CADENCE POV

Sometimes I wonder if aunty Tia shines the sun in people's eyes on purpose because if I could do that as easily as she does, It would amuse me to no end. However, until I find a way to stop that vicious ball of fire, I will have to endure. Much like I was doing it that day. "For Faust's sake, I get it; the sun is bright but it doesn't have to rub it in my face," I murmured into my 'pillow' and by that, I mean Noire's chest. I wasn't as toned as Shining's but he was getting there. His training with Luna was going very well, one week and Noire was looking like a champion even though half of the time he looks like he was about to drop dead. Luna's training is NOT for the faint of heart and the weak of will. I can remember every gruelling exercise that he had to endure...

DAY ONE

"FASTER WEAKLING!" Luna yelled into the distance, looking down on Noire who was running laps around the castle. He was completely invisible as to not raise attention to himself. Once he had finished his third lap, he was sweating buckets "YOU FOUND THAT TIRING! WE COULD RUN LAPS AROUND YOU! ANOTHER LAP!" she yelled. Noire didn't bother groaning as Luna would give him another lap, which was how he ended up doing the third lap for.

I was with Luna at the time, watching him run and to be there if he collapsed. In the corner of my eye, I could see Twilight and her friends leaving the castle. Twilight looked up at me and gave me a look that screamed 'I'll ruin you', which in my case, was really likely.

DAY TWO

The next day was even worse than the first. Noire was hiking through the Everfree with a large sack of rocks on his back, panting every step of the way. I had never seen Noire so tired before. When he was training with Shining, the most I would see was some bruises from getting bested at sparring but this was completely different. It looked as if he was close to passing out but he still persevered. Luna was pleased with this "GOOD! NOW YOU ARE STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR! DO NOT STOP UNTIL I SAY SO!" she yelled, watching over him from the sky.

DAY THREE

Three was a lot tamer. This exercise was based on training his magic. He was ordered to try to sap as much magic from Luna as possible. He placed his arm on her shoulder and instantly felt the pressure of a fully matured alicorn's magic. He immediately fell but was caught by Luna's bust. It was an awkward moment for all of us. Noire was nearly unconscious from the overload of magic he experienced but was conscious enough to notice where his head was. Luna was a deep red and I was in the corner, unable to process all that had happened. We heard a gasp from the door and there was the same reporter pony who caught Noire and Luna the first time, taking photos and scurried off to find some other couple to expose, regardless of whether they were a couple or not. I carried Noire of to bed and Luna sped off after that reporter. It may not have been a long exercise but it was a hard exercise none the less. That reporter to this day still remains free and is officially wanted for ten million bits courtesy of Luna's seething temper and hatred towards him.

DAY FOUR

We decided to continue with the magic training except Noire was draining my magic instead as I wasn't a fully developed alicorn. Noire was against it at first but after some convincing from yours truly, he was sapping away, no questions asked. Luna made sure to lock the doors to make sure a certain reporter didn't spy on us again and was keeping a close eye on Noire's magic levels as well as my own. Noire found this part pretty easy, however, Luna added a twist to it and cast a duplication spell, making another me for him to drain. The clone didn't have as much magic as me but draining two ponies at the same time was a little difficult. He was starting to sweat a bit and his grip on me grew heavier until he reached his limit and fell to his knees. Luna recorded his magic pool at about 1200 harmons. Noire was confused by this so she explained.

"Harmons is the measuring system for magic created by Starswirl the Bearded. The average level of a unicorn's magic is about 1000. From this amount, I would say your magic intake is near the same amount as Twilight's when I first met her by a couple," Noire nodded in understanding and stood up to try again but Luna stopped him "There is no point in continuing. You have shown much improvement and as a reward, you will be allowed the next day off. Go and recover yourself and then we will teach you some basic attack and defence spells" she told him. He and I went off to take a long nap and Luna went to do a long stack of paperwork.

I would go over the other three days but it was primarily spell casting and studying the lore of Equestria, which he was gradually improving in and showed in his tired form and slightly more toned body. I would've woken him up on any other occasion but he was tired so I wouldn't deprive him of precious sleep. However, seeing him asleep made me think that in the end, this relationship would go just like with Shining; we would never talk to each other and constantly be pushing each other away. The thought was ceased the moment it was born though, as Noire turned in his sleep so he was lying right on me. I quietly moaned in pleasure as his length was rubbing up against my now wet pussy. The action made me realise that we would never be like that, Noire was too dedicated to me and would never leave me to think negative thoughts. I smiled and turned over so he was no longer on top of me, letting the man's warm embrace envelop me.

"RISE AND SHINE, SOLDIER!" Luna yelled, startling both of us awake. Luna was dressed in full armour that made her look slightly like Nightmare Moon but without the fur and eyes "YOU STILL HAVE ONE MORE EXERCISE BEFORE YOU CAN FULLY GRADUATE LUNA'S 8-DAY BOOT CAMP!" she fired a spell at Noire which instantly dressed him in the armour he wore during the raid "Ah, one for speed and agility instead of the traditional guard's slowness with their spears. I would implement the kind of military forces the Crystal Empire has, having three corps for each pony race, trained to their full potential but Celestia says we are on a budget after we left Blueblood in charge last month,"

"Luna? What are we doing now?" Noire asked her which was quickly answered.

"Good question, my dear Noire. You shall be going into the heart of the Everfree to hunt an elder timberwolf. This particular one has been causing the ponies in Ponyville much trouble with the hordes of timberwolf it creates to attack anypony that comes close. That is why you must find it and kill it before it causes too much trouble," she handed him a green gem "This will start glowing when you get close to the elder timberwolf. You will have until the end of the day to kill it and prove to me how strong you are. Good luck," she charged her horn to teleport him away but gave him a moment for us to hug and say our goodbyes.

"Don't die."

"I won't." That was all we said before he stood up and allowed himself to get teleported to the Everfree. We didn't have to say anything too mushy; We both knew he was going to be okay and Luna's comedy soiled the mood quite a bit.

"Aunty? Did you really need to dress up in full battle armour?"

"Oh, this is just for appearance. We would've done this yesterday but you looked like you wanted some alone time,"

I groaned in embarrassment, hoping that Noire would fare much better than me.

NOIRE POV

I had just been poofed into a magical forest by a magical pony princess in battle armour to go kill a giant wolf made of wood and for some reason, I had just accepted it and started walking. It occurred to me at that moment that I seemed to accept a lot of what is happening because of magic... I really needed to start asking some for some better explanation as to how magic works here. However, there was an objective I had to do if I wanted to prove I could protect Cadence and everyone I care about to Luna. I continued my trek through the forest, checking the gem constantly to see if I was getting close. There was a faint glimmer when I pointed the gem at a cleared area of trees. It was weird; Why would there be a cleared area of trees so deep into the Everfree? I assumed it was the work of the elder timberwolf so I headed to the spot the gem was leading.

GROWL!!! A loud growl sounded through the entire forest, shaking some of the trees in the progress. as well as the ground beneath me. I quickened my pace, moving branches out of my way to see the source of the growl before being struck by an object. I winced in pain from the impact and tried to move the large object on top of me off and when I did, I saw the body of a large timberwolf. It stood at an impressive 11' tall and about as wide as a car. As expected, it was made of wood but on its face was two large pieces of wood that drooped down, making it look like it had a moustache. "Stay out of my way, puny human. I'm busy," he growled in a grumpy grandpa tone of voice but distorted. I was offended by the old wolf's attitude so I summoned my sword to my hand and got in battle position to confront the enemy. "You want to assist me? Silly human. I don't know how you are still here but I will accept your help. Just don't blame me if you die!" he said charging through the tree leaves, causing me to do the same.

When I exited the wall of trees, I found the elder timberwolf confronting the thing that attacked him. It was some sort of monster. It was humanoid with the body parts of other animals; its right arm was a lion paw and the left was that of an eagle, both of its legs were a wolf and it had a ponytail. The most distinguishable feature was its face, which was elongated but was definitely human. It yelled with an ear-piercing screech but didn't phase we had nerves of steel, only flinching slightly to the volume. I fired a white magic bolt from my hands and once it made contact, a white aura appeared on the monster's flesh, absorbing the attack. The monster screamed more and ran up to us on all four feet. The elder timberwolf leapt into the air and opened its maw, unleashing a green magic bolt on the foe. I was surprised that he could use magic but at that point, I had stopped caring and charged towards the foe. The monster had absorbed the attack, just like with me but this time, a green aura appeared around it. The monster's changing aura gave me an idea "Gramps! Hold the monster off! I have an idea!" I yelled at the elder timberwolf, which I now refer to as 'Gramps'. He shot me an angry glare before muttering to himself "Kids these days... No respect for their elders. FINE! But if this fails, Don't count on me to save you!" he charged at the monster and struck its chest. The monster countered by attacking Gramps' leg. Both growled in pain but continued to attack each other relentlessly. Meanwhile, I was focusing, gathering every bit of magic I had into my sword. The sword responded by creating the blue, ethereal blade. The sword was now a larger claymore and was glowing a royal blue. "Gramps! Out of the way!" Gramps turned to yell at me again but saw me running at them with the ethereal claymore. He jumped out of the way, giving me a clear shot at the monster. It saw me coming through and started to run at me as well but it was already too late. I leapt into the air and quickly descended on the monster, bringing the blade down on its head. A blue aura appeared around it this time but I kept going, exerting even more magic until the monster had couldn't withstand the force of the magic and the aura shattered and the blade cut it clean in two.

Gramps was speechless at the sight of me using magic and whispered "Impossible..." I heard him and turned to face him, causing him to immediately regain his composure "So, human, what are you doing this far into the forest? No pony is strong nor brave enough to go this deep so I don't get many visitors,"

I sighed and told him all about what I was sent here for; the training, the mission and the attacks on people from timberwolves "So that about sums it all up. I was intending to kill you when we finished with that thing but after using all that magic drained me completely and you seem pretty cool but I will have to kill you if you keep attacking innocent ponies,"

Gramps gave out a throaty laugh "That's rich! I don't have any timberwolves and I'm not one for eating ponies; They scream too much. The only other thing capable of creating timberwolves is the egg that releases timberwolves every summer to help with the maintenance of the Everfree. If ponies are getting attacked, they are doing something to the Everfree and that will cause problems for everyone," he said "Because you have proven yourself to be a strong individual, I will allow you to call me 'Gramps' but this doesn't make us friends Now get out of my territory before I devour you,"

That brought about another thought; Luna teleported me in but how am I supposed to get out? "Fuck, Luna probably should've found a way to get me home. This was going to be a long walk and a long story to tell if I could get back in time. I hurried off in the direction I was spawned in and made my way through the trees to find Ponyville.

GRAMPS POV

I watched the human walk off into the distance and out of my sight. I didn't ask for his name but I didn't care; Were probably going to never see each other again. However, the memory of his magic was scorched into my brain That human had the hero's Royal Smasher. Could he have been...No...they have been gone for millennia I thought and shook the thought out of my head and walked back to my cave to clean my wounds and nap. "Godess, my back hurts..."

Author's Note

Yeah, this one was a filler too. Trust me, I only have one more filler left then back to the serious stuff.

Sorry, don't have much to say and my back is really killing me so imma make this short. Hope you enjoyed, Post opinions.

Stay dizzy. Wuzzy out.