The Life Of Blitz

Guard training. It was successful, but that's all I could say about it. Apart from the discrimination and the immaturity, it was good. Shadow respected that I didn't break at all. It did make me feel a little down, but that wasn't something that Azure couldn't fix. As I came back from being at guard duty one day, I noticed that Azure had been a little quiet.

I eventually found out that something tragic had happened in his life, so he didn't want to speak. This made me a little sad, but I understood that this was his choice. This didn't stop him from being sweet with me though, it only strengthened our bond. He told me everything, although in writing and drawing. That always made me chuckle, always!

A couple of weeks later, I was working confidently in the guard. Shadow was able to watch over me and monitor my moves, while I worked. Emination had stopped visiting for some reason. I guessed that it was because she was being sweet on another stallion, one that she enjoyed the company of. I was happy for her, so I encouraged it, for her to follow him, lending a hoof to help him. I didn't expect her to stop visiting altogether though.

As for Azure, he was my pegasus! Somepony that would take care of me all of the time, when he was around. He had started a job out somewhere, I didn't really ask him about it, but it was a job he enjoyed nonetheless. With that in mind, I didn't question him about it at all. I respected all of his decisions, that was that.

I was sat outside an office of a VIP. The pony needed to be escorted to Canterlot castle. This was the first assignment that I had to give me full permission to enter the castle. I was excited, but very, very nervous. I kept a watchful eye on the VIP that I was looking after. I wasn't nervous about watching over and escorting somepony, it was just that I didn't know what to expect when entering Canterlot Castle. I looked inside their office and saw them walking out towards the door. They opened the door and smiled at me.

"Ready to go Blitz?" They asked me, making me a little confused.

"Sir, surely it would be me asking you, right? As for your question, I am ready. I am always ready!" I stated clearly, making him smile.

"You are correct Blitz, but I care for my guards. Remember to just relax. You can act like your usual self around me." He answered, making a smile appear on my face. I turned and then looked at a new changeling approach is, not the dark chitin skinned type of changeling, the new brightly colored type of changeling. It haunted me and also annoyed me that I missed the events that occurred at the hive.

The changelings had changed. They learnt to share their love with each other, making them look brighter and generally happier. That brought a smile to my face. I would have changed too, due to my feelings towards Azure, but I didn't, I couldn't change. I admired the colors of each and every 'new' changeling, because it showed off how no two changelings were the same. It was pretty nice knowing that, but I felt a little awkward about talking to other changelings about it.

The changeling bowed at the VIP and the VIP bowed back. I smiled as I looked at them both. I took a sip out of my coffee mug as I watched them.

"Hello! Nice to see you again Thorax." The VIP announced. I spat out my coffee onto the floor and began to cough. Thorax looked at me as I was choking on air at that point. I shook my head and blushed a little.

"My bad! Sorry, I didn't realize it was you Thorax." I admitted, making the air around us a little awkward. Thorax just smiled, having an idea of remembering who I was.

*Wait… Blitz? Oh my God! I haven't seen you in fucking years." Thorax shouted with excitement, placing a hoof over his muzzle. "Sorry!" He added. I chuckled and smiled at both of them.

"Oh please Thorax, don't be sorry. Here, it's acceptable. At the castle on the other hand, that's a different story." The VIP chuckled. Thorax gave a brief chuckle and grinned. I looked at Thorax and relaxed slightly, enough to make me feel a little relaxed, but not enough to make me bring my guard down.

We slowly began to walk, as Thorax and the VIP began to talk lightly. I could have eavesdropped on them, but I decided that there were more important things to be listening to. My surroundings! I didn't want to trust myself with any unauthorized information as well, so I just kept my eyes and ears on looking around.

We exited the building and I pursued the two as they continued to talk. I looked around and saw some ponies looking at all of us, as we walked by them with stern and serious expressions. I shook off the thought of them being a threat. I instead, I tried to relax and think of the better parts of the world, other than constant fear. I shook my head to clear my mind and walked beside them both.

We were getting closer to the castle, which made my nerves stagger and stutter on each other, making me more anxious. I looked around and saw a stall, selling flowers and other various goods. I quickly teleported over to it, picked up a bouquet of flowers and left a generous tip of bits, before teleporting back to the others, all without them noticing.

When Thorax turned to bring me into the conversation, he noticed the bouquet and smiled. He didn't say anything, but he knew that I wanted to make an amazing first impression. I was going to be gifting the flowers to both of the sisters. It was just a polite gesture, so I thought that they would appreciate it if a random changeling or guard showed them some appreciation. I felt a little embarrassed about it all, but I didn't threat or make any other decision. This was the correct response that should have been in place.

We saw a crowd of ponies gathered around an area. We all noticed it and they both looked at me like I was a guard on duty. I was a guard on duty, but on a different type of duty. Patrolling duty was my main duty today, but I was still a Canterlot guard, meaning that I still had to do other duties too. I sighed and walked past them both and tried to get past the ponies in the crowd. Sadly, I was unsuccessful, so I resorted to using my magic to move ponies out of the way.

As I was moving through the crowd, I spotted what was happening in the middle. Two ponies were fighting. One looked like he had been hit with death's hammer and the other looked like he had been slapped multiple times with a knife. I moved in and used a telekinetic push spell, that allowed me to not only stop the fight, but push all of the other ponies watching, out of the way or knocked them down.

I saw them both looking at me, wearing angry eyes. I had stopped the fight, all I had to do was call for backup. I shot up a ball of magic and waited for a couple of seconds, before backup arrived. Three unicorn guards appeared next to me.

"A street brawl was happening! These two were fighting with a huge amount of ponies watching as you could see." I stated bluntly. They nodded.

"We'll take it from here. You got a VIP to escort." One of the guards commanded. I nodded my head and moved back over to Thorax and the VIP. As I did, I felt something land hard against my back left hindleg. Thorax ran over and zapped one of the ponies wildly, making sure that they couldn't make any sudden movements. Thorax looked at the other pony with an angry scowl.

"You don't wanna end up like him, do you?" He roared. The other pony shook his head as quickly as possible. Thorax turned back to me and sighed. "Blitz, you've got to get to a hospital or something." Thorax added. I shook my head, looking at the VIP. I then looked at my hindleg and saw that there was a knife stuck deeply inside it.

"Take it out!" I commanded Thorax, watching him become more and more hesitant. I closed my eyes and placed something soft in my mouth. He didn't really want to do it, but it would ensure that I'd be okay. With a force that made me cry in an instant, he yanked it out with his magic. It was buried in my hindleg, buried deep.

Thorax dropped the sharp object and ran to my side. He looked at my face with visible concern. I smiled as brightly as I could, making him worry less. The VIP got a bandage from his magic and proceeded to wrap it around the stab wound. It hurt to Celestia and back, but I had a mission to achieve. I had to escort the VIP.

I flew the rest of the way to the castle, alongside the VIP and Thorax. I still had no idea why Thorax was needed there, but I wasn't gonna go against anypony's word. I trusted ponies until they lied to me. Some more guards were present at the gates. I smiled at then as I told them what was happening.

"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna have requested the safe arrival of this VIP. I have been ordered by General Shadow Nova, to escort the VIP directly to them both." I listed. The guards at the gate chuckled.

"We know, you didn't have to say all of that. We just had to check who was going in, but for being formal, you got it spot on." One of the guards chuckled, until he saw my bandaged leg. "If I may ask, what happened to your hindleg Private?" He added, looking a little worried.

"There was a fight in public and I broke it up, but got hurt in the process." I truthfully announced, looking back at the bandage. He looked a bit sceptical about that, but shook it off.

"You may enter Private Blitz. Oh and before I forget, Thorax, Celestia has requested your presence in the main corridor. She wishes to speak to you in private." He announced proudly, smiling as he told the first part, but then changing to a more serious facial expression for the second. The gate opened up and we entered into the castle grounds. It looked beautiful here. It was so green and bright, giving the area a happy aura when you saw it.

The moment was short lived when we moved across the courtyard and into the main corridor of the castle. Thorax saw Princess Celestia standing to the side. Celestia took one look at all of us and smiled. She slowly walked towards us and I stood my ground, standing a little bit behind the VIP.

Celestia went up to Thorax and whispered something in his ear. He nodded and teleported away, before Celestia came to me and the VIP.

"Hello you two! I trust that you had a safe journey getting here. Am I correct with that?" Princess Celestia asked, before getting called by another guard. "Sorry about this! My sister shall continue this conversation with you. I really must go!" Celestia added before teleporting away. Me and the VIP looked at each other and walked into the throne room.

Inside the throne room, was a chair for the princess of the sun and one for the princess of the moon. Princess Luna was sat in her throne, observing our actions. We stopped moving as we got to the end of the red carpet.

"Hello there you two! I see my sister has had to vanish for a little while. So, I'll have to be in charge while she is off doing things." Princess Luna shouted, using what was called a 'Royal Canterlot Voice' or RCV for short. It badly hurt my ears, that was all. It was just loud, that was it. Luna saw that we were stunned by the voice, so she softened her voice, adding a brief chuckle mixed in with it.

"My apologies! I do that to make myself sound more powerful. So, who do we have here?" She asked, coming closer to us. I bowed and then told her my reason for being here.

"Princess! I have been ordered by General Shadow Nova to escort this pony to your location. I hope I have not disappointed you in anyway Princess." I stated, with a patriotic tone to my voice. Luna only chuckled.

"Try it less formally Private Blitz." Luna commanded, chuckling lightly. I blushed a little before taking a deep breath.

"I've been told to bring this pony here." I stated flatly, still having a blush on my face. Luna chuckled with a smile on her face. This was funny to her I guessed, watching her subjects get messed up and awkward. I probably would too, if I had as much power.

"So you're the business pony my sister was on about? We'll have to go over it all in a little bit. Can you proceed to the next room over and wait?" Luna asked, become more serious than ever. The 'business' pony nodded and calmly walked into the next room, shutting the door behind them. Luna turned to me and smiled, making me smile back awkwardly. "You're relieved of your duty!" Luna ordered. I didn't quite get the memo.

"I'm sorry Princess, can you repeat what you just said?" I questioned, ears folding back.

"Please don't be scared of me Blitz, I said in a sophisticated way, that you were done with your mission." She calmly replied, making me relax a little. I nodded and thanked the princess. I passed her the flowers I originally had picked up and she blushed at me. She waved a hoof at me and walked into the next room, as I walked to the main door, back to the entrance. It was a nice feeling meeting the princesses, but I had my job to do. I abided by my rules to follow and respected all that was said to me.

I raced across the city, as fast as I could on three legs and stopped after I reached the barracks. Without hesitation, I opened the door and shimmied inside. I strolled down the corridor and then knocked on Shadow's office door. I waited patiently for a response and was gifted one shortly after. Shadow opened the door, her eyes full of wonder as she looked at me.

"Ah, I see you have completed the assignment I had sent you on Private. Did you get there…" She was about to ask, before she saw the bandage on my hindleg. She looked at me with soft worry and doubt. I sighed softly as I showed her my leg. She scowled at first, but then she smiled a little. "I'm guessing something happened and you protected the VIP?" She asked, a stern look on her face. I shook my head.

"Incorrect General, I was attacked while dealing with a fight amongst two ponies. A sharp knife entered my hindleg and Thorax successfully took it out." I reasoned, seeing a smile on her face. It may have been a small smile, but it was a smile no less. I smiled back, the pain died down for the most part.

"Well, I suppose that you have sustained injuries on the job. Get to the medical wing of the barracks and get that wound patched up and then be on your way." General Shadow commanded. I nodded without a word as I slowly flew down to the medical wing.

I was patched up in an instant, but I now had a visible scar on my hindleg, just below my butt. It annoyed me, but there wasn't anything I could have done to prevent the scarring. Shadow came into the medical wing and found me. She walked over to me and rubbed my head.

"I maybe on duty, but you're still my son. You going to be safe getting home?" She asked, her ears folding back. I nodded. That brought a smile to my mother's face. She had to treat me like a normal guard, but I was her son and she had to keep care of me too. I hugged her lightly, before teleporting out of the building. I was feeling a little drained of magic on that day, so I decided to fly home, slowly.

As I did, I noticed that there was some shouting in the distance. I slowly flew over in the general direction of it. What I was surprised to see, was that some random fuck of a pony, was messing with my Azure. I landed a little away, still wearing my guard attire and walked towards him. As soon as I got close enough, I could see that Azure was a little scared and upset.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, making them both notice my presence. They both looked at me, eyeing my form. Azure walked back a tiny bit, as the stallion next to him snapped his anger back to Azure's direction.

"You're just not meant to be here!" The stallion snapped, making Azure move back a little and become even more scared. I stepped in front of the stallion and looked him dead in the eyes.

"Discrimination is a crime you know, so I suggest that you move along, before you get punished for it." I threatened, making him stammer a little. He slowly turned around and walked away, muttering under his breath at me. Azure saw my leg as I kept an eye on the stallion. I turned back and looked at him, my ears folding back. "Let's go home. I'll talk to you about it once we get there." I told him, getting a nod in response.

As we closed the door to the house, I took off my armour and stripped the plating, something I didn't know I could do. I then placed it in the corner of the room and looked back at Azure.

"Alright! If I tell you what happened to me, tell me what was happening to you. Got it?" I asked, getting another nod from him. I was only going to get those responses out of him, but that didn't stop me from loving him. "Alright! I dealt with a fight earlier and paid the price for it. So, what about you?" I asked, making him a little anxious. He didn't do anything for the longest time before he lifted his wings up, revealing some… Stripes!

He was a zebra! That didn't surprise me, nor did it change the way I thought about him, or felt about him. I still loved him! I walked up to him and hugged him, making his wings wrap around me. That stallion discriminated him and I felt angry. I grabbed him tightly and laid on top of him, nuzzling his fur and making him feel right at home. This was still technically his second home, but I would have loved him to live here.

I pulled a blanket over us both and watched for his expression. He wore a look of happiness and joy. For a zebra and pegasus, he had amazingly soft fur. I heard a knock at the door, ending the blissful pleasure that I was experiencing with my stallion. I flew off of him and landed next to the door, opening it and seeing Thorax on the opposite side of it.

I let him in and he happily entered, making me a little happier seeing him here. But that got me to question myself. Wasn't he meant to be with Celestia? He walked into the living room and had a look around, then walked into the kitchen, then came back. I looked at him flatly, being a little confused.

So, Thorax, may I ask how you found where I live?" I asked bluntly. He smiled, looking down at Azure and then looking back up at me.

"I saw you enter here, so I assumed that this was your home." He replied, wearing a smug smile. I pondered for several minutes, before finally, I came up with something that would catch Thorax off guard.

"What have you done all day?" I asked, seeing that he was a little bit sceptical.

"I've been managing my kingdom I now reign…" Thorax posted, making me cut him off.

"Let me firstly say that you have been in Canterlot for the last week, according to what you said to me and that you have somepony looking after the kingdom, while you are in Canterlot." I admitted. "Who are you?" I shouted, bearing my fangs and teleporting Azure behind me. Thorax began to laugh as he changed in a familiar looking Changeling. Chrysalis!

Chrysalis pinned me to the wall and then stabbed me with her horn. She used a sleeping spell on me. I was useless in this situation. As I lost consciousness, I saw Azure fly out of the house. He was probably my only help in this situation. All of my vision faded to black, as I lost all of my consciousness.