Squad No. 13

"Don't do it Cobalt."

Cobalt looked up from his cafeteria lunch and gave the white-coated stallion in question a goofy grin, his mouth still full of food.

"hmghfhftfthfthfhtfht."

''What? Come on Cobalt I am being serious."

"Argg, Shining Armor you know he's not going to listen", said the other white-coated stallion sitting next to him. "I mean, when did he ever listen. Remember the pancake incident? It took the cleaners two weeks to scrape all those pancakes from the princess's office ceiling."

"Those pancakes were something else though", Shining Armor said as he gazed dreamily at the ceiling." I never knew Cobalt could cook."

The blond maned stallion frowned at Shining. "It seems somepony forgot about the events that transpired after that."

Shining Armor smiled sheepishly as he blew a blue strand of mane from his face."Come on Blueblood. It was a harmless prank."

"A harmless prank that would have gotten us expelled!", interjected Blueblood." I mean which team are you on Shining. Have you forgotten how significant this day is to you? For all of us? It's the last day of our final year at the academy. The last thing we need is another detention because of a certain oaf who always hauls us into trouble."

Shining Armor gave a heavy sigh of defeat, knowing fully well what Blueblood said was true. He pushed his food tray away and levitated his bag on the table.

"He's brought up a valid point Cobalt", said Shining as he revealed a document from his bag. "Recruits for the guards are being processed today and if I get into trouble they would certainly reject my application ."

"And then you will have nothing to impress Cadence on your date tonight.", summed up Cobalt as he made a beeline for Shinings food tray.

Shining Armor blushed furiously, his face turning beet red.''N-n-no, that's

not the reason I wanted to join. It was part of the reason but ever since I was a foal I dreamt of becoming a guard. To protect the weak and defenceless. To escort the princess herself...."

Cobalt grinned."I think we all know which princess you are talking about."

Shining Armour once again gave an embarrassed look and took an attempt to flee from Cobalt's teasing. "Uhh, I got to go and submit these papers. See you all later!"No sooner had the last words left his mouth, shining armor took off with a speed towards the corridor.

"I'm telling you that unicorn could beat any earth pony when he's flustered ", chortled Cobalt.

Cobalt looked at Blueblood who was casually wiping his mouth with a napkin. "You seem somewhat okay with this."

"Regarding what?" replied Blueblood as he levitated the napkin towards the bin.

"You know...about Shining and Candence, you nitwit", said Cobalt rolling his eyes.

"Yeah, keep rolling your eyes, you might eventually find a brain", snarked Blueblood." I don't have any objections, now don't get me wrong. I care for her, she's family, and even though I'm her cousin we essentially have the bond of siblings, and besides, I already gave Shining the big brother talk."

Cobalt raised an eyebrow." The big brother talk?"

Blueblood smirked as he levitated his chemistry notebook." I just warned him what would happen should he break her heart."

The idea of Blueblood intimidating Shining Armor sent Cobalt into a frenzy of laughter.

Blueblood frowned at the laughing unicorn." What is so amusing?"

"Nothing, absolutely nothing", Cobalt said with a grin as he stood up from the table, pushing Shining armor's tray of food(what was left of it)." Now I need to go, so catch you lat..."

Cobalt was suddenly plopped backed into his place as Blueblood's magic aura surrounded him.

"No you don't", said Blueblood with a small smirk." You gonna have to strive harder to weasel your way out of this one, Cobalt. We not done talking about your planned agenda for today."

Cobalt sighed in defeat."Do we have to do this?"

"Yes. You are not going to wreck this day for us", said Blueblood as he levitated his quill, finishing last-minute chemistry homework."Now be a good colt until Shining arrives."

Cobalt tried to break free from Blueblood's magic but to no avail. Bluebloods magic was extremely powerful and not even his earth pony strength could overpower it.

"Alright.Alright.I'll stay still so long as you let go of me", said Cobalt panting as his champagne pink mane covered his left eye."There go the two hours setting my hairstyle."

Blueblood looked at Cobalt's face, looking for signs of treachery. His face was surprisingly neutral, which caught Blueblood off guard, Cobalt is never neutral but Blueblood relented and released Cobalt from his magic. Maybe, just maybe he is taking this seriously.

Cobalt kept to his word and for the next one minute, there was silence as Blueblood carried on with his homework, finishing the last chemical equation.

"Cobalt have you made your decision yet?", said Blueblood as he put his notebook away. He nearly forgot but thank Mom's sun he did not.

"Yes, I have made up my mind", said Cobalt as he chewed on a hayburger (where the hell he got a hayburger from?).

That took Blueblood by surprise. He had offered Cobalt last week to join him in his royal duties and eventually train to become an ambassador. He offered both shining armor and blueblood but shining armor already had a job that he wanted to pursue which also included the filly of his dreams. I mean talk about killing two birds with one stone (don't let Fluttershy catch you for saying that!). The job would fit Cobalt perfectly. He is energetic and likes to talk a lot amongst other things...*cough*... pancakes stuck on the ceiling.

"I'm joining the solar guards".

Bluebloods brain stalled as he registered what Cobalt was saying.

Oh no...

"Cobalt don't you dare... ."

"You did not mind Shining Armor with Cadence".

"That's different", seethed Blueblood."She's not my mom ! First of all, it is wrong to woo a friend's mother and secondly, she's over 10000s years old! You only 17!"

"Age is but a number...Son",grinned Cobalt.

Blueblood glared at him." And jail is just a room".

At that moment Shining armor arrived, looking extremely happy."Guys, you would not believe what..."

Shining Armor looked at the two of them, confused at the scene before him."Did I miss something?"