Guardian Chap 25

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 25

"Your majesty WHAT IS THIS?! WHAT IS THIS!!??" David yelled as he waved the letter from Twilight back and forth so Celestia could see it. "It's just a letter." She said quietly.  

"Just a letter…? JUST A LETTER!!!???" He screamed causing shadows too fly out of his body. "Let me read what this letter says too you." He said tearing the letter open.

"Dear David I'm sorry I can't say this too you face to face. Princess Celestia has ordered me to return to Ponyville without you. She believes that as long as I'm your little sister I will continue to be a target for Nightmare Moon's attacks. I truly wish it did not have to come to this but I must follow Celestia's orders. Goodbye forever.

Your little sister, Twilight Sparkle."

As David finished he burned the letter with his fire powers in anger. Celestia lowered her head in shame; she knew she had been found out. "EXPLAIN THIS LETTER NOW!!!" David demanded yelling at the top of his voice. "What the letter says is true. I sent Twilight back to Ponyville without you to keep her safe. As long as she and her friends are around you they too could be targeted by Nightmare Moon." She said in a soft but stern tone. David felt his blood boiling. All of the kindness she had shown him… All of the time they had spent together learning about one another had all been a lie. "You don't care about me at all do you? All you care about is Twilight." He said his voice quivering.

"No… That's not true at all! I do care about you." She said trying to comfort him. "Then why would you break my heart like this? I feel like you're ripping it right out of my chest!" He said trying to hold back tears. "YOU BETRAYED ME!! ALL OF THIS WAS JUST PART OF YOUR PLAN TO SEPARATE US!!" He screamed letting his anger once again burst forth like a broken dam. "I only wanted to keep her safe." She said. David laughed. "You know what I think? I think you're jealous! You're jealous that she spends more time with me than she does with you!" He said pointing his finger right at her.

"THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL!!" She shouted. David was taken aback; this was the first time he had ever seen Celestia angry. "IF YOU REALLY CARED ABOUT ME YOU WOULD LET ME PROTECT HER!!" He shouted his fury exploding. "You're not ready." She said calmly letting her anger settle. "You still need more training." "MORE TRAINING!? AHAHA have… have you heard? I kicked Bio's ASS up and down this castle! I mastered my lightning training, and I'm ready to go home!" He shouted pacing back and forth in front of her. "I can't let you leave." She said calmly.

David felt like he would explode with anger. Visions of him leaping forward and cutting off her head kept flashing through his mind. "Celestia… can you do me a favor?" He suddenly asked. "Could you please recite the Guardian Legend for me?" Celestia closed her eyes and recited what she had learned decades earlier. "And in the time of Equestria's greatest need, a hero will come from a different world. Armed with the Guardian armor and blade he will protect the Princess of Equestria and smite the evil that arises to darken the land." She finished. "Thank you. Now what was that part about the Princess of Equestria again?" David asked smiling. "He will protect…"

"THAT'S IT!! RIGHT THERE!!" He suddenly shouted cutting her off. "I will PROTECT not serve, PROTECT the Princess of Equestria. I am not one of your followers; I am not a loyal subject. I am a human from Earth who has been giving this strange power, WHICH I never accepted mind you, it was thrown on me!" He said putting force behind his words. "You obey me when I need your help." Celestia said her voice rising. "HELP?! The most powerful mare in ALLLLLLLL of Equestria needs help?" He said mocking her. "Even I need help sometimes." She said defending herself. "Then why did you send Luna to the moon huh? If you need help sometimes then why send her to the moon for 1,000 years!!" He said probing at her memories since he knew they would hurt her.

"DO NOT bring up my past! You have no right to speak of it." She said growing angry. "I can't speak of it, yet all of Equestria knows what happened? HOW THE HECK DOES THAT MAKE SENSE!!??" He asked. "Enough!!" She roared causing the whole room to shake. "You are too return to your room immediately GUARDS!!" She said as the guards entered in. David noticed that one of the guards was Capt. Bio. "We heard every word your majesty. We'll escort the Guardian to his room." Bio said approaching David. "No" David said firmly.

"What did you say?" Celestia said her voice rising again. "Did you just say No to me?"

"You heard me." David said glaring at her. "Bio, remove him from my site." She commanded. Before she could even blink however David had knocked Bio and the other guards to the ground. "That's how all you tyrants are isn't it? If someone disagrees with you, you sick your guards on them. If you don't get your way, you bend the rules so you can." David said growling. Celestia suddenly rose from her throne revealing her true height and stepped down toward David. "I have been more than patient with you David. Now go to your room at once!" She barked. "Who are you, my Mom?" David smarted. Celestia's teeth ground in her mouth. "I'm leaving Celestia and you won't stop me." He said as he turned and walked toward the door. "YOU'RE A MONSTER DAVID!!" She screamed at him.

David suddenly stopped. Memories of his childhood flying back to him. Images of him being ridiculed because of his scar. Memories of his schoolmates insulting him because he always hurt the bullies who picked on him more than he deserved. Tears welled up inside his eyes, but these tears were tears of anger. He immediately turned and charged at Celestia with a scream of fury. His eyes burned with tears as he swung his sword at her knocking her crown off of her head. Celestia blinked, she had nearly lost her life to this human whose rage drove him to attack. David placed the scabbard of his sword to her throat. "Next time, I won't hold back." He growled.

"There won't be a next time. I hereby banish you from Canterlot. I never want too see your face again David." She said with hatred in her eyes. "Just remember one thing. When Twilight gets hurt, it will be YOUR fault." She said as she retrieved her crown from the floor as David left. David walked out to the castle chariot pad and found two ponies hooked up and ready. "Can you two give me a lift back to Ponyville?" He asked climbing aboard. "Sure thing." The older pony replied and with a sudden lurch they were in the air, leaving David's troubles behind.

Back in Ponyville a hard storm pounded the town with rain as Twilight and the others talked in the Library. They tried to talk about other things but the conversations always came back to David. "I member that time he met Big Mac on the farm. He offered to pull the plow for Big Mac so he could rest. Y'all should seen Big Mac's eyes when David started pulling that plow. He looked at me and said; I ain't never seen something on two legs do what was meant to be done on four." AJ finished with her best Big Macintosh impression. Nobody in the Library was laughing however.

"Oh how I miss him. I do wish he would come back to us." Rarity said looking at some of the pictures Sweetie Belle had taken of David helping her design clothes. Twilight shook her head; "Princess Celestia said he has to stay at the castle. It's the only way to keep us safe." She said tears coming to her eyes. "Who cares about being safe?" Rainbow said as she played with the Blue Angels picture David had given her. All their thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. "Not the pony at the door I guess." Spike joked as he walked over and opened the door. "Uh Twilight. It's for you." He said stepping back from the door to reveal a mud splattered figure in armor that Twilight recognized immediately.

"Hi Twiiiiiiiiiiiii" David said as Twilight tackled him to the ground and back into the rain. She peppered his face with kisses of happiness as tears of joy flowed like rivers down her face. As David sat up she wrapped him in a hug. "I knew you'd come back." She whispered. "Yeah… It just took a little longer than expected." He said pulling her close. As the rest of the ponies ran outside and joined in the hug, the cold rain seemed to be nonexistent, next to the warmth and joy David felt because of his family being around him. "I'm home." He said as the rain continued to pour down.

However back in Canterlot, Princess Celestia was not as happy as David. "I can't believe I called him a monster. How will he ever forgive me?" She said as she began brushing her mane. She suddenly dropped her brush when she noticed her reflection in the mirror. Only it wasn't her reflection it was Nightmare Moon's. "Hello sister. Did you miss me?" Next Chapter: Chapter 26 Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 45 Minutes