Adalricus stood there without giving so much as a reaction after Princess Celestia announced who she was. His stature did not change, as he looked directly towards Celestia without blinking, as if he did not dare risk losing slight of her for even a moment. No obvious signs of hostility was shared between to the two of them, as Celestia simply paused from drinking more of her still-warm tea. Whereas Adalricus did not tighten the grip on the bouquet he held. However the door did seemingly decide close on its own, as he felt a light chill from the wind that emerged from the direction of Princess Celestia. Funny enough, it caused only a soft sound as if somepony was holding it gently. Such precise magic from Princess Celestia was to be expected, as she drank from her cup with legs crossed and without a care in the world. She seemed to be wearing a white robe that covered most of her body with the exception of her head and hands. It shaped her body in a respective sense where her goddess figure was hard not to admire.

“Please join me Adalricus,” Princess Celestia said, taking another sip. However as she swallowed, she blinked in surprised, not realizing that he had already joined her. To the point where he held his hands together and leaned towards her while sitting down from across. His eyes met hers without a single blink.

As she sighed softly to enjoy the moment, she gestured at the tray before him. “Please, I hear that you enjoy tea,” she said, referring to the selection of options that was available to him.

However Adalricus did not move an inch despite the recommendation she gave. “I am afraid that I don’t feel comfortable drinking tea that belongs to Fluttershy without her permission,” he explained.

A small smiled formed from Princess Celestia’s lips. “You are as polite as I have heard from Twilight,” she commented before taking another sip. “Rest assure however, she has given her permission for us to use her tea and sweets. I give you my word,” Princess Celestia explained, before giving a slight nod.

“And where is Fluttershy?”

Princess Celestia stopped drinking as she heard his question. “…” Sighing once again, she slowly placed her tea down. “She is in a safe location.”

This time, Adalricus’ expression changed, and not in the way that any intelligent living thing would like to see.

“Does this anger you knowing this?” Celestia pointed out, taking note of his reaction.

“The way you used that word…”

“I am sorry? What word are you referring to?”

“The way how you used safe,” Adalricus explained honestly. “Normally, one would use that word in such a way if said one was in danger,” Adalricus explained, keeping the same stature. “So please tell me, Princess Celestia…” Adalricus leaned only another inch forward. “…is Fluttershy in any danger that I should know about?”

Neither had moved an inch since Adalricus asked the all-important question some time ago. With the tea’s aroma generating the only active visible sense of movement, it was a wonder to what would happen the moment it cooled down. Either one’s head would be cleaned right off of one’s body and land next to the tray of sweet delights, or nothing would change where the aroma vanishing had no effect whatsoever. The latter naturally occurred.

Princess Celestia smiled as she found what he said to be amusing. “My word, I do believe that this is the first time that I’ve ever seen a changeling show such concern for a pony. Never did I expected from the Prince of all Changelings…” She even went as far as to giggle before adding, “That’s quite something really.”

“!” While Adalricus did not budge, his eyes widened to some degree, lightening his expression. He looked to the side, as if he was unsure on how he should react to what she said. It looked as if he was having a conversation with his mother and she was giving him a disappointed lecture on finding something inappropriate in his room. “…” He continued looking to the side, as his expression mirrored to how he looked before she commented on his race and status.

“I take it that you’re in shock right this moment?” Princess Celestia asked in a kind tone. At the same time, she began to refill her cup.

“Cat’s out of the bag I suppose…” Adalricus only moved his eyes this time, looking directly at Princess Celestia. “Although I was expecting for only Fluttershy to learn today and no other pony…yet,” he explained.

Princess Celestia hand slowly moved gracefully over her mouth, trying to cover her surprise. “So you were planning to tell her,” Princess Celestia confirmed.

Adalricus gave the slightest of nods that was accompanied by the softest of smiles.

Princess Celestia closed her eyes with a typical smile, as if she openly approved his response. “And you trust her?” Princess Celestia asked, as she opened her eyes. And much to her surprise, Adalricus was pulling out his tea bag out of his cup. It looked as if he had it in a cup filled with hot water for quite some time, but Celestia knew that something like that would be impossible to occur without her first noticing it. When he did already begin to serve himself? How does he- There’s more to him than I thought… Celestia thought, as she watched him add brown sugar cubes into his drink before squeezing a lemon. He was calm, and he seemed to be taking everything a lot better than she would have naturally expected. Regardless, she continued on with, “Do you not fear the possibility of her revealing your secret to the wrong ears?”

Adalricus stopped stirring his tea. “…” He looked into the hot orange liquid that produced such an appealing aroma, as if he was deep in thought. “I never need to when it’s her,” he finally said.

Adalricus then leaned backwards against the couch while he held his tea cup with both hands. “Even more than my own mother do I feel safe from the things that I worry about…”

Celestia watched as Adalricus stared into his tea for nearly a minute, waiting patiently for more words from him as she drank her tea. A small sigh escaped her lips as she did not move her eyes away from him. When an appropriate amount of time had passed, she decided to break the silence. “I don’t think your mother would appreciate hearing that from her own child. I know that I would feel the same if I had children of my own,” she said with a soft giggle.

Adalricus looked at her with a confused expression. It was so blatant that Celestia also became confused. “Is something troubling you?”

“You…don’t have any children?” was what he asked.

“Ha-?” Princess Celestia mouth was appropriately held open as her eyes widened a bit; she did not expect that question from him.

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The changeling eyed Twilight endlessly for the last few minutes. A simple body shift was all that he needed, as Twilight didn’t move a single inch after asking her question. Funny enough, Raúl not responding at all aside from changing his body position seemingly stressed the purple Alicorn. Her expression seemed to worsen, as she was becoming angrier within the passing seconds. Her body shook gently, her hands converted into fists, and her wings slowly started to rise. Her teeth gritted as she seemingly had difficulty maintaining her patience.

“You’re not even going to deny it?!” she yelled with anger.

Given that Twilight broke the silence and was seemingly hostile towards Raúl, he knew that he needed to somehow keep things at peace. Even if it would be only temporary, an angry Alicorn was a dangerous threat. “I am sorry Twilight; from what it sounds like you acting as if I am NOT a Pegasus…”

As expected, Twilight growled for only a second before responding with, “You’re not even a Pony!”

“!...” Raúl’s eyes widened slightly. Luckily for him it was hardly noticeable and did not allow Twilight to confirm her assumption. How could she-?!

Twilight continued to glare at Raúl with such distaste. “Ever since I first met you, I knew that there was something off about you!” Twilight immediately pointed at him. “The way how you avoided speaking about your vague background seemed innocent enough at first. Yet I started hearing some strange rumors around Ponyville.

Twilight lowered her arm and her expression lightened slightly, giving the impression that she was calmer. She closed her eyes for a few moments before looking towards the ground, taking her time with what she wanted to say. “I heard news of Alicorns being spotted in other Pony communities that just happened to be near Ponyville. Right before I learned that another sighting was here in Ponyville as well.”

Listening to her words, Raúl wondered where Adalricus was at this very moment. If she did truly figure out who they were, then Adalricus was in danger. Regardless, Twilight needed to be handled first. “Forgive me for interrupting Twilight, but are you implying that I am an Alicorn like you...?” he asked coolly, pretending as if he was the confused victim.

Twilight was from impressed with what he said. “Don’t take me for a fool Raúl; I know that you and Adalricus are changelings!”

This time, Raúl did not attempt to hide his honest feelings as he shifted his position and looked directly into her eyes. A small sweat rolled down his cheek, as he knew that this was far from well of a situation that he was in. However, that did not prevent him from asking, “Did you just call me a changeling? Are you seriously calling me one?”

“I AM Raúl!” Twilight clarified with a thunderous tone. The roof slightly shook, as the sun was starting to be blocked off from thick grayish clouds that seemingly came out of nowhere. Of course, any pony- or changeling- with a brain knew that Twilight’s great power was causing this. Hell the fact that her horn wasn’t glowing brought a bit of fear into Raúl; there could possibly be no clear indication of whenever she attempted to use magic.

“Well I guess that makes you a crazy princess!!” Raúl yelled, as he tried to protect himself from the ever increasing wind force that rushed him. “Just what are you basing this all on anyway?!” he yelled.

Twilight slowly started to walk up to Raúl as the weather became increasingly hostile. Funny enough, Twilight appeared calmer despite the effects of her magic with their surroundings. As she moved closer, Raúl was seemingly lowering his guard; his expression also lightened and his arms were lowering down. Twilight gave no reaction as she finally stood in front of him, looking upwards due to the obvious height difference between them. The gusts of wind continued to pick up while the clouds continued to darken, making the tension between the two of them increase to a dangerous level.

Without warning, Twilight smacked Raúl as hard as she physically could. The force was so strong that the effects from Twilight’s magic disappeared almost immediately, returning their surroundings back to normal. Surprisingly, Raúl was able to withstand the impact to where he did not bulge at all. However, a red hand imprint remained representing the assault she brought upon him.

“Ow,” said Raúl honestly.

Twilight slowly stood straight again after hearing his response. “You just continue to lie…you continue to play stupid…you continue to pretend that you have no idea what I am talking about…” Twilight may have appeared more relax, but she was far from forgiving. “Tch, you can’t even respect my intelligence; you honestly believe that I don’t know that you and Adalricus are changelings?”

Raúl’s eyes sneered lightly when she asked him that question. “Well you still haven’t answered my question: how did you come to the conclusion that I and my friend are changelings? What do these ‘Alicorns’ sightings have to do with me and Adalricus?” Raúl asked. Damn it I knew that we were careless but I didn’t expect this…why was I so careless?!

Raúl watched as Twilight closed her eyes and turned her body slightly. “I…mentioned your name to Princess Celestia in one of my letters…yours and Adalricus…” This time, she looked at him with a sad expression. “...Queen Chrysalis’ child.”

SHIT-!!! screamed Raúl’s thoughts.

“It wasn’t hard for her to connect the dots…your secretive nature about your background, the rumors surrounding Alicorn sightings, and Scootaloo’s ‘absurd’ claims about the two of you…” Twilight paused for a moment as she wanted him to take it all in. “You didn’t even bother to change your names?” Twilight asked, actually confused with that fact.

“I-”Raúl started but paused as she held a good point. “Oh wow that was stupid,” he then admitted before looking down before scratching his chin. You idiot... this is just like that time in Stalombia where I was recognized. Only there’s no bodies to bury, Raúl thought, as he closed his eyes.

Twilight’s eyes widened when Raúl said that. “So you do admit it-”

“I am afraid that I can’t deny it anymore,” he explained, lifting his chin up and opening his eyes again. “I admit it: we are indeed changelings,” Raúl said, despite not wanting to. Unfortunately, he knew that Twilight becoming unstable emotionally was too much of a risk to take. How egoistic she was overall was uncertain to him and denying it repeatedly was only going to worsen his situation.

While Twilight was pleased with how she managed to get him to admit his horrible lie, it did not make things any simpler for her. Raúl just admitted that both he and Adalricus were changelings, a race that held an extreme hostile history with her kind. What was their plan however, was still unclear to her. “Why did you come to Ponyville Raul? What was the goal that Queen Chrysalis had with the two of you coming to Ponyville to spy on me and my friends? Despite the risk that it would put her own child in?”

Twilight looked at the changeling with disgust, as it was difficult to believe that this could have occurred without her knowledge. “Her own child! How could any mother-”

“I think that you’ve misunderstood the reason for our presence in this community Twilight Sparkle,” Raúl interrupted. He held up a hand before adding, “We’re not here under any orders,” he then explained with a calm expression.

Twilight paused for a few seconds, trying to make sense of what he said. “What do you mean?” she asked, crossing her arms while raising an eye brow.

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“It’s fine really…”

“I hope so; I didn’t mean to offend you…”

“Well luckily for me, I still have quite some time if I ever decide to have children one day.” Celestia insisted.

Adalricus decided to take her word for it before taking another sip of tea. He was already enjoying his second cup whereas Celestia was still on her first. Sighing as he placed his drink down, he asked, “If you don’t mind me asking, how did you learn of my true identity?”

Celestia smiled. “I have my resources young Adalricus, that and your decision not to use an alias despite the desire to hide your identity,” she explained kindly.

Adalricus thought about what she said for a few seconds. “In all honesty, I always assumed that I was unknown to the rest of the world,” said Adalricus.

That response seemed to surprise Princess Celestia. “Have you not traveled outside of your castle before? Prior to your relocation to Ponyville?” she asked.

“I have not,” Adalricus confirmed. “As you could imagine, my mother is very overprotective; I only traveled so far to the territorial land limits of my kingdom. Aside from that, I only met a few guests with very little contact,” he explained. “All I could learn about other cultures was by either reading or hearing about them. And by this point, I am still learning only so much.”

As Celestia continued to watch Adalricus, she slowly converted her smile into a frown. Luna was right: he is extremely culture sensitive to many things… Chrysalis must have pampered him to an extreme degree that he was desperate enough to run away… Celestia straighten herself before uncrossing her legs. …and expose himself to his mother’s enemies, she added. Celestia was honestly surprised pleasantly when Lunas was able to understand his character from his dreams. Only 2 weeks from her resources and she was able to figure out everything about him and Raúl.

“Tell me Adalricus, what do you intend to do?”

Adalricus paused his sipping. “What do you mean?”

“What do you intend to do now?” she clarified.

Without hesitation, he answered, “As I originally intended: tell Fluttershy everything. She deserves that much…” Adalricus looked at his tea, making eye contact with his reflection. “…I do hope that you didn’t tell her already.

Celestia said nothing. “…”

“…” Adalricus looked up and eyed the ruler of this country.

“…” Celestia closed her eyes. “Twilight told her before you left to see her.”

“!” Adalricus expression did not change for a few seconds, as he did well with controlling his feelings. Eventually his eyes widened slightly as he seemed disgusted with what Twilight Sparkle did. “She…she should have heard it from me,” he managed to say.

Princess Celestia simply kept the same expression as he said those words.

“She…” Adalricus tighter his fingers on the cups handle. “…she…” He then shut his eyes. “…she should have heard it from me,” he repeated, opening his eyes and revealing his slit pupils. Celestia was unfazed.

“Does it not seem right that Twilight was only trying to do the right thing?” she calmly asked.

Adalricus however seemed to disagree. “This was a personal matter between the two of us; she should have respected my wishes to have done it myself.” He placed his cup down gently. “Given that it seems that if you knew about my intentions, then she must have known as well!” A hostile glare emerged from Adalricus as if this was Celestia’s fault and he was rightfully blaming her for this. And yet, his hostile feelings disappeared as he looked down and added. “But perhaps she was only caring for Fluttershy; friendship is a powerful thing…correct?” This time, he looked back up where his pupils returned to pony standards and a somewhat sad expression followed.

As expected, Celestia continued to show the same calm expression as if she was unfazed. “Tell me Adalricus: before you came to Ponyville did you have any friends?” Princess Celestia wanted a clear indication if he legitimately understood what friendship was.

Adalricus smirked as he wasn’t afraid of being honest with her. “Only Raúl. Unfortunately he’s an asshole.”

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“You expect me to believe that?”

“It’s the truth Twilight Sparkle. After all, we have nothing to hide by this point.” Raúl explained as he looked out in the distance. “I honestly wanted to leave once I saw how close Adalricus was becoming with Fluttershy. However, I soon grew the same fondness that he had with living here,” he explained.

“Fondness?” Twilight repeated.

Raúl sighed as he scratched his chin. “It’s honestly quite funny Twilight. I have much more experience with ponies than Adalricus ever did, yet he was able to show me just how pleasant you ponies can be.” Raúl confessed honestly. “When beforehand, I held quite a dislike towards them,” he added.

Twilight was not expecting such a confession from Raúl. “And yet your vast experience with ponies tells me that you were ‘forced’ to be around my kind? Were you never given a choice?” she assumed. Twilight honestly thought that Raúl held an interesting personality based on what she knew about him from this point. How Adalricus was able to deal with him after all this time however, was still a mystery to her. He acts no differently than he does before I called him out…is Adalricus the same? He’s so polite while Raúl is…

“Oh no Twilight, I actually volunteered for such missions for my Queen,” Raúl told her. “Purpose being that I relish the idea of seeing other places outside my home. After all, seeing new places is nicer than reading about them.” he then explained with a smirk. “Have you not felt the same whenever you do tasks for your ruler?”

“I-” Twilight started. Raúl did have a good point as she humbly nodded in agreement. “I suppose you’re right. Yet seeing new places wasn’t always on the first thing on my mind as much as carrying out my missions.” Twilight paused as she looked out in the distance. “But that still doesn’t change things.” Twilight turned her head and made a direct stare towards Raul who didn’t flinched.

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“…And yet he still gives you helpful advice? Sounds to me like he’s quite a unique changeling, Prince Adalricus,” Celestia said as she placed her cup down and placed her hands on her lap.

“He is,” Adalricus agreed, as he was almost done with his current tea. The last 15 minutes was quite nice for Adalricus, but he didn’t forget one thing: it would be a lot nicer if Fluttershy was here instead of Celestia. “…” He kept his eyes on Celestia, waiting for her to get down to the main topic at hand. “Celestia?”

Showing a smile, she responded with, “Yes?”

“Could you perhaps explain to me why you’re here in Ponyville?”

Silence returned to Fluttershy’s Cottage after Adalricus asked his question aloud. Neither of them changed their expressions, giving the impression that time had frozen entirely. Celestia eventually lighten her smile as Adalricus was keen towards receiving a response from her. However the most important question was if this conversation was going to end peacefully or not.

Celestia showed no other change in her expression as he seemingly seemed patient enough to give her time to think of a proper way to respond. Luckily for either of them, she didn’t need long. “I am here because of your presence in Ponyville.”

Adalricus wasn’t surprised that this encounter was not pure coincidence. “I figured as much,” he said calmly. “So what can I do for you…Princess Celestia?”

While his tone was not disrespectful in anyway as well as sounding innocent enough, Celestia knew better on how he was feeling. And while she was not one to be so straight forward to one such as him, enough pleasantness ha occur already between them. “To be 100% honest, I want you and Raúl to leave Ponyville and never return in such matters again,” she said in the same tone.

“Do you now?” he asked, uncharacteristically leaning against the couch as he placed his tea down. He also crossed his arms as if he were amused by her words despite his expression being the opposite.

“I do,” Celestia confirmed. “With your presence inside my kingdom, you pose a security risk to my subjects who live within Ponyville. Regardless if you’re one who intended to assassinate my student or simply live a quiet innocent life, it could cause chaos and disorder. Your mother could assume that we kidnapped you as an act of war. Or word of your presence here could attract other enemies of your people, causing issues that I cannot fully control should third-party conflict occur. Regardless if you were able to live peacefully without attracting any sort of attention…” This time, she leaned forward but only slightly. “…I cannot afford to take that risk.”

Adalricus and Celestia looked eye to eye as she finished her explanation. As expected, nothing changed between their body languages. Neither seemed to be bothered by the words that were spoken only a few seconds ago. Safe to say that both guests could control their emotions as Princess Celestia then asked, “Do you understand…Adalricus?”

Adalricus simply kept the same stare as he answered, “I don’t see how that’s relevant.”

“Excuse me?”

“I don’t see how me ‘understanding’ would make a difference; as long as a ‘right’ answer is said, correct?”

Princess Celestia’s expression softened only slightly, taking his remarks as the answer that was acceptable to her. “I am glad to hear that you’re going to make through correct decision Adalricus,” the Alicorn said before she finally finished her tea with a gentle sigh. She was quite relieved to be perfectly honest.

“I couldn’t agree more Princess Celestia,” he remarked in return, as he then adjusted his position and reached for his tea to finish it as well.

Nodding in approval, Celestia was pleased that Adalricus would respect her authority and understand how important this was. She deeply desired this option, as she did not favor the idea of taking hostile actions towards one who had done nothing wrong aside from being born the way fate decided. And as if it wasn’t obvious enough, she had grown to admire Adalricus based on their interaction and his reputation. He was clearly a sign that there was indeed hope for a better relationship between their species. Perhaps one day, this would no longer become an issue for his presence to be in her lands and he could return as a guest.

“I am thankful for your decision Adalricus; I can only imagine just how difficult this can be for you-”

“And why would it?” Adalricus interrupted.

Both guests blinked in confusion, clearly misunderstanding what the other was thinking.

“Because of how much you’ve bonded with my subjects young one. Especially with Fluttershy who I know you would miss dearly-”

Adalricus actually started to laugh when she said that before understanding the issue at hand. Obviously Princess Celestia was far from amused as his laughter was in bad taste by her point of view.

“You find what I just said humorous? About the bond you supposedly had with my subjects?” she asked sternly.

Adalricus shook his head as he released his tea cup for a moment. “What I find funny is that you thought that I was going to actually leave Ponyville,” he explained with a smile. “I am NOT going to leave unless it’s on my own terms. And I would never leave just like that without settling my affairs in this community. I rather stay because of how happy I’ve become spending time with your subjects.”

Princess Celestia was beyond dumbfounded by what she just heard from the Changeling in front of her. “Did you just…disobey me?” she asked in surprise.

“With all due respect, I am not one of your subjects,” Adalricus reminded her coolly. “I am sorry Celestia, but Fluttershy means too much to me. And it’s not just her as I truly admire the other residents of Ponyville. I’ve become quite fond of them because of the type of ponies that they are.” This time, he chuckled happily before finishing with, “I couldn’t ask for a kinder set of wonderful beings…”

Celestia took note of how much happiness Adalricus showed when he said those words. She watched as he looked into his tea smiling, as if he were looking into the faces of those who treated him kindly as if one of their own. “…” She then showed a disappointed expression before answering, “I am sorry Adalricus, but things cannot be the way that we both wish it to be.”

Adalricus looked at her with a neutral expression. “And why is that?”

“Because not all of our respective species is ready for this…yet. I do truly believe that peace can exist between our two species but only under proper conditions. This…isn’t the way,” Princess Celestia explained as she did not give the slightest of hostility against him. “Your mother would be worried about you as well, and me sending you back home safety could bring a better relationship between us. Your status as prince of your people only carries so much weight in the way that both of us desire. Could you guarantee that your mother wouldn’t take aggressive actions should she learned of your presence in my kingdom? Even if she or any of her enemies never learned of your location, imagine if the residents learned about you.”

While Adalricus wanted to interrupted, he held more manners than what most ponies would give him credit for. After she was finally done, he answered, “I imagine that it would work out in the end.”

That did not please Princess Celestia at all as she said, “How so? Most ponies do find your kind intimidating and unfortunately, ‘disgusting’…”

“Funny, I could say the same for prejudice and discrimination,” Adalricus pointed out. His thoughts did go back to the reaction on Mrs. Cake’s face when he asked her a certain question.

Princess Celestia showcased a sadden expression. She could tell that Adalricus learned about the opinions of some ponies during his stay. “I do agree with you Adalricus…but that is the way how things are. If they weren’t, it would things so much easier. I am very sorry but you must leave my country. Will you open your eyes and understand that my way is how things must be done? Will you yield and obey the desire of one who rules this land before things become extremely troublesome?”

Adalricus looked at Princess Celestia with the same expression, giving her the idea that he needed time to take in everything she just said. After an appropriate amount of time had passed, he gave one meaningful answer. “I understand your concern for the well-being of those who serve under you. You seem like a reasonable honest individual who truly holds kindness that every leader in this world should be. However…”

Adalricus held his team cup close to his lips as if he was going to take a sip out of his drink. “…I should apologize for not making things clearer for you to understand: whether you think I am using this logic as ‘unreasonable diplomatic immunity’ or ‘status intimidation’, it matters little.” Adalricus leaned forward slightly before lowering his team cup.

Wanting more clarification on his supposed “logic”, Princess Celestia asked, “And what logic is that…Prince Adalricus?”

Adalricus closed his eyes as he pulled the cup closer to his lips once again. “I am the 23rd heir to the throne of the Changeling Kingdom itself. My land rivals the kingdom of many such as yours…I’ve studied things that many would kill to learn. Many fear my name despite the kindness that I’ve shown them because I am my mother’s offspring as I've come to understand. I am one who is destined for great things. And just so things are 100% perfectly clear…” Adalricus then opened his eyes and drank the last of his tea without giving so much as a sigh. “…I bow to NO Pony.” Placing the tea cup down, his pupils converted into the familiar slit that his kind held in trait. The same trait that many ponies feared in their nightmares.

Princess Celestia wished that she did not hear those words from him. Neither seemed to budge at even the slightest of moments. A few moments later, her eyes turned into a bright light where all hell broke loose. Fluttershy’s cottage was filled with thick white smoke after the sound of an explosion occurred. The windows shattered and Fluttershy’s door broke into pieces before Adalricus flew through it and flew straight above her home.

The Changeling Prince kept himself afloat from a respectable distance, as the green flames disappeared from his left arm. He gave little attention to the fact that a trail of blood originated from a wound on his brow. Luckily for him the blood was trailing towards the corner of his eye, and not preventing him from keeping his attention on Fluttershy’s home. After a few moments, he seemed satisfied enough to raise his altitude before spinning around and launching himself towards Ponyville.

Fluttershy…

Eventually Princess Celestia cleared the smoke that filled her surroundings with little effort. The impact of both their spells caused only a small force of air pressure which caused Fluttershy’s tea set to shatter. The smoke seemed to be a side effect from Adalricus’ counter spell thus granting him the opportunity to escape. Princess Celestia looked forward in displeasure as she took him lightly, assuming that a simple restriction spell would have worked.

“…”

Author's Notes:

That could have gone better but oh well.

Also, I am trying a different style of not 'tabing' since I want to see which is easier for my readers.

Enjoy~