A/N : This is five days after our brave heroes arrived in Ponyville.

"Take a bite of the ssandwhich." Twilight stared into the face of a massive snake, the only thing separating her and the serpent was a small table with a sandwich resting on it.

"Your just a dream you don't scare me." Twilight tried to step forward bravely but found that both her wings and legs were bound together.

"Take a bite of the ssandwich." The snake hissed again, it blinked curiously at her.

"No you can't make me. Your just a figment of my imagination." She glared at the snake as it slithered closer to the table.

"Ssnake undersstandss you dont want hiss ssandwich. My ssiblingss will undersstand to." As the massive serpent hissed out those last words numerous snakes started to emerge from the ground and slither towards Twilight.

"No.. No noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!"

Twilight woke with as start as her bedroom door was kicked in, Bastion charged in with his spear gripped in his magic.

"Princess are you okay? Is somepony else in this room?" He looked around the room as if a manticore was going to jump out at him any second.

"I'm fine, it was just a bad dream, is all." Twilight finally noticed the sweat on the grey unicorns brow, and his jittery nervous movements.

"Bastion, I told you that you were over reacting." Whiterun looked at the clock on the wall. "Come on its two in the morning, and I believe that the princess likes her sleep like anypony else." He groggily dragged his partner out of the room.

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Five minutes earlier, in Bastions dream.

"Corporal, this tribunal hereby find you guilty of failure to comply with orders." Admiral Seafoam of the Equestrian navy slammed her gavel down. "Your sentence is a immediate internment as a permanent student in Magic kindergarten."

"Magic Kindergarten. No anywhere but there, this is cruel and unusual punishment." Bastion felt a set of hoof huffs lock around his forelegs.

"You should have thought of that before you let the princess get hurt." Bastion felt the world fall from underneath him. he turned to the new voice to see his wife Topaz, swooning over his greatest rival since basic training Corvus Stormbreach .

"Honey, you and him?" Bastion pointed a shaky hoof the large grey pegasi next to her.

"I guess she cant deal with her husband being a loser, isn't that sugar flank." Corvus smiled, as bastion felt a set of hooves on each shoulder.

"No this isn't fair. Topaz no I'm sorry."

"Ahhh!!" Bastion shot up from his small pillow fort. The quiet peaceful sounds of the library was the only thing reminding him that he had just had a bad dream.

"Ughh Bastion, quit shouting." Whiterun lazily kicked in his direction, Unlike most ponies in the guard Whiterun was the only one so far, who talked coherently in his sleep. "Why yes I'd love more strawberries ma'm" for the most part anyway.

"I had that dream again." Bastion said tiredly.

"Oh cool was this the one with the tribunal or every mare being your wife?" Whiterun smiled joyful in his sleep, almost to joyfully for a good dream.

"The tribunal and this time they sent me back to magic kindergarten." Bastion dejectedly threw his head into his pillow.

"Bummer, was Corvus and Topaz there?".

Bastion nodded, it seemed that Whiterun was a completely different pony when he was like this and it surprised him a llitle that he could and would forget this and any conversation you had with him while he was asleep.

"Your silence speaks volumes.Your just over reacting, this assignment is a sintch " Whiterun groaned as he started kicking his hooves slightly.

"Noooo!"

"Wake up we got a job to do."Bastion hopped to his hooves as grabbed one of the spears. and prodded his partner with its butt.

"More whip cream , are you sure?"

Bastion rolled his eyes before charging through the upper study room of the library before seeing the princesses closed bedroom door. He griped his spear with his magic and bucked it open. All the mouths at basic and advanced training had prepared him to be an efficient and brave guardian of Equestrias royal family.

He rolled into the room and pointed the spear at all the small dark corners of the room. He took note of his position and his adrenaline fueled hearing as he glanced around, his eyes finally caught Twilight for a moment.

"Princess are you okay? Is somepony else in this room?" He looked cautiously around and turned to the doorway were the tired clip clop of hooves was now originating.

"I'm fine, it was just a bad dream, is all." Bastion relaxed slightly at her words now knowing that she wasn't in any danger at all. He felt a single bead of sweat slip into his eye, causing it to sting.

"Bastion, I told you that you were over reacting." Whiterun looked at the clock on the wall. Before trotting sluggishly to his partners side. He felt the earth pony's strong foreleg rest on his shoulders."Come on its two in the morning, and I believe that the princess likes her sleep like anypony else."

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"Okay, so let me get this straight Spike. Twilight is going to a picnic in the park, so she took Whiterun with her just in case something goes wrong?"

Spike nodded. "Yeah its Ponyvilles annual Barbecue cook off today and she wanted to check it out since she missed it last year."

Bastion looked towards the town park, there was indeed a large gathering around several booths and vendors, he knew that if he searched the crowd long enough he would find his charge.

"Wait, Spike why are you still here then?" Bastion looked to the small dragon.

"Well, see here's the thing I was messing around with some cookbooks we got recently and well I kinda entered a contest and there is a minimum requirement of a hundred dishes, and well Whiterun volunteered you to help me bring it all there." Spike rocked back and forth nervously.

"What did you cook?" Bastion looked behind the small dragon noticing the kitchen was in complete disarray.

"Watermelon burgers, with roasted pineapple sauce." Spike nervously smiled under Bastion ever sterner stare.

Bastion knew he would have to get back at Whiterun later. But first he would have to catch up with both Twilight and him or did he. Bastion smiled as a plan took root. He would still guard Twilight but he wouldn't let either his partner or her know of it.

"Alright Spike, give me a minute to dress for the occasion". He smiled a smile that would have made Discord proud.

Author's Note

Yes a two partter namely because I'm to lazy to make a super long chapter.