres away, behind a tree.

‘What now?’ Patholis asked Luna.

‘Hmmm… I got it.’ With that Luna's horn started to glow.

Her form started to change. Similar to when she was first released from nightmare moons control, yet she lacked a horn.

All that happened to Patholis was is wings sank into his body, and he got a lot shorter.

‘Call me midnight shine.’ Said Luna.

‘Call me Patholis?’ said Patholis.

Midnight opened her mouth but was interrupted but a pair of grey lips.

‘let’s just go.’ Said Patholis.

magic=I don't know