The Royal Friend.by Smexy SombraChaptersWait what?A good conversation and a thrill rideOh come on!A chase! And a friend.Wait what?Wait what? It was a warm sunny day while Twilight prepared for her trip to Canterlot. She ran from corner to corner in her home/workplace gathering everything she might need. She was busy sorting books and journals she filled over the years. Her scaley assistant sat watching as she frantically picked everything up and stuffed them into her saddlebags. “Twilight, you do realize that this is just a simple meetup. It’s completely casual!” Spike said with a frustrated expression. “Spike there is nothing casual about meeting the princess!!” Twilight said packing more of her notebooks and quills into her saddlebag. Spike just groaned and went to the coffee table. “Twilight listen. I am going to read it and show you that it’s nothing to stress out over.” Spike said as he picked up the scroll that Twilight had thrown onto the table before going to get ready. He cleared his throat before he began to read. “Dear Twilight Sparkle, I am writing this to you to request that you come to canterlot for an informal get together. It seems I have only wrote or met up with you whenever danger was around the corner. That is why I want to meet with you this week. I will have a chariot sent to your home at your earliest convenience. Please write back as soon as you can. Yours Truly Princess Celestia~ P.S. Please do not fret over this. This is just a relaxing meeting.” Spike finished as he set the scroll down. “Now do you see, Twilight? It’s just a simple get together.” Spike said with a grin. Twilight put down her journals and sighed. “I guess you’re right Spike. I just so worked up whenever I go to visit the Princess. This visit will be different though. Like she said. A relaxing visit.” Twilight said as began to empty the saddlebag of most of it’s contents. She kept a journal, quill, and inkpot just incase something interesting comes up. She took a small bag of bits from her hiding spot behind a few old tomes and placed them in the saddlebag. Spike was wearing a happy smile because Twilight wasn’t freaking out anymore. Plus since she was leaving he could go to rarity’s home again while she was gone. (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/) The chariot arrived and Twilight grabbed her saddlebag. She walked out with Spike and gave him a hug before getting on the chariot. Spike gladly returned the gesture and waved goodbye as she took off. Twilight watched the little dragon dash off for rarity’s after she was a decent height in the air. She giggled at her assistant's behavior and watched the world roll by lazily. Before long she could see Canterlot in the distance. The smile she was wearing grew even larger as she saw the castle come into view. The chariot soon landed in front of the castle gates and Twilight stepped off. The gates slowly opened, allowing her to walk freely into the castle. She trotted towards the castle and opened the doors as she got to the doors. As she walked into the castle, a stallion wearing a butler outfit approached her. “Are you Miss Sparkle?” He said in a posh accent. “Yes I am.” Twilight replied with a smile. The stallion smiled back and gestured for her to follow. “Please follow me then! The Princess is waiting for you in the library.” He said walking down the hall. Twilight followed the pony down the halls admiring the structure of the castle as she walked by and silently commenting on certain thing that caught her eye. They soon found themselves in front of the castles library’s doors. The butler pony gently opened a door and slightly bowed his head. “The princess is waiting for you in the middle of the library. Have a nice day.” He said as she walked by him. After she entered the door, the stallion quietly closed the doors and she walked down the path of bookshelves and desks. She continued to walk through the library, amazed by the sheer size of it. After about 5 minutes of walking she finally stopped and saw Princess Celestia reading a small scroll. Twilight grinned happily and run to the Princess. “Princess!” She said a bit louder than necessary. Celestia looked up from her scroll before rolling it up and smiling to her student. He hid the scroll in her chest plate/necklace and watched as her student ran up to her. “Twilight! So good to see you!” Celestia said as her student ran up and nuzzled her. She returned the gesture and sighed happily that Twilight had taken her advice to not fret over this meetup. “How are you Twilight?” “I am doing great Princess! Even better now that I don’t have to worry about anything. How about you?” Twilight asked as she looked up to her mentor. “I am great my student! Now let’s continue with our day!” Celestia’s said with glee. (~~~~~~~~~~~~~/) Celestia watched as Twilight happily skipped out of the library with a smile that would make pinkie jealous. They continued to walk down the hall until they heard something coming from down the halls. They both turned as the sound became more clear. “Princess?....Is that clanking?” Twilight said as she stair down the hall. Celestia’s expression immediately became worried and stressed as the sound neared. “Twilight get behind me!!” She yelled bringing her student to her side and wrapping her wing around her. The clanking became even louder as it neared the corner. Twilight peeked over her mentor’s wing as the owner of the noise finally rounded the corner. Twilight couldn’t believe her eyes as she saw a large creature that ran on two legs coming straight for them. It had the bodily structure of a diamond dog, but it’s legs were bending in the wrong direction. The creature began to slow down as it near them and Twilight got a better look at it. It was a light tan color. Almost like a peach. It had two long arms and a five clawed paw. It’s body, however, was almost completely hairless except for the mane on it’s head. The fur it was missing was compensated by a simple white silk shirt for it’s upper half and a set of blue pants made from denim. She only got a glimpse of his feet, but she saw that they were covered in some metallic shoe. “Tia!! Your sister is crazy and trying to kill me! Help me out here!!” It shouted to tia with a what she could only describe as panicked on it’s face. It kept looking down the hall until it spastically looked from Celestia to the hall and began to run down the hall. “I WILL MEET YOU AT DINNER TIA!!!” Twilight watched as the creature ran down the hall screaming bloody murder. The clincher was when Princess Luna ran by holding some strange device in her magic. It was about 10 hoofs (5 feet) long and had a faint smell of explosive powder as she ran by. The two of the mares watched as the clanking receded into the distance. Twilight was finally let go from Celestia’s wing’s grasp and placed a few hoofs away from her. She quietly turned to the Princess and put on a confused/slightly worried expression. “Um....Princess? May I ask what that was?” She said pointing to the hallway the creature had run through. Celestia just shook her head and rubbed the side of her head with her right hoof. “That.....Was the reason I wanted today off to relax.” A good conversation and a thrill rideA good conversation and a thrill ride Twilight was confused as she watched the princess try to nurse a headache away. “Princess what is going on!” Twilight asked letting the situation finally set in. Celestia stopped rubbing her head and gestured for Twilight to follow as she began to walk away. “Twilight, I am sure you know about most or all myths correct?” “Of course Princess!” Twilight said with a hint of pride in her voice. “Then I am sure you have heard of a species known as Humans.” Celestia said. Twilight nodded with a smile. “Good. Recently my sister was toying around with some magic that she shouldn’t have. That is when she brought a Human to our world.” “He is now stuck here with no way to get back due to Luna not remembering how she did the spell. So we decided to give him a place to stay and well....He has certainly been a handful.” Celestia said. “Interesting. Wait he?” Twilight asked as Celestia led the both of them down the halls . They rounded a corner and saw Luna at the end of the hall beating the creature with what she was holding earlier. “Ow! OW!! I said I was sorry!!” The human yelled out as he held up his arms in a poor defence against the princess of the night. “Thou shot our flank with a ball made of condensed paint!! Thou art going to feel our wrath!!!” Luna shouted as she hit him with the strange object again. Celestia sighed while Twilight blushed at what Luna said and looked to see what the lunar Princess meant. She saw a blotch of red paint that had been splattered across Luna’s right flank and suppressed a small giggle. Celestia took the weapon from Luna’s magic and lifted her off the Human, whom was slightly whimpering from the beating Luna had given him. Luna was flailing in a failing attempt to get back to hurting the human. Her face was red with anger and her look would have made even Discord cringe with fear.“Oooooooooooow.” The Human whined. “Let us go!! We want to harm him more!!!” Luna screamed at no one in particular. Twilight had yet to grasp the situation that was at hoof now. Right in front of her was a new species. An entirely new species that was sentient and capable of speaking their language. As the Human finally sat up, she let loose the monster of a nerd that was chained up inside of her. “Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!! You’re a Human! What’s your name!? Where did you live!? Why do you walk on two legs!?!?” Twilight asked as she bounded into the Human’s lap. “Tell me everything!!” The Human just stared for a moment before looking to Celestia. Celestia just shrugged and began to walk away with the still angered Princess Luna. He watched as Celestia around the corner with Luna clawing at the wall trying to get away from her sister’s magical grasp. He scooted back a little as Luna ripped part of the paint off the walls as she was dragged away, yelling out her frustrations. Twilight was too busy looking over the Human to notice the struggling Princess. He sighed and rubbed his head with one hand. “Ugh I swear Luna is going to kill me one day.” He said. Then he looked to the pony in his lap and smiled. “Um...What did you ask?” Twilight let out a small squee as she readied herself to ask as many questions as she could. Before she could ask anything the Human faceho-..Er. Palmed. “Oh I am sorry where are my manners? I am Marcon.” He said holding out his hand awkwardly so she could grab it. Twilight put her hoof in his palm and he shook it. “I am Twilight Sparkle!” Twilight said happily. “Nice to meet you Miss Sparkle, but I have to ask...” He began and released her hoof. “.. Why are you sitting on me?” Twilight tilted her head and looked down. She blushed and hopped off his lap before smiling sheepishly. “Sorry.” She said drawing circles in the floor with her hoof and bashfully looking at Marcon. Marcon just smiled and patted her on the head. “It’s alright. I have found that ponies are unnaturally soft and cuddly, so it’s not that bad.” Marcon said with a chuckle and stood up to his full height. He rolled his shoulders and neck before a symphony of cracks were heard, which caused Twilight to involuntary wince. He let out a relaxed sigh and looked back at Twilight. “Before I answer anything, we have to get some tea or something. All that ‘Running for my mortal life’ really left me dry.” He said gently rubbing his throat. Twilight smiled a happy smile and giggled like a filly. “I am assuming you’re the bookie type right?” Twilight blushed and nodded. “How’d you know?” Marcon smiled and knelt down again. “The saddle bag with quills sticking out, Princess Celestia’s student, and the fact that you damn near tackled while asking a million questions a second.” He listed. Twilight blushed even more and giggled nervously. “Yeah that kinda gives it away huh?” She responded. Marcon nodded and stood back up. “Come on. Let’s go before I lose my voice.” She smiles again and nods as they begin to walk towards the kitchen. (~~~~~~~~~~~/) After a quick greeting and cup of tea from the kitchen, Marcon was sipping from a disposable cup while Twilight was patiently waiting to ask a few questions. Marcon glanced at the small pony before smiling and looking directly at her. “Hey Twilight?” Her ears perked up and she her head turned to him. “Tell you what. Now that I have something to drink and presuming Luna has calmed down, how about we go to the gardens and get those questions of your answered?” He said before sipping at his tea once more. She squeed a little, casuing Marcon to chuckle, and nodded rapidly. “Yesyesyesyes!” “Okay! Okay, calm down a bit before you have a heart attack.” Marcon joked. They both laughed at the joke and proceeded to walk to the gardens. After a few minutes of walking and bumping into a few ponies, they finally arrived and Marcon found a nice bench for them to sit on. “Alright. Fire away Twilight, but please just one at a time.” He said turning to the small pony. Twilight let out another squee before assaulting the human with more questions than she thought she could ever ask one pon- Er... Person. They talked about everything from clothes to diet to technology. That was Marcon favorite subject. He wasn’t an inventor if that is what your thinking, he was a ‘tinkerer’. He took things and added or just fooled around with them. That is where the subject of his footwear came up. “So Marcon, if your kinda wears cloth and rubber on your feet, why are yours covered in metal?” Twilight asked pointing to his metallic shoes. Marcon smiled and stood up before kneeling and turning around.. “How about you hop on my back and I’ll show you. These were a small thing me and Luna were experimenting with and perfecting before I accidently shot her in the flank with a paintball and got beaten.” Marcon said slightly shuddering as he remembered Luna’s beatings and face from earlier. Twilight was a little hesitant, but complied. She crawled onto his back and he gently grabbed her hind legs so she wouldn’t slip off his back easily. She wrapped her forelegs around his neck and he stood up again. He smirked and tapped his metal covered shoes together before he was shot a few feet into the air, much to Twilight’s surprise. She looked down and saw that he was now standing a small ironing board shaped platform, but with two rounded ends, that was hovering about 2 hoofs(1 foot) off the ground. “Wh-what is going on?” Twilight said a little scared. Marcon smirked and turned his head so he was looking to the left and leaned a little in said direction. They began to move at a slow pace, but soon began to pick up speed until they were going really fast. “YYAAAA HOOO!!” Marcon said as he sped past a hedge of bushes and skipped onto a bench allowing to slide across the top before jumping off. “Me and Luna made, what we call, a hoverboard!!” He said over the wind whipping past their ears. “I’ll explain in a moment! Watch this!!” Twilight was confused until she saw him heading for straight for a wall. She was about to warn him until it was too late and she just closed her eyes in preparation of the incoming crash. Instead of crashing she felt a sudden jerk and her weight shift directions. She opened one eye and gasped as she saw she was sideways and Marcon was riding the ‘hoverboard’ across the wall before he dropped and tilted in the opposite direction he was facing. The board slowed down before Marcon snapped his fingers and the board retracted back into the ‘soles’ of his metallic shoes. Twilight jumped off Marcon’s back and shakily landed before turning to marcon and saying. “WHAT WAS THAT!?” Marcon winced slightly and chuckled. “That, my dear unicorn, was the project that me and Luna were working on. She was asking the same questions as you and we somehow got onto the subject of movement and transportation. I had told her about skateboards and she told me about some spells that were used for moving objects and ponies around.” He said while taking a seat next to the shaking unicorn. “Then I said how awesome it would be to combine one of the spells with a skateboard and well one thing led to another and we made this.” He tapped one off his feet. “Originally it was just a metallic board, but we modified it and, for some odd reason, added it to my shoes. Incase you are wondering it was a ‘anti-gravity’ spell. At least I think that was what she called it. So yeah. I made the retraction system and Luna did the magic.” He finished with a smirk and sigh. “Ah crap. I left my tea on the bench.” Twilight’s jaw had dropped at the rather large and detailed explanation. She had never thought of that or even something close to it. “Stupefied huh? I was too when it actually worked.” He said laughing. “Okay now that I have answered all your questions, I need to go apologize to Luna before she decided to take action against me.” Twilight dumbly nodded and just continued to think about what he had told her. “You, uh.... Want me to take you to Ti- I mean Celestia?” She again nodded before she was snapped out of her trance by her being picked up. She looked at the human and saw she was being cradled in Marcon’s arms as he tapped his feet together and the hoverboard snapped out of his shoes and connected in middle. “Hold on.” He warned. They took off and sped into the castle. She was actually beginning to enjoy the thrill of this small device of Marcon’s and Luna’s. Soon Marcon found Celestia walking out of Luna’s room rubbing her head and he skidded to a halt. He snapped his fingers and the board retracted while he fell to the ground. He set Twilight down and walked up to Celestia. “Hey Tia. Is Luna in there?” He asked. Celestia nodded and sighed. “You really pissed her off, you know that?” Celestia said surprising Twilight at her sudden foul language. “It took seventeen passive, protection and detention spells just to keep her from breaking the door down with her hooves.” Marcon made a ‘ooooo’ sound while wincing. “That bad? Geez. I guess I better apologize.” He said sighing and walking to the door. “You know you’re gonna die right?” Celestia said looking at the human. “Yeah, but she’ll revive me because of just how much she ‘loves’ me.” He said with a big grin. Celestia shook her head as the human opened the door and walked in. Some muffled clattering was heard before something was smashed against the door. “I am so glad that I put a sound damping spell on that door.” Celestia said shuddering. Then she looked to Twilight who was just standing there a little confused. “Did you enjoy your time with Marcon, Twilight?” Twilight nodded happily and pulled out a mountain of notes she had taken. “He even showed me the device he and Luna created!” Celestia shook her head and giggled. “I see he has made quite the impression. Well I must go lower the sun. Feel free to stay the night if you wish just inform a staff pony and they will give you a guest room.” Twilight nodded as the princess walked off to do her daily job and trotted off to find a staff pony to ask for a room. Author's Note Hey everyone! New chapter! Yeah!.... Yeah that's it.... I guess R&R and like.... Please? CYA!!! Oh come on!Oh come on! (Meanwhile in Luna’s royal chambers) “LUNA PLEASE CALM DOWN! I HAVEN’T RECOVERED FROM YOUR PREVIOUS BEATING!!” Marcon yelled before he was slammed into a wall. “Why are you so mean to me?!” Luna stopped and put the human down before tapping a hoof against her chin. “Well..... Thou shot our hindquarters with a ball of paint and then we were not allowed to finish giving out our wrath..... That is mostly why.” Luna said sitting on her haunches. “Ow....” Marcon rubbed the back of his head and sighed. “Look I told you that the thing was unstable and you still wanted me to shoot it!” Luna just blushed slightly and humphed while crossing her forelegs.. “We still think thou did it on purpose.” “If I had done it on purpose don’t you think that I would have aimed a bit better?” Marcon said scooting over and putting an arm around Luna’s shoulders. She just tried to scoots away, but Marcon grinned and pulled her closer. “Let us go!” Luna whined and tried to wiggle away. Marcon just kept his grip on her and hugged her a bit closer. “Not until you accept my apology. I could have just let Tia leave the wards on this room until you calmed down.” Marcon said snickering. Luna just huffed and continued to try and escape the humans grasp. “Luna. If you don’t accept my apology I am going to have to resort to drastic measures.” Luna simply gave him an annoyed expression and raised an eyebrow. Marcon gave her his best evil grin, which made her slightly shiver with discomfort, before he used one his hands and prodded her side. Luna’s eyes widened as her body flinched at the action. “Thou wouldn’t dare.” Luna said glaring at the human. Marcon just kept on grinning with that evil grin of his. “N-no.. Thou can’t! Tis too cruel!!” Marcon just gave her a wink before taking his arms off and quickly began to prod and tickle Luna’s ribs and sides. Without anyway of stopping it, and her magic being useless without being able to concentrate, Luna just laughed and laughed. She flailed a few times to try and hit the oppressive human, but he simply dodged and continued his tickling assault. Marcon had even decided to enjoy some laughter as well as he tickled the defenseless princess. “Okay okay! Thou wins!! We forgive thee!! Just enough with this torture!!” Luna begged through her laughter. WIth a triumphant smirk, Marcon stopped and let Luna calm down. She panted and huffed for a moment until she glared at the human from her spot on the floor. She attempted to get up, but do to the merciless tickling, she could only muster the strength to roll onto her belly and spread her wings out. “Thou....” She panted for a moment. “... Are a cruel and evil creature.” “Nah that’s just human nature.” Marcon said with a smile. He scooted over to her and placed his hands on her sides again. Luna flinched and scrambled away as best she could, which wasn’t very good. “Th-thou said thee would stop!!” Luna said in fear of being tickled more. Marcon just chuckled and scooted back over to her. “I did stop. I am trying to help you up now.” He said with a smile. Not a evil smile nor a mischievous one. A regular gentle, helping smile. Luna just huffed and sighed. This time she didn’t flinch as he placed his hands on her sides and let him lift her up so that she could sit properly. “Thou owes us now.” Luna said shifting so that she could sit without having to worry about her legs giving away. Marcon just looked at her quizzically. “Why? All I did was tickle you.” He said chuckling. Luna just smirked and nodded before leaning against him. “Precisely. Remember the deal we made a few weeks ago?” Luna said smiling with her trademark ‘Prankster’ Smile. Marcon looked off before groaning and putting his face in his hands. “Oh god.... I thought that was just fake.” He said groaning even more. Luna just snickered and recited a part of the ‘deal’ they made. “I, Marcon, shall not tickle Luna unless given permission or if it is the only way to save equestria. If I should ever break this pact, I am to owe Luna any favor she wishes with obvious exceptions.” She recited and smirked at him. “God.... Damn it.” He said lifting his head. “Alright.... What do you want?” Luna simply, and lazily, lifted a hoof to her chin again. “Well. How about that thing you do to help the new maids calm down when they see you.” Macon looked off before smirking. “You want me to comb my hands through your mane?” Luna simply smirked and nodded. Marcon shook his head and rolled his neck, cracking it as he did so, before sighing and nodding to her. “Alright then. Come here and I will get to work.” Marcon said crossing his legs and gesturing her over. Luna smiled and giggled while scooting over and laying her upper half onto his legs and crossing her forelegs before laying her head upon them. “Comfy?” Marcon said with sarcasm dripping from his words. “Quite thank thee. Now go on! Get to it!” Luna said with a chipper voice. Marcon just sighed and began to work his hands through Luna’s mane. She let out a relaxed sigh and slowly began to drift off into sleep. After a few minutes of this simple activity, Luna was out like a light and Marcon was bored out of his mind. Marcon looked to the Princess on his legs and shook his head. He gently picked her up off his legs before standing up and picking her up again. He took her over to her bed and laid her down before walking over to the door and leaving. “Well.... That went better than expected. A chase! And a friend.Chapter 4 A chase! And a friend. A/N: Rated R..... For random. Marcon was walking through the halls whistling a merry tune until he saw a certain night guard patrolling the halls of the castle. He stopped in his tracks before tilting his head to the side as the night guard pony was making his way over. The night guard was a simple pegasus pony with her (Yes her. Not all the guards are male.) cat eyes and furry ears with the batwings. The pony simply looked at him for a moment before a look of terror crossed her face. Marcon simply smiled an evil smile before taking a step towards her as she reflexively took a step back. They were a good two or two and a half yards away from each other, so they both had a bit of breathing room. Marcon gave her a wink before sprinting in her direction. The night guard simply stood there for a moment almost frozen in fear before her pupils shrunk and she turned around and bolted. Marcon simply kept up his sprint until the night guard began to spread her wings to take flight. Marcon’s eyes widened until he grinned and said. “Hey! Wings are cheating!!” The pony just turned and flashed him a grin before preparing to take flight. Marcon just grinned even more before picking up his speed causing the poor pony guard’s expression turn for the worse until Marcon did one thing that they both found rather startling. He did a leap of faith..... Like literally. He closed his eyes. And just lept at the pony. Unfortunately for said pony, she was so awe/confused by what he did that she didn’t take off and Marcon crashed into her. They tumbled down the hall for a moment until it ended up with Marcon on his back holding the night guard pony tightly in his arms. The pony began to fidget in Marcon’s grip until she realized she wasn’t going anywhere and simply slumped against him. “Do you hate me or something?” She asked Marcon who simply smiled. “Because I don’t see you ‘hunting’ any of the other guards.” Marcon just laughed and hugged the pony. “I would if they all were nice to me. You’re the only one that doesn’t threaten to kill me with a spear when I do this...” He said with a evil grin as he brought one of his hands to the mare’s ears. Her eyes widened as she looked to the Human with a ‘You wouldn’t’ look. Marcon simply smiled his evil/’Yes I would’ smile and with one swift motion began to scratch the pony’s ears. The poor pony was about to protest, but the sweet feeling of the gentle scratching behind her ears was too much to bear, so she simply slumped onto the human. Marcon laughed at the pony’s reaction and continued until she began to kick her hind leg helplessly causing him to laugh even more. “Oh Shadow Streak. Why are you so freakin’ adorable?” Marcon said as he stopped scratching for a moment. Shadow Streak simply huffed and lifted her head to look at the human. “I am NOT adorable! I am a Lunar Guard and I am a fighter and a warroir and a-” She began before Marcon began to scratch her ears again. “D-damn y-you Marcon...” The pony just purred slightly at the touch until the sound of other guards patrolling down the halls was heard. Marcon quickly helped Shadow Streak to her hooves before making it look like she was scolding him. This was a routine that those two had gotten into about two months ago. Marcon would ‘hunt’ Shadow Streak and if he caught her he would resort to scratching her behind the ears or under the chin. Pretty much he would do whatever he could to get one her ‘adorable’ reactions out of her. Shadow, of course, HATED Marcon for this, but usually forgave him when he would help cover up his teasings. Shadow wouldn’t have minded his chasing her as much if it didn’t always end up with him embarrassing her somehow. Even if it was only between the two of them. “And that is why you can’t be running through the halls you over sized ape!” Shadow yelled at Marcon as the other two Lunar Guards passed. Marcon just hung his head and nodded while Shadow berated him some more. The guards just cringed a bit at Shadow’s yelling and trotted a bit quicker to avoid getting on the wrong side of her verbal assault. The two guards left rather quickly as Shadow’s tirade ended. “AND THAT IS Why you... Alright they are gone.” “Over sized ape?” Marcon said looking to Shadow with mock hurt on his face. “Hey! You are the one who said to be mean!” Shadow defended while Marcon just laughed it off. “Oh it’s not that bad! I have heard worse anyway.” Marcon said patting Shadow on the head, whom promptly swiped his hand away with an annoyed expression. “Stop that! You know I hate that!” She said with a huff and a frown. “Just like how you hate those ear scratchings?” Marcon said with a shit-eating grin. Shadow just blushed slightly and punched Marcon’s leg with her hoof. “Ow!” “Shut up you hairless diamond dog!” She retorted. Marcon just laughed a bit more and smiled. Shadow just looked at him before eventually laughing with him. “How can you get me to laugh like this? I mean I am angry at you one second then you just make me laugh! What’s wrong with you?” Marcon just laughed some more and hugged the small pony. “Many things, but laughter is infectious. So it’s not me it’s you.” Shadow just sighed and smiled at the human. “Well alright, but be honest with me here... Did you really end up shooting Princess Luna in the flank with a ball made of paint?” She asked with a twinkle in her eye and a evil grin. Marcon just groaned and Shadow laughed. “Come on! Walk and talk with me to the mess hall. It’s my lunch anyway.” Marcon just nodded and followed Shadow down the hall as he began to recount earlier tales of what happened.
Wait what?Wait what? It was a warm sunny day while Twilight prepared for her trip to Canterlot. She ran from corner to corner in her home/workplace gathering everything she might need. She was busy sorting books and journals she filled over the years. Her scaley assistant sat watching as she frantically picked everything up and stuffed them into her saddlebags. “Twilight, you do realize that this is just a simple meetup. It’s completely casual!” Spike said with a frustrated expression. “Spike there is nothing casual about meeting the princess!!” Twilight said packing more of her notebooks and quills into her saddlebag. Spike just groaned and went to the coffee table. “Twilight listen. I am going to read it and show you that it’s nothing to stress out over.” Spike said as he picked up the scroll that Twilight had thrown onto the table before going to get ready. He cleared his throat before he began to read. “Dear Twilight Sparkle, I am writing this to you to request that you come to canterlot for an informal get together. It seems I have only wrote or met up with you whenever danger was around the corner. That is why I want to meet with you this week. I will have a chariot sent to your home at your earliest convenience. Please write back as soon as you can. Yours Truly Princess Celestia~ P.S. Please do not fret over this. This is just a relaxing meeting.” Spike finished as he set the scroll down. “Now do you see, Twilight? It’s just a simple get together.” Spike said with a grin. Twilight put down her journals and sighed. “I guess you’re right Spike. I just so worked up whenever I go to visit the Princess. This visit will be different though. Like she said. A relaxing visit.” Twilight said as began to empty the saddlebag of most of it’s contents. She kept a journal, quill, and inkpot just incase something interesting comes up. She took a small bag of bits from her hiding spot behind a few old tomes and placed them in the saddlebag. Spike was wearing a happy smile because Twilight wasn’t freaking out anymore. Plus since she was leaving he could go to rarity’s home again while she was gone. (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/) The chariot arrived and Twilight grabbed her saddlebag. She walked out with Spike and gave him a hug before getting on the chariot. Spike gladly returned the gesture and waved goodbye as she took off. Twilight watched the little dragon dash off for rarity’s after she was a decent height in the air. She giggled at her assistant's behavior and watched the world roll by lazily. Before long she could see Canterlot in the distance. The smile she was wearing grew even larger as she saw the castle come into view. The chariot soon landed in front of the castle gates and Twilight stepped off. The gates slowly opened, allowing her to walk freely into the castle. She trotted towards the castle and opened the doors as she got to the doors. As she walked into the castle, a stallion wearing a butler outfit approached her. “Are you Miss Sparkle?” He said in a posh accent. “Yes I am.” Twilight replied with a smile. The stallion smiled back and gestured for her to follow. “Please follow me then! The Princess is waiting for you in the library.” He said walking down the hall. Twilight followed the pony down the halls admiring the structure of the castle as she walked by and silently commenting on certain thing that caught her eye. They soon found themselves in front of the castles library’s doors. The butler pony gently opened a door and slightly bowed his head. “The princess is waiting for you in the middle of the library. Have a nice day.” He said as she walked by him. After she entered the door, the stallion quietly closed the doors and she walked down the path of bookshelves and desks. She continued to walk through the library, amazed by the sheer size of it. After about 5 minutes of walking she finally stopped and saw Princess Celestia reading a small scroll. Twilight grinned happily and run to the Princess. “Princess!” She said a bit louder than necessary. Celestia looked up from her scroll before rolling it up and smiling to her student. He hid the scroll in her chest plate/necklace and watched as her student ran up to her. “Twilight! So good to see you!” Celestia said as her student ran up and nuzzled her. She returned the gesture and sighed happily that Twilight had taken her advice to not fret over this meetup. “How are you Twilight?” “I am doing great Princess! Even better now that I don’t have to worry about anything. How about you?” Twilight asked as she looked up to her mentor. “I am great my student! Now let’s continue with our day!” Celestia’s said with glee. (~~~~~~~~~~~~~/) Celestia watched as Twilight happily skipped out of the library with a smile that would make pinkie jealous. They continued to walk down the hall until they heard something coming from down the halls. They both turned as the sound became more clear. “Princess?....Is that clanking?” Twilight said as she stair down the hall. Celestia’s expression immediately became worried and stressed as the sound neared. “Twilight get behind me!!” She yelled bringing her student to her side and wrapping her wing around her. The clanking became even louder as it neared the corner. Twilight peeked over her mentor’s wing as the owner of the noise finally rounded the corner. Twilight couldn’t believe her eyes as she saw a large creature that ran on two legs coming straight for them. It had the bodily structure of a diamond dog, but it’s legs were bending in the wrong direction. The creature began to slow down as it near them and Twilight got a better look at it. It was a light tan color. Almost like a peach. It had two long arms and a five clawed paw. It’s body, however, was almost completely hairless except for the mane on it’s head. The fur it was missing was compensated by a simple white silk shirt for it’s upper half and a set of blue pants made from denim. She only got a glimpse of his feet, but she saw that they were covered in some metallic shoe. “Tia!! Your sister is crazy and trying to kill me! Help me out here!!” It shouted to tia with a what she could only describe as panicked on it’s face. It kept looking down the hall until it spastically looked from Celestia to the hall and began to run down the hall. “I WILL MEET YOU AT DINNER TIA!!!” Twilight watched as the creature ran down the hall screaming bloody murder. The clincher was when Princess Luna ran by holding some strange device in her magic. It was about 10 hoofs (5 feet) long and had a faint smell of explosive powder as she ran by. The two of the mares watched as the clanking receded into the distance. Twilight was finally let go from Celestia’s wing’s grasp and placed a few hoofs away from her. She quietly turned to the Princess and put on a confused/slightly worried expression. “Um....Princess? May I ask what that was?” She said pointing to the hallway the creature had run through. Celestia just shook her head and rubbed the side of her head with her right hoof. “That.....Was the reason I wanted today off to relax.”
A good conversation and a thrill rideA good conversation and a thrill ride Twilight was confused as she watched the princess try to nurse a headache away. “Princess what is going on!” Twilight asked letting the situation finally set in. Celestia stopped rubbing her head and gestured for Twilight to follow as she began to walk away. “Twilight, I am sure you know about most or all myths correct?” “Of course Princess!” Twilight said with a hint of pride in her voice. “Then I am sure you have heard of a species known as Humans.” Celestia said. Twilight nodded with a smile. “Good. Recently my sister was toying around with some magic that she shouldn’t have. That is when she brought a Human to our world.” “He is now stuck here with no way to get back due to Luna not remembering how she did the spell. So we decided to give him a place to stay and well....He has certainly been a handful.” Celestia said. “Interesting. Wait he?” Twilight asked as Celestia led the both of them down the halls . They rounded a corner and saw Luna at the end of the hall beating the creature with what she was holding earlier. “Ow! OW!! I said I was sorry!!” The human yelled out as he held up his arms in a poor defence against the princess of the night. “Thou shot our flank with a ball made of condensed paint!! Thou art going to feel our wrath!!!” Luna shouted as she hit him with the strange object again. Celestia sighed while Twilight blushed at what Luna said and looked to see what the lunar Princess meant. She saw a blotch of red paint that had been splattered across Luna’s right flank and suppressed a small giggle. Celestia took the weapon from Luna’s magic and lifted her off the Human, whom was slightly whimpering from the beating Luna had given him. Luna was flailing in a failing attempt to get back to hurting the human. Her face was red with anger and her look would have made even Discord cringe with fear.“Oooooooooooow.” The Human whined. “Let us go!! We want to harm him more!!!” Luna screamed at no one in particular. Twilight had yet to grasp the situation that was at hoof now. Right in front of her was a new species. An entirely new species that was sentient and capable of speaking their language. As the Human finally sat up, she let loose the monster of a nerd that was chained up inside of her. “Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!! You’re a Human! What’s your name!? Where did you live!? Why do you walk on two legs!?!?” Twilight asked as she bounded into the Human’s lap. “Tell me everything!!” The Human just stared for a moment before looking to Celestia. Celestia just shrugged and began to walk away with the still angered Princess Luna. He watched as Celestia around the corner with Luna clawing at the wall trying to get away from her sister’s magical grasp. He scooted back a little as Luna ripped part of the paint off the walls as she was dragged away, yelling out her frustrations. Twilight was too busy looking over the Human to notice the struggling Princess. He sighed and rubbed his head with one hand. “Ugh I swear Luna is going to kill me one day.” He said. Then he looked to the pony in his lap and smiled. “Um...What did you ask?” Twilight let out a small squee as she readied herself to ask as many questions as she could. Before she could ask anything the Human faceho-..Er. Palmed. “Oh I am sorry where are my manners? I am Marcon.” He said holding out his hand awkwardly so she could grab it. Twilight put her hoof in his palm and he shook it. “I am Twilight Sparkle!” Twilight said happily. “Nice to meet you Miss Sparkle, but I have to ask...” He began and released her hoof. “.. Why are you sitting on me?” Twilight tilted her head and looked down. She blushed and hopped off his lap before smiling sheepishly. “Sorry.” She said drawing circles in the floor with her hoof and bashfully looking at Marcon. Marcon just smiled and patted her on the head. “It’s alright. I have found that ponies are unnaturally soft and cuddly, so it’s not that bad.” Marcon said with a chuckle and stood up to his full height. He rolled his shoulders and neck before a symphony of cracks were heard, which caused Twilight to involuntary wince. He let out a relaxed sigh and looked back at Twilight. “Before I answer anything, we have to get some tea or something. All that ‘Running for my mortal life’ really left me dry.” He said gently rubbing his throat. Twilight smiled a happy smile and giggled like a filly. “I am assuming you’re the bookie type right?” Twilight blushed and nodded. “How’d you know?” Marcon smiled and knelt down again. “The saddle bag with quills sticking out, Princess Celestia’s student, and the fact that you damn near tackled while asking a million questions a second.” He listed. Twilight blushed even more and giggled nervously. “Yeah that kinda gives it away huh?” She responded. Marcon nodded and stood back up. “Come on. Let’s go before I lose my voice.” She smiles again and nods as they begin to walk towards the kitchen. (~~~~~~~~~~~/) After a quick greeting and cup of tea from the kitchen, Marcon was sipping from a disposable cup while Twilight was patiently waiting to ask a few questions. Marcon glanced at the small pony before smiling and looking directly at her. “Hey Twilight?” Her ears perked up and she her head turned to him. “Tell you what. Now that I have something to drink and presuming Luna has calmed down, how about we go to the gardens and get those questions of your answered?” He said before sipping at his tea once more. She squeed a little, casuing Marcon to chuckle, and nodded rapidly. “Yesyesyesyes!” “Okay! Okay, calm down a bit before you have a heart attack.” Marcon joked. They both laughed at the joke and proceeded to walk to the gardens. After a few minutes of walking and bumping into a few ponies, they finally arrived and Marcon found a nice bench for them to sit on. “Alright. Fire away Twilight, but please just one at a time.” He said turning to the small pony. Twilight let out another squee before assaulting the human with more questions than she thought she could ever ask one pon- Er... Person. They talked about everything from clothes to diet to technology. That was Marcon favorite subject. He wasn’t an inventor if that is what your thinking, he was a ‘tinkerer’. He took things and added or just fooled around with them. That is where the subject of his footwear came up. “So Marcon, if your kinda wears cloth and rubber on your feet, why are yours covered in metal?” Twilight asked pointing to his metallic shoes. Marcon smiled and stood up before kneeling and turning around.. “How about you hop on my back and I’ll show you. These were a small thing me and Luna were experimenting with and perfecting before I accidently shot her in the flank with a paintball and got beaten.” Marcon said slightly shuddering as he remembered Luna’s beatings and face from earlier. Twilight was a little hesitant, but complied. She crawled onto his back and he gently grabbed her hind legs so she wouldn’t slip off his back easily. She wrapped her forelegs around his neck and he stood up again. He smirked and tapped his metal covered shoes together before he was shot a few feet into the air, much to Twilight’s surprise. She looked down and saw that he was now standing a small ironing board shaped platform, but with two rounded ends, that was hovering about 2 hoofs(1 foot) off the ground. “Wh-what is going on?” Twilight said a little scared. Marcon smirked and turned his head so he was looking to the left and leaned a little in said direction. They began to move at a slow pace, but soon began to pick up speed until they were going really fast. “YYAAAA HOOO!!” Marcon said as he sped past a hedge of bushes and skipped onto a bench allowing to slide across the top before jumping off. “Me and Luna made, what we call, a hoverboard!!” He said over the wind whipping past their ears. “I’ll explain in a moment! Watch this!!” Twilight was confused until she saw him heading for straight for a wall. She was about to warn him until it was too late and she just closed her eyes in preparation of the incoming crash. Instead of crashing she felt a sudden jerk and her weight shift directions. She opened one eye and gasped as she saw she was sideways and Marcon was riding the ‘hoverboard’ across the wall before he dropped and tilted in the opposite direction he was facing. The board slowed down before Marcon snapped his fingers and the board retracted back into the ‘soles’ of his metallic shoes. Twilight jumped off Marcon’s back and shakily landed before turning to marcon and saying. “WHAT WAS THAT!?” Marcon winced slightly and chuckled. “That, my dear unicorn, was the project that me and Luna were working on. She was asking the same questions as you and we somehow got onto the subject of movement and transportation. I had told her about skateboards and she told me about some spells that were used for moving objects and ponies around.” He said while taking a seat next to the shaking unicorn. “Then I said how awesome it would be to combine one of the spells with a skateboard and well one thing led to another and we made this.” He tapped one off his feet. “Originally it was just a metallic board, but we modified it and, for some odd reason, added it to my shoes. Incase you are wondering it was a ‘anti-gravity’ spell. At least I think that was what she called it. So yeah. I made the retraction system and Luna did the magic.” He finished with a smirk and sigh. “Ah crap. I left my tea on the bench.” Twilight’s jaw had dropped at the rather large and detailed explanation. She had never thought of that or even something close to it. “Stupefied huh? I was too when it actually worked.” He said laughing. “Okay now that I have answered all your questions, I need to go apologize to Luna before she decided to take action against me.” Twilight dumbly nodded and just continued to think about what he had told her. “You, uh.... Want me to take you to Ti- I mean Celestia?” She again nodded before she was snapped out of her trance by her being picked up. She looked at the human and saw she was being cradled in Marcon’s arms as he tapped his feet together and the hoverboard snapped out of his shoes and connected in middle. “Hold on.” He warned. They took off and sped into the castle. She was actually beginning to enjoy the thrill of this small device of Marcon’s and Luna’s. Soon Marcon found Celestia walking out of Luna’s room rubbing her head and he skidded to a halt. He snapped his fingers and the board retracted while he fell to the ground. He set Twilight down and walked up to Celestia. “Hey Tia. Is Luna in there?” He asked. Celestia nodded and sighed. “You really pissed her off, you know that?” Celestia said surprising Twilight at her sudden foul language. “It took seventeen passive, protection and detention spells just to keep her from breaking the door down with her hooves.” Marcon made a ‘ooooo’ sound while wincing. “That bad? Geez. I guess I better apologize.” He said sighing and walking to the door. “You know you’re gonna die right?” Celestia said looking at the human. “Yeah, but she’ll revive me because of just how much she ‘loves’ me.” He said with a big grin. Celestia shook her head as the human opened the door and walked in. Some muffled clattering was heard before something was smashed against the door. “I am so glad that I put a sound damping spell on that door.” Celestia said shuddering. Then she looked to Twilight who was just standing there a little confused. “Did you enjoy your time with Marcon, Twilight?” Twilight nodded happily and pulled out a mountain of notes she had taken. “He even showed me the device he and Luna created!” Celestia shook her head and giggled. “I see he has made quite the impression. Well I must go lower the sun. Feel free to stay the night if you wish just inform a staff pony and they will give you a guest room.” Twilight nodded as the princess walked off to do her daily job and trotted off to find a staff pony to ask for a room. Author's Note Hey everyone! New chapter! Yeah!.... Yeah that's it.... I guess R&R and like.... Please? CYA!!!
Oh come on!Oh come on! (Meanwhile in Luna’s royal chambers) “LUNA PLEASE CALM DOWN! I HAVEN’T RECOVERED FROM YOUR PREVIOUS BEATING!!” Marcon yelled before he was slammed into a wall. “Why are you so mean to me?!” Luna stopped and put the human down before tapping a hoof against her chin. “Well..... Thou shot our hindquarters with a ball of paint and then we were not allowed to finish giving out our wrath..... That is mostly why.” Luna said sitting on her haunches. “Ow....” Marcon rubbed the back of his head and sighed. “Look I told you that the thing was unstable and you still wanted me to shoot it!” Luna just blushed slightly and humphed while crossing her forelegs.. “We still think thou did it on purpose.” “If I had done it on purpose don’t you think that I would have aimed a bit better?” Marcon said scooting over and putting an arm around Luna’s shoulders. She just tried to scoots away, but Marcon grinned and pulled her closer. “Let us go!” Luna whined and tried to wiggle away. Marcon just kept his grip on her and hugged her a bit closer. “Not until you accept my apology. I could have just let Tia leave the wards on this room until you calmed down.” Marcon said snickering. Luna just huffed and continued to try and escape the humans grasp. “Luna. If you don’t accept my apology I am going to have to resort to drastic measures.” Luna simply gave him an annoyed expression and raised an eyebrow. Marcon gave her his best evil grin, which made her slightly shiver with discomfort, before he used one his hands and prodded her side. Luna’s eyes widened as her body flinched at the action. “Thou wouldn’t dare.” Luna said glaring at the human. Marcon just kept on grinning with that evil grin of his. “N-no.. Thou can’t! Tis too cruel!!” Marcon just gave her a wink before taking his arms off and quickly began to prod and tickle Luna’s ribs and sides. Without anyway of stopping it, and her magic being useless without being able to concentrate, Luna just laughed and laughed. She flailed a few times to try and hit the oppressive human, but he simply dodged and continued his tickling assault. Marcon had even decided to enjoy some laughter as well as he tickled the defenseless princess. “Okay okay! Thou wins!! We forgive thee!! Just enough with this torture!!” Luna begged through her laughter. WIth a triumphant smirk, Marcon stopped and let Luna calm down. She panted and huffed for a moment until she glared at the human from her spot on the floor. She attempted to get up, but do to the merciless tickling, she could only muster the strength to roll onto her belly and spread her wings out. “Thou....” She panted for a moment. “... Are a cruel and evil creature.” “Nah that’s just human nature.” Marcon said with a smile. He scooted over to her and placed his hands on her sides again. Luna flinched and scrambled away as best she could, which wasn’t very good. “Th-thou said thee would stop!!” Luna said in fear of being tickled more. Marcon just chuckled and scooted back over to her. “I did stop. I am trying to help you up now.” He said with a smile. Not a evil smile nor a mischievous one. A regular gentle, helping smile. Luna just huffed and sighed. This time she didn’t flinch as he placed his hands on her sides and let him lift her up so that she could sit properly. “Thou owes us now.” Luna said shifting so that she could sit without having to worry about her legs giving away. Marcon just looked at her quizzically. “Why? All I did was tickle you.” He said chuckling. Luna just smirked and nodded before leaning against him. “Precisely. Remember the deal we made a few weeks ago?” Luna said smiling with her trademark ‘Prankster’ Smile. Marcon looked off before groaning and putting his face in his hands. “Oh god.... I thought that was just fake.” He said groaning even more. Luna just snickered and recited a part of the ‘deal’ they made. “I, Marcon, shall not tickle Luna unless given permission or if it is the only way to save equestria. If I should ever break this pact, I am to owe Luna any favor she wishes with obvious exceptions.” She recited and smirked at him. “God.... Damn it.” He said lifting his head. “Alright.... What do you want?” Luna simply, and lazily, lifted a hoof to her chin again. “Well. How about that thing you do to help the new maids calm down when they see you.” Macon looked off before smirking. “You want me to comb my hands through your mane?” Luna simply smirked and nodded. Marcon shook his head and rolled his neck, cracking it as he did so, before sighing and nodding to her. “Alright then. Come here and I will get to work.” Marcon said crossing his legs and gesturing her over. Luna smiled and giggled while scooting over and laying her upper half onto his legs and crossing her forelegs before laying her head upon them. “Comfy?” Marcon said with sarcasm dripping from his words. “Quite thank thee. Now go on! Get to it!” Luna said with a chipper voice. Marcon just sighed and began to work his hands through Luna’s mane. She let out a relaxed sigh and slowly began to drift off into sleep. After a few minutes of this simple activity, Luna was out like a light and Marcon was bored out of his mind. Marcon looked to the Princess on his legs and shook his head. He gently picked her up off his legs before standing up and picking her up again. He took her over to her bed and laid her down before walking over to the door and leaving. “Well.... That went better than expected.
A chase! And a friend.Chapter 4 A chase! And a friend. A/N: Rated R..... For random. Marcon was walking through the halls whistling a merry tune until he saw a certain night guard patrolling the halls of the castle. He stopped in his tracks before tilting his head to the side as the night guard pony was making his way over. The night guard was a simple pegasus pony with her (Yes her. Not all the guards are male.) cat eyes and furry ears with the batwings. The pony simply looked at him for a moment before a look of terror crossed her face. Marcon simply smiled an evil smile before taking a step towards her as she reflexively took a step back. They were a good two or two and a half yards away from each other, so they both had a bit of breathing room. Marcon gave her a wink before sprinting in her direction. The night guard simply stood there for a moment almost frozen in fear before her pupils shrunk and she turned around and bolted. Marcon simply kept up his sprint until the night guard began to spread her wings to take flight. Marcon’s eyes widened until he grinned and said. “Hey! Wings are cheating!!” The pony just turned and flashed him a grin before preparing to take flight. Marcon just grinned even more before picking up his speed causing the poor pony guard’s expression turn for the worse until Marcon did one thing that they both found rather startling. He did a leap of faith..... Like literally. He closed his eyes. And just lept at the pony. Unfortunately for said pony, she was so awe/confused by what he did that she didn’t take off and Marcon crashed into her. They tumbled down the hall for a moment until it ended up with Marcon on his back holding the night guard pony tightly in his arms. The pony began to fidget in Marcon’s grip until she realized she wasn’t going anywhere and simply slumped against him. “Do you hate me or something?” She asked Marcon who simply smiled. “Because I don’t see you ‘hunting’ any of the other guards.” Marcon just laughed and hugged the pony. “I would if they all were nice to me. You’re the only one that doesn’t threaten to kill me with a spear when I do this...” He said with a evil grin as he brought one of his hands to the mare’s ears. Her eyes widened as she looked to the Human with a ‘You wouldn’t’ look. Marcon simply smiled his evil/’Yes I would’ smile and with one swift motion began to scratch the pony’s ears. The poor pony was about to protest, but the sweet feeling of the gentle scratching behind her ears was too much to bear, so she simply slumped onto the human. Marcon laughed at the pony’s reaction and continued until she began to kick her hind leg helplessly causing him to laugh even more. “Oh Shadow Streak. Why are you so freakin’ adorable?” Marcon said as he stopped scratching for a moment. Shadow Streak simply huffed and lifted her head to look at the human. “I am NOT adorable! I am a Lunar Guard and I am a fighter and a warroir and a-” She began before Marcon began to scratch her ears again. “D-damn y-you Marcon...” The pony just purred slightly at the touch until the sound of other guards patrolling down the halls was heard. Marcon quickly helped Shadow Streak to her hooves before making it look like she was scolding him. This was a routine that those two had gotten into about two months ago. Marcon would ‘hunt’ Shadow Streak and if he caught her he would resort to scratching her behind the ears or under the chin. Pretty much he would do whatever he could to get one her ‘adorable’ reactions out of her. Shadow, of course, HATED Marcon for this, but usually forgave him when he would help cover up his teasings. Shadow wouldn’t have minded his chasing her as much if it didn’t always end up with him embarrassing her somehow. Even if it was only between the two of them. “And that is why you can’t be running through the halls you over sized ape!” Shadow yelled at Marcon as the other two Lunar Guards passed. Marcon just hung his head and nodded while Shadow berated him some more. The guards just cringed a bit at Shadow’s yelling and trotted a bit quicker to avoid getting on the wrong side of her verbal assault. The two guards left rather quickly as Shadow’s tirade ended. “AND THAT IS Why you... Alright they are gone.” “Over sized ape?” Marcon said looking to Shadow with mock hurt on his face. “Hey! You are the one who said to be mean!” Shadow defended while Marcon just laughed it off. “Oh it’s not that bad! I have heard worse anyway.” Marcon said patting Shadow on the head, whom promptly swiped his hand away with an annoyed expression. “Stop that! You know I hate that!” She said with a huff and a frown. “Just like how you hate those ear scratchings?” Marcon said with a shit-eating grin. Shadow just blushed slightly and punched Marcon’s leg with her hoof. “Ow!” “Shut up you hairless diamond dog!” She retorted. Marcon just laughed a bit more and smiled. Shadow just looked at him before eventually laughing with him. “How can you get me to laugh like this? I mean I am angry at you one second then you just make me laugh! What’s wrong with you?” Marcon just laughed some more and hugged the small pony. “Many things, but laughter is infectious. So it’s not me it’s you.” Shadow just sighed and smiled at the human. “Well alright, but be honest with me here... Did you really end up shooting Princess Luna in the flank with a ball made of paint?” She asked with a twinkle in her eye and a evil grin. Marcon just groaned and Shadow laughed. “Come on! Walk and talk with me to the mess hall. It’s my lunch anyway.” Marcon just nodded and followed Shadow down the hall as he began to recount earlier tales of what happened.
