The Tales of Prince Onyx (version 2.0)

Chapter 5

Plush Wars

Celestia closed her Diary and hide it under her bed with her magic, the last thing she wanted, is to somepony to find it. Then she feed Philomena, her pet phoenix, and finally went outside.  Today was a calm day for her, like each Saturday, she had no meeting, no council, and no pony asking requests, more importantly, it was her favorite day of the week because she can be with her son. The sky today was clear, and she could hear the birds in her garden sing for and showing the world how happy they are. Celestia found out that it could be a good day to bring Onyx to the garden or to the park, so she walk into the direction of his room. Since he turned five, she give him Luna’s room. Sure she could change the decoration into something more, in his color. She’d have to paint the wall in a multiple shade of yellow, red and orange, but she’d leave  the roof in a deep dark blue. Since her sister will not be back in 13 years, she didn’t think that her sister will mind, if her room was no longer hers, and was Onyx’s, until she came back.

When she reached the door of her son, she asked the 2 guards who protect the door to go take a little break, she then knocked on the door and waited for an answer.

“Who there?” a little voice asked from inside the room.

“It’s me, you mother, can you let me in?” She answered back.

“ Noooo! Don’t come in, I’m doing something for you!” Celestia was surprised, she always liked surprises from her son. So she sat in-front of the door and was waiting patiently for her son to finish whatever he is doing. When he finally opened his door to let her come in, she was really surprised. Onyx was sat on his bed, and in his hand, he had a strange brown book. Celestia asked what the book was, but the only answer she get was...

“Mommy come see, I want to show you!”  Celestia approached her son’s bed, she’d never seen this book before and she was wondering what it could be. When he opened it, she was surprised by what she saw, the book was a collection of all the pictures she have taken since she had  found Onyx.

“B-But where did you find all this?” she asked.

“ Well, I have asked the Shadow’s mom, if she can bring me some of the pictures you had of me and you, and I had put them in this book, this way you will never forget me.... Did I do something wrong mommy?” Celestia give him a peek on his head before she took the book.

“ Something wrong?... No, no you did not do such a thing, is more like the opposite. It’s wonderful Onyx! I will put it away and look at it before I sleep.” Onyx hugged his mother and they both stayed like that, for a few minutes.

“ So Onyx, how will you like it, if we go to the park today?” asked Celestia.

“To the park... really? I would love it mom, it’s been like forever since we’ve last been there.” Celestia giggle.

“Since forever? But we go there everyday.”

“I know, but for me, it’s like forever!” answered back Onyx.

Celestia and Onyx walked out of the room and went outside, headed in the direction of the park. Onyx, who was ridding on Celestia, looked everywhere. Canterlot was always beautiful and clean, this is a place where many ponies do there business, like some would go buy some food, or just enjoy the weather. But unlike every other day, a bunch of ponies with many fillies and colts were lined up, in rank in front of the east tower.

Some was looked really stressed and others just looked really happy.

“Mommy... What’s going on there?” Onyx asked, pointing to the tower with his finger.

“There Onyx, is where the little kids, like you, go to try the test, to join the school for gifted Unicorns” Celestia answered back. She continue on her way to park, until she heard an explosion and then a bright purple flash appeared to the top of the tower, with the head of a dragon. All of the ponies were running away, screaming like if they had a monster from Tartarus on their tail.

“Mommy what is it?” asked Onyx

“I don’t know” answered Celestia “But you need return to your room now.”

“But mom, I don’t wan-” a sudden flash of color blinded Onyx and when he re-open his eyes, he was back in his room.

“I hate it when mom teleports me, it’s unfair.”

Onyx was sitting there, crying in his bed, he wanted to go see what was happening, not stay in his room, like if he was weak. Now he had missed the opportunity to see a real dragon! A dragon like him and Shadow would slay when they are playing together. But noooooo all the fun is for the guards and his mother. Onyx was still in his bed when he heard a knock on the door.

“Go away, I don’t want to see you now mom!” Onyx yelled.

“You see Smarty Pants, it’s like I said, this is not the room of the Princess. We should ask the guard.” Said a little voice of (probably) a little filly outside.

Onyx, being curious because he never heard this voice before, open his door and saw a little purple unicorn filly. who was talking to a little plushie.

“Why do you want to find my mommy?” Onyx asked. The unicron was not moving, and stared at  him, like if he was something strange and scary. The unicorn then started to slowly walk backwards.

“Wh...who are you?” she asked slowly and with a scared voice.

Onyx sigh, this is not the first time he meet somepony, who were scared by his appearance, he had asked his mother about it, and she answered that sometimes, ponies tend to get scared  about somethings they don’t know or don’t understand. But even if he knew that, he found it a little hard that everypony is scared of him before they can get to know him more. Even his body guard looks like if he was something that should not exist.

“My name is Onyx, or Prince Onyx. I’m the son of Princess Celestia.” At the word Celestia, the little filly’s ears perked up.

“Oooh, you’re the new prince! My parents had talked about you at home. I was always wondering, why you are so different of us... No offence.” She said with the biggest smile Onyx ever seen.

“Um... I would like to help you with knowing me more, but even I don’t really know who I really am... Nice plushie by the way.” he said, pointing to the little plushie at the foot of the unicorn

“Oh! This is Mr. Smarty Pants. He always helps me with my homework... By the way, I'm Twilight Sparkle.”

“Twilight, that is a cute name, I like it... Hey do you want to play with me, I have some plushies of mine too!” In that same time, he opened his door more, to let Twilight come in.

Twilight walked slowly into the room, of the little foal... or whatever he was. Sure the princess had asked her, to meet her, in her room, for a talk about the recent outburst of magic she got this morning. But if the Prince, who is a whole new specie to discover, asked her to play with him. How could she say no.

Celestia was starting to worry, she had asked the little filly to meet her in her room two hours ago, and she still is not here, AND she did not take the time to go see how is Onyx after she teleported him away. So to kill some time, she decide to go see her son. Maybe she will see the little filly at the same time, LOST in the castle. She walked a little more faster than usual to reach the room of her son, but when she was in-front of the door, she heard 2 voices inside.

“But who can be with him? Shadow Hearth is at the school, Strong Shield had taken some vacation days off, and I’m here....” She slowly open the door and taken a quick peek of what’s happening inside.

Onyx was throwing a plushie at a... book fort?...and the little filly, who was hiding under the fort, threw the plushie back at Onyx.

“Captain Smarty Pants will protect me from you! You should surrender now!” Twilight yelled at Onyx.

“NEVER! The General Philomena will save Commander White Tiger from you!” Onyx answered back.

Celestia slowly closed the door, and walk away. It was the first time her son made a friend by himself and she was proud of it.