The Tale of Silent Charge
Chapter 3: Scandal part 1
Previous Chapter Next ChapterOk so this is the first chapter that isn’t released at like 1 in the morning, hopefully we will have a bit more luck with it this time around….
Silent was so excited he was about to burst. He hadn’t seen Luna in nearly a year!
Ever since the war had started neither Silent nor Luna were allowed to leave their homes much, after all these were dangerous times for any pony. But being either the son of one of the most decorated heros/generals in all of equestrian history or one of the possible heirs to the throne meant that you had to be especially careful.
It used to be so easy to see one and other, even though magic school took precedence for an Alicorn she did still have to go
to flight school, and when she did they got to sit next to each other in class!
He wondered how she was handling all of the stress from the war, in the past, the king would always be at the front lines, and the power of an Alicorn was unstoppable in battle. Silent sometimes wondered if even his own father could have stood up to a power akin to that of the Alicorn kings of old.
“But surely Loony would not be put on the front lines, she is so gentle and nice.” Thought Silent
“Oh no, Silent you don’t have to worry about your girlfriend being sent off to battle.” Teased Darkened
“DAAAAD, I thought I told you to stop reading my mind, I don’t care if “it’s the pride and power of the Leather wing tribe” it still
creeps me out… and she is not my girlfriend!!!” yelled Silent.
Darkened then proceeded to fly backwards and upside down in front of Silent singing mockingly “Silent and Luna siting in in a tree K-I-S”—
*WHAM*
Silent burst forward and tackled his dad through a set of iron bound doors, the father and son then wrestled together to and fro, down the hall, across the room, and into a much larger room.
“Ha, you’ve got a long time coming until you will ever beat your old man!” said Darkened triumphantly as he finally managed to pin his son to the floor.
“Ehem..” said a voice that sounded as though it was trying to keep a straight face.
“Yeeesss….” said Darkened nonchalantly without fully realizing where he was.
Which was the royal throne room, in Canterlot, in the company of the Queen and both of the princesses, well that was awkward.
Darkened immediately stood at attention while Silent bowed as low as his stature would allow without falling over and looking like a fool.
“At ease Darkened, and you too may rise young Silen”— Queen Faust was cut off by a very high pitched almost fan-girl-ish yell coming from her left side.
“Chaaaaaaaaaarger!! *wham*” Luna tried to glomp Silent as her usual greeting but was met with a much bigger pony than she was used to.
“Oh Loony, sometimes you can be so… well loony!” Silent laughed as the dazed princess tried to right herself after hitting what felt like a talking brick wall.
Then for the first time in a while, Silent got a good look at her. She was… a totally different pony than she was the last time he had seen her. Sure, Silent had known that she was going to change a bit over the time that they hadn’t seen each other, after all he himself had gotten nearly a foot taller and gained about sixty pounds of muscle, but he wasn’t ready for this kind of change.
She was beautiful; her coat was a darker, deeper shade of blue. She had also grown, though not as much as Silent had, but she was certainly looking a lot more dignified than the silly little pony that Silent was used to. This was probably to be expected though, after all she was an Alicorn
“Chaaaaarge, you know how much it annoys me when you call me that.” Said Luna who was still a little bit unsteady
“I know, but you can be a bit crazy sometimes.” Said Silent with a grin
“oh shut u—… whoa…Charger” gasped Luna moving back a few steps.
“What happened, are you ok?” Silent asked, a little concerned by the shocked look on her face.
“Charge… you got so BIG.” Said Luna as her shocked expression turned into a sly grin
Silent knew that grin, he didn’t like that grin, bad things always happened to him because of that grin. That was the grin that had gotten him injured or in trouble more than any other thing he had ever encountered. That grin was Luna’s “idea” face.
Suddenly without any warning Luna had jumped on his back with an audible *thump* and pretended to ride him, just as she had ridden him in their first encounter. This caused Silent to Turn a shade of scarlet that he couldn’t ever remember being.
“Onward, To the Clubhouse!” yelled Luna laughing
Before Silent took off with Luna on his back, he could just barely see his father wink at him out of the corner of his eye.
“Shut the BUCK UP Dad” Thought Silent perfectly aware that both his Dad and the Queen were reading his mind.
Back in the throne room…
“Aren’t they just adorable with each other?” said Queen Faust.
“Yes, they sure are,” replied Darkened “but don’t let Silent hear you say that, he is still in that awkward phase where he gets embarrassed about likening fillies.”
“Luna, I think, was also in doubt about her feelings towards colts, but I think after seeing Silent today, she won’t be for too much longer.”
“So I take it Watchful Skies safely delivered the report about the watchtower?” asked Darkened.
“Yes, he did, it is a sorrowful loss to Equestria, and I am sorry about the letters you will have to send to the families that lost loved ones, I know that it is hard for you.” Replied Queen Faust
“Yes, it is a sad day in Equestria when the number of casualties no longer allows you to visit the families personally.” Said Darkened with a look of sorrow.
*Ehem* said a voice coming from behind the two of them.
“When you two are done chatting, are we going to get moving on the real reason you came here Mr. Darkened?”
They both turned around to see Celestia standing behind them with a pile of night vision goggles, voice amplifiers, zip lines, and all other kinds of assorted spy equipment levitating behind her.
“Well…are we going to see what those two are up to or what?” said the princess with a wicked smile on her face.
“Indeed” Said Queen Faust
“AWWWWWWWW YEAAAAA” yelled Darkened.
“All ashore who’s going ashore,” said Silent as he touched down next to their club house in the clouds.
It was so strange to Silent to come back here after so long, everything seemed a lot, smaller. Of course that wasn’t the case,
Silent had simply grown a lot since the last time he had been here but still…
“Awwwww, do I have to, I was just getting comfortable,” whined Luna as she laid down between Silent’s wings, resting her head on top of his.
“YUP!” said a nervous Silent.
He meant to slowly push her off of his back but when he felt her lay down on him, his wings kind of spread out on their own.
The end result of this being Luna flying headfirst into a nearby wall. Luckily because the clubhouse was made out of clouds Luna wasn’t hurt, but she was sufficiently embarrassed with having her flank sticking out of the wall.
“You didn’t have to throw me Charge… what are you doing?” Luna asked as she came into the room only to see Silent lying on his back staring at The doorway.
“Nothing… just lying on my back.” Said Silent who was desperately trying to keep his wings under control. When they finally settled down, He stood up looking red in the face trying to conceal what had just happened.
“Well… that was odd” said Luna with a confused and slightly bemused look on her face.
“Look who’s talking, LOONY.” Taunted Silent, knowing full and well how much his nickname for her ticked her off.
Once things settled down, the two friends began to catch up a little bit, they talked for hours even though it passed like minuets, they caught up on how things were at home and at the castle. Luna talked about Celestia’s new found love of pranks that occasionally caused a bit of craziness in the castle, but Luna was sure it was just a phase that would subside soon enough. Silent talked about how his parents were constantly making him go to the library even though he wanted to go out an fight with his father and be a part of the stories for once, and not just hear them from his dad whenever he came home after a battle.
But after a while, it seemed there was nothing more to talk about.
“So, what do you want to do now?” asked Silent, who was personally hoping he could finally beat her in “weather pony wars” [the battleship style game from the Daring Doo episode].
“Oh!,” yelled Luna jumping into the air, “I almost forgot, I have something for you!”
‘oh crap, I didn’t even think of getting Luna a present’ thought a distraught Silent, “Oh you really shouldn’t have Luna.” He replied
“I know I didn’t have to but I wanted to, and hey I’m a princess, I do what I want” Chimed Luna.
“Now close your eyes”
“Really, this whole thing”
“Yes, this , now shut them, and no peaking” yelled Luna as Silent could hear her rummaging about in a chest for whatever it was he was going to receive.
“Ugh, fiiiine,” Silent moaned.
Now he knew what was going on. Luna always used to do this, she would say she got him something, he would feel guilty, she would tell him to close his eyes, she would look for something heavy in that seemingly bottomless chest oh hers, and then he would get hit in the face with whatever that thing was. He had been struck by all sorts of things in the past, a statue, a fish, the chest itself, and Lunas personal favorite, a giant and somehow evil looking book. [epic foreshadowing]
Silent was ready to be hit by something hard, heavy, and most likely outlandishly big, he braced himself.
What he was not ready for was something, warm, soft and… wet?
Silent’s eyes shot open allowing him to see that the princess, his oldest childhood friend was, KISSING HIM.
Up in the rafters hidden from view…
‘SCORE, attaboy son’ thought Darkened, pumping his hoof into the air in triumph.
He then looked at the Queen and Celestian and thought ‘well, hand it over, I told you that she would be the first one to make a move.’
‘ugh… fine’ thought both Queen Faust and Princess Celestia and they handed Darkened a hundred bits, each.
‘Oh yea… it’s good to be me right now’ though Darkened and he graciously accepted his winnings.
Back down in the club house…
“L-Lunaaa” said Silent as he was finally released from the princesses… grasp.
“What, I know you liked it.” Replied Luna motioning towards his now outstretched wings.
“What are you talking abo— ooh… woops,” Said Silent, “well I guess since the cats out of the bag…” Silent then grabbed
Luna pulling her in for another round when…
*Bang* *Bang**Bang* Three loud knocks came from the door.
“I’m coming in you two…” Said the last voice in the world Silent wanted to hear right now. His Moms.
Annnnnnnnd cliff hanger, I should be able to finish this part later today but for now I leave you with that little story to wrap your head around.
See Ya.