The daemon, Protector of Equestria.

Chapter: 9 Training

Falling asleep was easy as Patholis felt as if he was dreaming.

Even though it was a quick one, the kiss the he and Luna shared held great importance.

Physically he was 26.

Really he was 2937 years old.

1800 of those years spend within his own mind.

But for the remaining 1137 years, living amongst his own kind, he had never felt this before.

Love.

‘Really? Love? After one kiss and knowing her for less than a day, you decide that you’re in love with her.’ Patholis’ subconscious said in his mind.

‘Oh shut up.’ Patholis thought.

After being woken up at around 11 in the morning by gold amour clad ponies, Patholis was led to the throne room where he was in yesterday.

Princess Celestia sat on her throne at the end of the room, a welcoming smile on her face.

‘Leave us.’ She said. With that all the guards, servants and nobles who stood at the sides of the room left.

‘Come closer Patholis.’ Celestia said while gesturing Patholis to move.

He complied and walked closer to Celestia still sitting on her throne.  An awkward silence fell upon the room, then to be broken by Celestia.

‘I assume that your mission was a success?’

Patholis looked at Celestia to answer, but he noticed that she was staring at him. As if she could see right through him.

‘Yes, otherwise I wouldn’t have returned.’ Shock ran thought his body. What he just said was obvious so why the slightly intimidating stare?

‘Luna told me about last night.’

Crap.

Time to face the music.

‘She kissed me.’

‘I was used.’

‘She very pretty.’

Those lines flew through his mind, his subconscious daring him to say one of them. Or maybe all of them.

‘You need to learn how to use those properly.’ She said while pointing a hoof towards him. ‘I can teach you.’

‘I’m sorry princess …wait what?’ did the princess of the day just offer to teach me how to kiss.

‘I can teach you how to use your wings better. Luna said you fumbled your landing when you came back to the castle.’

Thank the stars. Getting into a love triangle with two demigod alicorns is not on the list of things to do.

He was never really afraid of heights, but atop of the tallest tower in Canterlot castle that was being put into question.

Following Celestia up the stairs was easy, as the view was nice. But the view towering over Canterlot was near terrifying.

They busy city below seemed completely oblivious to what was going on up here.

Adding to that the winds at the top would send him straight back to his mentor, if not for some friction spell on the floor.

Patholis could only just understand what Celestia was saying.

‘Flying is really easy, one you get the hang of it. All you got to do is flap your wings.’

‘I know that but can’t we do this somewhere safer?’ said Patholis while leaning over the edge of the platform, on which they now stood.

‘Now where’s the fun in that?’ she whispered.

After five seconds the only thing going through Patholis’ mind was.

‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH’

After being pushed from the tower Patholis found himself falling, fast.

Then another thought went through his mind.

‘I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.’ He said in his mind.

Not wanting to die Patholis unfurled his wide grey wings, and started to flap them as if… well his life did depend on it.

‘That’s for kissing my sister!’ shouted Celestia a few seconds after pushing Patholis off the tower. She hoped he heard her, but with this wind it was unlikely.

Celestia wasn’t mad, but it has been a while since either sister found love.

‘Lulu what’s bothering you? You’ve barely touched your breakfast.’ Said Celestia while having breakfast with Luna in the dining hall.

Luna just sat there staring at the omelette that the royal chefs had cooked for her.

‘I’m fine Tia, honest.’ She replied.

Celestia could always tell when Luna was lying; it was like a sixth sense. Her curiosity overcame her sisters need for privacy.

‘Please lulu I know when you’re lying.’ She said with an understanding smile on her face.

Luna's mind raced.

’Should I tell her? Does she need to know?’ she thought.

‘Of course she does she’s your sister. You need advice and she can give it.’ Her subconscious replied.

‘Tia don’t be mad at me…’

Celestia's smile vanished.

‘But I…’ Luna looked down back to her now cold omelette.

‘What is it lulu?’ Celestia said now concerned for her sister.

Luna looked up back to her sister’s face.

‘IkissedPatholisbecausehelookscuteandIthinkImightbeinlovewithhim!’ Luna shouted, shocking both Celestia and the guards posted in the room.

Celestia took a good three seconds to fathom what Luna had just said.

‘I need to tell him.’ Thought Luna, as she walked out into one of the many courtyards in Canterlot castle.

‘But where is he?’ Luna said to nopony in particular.

She got her answer, in the form of a grey alicorn falling from the fly.

Her pupils widened so she could get a better view.

Luna ran with all her strength towards where he who land, barging past some servants.

Not even apologizing, she willed her magic to her horn, covering it in a dark blue aura. Still running her magic extended like a hand ready to catch Patholis.

The large blue hand reached out to the grey comet. Luna didn’t expect his weight and only managed to slow his decent.

Four seconds past, to Luna they felt like years.

She jumped forward with extended fore hoofs and caught him in a mid-air hug.

The combination of Patholis’ falling motion and Luna’s ‘catch’ led them to smack on the ground with a…THUMP!

They rolled on the ground for a good ten metres, until they finally came to a halt.

Luna's brain when into over drive, repeating the same command to her arms.

‘HOLD ON! HOLD ON FOR BUCKS SAKE!’

They laid there for one whole minute, Luna refusing to release her ‘prisoner’.

Then Patholis regained conciseness just in time for Luna to lessen her grip.

He removed his head from Luna’s neck, which she had buried into her mane when she grabbed him. He looked into her blue eyes.

‘Luna, as much as I would like this to continue for my life, I just fell from the tallest tower in canterlot castle.’

‘Oh sorry.’ With that she let him go.

They stood there, while silence hung in the air.

Patholis opened his mouth to speak but a scream of pain was all he could muster.

‘AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!’

His body had just remembered that he just fell from the tallest tower in canterlot castle.