Canterlot training grounds Nova POV

I had been summoned to the canterlot training grounds by Celestia and Luna for some kind of "test" I had no idea what it was but apparently Luna was to be the one administering it, nothing else was said in the letter other than a note to be prepared for anything. Walking into the center of the grounds I saw Luna standing there, wearing only a tank top and shorts, I walked to her and greeted her.

"Umm...Hello Luna, you summoned me here for a test of some kind?" I asked worried as to what it could be

"I shall not tell, but we shall start thine test momentarily, but first, remove thine armor and thy weapons," she spoke with a tone that said something along the lines of confidence and commanding.

"Uhh, ok I guess," I stripped down to my normal clothes and set them near the wall,"what do I need to do exactly?"

"Defend thyself!" she tossed me a huge ass greatsword and drew her own and started to charge me, I jumped out of the way while I got my bearings, I'd taken jiujitsu in high school, and learned how to fight with a sword, but something this big was out of my knowledge, I held it low and tried to strike as Luna whipped around, she parried and I hopped back as she thrust at me, " other....'TING' .... Than.... 'tschk' .... Defahhhnding .... Myiiiieself.....what......'skkshhhk'....... Do I.....'TINGNNSHHK'.....Do? I asked between strikes.

" Try.....'WHOOFHS' ..... To ...... 'PIIING' ...... 'Defeat'...... 'WHAPP' ....Me." she said with a look of massive enjoyment on her face.

I started dodging away and noticed that these swords were sharp, Luna swung at me as I dodged and her blade caught my shirt and sliced through it like a hot knife through butter, if I'd been any closer I'd have organs spilling out, "OH FUCK!" I ducked and rolled out of the path of another strike," Are you ahahhh, TRYING to kiiiill meeEEee," I said as I tried desperately not to get disemboweled.

" Would thy regeneration not fix thine body?" she asked as she swung at me some more while I tried to keep my distance

"That doesn't mean iiIIIiit doesn't hurt!" I doged again and blocked another strike and was almost knocked over. She didn't answer, I blocked again and tried to get my blade moving faster. I noticed very quickly that although I could be more maneuverable I was outclassed immensely by luna's strength and skill with this kind of weapon, I was so fucking fucked.

"Fuck fuck Fuck fuck Fuck Fuck!" I yelled as I started to at least try using martial arts with this sword, I tried distraction by feinting left and flicking my hand at her head, then bringing the blade up and sttiming right, blocked. " How the FUCK!" I jumped back and brought up the sword again.

"We have over a millennia of experience, thou shall not defeat me so easil'TING' thou art clever." I ran back and narrowly missed being bisected....Again, I swung low and dodged her attack, which would have sliced my arm off, and hit her in the hoof, the blade impacted with a 'thwhack' and left a small mark in the surface. "We are impressed, nopony hath been able to strike us in millenia," She swung the sword again and I blocked in kind.

We fought for several minutes until I was feeling like I would explode, I dodged and parried for the umpteenth time and then my wings sprung open as if on reflex and started to heat up and glow a deep cherry red, one could see the heat coming off, I was feeling cooler already, I jumped away again and realised that neither of us seemed really if at all fatigued, it was very odd.
Luna was getting a bit more aggressive, and I was becoming more and more worried at what would happen to me. Luna thrust her sword at me and I tried to push it away but she brute forced it at me and then I felt pure, unrelenting pain as it penetrated just under my chest.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGGHHH, AHHHH, FFFFFUUUUUCK, AHHHH, WHHHHAT THHE FFFUUUUCK" I screamed in agony as I fell to my knees, with the sword still stabbed into me "WHy DiD yOu dO thAt" I said breathless, Luna ripped the sword out and I felt as if I'd been stabbed by ten million needles, "AHHHGGGHHH" I saw a small jet of plasma and something that looked like Co2 shoot out for a couple seconds before they petered out as my body slowly started repairing itself.

"Oh, We are sorry, we... We did not mean to do that, we were carried away, sorry," Luna cowered a bit as she dropped her sword and looked at the hole it left, I heard Celestia say something from her balcony.

"10 minutes 28 seconds," then I heard a teleport and she was next to me, "How do you feel?" she asked in an all too serious tone

"Like I just got fucking stabbed, what'd ya think, that I'd be fine and fucking dandy!" I yelled

"We... Didn't know....we thought you couldn't feel pain, the arrows and bullets, how did you ignore that? She said sheepishly

"I was in a blind rage, I could barely tell which way was up, rrrrrhggghhhh, that hurts like a bitch, fffuuuuuckh," I rose, and started to walk away, when I reached my gear I sat down on my bag and sighed in relief as the pressure was removed from the still regenerating wound.
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Celestia Pov

"Did you have to use your enchanted sword?" I asked

"We thought it would be no difference, and we prefer it to the other swords in the armory.....We Hath Said Sorry!" Luna said with a bit of hesitation.

"Luna, it isn't about preference, it was supposed to be a fair test of her swordsmareship not whether she could beat you or not, if you wanted to use your preferred weapon, you should have at least given her a weapon she is confident with, and before you say it, if you wanted to know her preferred meelee weapon, you should have asked.

"We understand sister, we shall make the next fight fair, but do not expect us to as thou would say 'go easy' on her." Luna got up and started walking to Nova who was currently from what I could tell, assessing the damage.
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Nova Pov

The hole had almost knitted itself back together, when I saw Luna walking towards me...

"I must ask thee a question, what is your preferred close range weapon?" she asked with some strange urgency in her tone

"Uhhh, why do you want to know, and why now of all times?"

"We are sorry for the pain we have caused, but we must know so we can duel on an even field"

"I can fight with shorter swords, knives, axes, and basically anything I can inflict blunt trauma with, if ya really wanna know so bad" I replied with some soreness

"Why did thou fail with the greatsword?" she asked another question.

"Big, heavy, slow, I'm not as strong as you, and I've never used one extensively," I replied, then I pulled out my knife from my bag and started to fiddle with it.

"Hath we caused permanent harm to thee, and doth thou wish a rematch sometime?" she asked a more normal question this time.

"Well I'll give it to ya for giving me a scar, that's an achievement, and I'll rematch you in a week," I answered with a bit of a grin

"Why aren't thou angry with us?" she asked with a very concerned tone.

"Eh, I can't really die, and I know you got a little overzealous, not a big issue, physical harm means very little to me now, pain is just a side effect," I got up and started to re-arm myself as Luna walked off then I heard Celestia giggling behind my back.

"What is it now..." I asked without turning around

"You got a wing boner" she giggled more

"What now?" I knew what it was but I had plenty of reason to keep it from them.

"When Pegasi, or alicorn get 'turned on' their wings unfold reflexively" she explained in an overly complicated way.

"I was venting heat, here the feathers are still really hot, touch one" I said looking at her like she was an idiot

"Oh trying to hide it are we, here I'll touch one, just to prove my OW!, oww, okay then, I still think my sister turned you on," She was obviously trying to get a reaction.

"Think what you will, Luna is hot, I'll admit, but I've been learning the art of not giving a shit about other people's opinions, so I really don't care what you think,"

"Aww I was hoping you'd get all flustered,then I'd take an embarrassing photo, you're no fun" she almost pouted, I turned to her and looked her in the eye.

"I've had 2 younger siblings, weird friends, and annoying co-workers, it'll take a lot more than accusing me of being turned on to get a reaction" I said with a tone that screamed 'try me bitch' and slung my bag over my shoulder and started leaving.

"Wait, I have a new assignment for you, the airfield guard was not an effective move," she handed me a briefcase and turned on a hoof and walked off.
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I reached my room and tossed the case on the bed and chucked all of my weapons and armor in the trunk, undecided to look at myself in the mirror in the bathroom. I removed my shirt, I'd need to fix it, and looked at the pinkish line running diagonally from the bottom of my ribcage it was about 3 inches long and there was a similar scar on my back just left of my spine, all of the other injuries I'd received from luna's sword had healed up just fine, Eh, I'll blame magic. I put my shirt back on and opened the case on my bed. On top there was a to-do list of what I needed to learn before embarking on the mission/assignment, I read it over, I needed to know how to drive a car and pilot a plane, I could do that easily, I was working on my pilot's licence back on earth and driving is second nature, I looked at the rest of the requirements, mostly magic skill requirements, magic is cool but using it is like trying to, as a very displeased Scottie once said, trying to hit a bullet, with a smaller bullet, blindfolded, while riding a horse.

I put away the case and decided to get some rest but equestria didn't seem to like that idea and I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in, but make it quick" I sat up and looked to a mare standing in front of me, she wore expensive clothing and jewelry and was holding a package in her arms.

"The princess told me to bring the clothes I tailored to you, she also said not to get on your bad side, I hope I'm not interrupting anything?" she seemed very nervous

"Nah, just my mindless fidgeting," I said as I grabbed a weird little knick knack from Celestia, my shit from the lab was brought here after the investigation and I got my books and random shit back.

"Good, well here is your clothes, and if I may, this was a pleasantly simple on for once," she said as she seet down the cardboard box and started to leave, "ta ta now" she left the room and shut the door. I put the box in the closet and flopped on the bed to take a fucking nap.

Author's Note

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