The Fairytale

“I’m so sorry, Cadance, I’ve wanted to come spend time with you, but I’ve been so caught up this week with the investigation into Jet’s incident. I’ve had at least half-a-dozen interviews from numerous academy staff and members of the Royal Guard. Finally I just told them that I’m done talking and that I want to spend some time with my fillyfriend,” Shining Armor explained as he walked in through Cadance’s home. He certainly looked worse for wear, the stress of the situation had worn on him and he had barely gotten much sleep.

“What about Jet Stream?” Cadance asked as she walked with Shining.

“I wish I could say, but they moved him to a different room and I haven’t seen him much around campus while all this junk is going on. Already some of the other cadets are spreading rumors that he nearly killed Aurora and I just can’t even eat in the lounge anymore without that story popping up. I don’t even want to fathom what this is doing to Jet. He lost the girl he cares so much about and now he’s being painted as this maniac who nearly killed her,” Shining replied, shaking his head in disbelief.

“Actually, Shining Armor, that is something I wanted to talk to you about,” Cadance replied, but froze suddenly.

Standing at the entrance to the next room was Aurora, staring at the two of them. Shining noticed her and nearly lost his breath. “Aurora? Is, is that you?” he asked, hardly able to believe it. After what had happened, he figured she’d be locked up at home.

“Yes, Shining Armor, it is,” she replied and went silent, preferring if Cadance explained the situation.

“She came to me the day after the incident, she had run away from her father and need some help. I was more than willing to give her protection and she has been here ever since. We don’t know if her father has started looking for her, but we decided it would be too risky to go to the authorities at the moment,” Cadance explained.

“Well I don’t think there is a need to, as far as I can tell they don’t believe that he attacked Aurora, too many witnesses have painted him in a good light. It’s the attack on Upper Class that is causing the delay. Although no charges were filed, I’m guessing Upper Class wants Jet humiliated as much as possible,” he said and walked over to Aurora.

The unicorn looked a lot better now, having been taken good care of by Cadance. But she was still worried about Jet and his situation. “What’s going to happen to Jet?”

“He’s on probation at the moment, for the next four months. He is not allowed to leave the campus.” Shining said before and idea popped in his head. “But, there is nothing against sompony visiting him, so technically you could go to see him.”

“Is it possible?” Cadance asked.

“Yes, but we would have to be very careful. The campus is still flooded with guards at the moment, but they mostly leave by evening. I can ask around, figure out where Jet is and maybe we can sneak you to him,” Shining replied.

“What happens if she gets caught?” Cadance asked.

“Then I tell them the truth, no, I will tell them the truth. I can’t let this get out of control. Let me spend the night with him, and in the morning, I’ll march right to their offices and explain to them exactly what happened.”

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Jet stared up at the blank ceiling, bored out of his mind. For a week now he had been stuck in this dorm, the only time he was allowed to leave was to attend drills or class and even them somepony was monitoring him. The situation had spiraled out of control, and he figured Upper Class was at fault. Normally this would blow over after a few days, but it had been a week and still he was being bombarded by questions and swarmed by detectives. He was becoming the academy pariah and it was now being said he hadn’t just attacked Aurora, he had killed her. In all of this Jet himself was unable to do anything to stop it, no matter how many times he explained what happened things got worse and worse. All the colt could do now was sit here and wait for things to move on, or at least hope they move on. He wished Shining Armor was at least here, he could then have some king of conversation instead of starting at the walls and ceiling.

The clock on the way note it as nine in the evening; while not late at all for a weekend, when you had nothing better to do, sleeping at least meant you didn’t have to be bored while conscious. So Jet turned out the lights and dug himself under his covers. Even now he couldn’t keep Aurora out his mind, though with all these rumors it was becoming hard and hard to keep her in a positive lite. He had started having nightmare where he did indeed kill her and it was like driving a nail into his head. If this is what Upper Class was trying to do to him, then it was succeeding. He flipped on his side and stared out the window and up at that moon.

It what was the most random and unexpected thing ever, Shining Armor suddenly popped in through the window and hit the wall. “Ugh, damn, that hurt,” he murmured as he rubbed his head. “Why did they stick you on the third floor? You’re a pegasus, the height wouldn’t change anything,” he complained and got up.

Jet got out of bed and helped him up. “What are you doing here?” Jet asked, not even sure how he got up here, but pretty sure he didn’t want to know.

“Oh, I have a surprise for you,” Shining said and walked over to the window.

Jet followed him and looked out, his heart stopping the moment he spotted her. Down on the grass below them, standing next to Cadance was Aurora, staring back up at him. He didn’t even hesitate to jump out the window and landed himself right in front of her.

But it would be Aurora to act and, just like their first night, she pounced on him and tackled him to the ground. The two kissed passionately, both crying from pure joy of having the other back in their embrace. “I’m so sorry, Jet, I’m so sorry for what happened! You didn’t deserve any of this!” she said after breaking their kiss and laying her head against his chest.

“You didn’t do a thing, Aurora; you have nothing to be sorry for. I am just glad to know that you are alright.” All at once, everything that happened was wiped away and forgotten, all that mattered was this filly in his arms and the fact that they had been reunited. “Aurora, I have missed you so much, I was so afraid of what your father would do to you. I… I love you Aurora, it’s that simple, I love you.”

Aurora lifted her head and looked at Jet, not expecting him to say that, but not rejecting it either. During the time she had been with him, she had certainly cared about him, but she never knew if that was love. But now, she knew, she loved this colt, she went through so much to be here with him, only love could drive her to go that far. “And I love you, Jet,” she said softly and they kissed again.

After a minute they two got up and composed themselves, they couldn’t, after all, just lie in the grass all night. “So, how did all of this happen?” Jet asked, joining Cadance and Shining, who had apparently came back out from his room in a rather… painful way.

“After she ran away from her father, she came to my home and asked for my help. After what you had told me happened, I couldn’t possibly deny her that and she’s been staying with me for a week now,” Cadance explained. “Once we knew your situation it was just a matter of figuring out how to reunite you two.”

“We don’t know what Upper Class is up to, so we haven’t gone to the authorities or anything yet, we want the heat to die down,” Shining Armor said.

“It won’t, at least not until Aurora can tell her side. I have a feeling Upper Class is paying off the authorities to perform this stupid investigation just to humiliate me as much as possible. But if Aurora sets everypony straight, they won’t have anything left to investigate. While I know that would give him some idea of where she is I highly doubt Upper Class would dare oppose the authority of a princess who can easily get the backing of Celestia herself. We then just wait until things die down and the two of us can start building a new life for her,” Jet explained.

“Are you sure about that, I wouldn’t want to put her in any more danger than she already is,” Shining remarked.

“I’m sure, Jet is right, this won’t end as long as my father can keep this story alive. Only I can kill it and once it’s dead my father won’t have anything he can use again Jet and hopefully he’ll give up,” Aurora replied.

“Do you really think he’d just give up?” Cadance asked.

“I don’t know, maybe he will and maybe he won’t, it doesn’t matter. I’ll do what I have to do,” Aurora replied.

“Well then I think we’ll take our leave, don’t want to get caught out here after curfew, do we?” Shining remarked and turned to leave with Cadance.

Jet moved over to Aurora and gently pats his back. “Here, grab on,” he told her. Aurora nods and gently climbs on onto Jet’s back and wraps her hooves around his midsection. He spread out his wings and launches himself up into the air, but instead of heading right to the window of his room, he just continued to climb higher. “Just hang on, I want to show you something,” he told her. With each flap he brought them up higher and higher until he suddenly stopped and just hovered. “Ever seen Canterlot like this before?”

Aurora peered over and her eyes widened at the sight of Canterlot, looking like it was nothing more than jumble of fancy blocks and lights. “That’s incredible,” she said, moving slightly until her hooves were around Jet’s neck and her head up next to his. “It’s so beautiful,” she added and rested her head against his.

“To think, down there, thousands of ponies are all tucked in bed. Shining Armor, Cadance, Fancypants, even Celestia… up here they all look like equals,” Jet replied.

“Even my father,” Aurora added and smiled slightly. “If I didn’t know him, I’d almost feel sorry for him. He spent his life consumed over getting ahead that he’s missed the most important part, the company of dear friends,” she said and kissed Jet on his cheek.

“Then I think you and I are far richer than he ever could be.”

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“You know this isn’t going to work, right?”

Upper Class didn’t even turn to acknowledge the question; he just remained in his chair, staring into the fire in the hearth. If he could ever say he had a friend, it would be Captain Phalanx, and that itself was a stretch. Phalanx was the calm, level-headed leader of the Royal Guard and seemed to only hang around Upper Class to watch the stallion scheme. He found a certain amount of entertainment in watching him operate, waiting to see when all his work would fall apart on him. Upper Class tolerated him since he could at least bounce ideas off him.

“Aurora isn’t as weak-minded as you think she is, this whole stunt won’t destroy her love for that young stallion,” he added, taking a sip from the cup of tea that sat nearby.

“I know that, idiot. I need to get that damned colt out of the picture, in whatever ways I possibly can,” Upper Class replied, glancing over at the other unicorn.

“Yes, well this won’t work. You’re pursuing him based on falsified information. If Aurora speaks out about what happened, you’re finished,” Phalanx pointed out.

“It won’t matter; once I know where she is I can retrieve her. It’ll become a kidnapping, won’t it? Then I can get the authorities to bring her back to me,” he explained.

“Do you really think they’re that stupid? That story has rubbish written all over it,” Phalanx replied and took another drink. He could tell that Upper Class had lost his edge; now he was in panic mode, afraid to lose everything he’d managed to pull together after all these years. It was almost comical to watch as this stallion resorted to the most insane schemes just to get his daughter back under his hoof. But that was the fun of it, watching him at the mercy of his daughter and her lover. And Phalanx had no plans to prevent this stallion from hitting rock-bottom; the time had come for him to learn why Fancypants was top stallion and why he would never be able to compare, no matter the money he had amassed.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Jet gently stepped in through the open window and dropped down to the floor. He folded his wings up and allowed Aurora the chance to climb off.

“That was just amazing, Jet, thank you,” she said and nuzzled him.

“It’s my pleasure, Aurora,” Jet replied and gently turned aside. “And, I, I was wondering, I only have one bed in here, so if you want it, I can sleep on the,”

But Aurora didn’t let him finished, she immediately took her place on the bed and patted her hoof next to her, telling Jet Stream to join her. The two had never slept together before, mostly because Aurora always had to return home before anypony suspected her of being gone. But now, with nothing to stop her, she wanted to feel his body up against hers, she wanted to sleep under the protection of her stallion, she wanted to physically feel what love was.

Jet himself knew what she was getting at, but he was hesitant, a little nervous about slipping into bed with her. Yes he loved her, but he’d never slept together with a female, though he had seen Shining and Cadance together a few nights before. He closed the windows before approaching his bed and stopped as she stood before her. He moved himself so that Aurora would be pressed up against his chest while his from legs wrapped around her waist and shoulders. He went and laid down on the bed and gently pulled his blanket up over their two intertwined bodies and gently kissed Aurora before relaxing to allow sleep to overtake him.

Aurora held onto Jet’s arms with hers and pressed herself up against his body until she was able to feel each breath that he took. She felt so wonderful, so protected by her stallion and so relaxed that it took her no time at all before she was fast asleep. This was her world now, one that was better and completely cut off from the world of her father; one that she would do everything possible to maintain.