Daughter Of A King

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The orange hooves of the newest guard that was still in training at the Crystal Empire clicked against the smooth crystal of the castle. The underground of the castle was never explored. Stairs, why did the castle have so many stairs? His flashlight illuminate the blue and purple walls and he started his journey down the stairs. The temperature seems to sink with every step, to the point where the guard could see his breath. Debating whether to turn back or not, he swallowed his fears and kept going down. His hooves hit the bottom of the stairs, and the sights before his made is breath catch in his throat. Statues lined the lone corridor, mostly broken and depressing. There was one with what looked like to be and queen and king, the king a Pegasus, and queen a unicorn. The King had his hooves placed on the Queen's shoulders, and was hovering above her. Both had happy expressions on their muzzles, and the crystal heart was grasped in the magic of the queen.

The next one was of  the queen, her face twisted in fear and looks as if she was looking up to something horrifying. The stone looked black instead of the normal grey color. An unsettling feeling settled upon the guard as he kept walking. He gasped at the sight of another statue, sitting on a crumbled away pedestal. She had long hair that almost touched the floor, mouth open with fangs seeming to gleam. Her eyes seemed to follow the guard, and her horn was seeming to emit a purple glow. Her wings, her wings made him shutter. There where little stumps at the place her wings should be. Her hoof stood above a crown that seemed she was ready to smash it. Her cutie mark was a sun, engulfed in a type of smoke.

He stumbled backwards, the feeling of fear overwhelming him to the point where he could barely move. He found the strength to move, then galloped back through the corridor and up the stairs. He calmed his breathing, straightened him self out, and continued on his duties, still slightly shaking. After his rounds, he headed to his room. Pepper Crown was laying on her bed, her fiery red hair pulled into a pony tail. Her salmon hooves held the book she was reading down, and her emerald eyes scanned the white pages.

"Hey Flash~!" she hums happily, not  bothering to look up from her book.

"Hey." he says, taking off his armor and placing it on his armor stand.

"I got done with my rounds early, you on the other hoof.." she started.

"Yea, yea I know." he says  with the wave of an hoof. He grabs his guitar leaving against the wall, and gently strums along the strings.

"So how's it going with Princess Twilight?" Pepper asks.

Flash chocked on nothing, but quickly cleared his breath; he was unable to keep the faint blush on his face hidden though. "S-Swell. But we are just friends." he says.

Pepper smirks. "Oh, I'm sure! I've seen that look you give each other. Your both head over heels for each other." she says, looking up from her book.

"W-We're just good friends, that's all!" he says.

"Yea, good friends that tend to spend all their time together. Dude, you visit her whenever you have a few days off." she points out.

"...Well, still, we are just good friends." he says.

"Make sure Prince Shinning Armor doesn't find out, you'll be screwed if he does."

"Nothing is going on between us!" at this point, Flash's face was as red as Pepper's mane, and he had stopped playing his guitar.

"Well, I personally think you guys would be cute together. Her and her friends are coming to visit tomorrow, It's castle cleaning day.....Hurrah!!!" she says.

Flash couldn't help but smile to himself. "Stop smiling to yourself, it's creepy and it proves my point." she says. "Anyways, we need to get to bed." she slides into her sheets, her crystal coat reflecting the light as she reached to blow out her lantern.

"Night Pepper." Flash says, putting his guitar back against the wall and getting into his own bed. He had much trouble getting to sleep though, the statue seemed to be watching him. Something wasn't right about it, and no, it wasn't because her wings were cut off. (though that very well could be contributing to his disturbance) He finally fell asleep, but was still haunt by the broken statue.....