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Update:...[M.T.U complete]

So it's been about a month since my last entry, I'd like to say that I'm sorry for not making one earlier, but I've fallen down a bit of a rabbit hole on a project of interest, plus Celestia and Luna have been keeping me busy between guard work, dates, and mental health stuff that Luna has...let's say strongly suggested, I do.

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I woke up in my room at 6:30. I looked around my surroundings as the light of Celestia's rising sun started to pour into the room. For the most part the room was in just as I found it with a few exceptions. I had set up a table next to the doors the led to my ships current resting place where i could tinker on my equipment or read a book, A computer now set on the coffee table in front of the fireplace, giving me a comfy place to code or do some research on this world, and next to the glass doors that lead to my ship, there was a spare table and two chairs that I could take out into the garden to enjoy a meal outside when the weather allowed. Usually it did, though as I discovered in my research, apparently the pegasi plan the weather for each area of Equestria.

I looked down at my mobiholo and turned off its alarm as I crawled out of bed. I looked at the date as I walked towards the bathroom to take my morning shower. “Just gotta make it through today, then tomorrow I can sleep in.” I looked over towards my workbench and my old set of armor sitting on it, “And maybe I'll be able to get that project finished.”

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30 minutes later, I was making my way to the throne room with some coffee in one hand, and a croissant in the other, dressed in one of the pairs of pants that rarity had made for me. The pants themselves were khaki and regardless of how many times i wore them, always looked like they were just ironed. On top I had a simple black t-shirt under a blue button up shirt that I had rolled up the sleeves on. I had learned over time that since I didn't have to wear my armor at all times, I had to be a bit more presentable than I usually was. Part of this was due to my new position as the princesses personal guard, and the other part was due to a couple more visits to the Canterlot Carousel for various work or personal reasons, where Rarity gave me a few outfit tips to, and I quote, “Properly court a princess.” I guess that my feelings for Celestia are a bit more obvious than I thought.

I got to the throne room just as I finished the croissant. I nodded at the guard stationed by the doors who responded by nodding back and opening up the doors. Surprisingly, the throne room itself was empty, though that wasn't a cause for alarm. Celestia had probably gotten tangled up with some paperwork or something. She mentioned in passing that she had a big announcement coming up and that she wanted to make sure everything was in order for it. What that announcement was she didn't say. I figured that it was probably some new party or something like that. The ponies of this world always seemed to be throwing a party for some reason or another. Seeing as the room was empty, I went around behind the thrones and out onto the balcony behind them. Out there there was a seat that I had made out of some scrap wood and a table that I made out of some scrap metal and wood. Resting atop the table was a scroll. I picked it up and looked at the seal. A gold sun with red ribbon, a clear sign that it was from none other than Celestia. I set my coffee down on the table and opened the scroll and I walked back into the throne room.

Dear Sunshine,

I'm sure that you've noticed my absence in the throne room this morning, but do not worry. I've gotten tied up with some paperwork concerning an upcoming event here in Canterlot, and once it is done I have a meeting with a delegation from Saddle Arabia about the planning of the Equestria games. Please relax and take the morning off, maybe you can go work on that project that I've seen you tinkering on this last month.

Yours,

Celestia

P.S. I've made plans for dinner tonight in my quarters, I'll expect you there at 7:00 PM sharp.

P.P.S If you sit in my throne again, I might have to get you a crown to match it.

That last line got a laugh out of me. “I guess I've spent enough time around her that she's starting to know how I think.” I rolled the scroll back up and took it back with me as I went back out and sat down in my chair. Like Celestia asked, I relaxed and just took in the scenery as I pulled out a piece of wood from the pile under the table and in my other hand, a knife appeared. It was easy to make my tools and weapons appear on reflex purely due to my past. I found that all I had to do was associate the thought with the reflex of drawing the weapon I needed and poof! There it was. The armor itself though was a different story. As I was still practicing donning it on reflex. The issue is that I had no real way of training myself to do it since I couldn't find anyone willing to toss a few wrenches or balls at me. Though at least I could get it off now without help.

I sat there carving for about 30 minutes, and when I stopped to survey my work, a rough form of an alicorn was starting to appear out of the wood. I was about to continue my work, but not before I heard the doors open loudly and the sound of armor coming in. I let the knife in my hand dissipate as I grabbed my cup and I went back into the throne room. I was expecting to see Celestia and an escort, but instead I saw Blueblood and a small army of nobles in armor, all of them armed. “Can I help you?”

Blueblood smiled as he replied, “Yes you can. You will stand still and allow the nobles of Equestria to arrest you under the charge of attacking a noblepony, and invading the minds of the princesses.”

“Oh come on, this shit again? Look man, I get that you've got issues with me, but this?” I gestured to the crowd of nobles in armor all holding various weapons, “This is just ridiculous.”

Blueblood said nothing as the unicorn noble on his right started to step forward.

I tightened my grip on the cup in my hand as I looked at the noble approaching me, “Alrighty then, guess we’re doing this. Look, I'm gonna give you one chance to ignore his orders, and save yourself some jail time. Interested?”

The unicorn said nothing as he got to within an arm's length of me and produced a pair of hoofcuffs with his magic.

He didn't get to do much with them as before he could react, I grabbed him by the horn, and pulled him in as I slammed the coffee mug into his head. The noble in question dropped like a sack of potatoes as the mug knocked him out cold. I looked down in my hands and saw that my impromptu weapon was still in pristine condition. “Damn...that's a good coffee mug.”

I looked to Blueblood as I raised my mug up again. His response was to light up his and fire off a bolt of energy hitting the cup I had in my hand. “You will kneel before me and allow me to drag you to the dungeons.”

“What the fuck man, that was a good mug!”

I didn't get a reply from Blue blood because a split second later, An arrow came out of the crown and found itself in my left thigh. I screamed out from the pain and I dived behind Celestia's throne as two more arrows came my way. “Oh you've got to be shitting me.” I said as I looked down at my new wound. “Fuck!” Placing one hand on the wound, and another on the arrow, I broke off the shaft, making sure to leave the arrow in my leg as pulling it out would cause me to bleed a lot more. By this point I was fuming, and I knew that it was time for action. “All right asshole, you wanna fuck around? Then it's time for you to find out.” I closed my eyes and mentally called out for the armor that was given to me by the princesses, but when I lifted my hand up, which should have been my pistol and an armored glove, there was nothing. I looked down at my hand and tried to pull my pistol into my hand while whispering ‘armor on’ but nothing happened. I even tried shaking my hand a few times to no avail. Not even my armor was showing up. “Huh...Well that's gonna be problematic.”

“Quit cowering behind Celestia's throne and come out so that we may subdue you without further dirtying this sacred hall” Blueblood called out.

“Here's a better idea.” I yelled back as I looked around for anything I could use as a weapon. I saw a few of the sticks that I was working with by the open door to the outside, one of which looked thick enough to use as a weapon. I kept the throne behind me as I slowly limped over to the door, grabbed the stick, and made my way back to the throne and mentally prepared myself for what was coming. “You go down to the local store, look for this stuff called Viagra, and you all can use it to GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!” I forced myself to forget about the pain as I jumped around the throne with my stick smacking right against the side of Blueblood’s helmet. Of course it didn't have the intended effect of knocking him over, but it did catch him by surprise causing him to step back. While he was dazed I used my good leg to kick him back down into the crowd as I assumed a battle stance. “Next time check your corners.” One of the nobles on the steps of the throne was taken out by blueblood falling on him, and the other, an earth pony with just an axe came at me swinging. I sidestepped the swing and grabbed the axe with my left hand. “Hey, I've got this drum solo I've been working on, wanna hear it? I then brought my stick down on his head, breaking the stick and knocking him out cold. I grabbed the axe off of him and held it in my right as I looked to the crowd. “You call this a fight? I call this a ``difficulty tweak.”

I didn't get a response from the crowd. Instead I got a blast of magic from his horn which hit me square in the back. I fell down to the ground and found myself unable to move, and I didn't have to wait long to find the source.

“Fine, since you refuse to come peacefully, we shall do this your way. The spell I have just hit you with is a temporary stunning spell. Normally it's used to deter wildlife that gets too rowdy, but in this case it will work well enough to keep you down.” His horn glowed again and i saw a sword appear at his side as it was pulled from the scabbard on his armor, “But now indeed of tossing you into a deep dark hole, We the nobles of Equestria are going to slay you foul beast, once and for all!!” The crowd erupted into cheers as blueblood approached with the blade, “Any last words?”

“God, you just love the sound of your own voice don't you?”

Blueblood responded to this by putting his hoof on my wound, and he started to raise up his blade, but was interrupted by a sound that only I knew. The sound of a heavy laser weapon. Mentally I was both celebrating, and wondering exactly how I just heard the sound of laser fire, but I didn't have to wait long to see why that was.

The doors to the throne room flew open with such a force that they came off their hinges, and I watched as one noble from the back of the mob was sent flying across the room and impacting one of the banners hanging from the walls. The banner seemed to halt his flight as he got caught in it, and cushion his landing on the ground. The rest of the mob turned to see a 6 and a half foot tall armored suit with a Bolshoy EMG in hand. Blueblood kept his sword pointed at me as he turned to see what had just sent one of his comrades flying. “What in the name of Harmony is that!?!?”

The suit of armor raised the EMG to a low ready and from it, amplified by the speakers on the armor, came the robotic voice of Apollo. “This gathering is unlawful. You will drop your arms and disperse immediately or I will open fire!”

One noble regained his senses and swung his rapier at the suit, but all it did as it made contact was bounce off harmlessly. The suit responded by turning to the noble, grabbing the blade of the weapon with its left hand, ripping it from the noble's magical grip, and crushing it under its foot. Blueblood responded to this by lifting me up, and using me as a human shield, “What is that...that...that THING!?!?”

I chuckled because I already knew the shitstorm that was about to hit blueblood with hurricane force. I raised my voice and called out, “Apollo! Introduce yourself!”

The suit started to walk through the crowd, pushing the nobles aside who were still in shock from seeing this all unfold, and it began to speak. “I am Apollo, a T.D.O.S.A. for the ship Scythe. I perform many duties. I assure the success of my captain and his missions.” Apollo got closer and closer to us, causing blueblood to push me off to the side and point his sword at the new attacker , “I prevent collateral damage.” Apollo placed the EMG on his back and approached within a foot of Blueblood who now had his back against the wall. He took the sword out of Bluebloods magical grasp, and with his own two hands, tore it in half as a red holographic face appeared on the visor of the helmet, and boy did it look pissed. “But above all, I protect the captain and crew.”

Bluebloods face was full of terror, I'm pretty sure that he was probably seconds away from wetting himself out of fear as he cowered against the wall. I turned around to see what the reaction of Bluebloods mob was, but the room behind me was now near empty. The bulk of his comrades had retreated, and what little remained by this point were watching the scene unfold in horror. I'm assuming that the castle guard was seconds away.

I walked up to beside Apollo and patted him on the shoulder. “I think he gets the point buddy. Stand down.”

The red face of rage on the visor cooled to one without an expression, turning from a deep red to a light blue as Apollo turned to me, “Understood. Orders?”

“Hold him here for the castle guard…..and toss me a med kit.”

Apollo kept his face turned towards Blueblood and the gun pointed right at his chest as his left hand came off of the gun and took a pouch off his left hip and tossed it to me. “Vital monitoring suggests no presence of toxins in your bloodstream. I would recommend cleaning and wrapping your wound before seeking more professional medical attention.”

I opened up the pouch and pulled out some gauze and hydrogen peroxide. I then began to clean and wrap the wounds on my arms and assess the arrow embedded in my leg. “Thanks, I owe you one, and I think I've taken enough hits to be a professional myself.”

The face turned to me, “You and I both know that frequency of injury had no bearing on medical knowledge, and I would like to note that at this point you owe me 1,371 ‘ones.’”

“Well at least one of us is keeping score then.” I replied. I was about to continue talking but the hall filled with the sound of the clanking of armor and the stamping of hooves. I looked to the doors that were already kicked off their hinges by Apollo and I saw Celestia and Luna running in followed by a platoon of guardsponys in tow. The guards began to fill the room, and as they reached Blueblood, Apollo placed the gun on his back and walked to my side. At the same time the two sisters noticed me and ran towards me. As they did, I noticed that they too were in armor.

Celestia ran up to me and hugged me “Oh thank harmony you're alright!” It felt nice while it lasted, but then both her and Luna saw the arrow in my thigh and they quickly turned to Blueblood. I couldn't see the expression on Celestia's face since she had turned away from me, but I could see her mane was starting to change to the color of fire and I could hear the tone of her voice fill with anger as Luna's horn started to glow to cast a spell. Much like Apollo was minutes ago, they were ready to kill.

Celestia stepped to Blueblood who was now in shackles with a weird black metal cover over his horn, “Care to explain why there is an arrow in the leg of my guard?”

I quickly limped over to the two princesses and put my hand on their withers, “He's not worth it, and I think that between you two and Apollo he's had enough years of his life scared off him. Just stick him with the bill for the damages that he and his mob caused and put him and his posse on house arrest for a week or two to think about what they’ve done.”

Celestia turned to me and just as I predicted, her eyes were full of rage. “He could have killed you! It was him and his cohorts that shot you with an arrow!”

“Tia, look at me. I'll live, my partner in crime got here in time, and you were only seconds behind him.”

The rage in Celestia's eyes started to recede and I could see tears starting to form. “He was going to kill you, we wouldn't have-”

“Oh fuck it” I put my arms around her neck and I pulled her face close to mine before kissing her. “I love you Celestia, and I refuse to see you go down the same dark hole that you and Luna have pulled me out of.”

Celestia in shock and the look of rage on Luna's face was replaced with a smile as she spoke. “Finally. I was worried that I was going to have to lock the two of you in a room in order for you to profess your love to my sister.”

I rolled my eyes at Luna and turned back to Celestia, “I love you Celestia, and I will always be there for you.” I lifted my hand up to her cheek and rubbed it gently with my thumb, “Just as I know that you will always be there for me.”

Celestia's eyes once again filled with tears, but this time they were tears of joy. She leaned in and placed her lips on mine and I felt her wings wrap around me as well. “ I love you too my sunshine...It only took us a month of almost nightly dates to admit it.” Celestia smiled at me before letting go of me and looked down at my injury as her horn glowed. I felt the pain in my leg subside slightly as I felt a warmth of sorts surrounding the wound. “There doesn't seem to be any major bleeding, and it doesn't appear that any arteries were hit.” Celestia looked to one of the guards, “Please fetch the medics and tell them to bring supplies to remove an arrow.”

The guard nodded and ran out of the room.

I myself decided that I should probably be sitting for Celestia and the incoming medics to do their job, so I made my way over to one of the throne rooms pillars and sat down with my back against it. The pain from the action caused me to wince, but it was quickly dissipated by Celestia's magic.

Apollo stood beside me as Celestia's magic continued to work its way around my leg with the face on the visor lacking any emotion. Luna leaned over to me and whispered while using her wing to point at Apollo. “John, What is that?”

I chuckled as I turned my head towards the suit of armor, “Say hi buddy.”

Apollo responded by turning to look at Luna and extending his hand as the blue face on the visor smiled, “Greeting, I am Apollo, T.D.S.O.A. for the ship scythe. Pleased to meet you.”

Luna slowly stuck out her hoof and slowly shook Apollo's hand before looking to me with an expression that clearly said ‘explain. Now.’

“Since I didn't need my old armor anymore, I decided to give it to Apollo in order for him to have a body of sorts outside of the ship, that way he can move around and interact with the environment if he chooses to. I've been working on it over the last month in my free time, however as of this morning I was still making a few tweaks to the suit in order for it to allow him a normal range of motion. Which reminds me.” I looked at Apollo, “Hey buddy, how did you end up here?”

Apollo looked to me with a smile on his face as he said, “Admin Harmonia made a few changes to the initial design and assembled the M.T.U., call sign: Tinman, as the mob breached the gates. All tests were run and control of Tinman was established as they breached the throne room. Movement and weapons systems were tested en-route to location.”

I nodded, “Oh...well that makes sen-Wait, WHY IS HARMONIA AN ADMIN?!”

“I see. As for Harmonia, you can ask her once we've healed you.” Luna replied. She then looked to Celestia, “Are we going to have to amputate his leg?”

I immediately turned my head back to Luna who was snickering

“Okay, HAR HAR.” I replied “very funny.”

Celestia responded by placing a kiss on my cheek, “No, I'm just waiting for the medics to return with a more powerful local anesthetic before we remove the arrow. Luckily it seems like the arrow itself wasn't meant to do damage, as much as it was meant to prevent its target form using magic.”

“Which would explain why he isn't wearing the armor that we gave him.” Luna continued.

“Well in my defense, I'm still working on donning the armor from reaction alone, and I probably should have donned it the second i saw that crowd, but i decided to give diplomacy a try” I looked down at my leg, “Obviously it didn't go too well.”

“We can start training once you are healed.” Luna replied. She was about to say more, but as she opened her mouth, the medics ran in adorned in white armor with a saddlebag that had a red cross on it, and knelt down next to me. One of them reached into her saddlebag with her mouth and produced a syringe which she jabbed into my leg and then used her hoof to push the plunger. As she did, the pain in my leg disappeared. While this happened, the other medic was using his magic to unwrap the gauze I put on my leg. Once it was unwrapped, his horn glowed as his magic wrapped around the arrow and my leg. “No interior bleeding, arrows not blocking any veins, set to remove.”

The mare medic nodded at him and I watched as the arrow was slowly pulled from my leg by the stallion. Once it was out, the mare produced another two syringes, and injected them into my wounded leg one after the other. The stallion medic dropped the arrow from his magic and I picked it up, inspecting it myself as the two ponies sewed the wound close and redid the bandages around my leg. The Mare medic then turned to Celestia and saluted. “The arrow was removed without issue and we have injected him with antibiotics to protect against infection and tetanus, along with one of miss Zecora's potions to keep the pain at a minimum and speed up the healing process.”

Celestia smiled, “Thank you sergeants, you are dismissed. I will make sure that he doesn't open his stitches.” And with that, the two medics turned and left.

By this point, the guards had rounded up the mob, and were starting to lead them out of the throne room. Luna turned to Celestia, “I shall go with the guards and ensure that the perpetrators are placed under house arrest. You take your coltfriend and keep him out of trouble.”

Celestia's horn glowed and I felt myself lift off the ground. “Don't worry sister, he won't be leaving my side.” She turned to face me and smiled, “Come along my sunshine, You need your medicine.” Keeping me held in her magic, I slowly began to float behind her as Celestia turned to the door and started walking until I was lying chest down on her back.

“Medicine?” I replied as I looked to Apollo who was making his way towards the door in front of us, “I don't think I need anything, right man?”

“I am unable to make an accurate confirmation due to the potion given to you by the medics.”

Harmonias head appeared behind Apollo and smiled at me before turning and whispering something in Apollo's ear. His head turned to face her and he whispered something back while using the suit to give me a thumbs up as Celestia walked out of the throne room.

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A short walk later, we had ascended the tower and were now inside Celestia's personal quarters. I was expecting to see Celestia walk over to the couch that was in front of her fireplace and lay me down there, but instead I saw her open up the covers of her bed with her magic.

“Celestia, I don't think you should put me there.”

Celestia levitated me off her back and in front of her, “Why not? It's extremely comfortable, and it allows me to keep an eye on you as I finish up some paperwork.”

“Cause I've got a hole in my leg and I don't want to get your bedsheets dirty…...plus I don't even think I should be in your room at all.”

“Your leg had been properly bandaged by medics, and has been subject to healing spells twice now. I severely doubt that it will just reopen. I don't understand why you suddenly don't want to be in my room. You've been here numerous times over the last few weeks for drinks and dinner dates.”

“Those are different though.”

“How so?”

“Because I was only temporarily here and I wasn't in your bed. I mean look at me, I'm just some lowly idiot who cra...landed in your city.”

Celestia frowned at me, “So it's because of your status that you're doing this? Because of the crown on my head? Is my status all that matters to you?”

“NO! Absolutely not.” I countered. “Celestia I fell in love with you because of WHO you are. I fell in love with the mare that's behind the crown, not the crown itself. I could care less about your titles or any of that. Back when I was carrying you to the castle and you showed your true form to me I was scared shitless, but you took me in and stayed true to the promise you made me when you were disguised as Majesty, which now that I'm thinking about it, how did I not notice that little play on words earlier?”

Celestia chuckled, “Probably because you were still in shock about how you had just landed on a world inhabited by magical ponies.”

“Probably” I continued, “But regardless. You treated me well, and both you and Luna have been working tirelessly to help me and make me feel welcome. Honestly I'd say that I felt something for you the second I saw you, but I didn't really know it was love until that first dinner date that we had my second night here ....But I'm not a good person. I'm a hideous violent idiot who you should have banished to the sun or something.”

Celestia sighed, “I see that your meetings with my sister aren't proving as fruitful as I thought.”

“Oh they are. Before I met with her I probably would have spent a good half hour installing myself and listing off reasons why I don't deserve the love of such a kind, wonderful mare.”

Celestia smiled as she moved closer to me, “Flattery won't make me overlook your self insults, though it is appreciated.”

I opened my mouth to speak, but Celestia put a stop to that by putting her golden shoe to my lips.

“I wasn't finished. You deserve to be here because I love you too. Not for your looks or your level of intelligence, but for your heart. Cadance obviously was the first one to see it, but over time I saw exactly what kind of man you are. One who cares greatly for the wellbeing of others. One who would do or give anything to protect the ones he loves. That day in the alley when you saved me, I saw a glimpse of who you truly are, and during Luna's test I saw your whole heart laid bare. I saw your love and your pain….I saw That I too was developing feelings for you. Then you spent a night with my sister and helped her through her own pain.”

My eyes went wide

“Yes she told me of that night. She told me how you helped her, how you are able to reach out to others and help them out of the dark. It was then that I knew I loved you.” Celestia leaned in and kissed me deeply. We held the kiss for a minute before I realized that I was no longer floating in the air, I was in Celestia's bed.

I opened my eyes and sure enough, I was on top of her bed with Celestias smiling face directly over mine. I smiled back at her as I looked into those gorgeous magenta eyes and I saw love. I saw that she loved me, just as much as I loved her. I saw that she wanted me to be happy and to be safe, so I gave in. “Okay, I'll stay.”

Celestia shook her head, “You won't just stay, I want you to move in with me.”

“I-You want-I-me to?”

Celestia nodded. “We even have a place for you to put your ship as well so you don't have to worry about it being left out in the open….plus in a way you've already moved in with me since you've been living in our guest quarters for close to three months now”

I looked to Celestia with tears in my eyes, “Yes. I'd love to move in with you.”

Celestia smiled and kissed me again before getting off the bed with her horn glowing. I started to get up myself, but as I turned my body to get off the bed, Celestia extended her wing and pushed me back down. “Don't worry, I will handle moving your personal things. You stay here and rest, Doctors orders. I'll be back momentarily.” And with a flash, she was gone.

I sat there for a second dumbfounded at what had just occurred, but I knew what I had to do. “Time for another project.” I got up and swung my legs over the side of the bed with some pain, and I was just about to try to put some weight on my leg again when Harmonia appeared in front of me.

“And just what do you think you're doing?”

“Uhh…”

“Get back in bed and listen to your mare friend.”

“As much as I want to, I've gotta answer the call of nature, and I have a few ideas that I need to start working on. And don't worry, I can use my armor as a sort of support to keep stress off my leg. Plus I'm Celestia's guard. Its my job to be by her side”

“I think that given what just happened, you can consider yourself on medical leave for the next couple of days.”

I sighed, “You want the truth?”

Harmonia nodded

“Look, Celestia's has done so much for me, and i feel like I've barely done anything for her. I want to make her something, i was going to go down to first grab the carving i was working on, but also try to see if i couldn't get my hands on some metal to make her a little something.”

Harmonia smiled at me, “I thin k that that sounds like a wonderful idea, but you'll have to wait until your healed.”

“Why? I mean i used to do far more stressful activities with injuries that were worse than the one I've got now.”

“That may be true, but this is a different world. One where you don't need to just push yourself to the brink for no reason, and how much damage has doing that done to you over the years?”

“Honestly I don't recall.” I replied

“Well it wont be happening anymore.”

“Then what am I supposed to do? Just sit here?”

“Yes, you will sit there, heal, and wait for your love to return to you.”

I rolled my eyes as I started to put some pressure on my legs, but as I did something felt off, it felt like more was being put on the ball of my feet and when I looked down, I saw that my normal boots had been replaced with a pair of gold heels. The toes seemed to feature a fleur de lis similar to that of Celestia's own shoes, and had gold laces coming off of them up to my knees. “Hey, give me my boots back!”

Harmonia giggled, “That was for lying to me. As for your boots, you'll get them back when Celestia returns with your personal effects. I can't wait to see how she likes your new shoes. Have fun!” and with a flash she disappeared.

“We’ll see about that!” I yelled out as I lifted up my hand and tried to get my knives to materialize in my hands. But instead of a way to cut myself free, my hands were covered in opera gloves. “Now that's just not fair.”

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Author's Note

Yes im aware that im using cloaker quotes. shut up and let me have my fun.