Love And Dramas In The Government

Getting a suitcase as ready as possible Mark pleads his case with Drusilla as she tries to process everything that is going on, already startled and scared from early morning when the mayor calls and summons a secret code red, a procedure he has never once used before and they were more than clear it was meant to use under the most dire of circumstances and there could be one huge terrorist risk or the princess live is in terrible danger.

"Ok let me get this straight, Princess Twilight Sparkle hasn't even settled in completely and she already got herself in an extremely dangerous situation?"

"That is an over-exemplification of things but at its core? Yeah that is mostly it"

"And you are sure that you are the only one that can save hers and her friend's ass right now?" Drusilla continued with a raised eyebrow and an incredulous tune in her voice.

"Look I know this is crazy, sudden and it not making much sense but, yeah. I was counting on Twilight to listen to the local stories and stay clear of that area, but for some reason, she dropped caution to the wind, and now, a lot of ponies...and all other creatures that decided to lend a hand constructing New Harmonious are in extreme danger" Mark answer as he starts to look for a missing shoe to walk in the sand until Drusilla stop him by grabbing him by his shoulders.

"Mark, Mark, listen to me, look me in the eyes, and listen closely" She instructs trying to calm him down. Once she got his attention he spoke again "One, I get why you are concerned but you need to remember this is kind of the princess bread and butter, are you sure you can't just trust her to fix this on her own? That is the point of building her empire." She let him go and started to list things with her fingers.

"Two, as much as you want to help she is no longer part of Canterlot, and you are still part of its government, there are huge lines you would be crossing if you just drop everything and go help her out, as noble as they may be" She marks her point pointing at the floor and speak slowly so the message sinks in.

"And finally three, and this is important, you are a mayor, not the ruler of Equestria. Your job is to make this beautiful city runs smoothly, you have the authority to instruct the proper heads of power, your marefriends may I remind you, which you should be doing, so they can send the correct ponies for the job, nothing else" She finishes shaking her head.

"I know, I know Drusy, my god I wish I could just do this by the book but..." Mark paced back and forward holding his head dueling on how to explain things as he looked at nothing for a good while before speaking to her again "...there is a lot at stake here, I...I made an oath and...god just mentioning may be saying too much. You just need to trust me, if I do this by the books, a lot of ponies could get hurt. I know I'm breaking the rules but I...it needs to be me, and only me"

He finally answered with determination "Drusy, I can only share this much because you are my friend and I can trust you with my life but I made a promise to someone, someone real powerful, that I will keep a huge secret"

That gets her attention as Drusilla remains quiet sitting on the bed, her attention focused on Mark. "That person is really angry and calls for me specifically to solve this mess peacefully, but I must keep things a secret until Twilight has a chance to speak up and come to an agreement and that person would only speak with her if I take Twilight to her."

Mark closed his eyes and breath through his nose to calm down "And that is why I'm calling code red, the second this happened, I knew I would need your help, if I can try to make as little damage as possible with this"

Drusilla just remained quiet before taking out her clipboard "I will cancel your appointments for the next week, take care of the paperwork, and claim you were forced to take sick days"

Immediately Mark goes to her and kisses her forehead "Love you Drussy"

"Don't cheer just yet" She looked up to see him in the eyes "You better explain everything to me once this is all over, and you still need a ticket to go there. And the only way you can make a sudden trip out of the blue is if a princess requests your presence in person, which means you will have to ask for a favor"

"Ah favor? Why would...? Oh no," Mark realized what she was implying as she nodded "Please Drusy, can't I ask Celly or Lulu instead?"

"The princess in question needs to make the trip there too Mark, and good luck finding an excuse to tell the citizens as to why one of them had to excuse themselves without rhyme or reason"

Mark takes a deep breath and prepares himself "OK, ok for everyone's sake. With any luck, she can think of repaying me a favor and would not ask much in return. I promise I will try to be as fast as possible and I swear I will explain everything once I'm back"

"You better mister, the only reason this isn't high treason is that you only want to avoid bloodshed, I will help you bend the rules as much as we can, but this better don't happen again" She warns him with a stern gaze as Mark nods nervously and rapidly under her gaze.

Later that day

Riding on a flying carriage the mayor now wearing a green shirt without sleeves, simple light blue jeans, goggles, and special boots for the sand, keeps staring at the open sky taking glances at his wrist clock.

"Don't worry Mark" Cadence calls as he looks to his right to see the princess of love in question with a serene smile "This isn't the first time Twilight has dealt with problems like this, even worse ones like that. She would be fine" She offered placing a hand over his shoulder.

With a sigh, Mark can only close his eyes and nod "Thanks Cadence, for everything. I know I ask you for something so sudden, but...Twilight letter, and how delicate things were well..."

"Say no more, like you explain to us. She was smart in asking for help from someone who knew the land and Aunt Luna encouraged it, if you truly believe this is something that you need to explain in person, we will gladly support and help you out as much as we can"

"Thanks and again, I'm extremely sorry I had to drop all of this so suddenly and have to rush an explanation in letters for the other princess, but well like I say, if she wants to build something here, I better reduce any risk this info get leaks"

Cadence nods in understanding removes her hand and chuckles "You don't have to make excuses Mark, I miss her too, and this gives me the perfect excuse to see how is she fairing" She says with a wink, and then rolls off her eyes "But I will not deny our little deal sure sweeten things up a little"

Mark sighs in defeat and nods "And I plan to honor it Cadence I swear, in exchange for not asking questions and helping me out I will forgive you for everything that has happened to us before, a clean slate from here on out...and I will let you pick my next 3 blind dates, no questions ask you have a white card there, and freedom to do whatever you want"

Cadance can't help but giggle and hug Mark "And I couldn't be more happy about it! Seriously Mark, thank you for this chance, I promise you will not regret it"

He offered a weak smile as he looked at her "I know I won't after all, this is the princess of love we are talking about.

Celly, Lulu, hope you can forgive me. And understand all I do is for Twily, Equestria, and Subquestria's safety

The mayor thinks to himself as he recalls the letter he wrote to his two mares before putting his plan into action.

Said letter was being read by both sisters who looked at one another as they read it content, inside Luna's room.

Dear Celly/ Lulu

First of all, I'm extremely sorry for having to inform you of this with a letter, and you can trust and understand my reasoning into why I need you to burn this letter once you finish reading.

They had to pause and look at one another in concern before they resumed with their letters.

Twilight's letter, got me concerned last night. Lulu/you were right Luna/ I do have experience in the badlands as I spent some time living among its peers and knowing its customs and stories. As well as having intimate knowledge regarding Death Field. You see once saw myself at death doors while living there

They gasped once they read that part.

I won't bore you or am allowed to disclose the details but needless to say, nice individuals saved my life on that occasion, and in return, I made an oath to keep their secrets. That is why I can't say much, those individuals are linked to Death Field and Twilight has accidentally angered them. These are nice but very sensible and quick to anger people, they are close friends of mine and they ask for me in person, to avoid something horrible from happening.

"Tia you wouldn't think, that Twilight's life is at stake right?" Luna looked at her sister in concern

"I don't know Lulu, but if Mark is willing to go this far for her, there is a chance that could be the case" Celestia spoke her mind as they continued.

I can't imagine how many rules I may break if this comes to light, but if it means nobody dies I would gladly take responsibility and if things go south would accept any punishment that comes my way. I convince my friends to speak with Twilight as I know she can find a peaceful solution if they can speak face to face. To do so I will have to present her as my mate, in a way you almost have to laugh at the timing of events, right?

The sisters share one small chuckle at his attempt at humor

But the bottom line because of this I had to drop everything and go save my mare, I more than understand if you get angry at me for my decision, and would hope they can find it in your hearts to forgive me. We all have our past, that is why with how I don't pry into painful memories of yours, I ask you not to pry too much into mine. Not for now at least. That and to forgive me for what I was forced to do including making a with Cadence to keep appearance

"Deal?" They both repeat at the same time looking at each other in confusion "What sort of deal did Mark and our niece make that could make us angry? And why does he sound like he just made a deal with the devil?"

"I have a theory but regardless I say we must trust our boyfriend and have faith in him. He is doing all of this just to keep everyone calm"

Celestia reasoned with a sorrowful tune "He loves Equestria as much as he loves us if he is willing to go to these lengths" Celestia sighed and closed her eyes momentarily "He knew if he had told us, we would have jumped to the chariot and help Twilight no matter what anyone would say, so he decided to take the fault so both Equestria and New Harmonius would not look weak"

"That brave, considerate, incredible fool" Luna also sighed before smiling at Mark's actions and the reasons behind them "The earful he is gonna get once he returns, what else do you write you big dummy?"

They resume reading the rest of the letter.

I give you my word, I will be as fast as possible and will work like crazy to get my work back on track Both princess roll their eyes at his workaholic nature

I pray nothing bad happened and they permit me to explain everything to you more clearly. Or at the very least take you with me on my next trip to introduce the rest of my mates, for now, I only ask you to please trust me and remain in Canterlot as the sexy powerful, and kind rulers I know and love.

Always yours Mark

"Ok, dummy you got some point of the compliment" Luna giggled with a small blush.

PS: I also wrote this letter and left in a hurry without even saying goodbye because Pinkie and Fluttershy got kidnapped and I'm the fastest way to rescue them, please don't do anything rash, love you!

"They WHAT?!" They grabbed and stared intently at the last sentence in born anger.

"Mark, if those people hurt them or you, so help me" Celestia promised to the letter as she was speaking to Mark directly before using her magic to incinerate both letters.

Taking a moment to calm down both sisters approach Luna's balcony and stare at the sky.

"Tell me, Luna, using our best flyers how long would it take to mobilize an armada to New Harmonius?" Celestia asks with neutrality.

"Half a day" Luna replied without looking at using the same neutral tune "Should get them ready sister?"

Celestia remained quiet for a moment before sighing "Put them on standby, if we don't hear anything from Mark or Twilight in one week we deploy a small unit. We can't afford to make it look like we are sending an invading force, right?"

"Agree, so I gather this would be a search and retrieve operation?"

"With the possibility of an execution if they do harm our friends or lover" Celestia replied in a cold tune, with some green flames emerging from her eyes briefly.

"More than understandable, will keep an eye on Twilight and Mark's dreams for any news too" Luna nods with the same flames appearing in her eyes.

Back at the chariot as it makes it descends to the badlands, Mark's whole body shivers suddenly.

"Is something wrong Mark?" Cadance looked at him in concern at the expression he was making.

"N-no everything is alright. Just got a sudden chill of wind. Not used to wearing sleeveless shirts" He dismissed her concern with a chuckle as he extended his arm. "I'm sure I know what I mean considering well your belly"

To adjust to the elements Cadance was wearing what almost looked like a sport dark pink bra with a golden bracelet on her right arm, a white hood, kept together by a silver tiara a pair of pink parachute pants, and the same type of shoes Mark was wearing.

Convince by that she smiles and nod "Yeah I see what you did, living so long in a kingdom surrounded by snow made me a bit used to wearing a shirt that doesn't expose my belly, be thankful you are not feeling any raft on your belly bottom"

"You could have chosen to use a best like mine" Mark argued with a raised eyebrow.

"I know but I wanted to try a new look, and I intend to send a couple of pictures to Shiny" She admitted with some embarrassment and a guilty chuckle.

The laugh is contagious and Mark finds himself joining in as well "he is a lucky stallion"

"Aw thanks, between you and me, I say I'm the lucky one" Cadence replied, satisfied on how the mood improved, as Mark hid his concern and gulped mentally begging that he didn't have a bad feeling