Chapter 13

I awoke once again, with the feeling of somepony’s hooves on me, as well as their lips on me. I opened my eyes and saw Luna still asleep, her lips softly pressed against mine as she slept. I slowly removed my lips from hers and went to check the time. Thankfully, they did have some sort of working clocks, and the time was pretty accurate (Though I had no idea how they kept time if they could just make it night and day whenever they felt like it). The clock itself said it was five in the morning. I groaned silently, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to get anymore sleep. Unfortunately, this woke Luna from her slumber, and groaning herself, she got up and saw me looking up at the ceiling with a look of nervousness.

“Drakalian, what’s wrong?” She asked. I looked at her and gave a small smile, stroking her mane a little.

“Nothing’s wrong, Luna, I’m just a bit stressed out. Also, well, you remember when I said that I have a hard time falling asleep?” She nodded. “Well, I don’t think I will be getting anymore sleep tonight.” Luna was silent for a few seconds, before she asked me, “So, would you like to do something while we wait?”

I thought about her question for a while, before I shook my head, saying, “I don’t have any ideas on what to do right now, do you?” Luna was quiet for a while, before she got a sly smile.

“Well, we could just have some ‘fun’ if you know what I mean.” She said seductively, leaning in slightly. I raised an eyebrow, liking were this was going, and began to lean in to join our lips together. When I looked into her eyes, however, I noticed that there was nervousness in them, a lot of nervousness. I quickly held her at arms length, and raised an eyebrow in suspicion. Luna looked at me with a worried glance, saying “D-did I do something wrong?”

I shook my head, smiling, and said, “No, I was just wondering, well, why do you want to do this all of a sudden?” Her eyes widened in surprise.

“W-w-well, I just wanted to…you know…make our love official.” She said, but I could still see some nervousness in her. Suddenly, I was struck with a thought of what it might be.

“Luna, are you a virgin?” I asked her. She was silent for a while, before slowly, almost hesitantly, nodding.

“P-please don’t hate me. I was hoping that you would like it if you thought I wasn’t a virgin. I just thought that you would think that I was weird, an over thousand year old goddess, still a virgin. It shames me to no-” I didn’t even let her finish, for once again, I brought my lips to hers. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she slowly closed them, enjoying the kiss as well. After a few seconds of kissing, I broke us apart, and said, “I don’t hate you. I can almost never hate somepony unless given a valid reason, and so far, I have none for anypony.”

She giggled at that, saying, “Well, you have yet to met Prince Blueblood. He’s our nephew, but he treats all of the ladies like dirt, even Rarity when he brought her to the Grand Galloping Gala.” I raised an eyebrow, not quiet believing that there was possible a pony that could be that much of a douche, then I remembered the bully that teased Ditzy, and decided to judge him as I see fit when I do see him.

“In any case, I still don’t hate you, even if you are a virgin. That just means you haven’t found the right pony yet.” I said, trying to get us back on track.

“W-well, I think that I have now, I’m just a little…nervous is all.” She said, blushing slightly. I smiled at her and gave her a quick kiss on her nose, saying, “Well, we don’t have to do it right away. I’m perfectly ok to wait for you to be ready. Is that ok with you?” She thought about it for a second, and then she slowly nodded. Suddenly, an idea for a way to pass the time popped into my head. “I got an idea. If you want me to, I could give you a massage before we go downstairs for breakfast.”

“Oh, I would love that!” Said Luna in an ecstatic voice. She quickly laid herself onto her bed on her stomach, saying, “Just start wherever you think you should.”

I smiled at this and immediately straddled her at the hips with my legs, saying, “Ok, just tell me if I’m doing alright, and if I accidently hurt you.”

“I have complete faith in you, Drak.” Said Luna, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek. I smiled, and proceeded to begin her massage.

(Celestia’s POV)

I awoke to the light of the moon, yawning as I got out of my bed. I looked over at the clock and noticed that it would soon be time for Luna and I to raise and lower our celestial subjects. As I got out of my bed and onto the balcony, I looked over to where my sister would be and noticed that she wasn’t at her own balcony yet. I was about to give her a few minutes when suddenly I heard moaning coming from her room. Curious, I took the quick flight from my balcony to hers to see what was going on, and as I got closer, I noticed that her curtains were drawn, and that I could hear voices coming from inside.

“Oh, Drak! That feels…so good!”

“How about if I do this?”

“Oh, yes! Please…don’t stop!”

“You feel so tense Luna. You really need to relax more.”

“As long as…we can…do…more of…this…oh yes…then…I think…I will…”

The more I listened, the more I began to blush. Then, realizing that it was my younger sister in there, I gained a slightly annoyed expression. What was that human thinking! I knew that she loved him, but to take advantage of Luna, my own younger sister. I decided to interrupt their ‘fun’ and give the human a piece of my mind. I walked in, moving the curtains aside, and said, “And just what do you think you’re doing, human! Taking advantage of my-”
I paused as I finally saw what was going on in Luna’s room. They were both on the bed, the human was in some sort of undergarments, and he was straddling her. However, he was facing away from her, one of her rear hooves in his hands, and he appeared to be…massaging it?

They both looked at me, stunned expressions on their faces. Finally, Luna got up suddenly, sending the human flying off of her back and onto the bed. She stared daggers at me for interrupting her and Drakalian.
“TIA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN MY ROOM!?” She yelled in the Royal Canterlot Voice, the vibration of her voice sending me sliding a few inches back. Once she was done yelling, I put on my stern face and said, “I was making sure that the human wasn’t forcing you to sleep with him.”

At this, the human, who had gotten up from the bed, and Luna, both…blushed? After a few moments of silence the human known as Drakalian decided to speak up.

“If it helps, Your Highness-” he began to say, but I stopped him with a wave of my hoof, saying, “I already told you, call me Celestia, even in these situations.”

Drakalian paused for a second before continuing. “Fine. Celestia, we were doing no such things. Also, the very idea of taking advantage of somepony like that is just…just…not even worth thinking about, for I would never even consider doing such a thing, especially to those that are the closest to me.” I thought about what he said for a few moments, both of them quiet with anticipation.

Finally, I nodded, saying, “Very well. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. Now, Lulu, we need to raise the sun, so if you may please come with me.”

I began to head back to Luna’s balcony, with Luna following close behind. Behind me, I heard Drak say, “Well, I’ll just go and wash up for breakfast then. Oh, and don’t forget to tell her Luna.” I looked back and saw Luna blushing at the last comment. I decided to ask her what that was about once our job was done.

As we got on the balcony, Luna’s horn and eyes began to glow. I waited for her to bring down her moon and the stars before my own horn and eyes glowed as I raised my sun into the sky. Once that was done, I looked at Luna with a questioning look, and she looked at me and said, “What?”

I just kept looking at her and said, “Well, what is it that Drakalian wants you to tell me?” Luna began to blush and she looked at her hooves, kicking some imaginary dirt. She was quiet for a moment before she mumbled something. I leaned in closer, saying, “Can you repeat that?”

“I-I’m in D-Drakalian’s herd now.” She said quietly, but in a hearable tone. My eyes widened in surprise. She was already in his herd, after just meeting him for one night! That was impossible, unless…

“Luna, did you and Drakalian do…‘it’…last night?” I asked her. She began to blush even more at that comment.

“No! Although…we…we did want to do ‘it’ with thy new herd mate.” She said, slipping into her old accent again. I was silent for a little longer before I asked, “Well, why didn’t you then?”

My sister was quiet, apparently still hesitant to talk about this, even with her older sister. Finally, she spoke, saying, “W-when we asked thou to take us in thy movements of love, he was about to, but he stopped us.” I looked at her with a quizzical look; however, I let her finish her short story before I asked her any more questions.

She continued. “We were worried that we might have displeased thou, but he…he said…he noticed that we were too nervous to do it.”

My eyebrows rose at this, thinking, ‘He was able to see Luna’s feelings? Interesting…’ “So, what happened afterwards?”

“W-well, when we asked thou if everything was ok, he asked us if we were a…virgin…and we said yes.” At this point, Luna had sat down on the balcony floor and began to cry. I quickly draped a wing over her to comfort her, and said, “There, there, sister. You don’t have to be sad. If he isn’t the right one-” I began, before Luna interrupted me.

“N-no, sister. T-that’s not what I mean. These are tears of happiness. I have never meet somepony that was as understanding as him.” She said, beginning to get a hold of herself.

I cocked my head to one side, asking, “What makes him so understanding, if I may ask?”

My sister looked at me, the tears starting to dry up on her face, saying, “He said that he didn’t care if I were a virgin or not, and just wanted me to be happy. He even said that he would wait for me until I was truly ready for it.” At this, she began to smile. I could tell without reading her mind that she was thinking about the moment that had just happened. Before she could get too into it, I coughed slightly, snapping her out of her daydream.

“If that was the case, then what was he doing exactly before I came in and…interrupted you two?” I asked her.

“Well, if you do recall, dear sister, he was hired by the spa sisters in Ponyville, and he asked me if he wanted me to get massaged by him. I agreed, and after about an hour later, you came into my room and…well…you know the rest.”

I was quiet, simply digesting this information, before I said, “Well, I guess that nothing wrong was done. So, I suggest that you go and wash up so that you can go join the others at breakfast.” Luna beamed at me, and she immediately got up on her hooves and began to gallop towards the bathroom. I shouted after her before she got in, saying, “Also, if you get down there before me, please tell Drakalian that I’m sorry for interrupting you two.”

“Ok, Tia!” Shouted Luna, before she closed the door to her bathroom. I waited for a few seconds, expecting to hear some sort of yelp of shock from Drakalian when Luna bulled her way into the bathroom. When none came, I assumed that he was already downstairs with the other Elements. With a sigh, I flew back to my own balcony and began to head down to my own bathroom to wash myself up. As I went to wash up, my thoughts drifted back to what my sister said, about Drakalian getting hired as a masseur. I remembered how Luna was moaning during Drak’s treatment before I barged into her room. Soon I began to imagine what it would be like to have those fingers pressing on my own body, slowly going over my back, rubbing my flanks, just slightly grazing his fingers over my cutie mark…

I shook my head, trying to clear it from these perverted thoughts, but the thoughts were still there. Finally, I thought to myself, ‘Well, I guess I could go there later, when I get the chance. I mean, it couldn’t hurt to try.’ The thought stayed with me through out my washing, and the more I thought about it, the more I got into it.

Once I got downstairs, I saw that the Elements were already having breakfast, along with Luna and Drakalian. Drakalian was sitting next to Luna; I’m assuming that she convinced him to sit there at the head of the table. His other herd mates were sitting next to him as well, and by the looks of things everything was going pretty well. In all honesty, I was a little nervous, especially with what happened earlier, to confront him. However, if Luna said that he is the most understanding pony (or human) that she has ever met, then I trust her judgment. As I went and took my seat, I noticed that Drakalian was looking at me, but as soon as I tried to meet his own eyes, he simply looked away. Curious, I made a note to myself to talk about it with him at a later date, but for now I decided to simply enjoy the breakfast meal that was bestowed upon us by the servants. I was quiet as I ate, just listening to the rest of the ponies (and Drakalian) chat away. I noticed that during the talking, Drakalian wouldn’t say much unless he was spoken to, though he did ask Rainbow Dash about something called ‘karate’. Dash knew what he was talking about and even said that she was a black belt in it. Apparently, Drak was also a black belt in this ‘karate’ as well as a few other techniques and Rainbow, being the brash Pegasus that she is, decided to challenge him to a ‘sparing match’ of some sort, to which he heartedly agreed to. As well as talking about ‘karate’, he even made some interesting jokes at one point, even getting into a little joke battle with Pinkie. Not surprisingly, he lost, though it was fairly entertaining; especially when Drak made a comment about somepony somehow exploding twice which made Luna accidently laugh as she was drinking her milk. Thankfully, Drak was helpful and kindly cleaned up for her once the laughter slowed down enough to do so, even going so far as giving her a kiss on the nose once he was done, causing my sister to blush.

When the joking contest was over, Drak noticed that I wasn’t saying much during the whole time, and said, “Celestia, are you ok? You haven’t said much during breakfast and usually that’s my job.”

I smiled at the small little joke that he made as I looked at him. I noticed that even when looking at me, he still wouldn’t make eye contact with me. “Nothing is wrong, Drak, I’m just thinking about a few things. Besides, I don’t have much to add to the conversation right now.”

“Oh, I know, Tia! You can tell him about how you want him to massage you and have his fingers flow over your body and cutie marks!”

Everypony was quiet, looking at Luna who had said the comment, and then looking at me, and I could feel a blush forming on my face as they looked at me. I also noticed that Drakalian had a blush on his face, and he was also starting to put his hood back on as well.

After a while I mustered enough courage to confront Luna. ”Luna! Did you read my mind when that happened?”

Luna shrugged, seemingly oblivious to what she had said. “I was worried that you might be against me and Drakalian being together, so I decided to see if you were ok with it. Turns out that you are, though in more ways then one I can see.” She said, which made me blush even more.

“Celestia, is this true?” I looked at Drak, who had asked this question, and noticed that his hood was fully up now and covering his eyes, so that I couldn’t see what he was looking at. I was quiet for a moment, and then I slowly nodded.

“W-well, when I h-heard how w-well Luna was sounding w-when you was massaging her, I did get curious.” I said, stuttering slightly. Drakalian was quiet for a while, and I became nervous that he might think of me as disgusting or even perverted. What I didn’t expect, though, was for him to chuckle.

“Well, if you stop by at the spa in Ponyville, then I don’t have any qualms with massaging you, although it will have to be after Rarity gets hers, for I did promise that she would be my first customer.” He said, smiling. “Also, I don’t think I would be feeling comfortable touching your cutie marks, since I kind of do know what they are, besides showing a pony’s talent.”

I stared at him, confusion on my face. Finally, I was able to recover enough to give myself a small chuckle of relief, saying, “Well, in that case, I might be there at a later date. And don’t worry I won’t have you touch my cutie marks. Also, it looks like you were right, Luna, for he is very understanding. You should be proud.”

Luna smiled and nuzzled up to Drak, who smiled and gave Luna a big hug. “I know, sister, and I’m very happy of it as well.” She said, kissing the human on the cheek, causing him to blush.

Even though I couldn’t see his eyes, I could sense that he was very happy as well, and gave a quick kiss to Luna on the cheek before he had to release her from the hug to continue eating. With that out of the way, we began to finish our breakfast in earnest.

As we ate, Drakalian, who decided to bring his hood back down, said, ”I need to ask you something. It’s not important, but it has been bothering me since I first saw you two.”

“Well, what is it?” asked my sister, curious. I looked at the human as well, curious myself.

“Well, from what I can recall back of my life on Earth, I was into studying mythical beings and the sort, which is one of the reasons why I know a bit about unicorns and Pegasai, although the ability to interact with the clouds and create weather was new to me.” Said, Drak. I nodded and he continued. “Well, I don’t recall ever coming upon creatures such as you and Luna, so I need to ask, what type of pony are you two? I-if that’s ok, that is.” He finished, stuttering at the end.

“Well, we are what you would call Alicorns, ponies with the abilities of all the other ponies.” Answered Luna, smiling. “As I told you earlier, we are also considered gods, for we do have an ageless life.”

I nodded before continuing were my sister left off. “However, there are only three of us in existence right now, me and Luna being two of them, while our niece is the third Alicorn and Princess.” Drakalian nodded and thanked Luna and myself for this news and continued to eat his meal.

As soon as we finished, I was going to ask Drakalian about why he was avoiding my eyes, when suddenly, one of the guards entered the dining room and announced, “Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and her husband the Captain of the Royal Guard are here to see you, Princesses.”

At this, Twilight was suddenly out of her seat, brimming with excitement. “My brother is here?!” she said. Before the guard could answer, however, a white unicorn with a blue mane and tail and a pink Alicorn with a pink, yellow, and purple mane and tail entered the room. The white unicorn’s cutie mark was a blue shield with a pink star in the middle and three smaller blue stars above the shield, while the pink Alicorn’s cutie mark was that of a light blue crystal heart.

“Well, speak of Discord.” Said Luna, looking at our niece and her husband. Twilight was soon running towards her brother.

“BBBFF!” She shouted, grabbing the unicorn in a tight hug and the unicorn hugged her back with equal affection. The guard that announced them in, noticing that he wasn’t needed anymore, left the room to go back to his post.

“Twily! It’s so good to see you again!” the unicorn said, while the Alicorn smiled at the family reunion. I looked at Drak, and he had a look of confusion on his face. I cleared my throat to get everypony’s attention, and said, “Hello Cadence, Shining Armor, I would like you to meet the human, Drakalian.”

Drakalian got up and walked up to meet them, stopping a bit in front of them, but still keeping a small distance between them. As he looked at them, I noticed that he was still avoiding eye contact with them, which made me even more curious as to why he was doing that. “So, you’re a Princess, right Cadence?” he asked my niece, to which she nodded, “May I ask what you are the princess of?”

“Why, yes you may. I’m the Princess of Love.” Said Cadence in a happy voice. I noticed that the human’s eyebrows went up at this, apparently surprised by the fact that we had a princess with that title, I’m assuming.

“Really, well, in that case, is it alright if I ask a few questions?”

“Sure, what questions do you have in mind?”

Drak hesitated at this, and then said, “W-well, if it’s alright with you, c-can I ask them in p-private, please?” I gave a small smile; I knew what kind of questions the human wanted to ask her, while everypony else had a confused expression on their faces.

Cadence gave the human a questionable look that cleared up the instant she realized what he was talking about. “Oh, of course you can, but I do need to get myself settled here again, for we are going to be here for a while considering some important issues, and well, that’s all I can say, really.”

Drak nodded at this, saying, “Understandable, country issues and stuff. Curious, but like I said, understandable as to why you can’t tell me.” Once again, I was surprised at how understanding he was, as well as how formal he could be.

I realized then that Rainbow had her planning face on, like the one she gets when she is about to prank somepony. Before I could ask her what she has planned, she said, “Hey Drak, how about we change the challenge, huh?”

Drakalian looked at her, a curious look on his face. “What do you have in mind, Dash?” he asked her, slightly curious.

“How about, instead of me sparing you, you can spar Shining Armor!”

(Drakalian’s POV)

Everypony in the room was quiet for a second. Then, Shining broke the silence by clearing his throat, saying, “If I may ask, why would you want me to spar with the human, Dash?”

Dash shrugged saying, “Well, he said that he learned not only karate, but Shaolin and Kempo as well. So I thought that it would be more interesting for him to spar you then it would to spar me.”

I raised an eyebrow at this, surprised that she would even think about stepping out of a challenge. “Rainbow Dash, are you suggesting that I could actually take you on in a sparing match? Is this why you don’t want to spar with me?”

“What? No! I just…think it would be more interesting is all.” She said, a hurtful look on her face.

I still didn’t feel convinced by her answer though, and finally, Dash said, “Ok, how about this; the loser has to be the winner’s slave for one whole day. So if Shining wins, then you become my slave for an entire day, and if you win, I’ll become your slave for an entire day. You think you can do that?”

I thought about it for a second. To be honest, the challenge did…intrigue me, though I don’t know if I could say the same thing to Shining. I looked at him, and all I saw was a neutral expression on his face.

“Well…I would be lying if I said that the challenge wasn’t interesting. Alright, you got a deal, Dash, but I don’t know if I could say the same thing for Shining.” I said, waiting for his answer. He was quiet for a few more moments, then he nodded, saying, “I guess I could, I haven’t had a good training session in quiet a while, so this would be a good way to begin my training again.”

His wife looked at him with a curious look. “Why would you need to train more, Shiny? You’re already Captain of the Guard.”

Before he could answer, I answered for him. “Well, you can never have enough training, and there is always more to learn to improve your skills.” I said, surprising both of them.

Shining nodded at this, saying, “Well, it seems that you do know a bit about training, but do you actually know how to fight?”

I grinned, knowing where this was leading. “Only one way to find out. So ‘Shiny’, you game?”

He was quiet for a few seconds, and then he nodded again, saying, “Well, like I said, it would be a good start to some more training. So, when do you want to begin?”

“Why not right now? I’m done with breakfast, and I don’t have anything else planned for the day right now. Besides, I could use the exercise.”

Shining nodded his agreement, and with that said, “We can go to the training grounds. There should be an ample amount of room there.”

“As long as there aren’t that many ponies around, then that’s fine by me.” Shining and Cadence gave me a confused look at this, but before I could say anything else, Celestia interrupted me.

“I will explain to you two what he means on the way there.” She said, smiling. I smiled back at her, glad that she was willing to explain my certain ‘difficulties’ with crowds. I noticed that during breakfast, she was silent about something, though of what, I couldn’t say. I would have thought that it would have been the fantasy of me that Luna kind of blurted out, but she was still quiet even after that was mentioned. I made a note to myself to ask her about it on a later date.

“Well, if everypony is ready, then let us go to the training grounds.” Said Luna. We all nodded and began to go to these training grounds, following the princesses, with me and Shining walking behind them, followed by my herd mates and others.

I decided to try and get to know my sparing partner, so I asked, “How long have you been married, Shining?”

“Well, it has been a few years now, and I have been happy of every one of those years.” He said, staring at Cadence with loving eyes. I chuckled at this, and gave him a nudge to bring him back to reality. He blinked in surprise, and then he shook his head, clearing it, before giving a smug look of his own to me. “You may be laughing now, but once you find your special somepony, you will be in the same situation as well.”

To his surprise, I still chuckled, saying, “I think I already am, and I sometimes still can’t believe my luck.” Now it was my turn to stare at Luna. I looked at her, her flowing mane, her magnificent wings, her lovely tail and lushes plot, her long, slim legs which made her rump shake ever so slightly as she walked…

I felt a nudge, and looked down to see Shining grinning at me. I realized that he just caught me doing the same thing that he was doing, and I blushed, trying to tug on my hood, only to realize that I don’t have it up right now.

“So, you and Luna, huh?” he asked. I nodded, saying, “Well, Luna, Fluttershy, AJ, and I, yes.” This made him raise an eyebrow in surprise.

“Oh, so you decided to start a herd instead?” he asked. I nodded, saying, “Yup, and I’m proud of it, for I love them all with equal affection.”

Shining was silent for a moment, before saying, “Well, not that many ponies would be able to make such a herd and hold on to it so well, but it looks like you’re doing something right. Keep up the good work and I’m sure that you’ll be one of the happiest ponies…or human…in Equestria.”

I chuckled, saying, “Well, considering that I’m the only human here, I think I already am.” That made us laugh, and even got everypony’s attention as well, giving us curious looks. Once they realized that it was nothing important, they went back to their own conversations.

Once we calmed down from our laughing, I decided to ask him some details from his wedding. “Well, it was going to be any normal royal wedding, you know, with the cake and the guests, which was over 500, by the way.” He said, describing his wedding. I shook slightly upon hearing how many guests he had at the party, but was able to calm down before he noticed it. He went into great detail about how fun it was, since Pinkie was the one who designed the party to begin with. And then it took a curious twist. “-And then, suddenly, Twily comes up and says that it isn’t Cadence but Queen Crysalis, Queen of the Changelings.” I looked at him curious, and asked him who this Crysalis was. “Well, like I said, she is the queen of the Changelings, which are an insect like race that can change into anypony and they also feed off of the love of others. Turns out that she was right, and before the actual ceremony began, we were invaded by hundreds of Changelings, and suddenly Crysalis appeared from her disguise as my soon to be wife. You see, she was disguised as her so that she could feed off of my love, which in turn made her stronger, so strong that she was able to defeat Celestia. The only way she was stopped was when we found the real Cadence and with her and my love, we were able to defeat her and push her back. Since then, we have made it our duty to try and capture her and bring her to justice for what she tried to do to my Cadence.”

I was quiet the whole time, thinking about the whole situation, before I finally said, “Well, I can understand why she would do that, even if it was a little extreme.”

Shining looked at me, baffled. “Understand? What do you mean, understand? There is nothing to understand about what she did to me and my wife, as well as to Celestia and everypony that was here!”

I shrugged, not bothered by his outburst in the slightest, saying, “Well, they were probably just doing it for survival purposes. If I were in there shoes, so to speak, I would have most likely done the same thing if I were desperate to save my own people.”

Shining was quiet for a second, then suddenly, Cadence was right next to us, apparently hearing her husband’s outburst from before. “You see, Shiny. Even Drak knows that it was most likely a survival thing.”

“But she said she wanted to take over Canterlot, and the whole of Equestria, how do you explain that?” Said Shining. We were quiet for a second, before I shrugged and said, “Well, the only way to know is if you spoke to this Crysalis fellow yourself, and I don’t think that will happen anytime soon.”

They were quiet for a while, and then Cadence spoke, saying, “I guess Luna was right, saying that you were the most understanding pony…or human…that she has ever met.”

I shrugged, blushing at the comment. This got a giggle out of Cadence and even a little chuckle out of Shining. Once they calmed down a little, Shining said, “I guess you’re right, but still, I wouldn’t trust them completely.”

I nodded, once again understanding why he wouldn’t trust them. Then, curious as to why Cadence was here, I asked, “Cadence, why did you come over here to see us guys?”

She giggled at that, saying, “Well, I just heard what you two were talking about, and decided to pop on in. Also, I wanted to give my condolences to you for having to live with such a dreadful phobia.” Shining was confused for a second before I explained to him what my phobia was. Once I was finished, he had a look of concern on his face.

“So that was why you asked if there would be a lot of ponies at the training ground.” He said. I nodded, and before we could say anything else, we made it to the training grounds of Canterlot.