Author's Note

A short before another sequence of chapters

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Interlude-Don't Piss off the 'Pegasus'

Times passes...

The weeks steadily passed for the ponies in Canterlot Castle as many had no idea what went on behind the closed doors of Twilight's Tower. Moondancer and Twilight rarely left the building, if at all, to continue their work on the Mirror Portal. The were many an odd noise or two usually followed by bright flashes of light the would light up all of the towers windows in different arrays of color.

Levi did did what he could after the girls had told him what happened upon his return and seeing Celestia had gone to the tower to stare at the portal. Levi took their children and explained to them what was going on with their mother, doing his best to put their minds at ease. Telling them more of the details behind their older sister departure and why their mother was in the state she was in. All of them went to the tower after Levi sent word to Spitfire, who was cleared for leave and soon requested reassignment to Canterlot in order to be closer to her mother for morale support.

Levi had requested his mages to look over he unicorns' findings. He even called in another unicorn for Celestia's school, Sunburst, who excelled in spell working and magical theory as well as multiple spell layering. Having shown promise at an early age, but being from a very small town the nobles had tried their best to keep him isolated to he would leave the school. They also quickly found that although he was very knowledgeable in spells and their creating he didn't have an aptitude for casting them overall. This only gave the nobles even more fuel to have the colt ousted. It would've succeeded until he befriended Twilight and Moondancer not long after the foal napping incident.

Levi did what he could to help the girls and Sunburst out. There wasn't a whole lot he could do except provide security details and some of the rare materials needed for the portal. Even the mages and enchanters of the Strawberry clan that were in-charge of the magic gear he Survey and Garrison Corps used were stumped my Twilight and Moondancer's work with the portal and the equations, which is why he brought in Sunburst.

Blueblood did what he could as well, though he played more as a mediator to the nobles and public than anything to keep the project and why the princess had been holding court for a few days. Though the you stallion played it off as nothing but repayment for all his aunt and uncle had done for him, everypony wouldn't stop thanking him for what he did.

Lately though, much of the nobles' focus had shifted to the up start Shining Armor and Princess Cadenza. Their relationship was by far no means a secret in Canterlot society. The nobles had always down played it as a passing faze but after they found out that Shining wasn't a pushover and a rising Star in the Academy, they began to worry. After the foalnapping of his little sister security had been tighten around them but no one could ever tell unless you got to close to one of the Sparkles, but by then you usually had a sword to your throat.

With Shining being a rising star and having the recommendations from former Head Captain Tightship and a few other higher ranked former guards ponies he had a very promising career in the guard to look forward to. All of his recommendation were also known to be hardliners and extremely difficult to get recommends from, which made it all the harder for noble society to slander the top ranked Cadet, turned Lieutenant first-class right out of the Academy.

Levi was the only outlier. He wasn't even brought in to many of the nobles' discussions after the first few weeks due to many reasons. He overall appearance outright scared many of the uppity twats with just a single glance. He had the nerve to speak his mind whenever he chose, especially in front of royalty. Celestia had hi back completely and he was not only the biological father of the newest princess but also a very vigilant father as well. Any assassins sent after him either disappeared and we're never seen or heard of again, or refused after getting within range to actually see the 'pegasus'. Safe to say that he is there to stay.

"GET OUT FUCK NOW!"

The throne room door were immediately flung open and out was flung a light greyish white lanky unicorn stallion and black mane in a red robe.

"How dare you! I am Chancellor Neighsay!," the unicorn glares at Levi as the taller pegasus who was seething with rage, "I am the head of her highness's educational system. I am here to make sure the young princess Stella Aria is receiving the proper education as dictated be the ESS. It is my duty to make sure she is ready for he time in the School for Gifted Unicorn. Some one of her linage only deserves the best magical teacher that being me right under the princess herself." He dusts himself off, "Seeing as how her highness is busy with court more and more it falls on me to educate the young princess

"I will not be questioned on how or what I teach my daughter!" Levi fumed, "Let alone by some uppity nobleman such as YOURSElF!"

"You are nothing more than a servant," Neighsay scoffs, "The princess may have chosen to lay with you, but that doesn't make you worthy of-"

*DING!*

Something metal and shiny flew past Neighsay's face and was now embedded in the wall next to his head. Something warm and wet ran down the chancellors cheek. He looked down out of the corner of his eye he saw a small cut and blood steadily flowing from it onto the floor. He the then slowly turns his head to see a sword sticking out of the wall level with his cheek.

"Y-y-y-you... you ccc-c-c-cut m-m-m-m-me..." Neighsay stutters turning back to see Levi towering over him, red faced and utterly furious and staring coldly into his eyes

"I dare you to finish that sentence little chancellor," Levi says coldly, reaching and easily pulling the sword from the wall.

"GUARDS," Neighsay shouts and a couple nearby come quickly. "Arrest this pony for assault."

"No can do," one the guards says abruptly. "Mr. Ackerman rarely ever does anything like this unless you deserve it. He trained a number of us at the Academy, never did I see him do anything to any pony that didn't deserve it."

The second guard comes up, "He's the special some pony of the princess and a mercenary. He's above our pay grade to take on."

"You're lucky Neighsay, you're very lucky that you got off with a small cut like that," says a stern voice.

Everypony but Levi turned to see the princess sternly glaring at Neighsay.

"If Levi really wanted to hurt you Neighsay he would've gouged out your eye balls with his hooves alone. Now," she looks at Levi, "I think it's best if you leave and never try and stick your muzzle in my families education again, lest I let my dearest Levi continue what he started here, do you agree?"

"And what exactly would you do?" Neighsay gulps.

Levi leans down and puts his face right in front of Neighsay's, "I was going to cut off you little oily sleezeball head and roast it on a spit then mount it on my wall with all the rest of those idiots that tried to pull the same shit with Mine and Tia's little girl. And don't even try and go after our son either. Got. it!" He point the chancellor in the chest with his metal hoof, very very hard.

Neighsay vigorously nods his head.

"Good," Levi back up and starts to trot away. "Now I must see to other matters. I'll see you later Celestia." He says walking away.

"Till then," Celestia waves him off then turns to Neighsay who is preparing to say something about getting read of Levi.

"Let me stop you there before you even start you pompous twat," Celestia glares as the temperature starts to rise, "I will not tolerate you or your little degraded mockery of what you call an educational system even come within thirty feet of my our children. Levi is... much more in control of his emotions than I can be most of the time. Trust me when I say your end with be very painful and very quick if it were by my hoof Neighsay," she points in the direction of where Levi went. "Levi is much colder and sadistic. He will torture you... and only after you beg and plead for weeks on end to be killed will he even think of considering it."

The chancellor's eye shrank.

"Our daughter is being taught magic by my personnel student and a few other ponies that are on par with Twilight Sparkle. If I trust her then why would I trust you," she says flatly. "Think about you actions today little idiot. Nobles have disappear for much less and much easier and quietly with Levi around. They are easily replaced with better ponies suited for the positions. But that's not you little Neighsay, is it?" she glowers at him as he nods shaking in his new piss drench coat, "Well, now I suggest you heed my dearest's Levi's earlier words words and, GET THE FUCK OUT!" She screams as the chancellor made tracks.

Celestia snorts, "Wait tell he finds out that cut will leave a nasty scar that can't be cover by magic," she snickers. "Return to your posts please." She trots off. "And have some of the made clean the hallway, thoroughly if you would. I don't want it to reek of fear, blood and... piss tomorrow before court."

"YES MA'AM!" The guards yell and go back to guarding the front door.

"Remind me never to piss anypony off here," Guard says.

"Dude," the other looks around, "Just be stand still and smile. As long as you do that, you'll be fine."

"Yea, fine," The first nervously chuckles, "Especially with a mercenary with a cleaning fetish, a crazy teenage unicorn, and crazy bullshit that happens nearly everyday, especially from that tower."

There was a sudden explosion in the distance that caused everyone to be left off the ground about three inches.

"We're okay!" came the voices of three youths.

"Not to mention the disaster trio that blow themselves or something up every flipping day," A maid nonchalantly says dragging along a mop in her magic.

"Glub Glub spray you all!"

"Great, the mayo lizard is back," one of the guards. "CODE WHITE!"

A large platoon of guards in white armor came out and march into the courts and then a lot of squelching was heard