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Chapter 46: The new recruits

It's been 3 days since Apple Cleaning Day and everything's been going smoothly so far.

Twilight and I are fully settled after returning from our honeymoon, I have my delivery job back, and things are starting to cool-down between Jeff and Owlicious.

However, Jeff's been acting a bit strange lately. When I asked him what was wrong, he hesitated a little before he finally had to guts to tell me what was wrong. Apparently, he's nervous about seeing Philomena again. It didn't take me long to figure-out he had a thing for her. Sooner or later, I'd have to help Jeff out.

And finally, no-one knows about Grimerd's journal yet. But the longer I keep it a secret, the more I feel as though I was lying to Twilight. I wanted to tell her about the journey, I really did, but how would I explain it to her?

Ponyville café

It was a warm sunny day, so Twilight and I decided to spend a little of time together at the café. We were both sitting by a table enjoying our orders, Twilight was eating a daffodil and daisy sandwich while I had a bottle of apple-juice.

Of course, Twilight wasn't wearing Granny Smith's necklace anymore. It was safely locked away in Twilight's jewellery box with the rest of her jewellery.

As I drank my juice with a straw, I was in deep thought about my family back in England. It seemed like forever since I last saw them and I was beginning to wonder if I'd see them again soon, but who said they had to come to me?

My family once came here to find me, then they came here again to attend my wedding. But I've been thinking recently. Why should they have to visit me? Why couldn't I visit them? And that's when of going back to the Human World.

However, I didn't want to leave Twilight behind, so I thought about asking her to come with me. But how would she feel about it? Going into a strange world where things run differently seemed like a lot of pressure to put on her. I honestly didn't know what to do.

While I was lost in my thoughts, I suddenly felt someone's hoof nudge me. "Matt?" Twilight's voice said.

I quickly snapped out of my train of thought before I looked at Twilight, she had finished her sandwich and was now giving me a concerned look. "Are you ok?" she asked.

"Huh?…Yeah, I'm fine. Why?" I responded while trying to act normal.

"Well you've barely said three words since we arrived, is there something on your mind?" Twilight asked.

"Well...sort of, but don't worry about it, Twi. It's nothing." I answered before I grabbed my bottle with my hoof and took a sip of it through the straw.

Just then, Twilight placed her hoof on-top of mine. "C'mon Matt, you can tell me. If there's something bothering you, I'll do my best to help." She said with a sweet smile.

After hearing this, I placed my bottle back down on the table before I looked at Twilight's face. The twinkle in her eyes, her loving smile, and the feeling of her hoof gently rubbing against mine was enough to make me crack like an egg. "…I have been thinking about something lately." I confessed while smiling back.

"Ok, what is it?" Twilight asked curiously.

"It's about my family back in England, I haven't seen them since our wedding and…I want to see them again." I said softly.

Twilight then smiled. "Well that won't be a problem, we'll just write a letter and ask Spike to-" she said before I interrupted it.

"Except, I don't think it's fair for them to always have to come to us. So I was thinking…maybe we should visit them for a change." I said, slightly nervous.

At that moment, Twilight gave me a slightly confused look. "Visit them?...But that would mean we'd have to travel to-"

"The Human world? Yeah, I know….and I was hoping you, and maybe the others, could come with me." I said as my nervousness rose.

The moment was silent as Twilight stared at me with either a shocked or surprised look. I began to worry that she'd refuse before she spoke. "Matt…I…I don't know, that's a really big and risky step. I mean, I don't know how your world works, I don't even know what a human looks like." She said.

By the sound of her voice, I could tell she was beginning to stress. "Don't worry, the Human world basically works the same way this one does. Only there's no magic and everyone walks on two legs." I said, trying to ease her worries.

Twilight's eyes suddenly shot wide open. "No magic? Know I'm definitely not sure." She said.

My attempt to ease her worries obviously failed. "Please Twi, we can do this…Just this once?" I said softly.

Twilight looked down at the table as she thought about it, the moment was once again silent before she looked into my eyes. "Well…I…I…"

But before Twilight could answer, we both suddenly heard a voice calling. "Twilight!...Matt!" the voice said from a distance.

Twilight and I then looked in the direction it came from to see Spike running towards us with an urgent look on his face and a scroll in his left-hand. When he stopped in front of our table, he panted with exhaustion. "Spike, are you ok?" Twilight asked with concern.

While still panting, Spike tried to answer her but was too out of breath to say anything. "Whow, calm down buddy. Take deep breaths." I said, trying to help him.

Spike then nodded before he did as I said and took deep breaths. After catching his breath, Spike looked up at us. "Sorry." He said before he held the scroll up to Twilight. "This came for you guys a few minutes ago." He stated while breathing heavily.

"A letter from the Princess?" Twilight asked as she took the scroll with her magic.

Spike nodded. "Yeah…I thought you'd want to get it as soon as possible, so I rushed here to give it to you." he explained while still breathing heavily.

"Good job Spike, sit down for a minute and catch the rest of your breath." I said.

And while Spike sat down on one of the seats, I turned my attention to Twilight. "What does it say?" I asked curiously.

Twilight then used her magic to unravel the scroll before she held it up in front of her face and read it out-loud.

"Dear Twilight and Matthew

I am delighted to tell you that the new guards have arrived in Canterlot. If you have the time, please come up to the castle and greet our new friends. I am sure they will be honoured to meet you.

Yours, Princess Celestia."

When Twilight finished reading the letter, she looked at me with confusion. "New guards? I didn't know they were hiring new recruits." She said.

At first, I was a little confused too. But then I remembered what Blaze Horn told me a while back, he said that they were bringing in new guards and it would mean a lot to Celestia if we were there to meet them with her. "Looks like Blaze Horn wasn't messing around when he told me they were coming." I said.

A slightly surprised look came on Twilight's face. "You knew? Why didn't you tell me?" she asked.

"I was going to, but I must've forgot. We were a bit pre-occupied at the time." I stated.

"Do you remember what Blaze told you?" Twilight asked.

"Only that it's a special occasion and Celestia would appreciate it if we were there to meet the new guards." I said simply.

After hearing that, Twilight let out a small sigh. "Well if it means that much to the Princess, I guess we'll have to go." She said.

I then gave her a caring look. "Are you sure, Twi? The letter sounded more like a suggestion, we don't have to go if you don't want to." I said.

Twilight shook her head. "No, we should go. The Princess asked us to come and it would seem rude to ignore her request, especially since we have more than enough time to go up there."

I gave her a gentle smile. "Ok Twi, if that's what you want. As soon as I finish my drink, we'll go back to the library, lock the place up, and then we'll head over to the train station. Deal?" I asked.

Twilight smiled back. "Deal." She said.

And as I took another sip of my drink, Spike raised his eye brow at us. "Hey I didn't interrupt anything, did I?" he asked curiously.

Twilight and I looked down at him before we looked at each other, we both soon remembered our previous conversation and I waited for Twilight to tell me her answer. "We'll talk about it later, ok sweetie?" Twilight asked in a gentle voice.

I then removed the straw from my mouth and gave her a small nod. "Alright." I said before I continued to drinking.

As I drank up the last few drops of apple-juice, I couldn't help but think of what might happen if Twilight says no. I can't go back to England without her, what if something happens that'll make the portal stay closed and I'd be separated from Twilight forever?

I couldn't bear to think of that so I tried to keep my mind off the subject, at least until we're ready to talk about it a little more.

Later that day: Canterlot Castle

After riding the train up to Canterlot, me, Twilight, and the others entered the castle ground where we were greeted by one of the royal guards standing in front of the main doors.

He took us into the castle and was now escorting us to the throne room. But it wasn't just me and Twilight. Spike, Jeff, and Peewee came along with us. Owlicious stayed behind to watch over the library. While Jeff and Peewee were riding on my back, Spike walked along-side Twilight.

It wasn't long before we arrived in front of the throne room doors and the guard who escorted us knocked on them with his hoof. "Enter!" Celestia's voice said from behind the door.

With that, the guard pushed the doors wide open before we followed him into the throne room. Once inside, we all saw Princess Celestia standing in front of her throne with Shining Armor standing beside her, he was wearing his freshly polished Captain Armour.

"Your highness, Twilight Sparkle and her companions have arrived." The guard said as he stepped aside to let Celestia see us.

Celestia then smiled. "Excellent. Thank you for letting me know, you may return to your post now." She said.

The guard bowed his head. "Yes, your highness." He said before he turned around and left the throne room with the doors closing behind him.

After he left, we all walked over to Celestia and Shining Armor before Twilight smiled at him. "Hi Shining Armor, how are you?" she asked kindly.

Shining Armor returned the smile. "I'm fine, Twily. It's good to see you again." He said before he and Twilight shared a loving hug.

When they separated, Shining Armor looked at me. "Hey Matt, how're you doing?" he asked with a smile.

"Doin' fine." I answered before we shared a friendly hoof-bump. "So, where's Blaze Horn? Wasn't he supposed to be here to meet the new guards?" I asked.

"Nah, he already met 'em earlier today so I told him to patrol the grounds with some other guards for a while." Shining Armor explained.

"Where are these new guards anyway?" Twilight asked with a raised eye brow.

"They should be here any moment now, I sent a guard out to summon them a few minutes ago." Princess Celestia stated.

Just then, there was a knock on the throne room doors before we turned around to see one of the guards walk in. "Your highness, I've brought the new recruits as you requested." He stated.

Celestia then gave him a simple smile. "Thank you, please send them in." she said.

The guard bowed. "As you wish." He said before he left the throne room and closed the doors behind him.

With the new guards about to come in, me and the others walked over to the right-side of the room while Celestia and Shining Armor stayed in front of the throne. That way, they'd be the first ponies the new guards would see, it was a professional thing.

"Well, time to say hello to the fresh meat." I said under my breath as we all stared at the throne room doors.

After a few seconds, the doors began to open until we saw 5 pony figures in guard armour standing behind them. As they came in, we all managed to get a good look at them. 3 of them were Unicorns, and the other 2 were Pegasi.

Also, one of the Unicorns was a female, I don't think I've seen a female guard before.

We then watched as the new guards walked up to Celestia and bowed to her. "Princess Celestia, it is an honour to finally meet you." the largest Unicorn said with his head still bowed down.

Celestia smiled down at him. "And it's an honour to meet you too. Would you mind presenting us with your name, kind sir?" she asked politely.

The Unicorn then looked up at her and nodded. "Not at all, your highness. I am Flash Beam, and this is my team." Flash Beam said before he turned his head to face the 2 other Unicorns. "That's Sunray and the lovely pony standing next to him is Illume." He said.

"It's wonderful to be at your service, your highness." Illume said as she bowed her head slightly.

After that, Flash Beam turned his head the other way to face to 2 Pegasi. "And these two are the twins, Coyle and Doyle." He said.

"The pleasure is all mine, Princess." Coyle said as he too bowed his head.

"No, the pleasure is mine." Doyle said as he also bowed.

Coyle then looked at him with a firm look. "No, it's mine!" he argued.

"No, mine!" Doyle said loudly while returning his firm look.

"Mine!" Coyle said as his firm look turned into a sharp glare.

"MINE!" Doyle yelled as he glared back at him.

We all then watched as the two brothers pressed their faces together and growled at each other, it looked as though they were about to start fighting.

I just decided to stay out of it and take a better look at the guards.

(You can decide their hair-styles)

Flash Beam had a dark-brown coat, a black mane & tail, and he had dark green eyes. His cutie mark was a yellow flash with light-beams shining off it. He looked as though he was the strongest in the group due to his muscular body.

Illume had a pale-white coat, a light-yellow mane & tail, and her eyes were blue. Her cutie mark was an orange candle flame. She was the shortest in the group, but she looked tough.

Sunray had an orange coat, a light-red mane & tail, and his eyes were brown. His cutie mark was a white cloud with sun-rays shining behind it. He was taller than Illume, but slightly shorter than Flash.

Coyle had a light-blue coat, a dark-blue mane & tail, and his eyes were light-green. Despite having an American voice, his cutie mark was the Ying symbol.

Like his brother, Doyle had a light-blue coat and a dark-blue mane & tail, only his had a white streak going through them. His eyes were also light-green, and his cutie mark was the Yang symbol. He and Coyle were the same size, tall with slender legs and necks.

I then stopped examining them when I heard Coyle and Doyle ague louder.

But before things could get out-of-hand, Flash's horn glowed and they were both magically pulled apart. "Knock it off, you pair of goofs!" he ordered firmly before he turned his head to face Celestia. "My dearest apologies, Princess." He said in a calmer tone.

Celestia smiled. "It's quite alright, I think it's time to move on anyway. Besides, I want you to meet someone important." She said before she looked down at Shining Armor beside her. "This is your new Captain, Shining Armor." She announced.

At that moment, the 5 guards looked at him and gasped loudly. "The Captain?!" Flash Beam said in shock before he turned his head around to face the others. "Quickly, show respect!" he ordered.

With that, they all held their left-hooves against their fore-heads to salute Shining Armor. "Sir, please forgive us for not addressing you properly. We're just a little…off…today." Flash Beam said.

Shining Armor then gave him a gentle smile. "It's alright, soldier. It's natural to be nervous on an important day like this, so let me ease your concerns by being the first to say 'welcome aboard'." He said.

Flash continued to salute as he smiled back. "Thank you, sir. And I promise we'll be the best guards we can be." He stated before he placed his hoof back on the floor.

Shining Armor smirked. "Confidence, that's what I like to hear from new recruits" He said.

Once the other guards stopped saluting, Sunray stepped forward. "So what're our first orders, sir?" he asked.

Shining Armor turned his attention to him. "Your first orders are to meet a couple of very special friends of mine." He said before he looked over to us; followed by the guards doing the same.

"Newbies, meet my little sister and her husband, Twilight Sparkle and Matthew. The small dragon on Twilight's back is Spike, and the two birds on Matt's back are Jeff and Peewee." Shining Armor introduced.

Me, Twilight, and the others smiled kindly at them. "Hello" Twilight said as she waved her hoof slightly.

Flash Beam then smiled back. "Twilight and Matthew, huh? So you're ponies who fought against that Thorn guy, right?" he asked.

"Yep…I take it you've heard of us then." I said with a small smirk.

But before Flash could respond, Sunray stepped in. "Heard of you? You guys are like legends around here, especially with those other five. Where are they anyway?" he asked as he looked around the room.

We knew he was talking about the rest of the main 6, so we answered him. "They're not here, they're in Ponyville." Twilight stated.

Sunray then looked at us again with a small frown on his face. "Aw dang-it, I really wanted to meet that rainbow one." He stated in disappointment.

"You mean Rainbow Dash?" Spike asked with a raised eye brow.

Sunray nodded. "Yeah." He said before he turned his head to face Flash Beam standing beside him. "Haha. She's tough, but she's real cute." He said with a smirk.

Flash's eyes widened. "Sunray!" he said loudly as he quickly covered Sunray's mouth with his hoof.

Most of us were surprised by what Sunray said. "Excuse me?" Twilight said in confusion.

Flash quickly looked at us with sorrow. "I'm terribly sorry about Sunray, he has a nasty habit of speaking his mind." He said as he removed his hoof from Sunray's mouth.

"Sorry, but it's the truth. I like the tough and loyal type." Sunray stated with the smirk still on his face.

Flash then looked at him again with a firm look. "Sunray, this isn't the time or place to discuss this. So would you do us all a big favour and shut up?!" he said loudly.

"Pff…Fine." Sunray said before he turned his head away from Flash.

Once he was taken care of, Flash looked up at Celestia. "Again, I apologise for him. But please don't judge him by his behaviour. Sunray may be a loud-mouth, but he's a loyal soldier."

Celestia gave him an understanding smile "I understand, and there's no need to apologise, it'll be nice to have such free-spirited ponies like you around." She said.

Flash and the rest of the guards smiled back with surprise. "Really?...Well…thank you, your highness." Flash said politely.

"You're very welcome. Now you and your team should go get settled in your new quarters, you've all got a big day tomorrow." Celestia said.

With that, the new guards bowed one last time before they turned around and made their way towards the open doors.

"Wow, I still can't believe we saw the Matthew and Twilight." Doyle said before he looked at his brother. "Why didn't you say anything to them?" he asked as they kept walking.

Coyle then looked at him. "Me? You're the one who keeps talking about them, why didn't you say anything?" he asked.

"I was waiting for you to make the first move!" Doyle replied with a small glare in his eyes.

"Would you two be quiet back there?" Illume said while walking in front of the twins.

However, they didn't hear him and kept arguing. "You know you don't always have to wait for me to make the first move, right? You're a big boy now, you can handle your own introductions." Coyle stated in an annoyed tone.

Doyle then smiled deviously. "You know something? Maybe you're right, maybe I can be a big boy and handle things by myself. Then maybe you can be a big boy too and get over your fear of bats!" he said coldly.

After hearing him say that, Coyle glared hard at him. "That is a childhood fear and you promised never to mention it out-loud!" he said loudly.

"Seriously guys, shut up!" Illume said in a more annoyed tone.

"I still don't get why you're scared of them anyway, most of the local bats around here are fruit-bats and they're completely harmless." Doyle stated.

"They're like rats with wings. That's creepy, right?" Coyle asked.

"Oh don't tell me you're afraid of rats now too!" Doyle said in annoyance.

Coyle glared harder at him. "No, I'm just speaking from my point of view! In fact, I happen to know that you're afraid of-"

"I can't believe you both don't shut up!" Illume snapped in pure annoyance.

After finally hearing her, Coyle and Doyle stopped arguing and kept following their team-mates out of the throne room. We all then watched as Flash and his team walked down to the end of the hallway and disappeared around a corner.

Once we couldn't see them anymore, Shining Armor looked up at Celestia. "Well they were…something." Shining Armor said.

Celestia then looked down at him. "Yes, quite." She said before she looked at me and the others. "What do you think of them?" she asked us.

We looked up at her. "Well they're a very lively bunch, I'll give them that." Twilight answered.

I nodded in agreement. "Yeah…how did they reach guard status again?" I asked in curiosity and confusion.

"I don't exactly know, they must've got lucky and passed their training somehow." Celestia simply stated.

Jeff then tapped Peewee with his elbow. "Yeah, dumb lucky." He whispered; causing them both to snicker.

We didn't hear his comment and kept talking to the Princess. "Well if they've passed their training, it must've been some sort of miracle. Do you think they're ready to guard you, Princess?" Twilight asked Celestia.

"They may not be the guards we expected, but I'm willing to give them a chance. After all, everyone deserves at least one chance, right?" Celestia said with a confident smile.

Twilight gave her an unsure look. "Begging your pardon, Princess. But don't you think they're a bit too…reckless? I mean, how are they supposed to take their jobs seriously when they're too busy arguing with each other?" she said.

At that moment, Shining Armor stepped forward. "That's when I step in, Twily." He stated before he looked up at Celestia. "Princess, I wish to personally take them under my wing and teach them how to become real guards. And when I'm done, they'll be ready to fight any battle." He said confidently.

Celestia gave him a pleased smile. "Very good, Shining Armor. I will allow this. Now I want you to catch up with the new recruits and show them to their quarters, please." She said politely.

Shining Armor then nodded before he looked at us. "Well see ya, Twily." He said before he and Twilight shared another loving hug.

"See ya, B.B.B.F.F." Twilight said sweetly as she hugged him.

Once they separated, Shining Armor looked at me. "And Matt, stay out of trouble." He said with a smirk.

I then smirked back. "Hey it's me, remember?" I said.

Shining Armor chuckled. "Yeah, that's what worries me." he joked before he trotted away towards the doorway

Once Shining Armor reached it, he gave us once last wave before he walked out of the throne room and closed the doors behind him.

After he left, Jeff looked up at Celestia. "Well like always, it's been nice seeing ya again, Princess. But if that's everything done, we'll just show ourselves out." He said before he patted my back with his foot. "C'mon, let's get out of here before those twins come back." He whispered to me.

Celestia ignored his comment and spoke. "Actually, there is one last thing I'd like you all to do." she stated.

Twilight then looked at her with curiosity. "Really? What is it?" she asked.

"Well seeing how you've come all this way to meet my new guards, I thought it would be nice if you met Luna's new guards too." Celestia said with a simple smile.

I gave her a slightly surprised look. "Luna has new guards too? You mean whenever you get new guards, she gets some as-well? Does this usually happen?" I asked.

"Well…not exactly. To be honest, I was just as surprised as you are, it's not every day we both get new guards at the same time." Celestia stated.

"Then I wonder what makes this day so special." I said in suspicion.

Celestia then raised her eye brow. "What makes you say that?" she asked.

I'll admit I had a strange thought, but I soon realized how ridicules it sounded and shook it off. "Nothing…So, are Luna's new guards here or in her castle?" I asked.

"They're in her castle, Luna should be in her throne room waiting to meet them." Celestia explained.

"I guess that means we're gonna have to take a royal chariot to get there, right?" Spike asked.

Celestia then gave us a playful smile. "Well you could do that…or I could get you there the fast way." She said before he horn glowed.

Suddenly, we all disappeared in a flash of light; leaving Celestia alone in her throne room.

Luna's castle grounds

Two of Luna's Unicorn guards were standing in front of the main double-doors to the castle, they each had a bored expression on their faces. During the silence, one of them looked at the other. "So how're your kids?" he asked.

The other guard then looked at him. "They're fine. How was it visiting your sister-in-law?" he asked.

The guard then rolled his eyes. "Don't get me started. I swear, if she wasn't my wife's sister, I'd sooo kick her in the-"

*FLASH*

The guard was suddenly interrupted by me, Twilight, and the others appearing in front of them in a flash of light. We were all dizzy from the sudden teleportation. "Oooh…I wish she warned us before she did that." Spike stated before he shook his daze off.

I then did the same before I started rubbing my head with my hoof. "I agree with him, did anyone happen to know my dislike for teleporting?" I asked, but didn't get an answer.

After Twilight shook her daze off, she turned around and looked up at the tall castle. "Well we're here now, so let's not talk about it anymore." She said.

"Yeah, let's not talk about it anymore…until we have to go home." Jeff groaned as we made our way towards the main doors.

But as we approached them, the two guards held their spears in a cross-formation in front of us. "Holt, no one goes in without authorization!" one of the guards said firmly.

Twilight then looked at the one who said it. "But Princess Celestia sent us here, she wants us to be with Princess Luna when she meets the new guards." She explained.

The guards then looked at each other before they looked at Twilight. "So you're here to meet the newbies, huh? Yeah, we've seen those guys too." One of them stated.

I looked at him. "Really? What're they like?" I asked curiously.

The guard shrugged. "You know, just like any new group of guards. Nervous with no idea how challenging this job is." He stated.

That wasn't really the answer I was looking for, so I tried to say it clearer. "That's not really what I meant, I mean was there anything unusual about them? You know, like goofy behaviour?" I asked.

The guard then rubbed his chin with his hoof. "Now that you mention it, there was one that acted a little…strange. But I didn't pay much attention to him, I was too busy focusing on the other guy who was with him." He stated.

"Yeah, that guy was really creepy. And I don't mean your average every-day creepy, I mean total dark creepy," the other guard said.

We then looked at him with wonder. "Why? What was wrong with him?" Twilight asked.

The guard looked at her. "Let's just say, he had a bad look in his eyes." he said.

"Yeah…At least in the good one." The other guard said.

Spike looked at him with nervousness. "What do you mean by 'in the good one'?" he asked, but they didn't answer him.

Instead, the two guards lifted their spears apart so we could pass. "You'll find out." One of the guards said as they both opened the doors with their magic.

Twilight and I gave them pleased smiles. "Oh thanks." I said before we all walked towards the doorway.

As we walked into the castle, Jeff looked at one of the guards. "You doin' get by the way, keep up the good work." He said.

Once we were inside, the guards closed the doors behind us and resumed their jobs. "Do you know that bird?" one of them asked.

"Nope." The other guard answered.

Meanwhile, we all walked through the lobby before we went up the stairs towards Luna's throne room. After we reached the top, we walked up to the throne room doors before Twilight opened them with her magic.

Upon entering the throne room, we all saw Luna sitting on her throne with two of her guards standing beside her. "Hey Luna." I called as we made our way towards her.

Luna then saw us before a look of surprise came on her face. "Twilight Sparkle and Matthew? What brings you to my castle? I was not expecting company on this day." she stated.

"Hey, don't forget about us, we're here too." Jeff said in a slightly offended tone. Afraid of how Luna would take that, Peewee quickly slammed Jeff's beak closed with his wings and held them there; making Jeff groaning with annoyance.

Ignoring him again, I answered her question. "Sorry for not telling you we were coming, Luna. It was kind of a 'last minute' thing." I said.

Luna raised her eye brow. "Pray-tell, what does 'a last minute thing' mean?" she asked.

"It means we decided to come here at the last minute. You know, all of a sudden? Princess Celestia transported us here so we could meet the new guards with you." Twilight explained.

Luna then gave us a pleased smile. "Excellent." She said before she looked down at one of her guards. "You retrieve them now." She said.

The guard nodded. "Yes, your highness." He said before he and the other guard walked past us while making their way towards the doors. After leaving the room, they closed the doors behind them.

Once they we gone, Luna gave us a warm smile. "I am pleased you are here to meet the new guards with me. To be truthful, I have always disliked meeting them by myself. It feels a little, how you ponies say it these days…awkward." She stated.

Twilight and I smiled back. "Well you don't need to worry, Luna. We're here now and I'm sure everything will be fine." I said before I decided to change the subject. "So…any luck on finding a colt you like?" I asked.

Luna's smile then disappeared before she sighed. "I'm afraid…I have had no luck." She said as her ears lowered slightly.

My ears also dropped at this news, I felt a little bad for asking now. "Oh…sorry, Luna." I said softly.

"It is fine, Matthew. I may not have had any luck yet, but I will not give up. I still remember what you said a while back, 'my colt is out there somewhere'. I just need to keep searching." Luna said in a stronger tone.

My smile returned. "Exactly. Trust me, Luna, you'll find him one day, maybe even sooner than you think." I said, trying to make her feel better.

Luna then smiled again in return. "Thank you for trying, Matthew. But…it seems very unlikely I will run into anyone soon." She said.

I was about to disagree, but I was interrupted by the throne room doors creaking open. We all turned around to see one of the guards sanding in the doorway. "The guards are ready to meet you, Princess." He stated.

Luna then looked at him. "Very well, please send them in." she ordered.

The guard bowed his head before he left the throne room.

Luna looked down at us. "We shall continue this colt matter later. Right now, we should focus on the important subject." She said.

None of us wanted to argue with Luna, so we just nodded in agreement before we did the same as what we did with Celestia and sat on the right-side of the room. We all then looked over to the doorway and waited for the new guards to come in.

After a few seconds, 5 ponies entered the throne room and made their way towards Luna, they were all wearing Shadow guard armour. (I don't know the name of the armour Luna's guards wear, so I'm calling it Shadow armour for now)

As they approached us, we managed to get a good look at them. Like Celestia's new guards, 3 of them were Unicorns and the other 2 were Pegasi. Once again, one of them was female.

When they stopped in front of Luna's throne, the guard in front of the group stepped forward and took his helmet off. This guard had a light-red coat, he had a dark-blue mane and tail. He had blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a dark-blue shield with both a yellow star and a light-red sword on it.

"Hello, Princess Luna. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Brave Star, leader of this group. And may I say, it is a great honour to finally meet you, your highness." Braze Star said as he bowed his head.

"The pleasure is mine, Brave Star. I have been told much about you, I believe you are to be my new Captain, correct?" Luna asked with a gentle smile.

Brave Star then looked up at her. "Yes, Princess. But I do request one thing, I don't want you to think I'm replacing Midnight Gaze. I may be taking his place as Captain, but I can't replace his legacy. No-one can forget the things he did…or the sacrifice he made." He said.

"Indeed, Midnight was a loyal Captain and he shall never be forgotten." Luna said while feeling a little upset over the loss of her old Captain.

Brave Star gave her a small nod. "Yeah…But anyways, shall I introduce you to the rest of my team?" he asked.

After hearing that, Luna decided to drop the Midnight subject and continue with the main one. "Yes, please." She said.

With that, Brave Star turned his head to face the other 2 Unicorns. "That's Dusk, and the guy standing next to him is Sullen." He introduced.

"Hello, Princess." Sullen said kindly as he bowed his head.

Brave Star then turned his head the other way to face the 2 Pegasi. "And these two are Bleak and Night Thunder." He introduced before Bleak and Night Thunder also bowed their heads.

Luna smiled at them all. "It is nice to meet you all." She said kindly before she thought of a question. "But before any of you make the traditional vow, do any of you have anything to say or ask?" she asked.

At that moment, the pony known as Sullen stepped forward. "Yes, your highness…I just want you to know that it's a major honour to be one of your guards, I'm really looking forward to getting started." Sullen stated in a cheerful tone.

Just then, the guard know as Dusk spoke. "Yes…I say we all are." He said in a tone that sounded…creepy.

I could tell Luna heard the weird sound in his voice because she was giving him an uncomfortable look. "Umm…I'm glad to hear that." She said.

For some reason, I couldn't take my eyes off Dusk, there was so much to see on him.

(Once again, you can decide their hair-styles.)

He had a grey coat, a black mane & tail, and his cutie mark was spiked-mace. Like Brave Star, he had a muscular-looking body and he was about the same size as him too.

His left-eye looked normal, but his right-eye was made of glass and there was a scar going down the eye-lids. The guard at the door wasn't kidding about the 'eye' thing.

I thought it would be rude to keep staring at it, so I decided to look away and examine the other guards.

Sullen had a light-amber coat, a light-azure mane & tail, and his eyes were light-brown. His cutie mark was a dark-grey raincloud. Despite being the same size as Brave Star, he wasn't as muscular.

Bleak had a light-blue coat, a moderate-cerise mane & tail, and her eyes were dark-blue. Her cutie mark was a snow-flake. She was slightly shorter than Sullen.

And Night Thunder had a dark-sapphire-blue coat, a moderate-cobalt-blue mane & tail, and his eyes were light-blue. His cutie mark was a yellow lightning bolt. He was the same size as both Bleak and me.

In fact, not only did Night Thunder have the same colours as Luna, but he kinda looked like me. He even had the same mane-style and short tail as me. I couldn't help but feel strange about it.

Twilight also noticed the resemblance and leaned her head to me. "Hey Matt, is it me, or does that Night Thunder guy look a little like you?" she asked in a whisper.

I then leaned my head to her. "Yeah, it's kinda weird. If I had the same colours as him, we'd be spitting-images of each other." I said also in a whisper.

We both stopped talking as Brave Star spoke. "I too have something to say, Princess. We have an offering for you." he stated.

Luna grew a curious look on her face. "Oh? Do tell." She said while giving him her full attention.

Brave Star smiled. "Alright then…let me just get into the moment, I've been waiting to say this for a while." He said before he cleared his throat. "Princess Luna, as Captain of the Guards and the leader of this group, I offer you one of us as your own personal guard. Whoever you choose will accept the task, all you need to do is choose who you want." he said with pride.

Luna was slightly surprised by this offering. "Oh…my, I was not expecting something like this. My own personal guard?" She asked.

Brave nodded. "Yes, your highness. Whoever you choose will stay by your side and protect you with their lives." He stated.

At that moment, Night Thunder looked at him with a raised eye brow. "Our lives, sir? OW!" he said as Bleak jabbed her elbow into his arm.

After hearing his voice, I was a bit relieved because he had an American voice. If he had a British voice like me, things would've been too weird.

Luna was lost-for-words about the offering. How can she choose one of these ponies as her personal guard when she barely knows them? Or better yet, how does she know any of them are good enough for such a role? There was only one answer she could give to Brave Star.

"As much as I am grateful for your offering, I am afraid I cannot make such a choice at this moment. My apologies, but I need to be sure you can all handle a position like this. I will have to witness each of your fighting and defence techniques before I make my decision." Luna declared.

Bleak then looked at Night Thunder with confusion. "Huh?" she said.

"She wants to test our fighting skills." Night Thunder translated.

"Why didn't she just say so?" Bleak whispered before they turned their attention back to Luna.

"As you wish, Princess. Please, take as long as you need to make the decision, there's no rush. Anyway, you mentioned something about a vow a few minutes ago?" Brave Star said.

"Oh of course, I almost forgot." Luna said before she gave her new guards a serious look. "All of you, please step forth." She said.

With that, Brave Star and the other guards took a few steps closer to the throne. "Are you all ready to begin?" Luna asked.

Brave Star and the others nodded their heads to say they were ready.

"Very well…Do you, Brave Star, Sullen, Dusk, Bleak, and Night Thunder swear to obey the rules of Equestria law?" Luna asked.

"I do." They all answered at the same time.

"Will you follow any orders given to you by me, my sister, or any other members of the Royal Family?" Luna asked.

"I will." They all answered at the same time again.

"And finally, when the lands are threatened, will you fight to the bitter end to protect your Princesses, the citizens, and Equestria itself?" Luna asked.

"…I will…" They all answered at the same time for the last time.

"Then as Princess of the Night, I name you all official royal guards, your vows are now complete." Luna said before a blue beam shot out of her horn and struck the guards.

As the blue aura of Luna's magic covered them, they each started to glow brighter and brighter until their bodies were glowing with light.

When the lights faded away and the guards returned to normal, we were confused to see nothing had changed about them. That is, until Brave Star opened his eyes.

Me and the others gasped a little at what we saw, Brave Star's pupils had turned from a round shape to an oval shape, like a cat or a snake.

We then looked at the other guards to see they too had oval-shaped pupils. "Ok…that was wired." Night Thunder said as he rubbed his head with his hoof.

Sullen was looking around his body for any changes, but couldn't find any. He became confused before he looked up at Luna. "What exactly was that supposed to do, Princess?" he asked.

"Look at one of your companions and find out." Luna said.

Sullen did as she said and looked over to Dusk, his eyes then widened once he saw his good eye. "Oh my gosh! Dusk, your eye!" Sullen said loudly.

"I know, it's made of glass, tell me something I don't know!" Dusk said in an offended tone.

Sullen shook his head. "No, not that eye, your good eye. Your pupil…it's…oval-shaped." He stated.

"So are yours." Dusk said as he pointed his hoof at Sullen's face.

After hearing this, Sullen then looked down at his reflection in the clean floor. He saw that his pupils were indeed oval shaped as-well. By discovering this, he became freaked out. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! What happened to my eyes? What happened to my ey-"

*SMACK*

Sullen was cut off by Dusk slapping him across the face. "Get a hold of yourself, soldier! It could've been a worse change." Dusk stated.

"How?" Sullen asked as he rubbed the cheek Dusk slapped.

Dusk then looked around before he spotted something he could use for an answer. "You could've ended up like Bleak and Night Thunder." He stated.

Bleak and Night Thunder were confused by what Dusk said. "What? What's wrong with us?...Wait a minute, eye check!" Night Thunder said before he and Bleak looked at each other's eyes only to see that they too had oval-shaped pupils.

"Hmm…Are my pupils oval too?" Night Thunder asked.

"Yep, same with me?" Bleak asked.

"Yeah." Night Thunder answered before he looked over to Dusk. "Our eyes are exactly the same as yours, how does that make us worse?" he asked.

Just then, Bleak's eyes widened at something. "Err…maybe because he's not talking about our eyes…look at your wings." She said.

Night Thunder gave her a confused look before he did as she said and looked at his wings, he was then surprised to see that his feathered wings had been replaced with bat wings. "Whow…that's new." He said as he stuck one of them out to look at it better.

Bleak couldn't take her eyes off his wings. She knew all of Luna's guards had them, but she never expected this to happen. Suddenly, she had a scary thought which made her look at her own wings.

She was shocked to see that her wings had changed too. "Ah, I have them too! I can't believe this!" she said in a scared tone.

After hearing enough of everyone's whining, Brave Star turned around to face his team. "Would all of you calm down for pony's sake! We're supposed to be a tough group, and most of you are acting like a bunch of frightened foals." He said firmly.

"Me and Dusk aren't, we taking this pretty well." Night Thunder said with Dusk nodding in agreement.

Brave Star then looked at him with a small glare, Night Thunder quickly got the message before he smiled nervously. "Sorry, please continue." He said.

With that said, Brave Star went back to what he was saying in a calmer voice. "Look, I know it's a big change and it's kinda freaky. But unless any of you haven't noticed, every one of Princess Luna's guards has eyes and wings like this. Don't you know what this means?" he said.

"We're…walking mutations?" Sullen asked.

Just then, Sullen heard someone clear their throat behind him before he turned around to see two of Luna's guards standing by the doorway. "Urr…no offence, guys." He said with a nervous smile.

The guards just glared at him as they backed out of the room in a creepy way. "Oooh…they backed out of the room. You're in trouble now, Sullen." Bleak said.

"Ah-hm, if you're both finished." Brave Star said; regaining the attention of Sullen and Bleak.

Brave Star then continued with what he was saying. "No Sullen, it doesn't mean that. It means we're now officially royal guards of Princess Luna, this is what we've been waiting years for. Aren't any of you proud of how far we've come to get here?" he asked.

The other guards looked at each other as they thought about what he said. "Well…I guess it's not that bad." Bleak said as she looking at her new wings again.

"Yeah, and I guess it's kinda cool to have eyes like this, not many ponies have them." Sullen said with a weak smile.

Brave Star smiled proudly at his team before he turned around to face Luna. "Thank you so much for this, Princess. I promise we won't let you down." He stated.

Luna gave him a simple smile. "Let us hope not." She said before she changed the subject. "Now, with that out of the way, I want you all to meet some friends of mine." She said before she looked over to us.

"Brave Star and friends, this is Twilight Sparkle, Matthew, and their companions." Luna introduced as we walked over to them.

The guards then looked at us before Brave Star stepped forward. "So, you're Twilight and Matthew, huh? We've heard some pretty cool stuff about you guys." He said.

"Like what?" Twilight asked.

Brave Star looked at her. "Well first off, we know you two are part of the Elements of Harmony. And we also know your husband once saved Princess Luna's life." he said before he looked at me. "Isn't that what happened?" he asked with a raised eye brow.

The tone in his voice was making me a bit nervous. "Umm…yeah…that was me." I answered.

Just then, a smiled came on Brave's face. "Good show, kid." He said as he gave me a hard pat on the back; making me grunt a little.

"Yeah, you're like a hero." Night Thunder said before he shook my hoof with his. "I'm Night Thunder by the way, I'm a big fan." He said with an excited smile.

I smiled back. "Well it's nice to meet you, Night Thunder." I said before he released my hoof. "…umm, by the way, has anyone told you that we're-"

"Identical? Yeah, I've been getting that a lot since you beat that Thorn guy. It gets kind of annoying sometimes." Night Thunder stated.

"Indeed it does, we can't even walk through the streets without somepony coming over to us because they thought he was you." Dusk said as he came up to us.

I didn't reply as I was too busy looking at his glass-eye again, Brave Star soon noticed this and leaned his head over to me. "Don't stare, he hates it when ponies stare." He whispered.

After hearing that, I quickly looked down at Dusk's chest to avoid looking at his face. "Dusk, is it?" I asked.

"Yep." Dusk answered before I placed his hoof under my chin and lifted my head up. "Were you looking at this?" he asked as he removed his hoof from my chin and pointed it up to his glass-eye.

"Urr…no…I was just looking at your scar, the eye doesn't bother me." I said, trying to act innocent.

Dusk smirked. "Are you sure? Most ponies find my glass-eye very interesting. Wanna see me take it out?" he asked as he placed his hoof over his glass-eye.

Me, Jeff, and Peewee then went wide-eyed. "NO!" we said loudly. "...We mean, no we're fine. We don't want to see that." I said hoping he'd reconsider.

Dusk then placed his hoof back on the floor. "Alright then, suit yourself." He said simply as he stepped back a bit.

After that, it was definitely official, this guy was creep. Even Twilight thought so, I could tell by the uncomfortable look on her face.

Worried about how we thought of Dusk's actions, Brave Star quickly spoke. "I'm really sorry about him, he's not been the same since…his accident." He stated.

I then looked at him. "Don't worry, i-it's alright." I said with a fake smile. "As long as he keeps that thing in his face, that is." I thought.

Meanwhile, Bleak walked up beside Twilight. "So you must be Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's student, right?" she asked.

Twilight turned her head to face her and smiled. "Yes, yes I am. And you're name's Bleak, right?" she asked.

"Yeah, it is…So anyway, I just want you to know how much I loved what you and your friends did for Princess Luna." Bleak said with a small smile.

"Well we had to, Princess Luna is our friend and Celestia's sister, we couldn't just let Thorn suck her powers out and use them for his own-"

"I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about how you freed her from Nightmare Moon, you really saved her." Bleak stated, interrupting Twilight.

Hearing this caught Twilight by surprise. "Oh…well thank you." she said with a small smile.

"I also heard how Discord broke out of his prison and tried to cloud the world in eternal chaos, but you and your friends stopped him before he could do any more damage." Bleak said.

"Yes well, I don't think we need to worry about him doing that again." Twilight said.

Bleak's smile then went away. "Oh yeah, I hear he's living in Princess Celestia's castle now." She said with her eye-lids half closed.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, you should see what he's like now, he's really changed. I mean, he still has his annoying moments, but he's good now." She said.

"…Is that what he told you?" Bleak asked with a raised eye brow.

Twilight then gave her a confused look. "Huh?" she said.

Bleak sighed. "Look Twilight, Discord's whole life was dedicated to causing chaos. Don't you find it a bit odd that he suddenly wants to turn over a new leaf?" she asked.

"I know where you're going with this, Bleak. My brother thinks the same thing, sometimes I do, but Discord's done enough to convince me he's truly changed." Twilight stated.

"I'm just saying you of all ponies should know when he's trying to pull somepony's leg. What if this is another one of his tricks? What if he's putting on this act because he's up to something big?" Bleak said.

Twilight didn't respond imminently, instead she had a thought about what she said. It's true that Discord has been known to lie a lot, he certainly proved that when he turned the rest of the main 6 against her. Could it be true? Could this all be another fiendish act?

No! Twilight hated to admit it, but Discord's become a close friend to her in the last few months. He may still have a bit of his wild-side left in him, but it'd not over-the-top like it used to be. He's had many chanced to cause ultimate chaos, and did he take them? no! And knowing Discord, he'd never miss a chance like that.

Twilight then accepted her own opinion and spoke. "No Bleak, I don't think it's an act. Princess Celestia believes Discord's changed, and as long as she does, I do too." She said firmly.

"Ok, ok, it's your opinion. All I'm saying is be on your guard while hanging around him. You never know when he's gonna snap those fingers." She said.

"…I understand…I'll be careful." Twilight said in a calmer voice.

"Alright…sorry about all this by the way. Kind of a bad first meeting, isn't it?" Bleak said with an amused smile.

Twilight retuned her smile. "It's ok, it can happen to anypony." She said.

Bleak's amused smile then turned into a friendly one before she and Twilight began a random conversation.

After a few minutes of talking, Luna had raised the moon and it was finally time for the guards to go to their quarters and for us to go back to Ponyville. We all stood by the throne room doorway as we said goodnight to the guards.

"Well Princess, I think it's time for us to go to our quarters and get some sleep, we're gonna need it for our first day of duty tomorrow." Brave Star said.

Luna gave him a nod. "Agreed, and it's been delightful meeting you all. Hopefully I will pick my personal guard soon." She said.

"Just remember, Princess. You don't need to decide straight away, you can take as long as you need." Night Thunder said with a kind smile.

Luna then looked at him and smiled back. "Thank you, Night Thunder. I am sure that will help me decide easier." She said.

"So where do we find our quarters from here?" Brave Star asked.

Luna looked at him. "If you go down the stairs, you should see a guard standing by a door on the right-side of the lobby. Tell him you are the new recruits and ask him to escort you to your rooms." She explained.

Brave Star gave her a thankful smile. "Thank you, your highness." He said before he turned around to his team. "C'mon team, let's go get some shut-eye." He said before he made his way down the stairs towards the lobby.

Sullen and Bleak then bowed their head to Luna. "Goodnight, Princess." Sullen said before he followed Brave Star.

"Sleep well." Bleak said before she did the same.

After she went down the stairs, Dusk walked up to Luna before he gently took her hoof and kissed it. "It's a pleasure to finally be at your service, my lady." He said.

"Urr…charmed." Luna said as she slowly pulled her hoof away.

Dusk then bowed his head before he followed the others down the stairs.

"Wow…what a creep." Peewee said out-loud for us to hear, luckily Dusk didn't him..

Just then, Night Thunder stepped forward. "Well, goodnight Princess….may I?" he asked as he held his hoof out to her.

Luna saw the friendly smile on his face before she smiled back and placed her hoof on his, Night Thunder then gave it a gentle kiss before he released her hoof and made his way towards the stairs.

However, he was too busy looking back at Luna to see where he was going and stumbled on the first step; making him yelp a little.

Me and the others couldn't help but grow amused smiles at this, even Luna was trying hide her giggly smile with her wing.

Once he got his balance back, Night Thunder looked at us again with a sheepish smile. "Haha, sorry….Pleasant dreams to you, Princess." He said before he walked the rest of the way down the stairs.

Luna smiled sweetly at what he said, we all soon noticed her smile and wondered what was happening. "Luna, are you alright?" I asked,

Luna then snapped back into reality and looked at me. "Huh?...oh, of course I am." she said before she turned her body around to face us. "Now, I understand that you need to be transported back to Ponyville?" she asked.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, it's dark out there and it's too far for us to travel back." She said.

"Especially since we don't have anything to travel back on." Spike added.

"Very well, I shall teleport you back to Ponyville. Just hold still." Luna said before her horn began to glow.

Me, Twilight, and the others then stood close together and prepared for the transport. "Goodnight, Princess." Twilight said with a kind smile.

Luna smiled back. "Goodnight, Twilight Sparkle. And thank you all for coming, I felt so much calmer with you here." she stated.

"No Problem, Luna. And don't worry about the colt thing, you'll find him one day." I said.

"I know…Thank you." Luna said as her horn glowed brighter.

At that moment, we all disappeared in a flash of light; leaving Luna alone in the doorway before she went back into the throne room and closed the doors behind her.

Ponyville Library

In another flash of light, we all reappeared in front of the library. Once again, we were all in a dizzy state due to the transport. "Urr…remind me never to come along on these trips again." Jeff said before he shook his dizziness off.

After the rest of us did the same, I looked around Ponyville to see it was pitch black and no-one was in the streets. "I still can't believe we were gone all day." I said as I looked at Twilight.

"Yeah, time sure flies when you're visiting royalty." Twilight said with a humorous grin.

Just then, a chilling breeze blew through us in the wind; making us all quiver. "Yeah, it's amazing how fast the day goes. Now can we please go inside? It's freezing out here." Spike said in a quick as he wrapped his arms around himself.

Twilight looked down at Spike before she used her magic to pick him up and placed him on her back. "Ok, let's go inside and get you to bed, it's past your bedtime anyway." She said before she trotted towards the front-door of the library.

Jeff then yawned as he starched his wings out. "Yeah, I'm kinda beat myself. It's time to hit-the-hay." He said before he and Peewee flew up onto my back.

After that, I followed Twilight into the library before I closed the door behind me and locked it.

A few minutes later, I was in the bed waiting for Twilight to finish tucking in Spike and the others. Owlicious was still wide wake on a bird-stand near the window, he was nocturnal after all.

And while Jeff and Peewee were already asleep in the basket, Spike was still awake, but he looked as though he was about to fall asleep any moment.

Spike watched with tired eyes as Twilight pulled the covers over him with her magic. "Comfortable, Spike?" she asked quietly.

Spike slowly nodded. "Yeah…hey Twilight, can I ask you something?" he asked.

"Sure, what is it?" Twilight asked curiously.

"I overheard you and Bleak talking about Discord…Do you really think he's changed? As in, changed for real?" Spike asked as his eye-lids grew heavier.

Twilight kept her gentle smile as she answered. "Well I don't like to argue with the Princess's opinion, so…I'm choosing to trust him." She answered.

Spike would've spoken his opinion on the matter, but he was far too tired to do so. "*Yawn*…That's nice, Twilight…goodnight." He said as his eyes slowly closed.

Twilight smiled sweetly before she gave Spike a small kiss on his forehead. "Goodnight Spike, sweet dreams." She whispered before she quietly made her way towards our bed.

Twilight then came around to her side of the bed before she got in and pulled the covers over us with her magic. Once she was settled, she looked at me and noticed the nervous look on my face. "What's wrong, Matt?" she asked.

I was nervous because I remembered the conversation we had earlier, the one about us visiting my family in the human world. I was afraid she would refuse, but I had to try. "Well…remember the conversation we had at the café?" I asked.

"You mean the one about us going to the Human world?" Twilight asked as she remembered.

I nodded. "Yeah, you didn't answer it before. I'm just wondering…have you made a decision?" I asked with my ears slightly low.

Twilight then began to think about her answer, she could tell just by looking into my eyes that I really wanted her to come. After a few seconds, she let out a small sighed before a smile came on her face. "Alright Matt, I'll do it for you." she answered.

After hearing that, my ears perked up. "Really?" I asked with a smile.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah…You live in my Pony world every day, I guess it wouldn't hurt to live in your Human world for just a few." She stated with the smile still on her face.

I then gave her a surprising loving hug. "Thanks Twi, I promise I'll always be with you while we're there, I won't let anything bad happen." I said in a calming voice.

Twilight continued to smile as she hugged me back. "I know, Matt…but there's one condition." She stated.

I then separated from Twilight before I looked into her eyes. "Sure, Twi. What is it?" I asked curiously.

"I want to ask our friends to come with us. Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, everyone. Spike and the others can come too, if they want to of course." Twilight said.

I understood what she wanted and nodded. "Ok, we'll ask them at some-point. But there's only one thing…how are we gonna ask them?" I asked.

Twilight then took a moment to think about it before she came up with something. "We'll invite them to meet us at the café tomorrow, we'll ask them then. How's that?" She asked.

"Yeah, that sounds good, we'll do that." I said before I yawned. "*Yawn*…Well, we better get some sleep, I'm really tired." I said before I lied down in the bed and rested my head on the pillow.

"Yeah, me too." Twilight said as she did the same. "Goodnight Matt, I love you." she said before she closed her eyes.

I smiled at what she said. "Goodnight Twi, love you too." I said before I closed my eyes a-well.

Before I fell asleep, I wondered what would happen if Twilight and the others came to the Human world. Would they become Humans too? Or would they stay in Pony form? I wouldn't mind if they turned to Humans, I was actually curious to see what they'd look like.

But will they turn to Humans? I'll have to find out when we go. That is, if the rest of the main 6 agree to come. I'll have to find that out tomorrow when Twilight and I ask them the big question.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

I'd like to thank the author known as "Thunder Pony" for creating Brave Star. Hoof-bump to you, buddy. /)(\

Also, to those who want to know what Night Thunder looks like, go onto Google Images and type in this "MLP Night Thunder" It'll help you imagine him better. Thank you to whoever created him.

And one more thing, to those who keep telling me to do something similar to a picture called "A life for a life", I have something like that in mind and it'll still involve Spike getting badly hurt. But I wouldn't get excited yet, the chapter I'm gonna put it on is still a while away.

Pony News: Just a reminder, Equestria Girls is out in cinemas, but I don't know for how long.

In other news, Meghan McCarthy doesn't know exactly when Season 4 is coming out, but she says it's worth the wait.

She's also stated (for what sounds like the fiftieth time) Equestria Girls is NOT Season 4 and that Season 4 will be all pony.

Magical Mystery Cure has won the Best Musical Score in the Leo Awards.

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