Silver awoke in an infirmary. The stoned walls and barred windows indicated that she was within the Canterlot castle walls once again. She had bandages all over her body. Struggling to get up, the former human noticed Cyclon sleeping on the floor near her, with Rarity reading a magazine on fashion. Silver rubbed her head in pain as a piercing headache formed itself.

"Silver?" asked Rarity.

"Yeah? What happened? How did I get here? I remember being swept up by some dolt-"

"SILVER!"

Rarity jumped on me, causing the searing pain to spike all over my body. A loud yelp and Cyclon literally jumped high enough to hit his head on the roof and fall back down.

"Oh! I'm sorry dear. It's just that you've been out cold for so long."

"How long?"

"About a week."

"A WEEK?!"

"Yes. Ow...you don't remember what happened?"

"Remem-"

Where are these memories coming from? Strange creatures swirling around me...insults...bad memories...Cyclon?

"You...you saved me Cyclon?"

"Yes...it was my job...and something else..."

"I didn't hear that last part."

"Nothing."

Why was he blushing? Why did I feel warm inside thinking about him? It wasn't a bad feeling but...still. Rarity smirked, and the doors leading to the infirmary blasted open. Bullseye was there with a pair of ponies from his personal retinue. They wore emerald armor that completely covered their bodies. It was pretty awesome to see. It looked like the royal guard armor, but just think of it as being more spikey and slanted.

"Cyclon. Take Silver and Rarity and come with us. We must reach the princesses at once."

"Sir. As much as I want to obey those orders, I cannot."

"And why, exactly?"

"Silver is still too wounded from the physical stress of that...event...and cannot hope to move properly."

Bullseye rubbed his chin but quickly came up with an idea.

"Then grab a medical stretcher and place her on it. You are her bodyguard, it's your duty that she sees what must be done."

"*sigh*. Yes, sir."

I preferred to not say anything. Rarity helped me out of the bed and placed me onto the stretcher. She lift the back side with her magic while Cyclon placed the straps on his back. They started walking me out of the infirmary, and into an open hallway. There was a small garden in the middle of this area. The right side of the walls all had openings, and only a rail made of interconnected, small pillars kept anyone from entering it. It wasn't anything impressive though. Just a fountain and tons of plants.

Like usual, I was taken to the main throne room. Lots of guards were waiting in front of the door and were blocking any entry to the castle. The doors opened to show that Twilight and the other three ponies were waiting at the base of the throne...wait...three?

"SURPRISE!"

"AH! OW!"

Pinkie Pie popped out of nowhere above me and threw confetti in my face.

"Why would you do that?" I asked.

"I'm sorry. I just thought that a party would be great for your recovery. Celestia just called us now, saying that you would wake up, so I didn't have any time to prepare anything."

"That's alright. I don't think I will need it."

Celestia and Luna had flown down from their perch atop the throne, and stepped in front of me.

"Silver, you have been accused of working with Discord, what do you plead?" said Celestia.

"...guilty..."

"Then you must be punished-"

"WHAT?!" Cyclon seemed to rage. "You of all ponies should know of Discord's deceptive abilities and what he did. Twilight and I even went inside of her mind to find her and save her. It's Discord's fault, not her's! If you want to punish somepony, then you might as well punish me!"

Luna and Celestia looked at each other in surprise.

"What are you talking about? We aren't going to kill her or banish her." said Luna

"What? But you just said-"

"-I wasn't finished. As I was saying, Silver will be punished, but she will have to "lay low" for awhile. Her punishment is staying away from her friends for the time being." answered Celestia.

"But princess, she has no home. Where will she live?" asked Twilight.

"Well, she can't live with either of you, and she isn't a pegasi...she'll live with Cyclon Opal."

"What?!" we both yelled

"Don't I have a say in this?"

"NO!" screamed the two princesses.

"But I hardly have any room to fit her. And why should I house Silver?"

Bullseye was busy suppressing a laughter, as were all the other guards. Luna started to prance about Cyclon and me.

"Perhaps because you are her personal bodyguard? You have to watch over her. Besides, this will allow you both to get in better relations with each other."

"*sigh*. Fine! But can I at least talk with the girls?"

"Go ahead." replied Celestia.

I tried to get up, but to no avail. Rainbow Dash pushed me back down and promised that we would have the fastest race ever when I could get back. I accepted her challenge. Besides apologies, we talked about several things with each other, most notably of how it was like to wield the powers of chaos and what it was like in my mind. After about fifteen minutes, the princesses called the six mares off. Some royal guards placed me in a carriage for Cyclon to pull. He was being given a week of R&R. I thought he lived in Canterlot. I was wrong. He actually lived a few towns further away. Not too far, but just in some plains close to Canterlot. A bit of jogging and you were already at the castle. It was just a single house that he had built there to allow him ample movement for his daily training.

While he pulled the cart I was on closer to the greens of his house, I couldn't help but feel some form of affection for him. Well, if I feel this, and I'm never going to be able to get rid of it, might as well let them consume me. Let's see how he deals with me.

Hopefully, this ending isn't rushed like the way you all felt with last time. I MIGHT make a third...but not now. I have another idea for a story, and I currently lost interest in the previous one I was writing. Until I get interested in dark stories again, you won't see it updated.