The Thunder Twist Chronicle

Chapter Seven

“WHAT?” Sil shouted. “Princess Luna wants us to be her personal guard?”

“Yeah,” I shouted back, happily. “And Gambit, too! Can you believe it?”

After I had left the throne room, I had immediately taken off and flew around Canterlot whooping with pure joy. After ten minutes of doing loops in the skies above Canterlot, I landed in front of Mrs. Rarity’s house. I walked in and told Sil the wonderful news.

“What is all the shouting about?” Mrs. Rarity says as she walks into the living room. “Oh, you’re back, Thunder Twist. What did the princess want?”

“Momma, Momma, Princess Luna wants us to be her personal guards!”

“WHAT? She wants you two?”

“And Gambit.”

“Wow! This is a great honor for all three of you. Does Gambit know?

“No, ma’am,” I speak up. “I came here right afterward.”

“Well then, you better go tell him.” As we turn to leave she stops us. “Oh, and Thunder Twist?”

I turn to face her. “Yes, ma’am?”

“First, I would prefer it if you would just call me Rarity. Second, since you are back in Canterlot, would you like to stay here since you do not have a place to live?”

“Oh, thank you Mrs.- I mean Rarity. That would be wonderful.”

Sil jumps up. “Oh thank you, Momma.” She runs over and gives me a huge hug. “This is great.”

Rarity clears her throat. “Shouldn’t you two be headed toward Gambit’s house?”

Sil looks up. “Oh, right. C’mon Twisty, let’s go.” She grabs my hoof and drags me out the door.

The streets of Canterlot are crowded with tons of ponies. As we leave Rarity’s house, I try to slink along behind Sil.

“You OK, Twisty?” Sil asks with a touch of worry in her voice.

“Y-yeah,” I reply shakily. “I-I’m just not used to being around so many other ponies. Especially when they’re all looking at me funny.”

“Don’t worry about it, Twisty. I’m here with you. When they get used to seeing you with that mask on, the staring will stop.”

“R-really?”

“Of course. And anyway, if anypony tries to make fun of you, I’ll kick his ass.”

“Sil!” I shout out astonished. “I never expected to hear a swear word come out of your mouth.”

She gives me a sly wink. “There’s a lot you don’t know about me, Twisty. Seven years will do that. However, even a millennium could not change my feelings for you.”

I look over at her. “Oh yeah? And what, exactly, are those feelings.”

She blushes a deep crimson. Sweet Celestia, she is beautiful. She says one word. That one word is all that needs to be said. “Love.”

My heart melts. I stop and just stare at her. She turns around and looks at me, worry in her eyes. I’m finally able to speak up. “I love you, too, Sil. I always have. I left you a note before I left. I don’t know if you got it.”

“I got it,” She looks down at her hooves. “I’m ashamed to admit that it took that letter for me to realize that I felt the same way about you. I was so upset after that I didn’t leave the house for a month.” She starts to tear up.

I walk up to her before she can start crying in earnest. I wrap my foreleg around her and hold her tight. “It’s OK, Sil. I’m here now, and I’m not going anywhere.” I feel her warm tears on my shoulder, and squeeze her even more tightly. I whisper in her ear, “I love you, Sil.”

“I love you, too, Twisty.” She stands back and wipes the tears from her eyes. “Now let’s get to Gambit’s house.”

“Right, let’s go.”

We continue walking, for ten minutes. Sil wants to show me how Canterlot has changed since I left. We first see the new Canterlot branch of Sugar Cube Corner. The Cakes handed the whole franchise over to Pinkie Pie, and she now runs the whole chain out of Canterlot. We see her in the window and wave as we walk past.

Next, Sil takes me to the market where all the vendors are selling different varieties of items. We even see Apple Jack with her sister Apple Bloom selling baked goods from Sweet Apple Acres. We stop and Sil hands over two bit for apple fritters she uses her magic to hold mine in front of me while I undo the strap of my mask. Then, she delicately puts it in my mouth, so I can put my mask back down and resume chewing. She then puts hers in her mouth.

We finally make it to Gambit’s house. I go up to the door and knock on it. A white Unicorn with sunglasses and an electric blue mane opens it.

“Hiya,” Vinyl Scratch says casually. “Can I help you two?”

“Uh…” I reply.

Sil steps in to save the day. “Yes, please. We were wondering if Gambit was home.”

“He sure is. C’mon in and make yourselves comfortable. I’ll go get him.” She calls into the house, “Octy, can you get Gambit’s friends, here, some refreshments?”

“Sure thing, darling.” We hear a sweet singsong voice coming from the kitchen. Shortly after, a brown mare walks in balancing two glasses of water on her nose.

“Thank you, Mrs. Octavia,” Sil and I say in unison.

“No problem.”

“They’re right in here, litlun,” we hear Vinyl’s voice coming from the hallway.

“Mom,” we hear Gambit saying in a whining voice. “I’ve told you to please not call me that in front of my friends.”

Vinyl is laughing as she enters the living room with Gambit in tow. Gambit’s jaw drops when he sees us. “What are you two doing here?”

Sil speaks up before I can. “We have great news, Gambit. Princess Luna wants us to be her personal guard!”

Gambit looks from Sil to me, as if asking me if this is true. I nod. His look goes from one of amusement to one of extreme shock. “Please tell me you’re kidding.”

“It’s no joke, Gambit,” I say seriously. “Princess Luna told me herself.”

After a minute of silence, Vinyl is the one to break it. “That’s great, sonny. A personal guard for the princess.”

“I can’t believe it,” Gambit says wondrously. “This is so AWESOME!!!” he runs up and grabs Sil and me in a big group hug. He breaks the hug. When do we take up our duties?”

I answer, “The ceremony is being held the day after tomorrow. I assume we will start right after that.”

“Sweet. I can’t wait. Do you two wanna stay for dinner?”

“Sorry, Gambit,” Sil replies. She sounds sorry, too. “Momma is expecting us back at the house for dinner.”

“That’s cool. Well, I’ll see y’all tomorrow then.” And with that we walk out the door, and we can hear his shouts all the way to the end of the street.

We quickly make our way back to Rarity’s house, where she is steaming up some carrots and broccoli. As we enter she looks up. “So, how’d it go?”

“Great!” Sil yells. “He was really excited.”

“That’s good. I was able to get a message to your father. He’s coming back in town tomorrow, so he can see the ceremony.”

“Poppa is coming home?” Rarity nods. “YES! THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!”

After dinner, Sil and I walk up to our rooms, which are right next to each other.

“Good night, Twisty,” Sil says to me.

“Good night, beautiful.”

She blushes, then leans in quickly to give me a peck on the cheek. My heart melts again. She then rushes into her room and closes the door. Smiling to myself, I walk into my room, and I see that Rarity must have brought up my bag earlier.

I go over to it and pull out Ma’s urn. “Were ya watching me, Ma? I’m going to be Princess Luna’s personal guard. I’m going to make you proud.” I rub the urn against my cheek, then set it on the bedside table. I lie down and drift off into a wonderful sleep filled with a cyan Pegasus and an ivory Unicorn.