The Duchess' Sonby Dark MoonChaptersChapter 1: Pranks and Problemschapter 3: The ChaseChapter 4: ...Awkward.Chapter 5 Wake Up CallChapter 2: What Where and Marry Who?I am SorryChapter 1: Pranks and ProblemsChapter 1: Pranks and Problems Authors note: for every pony that I introduce I will be giving a pony code for you to get a better picture as to what they look like because frankly… I suck at explaining myself sometimes. This can be seen in the advanced setting here Pony code 1. (372S005020FEFEFEFFC49D0020000962BUN3A16400000000V1FE0000FEFCA107107F3FCC004CB2) Pony code 2. (472J0G42A02B2B2B9EA9FE020006A00FEUN1A32003000001D11100CCA1DEFE1B107F3FCC004CB2) . In the small town of Phillydelfia, there is a mansion where an Alicorn duchess lives. It is located on the outskirts of town with rolling fields of green grassland as far as the eye can see in its back yard. There are rooms of granite and the floors are lined in short red carpet that didn’t provide much cushion but wasn’t overly uncomfortable. The floors where lined with polished marble a foot from the walls themselves and at times the carpet would end at the end of a hall to open into a larger mane hall. This mansion has many rooms and guards inside and outside the grounds. One evening down a specific second story corridor with arched windows on one side and doors to various different rooms on the other. Two guard ponies where doing their usual rounds. One a seasoned veteran and one of the longest guards to be the butt of the constant pranks of the duchess’ son, the other a guard having his first day at the mansion and as most of the guards would think the position as, “Fresh Meat.” The new young guard locked over to the well seasoned guards pony to say “The duchess’ son can’t possibly be that bad. I mean come on.” . “No really!” the veteran replied “you need to have a really good sense of humor round here. After all, we do have a good poke at each other, with the different traps we fall for. He’s not that bad of a pony really, once you talk to the colt. Just never get on his bad side and laugh and shrug when you fall for his pranks. Usually if you get mad it just gets worse.” . “I’ll try my best.” Replied the “fresh meat” with a confused look on his face. “I still don’t see the fun you guys seem to have with it though. I don’t know if I would be as cheery about it as you.” “I like to think of it as a game now. I’m one of the most seasoned guards here. So he tends to keep me on my toes to avoid his traps and I avoid them from time to time. It gets hard though because he can get really creative.” The guard chuckled to himself as he thought of all the different traps he has looked out for and even fallen for. Learning through his stay what to look for. However the Duchess’ son had been doing this for a few hundred years now and has gotten quite good at it. Just then the younger guard looked ahead to see a rope stretched across the hallway, just before the carpet ended and opened up to the main hall. When the two guards got to the awfully laid trap. They followed the rope. One end was tied to a pillar to a window. The other led to a pulley system that led up to the ceiling where it meet with a rather large bucket, which looked like, held some kind of liquid. If triggered whether pulled or tripped on would cause the bucket to pour over and drench the pore pony to fall for the trap. However the trap was easily seen and made the older soldier pony to think why the duchess’ son would lay such and obvious trap. The young guard chuckled and said, “Really, this is all that you ponies are worried about? I could dodge these traps in my sleep.” The new guards pony went to step over the rope while the veteran pony was in thought. When the veteran finally noticed what was wrong with the seen he called out, saying “NO WAIT!” but it was too late. The pony stepped on the other side only to slip and fall on the very rope he was trying to avoid. Causing a waterfall of the same red paint that the guard had slipped on (for this is what the veteran guard had noticed to be off before the “fresh meat” had foolishly stepped on thinking it was carpet from the badly lit hallway) easily with the combination of the well-polished marble, to land on top of him. Giving him a new shinny new red coat to enjoy. The red painted pony got up from where he laid, annoyance evident on his face. Immediately they heard laughing in the room closest to them. The guard was full of fury as he ran for the room to confront the prankster yelling “WHY YOU! ILL TEACH YOU A LESS-!” and the young guard was cut off from the rest of his sentence as he was met with a face full of feathers and even more fathers felling from above. Making him, a paint and feathered pony. The red paint covered pony got even redder from the laphter that was heard ouside the room from the older guard “don’t worry” the veteran said between laughs and tears “you’ll get the hang of it rookie.” The guard’s face grew even hotter from both embarrassment and anger as he raised his hooves and yelled all kinds of profanities. If there had not been so much noise in that hallway the two guards might have heard a fathered thump come from the window. * * * * * * That was what sent me further into laughing hysteria. My ribs hurt viciously as I curled closer into a ball as it became difficult to breath. Though that could be from the fall I experienced, because I lost all concentration on flying after the guard got feathered and fell from my viewing point at the window. This was one of my best pranks yet on the guards. “Can’t. Stop. Laughing. hahaHAHA!” I laughed in-between words. I then heard hoofsteps coming up behind me. I wiped the tears from my eyes and tried to sober up as I got up from the ground. I saw another guard walking over to me. “Lightning, don’t you have better things to do other then give us a hard time?” said a rather young guard with a smirk. After the guard had come closer and I had composed myself more, I noticed the guard was Firelight. He was one of the guards that would enjoy and even help out with my little antics sometimes. He was a pure white Pegasus pony, and he had a red mane and tail with strips of bright yellow in it. He also had deep green eyes that made him irresistible to some mares. (1) He was pretty young for the guard but he distinguished himself as worthy I guess. Maybe he was there just to baby sit me but I didn’t care. He always had a way of cheering me up. Being who I am can be a bit stressful and dull sometimes. I do consider the other gaurds to be friendly and even consider them to be family. They talk to me when I’m board or lonely and even though I pull fast ones on them they just take it in stride. Now that I really think about it I’m really lucky to have them all. But firelight was different. He was my best friend. “Well I guess I should get ready for the night huh. You can really ruin a mood when you want to you know that Fires?” he really never did but he seemed to be more responsible then me sometimes which is what probably got him the job in the first place. “Yah well do your job and maybe between guard duty all hit you up and talk with ya’ ok?” that was an answer I loved to hear. He gave me a half grin and said “Also be nice to the new guy! You don’t want to over do it and make him hate you on his first night.” Wait what!? “How did you know I was pranking the new guy?” I gave him an extremely confused stare to which he closed his eyes shook his head and shrugged. “I wasn’t sure but I knew you wouldn’t resist.” This guy knows me way too well for my own good. “Tell ya’ what ill help you on your next prank if you can give us a rest for the rest of the night.” Ok WAY to well. “Ok sure thing” I replied. I looked too notices that the sun was half set and the moon was starting to rise. “Oh horse feathers gotta’ go Fires.” He just chuckled as I took off into the twilight. My name is Lightning Moon and as you have guessed I am the duchess’ son. I am what you would call a rare site to see. I am an Alicorn, And a male one at that which is even more so rare. My life however, can be summarized up into a few sentences. I live in this mansion with my mother and my father passed away some time ago. He was VERY old but I do miss him. I’ve always been pretty sheltered and don’t go to the party’s that my mom holds because they are such a drag! All we ever do is just stand there and greet people and talk which can be entertaining, but with the snooty and up tight upper class ponies its never is. So all I really do is my job and two hobbies. Which is first shading the moon for the cycles and the later is flying tricks and pranking the guards. It’s a pretty dull life but I manage. Heck I’ve managed for hundreds of years. I guess that I should describe what I look like too. Letts see. I have a dark charcoal coat with blue collared mane and tail with electric blue in the center of it all. I have purple eyes, amethyst hooves, and wings that are normal for a male Alicorn. Good news for all you ladies out there! I’m single! (2) Hah, yah right like I can get a date to save my life! Any and all the girls I meet are in it for the fame or glory. What a crock of crap! I wish I could find a girl that would like me for me. But it’s so rare for me to find a NORMAL girl that I think, that wont ever happen. Well that’s depressing to think about. I fly up to the roof of the mansion to shade the moon (which is barley done on time I might add) and I decide that ill fly and do some tricks to get my mind off it. There are never any ponies out in the rolling fields after dark so naturally it was the best place for me to practice. I’ve always loved flying and doing tricks, so my mother got us this mansion in Phillydelphia for me to have my own peace and quiet while I do it. I don’t really know why but I don’t like the thought of others crowding me and being the center of attention. I’ve always liked my peace and showing off tricks that are at the Wonderbolts level would somewhat disturb that on top of being a male Alicorn. I can’t help it. Whenever I see a new trick I just have to try and learn it. I’ve seen this one pony do a… what was is called… sonic rain… BOOM! That’s it! Well after having seen it at the young fliers competition a while ago (which was one of the few things that I am actually interested in going to!) I’ve tried replicating it, but it always ends up in failure. I know that it was only done in the heat of the moment but I find it frustrating that I can’t do it! I’ve been able to pull off tons of tricks like the Colt Crusher, the Shocking Silver Lining, and even the Buckaneer Blaze! But this is the one trick I can’t pull off! And it bugs the BUCK OUT OF ME! After a couple of good tricks to get my self-esteem up and feel up for it. I try for it one more time. I fly high into the sky to get ready for the extremely difficult trick. After gaining a good amount of altitude I take in a deep breath of thin air and plummet toward the ground. I feel myself picking up speed as I get closer and closer to the ground at break neck speeds. I notice the bending of the air as I started to reach the sound barrier. I am so close I can taste it. Then as the bending starts to stretch and thin out I feel myself about to slip through and then… I get flung in the opposite direction as if I had stretched a rubber band and the end result was me, soring like a stone across the sky. “Ohnoohnoohnoohnoohnooo!” I try my best to recover but it seems futile. The only thing that I can do is watch the ground get closer and closer and prep myself for a crash landing of a lifetime. I keep trying my futile efforts though but to no avail. I close my eyes to prepare for the sure to be painful landing to come. When I crash land I receive a softer landing then I expected. The crash seemed to be a lot easier to take then I thought. My eyes snaped open and I quickly realized I was still falling then with a mighty slam I hit the ground. Closing my eyes again from the impact. Getting up after a fall like that would actually be really difficult but seemed easier then it should. I was in a dazed stupor from shock and the adrenalin that was going through me so I didn’t realized the heap behind me at first. I turned to see Firelight crashed in the exact spot I had been, but in worse shape. He had to have caught me and help slow my crash landing. That foal!! Why would he cause worse injury to himself to save my sorry flank! “FIRELIGHT YOU OK!” I knelt down next to him and looked to see how he was… he didn’t look good. He looked up from his own stupor to se me with lazy eyes and a smile. “Hay Lighting *cough* see you still cant pull off that move.” “Common you dumb flank. We need to get you to the infirmary.” I slid under him and got him on my back. I’m only just a bit bigger then him, but still can balance him well enough as I fly. So I took off to get the foal healed. He looked pretty badly beat up so I did a magic health scan on him. The spell is designed to see any and all problems with the body. From it I gathered that he was worse then I originally thought. He had two cracked ribs a broken leg and extensive internal bleeding not to mention two completely messed up wings! If I didn’t get him to a hospital soon then he may die. UUUUHHH why’ed he have to go and catch me I would have been alright! Maybe a broken bone or something but nothing that cant be fixed. He on the other hand has crushing wounds from me landing on him, on top of the broken bones! I can’t take him back to the infirmary in the mansion! I’ve got to go straight to the hospital! “Why’ed you do that! Now I have to make sure you don’t die on me!” as I fly I try my best at healing magic but I never really got great grades in it. And I can only do so much! Even as an Alicorn I have my limits. He moans before answering. “Its my duty to protect you from harm. If I die then I am glad I did it in your service. Lightning I hope…” … “Fires?” He had passed out on me, which made me push even harder to get to the hospital. It felt like I could have done a sonic rainboom right then. That would be my luck to. Fly half way there just to end up being whiplashed again. You and your stupid duties and morals Firelight! Why did you have to do that! After rushing into the hospital two ponies took Firelight strapped him down on a stretcher and rolled into the emergency room to get him stitched up. I told them all the things that I gathered from the spell I cast, as well as what had happened, and then left them to do their jobs. As I sit in the waiting room I realize every pony starring. Every time I’ve ever been hurt by a stunt I’ve always either fixed it myself or they called a doctor to the mansion. Like I said I am extremely reserved and don’t hardly ever go out during the day. Both my mom and me have a silent agreement on this and reason why is because I am not what the high-class ponies would call… refined. All my actions are seen as out of line and outlandish. Whatever. But because of this I don’t see a lot of daylight; me because I don’t like those ponies and the attention, and her because I could potentially ruin our good name. So with the mixture of being a male Alicorn, me never coming out of the mansion except at night to fly, and then having a few cuts and bruises on me that looked pretty serious, its safe to say I got a lot of stares from a lot of ponies. After an eternity of long and awkward moments the doctor came out. He was a brown pony with an injection needle for a cutie mark and light brown mane. He waves me over to tell me the news. ”How is he doctor?” “Well he was really beat up from catching you but we have been able to stop the internal bleeding. Baring infection he will survive. He was very lucky. You should go home and get some rest. You look pretty beaten up yourself.” I give the doctor a large hug from my relief. He was taken back by it but returned it. As I pulled away I must have had the goofiest grin on my face for he had a smile on his. I replied with a “thank you doc. Will do.” I walked out of the hospital and flew home. That was a little more drama then I would have liked. But at least I know Firelight will be all right. When that derped up pony gets out of the hospital Ill beet his flank all over again for acting so stupid! Ill need to visit him again after I get some sleep. I got home with less urgency then I had leaving. The guards noticed me and started walking over to me. By now the sun was getting ready to rise and I was dead tired. So I guess that explained why they started running to me after getting a little closer. I probably looked like hell. “What happened? Did you mess up a trick again?” these guards really are my family. I felt so bad about what happened but they deserved the truth. It doesn’t change the fact that it was had to tell them what happened. “Guys I’m sorry I botched up big time.” I told them the whole story as they brought me inside. I was holding back tears the whole way. I never used any healing magic on myself yet because I felt so down right guilty for what happened. Yah Fires hurt himself by his own choice to catch me and break my fall but I was the one that tried doing that stupid stunt in the first place. “Sorry guys but I can be a royal piece of horse apples sometimes. I just wish I could be a better pony and not cause others as much pain as I do.” The guards looked at each other with sad expressions and back at me with concern evident in there eyes. “Now don’t worry to much about that. We are happy to be here guarding you. Its why Firelight did what he did.” I smiled and nodded. They where trying to cheer me up but really it just made me feel worse in a way. Sure teasing the guards is funny at the time and most take it in stride but I hate myself so much sometimes for making them work so hard as they do all the time just to watch over me. I don’t deserve their kindness most of the time. We reached my room and I bid them farewell as I dropped to my bed and started to cry. Why am I so bad sometimes? Why am I so different from other Alicorns? All I ever wanted was to be a regular pony. To live and die in a hundred years of life and not need to watch all my friends and family get hurt and die! I have seen many of my guard family come and live their lives and die right before my eyes. Living as long as I do can be a real curse. My mother loves me I know, but I feel she is ashamed of me sometimes. Then it hit me and I stopped crying. As my head shot up from my pillow with eyes the size of pins, from the sudden realization “Mom is going to kill me!” chapter 3: The ChaseA/N OK the reason why the chapter took so long is because I wrote it not too long ago and lost it ALL! So it took me a while to get my frustrations out to want to do it again. Then I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do with the story, which made me rewrite in some places. Also the asterisks represent a lapse in time or change of perspective. Well here ya go. Chapter 3 Princess Celestia awoke from her sleep. Being woken up by nothing more then her own body; which was a regular occurrence. She rose from her bed without the slightest sine of grogginess. She had always been an early bird and loved her mornings. Her sister on the other hand was a bit of a night owl, which made sense if you think about it; her being the goddess of the moon. Walking from her bed she went to prepare herself for the day. After her shower and brushing of herself and mane she went to the balcony to perform her godly duties. She watched as she focused her magic to raise the sun. She smiled at her work as she saw the light on the horizon. The sun only really needed the first kick in the morning from her magic to get it soring across the sky. It would pull small amounts of magic as it sored but it was barely noticeable through the day. Maybe the moon drains LuLu during the night and that’s why she slept in during the mornings. She pondered this for a while and sighed as she realized that she needed to start the day. Although she loved her mornings she sometimes dreaded the work that followed afterwards. Not that she didn’t love serving her little ponies, it was just that it gets tiring having to deal with all the politics and petty problems brought to her. Now that Luna was back to her old self it was a great relief to her because not only did she get her sister back but she now could get away from time to time to keep herself from becoming Trolestia as some of the ponies started to call that part of her. She wouldn’t doubt that at some point she went a little nutty. But that was mostly over with… mostly. * * * * Celestia was in her throne room with the most unpleasant look of boredom and frustration on her face from the annoying adviser that had talked for hours on end. She knew he always meant well but he always seemed to micromanage EVERYTHING. “What of the poor in the city? How are we going to deal with them?” “My sister and I have not yet found a solution to the problem and will address it later.” Honestly he was really pushing her to send him to the moon for being such an annoyance. Just then (as if Luna was trying to save her) a magical smoke came in through the window, swirled circles in front of her forming a rolled up parchment that landed at her feet. “I apologize but I have some business to take care of. You are dismissed.” He reluctantly bowed and left her presence. She lifted her postal savor to reed its contents. It was a letter from her good friend Vinara however the note was a little more then troubling as she read the news of her friend and her son, as well as her son’s discovery. She realized that she also hadn’t told Luna of the arrangement either. “Well well well. Looks like things are gong to get interesting round here.” She said with a creepy smile as she thought of all the fun she could have. She started singing a song that would come to mind whenever she felt the way she did. * * * * It had been hours sense I had left my home in Phillydelphia. Now I'm approaching the main city as the afternoon sun is shining down on the kingdom’s mane city. I had actually gotten' really bored so I was entertaining the idea of just flying there myself and leaving the carriage in the dust. Hmmmmm well I guess I could find some fun in this. I started to flap my wings slightly to lessen the weight so it wasn't that noticeable and increased the flapping slowly until I had lifted off the open carriage altogether. I giggled in my head as I thought of the situation. I slowly and casually flew up next to the pegasus on the left side. When I was flying along side him I looked to the right and with the most casual voice I could I said "hay, nice day for flying." The pegasus looked to his left and smiled while nodding saying "yep." He returned looking forward but it took a few seconds for him to figure out whom it was he was talking to. His jaw dropped and he did a double take to see me wink and take off at high speeds leaving them in the dust while trying to keep up. I didn't even look back. I arrived there in no time at all, laughing to myself the whole way. I thought to myself well guess I should make an appearance as I flew off to the castle. When I arrived I noticed the two guards at the entrance gate and flew down to meet them. They looked straight ahead with no expression on their faces. "Hello" "..." "Um I'm here to see the princess. She is supposed to know where ill be staying." "..." What is wrong with these guys? I thought as i waved a hoof in there faces. I had no idea what to do so I shrugged with my wings and then spread them. Before the guards could make any movement I flapped down kicking up dust as I flew straight up and over the gate and was in the courtyard. After a few seconds of walking down the courtyard to the castle the gate opened to show the two guards chasing me down. Yelling inaudible things. "UH OH!" I ran in a panic toward the castle for what I thought would be safety but more guards where there to bar the way. After seeing that I took to the air. Fortunately they where just unicorns and earth ponies so following was an impossibility for them. They ran off to get some Pegasei to give chase but I wont give them the chance. I flew to what I saw was an arching bridge from one tower to the main part of the castle and landed on it hoping that the throne room was near by. I entered what I think is the main hallway part of the castle. I followed the carpeting for a while looking from room to room searching for some pony who knew me, then I saw some pony running in the distance. I squinted my vision to try and focus on the small movement. When they got closer I noticed it was the two guards from before. “What are the bucking odds?” i said to no pony in particular as I turned tail and ran in the opposite direction to get away. The guards kept yelling at me to stop but I didn't want to get thrown into a dungeon just to wait for a meeting with Celestia that may take days if not weeks with her busy schedule. I figured I could get outside and fly around until I could spot the princess from a window and get this whole mess straitened out. However when I reached the archway leading outside I saw two pegasei blocking my path. With quick thinking I had an idea and increase my speed. I quickly closed the gap and the guards prepared themselves for a fight. Just as I had gotten to them I charged the spell that I planed to use, and teleported past them on the archway I had landed on earlier. Turning with satisfaction I saw the confused looks of the ponies. When they noticed me I saluted and flew off the archway with pegasei in tow. I knew that I could out fly them so I had no problem having them follow me. I searched windows instead of doorways for Celestia Luna or any pony that might recognize me for who I was. (Which by the way was a very few number the names of which are not even relevant to the story) the pegasei chasing me where having a hard time keeping up and seemed really winded after all my flying around the castle. In fact more pegasus ponies noticed our chase and decided to join in. * * * * It’s getting increasingly difficult to focus on searching for the princess's with HALF of the bucking castle staff chasing me down. I had impressed even myself with one move in particular. I was flying low along a circling wall side when I noticed pagasei where flying along the opposite side blocking me in. there was a sturdy earth pony getting ready to tackle me up ahead; a wall going straight up and out from the circling wall. Right before I got to the earth pony I flapped my wings as heard as I could to change my trajectory then started back springing up the wall alternating flaps to keep altitude and when reaching the top did a few front flips over the edge and opened my wings to keep flying. Most of the ponies stopped chasing me just to see the spectacle with mouths agape. There starting to learn though and I'm running out of ideas. Then finally I spot a white and gallant figure in the throne room (by the way I had no idea where the throne room was beforehand and I only noticed it because of the, ah... throne.) I quickly teleported my way into the room to see the princess holding a note and speaking with... you’ve GOT to be kidding me! Why are those guards there! “Oh hello Lightning. We where just talking about your arrival.” replied Celestia with a grin. “Princess please tell these ponies that I'm supposed to be here!” I said with urgency “You are? Why didn't you tell us this before you entered the castle grounds!” one of the ponies replied with a glare. “I DID you didn't respond so I entered anyway! What else was I to do?!” all the facial expressions in the room changed. Each pony changed from one expression to another: the guards was frustration to nerves blushes, mine was exasperated to confused, and Celestias was a smile to a furrowed brow and an annoyed look. “Where you two sleeping with your eyes open again!” * * * * Firelight was just starting to wake up from what he thought was his last moments.The only thing he remembered was being on Lightning’s back when everything went black. He noticed that he couldn’t move a single muscle. The only part of his body that had free motion was his head. He looked around blinking his eyes to remove the blurriness from them to try and get a better look. After an agonizing wait for clear vision he was able to make out the hospital room he was in. The white cold glow of the magic lights shone on his body and he looked down to see it covered in a full body cast. As if called by his panic a nurse walked in defusing it. “why good morning Mr. Light. Its good to see you awake. My name is Hyppa Derma Ill be your nurse today. I would prefer you call me Derma though all my friends do.” He was speechless for a moment as she walked over to do her job but he eventually found his tongue. “How did I get here?” The nurse gave fire a deadpanned look “Lightning Moon brought you here. It was the least he could do considering what he did to you.” “Uh… what do you mean by that?” He sat there completely bewildered at her statement yah technically Lightning moon WAS the cause of the accident but he was trying to save Lighting from a fall that could have killed him. The way she said it, it was like he purposefully harmed me. The nurse now looked concerned at my confused statement and left. She wasn't gone for long and when she came back she held a newspaper which she hoofed him. What he read was completely appalling to him. The nurse smiled thinking that he was thinking of the repercussions of what the newspaper would cause and knew that she could calm him. Before Firelight could retort how this newspaper was full of horse apples she said “don’t worry about him he apparently disappeared after he left you here. You wil-” “HE’S NOT AT HOME?” he said with frustration, shock, and worry completely ignoring whatever else she was going to say “WHERE IS HE?” The nurses concern grew at his panicked outburst “don’t worry he’s probably long gone by now. He was probably ashamed of what he did” Her reassurances did the opposite affect intended as fire started to try and escape his confining casts “LET ME OUT I NEED TO FIND HIM!” he yelled out while squirming in his full body cast. The nurse only called for the doctor. More hospital staff ran in to hold him down as a unicorn doctor came in levitating a needle. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING I NEED To seeee lighhhttt….” He didn’t event notice the sting of the needle in his neck as his world went black again. A/N all right yay for new chapters sorry it took so long again. also I changed some problems in the first chapter. Lightning told the doctors and nurses what happened before he brought fire in. Whether or not they believe him though will be revealed in later chapters. Shout out to Moon_Fire for editing help. Non gay love for all you guys! Chapter 4: ...Awkward.The YAYs have it. here you go also I will add the sentence with the trololo guy back in the previous chapter enjoy! Chapter 4: …Awkward Princess Celestia looked at her guards with frustration and let out an exasperated sigh. “Well I suppose that no pony was hurt so I will keep it quiet but I can't have you two sleeping on the job all the time. It makes a bad appearance for Equestria.” she did not in any way look pleased at the fact that any pony could have just waltzed in and caused as much of a commotion as I did. The guards bowed low and stated with humble hearts “we are sorry your majesty it won't happen again.” “Good you may return to your stations.” she replied solemnly As the two guards turned to exit the chambers it looked as though the princess was holding some emotion back. It was subtle; it looked as though she was holding back a smile with all her might. When the chamber doors closed with a boom another booming could be heard, the booming of Celestia’s laughter. I was completely caught off guard by the sheer enormity of her uncontrolled composer as she was clutching her ribs from the unrelenting torrent of hysterics that escaped her mussel. “Um excuse me princess... but what is this all about?” I asked aghast. This was extremely weird. Usually I was the one laughing uncontrollably not the other way around. This seemed to be really out of character for her. From all the different times I had seen her when I was forced to go to some parties by my mother she always kept a controlled decorum and grace that rose above all the high class ponies. After she seemed to gain control of herself somewhat she stated while still giggling from her fit “I’m sorry… but I just couldn’t help myself… I heard that you played a lot of such pranks and thought that I would do something of the like… watching you fly around was very entertaining.” She was again caught with grand hysterics as she fell off the throne. Probably from the face I was making. I swear my tongue could taste the kind of polish on the floor. “Wait... How? I don't get it what did you do?” “Why a simple sleeping spell. Very few know that when done fast enough it causes the recipient of the spell to fall asleep where they stand as if they were frozen in time. I cast it right when I saw your approach to the castle.” I couldn't believe it. I had been pranked by the sun goddess, Celestia herself. “It was also a chore to keep myself hidden from you... I even had a few close calls until i figured you had had enough and returned to the throne room... You had some impressive moves out there.” Her giggling had no end. I shook my head to clear the initial shock and then something that I never expected to happen, happened. I joined in and laughed at my own expense… Hey why dish it out if you can't take a little, am I right? “Well princess I hope that you can take what I can dish out as well.” When she recovered from her giggling she said “Oh I believe we will get along swimmingly. But first I want you to meet some pony.” She said with a smirk and walked toward the chamber doors. I followed and as I caught up to her she started a conversation. “So what was it that brought you here. Vinara was a little lacking in her letter.” Well this brought me back to the crappy situation I was in. “Well princess… lets say the press are a little lacking in truth these days.” She flashed me a puzzled look then she shrugged and said, “Well if you don’t want to tell me I guess that you don’t have to. And please call me Tia I would prefer that we get on a nickname basses with each other; at least in private. Considering that my sister will be… keeping you company in the future.” She flashed a mischievous grin, which I ignored due to a mixture of my shock of her knowing what I had just found out earlier this morning and her casualness to me... in hindsight that was not wise. “You KNEW?” I said with a huge blush on my face. I still couldn't believe how unceremonious she was being. Its not like I disliked it far from it but it just kept catching me off guard. She is a princess for buck sake. “Well of course I did. It was something decided at your birth but was kept from Luna as a surprise.” She giggled “Wait, Luna doesn’t know?” “Yes. I thought it would be a fun surprise for her when the both of you found out together. But it seems that my old friend Vinara can't keep her muzzle shut.” I didn’t have time to be surprised at her overall informal behavior this time, for just as she finished her sentence we arrived at a door with a large crescent moon design on it. She opened and entered the room. It was obvious that this was Luna’s room and I didn't feel like I was welcome. No pony goes into a mare’s room without an invitation. Unless you want your stallionhood taken from you that is. After no more than a few seconds of waiting she stuck her head out of the crack giving me a deadpanned look “you coming?” Well I guess that's as good an invitation that I’m going to get. Reluctantly followed with a sigh Assuming that Luna was waiting to meet me and knowing that the meeting would be inevitable and should get it over with. When I walked in I didn’t expect to see what I saw. Luna was still asleep. I immediately panicked and turned around to see the door slam shut and glow with a pink hew. I was trapped. “Hello sister. Good morning.” “mmmph” was the only reply that came from the bed. Ho please let her not notice me! I searched frantically for a hiding spot but there were no tables’ drapes or chairs to hide behind and all the furniture was snug against the wall. “Common Lulu you have company.” If ever there were a time to hate and curse a sun princess now would be it. I thought to myself as I glared daggers at Celestia. If she noticed she didn't show it. “Tell them to go away I don’t wish to entertain any pony right now.” She had gotten much better at speaking normally to people since she came back from the moon. That was new she must have practiced. I only noticed this afterwards though for the only thing going through it at this point was ho buck oh buck OH BUCK OH BUCK OH BUCK OH BU-you get the picture. “Well that’s not a very nice thing to say to a pony in your room.” Her head shot up from her pillow to look at me standing as close to the door as possible, her mane in shambles from her tossing in bed during her sleep. Goodbye future children. You will be greatly missed. Her whole face went from a vibrant midnight blue to purple in a matter of seconds. Luckily to my utter elation she turned her embarrassment in full force to her sister “WHAT IS THIS STALLION DOING IN MY BEDCHAMBERS… TIA, NOPONYS ALLOWED TO BE HERE EXCEPT YOU!” Celestia replied in a calm monotone “well I figured that he should be shown his future brides chambers considering he will be staying here. Common sister you need to grow into marehood eventually.” “WHAT!?” both Luna and I said in unison. Then her smile reared its ugly head “Surprise Lulu your betrothed. Well i'll leave you two lovebirds alone. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do Lulu” and she started to teleport away. Giggling of course. I ran to grab her “WAIT don’t leave me here!” and she was gone. I face planted into Luna’s carpet. (A/N wow innuendo anyone?) I got up from the floor and tried to teleport too but the room appeared to be sealed. I looked up to see that Luna had come to that same conclusion. She looked at me with an enormous blush on her face. Welp… situation can't get any worse “Um… you look very nice this morning princess.” Her only response where wide eyes and a deeper blush. Oh yah not any more awkward at all. * * * * Firelight started waking from his slumber and moaned. He opened his eyes and immediately regretted it. His dilated pupils had not adjusted to the light yet. I’m going to kill that doctor. He waited patiently for his eyes to adjust to the light, which seemed like hours. When he finally regained his sight he looked down to see that he was no longer in a full body cast but still was covered in some bandages. he also noticed on the nightstand to his right where 2 things one was a bell for calling the nurse the other a book for reading. His first reaction was to call the nurse to see when he can get the hay out of there. he picked up the bell with his teeth and gave it a couple of rings, thirty or so seconds later Nurse Derma came through the door with a stern look. “Umm... did I ring too much or something?” She gave an exasperated sigh “No! Why did you squirm around in your cast like that? You almost overworked yourself and caused serious wounds to reopen!” Firelight blushed at his overreaction previous to his blackout. “Sorry he’s my best friend. I’m worried about him.” “Your best friend beat you to a pulp and brought you to the hospital?” she said as she trotted over and sat on her hunches by his bed crossing her forelegs over her chest. “Some friend.” Fire let out a frustrated growl “He didn’t do that! I caught him falling and cushioned his fall! He never hit me! He would never hit any pony unless provoked!” “I’m sorry mister Light but that seems like a farfetched story to me.” She said and shrugged “but some believe it. A doctor here in fact thinks its true and feels sorry for him.” Fire scowled at her “whether you want to believe it or not its true. Now when can I be released I need to know where he went to.” ”You’re not the only one. Lots of people are wondering that themselves especially the reporters. But to answer your question we did some advanced healing magic on you. Because your reaction you reopened some wounds. None bad enough to kill you quickly thank Celestia, but enough that this was our only option. So you should be out of the hospital within a day or two but your bill is going to skyrocket I hope that your guard health insurance will cover it.” “Well that’s just bucking perfect!” the nurse smiled “I’m sure you’ll be fine It will work itself out eventually. Hopefully things will cool down and this whole Lightning Moon thing will blow over along with your bill.” (A/N Jinx!) She turned and headed out the door to check up on other patients. Well I’m stuck in this bed for two days… I hope that Lightning won't get into too much trouble. Firelight chuckled at the thought Who am I kidding Lightning ALWAYS gets in some kind of trouble Firelight then picked up the book on the nightstand. The cover read Daring Do and The Quest For The Sapphire Stone. He gasped, “I haven’t read this one yet!” he exclaimed with glee as he set to reading. * * * * The whole room was sealed off. I couldn’t even open a window. After our initial dose of awkward she told me to turn around. I was more then happy to oblige (I was sitting down making sure nothing was going to get sliced off) and she ran to the bathroom to freshen up and be presentable. During which time I made my discoveries of just how impenetrable this room had become. I even cast a white fireball that exploded on impact and it did nothing to the glass door leading to the balcony. not even scorch marks on... well anything really. what the buck was up with that? When she returned Luna seemed less mad about the whole situation and I wasn’t sure whether I should be relieved or worried. “So what was my sister talking about and why did she seal us in my room?” she seemed much more at ease now that she was looking her royal best. “Well… it’s going to be awkward no matter how I say it so I’ll just spit it out. All I ask is that you don’t kill me.” She raised an eyebrow to this. “I promise you no harm I am sure this is just a prank from my sister and that you have no part in it.” Wait Celestia pranks her sister? hmm maybe she can- urrrr focus Lightning focus. I took a deep breath to calm my nerves. But it did nothing for my blush Okay here it goes “Turns out that when I was born it was arranged that you and I would… b-bare f-foals” Once again her blush grew in full force and she turned away, now even more embarrassed at her current situation. “And what do you think of the current situation?” she said not being able to face me. “Well… I think that this could have been done more tactfully. Also I’ll be getting Celestia back ten fold for embarrassing the both of us like this.” I couldn’t tell but it seemed that she blushed even more after I said ‘us’. “I meant what do you think of… the idea… ohh” I think that all her blood was in her face because I could see that her ears starting to turn more red then purple. Oh! “…Um you mean how do I feel about the… marriage?” she gave a nod but she showed no sign of changing color or facing me. “Well… to be honest I don’t much like the idea-“ She spun around and got in my face “ARE WE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?” She used her royal Canterlot voice. She looked pissed. And I almost pissed at her reaction. “NO! No, no, no I just would rather get to know and love the pony that I would be marrying. Being forced into a marriage seems wrong. Princess you are beautiful but if I wanted to get married to you I would want it to be my decision and no one else’s.” She blushed again “Thou thinkst’ we’re beautiful?” This was ever more uncomfortable for me because she hadn’t moved from my face. I was saying the truth, Luna was more beautiful then Celestia in my opinion. I honestly thought that if I didn’t have a hart and only thought with a certain appendage that I would be the luckiest stallion in the world. And that part of me did. So without a second thought I blurted out. “Of course.” She blushed deeper and turned away again in embarrassment. “Well I must admit your form is not unpleasing to the eyes.” …Wait did Luna just call me hot? I just got a freaking complement from royalty! I felt very proud of myself despite the small redness burning my cheeks. Once her blush subsided she turned back to face me but leaving a little bit of breathing room this time. “What would you like to do? There aren’t many things to do in my bed chambers-“ the blush came back to her in full force “but I’m sure we can find something to do.” I hoped that that was an unintended innuendo otherwise what I say next might get me raped. “Actually I hadn’t slept all night and I was wondering… if you don’t mind…” MAN this is awkward. I had just realized that I was DEAD tired. I hadn’t slept in over twenty four hours not to mention healing Firelight, getting him to the hospital, flying home, flying here, flying loops around the castle thirty some odd times, and trying to escape my bedroom prison. It’s safe to say that I was ready to pass out right then and there. “Oh, no problem you can use my bed. I will make sure no one disturbs you.” “Thanks.” At that kind of invitation I didn’t care if I was getting raped or not. I needed SLEEEEEP. I meandered over to the bed and flopped over to the side on top of it. I was out before I could even hit the bed. * * * * The book was just getting good when Firelight heard a knocking at the door to his room. When he looked up to see whom it was that drew him away from his action novel he saw the door open to reveal Sand Shield. He trotted over to Firelight’s bed “Hay Firelight. How’s the hospital treating you?” Fire rolled his eyes and replied “Well the nurse told me the worse news I could hear about Lightning and I freaked out making my wounds to reopen, causing them to stick me with a needle and a much larger hospital bill. Other then that I’m fine like a good looking mare.” “Ah I see, well let's see if I can put your mind at ease.” he said as he sat down by his bed. “You know where Lightning is? Where did he go? How is he? Is he in trouble? Scratch that is he in BIG trouble?” “Woe there, hold your hunches. He’s doing fine.” Sand looked around and walked to the door and looked outside before returning to the bed. This killed Firelight because he was being kept from important information as to where Lighting was and how he was doing. “Okay believe it or not I’m not here to give you a hello and get better card from the guards… well I am but that’s not the point. I’m here to tell you your duties for the Duchess.” “oh.” Firelight was not happy to hear his assignment had changed from guarding his best friend. Sand smirked at Firelight “you’ve been transferred to Canterlot to guard the Princesses guest.” “And who is it that I’m to be guarding?” Firelight was genuinely curious this kind of thing doesn’t happen everyday. Sand looked around again and leaned in to Firelights ear to whisper “Lightning” “LIGHTNING’S IN CANTERLOT!?” “shhhhh you dumbflank this is top secret noponys supposed to know. You are supposed to go straight there after you are well enough to go. All your expenses will be paid for including the large bill.” “Wow that’s a relief.” Fire punctuated the sentence with a sigh “but why, I’m nopony special?” “well apparently the duchess thinks so. The orders come straight from her.” “Oh… ok I guess.” Then he thought of Lightning in Canterlot and the implications. “Wow things have gotten that bad?” “Apparently so…” Sand looked around again and whispered in his ear again. “Don’t yell this time. Did you know that Lightning was to be wed to Luna?” Firelight gave a confused look “umm… no. Are you sure? Where did you learn that?” It was a full-blown lie. Ever since Firelight was assigned as Lightning’s personal bodyguard he was told of Lightning’s arranged marriage with the moon princess but was sworn to secrecy. He wanted to tell Lightning so many times but his vow kept him from doing so. “Well I over heard the Duchess speaking with Lightning about the whole thing.” That must have gone over well thought Fire. “Did you tell any pony other than me?” “No I figured that this was personal and I thought you should know, you know, being so close with him and all.” “Good, don’t tell any pony else. It’s probably really important that it doesn’t escape to the public.” “Riiiiiight. Don’t worry I won't tell any pony.” They continued on with idle chitchat about different guard duties and how the other guards were doing. But if they had been paying attention to the door they would have noticed that it never fully closed until the end of that last sentence. Thanks again to Moon_Fire for taking a look for me Chapter 5 Wake Up CallWake Up Call Mark Inkline walked through the hospital looking for the room that the guard Firelight was staying. This was his only scoop that he had received. No pony knew where Lightning Moon went and the reporter was told that the guards pony was the alicorns best friend. He was in need of a story and this was a great one if he could get some good Intel. The mass amounts of ponies that read the Manehatten Times would just eat this up if only he could get some dirt. Walking closer to the assigned room he saw a pony dressed in guards attire looking suspiciously around. Well this is a good sign. Mark inkline thought as he quickly moved out of range of the searching ponies gaze. Peeking from his hiding place he saw the pony turn and reenter the room. The reporter sprung into action moving quickly and silently and just as the door was about to close a hoof was placed to stop it. The interloper peered in to snoop on the conversation. “Okay believe it or not I’m not here to give you a hello and get better card from the guards… well I am but that’s not the point. I’m here to tell you your duties for the Duchess.” “oh.” The pony Firelight looked down a little saddened. The guard-garbed pony smirked at Firelight “you’ve been transferred to Canterlot to guard the Princesses guest.” Well at least this is some kind of news. Mark Inkline thought. “And who is it that I’m to be guarding?” Firelight rose an inquisitive brow. Sand looked around again and leaned in to Firelights ear to whisper. Damn this is good! If only I cou- “LIGHTNING’S IN CANTERLOT!?” Jackpot! “shhhhh you dumbflank this is top secret noponys supposed to know. You are supposed to go straight there after you are well enough to go. All your expenses will be paid for including the large bill.” “Wow that’s a relief.” Fire punctuated the sentence with a sigh “but why, I’m nopony special?” “well apparently the duchess thinks so. The orders come straight from her.” “Oh… ok I guess.” Then he thought of Lightning in Canterlot and the implications. “Wow things have gotten that bad?” “Apparently so…” the guards pony looked around again and whispered in Firelignt’s ear again. Oh pony feathers the whispering again hopefully he…wait did I here Luna’s name in there? Firelight gave a confused look as the gurds pony backed away from his ear “umm… no. Are you sure? Where did you learn that?” “Well I over heard the Duchess speaking with Lightning about the whole thing.” So something to do with Luna and Lightning hmm. I could still use that. “Did you tell any pony other than me?” Whatever it is its gotta’ be good if its supposed to remain secret. “No I figured that this was personal and I thought you should know, you know, being so close with him and all.” “Good, don’t tell any pony else. It’s probably really important that it doesn’t escape to the public.” “Right. Don’t worry I won't tell any pony.” Well that seems good for now… now to write the article for the news tomorrow and then a trip to Canterlot. Inkline thought as he silently closed the door and headed for the hospital exit. * * * * I started waking from my slumber my eyes heavy from the drowsiness that I felt. Morning was never a good time for me. In other words I am in no way a morning pony. I noticed that something felt wrong but couldn’t put my finger on it. Maybe it was the way I was laying. I was on the edge of the bed after all. I rolled over in bed to try and get more comfortable and see if I could just lazily lay in bed for a half hour or so which I felt like doing on a morning like this. When I hoof grazed something that it shouldn’t. Was that some kind of pillow? No it was too warm and I felt the distinct feeling of… fur. Then it all came back to me in a rush of memories like a train at full speed: where I had fallen asleep last and the events of the previous day. I hoped beyond all hope that what my wild imagination had come up with had not come true. My eyes slowly opened afraid of what I might find next to me. As my eyes came open fully it seemed that it was just my nerves getting the best of me for I saw no midnight blue fur next to me, just a lump of sheets. I never got that sigh of relief though because I noticed movements under the same lump I had mistaken for pillows. Shuffling the sheets that made a mockery of my current condition. My heart jumped out of its chest as I realized the implications as to what was happening. Luna goddess of the moon was in bed with me. My face immediately grew red hot and my confusion grew with it. Why was she in bed with me when all I did is take a nap! And even more important WHY DID SHE CRAWL IN BED WITH ME IN THE FIRST PLACE?! WHY AM I THINKING THIS NOW? I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE! My frantic thoughts finally grew silent as I squirmed away from the mistress of midnight and toward the other side of the bed. I rolled over to try to easily escape the confines of the bed, which happened halfway through my role when I came across an unexpected lack of bedding which caused a yelp, and thump at the bedside. This of course woke the sleeping beauty rising from bed rubbing her eyes. “What is all the noise?” she said grumbling from sleepiness. Something we have in common I guess. She turned to see me lying on my back on the side of the bed. “Ah I see you’re awake. We where wondering why you hadn’t wo-“ her voice stopped mid sentence as her eyes drifted south and a blush started to grow. “What?” I asked, no answer. I followed her gaze to find my morning erection starting to pop its head. Literally. I spun over belly side to hide it completely embarrassed at the morning experience. She snapped out of her daze after a couple seconds to glare at me “thou wouldst’ think unwholesome thoughts whiles’ in our presence?!” “Princess its morning!” I replied in a pleading tone “And what dose that have anything to do about it?” That confused me. Did she really not know? “Princess where you ever taught about male anatomy?” “Dost thou suggest that this is a natural reaction to waking up for males?” Wow she was really sheltered. “Yes” She lay on the edge of the bed with one forhoof dangling over the end the other to her chin contemplating weather I said is truth or… I didn’t even want to think what punishment would be for what she was thinking. To be completely honest the morning was just half right. Lets just say that I had a hard time sheathing the sward. What! You try waking up to a beautiful mare in your bed and not stand at attention. At least my wings where controllable. “I will talk about this later with my sister. But for now I will accept your reasoning.” YES! Dodged an flaming magic arrow! “Glad to hear it but if I might ask why where you in the bed in the fist place?” It was her turn of accusations and she blushed from it. “Well it is my bed that and all the beds where taken by visiting ambassadors and other politicians so this was my only choice if I wanted to get any sleep last night.” Last night? “Wait what time is it?” “Its morning. You slept all day and through the night to my knowledge you looked so cute as you slept.” She covered her mouth and gasped with purple cheeks at the divulgence of her feelings. You blushed and smiled at the complement that she had slipped out, although a little creepy. “Well I’m glad that I look cute princess.” I said a little mockingly. She replied with a blushing glare. “What about the moon phase? It was supposed to be the crescent moon last night.” “I took care of that for you of coarse.” She said not dropping the glare or the blush, although the latter did lessen. Makes sense. My part is pretty minor and I only take a small portion of the night duties off her shoulders that she was masterful at. Well this awkwardness needs a change of subject “Well I’m off for a little exercise. Want to join me?” Tactful. She gave a frustrated sigh and dropped the glare for a smirk while shaking her head “I would love to but I must take over for my sister when I wake up.” “I’ll come with you then. I need to find a way to get back at her anyway and you can help me.” “Well I must admit hijinks are more Tia’s thing but I guess that it couldn’t hurt and would be fun. But continue with you’re exercise because we need to get ready and you can start after I’m done.” “Okay I’ll fly around for a while a good half hour to forty five minutes and ill be back.” I gave a wave of my hoof as I took off through the balcony. My morning exercise was a little distracted by constant thoughts of Luna and what happened. I might not be opposed to this arranged marriage in the near future. * * * * The princess and I walked down the halls having simple conversation our likes and dislikes and such, the thoughts of getting back at Celestia pushed at the back of my mind at the moment. Then my curiosity came back as I realized another question about yesterday afternoon. “So what did you do after I fell asleep? I can’t imagine that it was very entertaining.” She responded with a smile and said “I am very capable of keeping myself entertained and by the time Tia came back at the evening she learned about what happened and was a little disappointed.” She giggled “Plus you and your cute sleep talking was very entertaining.” “I don’t talk in my sleep!” I said slack jawed “To your knowledge” she said giggling at my expense. I had no retort to that although I did give a small glare, which got her to giggle more. We entered the main hall and Luna took over for Celestia but not before exchanging a few words. When they finished there small conversation the white alicorn walked over with a smug look on her face. “What is that look for?” I asked, still annoyed that she pulled such a prank and the thought of getting even back to the front of my mind making it my next priority. We started to walk in the direction of the gardens as she answered. “You are quite the EXCITable one in the mornings aren’t you?” I gave off an audible groan at the statement “Just please don’t I’ve been given enough problems as it is.” Then it came to me that I still had no room. “I know it’s a little late to ask but where am I staying? I don’t want to be bugging Luna anymore then I have to.” She gave me a puzzling look “did I not make it clear? I told you that my sister would be keeping you company.” “So~ a room down the hall?” that made her laugh “No my little brother in law. You’ll be staying in Luna’s bed chambers.” She said chuckling. “Come on Celestia-“ “TIA!” she interrupted giving me a death glare “Tia” I said as her smile came back “come on be serious here there is no way were staying in the same room, its just not proper.” “Oh but you will I doubt you too will spend much time with each other otherwise and Luna doesn’t seem to mind.” There was and audible pause. Luna was ok with this? I thought about this and then something clicked in my brain. “Can you answer a question for me Tia?” “Yes?” “How many spare rooms are there in the castle?” She put her head down in thought for a moment and came back up to look at me “about fifteen or so why?” That little! She lied to me! I never got to answer her for a guards pony ran up to us rather winded. When he caught up with himself he said, “Princess… there is a mob… of news ponies… at the gate!... There looking for our gust!” he said between gasps. “Hmm… seems the news followed you here. This isn’t good no pony is supposed to know your hear…” “Well I can’t just stay in the dungeon!” I said running to the nearest window to see the gates getting mobbed by ponies with cameras and notepads trying desperately to get in. “where will I go now?” I said desperate for an answer Tia smiled a creepy grin as she looked at me. “What?” “I have a question for you Lighting.” “What is it?” I said fearful for the answer. It was then that I noticed her horn glowing and panicked. “Do you like bananas?” I never got to answer as I was engulfed in a binding white flash of light. A/N: there is no edit... rip me a new one XD Chapter 2: What Where and Marry Who?i know short chapter and all but hay, i cant type that fast and this is not prewritten. unfortunately my writing skills aren't that great either so let me know where i can improve ok. Pony code 1 5K2S006330FEBFBFD0FE9E00A01FE0000UF1A31004000002F1FEFF6B80EAFE0G107F3FCC004CB2 I have been pacing my room for hours now. Even with all that happened I couldn’t sleep. All I can think about is what kind of fresh hell my mother is going to put me through and how (if at all) ill be able to get out of it… yah nothing so far. My mother has a pretty low tolerance level. The last time I embarrassed her in front of a snobby noble. She sent me to my room for a month… and I don’t mean a light sentence of grounding, oh no this was a dungeon sentence! ... Except the furnishings where better. I never want to see that stupid blue blood again. *knock knock knock* Yep I jumped 3 feet and almost pissed myself. “Hay Lightning, duchess Vinara wants you. By her attitude I don’t really envy you right now.” I regretfully went and opened the door to see the older guard that was with the younger one last night. His name was Sand Shield; I was a little surprised to see him. “Oh… hay. Enjoy yourself last night?” the guard just gave a friendly smirk. “Well you should know.” I gave a sheepish smile and walked with him to the mane halls that lead to the throne room. This was an unnaturally long walk. It was like I was walking to a death sentence. The guard must have seen my distraught look for he leaned over to me and said “don’t worry, I don’t think she will banish you to the moon.” I chuckled but wasn’t too reassured. That comment brought another question to my mind though. “Who told you what happened?” The guard had a quizzical look “all the guards know, its spread like wild fire. But I think that the punishment won’t be too bad.” Yah right and pink ponies can eat a whole cake in one bite… that was random. We walked the rest of the way in silence. Neather one of us was too happey about the situation. Once the long walk was over we arrived at the throne room doors. The doors where made with mahogany and carved in the most immaculate looking tree. Normally this tree would be beautiful and inviting to those that where visiting. However now the only things that came to mind when looking at it was a looming and foreboding feeling. They’re two guards on either side of the door. Sand just nodded at them and walked in to let her know i was here. The wait was way to short for my taste as he came back out rather quickly with eyes as big as pin pricks. He looked at me with obvious fear “you know how I said it won’t be bad? I take that back.” I sighed trying to breath the fear out of my lungs. It didn’t work. “Lets get this over with then.” I slowly waked in and the doors made the most audible noise as I walked in to see my furious mother. She is just as tall and regale as Celestia. She has a light pink coat and an yellow and sky blue mane that had a somewhat messy look to it that looked like she hadn’t done anything with it yet. However her hair always looked good on her no matter how it was done. She had eyes that where the purest of red, this was to represent her jurisdiction over relationships like love. (1) Now they only resembled the thing that she seemed to be out for. Blood. Specifically mine. I walked down the red carpet to have the talk that I had been dreading. She just looked at me with cold eyes filled with disappointment, as I approached the throne where she stood. The throne wasn’t as majestic as Celestias of course but still looked regale. I stopped right before the steps and bowed my head respectively. I had stood there looking at the floor for a while. She didn’t say a word. So I looked up to say “what did you need me for mom?” I knew it was a futile attempt of avoidance but I didn’t know what else to say. Her only response was to levitate the phillydelphia newspaper from its place on the throne seat up to my face. I grabbed the paper with my own magic and noticed the headline. It read “Duchess’ Son Beats His Own Guards! The Duchess’ son known as Lightning Moon was seen arriving at the phillydephia hospital with a guard that that was beaten beyond recognition. Even the young Alicorn stallion had clear proof of a struggle on his body. As he sat in the waiting room the others testified of the rage in his eyes as…” That was as far as I read as I telekinetically tore the paper to shreds out of anger from the false drivel that I was forced to endure. My mothers expression softened a little as she noticed my own exasperation at the news. “I already know that this is false because of what the guards have told me, but the damage has been done regardless of your good intentions.” Although she was softened she still looked sternly at me “I just don’t know what to do with you sometimes Lightning! I love you to death and I know that it wasn’t your fault but this situation does not make my position any easier.” She sighed and brought her head down to her hooves and then laid down rubbing her temples in frustration. I just felt as annoyed and frustrated as she did really. So in a way I copied her movements but instead of rubbing my temples I rubbed my face with my hooves. After a few minutes of this she picked herself up while saying “I really don’t want to do this but until this whole thing blows over and is forgotten I’m going to have to send you to live with your fiancé.” NO CELESTIA BUCK IT! i turned around to walk away. Trying to think of reasons to stay as I walked. maybe if i told her tha… wait… did she… just say… fiancé!? I slowly turned around to see that my mother had frozen with fear from the truth that had slipped out. “where am I going again?” I was still in shock. It was easy to tell that she was to, as she didn’t answer me. “MOM can you please explain to me where I am going?” I said this with more authority because I was recovering from the shock. “uummm…” was her response “MOM!” She sighed as she recovered “Ok… I had meant to tell you this later when you where older but it seems that I will have to tell you now. When me and your father had you we decided that it would be best to have an arraigned marriage for you…” … … … “WHY?!” I was so beyond confused “Well son you are one of the few remaining male Alicorns in Equestria that we know of and so it was decided who it was that you would sire a foal with when you where born.” “And who would that be?” “Princess Luna” … *Thump* I woke up in my bead and shook my head “Oh please let it all have been a dream.” I opened my eyes to see that all my belongings had been packed. Great! “UHHHHH!” I sighed. How could this happen! I’m engaged? And to princess Luna? I don’t even really know her that well. Yah we’ve spoken before but other then that we have hade nothing but a platonic friendship! We don’t even have a lot in common really. Why is it that I can’t find a normal mare and have a good relationship! But probably the most important question is why me? I didn’t get to finish the thought though. Two guards knocked at the door and walked in to tell me that they needed to get me out of phillydelphia before things started getting crazy! I got up off the bed and followed them out. Then it all hit me at once. I was loosing my family, all the guards that where here, I wouldn’t be able to see them again. Alicorn gossip lasts almost as long as normal ponies themselves. My best friend that’s in the hospital I would never see again. I bit my lip to keep from sobbing but the tears came Anyway. The guards that where with me seemed to be holing back some emotion as well. We made it outside the mansion and I saw that all the guards where there to see me off. My tears changed from ones of sadness to ones of joy as I got to at least see off and talk to them all before I left. All except for one. As I got finished with all the sad goodbyes I turned to the flying carriage and saw a familiar mussel it was the fresh guard that i had pranked just last night before this craziness happened. there was a very notable silence and tension as he was looking at me with a face of distaste. he seemed to still have some places where the paint from the prank remained. I felt bad that i never got to formally meet the stallion so i held out a hoof in friendship. "sorry i never got to meet you in person but I hope there are no hard feelings." he huffed and rolled his eyes then rubbed the back of his head contemplating wether or not to be friendly after my little prank. after he smiled and shook my hoof and all the tension was melted away by his forgiveness. After getting on the carriage and it took off almost immediately. I leaned out the carriage to wave goodbye one last time and continued until they where out of site. After that, I laid down on the couch and let the sobs out. I didn’t care if the Pegasus ponies outside heard or not. Things where as bad as they could get. I lost my family my home and come to find out I’ve basically been soled to some pony at an early age. I felt like a shameful peace of trash that was kept around only for my male parts. I knew it wasn’t true but I couldn’t help feeling that way. After I recovered from my sobs and self-loathing I got up and thought to myself. Well at least things can only get better right? I wonder what Canterlot will be like. I looked out the window to see that the sun had risen from the direction of the great city. A/N well i kinda realize that hes' kind of a sad sack... oh well i will make this less depressing for him in the next chapter. I am SorryOk folks. heres the deal. I am having a problem writing this because I have another story that I am working on and considering that it is a different writing style and that I am pretty excited about it I will have to put this story on Hiatus. Don't worry though because when I am done with my other fan fic ill move right back to this one. Also another reason why I want to stop doing both at the same time is because i think the story is moving to fast. I wanted Lighting to stay in canterlot for more then just a day. I wanted more like 2 days but I ran into writers block and I thought I should post something. So to make two great storys instead of two crappy ones ill need to stop one... I am sorry LET THE HATE-COMENTS COMMENCE!!!
Chapter 1: Pranks and ProblemsChapter 1: Pranks and Problems Authors note: for every pony that I introduce I will be giving a pony code for you to get a better picture as to what they look like because frankly… I suck at explaining myself sometimes. This can be seen in the advanced setting here Pony code 1. (372S005020FEFEFEFFC49D0020000962BUN3A16400000000V1FE0000FEFCA107107F3FCC004CB2) Pony code 2. (472J0G42A02B2B2B9EA9FE020006A00FEUN1A32003000001D11100CCA1DEFE1B107F3FCC004CB2) . In the small town of Phillydelfia, there is a mansion where an Alicorn duchess lives. It is located on the outskirts of town with rolling fields of green grassland as far as the eye can see in its back yard. There are rooms of granite and the floors are lined in short red carpet that didn’t provide much cushion but wasn’t overly uncomfortable. The floors where lined with polished marble a foot from the walls themselves and at times the carpet would end at the end of a hall to open into a larger mane hall. This mansion has many rooms and guards inside and outside the grounds. One evening down a specific second story corridor with arched windows on one side and doors to various different rooms on the other. Two guard ponies where doing their usual rounds. One a seasoned veteran and one of the longest guards to be the butt of the constant pranks of the duchess’ son, the other a guard having his first day at the mansion and as most of the guards would think the position as, “Fresh Meat.” The new young guard locked over to the well seasoned guards pony to say “The duchess’ son can’t possibly be that bad. I mean come on.” . “No really!” the veteran replied “you need to have a really good sense of humor round here. After all, we do have a good poke at each other, with the different traps we fall for. He’s not that bad of a pony really, once you talk to the colt. Just never get on his bad side and laugh and shrug when you fall for his pranks. Usually if you get mad it just gets worse.” . “I’ll try my best.” Replied the “fresh meat” with a confused look on his face. “I still don’t see the fun you guys seem to have with it though. I don’t know if I would be as cheery about it as you.” “I like to think of it as a game now. I’m one of the most seasoned guards here. So he tends to keep me on my toes to avoid his traps and I avoid them from time to time. It gets hard though because he can get really creative.” The guard chuckled to himself as he thought of all the different traps he has looked out for and even fallen for. Learning through his stay what to look for. However the Duchess’ son had been doing this for a few hundred years now and has gotten quite good at it. Just then the younger guard looked ahead to see a rope stretched across the hallway, just before the carpet ended and opened up to the main hall. When the two guards got to the awfully laid trap. They followed the rope. One end was tied to a pillar to a window. The other led to a pulley system that led up to the ceiling where it meet with a rather large bucket, which looked like, held some kind of liquid. If triggered whether pulled or tripped on would cause the bucket to pour over and drench the pore pony to fall for the trap. However the trap was easily seen and made the older soldier pony to think why the duchess’ son would lay such and obvious trap. The young guard chuckled and said, “Really, this is all that you ponies are worried about? I could dodge these traps in my sleep.” The new guards pony went to step over the rope while the veteran pony was in thought. When the veteran finally noticed what was wrong with the seen he called out, saying “NO WAIT!” but it was too late. The pony stepped on the other side only to slip and fall on the very rope he was trying to avoid. Causing a waterfall of the same red paint that the guard had slipped on (for this is what the veteran guard had noticed to be off before the “fresh meat” had foolishly stepped on thinking it was carpet from the badly lit hallway) easily with the combination of the well-polished marble, to land on top of him. Giving him a new shinny new red coat to enjoy. The red painted pony got up from where he laid, annoyance evident on his face. Immediately they heard laughing in the room closest to them. The guard was full of fury as he ran for the room to confront the prankster yelling “WHY YOU! ILL TEACH YOU A LESS-!” and the young guard was cut off from the rest of his sentence as he was met with a face full of feathers and even more fathers felling from above. Making him, a paint and feathered pony. The red paint covered pony got even redder from the laphter that was heard ouside the room from the older guard “don’t worry” the veteran said between laughs and tears “you’ll get the hang of it rookie.” The guard’s face grew even hotter from both embarrassment and anger as he raised his hooves and yelled all kinds of profanities. If there had not been so much noise in that hallway the two guards might have heard a fathered thump come from the window. * * * * * * That was what sent me further into laughing hysteria. My ribs hurt viciously as I curled closer into a ball as it became difficult to breath. Though that could be from the fall I experienced, because I lost all concentration on flying after the guard got feathered and fell from my viewing point at the window. This was one of my best pranks yet on the guards. “Can’t. Stop. Laughing. hahaHAHA!” I laughed in-between words. I then heard hoofsteps coming up behind me. I wiped the tears from my eyes and tried to sober up as I got up from the ground. I saw another guard walking over to me. “Lightning, don’t you have better things to do other then give us a hard time?” said a rather young guard with a smirk. After the guard had come closer and I had composed myself more, I noticed the guard was Firelight. He was one of the guards that would enjoy and even help out with my little antics sometimes. He was a pure white Pegasus pony, and he had a red mane and tail with strips of bright yellow in it. He also had deep green eyes that made him irresistible to some mares. (1) He was pretty young for the guard but he distinguished himself as worthy I guess. Maybe he was there just to baby sit me but I didn’t care. He always had a way of cheering me up. Being who I am can be a bit stressful and dull sometimes. I do consider the other gaurds to be friendly and even consider them to be family. They talk to me when I’m board or lonely and even though I pull fast ones on them they just take it in stride. Now that I really think about it I’m really lucky to have them all. But firelight was different. He was my best friend. “Well I guess I should get ready for the night huh. You can really ruin a mood when you want to you know that Fires?” he really never did but he seemed to be more responsible then me sometimes which is what probably got him the job in the first place. “Yah well do your job and maybe between guard duty all hit you up and talk with ya’ ok?” that was an answer I loved to hear. He gave me a half grin and said “Also be nice to the new guy! You don’t want to over do it and make him hate you on his first night.” Wait what!? “How did you know I was pranking the new guy?” I gave him an extremely confused stare to which he closed his eyes shook his head and shrugged. “I wasn’t sure but I knew you wouldn’t resist.” This guy knows me way too well for my own good. “Tell ya’ what ill help you on your next prank if you can give us a rest for the rest of the night.” Ok WAY to well. “Ok sure thing” I replied. I looked too notices that the sun was half set and the moon was starting to rise. “Oh horse feathers gotta’ go Fires.” He just chuckled as I took off into the twilight. My name is Lightning Moon and as you have guessed I am the duchess’ son. I am what you would call a rare site to see. I am an Alicorn, And a male one at that which is even more so rare. My life however, can be summarized up into a few sentences. I live in this mansion with my mother and my father passed away some time ago. He was VERY old but I do miss him. I’ve always been pretty sheltered and don’t go to the party’s that my mom holds because they are such a drag! All we ever do is just stand there and greet people and talk which can be entertaining, but with the snooty and up tight upper class ponies its never is. So all I really do is my job and two hobbies. Which is first shading the moon for the cycles and the later is flying tricks and pranking the guards. It’s a pretty dull life but I manage. Heck I’ve managed for hundreds of years. I guess that I should describe what I look like too. Letts see. I have a dark charcoal coat with blue collared mane and tail with electric blue in the center of it all. I have purple eyes, amethyst hooves, and wings that are normal for a male Alicorn. Good news for all you ladies out there! I’m single! (2) Hah, yah right like I can get a date to save my life! Any and all the girls I meet are in it for the fame or glory. What a crock of crap! I wish I could find a girl that would like me for me. But it’s so rare for me to find a NORMAL girl that I think, that wont ever happen. Well that’s depressing to think about. I fly up to the roof of the mansion to shade the moon (which is barley done on time I might add) and I decide that ill fly and do some tricks to get my mind off it. There are never any ponies out in the rolling fields after dark so naturally it was the best place for me to practice. I’ve always loved flying and doing tricks, so my mother got us this mansion in Phillydelphia for me to have my own peace and quiet while I do it. I don’t really know why but I don’t like the thought of others crowding me and being the center of attention. I’ve always liked my peace and showing off tricks that are at the Wonderbolts level would somewhat disturb that on top of being a male Alicorn. I can’t help it. Whenever I see a new trick I just have to try and learn it. I’ve seen this one pony do a… what was is called… sonic rain… BOOM! That’s it! Well after having seen it at the young fliers competition a while ago (which was one of the few things that I am actually interested in going to!) I’ve tried replicating it, but it always ends up in failure. I know that it was only done in the heat of the moment but I find it frustrating that I can’t do it! I’ve been able to pull off tons of tricks like the Colt Crusher, the Shocking Silver Lining, and even the Buckaneer Blaze! But this is the one trick I can’t pull off! And it bugs the BUCK OUT OF ME! After a couple of good tricks to get my self-esteem up and feel up for it. I try for it one more time. I fly high into the sky to get ready for the extremely difficult trick. After gaining a good amount of altitude I take in a deep breath of thin air and plummet toward the ground. I feel myself picking up speed as I get closer and closer to the ground at break neck speeds. I notice the bending of the air as I started to reach the sound barrier. I am so close I can taste it. Then as the bending starts to stretch and thin out I feel myself about to slip through and then… I get flung in the opposite direction as if I had stretched a rubber band and the end result was me, soring like a stone across the sky. “Ohnoohnoohnoohnoohnooo!” I try my best to recover but it seems futile. The only thing that I can do is watch the ground get closer and closer and prep myself for a crash landing of a lifetime. I keep trying my futile efforts though but to no avail. I close my eyes to prepare for the sure to be painful landing to come. When I crash land I receive a softer landing then I expected. The crash seemed to be a lot easier to take then I thought. My eyes snaped open and I quickly realized I was still falling then with a mighty slam I hit the ground. Closing my eyes again from the impact. Getting up after a fall like that would actually be really difficult but seemed easier then it should. I was in a dazed stupor from shock and the adrenalin that was going through me so I didn’t realized the heap behind me at first. I turned to see Firelight crashed in the exact spot I had been, but in worse shape. He had to have caught me and help slow my crash landing. That foal!! Why would he cause worse injury to himself to save my sorry flank! “FIRELIGHT YOU OK!” I knelt down next to him and looked to see how he was… he didn’t look good. He looked up from his own stupor to se me with lazy eyes and a smile. “Hay Lighting *cough* see you still cant pull off that move.” “Common you dumb flank. We need to get you to the infirmary.” I slid under him and got him on my back. I’m only just a bit bigger then him, but still can balance him well enough as I fly. So I took off to get the foal healed. He looked pretty badly beat up so I did a magic health scan on him. The spell is designed to see any and all problems with the body. From it I gathered that he was worse then I originally thought. He had two cracked ribs a broken leg and extensive internal bleeding not to mention two completely messed up wings! If I didn’t get him to a hospital soon then he may die. UUUUHHH why’ed he have to go and catch me I would have been alright! Maybe a broken bone or something but nothing that cant be fixed. He on the other hand has crushing wounds from me landing on him, on top of the broken bones! I can’t take him back to the infirmary in the mansion! I’ve got to go straight to the hospital! “Why’ed you do that! Now I have to make sure you don’t die on me!” as I fly I try my best at healing magic but I never really got great grades in it. And I can only do so much! Even as an Alicorn I have my limits. He moans before answering. “Its my duty to protect you from harm. If I die then I am glad I did it in your service. Lightning I hope…” … “Fires?” He had passed out on me, which made me push even harder to get to the hospital. It felt like I could have done a sonic rainboom right then. That would be my luck to. Fly half way there just to end up being whiplashed again. You and your stupid duties and morals Firelight! Why did you have to do that! After rushing into the hospital two ponies took Firelight strapped him down on a stretcher and rolled into the emergency room to get him stitched up. I told them all the things that I gathered from the spell I cast, as well as what had happened, and then left them to do their jobs. As I sit in the waiting room I realize every pony starring. Every time I’ve ever been hurt by a stunt I’ve always either fixed it myself or they called a doctor to the mansion. Like I said I am extremely reserved and don’t hardly ever go out during the day. Both my mom and me have a silent agreement on this and reason why is because I am not what the high-class ponies would call… refined. All my actions are seen as out of line and outlandish. Whatever. But because of this I don’t see a lot of daylight; me because I don’t like those ponies and the attention, and her because I could potentially ruin our good name. So with the mixture of being a male Alicorn, me never coming out of the mansion except at night to fly, and then having a few cuts and bruises on me that looked pretty serious, its safe to say I got a lot of stares from a lot of ponies. After an eternity of long and awkward moments the doctor came out. He was a brown pony with an injection needle for a cutie mark and light brown mane. He waves me over to tell me the news. ”How is he doctor?” “Well he was really beat up from catching you but we have been able to stop the internal bleeding. Baring infection he will survive. He was very lucky. You should go home and get some rest. You look pretty beaten up yourself.” I give the doctor a large hug from my relief. He was taken back by it but returned it. As I pulled away I must have had the goofiest grin on my face for he had a smile on his. I replied with a “thank you doc. Will do.” I walked out of the hospital and flew home. That was a little more drama then I would have liked. But at least I know Firelight will be all right. When that derped up pony gets out of the hospital Ill beet his flank all over again for acting so stupid! Ill need to visit him again after I get some sleep. I got home with less urgency then I had leaving. The guards noticed me and started walking over to me. By now the sun was getting ready to rise and I was dead tired. So I guess that explained why they started running to me after getting a little closer. I probably looked like hell. “What happened? Did you mess up a trick again?” these guards really are my family. I felt so bad about what happened but they deserved the truth. It doesn’t change the fact that it was had to tell them what happened. “Guys I’m sorry I botched up big time.” I told them the whole story as they brought me inside. I was holding back tears the whole way. I never used any healing magic on myself yet because I felt so down right guilty for what happened. Yah Fires hurt himself by his own choice to catch me and break my fall but I was the one that tried doing that stupid stunt in the first place. “Sorry guys but I can be a royal piece of horse apples sometimes. I just wish I could be a better pony and not cause others as much pain as I do.” The guards looked at each other with sad expressions and back at me with concern evident in there eyes. “Now don’t worry to much about that. We are happy to be here guarding you. Its why Firelight did what he did.” I smiled and nodded. They where trying to cheer me up but really it just made me feel worse in a way. Sure teasing the guards is funny at the time and most take it in stride but I hate myself so much sometimes for making them work so hard as they do all the time just to watch over me. I don’t deserve their kindness most of the time. We reached my room and I bid them farewell as I dropped to my bed and started to cry. Why am I so bad sometimes? Why am I so different from other Alicorns? All I ever wanted was to be a regular pony. To live and die in a hundred years of life and not need to watch all my friends and family get hurt and die! I have seen many of my guard family come and live their lives and die right before my eyes. Living as long as I do can be a real curse. My mother loves me I know, but I feel she is ashamed of me sometimes. Then it hit me and I stopped crying. As my head shot up from my pillow with eyes the size of pins, from the sudden realization “Mom is going to kill me!”
chapter 3: The ChaseA/N OK the reason why the chapter took so long is because I wrote it not too long ago and lost it ALL! So it took me a while to get my frustrations out to want to do it again. Then I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do with the story, which made me rewrite in some places. Also the asterisks represent a lapse in time or change of perspective. Well here ya go. Chapter 3 Princess Celestia awoke from her sleep. Being woken up by nothing more then her own body; which was a regular occurrence. She rose from her bed without the slightest sine of grogginess. She had always been an early bird and loved her mornings. Her sister on the other hand was a bit of a night owl, which made sense if you think about it; her being the goddess of the moon. Walking from her bed she went to prepare herself for the day. After her shower and brushing of herself and mane she went to the balcony to perform her godly duties. She watched as she focused her magic to raise the sun. She smiled at her work as she saw the light on the horizon. The sun only really needed the first kick in the morning from her magic to get it soring across the sky. It would pull small amounts of magic as it sored but it was barely noticeable through the day. Maybe the moon drains LuLu during the night and that’s why she slept in during the mornings. She pondered this for a while and sighed as she realized that she needed to start the day. Although she loved her mornings she sometimes dreaded the work that followed afterwards. Not that she didn’t love serving her little ponies, it was just that it gets tiring having to deal with all the politics and petty problems brought to her. Now that Luna was back to her old self it was a great relief to her because not only did she get her sister back but she now could get away from time to time to keep herself from becoming Trolestia as some of the ponies started to call that part of her. She wouldn’t doubt that at some point she went a little nutty. But that was mostly over with… mostly. * * * * Celestia was in her throne room with the most unpleasant look of boredom and frustration on her face from the annoying adviser that had talked for hours on end. She knew he always meant well but he always seemed to micromanage EVERYTHING. “What of the poor in the city? How are we going to deal with them?” “My sister and I have not yet found a solution to the problem and will address it later.” Honestly he was really pushing her to send him to the moon for being such an annoyance. Just then (as if Luna was trying to save her) a magical smoke came in through the window, swirled circles in front of her forming a rolled up parchment that landed at her feet. “I apologize but I have some business to take care of. You are dismissed.” He reluctantly bowed and left her presence. She lifted her postal savor to reed its contents. It was a letter from her good friend Vinara however the note was a little more then troubling as she read the news of her friend and her son, as well as her son’s discovery. She realized that she also hadn’t told Luna of the arrangement either. “Well well well. Looks like things are gong to get interesting round here.” She said with a creepy smile as she thought of all the fun she could have. She started singing a song that would come to mind whenever she felt the way she did. * * * * It had been hours sense I had left my home in Phillydelphia. Now I'm approaching the main city as the afternoon sun is shining down on the kingdom’s mane city. I had actually gotten' really bored so I was entertaining the idea of just flying there myself and leaving the carriage in the dust. Hmmmmm well I guess I could find some fun in this. I started to flap my wings slightly to lessen the weight so it wasn't that noticeable and increased the flapping slowly until I had lifted off the open carriage altogether. I giggled in my head as I thought of the situation. I slowly and casually flew up next to the pegasus on the left side. When I was flying along side him I looked to the right and with the most casual voice I could I said "hay, nice day for flying." The pegasus looked to his left and smiled while nodding saying "yep." He returned looking forward but it took a few seconds for him to figure out whom it was he was talking to. His jaw dropped and he did a double take to see me wink and take off at high speeds leaving them in the dust while trying to keep up. I didn't even look back. I arrived there in no time at all, laughing to myself the whole way. I thought to myself well guess I should make an appearance as I flew off to the castle. When I arrived I noticed the two guards at the entrance gate and flew down to meet them. They looked straight ahead with no expression on their faces. "Hello" "..." "Um I'm here to see the princess. She is supposed to know where ill be staying." "..." What is wrong with these guys? I thought as i waved a hoof in there faces. I had no idea what to do so I shrugged with my wings and then spread them. Before the guards could make any movement I flapped down kicking up dust as I flew straight up and over the gate and was in the courtyard. After a few seconds of walking down the courtyard to the castle the gate opened to show the two guards chasing me down. Yelling inaudible things. "UH OH!" I ran in a panic toward the castle for what I thought would be safety but more guards where there to bar the way. After seeing that I took to the air. Fortunately they where just unicorns and earth ponies so following was an impossibility for them. They ran off to get some Pegasei to give chase but I wont give them the chance. I flew to what I saw was an arching bridge from one tower to the main part of the castle and landed on it hoping that the throne room was near by. I entered what I think is the main hallway part of the castle. I followed the carpeting for a while looking from room to room searching for some pony who knew me, then I saw some pony running in the distance. I squinted my vision to try and focus on the small movement. When they got closer I noticed it was the two guards from before. “What are the bucking odds?” i said to no pony in particular as I turned tail and ran in the opposite direction to get away. The guards kept yelling at me to stop but I didn't want to get thrown into a dungeon just to wait for a meeting with Celestia that may take days if not weeks with her busy schedule. I figured I could get outside and fly around until I could spot the princess from a window and get this whole mess straitened out. However when I reached the archway leading outside I saw two pegasei blocking my path. With quick thinking I had an idea and increase my speed. I quickly closed the gap and the guards prepared themselves for a fight. Just as I had gotten to them I charged the spell that I planed to use, and teleported past them on the archway I had landed on earlier. Turning with satisfaction I saw the confused looks of the ponies. When they noticed me I saluted and flew off the archway with pegasei in tow. I knew that I could out fly them so I had no problem having them follow me. I searched windows instead of doorways for Celestia Luna or any pony that might recognize me for who I was. (Which by the way was a very few number the names of which are not even relevant to the story) the pegasei chasing me where having a hard time keeping up and seemed really winded after all my flying around the castle. In fact more pegasus ponies noticed our chase and decided to join in. * * * * It’s getting increasingly difficult to focus on searching for the princess's with HALF of the bucking castle staff chasing me down. I had impressed even myself with one move in particular. I was flying low along a circling wall side when I noticed pagasei where flying along the opposite side blocking me in. there was a sturdy earth pony getting ready to tackle me up ahead; a wall going straight up and out from the circling wall. Right before I got to the earth pony I flapped my wings as heard as I could to change my trajectory then started back springing up the wall alternating flaps to keep altitude and when reaching the top did a few front flips over the edge and opened my wings to keep flying. Most of the ponies stopped chasing me just to see the spectacle with mouths agape. There starting to learn though and I'm running out of ideas. Then finally I spot a white and gallant figure in the throne room (by the way I had no idea where the throne room was beforehand and I only noticed it because of the, ah... throne.) I quickly teleported my way into the room to see the princess holding a note and speaking with... you’ve GOT to be kidding me! Why are those guards there! “Oh hello Lightning. We where just talking about your arrival.” replied Celestia with a grin. “Princess please tell these ponies that I'm supposed to be here!” I said with urgency “You are? Why didn't you tell us this before you entered the castle grounds!” one of the ponies replied with a glare. “I DID you didn't respond so I entered anyway! What else was I to do?!” all the facial expressions in the room changed. Each pony changed from one expression to another: the guards was frustration to nerves blushes, mine was exasperated to confused, and Celestias was a smile to a furrowed brow and an annoyed look. “Where you two sleeping with your eyes open again!” * * * * Firelight was just starting to wake up from what he thought was his last moments.The only thing he remembered was being on Lightning’s back when everything went black. He noticed that he couldn’t move a single muscle. The only part of his body that had free motion was his head. He looked around blinking his eyes to remove the blurriness from them to try and get a better look. After an agonizing wait for clear vision he was able to make out the hospital room he was in. The white cold glow of the magic lights shone on his body and he looked down to see it covered in a full body cast. As if called by his panic a nurse walked in defusing it. “why good morning Mr. Light. Its good to see you awake. My name is Hyppa Derma Ill be your nurse today. I would prefer you call me Derma though all my friends do.” He was speechless for a moment as she walked over to do her job but he eventually found his tongue. “How did I get here?” The nurse gave fire a deadpanned look “Lightning Moon brought you here. It was the least he could do considering what he did to you.” “Uh… what do you mean by that?” He sat there completely bewildered at her statement yah technically Lightning moon WAS the cause of the accident but he was trying to save Lighting from a fall that could have killed him. The way she said it, it was like he purposefully harmed me. The nurse now looked concerned at my confused statement and left. She wasn't gone for long and when she came back she held a newspaper which she hoofed him. What he read was completely appalling to him. The nurse smiled thinking that he was thinking of the repercussions of what the newspaper would cause and knew that she could calm him. Before Firelight could retort how this newspaper was full of horse apples she said “don’t worry about him he apparently disappeared after he left you here. You wil-” “HE’S NOT AT HOME?” he said with frustration, shock, and worry completely ignoring whatever else she was going to say “WHERE IS HE?” The nurses concern grew at his panicked outburst “don’t worry he’s probably long gone by now. He was probably ashamed of what he did” Her reassurances did the opposite affect intended as fire started to try and escape his confining casts “LET ME OUT I NEED TO FIND HIM!” he yelled out while squirming in his full body cast. The nurse only called for the doctor. More hospital staff ran in to hold him down as a unicorn doctor came in levitating a needle. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING I NEED To seeee lighhhttt….” He didn’t event notice the sting of the needle in his neck as his world went black again. A/N all right yay for new chapters sorry it took so long again. also I changed some problems in the first chapter. Lightning told the doctors and nurses what happened before he brought fire in. Whether or not they believe him though will be revealed in later chapters. Shout out to Moon_Fire for editing help. Non gay love for all you guys!
Chapter 4: ...Awkward.The YAYs have it. here you go also I will add the sentence with the trololo guy back in the previous chapter enjoy! Chapter 4: …Awkward Princess Celestia looked at her guards with frustration and let out an exasperated sigh. “Well I suppose that no pony was hurt so I will keep it quiet but I can't have you two sleeping on the job all the time. It makes a bad appearance for Equestria.” she did not in any way look pleased at the fact that any pony could have just waltzed in and caused as much of a commotion as I did. The guards bowed low and stated with humble hearts “we are sorry your majesty it won't happen again.” “Good you may return to your stations.” she replied solemnly As the two guards turned to exit the chambers it looked as though the princess was holding some emotion back. It was subtle; it looked as though she was holding back a smile with all her might. When the chamber doors closed with a boom another booming could be heard, the booming of Celestia’s laughter. I was completely caught off guard by the sheer enormity of her uncontrolled composer as she was clutching her ribs from the unrelenting torrent of hysterics that escaped her mussel. “Um excuse me princess... but what is this all about?” I asked aghast. This was extremely weird. Usually I was the one laughing uncontrollably not the other way around. This seemed to be really out of character for her. From all the different times I had seen her when I was forced to go to some parties by my mother she always kept a controlled decorum and grace that rose above all the high class ponies. After she seemed to gain control of herself somewhat she stated while still giggling from her fit “I’m sorry… but I just couldn’t help myself… I heard that you played a lot of such pranks and thought that I would do something of the like… watching you fly around was very entertaining.” She was again caught with grand hysterics as she fell off the throne. Probably from the face I was making. I swear my tongue could taste the kind of polish on the floor. “Wait... How? I don't get it what did you do?” “Why a simple sleeping spell. Very few know that when done fast enough it causes the recipient of the spell to fall asleep where they stand as if they were frozen in time. I cast it right when I saw your approach to the castle.” I couldn't believe it. I had been pranked by the sun goddess, Celestia herself. “It was also a chore to keep myself hidden from you... I even had a few close calls until i figured you had had enough and returned to the throne room... You had some impressive moves out there.” Her giggling had no end. I shook my head to clear the initial shock and then something that I never expected to happen, happened. I joined in and laughed at my own expense… Hey why dish it out if you can't take a little, am I right? “Well princess I hope that you can take what I can dish out as well.” When she recovered from her giggling she said “Oh I believe we will get along swimmingly. But first I want you to meet some pony.” She said with a smirk and walked toward the chamber doors. I followed and as I caught up to her she started a conversation. “So what was it that brought you here. Vinara was a little lacking in her letter.” Well this brought me back to the crappy situation I was in. “Well princess… lets say the press are a little lacking in truth these days.” She flashed me a puzzled look then she shrugged and said, “Well if you don’t want to tell me I guess that you don’t have to. And please call me Tia I would prefer that we get on a nickname basses with each other; at least in private. Considering that my sister will be… keeping you company in the future.” She flashed a mischievous grin, which I ignored due to a mixture of my shock of her knowing what I had just found out earlier this morning and her casualness to me... in hindsight that was not wise. “You KNEW?” I said with a huge blush on my face. I still couldn't believe how unceremonious she was being. Its not like I disliked it far from it but it just kept catching me off guard. She is a princess for buck sake. “Well of course I did. It was something decided at your birth but was kept from Luna as a surprise.” She giggled “Wait, Luna doesn’t know?” “Yes. I thought it would be a fun surprise for her when the both of you found out together. But it seems that my old friend Vinara can't keep her muzzle shut.” I didn’t have time to be surprised at her overall informal behavior this time, for just as she finished her sentence we arrived at a door with a large crescent moon design on it. She opened and entered the room. It was obvious that this was Luna’s room and I didn't feel like I was welcome. No pony goes into a mare’s room without an invitation. Unless you want your stallionhood taken from you that is. After no more than a few seconds of waiting she stuck her head out of the crack giving me a deadpanned look “you coming?” Well I guess that's as good an invitation that I’m going to get. Reluctantly followed with a sigh Assuming that Luna was waiting to meet me and knowing that the meeting would be inevitable and should get it over with. When I walked in I didn’t expect to see what I saw. Luna was still asleep. I immediately panicked and turned around to see the door slam shut and glow with a pink hew. I was trapped. “Hello sister. Good morning.” “mmmph” was the only reply that came from the bed. Ho please let her not notice me! I searched frantically for a hiding spot but there were no tables’ drapes or chairs to hide behind and all the furniture was snug against the wall. “Common Lulu you have company.” If ever there were a time to hate and curse a sun princess now would be it. I thought to myself as I glared daggers at Celestia. If she noticed she didn't show it. “Tell them to go away I don’t wish to entertain any pony right now.” She had gotten much better at speaking normally to people since she came back from the moon. That was new she must have practiced. I only noticed this afterwards though for the only thing going through it at this point was ho buck oh buck OH BUCK OH BUCK OH BUCK OH BU-you get the picture. “Well that’s not a very nice thing to say to a pony in your room.” Her head shot up from her pillow to look at me standing as close to the door as possible, her mane in shambles from her tossing in bed during her sleep. Goodbye future children. You will be greatly missed. Her whole face went from a vibrant midnight blue to purple in a matter of seconds. Luckily to my utter elation she turned her embarrassment in full force to her sister “WHAT IS THIS STALLION DOING IN MY BEDCHAMBERS… TIA, NOPONYS ALLOWED TO BE HERE EXCEPT YOU!” Celestia replied in a calm monotone “well I figured that he should be shown his future brides chambers considering he will be staying here. Common sister you need to grow into marehood eventually.” “WHAT!?” both Luna and I said in unison. Then her smile reared its ugly head “Surprise Lulu your betrothed. Well i'll leave you two lovebirds alone. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do Lulu” and she started to teleport away. Giggling of course. I ran to grab her “WAIT don’t leave me here!” and she was gone. I face planted into Luna’s carpet. (A/N wow innuendo anyone?) I got up from the floor and tried to teleport too but the room appeared to be sealed. I looked up to see that Luna had come to that same conclusion. She looked at me with an enormous blush on her face. Welp… situation can't get any worse “Um… you look very nice this morning princess.” Her only response where wide eyes and a deeper blush. Oh yah not any more awkward at all. * * * * Firelight started waking from his slumber and moaned. He opened his eyes and immediately regretted it. His dilated pupils had not adjusted to the light yet. I’m going to kill that doctor. He waited patiently for his eyes to adjust to the light, which seemed like hours. When he finally regained his sight he looked down to see that he was no longer in a full body cast but still was covered in some bandages. he also noticed on the nightstand to his right where 2 things one was a bell for calling the nurse the other a book for reading. His first reaction was to call the nurse to see when he can get the hay out of there. he picked up the bell with his teeth and gave it a couple of rings, thirty or so seconds later Nurse Derma came through the door with a stern look. “Umm... did I ring too much or something?” She gave an exasperated sigh “No! Why did you squirm around in your cast like that? You almost overworked yourself and caused serious wounds to reopen!” Firelight blushed at his overreaction previous to his blackout. “Sorry he’s my best friend. I’m worried about him.” “Your best friend beat you to a pulp and brought you to the hospital?” she said as she trotted over and sat on her hunches by his bed crossing her forelegs over her chest. “Some friend.” Fire let out a frustrated growl “He didn’t do that! I caught him falling and cushioned his fall! He never hit me! He would never hit any pony unless provoked!” “I’m sorry mister Light but that seems like a farfetched story to me.” She said and shrugged “but some believe it. A doctor here in fact thinks its true and feels sorry for him.” Fire scowled at her “whether you want to believe it or not its true. Now when can I be released I need to know where he went to.” ”You’re not the only one. Lots of people are wondering that themselves especially the reporters. But to answer your question we did some advanced healing magic on you. Because your reaction you reopened some wounds. None bad enough to kill you quickly thank Celestia, but enough that this was our only option. So you should be out of the hospital within a day or two but your bill is going to skyrocket I hope that your guard health insurance will cover it.” “Well that’s just bucking perfect!” the nurse smiled “I’m sure you’ll be fine It will work itself out eventually. Hopefully things will cool down and this whole Lightning Moon thing will blow over along with your bill.” (A/N Jinx!) She turned and headed out the door to check up on other patients. Well I’m stuck in this bed for two days… I hope that Lightning won't get into too much trouble. Firelight chuckled at the thought Who am I kidding Lightning ALWAYS gets in some kind of trouble Firelight then picked up the book on the nightstand. The cover read Daring Do and The Quest For The Sapphire Stone. He gasped, “I haven’t read this one yet!” he exclaimed with glee as he set to reading. * * * * The whole room was sealed off. I couldn’t even open a window. After our initial dose of awkward she told me to turn around. I was more then happy to oblige (I was sitting down making sure nothing was going to get sliced off) and she ran to the bathroom to freshen up and be presentable. During which time I made my discoveries of just how impenetrable this room had become. I even cast a white fireball that exploded on impact and it did nothing to the glass door leading to the balcony. not even scorch marks on... well anything really. what the buck was up with that? When she returned Luna seemed less mad about the whole situation and I wasn’t sure whether I should be relieved or worried. “So what was my sister talking about and why did she seal us in my room?” she seemed much more at ease now that she was looking her royal best. “Well… it’s going to be awkward no matter how I say it so I’ll just spit it out. All I ask is that you don’t kill me.” She raised an eyebrow to this. “I promise you no harm I am sure this is just a prank from my sister and that you have no part in it.” Wait Celestia pranks her sister? hmm maybe she can- urrrr focus Lightning focus. I took a deep breath to calm my nerves. But it did nothing for my blush Okay here it goes “Turns out that when I was born it was arranged that you and I would… b-bare f-foals” Once again her blush grew in full force and she turned away, now even more embarrassed at her current situation. “And what do you think of the current situation?” she said not being able to face me. “Well… I think that this could have been done more tactfully. Also I’ll be getting Celestia back ten fold for embarrassing the both of us like this.” I couldn’t tell but it seemed that she blushed even more after I said ‘us’. “I meant what do you think of… the idea… ohh” I think that all her blood was in her face because I could see that her ears starting to turn more red then purple. Oh! “…Um you mean how do I feel about the… marriage?” she gave a nod but she showed no sign of changing color or facing me. “Well… to be honest I don’t much like the idea-“ She spun around and got in my face “ARE WE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?” She used her royal Canterlot voice. She looked pissed. And I almost pissed at her reaction. “NO! No, no, no I just would rather get to know and love the pony that I would be marrying. Being forced into a marriage seems wrong. Princess you are beautiful but if I wanted to get married to you I would want it to be my decision and no one else’s.” She blushed again “Thou thinkst’ we’re beautiful?” This was ever more uncomfortable for me because she hadn’t moved from my face. I was saying the truth, Luna was more beautiful then Celestia in my opinion. I honestly thought that if I didn’t have a hart and only thought with a certain appendage that I would be the luckiest stallion in the world. And that part of me did. So without a second thought I blurted out. “Of course.” She blushed deeper and turned away again in embarrassment. “Well I must admit your form is not unpleasing to the eyes.” …Wait did Luna just call me hot? I just got a freaking complement from royalty! I felt very proud of myself despite the small redness burning my cheeks. Once her blush subsided she turned back to face me but leaving a little bit of breathing room this time. “What would you like to do? There aren’t many things to do in my bed chambers-“ the blush came back to her in full force “but I’m sure we can find something to do.” I hoped that that was an unintended innuendo otherwise what I say next might get me raped. “Actually I hadn’t slept all night and I was wondering… if you don’t mind…” MAN this is awkward. I had just realized that I was DEAD tired. I hadn’t slept in over twenty four hours not to mention healing Firelight, getting him to the hospital, flying home, flying here, flying loops around the castle thirty some odd times, and trying to escape my bedroom prison. It’s safe to say that I was ready to pass out right then and there. “Oh, no problem you can use my bed. I will make sure no one disturbs you.” “Thanks.” At that kind of invitation I didn’t care if I was getting raped or not. I needed SLEEEEEP. I meandered over to the bed and flopped over to the side on top of it. I was out before I could even hit the bed. * * * * The book was just getting good when Firelight heard a knocking at the door to his room. When he looked up to see whom it was that drew him away from his action novel he saw the door open to reveal Sand Shield. He trotted over to Firelight’s bed “Hay Firelight. How’s the hospital treating you?” Fire rolled his eyes and replied “Well the nurse told me the worse news I could hear about Lightning and I freaked out making my wounds to reopen, causing them to stick me with a needle and a much larger hospital bill. Other then that I’m fine like a good looking mare.” “Ah I see, well let's see if I can put your mind at ease.” he said as he sat down by his bed. “You know where Lightning is? Where did he go? How is he? Is he in trouble? Scratch that is he in BIG trouble?” “Woe there, hold your hunches. He’s doing fine.” Sand looked around and walked to the door and looked outside before returning to the bed. This killed Firelight because he was being kept from important information as to where Lighting was and how he was doing. “Okay believe it or not I’m not here to give you a hello and get better card from the guards… well I am but that’s not the point. I’m here to tell you your duties for the Duchess.” “oh.” Firelight was not happy to hear his assignment had changed from guarding his best friend. Sand smirked at Firelight “you’ve been transferred to Canterlot to guard the Princesses guest.” “And who is it that I’m to be guarding?” Firelight was genuinely curious this kind of thing doesn’t happen everyday. Sand looked around again and leaned in to Firelights ear to whisper “Lightning” “LIGHTNING’S IN CANTERLOT!?” “shhhhh you dumbflank this is top secret noponys supposed to know. You are supposed to go straight there after you are well enough to go. All your expenses will be paid for including the large bill.” “Wow that’s a relief.” Fire punctuated the sentence with a sigh “but why, I’m nopony special?” “well apparently the duchess thinks so. The orders come straight from her.” “Oh… ok I guess.” Then he thought of Lightning in Canterlot and the implications. “Wow things have gotten that bad?” “Apparently so…” Sand looked around again and whispered in his ear again. “Don’t yell this time. Did you know that Lightning was to be wed to Luna?” Firelight gave a confused look “umm… no. Are you sure? Where did you learn that?” It was a full-blown lie. Ever since Firelight was assigned as Lightning’s personal bodyguard he was told of Lightning’s arranged marriage with the moon princess but was sworn to secrecy. He wanted to tell Lightning so many times but his vow kept him from doing so. “Well I over heard the Duchess speaking with Lightning about the whole thing.” That must have gone over well thought Fire. “Did you tell any pony other than me?” “No I figured that this was personal and I thought you should know, you know, being so close with him and all.” “Good, don’t tell any pony else. It’s probably really important that it doesn’t escape to the public.” “Riiiiiight. Don’t worry I won't tell any pony.” They continued on with idle chitchat about different guard duties and how the other guards were doing. But if they had been paying attention to the door they would have noticed that it never fully closed until the end of that last sentence. Thanks again to Moon_Fire for taking a look for me
Chapter 5 Wake Up CallWake Up Call Mark Inkline walked through the hospital looking for the room that the guard Firelight was staying. This was his only scoop that he had received. No pony knew where Lightning Moon went and the reporter was told that the guards pony was the alicorns best friend. He was in need of a story and this was a great one if he could get some good Intel. The mass amounts of ponies that read the Manehatten Times would just eat this up if only he could get some dirt. Walking closer to the assigned room he saw a pony dressed in guards attire looking suspiciously around. Well this is a good sign. Mark inkline thought as he quickly moved out of range of the searching ponies gaze. Peeking from his hiding place he saw the pony turn and reenter the room. The reporter sprung into action moving quickly and silently and just as the door was about to close a hoof was placed to stop it. The interloper peered in to snoop on the conversation. “Okay believe it or not I’m not here to give you a hello and get better card from the guards… well I am but that’s not the point. I’m here to tell you your duties for the Duchess.” “oh.” The pony Firelight looked down a little saddened. The guard-garbed pony smirked at Firelight “you’ve been transferred to Canterlot to guard the Princesses guest.” Well at least this is some kind of news. Mark Inkline thought. “And who is it that I’m to be guarding?” Firelight rose an inquisitive brow. Sand looked around again and leaned in to Firelights ear to whisper. Damn this is good! If only I cou- “LIGHTNING’S IN CANTERLOT!?” Jackpot! “shhhhh you dumbflank this is top secret noponys supposed to know. You are supposed to go straight there after you are well enough to go. All your expenses will be paid for including the large bill.” “Wow that’s a relief.” Fire punctuated the sentence with a sigh “but why, I’m nopony special?” “well apparently the duchess thinks so. The orders come straight from her.” “Oh… ok I guess.” Then he thought of Lightning in Canterlot and the implications. “Wow things have gotten that bad?” “Apparently so…” the guards pony looked around again and whispered in Firelignt’s ear again. Oh pony feathers the whispering again hopefully he…wait did I here Luna’s name in there? Firelight gave a confused look as the gurds pony backed away from his ear “umm… no. Are you sure? Where did you learn that?” “Well I over heard the Duchess speaking with Lightning about the whole thing.” So something to do with Luna and Lightning hmm. I could still use that. “Did you tell any pony other than me?” Whatever it is its gotta’ be good if its supposed to remain secret. “No I figured that this was personal and I thought you should know, you know, being so close with him and all.” “Good, don’t tell any pony else. It’s probably really important that it doesn’t escape to the public.” “Right. Don’t worry I won't tell any pony.” Well that seems good for now… now to write the article for the news tomorrow and then a trip to Canterlot. Inkline thought as he silently closed the door and headed for the hospital exit. * * * * I started waking from my slumber my eyes heavy from the drowsiness that I felt. Morning was never a good time for me. In other words I am in no way a morning pony. I noticed that something felt wrong but couldn’t put my finger on it. Maybe it was the way I was laying. I was on the edge of the bed after all. I rolled over in bed to try and get more comfortable and see if I could just lazily lay in bed for a half hour or so which I felt like doing on a morning like this. When I hoof grazed something that it shouldn’t. Was that some kind of pillow? No it was too warm and I felt the distinct feeling of… fur. Then it all came back to me in a rush of memories like a train at full speed: where I had fallen asleep last and the events of the previous day. I hoped beyond all hope that what my wild imagination had come up with had not come true. My eyes slowly opened afraid of what I might find next to me. As my eyes came open fully it seemed that it was just my nerves getting the best of me for I saw no midnight blue fur next to me, just a lump of sheets. I never got that sigh of relief though because I noticed movements under the same lump I had mistaken for pillows. Shuffling the sheets that made a mockery of my current condition. My heart jumped out of its chest as I realized the implications as to what was happening. Luna goddess of the moon was in bed with me. My face immediately grew red hot and my confusion grew with it. Why was she in bed with me when all I did is take a nap! And even more important WHY DID SHE CRAWL IN BED WITH ME IN THE FIRST PLACE?! WHY AM I THINKING THIS NOW? I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE! My frantic thoughts finally grew silent as I squirmed away from the mistress of midnight and toward the other side of the bed. I rolled over to try to easily escape the confines of the bed, which happened halfway through my role when I came across an unexpected lack of bedding which caused a yelp, and thump at the bedside. This of course woke the sleeping beauty rising from bed rubbing her eyes. “What is all the noise?” she said grumbling from sleepiness. Something we have in common I guess. She turned to see me lying on my back on the side of the bed. “Ah I see you’re awake. We where wondering why you hadn’t wo-“ her voice stopped mid sentence as her eyes drifted south and a blush started to grow. “What?” I asked, no answer. I followed her gaze to find my morning erection starting to pop its head. Literally. I spun over belly side to hide it completely embarrassed at the morning experience. She snapped out of her daze after a couple seconds to glare at me “thou wouldst’ think unwholesome thoughts whiles’ in our presence?!” “Princess its morning!” I replied in a pleading tone “And what dose that have anything to do about it?” That confused me. Did she really not know? “Princess where you ever taught about male anatomy?” “Dost thou suggest that this is a natural reaction to waking up for males?” Wow she was really sheltered. “Yes” She lay on the edge of the bed with one forhoof dangling over the end the other to her chin contemplating weather I said is truth or… I didn’t even want to think what punishment would be for what she was thinking. To be completely honest the morning was just half right. Lets just say that I had a hard time sheathing the sward. What! You try waking up to a beautiful mare in your bed and not stand at attention. At least my wings where controllable. “I will talk about this later with my sister. But for now I will accept your reasoning.” YES! Dodged an flaming magic arrow! “Glad to hear it but if I might ask why where you in the bed in the fist place?” It was her turn of accusations and she blushed from it. “Well it is my bed that and all the beds where taken by visiting ambassadors and other politicians so this was my only choice if I wanted to get any sleep last night.” Last night? “Wait what time is it?” “Its morning. You slept all day and through the night to my knowledge you looked so cute as you slept.” She covered her mouth and gasped with purple cheeks at the divulgence of her feelings. You blushed and smiled at the complement that she had slipped out, although a little creepy. “Well I’m glad that I look cute princess.” I said a little mockingly. She replied with a blushing glare. “What about the moon phase? It was supposed to be the crescent moon last night.” “I took care of that for you of coarse.” She said not dropping the glare or the blush, although the latter did lessen. Makes sense. My part is pretty minor and I only take a small portion of the night duties off her shoulders that she was masterful at. Well this awkwardness needs a change of subject “Well I’m off for a little exercise. Want to join me?” Tactful. She gave a frustrated sigh and dropped the glare for a smirk while shaking her head “I would love to but I must take over for my sister when I wake up.” “I’ll come with you then. I need to find a way to get back at her anyway and you can help me.” “Well I must admit hijinks are more Tia’s thing but I guess that it couldn’t hurt and would be fun. But continue with you’re exercise because we need to get ready and you can start after I’m done.” “Okay I’ll fly around for a while a good half hour to forty five minutes and ill be back.” I gave a wave of my hoof as I took off through the balcony. My morning exercise was a little distracted by constant thoughts of Luna and what happened. I might not be opposed to this arranged marriage in the near future. * * * * The princess and I walked down the halls having simple conversation our likes and dislikes and such, the thoughts of getting back at Celestia pushed at the back of my mind at the moment. Then my curiosity came back as I realized another question about yesterday afternoon. “So what did you do after I fell asleep? I can’t imagine that it was very entertaining.” She responded with a smile and said “I am very capable of keeping myself entertained and by the time Tia came back at the evening she learned about what happened and was a little disappointed.” She giggled “Plus you and your cute sleep talking was very entertaining.” “I don’t talk in my sleep!” I said slack jawed “To your knowledge” she said giggling at my expense. I had no retort to that although I did give a small glare, which got her to giggle more. We entered the main hall and Luna took over for Celestia but not before exchanging a few words. When they finished there small conversation the white alicorn walked over with a smug look on her face. “What is that look for?” I asked, still annoyed that she pulled such a prank and the thought of getting even back to the front of my mind making it my next priority. We started to walk in the direction of the gardens as she answered. “You are quite the EXCITable one in the mornings aren’t you?” I gave off an audible groan at the statement “Just please don’t I’ve been given enough problems as it is.” Then it came to me that I still had no room. “I know it’s a little late to ask but where am I staying? I don’t want to be bugging Luna anymore then I have to.” She gave me a puzzling look “did I not make it clear? I told you that my sister would be keeping you company.” “So~ a room down the hall?” that made her laugh “No my little brother in law. You’ll be staying in Luna’s bed chambers.” She said chuckling. “Come on Celestia-“ “TIA!” she interrupted giving me a death glare “Tia” I said as her smile came back “come on be serious here there is no way were staying in the same room, its just not proper.” “Oh but you will I doubt you too will spend much time with each other otherwise and Luna doesn’t seem to mind.” There was and audible pause. Luna was ok with this? I thought about this and then something clicked in my brain. “Can you answer a question for me Tia?” “Yes?” “How many spare rooms are there in the castle?” She put her head down in thought for a moment and came back up to look at me “about fifteen or so why?” That little! She lied to me! I never got to answer her for a guards pony ran up to us rather winded. When he caught up with himself he said, “Princess… there is a mob… of news ponies… at the gate!... There looking for our gust!” he said between gasps. “Hmm… seems the news followed you here. This isn’t good no pony is supposed to know your hear…” “Well I can’t just stay in the dungeon!” I said running to the nearest window to see the gates getting mobbed by ponies with cameras and notepads trying desperately to get in. “where will I go now?” I said desperate for an answer Tia smiled a creepy grin as she looked at me. “What?” “I have a question for you Lighting.” “What is it?” I said fearful for the answer. It was then that I noticed her horn glowing and panicked. “Do you like bananas?” I never got to answer as I was engulfed in a binding white flash of light. A/N: there is no edit... rip me a new one XD
Chapter 2: What Where and Marry Who?i know short chapter and all but hay, i cant type that fast and this is not prewritten. unfortunately my writing skills aren't that great either so let me know where i can improve ok. Pony code 1 5K2S006330FEBFBFD0FE9E00A01FE0000UF1A31004000002F1FEFF6B80EAFE0G107F3FCC004CB2 I have been pacing my room for hours now. Even with all that happened I couldn’t sleep. All I can think about is what kind of fresh hell my mother is going to put me through and how (if at all) ill be able to get out of it… yah nothing so far. My mother has a pretty low tolerance level. The last time I embarrassed her in front of a snobby noble. She sent me to my room for a month… and I don’t mean a light sentence of grounding, oh no this was a dungeon sentence! ... Except the furnishings where better. I never want to see that stupid blue blood again. *knock knock knock* Yep I jumped 3 feet and almost pissed myself. “Hay Lightning, duchess Vinara wants you. By her attitude I don’t really envy you right now.” I regretfully went and opened the door to see the older guard that was with the younger one last night. His name was Sand Shield; I was a little surprised to see him. “Oh… hay. Enjoy yourself last night?” the guard just gave a friendly smirk. “Well you should know.” I gave a sheepish smile and walked with him to the mane halls that lead to the throne room. This was an unnaturally long walk. It was like I was walking to a death sentence. The guard must have seen my distraught look for he leaned over to me and said “don’t worry, I don’t think she will banish you to the moon.” I chuckled but wasn’t too reassured. That comment brought another question to my mind though. “Who told you what happened?” The guard had a quizzical look “all the guards know, its spread like wild fire. But I think that the punishment won’t be too bad.” Yah right and pink ponies can eat a whole cake in one bite… that was random. We walked the rest of the way in silence. Neather one of us was too happey about the situation. Once the long walk was over we arrived at the throne room doors. The doors where made with mahogany and carved in the most immaculate looking tree. Normally this tree would be beautiful and inviting to those that where visiting. However now the only things that came to mind when looking at it was a looming and foreboding feeling. They’re two guards on either side of the door. Sand just nodded at them and walked in to let her know i was here. The wait was way to short for my taste as he came back out rather quickly with eyes as big as pin pricks. He looked at me with obvious fear “you know how I said it won’t be bad? I take that back.” I sighed trying to breath the fear out of my lungs. It didn’t work. “Lets get this over with then.” I slowly waked in and the doors made the most audible noise as I walked in to see my furious mother. She is just as tall and regale as Celestia. She has a light pink coat and an yellow and sky blue mane that had a somewhat messy look to it that looked like she hadn’t done anything with it yet. However her hair always looked good on her no matter how it was done. She had eyes that where the purest of red, this was to represent her jurisdiction over relationships like love. (1) Now they only resembled the thing that she seemed to be out for. Blood. Specifically mine. I walked down the red carpet to have the talk that I had been dreading. She just looked at me with cold eyes filled with disappointment, as I approached the throne where she stood. The throne wasn’t as majestic as Celestias of course but still looked regale. I stopped right before the steps and bowed my head respectively. I had stood there looking at the floor for a while. She didn’t say a word. So I looked up to say “what did you need me for mom?” I knew it was a futile attempt of avoidance but I didn’t know what else to say. Her only response was to levitate the phillydelphia newspaper from its place on the throne seat up to my face. I grabbed the paper with my own magic and noticed the headline. It read “Duchess’ Son Beats His Own Guards! The Duchess’ son known as Lightning Moon was seen arriving at the phillydephia hospital with a guard that that was beaten beyond recognition. Even the young Alicorn stallion had clear proof of a struggle on his body. As he sat in the waiting room the others testified of the rage in his eyes as…” That was as far as I read as I telekinetically tore the paper to shreds out of anger from the false drivel that I was forced to endure. My mothers expression softened a little as she noticed my own exasperation at the news. “I already know that this is false because of what the guards have told me, but the damage has been done regardless of your good intentions.” Although she was softened she still looked sternly at me “I just don’t know what to do with you sometimes Lightning! I love you to death and I know that it wasn’t your fault but this situation does not make my position any easier.” She sighed and brought her head down to her hooves and then laid down rubbing her temples in frustration. I just felt as annoyed and frustrated as she did really. So in a way I copied her movements but instead of rubbing my temples I rubbed my face with my hooves. After a few minutes of this she picked herself up while saying “I really don’t want to do this but until this whole thing blows over and is forgotten I’m going to have to send you to live with your fiancé.” NO CELESTIA BUCK IT! i turned around to walk away. Trying to think of reasons to stay as I walked. maybe if i told her tha… wait… did she… just say… fiancé!? I slowly turned around to see that my mother had frozen with fear from the truth that had slipped out. “where am I going again?” I was still in shock. It was easy to tell that she was to, as she didn’t answer me. “MOM can you please explain to me where I am going?” I said this with more authority because I was recovering from the shock. “uummm…” was her response “MOM!” She sighed as she recovered “Ok… I had meant to tell you this later when you where older but it seems that I will have to tell you now. When me and your father had you we decided that it would be best to have an arraigned marriage for you…” … … … “WHY?!” I was so beyond confused “Well son you are one of the few remaining male Alicorns in Equestria that we know of and so it was decided who it was that you would sire a foal with when you where born.” “And who would that be?” “Princess Luna” … *Thump* I woke up in my bead and shook my head “Oh please let it all have been a dream.” I opened my eyes to see that all my belongings had been packed. Great! “UHHHHH!” I sighed. How could this happen! I’m engaged? And to princess Luna? I don’t even really know her that well. Yah we’ve spoken before but other then that we have hade nothing but a platonic friendship! We don’t even have a lot in common really. Why is it that I can’t find a normal mare and have a good relationship! But probably the most important question is why me? I didn’t get to finish the thought though. Two guards knocked at the door and walked in to tell me that they needed to get me out of phillydelphia before things started getting crazy! I got up off the bed and followed them out. Then it all hit me at once. I was loosing my family, all the guards that where here, I wouldn’t be able to see them again. Alicorn gossip lasts almost as long as normal ponies themselves. My best friend that’s in the hospital I would never see again. I bit my lip to keep from sobbing but the tears came Anyway. The guards that where with me seemed to be holing back some emotion as well. We made it outside the mansion and I saw that all the guards where there to see me off. My tears changed from ones of sadness to ones of joy as I got to at least see off and talk to them all before I left. All except for one. As I got finished with all the sad goodbyes I turned to the flying carriage and saw a familiar mussel it was the fresh guard that i had pranked just last night before this craziness happened. there was a very notable silence and tension as he was looking at me with a face of distaste. he seemed to still have some places where the paint from the prank remained. I felt bad that i never got to formally meet the stallion so i held out a hoof in friendship. "sorry i never got to meet you in person but I hope there are no hard feelings." he huffed and rolled his eyes then rubbed the back of his head contemplating wether or not to be friendly after my little prank. after he smiled and shook my hoof and all the tension was melted away by his forgiveness. After getting on the carriage and it took off almost immediately. I leaned out the carriage to wave goodbye one last time and continued until they where out of site. After that, I laid down on the couch and let the sobs out. I didn’t care if the Pegasus ponies outside heard or not. Things where as bad as they could get. I lost my family my home and come to find out I’ve basically been soled to some pony at an early age. I felt like a shameful peace of trash that was kept around only for my male parts. I knew it wasn’t true but I couldn’t help feeling that way. After I recovered from my sobs and self-loathing I got up and thought to myself. Well at least things can only get better right? I wonder what Canterlot will be like. I looked out the window to see that the sun had risen from the direction of the great city. A/N well i kinda realize that hes' kind of a sad sack... oh well i will make this less depressing for him in the next chapter.
I am SorryOk folks. heres the deal. I am having a problem writing this because I have another story that I am working on and considering that it is a different writing style and that I am pretty excited about it I will have to put this story on Hiatus. Don't worry though because when I am done with my other fan fic ill move right back to this one. Also another reason why I want to stop doing both at the same time is because i think the story is moving to fast. I wanted Lighting to stay in canterlot for more then just a day. I wanted more like 2 days but I ran into writers block and I thought I should post something. So to make two great storys instead of two crappy ones ill need to stop one... I am sorry LET THE HATE-COMENTS COMMENCE!!!
