CADENCE POV

I sat in my room, staring, just staring. Staring at the white envelope in my hands. I remember what Aunty Lulu told as she gave me the letter. "Do what you want with it. Having such slanderous letters in our possession about an innocent pony- human- as well as the letter being written by a pony which we held in such high regard is just sickening. We shall not punish him though, his punishment will be yours to decide as the princess of the Crystal Empire and his spouse," I slowly used my magic to open the envelope and take the letter out. The letter was as any letter would look. Written in parchment with a quill and ink. The letter had no creases, meaning it was read recently and was not tampered with since. The handwriting graceful and immaculate, as expected of a brown-noser wanting to impress. However, there were scorch marks on the sides where one would be holding it, likely Aunty Tia's doing. Shining must have really fooled them, almost as much as himself. I finally decided to start reading, fearful of what I might find if I enter...

Dear Princess Celestia,

I would hope this letter would be of better news and during better circumstances but your assistance is required in these most troubling times. (Bucking kiss-ass...) We have been told of the legends of humans and how their mystical prowess had almost pushed ponykind to the brink of extinction before abruptly dying out of an unknown cause. Our kind may be faced by this threat yet again as two days ago we were greeted by one of these horrendous creatures, twisted in every sense of the word. While my wife selflessly assists him with his needs, he has been secretly scheming to destroy this kingdom and my marriage.

At that point, I began to skim through the letter's contents, anger growing with every lie told in solid ink writing. His marriage?! We both forged this union over years of dedication and love and he dares call it his?! I was at the point of him rambling about Noire being a changeling sent to destroy us (still complete nonsense) and was about to burn the letter to cinders when I reached a particularly interesting point...

Before I wrote this letter to you, I checked with Doctor Curdle about the 'human's condition and what I discovered truly shocked me. The monster is absorbing magic from others! She ran diagnostics on him, and it appears he collects more magic the more he comes into contact with ponies. This troubles me even more as Cadence has been meeting him excessively, going as far as to stick his leg in her horn to gain her compassion and hugging to gain her trust. I suggest you come over immediately and bring magic inhibitors for them. I would hate to see what would inequine things he is doing. He could even go as far as to br-

The letter was then set ablaze until it was nothing but ash and left on the floor for the maids to clear up. I was obviously livid, my eye twitching in frustration. All of the lies and mistruths and now he thinks I'm going to cheat on him. With Noire of all people. That was the last straw. He and I had to have a proper conversation about this. I also needed to talk with Noire to prove whether his story is true. Is still want him as a friend but if only to quell Shining's (and guiltily my own) paranoia about Noire. I fell onto my bed sighing in exhaustion. It had only been three days and I already got myself into some drama.

Author's Note

I know some of the stuff in this interlude will probably look like me going on a tangent buuuuuut I'm too tired from all the work from college that I'm not going to change it.
However, I will edit the previous chapter when I can. Probably after the next chapter.

Enough about that! I want to thank darktempest; the first person to favourite my story (I don't know why they did; No-one posts anything).

Please just post your thoughts and ways of improving this story in you know where. For reals this time, my little green is losing to the big red and I don't know why.

26/09/18- Edited for the pacing issue