Chapters Author's Note
Made a few minor changes and corrections.
Chapter 1
Junus 15 999 ANF
It was a normal day in Canterlot, well as normal as it could be a few days before the Summer Sun Celebration, but it was with everypony getting ready to head to Ponyville for the ceremony. That was until gasps and whispers could be heard coming from Mane Street. The cause of the commotion was a giant of a stallion that was trotting resolutely up the street, his eyes locked straight ahead.
At a glance, he was at least two hooves taller than Princess Celestia, wide at the shoulders and carried himself with a confidence that only a trained warrior could. Not much could be seen of his coat since he wore a cloak, but from what could be seen, he was a storm mottled grey with a white mane and tail. A peculiar mark was a blaze of white that run from his forehead down almost to the end of his muzzle. One other detail could be made out about him. The way his cloak laid on his back, one could assume that a massive pair of wings rested there.
Not once did the mysterious stallion stop or slow in his march and it soon became apparent to his destination, he was headed to the castle. Arriving at the main gate, four of Celestia's best tried to stop him, but he simply swept them away with a wing. None was injured, but it was sobering to see them overwhelmed so easily. The main castle doors was his next impediment and the guards proved to be just as insignificant, except the doors had been closed and locked. Looking a bit miffed, he simply turned on his front hooves and kicked the doors with such force the castle shook on its foundation. Shaking his head, he muttered something under his breath before slowly cantering into the castle depths.
The throne room was almost at capacity from the nobles trying to get one last favour, tax break or whatever their greedy hearts desire was from the Princess before the break that came with the Summer Sun celebration. No pony knew of the events that was happening until during a small break in the proceedings, a strong quake was felt throughout the castle. It was almost instantly that guards started to flood the throne room. As nobles and the princess watched, Captain of the Guard, Spear Breaker approached the throne.
"Highness, we have a intruder."
"Description" she asked immediately, concern crossing her features.
"Large pony, at a minimum two hooves taller than you. Confirmed stallion wearing a cloak. Possibly a pegasus with a mottled grey coat, white mane and tail with."
"A white blaze going down to the end of his muzzle" she finished, her voice taking on a pained tone.
"H..how did you know" a surprised Spear asked.
"Do not worry about that right now. Do not engage him and open the throne room doors. He is not a threat to anypony here" Celestia ordered.
"But, Highness!"
"Do not test me Spear" she interrupted him. "He will not harm anypony in Equestria, besides, if he went on a rampage there's only one pony who could stop him and she's not here." Spear could hear the pain in his princess's voice and sighing, turned to follow her orders.
A few tense minutes later, the sharp clop of hooves could be heard. Entering the throne room the nobles and guards finally could see the true size of the stallion and needless to say, they was all speechless. As he stood in the doorway looking around, his gaze stopped momentarily on Celestia before something caught his attention. Moving a hoof up, he undid the tie for his cloak revealing his massive stature to all, but what really caused a collective gasp was the intricate set of wing blades he wore.
Moving down the aisle, his gaze never left a particular set of stained glass windows. Reaching the end of the aisle, he turned and stopped, staring at it in obvious pain before looking at the princess. Closing her eyes, she lowered her head as if acknowledging a unasked question. Flaring his wings in shock he took a couple of staggering steps backwards before falling to his rump, his quiet sobs being the only noise heard until the wing blades started glowing. The gathered ponies watched as Princess Celestia, her horn aglow, gently and lovingly removed the stallions arms with no reaction from him.
Celestia knew this day would come and it was as painful as she imagined. Sitting in front of her was her long lost brother in law. She knew without looking what window he was fixated on. It depicted the moment she had to banish her little sister to her own moon to prevent the Nightmare from destroying her and Equestria. She knew why he was here and knew despite his strength, they would need each other in the coming days. Lighting her horn, she gently began removing his blades. Setting them aside, a gasp was heard. Looking back, she watched for only the second time in all the years she had knew him, as his strength failed.
Nopony had seen her move. Nopony had ever seen the princess move that fast, but there she was sitting in the middle of the throne room without her royal regalia, holding the mysterious stallion to her chest covering him with her wings as he wept. What surprised them the most was the fact that she was weeping with him as if both was reliving a tragedy that only the two of them knew.
"Captain."
"Yes, Princess."
"Clear the throne room please, I need some time to calm him down, also let it be known that he will be afforded the same respect I receive" she paused a moment to collect herself. "After all, he is my brother in law and thus a Prince of Equestria."
When she said that, everypony witnessing the scene started wondering who the stallion was and what this would mean for them all.
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. Author's Note
Sorry, real life is a pita.....and too much WOWS Legends. I have no excuse really. 😁
Chapter 2
Junus 16 999 ANF
Upon opening my eyes, I was confused for a moment until the events of yesterday came back to me. Laying there in a bed that was far more comfortable than it should be, I realized I had been a fool for staying away from Cel after Luna lost herself. She kept repeating that she understood how I felt when we spoke about it last night and I guess it's not a surprise then that I could feel Cel had pulled herself up to me as close as she could. Glancing over my withers, I can see a content smile on her muzzle simply because she had half of her family back.
I could feel a small smile crease my muzzle as I looked at Cel. 'The last thousand years has been hard on her, even if she doesn't show it' I thought to myself. It's a wonder she didn't lose herself, but I guess when you are immortal, everything will work out in the end.
My mind drifted while I laid next to my sister. I knew Luna would return in a few days, but I also knew that the Nightmare would still have sway over her. Do I have the heart to confront her I wondered. Would I even be able to if I could, to stand in front of my wife and try to talk some sense into her? I still remember seeing pain in those slitted and yet, still beautiful eyes. I remember her saying she could never harm me, but her sister was a different story. Her conviction that Celestia had something to do with our only foals death when she sent him to the Crystal Empire as ambassador before Sombra took over was one of the driving forces behind her transformation.
"What has you so deep in thought that your lost to the world this morning?"
I turned back to the voice that startled me out of my musings to see rose colored eyes looking at me in concern. Smiling, I shook my head and sighed.
"Just thinking about what's going to happen and remembering how Blazing's death has led to the grief that has befallen our family." Watching her ears flatten to her head was hard and I wasn't going to let whatever feelings she had continue to bother her.
"In someway you feel responsible don't you?"
"Whinny, I am responsible for Moonie's death. I'm the one that asked him to be the ambassador. How can I not be responsible" she asked as tears rolled down her muzzle.
"He was a grown stallion and knew what he was getting into. We couldn't have foreseen that Sombra was going to stage a coup. Luna was already unsettled at that point from the miscarriage and Blazing's death pushed her over the edge" I said to her. Seeing that my words hadn't had the effect I was hoping for, I rolled over and pulled my sister in to my larger frame and wrapped a wing over her back.
"Her sanity was already fragile at that point, you couldn't see it because she hid it so well, but I knew she was on a blades edge and when news came of his death it sent her over that edge." I had to stop for a moment as I reflected on the night Luna changed. I had been trying to console her about the loss of our foal, but when word had come of Moon's death, I had to watch as the one I loved broke down and turn into a Nightmare.
When I came back to myself, i made it known what was going to happen.
"When Luna returns, I will confront her sister. She will not harm me."
"How can you be sure of that Whinny? She had let the Nightmare take over and it cares not who you are." I smiled at her before giving her the one answer I knew in my heart.
"Despite becoming what she is, she still knows me as her husband. We had been married for two hundred years by that point and even though she had lost herself she still knew in her heart who I was and even said she could never bring any harm to me. I'll be okay Cel, harming me would be worse than harming herself" I said smiling. "Now, what's on the docket for this morning?"
"For starters, raising the sun in a few minutes, then breakfast. After that, I guess getting you introduced to the kingdom once again." I frowned hearing that.
"You let knowledge of us fade?"
"To protect you and Luna, yes I did. I tried to protect both of you, but rumors still took root and after sometime it became known that Luna and the Nightmare were one and the same. After a few centuries went by, the knowledge about Luna turned into stories to scare foals into acting right."
"What was said about me?"
"One said that you had joined Luna on the moon by your own free will to try and help her overcome the Nightmare. Another said that you had been mortally wounded and left to die of your wounds and a broken heart." I thought about that last one and smirked. I they only knew that I was as hard to kill as an alicorn.
"Well then, get your cake flank up, raise the sun and let's get something to eat cause I'm hungry now." I waited for a breath or two before my little dig finally registered and when it did, the only thing I could think was that it was totally worth it after seeing the look on her muzzle.
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. Junus 18 999 ANF
I was at Cel's side in court again and listening to one of the most pompous and whiny beings I've ever seen. He was a white coated unicorn with a blond mane and tail and with the way he preened, must have thought he was Faust's gift to mares.
His complaint?
A maid had got one single drop of water on his coat and he was asking that she should be fired and sentenced to 10 years in the dungeon. All sound stopped when my hoof connected my forehead.
"Are you sure this little shit is a descendant of High Born" I grumbled at Cel.
"Yes?"
I looked at the turd for a moment. "I guess I can see it, but High wasn't a asshole like this moron is. Don't get me wrong, he had his moments, but he wasn't a self centered, egotistical shit pile like he is all the time." The room grew quite when I said that. Looking at the little whiner, I could see he was on the verge of a massive bitch fit.
"I will have you know that I am Prince Blueblood and you have overstayed your welcome here. GUARDS!!! Remove this thing."
I just smiled at him before laughing. I knew he would try this after Cel had told me about him and was prepared for it.
"Two things. First, you have no authority over the guards. NONE!! Second, you can't be a Prince for the simple fact that your not married to a alicorn. Just because your adopted into the royal line doesn't give you the right to call yourself a Prince. Marriage to one of the Princesses is the only way you can be called a Prince and the only alicorn I know that isn't married is right here." I knew of Cadenza, but hadn't talked to her yet.
"Well, in that case your not a prince either. There are only two alicorns."
"Wrong little horn head. Celestia is my sister in law. What do you think that means" I asked him with a sadistic grin. I figured I better answer for him before what little brains he has explodes.
"That's right. Celestia has a sister and I'm married to her and have been for a long time. Now, I suggest you get out of my sight before I get irritated and you won't like me when I get that way."
"I will ma..."
"If you finish that sentence and I take it as a threat, you'll find yourself banished to the wasteland."
"You don't have that kind of authority."
"Actually, he does have that authority Blueblood. If he wanted to strip you of your title and more, well, there's not much I could do to stop him and don't think the council will help you either. The binding magic of the foundation laws of the kingdom still would recognize him as the ruling Prince and since there would be two rulers available, the council has no power now."
Looking at his thunder struck face was especially entertaining for me. I knew Cel was enjoying this since she told me the council had been pushing their own agenda for awhile, but since I'm back, they can't do squat now.
"That is preposterous. The council..."
"Can't do buck all with two rulers on the throne. The founders of Equestria set it up that way so morons like you couldn't screw up what so many ponies died for. Even we have to follow the laws and it was determined that alicorns are the only ones with the magic to enforce those laws. Because I'm married to Luna, I have to abide by those as well. That is why I carry the title of Guardian, because I'm bound to enforce said laws. The council was created as advisory body for the Princesses. They hold no true power and I see it has become a bloated caricature of itself. Now leave before you see me pissed off."
I guess he got the idea and left in a huff. Pompous asshole I thought to myself. I need to keep an eye on that puffed up pile of shit, but then again, if he fucks up I can do as I said I would do.
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One of the perks of being a mustang is we generally have access to more than just the magic we're born with. In the years I've spent with Luna, I learned how to dream walk and for some reason I decided to walk the dreams of others this night and found one who shouldn't be here or I should say I didn't expect.
I felt her presence before I could see her.
"Luna?" Looking behind me I could see my wife standing there in shock as she looked at me.
"Whinny? Tis it truly you?" She was still in her altered form, but looking into her eyes assured me she was still there.
"Yes my heart, it is me" I said to her before gathering her up into a embrace.
"Where are you" I heard her ask.
"Sharing a bed with our sister. She has hardly left my side since I returned and she is hoping that you would return as yourself in a few days." She scoffed at my words.
"That fat flanked whorse could care less about us, especially you. She regarded you as barely a second class citizen."
"Then watch this and hear her words" I said to her as the conversation we had the other night played out from my point of view. When it was over Luna didn't say anything for a few minutes, but she did shuffle into my embrace more.
"Sister meant every word. I could feel her pain. I could feel all of the pain she has carried for the last thousand years." Luna was crying and that was one thing I couldn't stand. She was too kind and gentle to cry.
"I know my heart. All she has wanted was to have her family back at her side. I thought that leaving was the right thing to do. I see now that it was not the correct choice, but I do believe it forced her to realize what was the most important part of her life and waits eagerly for you to return since your the last part of the puzzle for her to be truly happy again."
"Three more nights my love, then all will be right again."
I couldn't wait.
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