I slowly wake up as the sun shines down on my eyes. I ended up falling asleep on the couch, stiffening my neck. I go to get up, but slip on the tray of food and fall to the ground. I let out a little groan as I hear padded feet run to me and start to eat the food around me. I look down to see Lupus and the other wolf eating the scraps from all around me.

"I swear if you were fucking in my bed again I'm kicking your fluffy butt." I say to Lupus, getting him and the other wolf to lick my face as I sit up. I pet Lupus a bit before I get up and head to the restroom. After dealing with that I head out for Rarity's. I'm tired of walking around bare foot. Lupus and the other wolf follow me to the edge of town where they take a seat and wait for me to return. I think I should name that other wolf.... nah, I'll let Luna name this one. I make it to Carousel Boutique and walk through the door...

THWACK

I duck as a pair of scissors bury themselves into the wall before me, nearly stabbing me in the face.

"For the last time NO! I will not marry you! I will not be your special somepony! I don't ever want to see you in my shop again you putrid, stuck up, prissy...."

"Miss Rarity! Please reconsider!" Blueblood begs as he presents a ring to Rarity... again. "I must have you! You are the only thing in my life that I want, I beg you to at least..."

"Hey!" I say as I walk up to him. "She said no, get the fuck out."

"You again, look here simpleton, I will not tolerate such an atrocity defiling such a beautiful gem. Leave now or suffer the consequences." He says as he squares off before me. We stare each other down as Rarity glances between the two of us, scarred of what might happen.

"Blueblood, just leave me be. This isn't worth-OW!" Rarity starts to say, only to be pushed down by Blueblood. OH NO YOU FUCKING DIDN'T! Before he could react I ran up to him and punched him across the jaw, making his head twist to the side.

"You will pay for that..." He growls as he faces me.

"Shut the fuck up and get..."

"I challenge you to a duel." He says as he straightens out. "The victor shall claim lady Rarity's hoof in marriage, what say you?"

I take a deep breath before I answer him. "By honor of the Spartan regiment I must except...."

"Miles..." Rarity says softly as she stands back up.

"Until death do I defend the title of Captain. Name your terms."

"Stallion to stallion. Physical abilities only."

"Very well, where?"

"Our front, now." He growls as he walks out of the boutique. I turn to follow him out, only to get stopped by Rarity's magic.

"Miles darling, you don't have to do this. I can deal with him just fine, don't risk your life for me."

"I'm sorry Rarity, but this isn't about you. He challenged me. Spartan law says that if anyone challenges the Captain, the Captain must accept, no matter what. If I back down, he becomes Captain... and I won't let that happen."

"Just... please be careful... and don't kill him! He is a member of the royal family. Don't make things for you and Luna any harder then they already are." I nod to her and walk out front where two royal day guards drop from above and frisk me for weapons. I open my arms and stare Blueblood down as they pat me down. After a thorough search, they walk beside the building and guard the entrance to the building.

"Till death or submission?" I ask as I remove my shirt and do a few stretches.

"Hmph, you could only dream to defeat me. Either way is fitting though, so we shall go until a winner is named." He says as he begins to circle around me. I raise my fist and wait for him to make his move.

He starts by trying to hold me down with his magic as he tries to charge at me. I try to budge to reach for something, but his magic locks me in place. He slams into my side, letting go of the magic to let me fall to the ground. I roll over to avoid him slamming his hooves onto to me and grapple myself around his chest. I lift up and fall back, sending him crashing onto the ground with a loud thud. I spin around and try to get up, only to get a blast of magic into my chest. I fly back a bit and fall flat on my back.

"He can't use magic! That's cheating!" Rarity yells from the side lines as a crowd of ponies begin to form around us.

"He can. The rules said only physical abilities. Unicorn magic is a physical ability." Explains a guard as I get up and square off with blueblood.

"Then Miles should be allowed to use magic!" Rarity complains.

"I can't. My magic isn't physical." I say before I charge at Blueblood. I slide to my knees as I close the distance between us to dodge a shot of magical energy. When I come to a stop I'm directly next to him, so I start to jab away at him. Slamming my fist into his chest, neck, and face as i push myself back up. He rears up and raises his legs to block my punches, so I move to kicks. With a pivot I slam my leg into his side, sending him to the ground. I jump on top of him and begin delivering powerful blows to his face. With my left hand I hold his head up by his hair as I continue to pound away at his face. I begin busting lips, blackening eyes, and making large bumps appear all over his face as I teach him the folly of challenging a Spartan.

"Miles!" Rarity yells from the side, but I ignore her and continue to punch away. "Miles! You won, you can stop." I don't. I begin pulling out hair as I begin to put more power behind my hits. "MILES!" Rarity yells as she pulls me off of him with her magic. I look over to her and see the scared look on her face. I look down at my hands to see them covered in red blood.

"Prince Blueblood!" Yells one of the guards as they run over to him and check up on him. He's gurgling up blood as he wheezes through his nostrils. I walk over to him and push the guards aside. I flare my hands and start to pump my healing magic into his body, closing the wounds on his face almost immediately. After I finish healing him I drop my magic and twist his ear, making him twist and yell from the pain.

"Good, remember this pain." I say as I twist a little harder, making him jerk around some more. "The next time you think about bothering Rarity, think about this pain. Becuase if I see you here again, the beating won't stop. The pain won't stop. you will hope for death, but it won't come. The only thing you will have is an enduring life of pain and misery. Do you understand me?" He looks up to me with a look of pure fear as he quickly nods his head. "Good. We're done here. Accipre tuus pudor et relinquere." I say as I stand up and take a few steps away from him. He staggers up, pushing away any help, and glares at me.

"This isn't over."

"Do you submit?"

"For now. Guards! Take me home." He says as he walks through the crowd of ponies watching. The crowd stays silent until he flashes away. I stand there as the sounds of murmuring people fills the area as everyone stares at me.

"Miles, lets go inside." Rarity says as she ushers me to her place, the entire time I just glare back at the countless eyes. She quickly pushes me into the building and quickly shuts the door and closes the blinds. "Well.... that could have gone better."

"Sorry, but I had to do it." I say as I walk towards her restroom. I go inside and rinse my hands clean of his blood. "Are you alright?" I call out to her.

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you again for defending me against that creep Miles. I'm in your debt."

"Well I know a way you could repay me." I say as I dry my hands off and walk to her back room, finding her working on various clothes. "I need shoes and socks, think you could help?" The socks makes he ears perk up a bit but doesn't stop her from working on whatever she's working on.

"O-of course Miles, its the least I could do..."

"No, the least you could do is let me pay this time."

"That's not happening. After today I..."

"After today, I probably scared away a good number of your....

RING RING RING

"Comiiing!" Rarity chimes as she trots to the front room. "How can I help.... all of you?" I look down the hall to see a crowd of ponies in her front room, asking about various dresses, suits, and other clothes that I could hear through the murmurs of he mass. Rarity glanced back to me for a second so I motioned that I'll take my leave. Heading out the back door, I decided to head over to Twilight's to have a word with Storm. After navigating through town I finally begin approaching the library, where I find Storm and Spike out front. It looks like Storm is teaching him some basic fighting skills... well, trying at least. Spike would do a one two combo into hi hooves, then Storm would swat his hoof at him and ruffle his head a bit.

"Do I see a future Spartan?" I say as I approach the two of them.

"Hey Miles! Storms teaching me how to defend myself!" Spike says as he winds his fist and punches Storm's hoof.

"Yeah... well, we were with Twilight, getting things ready for the wedding, but we kept messing around. So she sent us home to finish most of it on her own." Storm says with a slight grin. "Actually, we had a plan for you and Luna for afterwards."

"Really? And what would that be?"

"Well, the main problem is that there are no witnesses to your wedding, and pirates don't count. So why don't you two renew your vows afterwards? She'll be there, you'll be there, plus we'll have plenty of ponies around to witness it."

"That sounds good, except that if she's there, Celestia would be there as well. Luna still wants to keep this a secret for awhile."

"Why?" Spike asks as he looks up to me innocently.

"Well... Celestia and I... don't always see eye to eye. We want to break it gently to her that we're together."

"Why?" He asks again.

"So she doesn't have me executed for being with her sister."

"Oh."

"Anyways..." Storm says as he walk over to the door and ushers us all in. "We can get around that easily. We would just have to...."

CRASH

"MILES YOU BUCKING IDIOT!" We all jump as Twilight comes crashing into the room and charges straight at me, pinning me against the wall with her magic. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!"

"What are you talking..."

"I just swung by Rarity's Miles. I saw what you did to Blueblood. I would talked to you sooner but I couldn't get through that crowd."

"Oh..."

"You realize that he's probably on his way to Celestia right now to rat you out, don't you?"

"He would have to reveal that he has been coming here for months proposing to Rarity and..."

"Wait what?" Spike asks. Aw shit.... just my fucking luck.

"Sorry Spike. Rarity told me to keep it a secret." I say as Twilight lets go of me. Spike looks at everyone in the room before he runs out of the room. Storm and Twilight look to each other before Storm flies after him. I take a deep sigh before I go to the kitchen and take a seat at the table.

"Well, that could of gone better." Twilight says as she takes a seat next to me.

"Yeah. Look, don't worry about Blueblood. He's too proud to go to Celestia. If and when he comes back, I'll deal with him in a better manner."

"Oh, I not worrying about it. I told your wife about it. She says to expect her later tonight." ....... fuck. "Speaking of wives, did Storm tell you about our plans?"

"Yeah, and as long as Luna's on board, I'm alright with it."

"Really? Alright. Storms party is tomorrow at eight. Luna said she'll have hers with Regina at the same time as you take yours, so when do you want yours?"

"Party? Mine? What are you talking about?" I ask as I feel my heart start to race a bit.

"The bachelor and bachelorette parties. Storm says you didn't really get one, so we're throwing you a post-marriage one. Storm and I are having ours tomorrow, nothing big. He says he wants to save all of our energy for the honeymoon. So..."

"Of fucking course its the bachelor party." I say as I bury my face in my arms on the table. "*sigh* I'll be there."

"REALLY!" She says in astonishment. "No fighting? No drunken tirades? Total cooperation?"

"I've fought to avoid these kind of parties... I always lose." I mumble from my arms. "But everything will have to wait until after we go back to Topaz Falls. There are some things we need to get." I say as I sit back up.

"Wait, we? You want us to go with you?"

"No. But I want to go. And you guys are good friends and won't let me go alone. So I have to accept that you are coming along." She puts on a large smile as she pulls out a quill and scroll and begins writing down stuff. "What are you writing?"

"A list of things we'll need for this adventure, but lets start with the check list of the things you wish to accomplish in Topaz."

"Alright.... well... step one should be shutting down the executive relay. That way the bots will stop hunting us down."

"Shutting down the ex-ecu-tive relay. Got it, whats next?"

"After that, we head to my old room so I can get the coordinates to Quartz Crest."

"Gather Coordinates to Quartz Crest, anything else?"

"Hmm... well, if we could find the armory and the clothing distribution center, Storm and I can get some official Spartan uniforms for the wedding. Though someone will have to tailor them for Storm and Big Mac.... I wonder who."

"I think Rarity will like this one. Is that the last of it?"

"Basically." I say as I stand back up and look at the time. "Well, I should head over to Sweet Apple Acres to get to work."

"Alright Miles. Be sure to meet up here at eight in the afternoon tomorrow. And thank you for not fighting this." She says as she ushers me to the door. I say my goodbyes and begin walking towards the farm. Another bachelor party... hopefully this will be as fun as Dolum's party was. Heh, wonder if I can give as good a speech as Eximius did... or get as drunk as Inficiunt did. After awhile of reminiscing about the past I blink back to reality and look around. I'm walking through one of the parks, with a cool breeze blowing from behind. I'm not sure how I missed it, but all of the leaves are changing colors. Beautiful reds, yellows and oranges fill the trees as many of the leaves begin to drop off. I make it to Sweet Apple Acres where I find Big Mac and Applejack walking towards their home.

"Hey! sorry I couldn't get here sooner, but I'm here for work." I say as I approach the two of them.

"Eenope." Big Mac says as they turn and face me, making my heart race a bit, are they firing me. "Seasons over. Sorry, but there's no work ta do till next season."

"Oh.... alright. Well, then I'll be here next season then."

"Are ya going ta be alright Miles?" Applejack asks.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. There has to be work somewhere, right? Thanks for hiring me though. Really appreciate it." I say my goodbyes and turn back towards Ponyville. I'm going to need to find some kind of work... easy enough.... right?

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