I arrive back at the Castle after just over an hour of flight from Applejack's farm. I land in the courtyard where the guards salute to me and I nod in return.

I head inside and ask a guard where my family currently are.

"They're in the Dining Hall, your Majesty," he tells me.

"Thank you," I reply and make my way down the halls.

The guards open the door for me and I walk in after thanking them. I see Celestia sitting on her chair with Valiant on her lap while Luna and Cadence sit next to her. Shella sits beside Cadence while holding Vespula.

On the other side of the table is Solaris and Galaxia who has Mavis on her lap and is smothering her with affection. They're all talking to each other while it seems they're just finishing their meals.

"I'm back!" I announce getting them to look my way.

Luna and Cadence instantly beam with wide smiles while the others just smile.

"Welcome back, Dear. I take it all is going well for the Apple family?" Celestia asks me.

"Yes, I've grown another thirty trees and will return next week to grow more," I reply and take a seat next to Solaris.

"It is good that you personally go out to help the people, shows them that we actually care about them instead of just staying in the Castle all the time," Solaris says and pats me on the back.

I chuckle and look towards him. "I'm going to return to my training tomorrow, I'm getting closer to being able to use five elements at once, but I think I still have a ways to go."

"Well I'm afraid I cannot aid you in that as I have no idea how your magic works, but I can at least help you sharpen your sword skills," he offers making me wince remembering the last time he sparred with me. I can still feel the bruise on my head even though it healed days ago.

"Sure. Just, go easy on me this time?" I ask him making him laugh.

"Shall we have the kitchen staff bring thee anything, Adrian?" Luna then asks me getting my attention.

"No thank you, I had dinner with the Apple family. We should try to get Granny's pie recipe, it was very good," I reply.

"Very well, we shall be heading to bed then as we art tired and-" She stops mid sentence to stifle a yawn. "-we wish to be well rested for tomorrow's training," Luna then says and gets up from the table.

"Yeah, I think I could do with catching up on some sleep. All these cramps I'm getting is starting to wear me out," Cadence then says and follows behind Luna who helps her out the room.

"I guess I'll join them. Growing so many trees drained me quite a bit," I tell the rest here before standing up and stretching my arms and back.

"Alright, I shall see you in your training room tomorrow morning to help you practice your sword skills, son," Solaris tells me getting a smile out of me.

"Okay, goodnight everyone," I say and head to our bedroom.

I arrive to see Cadence and Luna already getting into bed and they smile at the sight of me.

"Adrian? why art thou here?" Luna asks me.

"I'm tired from using too much mana at AJ's farm so I'm getting in early," I reply and strip down.

They grin at me as I slip under the covers with them and they cuddle up to me.

"Well then our love, may thy dreams be pleasant and happy," Luna tells me and rests her head on my chest, followed by Cadence.

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I awaken with Shella and Celestia in the bed as well now, both cuddled up behind Cadence and Luna. I then yawn and look at the clock on the wall to see it's five forty-two in the morning.

I just lay in bed and wait till the others start to rise. First comes Celestia and Luna who drag themselves from the bed and put on a robe each before heading to the balcony and do their morning thing. Cadence and Shella then slowly wake up and yawn, Shella gets up and heads into the baby room to check on the foals while Cadence decides she wants to snuggle some more and buries her face into my neck with a deep inhale through her nose.

"Hmmm, this is nice," she comments and just lays there. I just smile and gently rub her stomach making her hum happily.

Shella returns with Mavis and Vespula in her arms while levitating Valiant in front of her. She then sits next to me and I place my left hand on her forearm to let her feed on some of my love for her and the others. She moans lightly as she feeds and then proceeds to feed our foals.

Celestia returns and takes Valiant so she can feed him while Luna goes over to her vanity mirror, but before she could begin brushing her hair she retches and clamps a hand over her mouth. She quickly gets up and bolts into our bathroom where we hear her throwing up in the toilet.

I wince every time she retches and ready myself in case she comes back and has a go at me, again.

After a couple of minutes she returns with a glare in my direction before storming over to her mirror and starts brushing her hair.

I get out of Cadence's grip getting a whine from her and get up out of bed, I then make my way behind Luna who seems to be ignoring me.

"Luna?" I ask her with worry in my tone.

"We art not talking to thee," she replies and huffs as she brushes her hair. I sigh and take the brush out from her hand. "Return that to us this instant," she tells me unamused.

I ignore her and start brushing her hair for her. At first she protests but after a few seconds succumbs and lets me continue.

"We art sorry for snapping at thee like that," she tells me after a minute of silence.

"It's okay, Tia was just as bad with hers," I reply getting a huff from Celestia. I glance to her and notice a small smile gracing her lips.

Luna just hums happily as I finish her hair which she examines in the mirror. "We thank thee, Adrian. Now let us head for breakfast and then continue our training," she tells me and stands up.

The others get up as well after dressing and grooming themselves, following us out towards the Dining Hall once they're done.

We arrive to see Solaris and Galaxia sitting at the table talking to Twilight, Blueblood, Lily, and Rarity.

"Good morning," I greet them and they smile at us.

"Good morning, Adrian," Twilight replies and I watch with a smirk as she's reading her book on elven magic while not paying attention to what she's levitating onto her plate, she picks up a fork and pierces the single piece of bacon she accidentally placed onto her plate along with some fruit and vegetables. She brings it up and bites into it making Rarity gasp and grimace as Twilight chews it slowly before going wide eyed.

She looks at the piece left on the fork and chews a bit again. Her face shows a couple of emotions: one, she looks disgusted that she's eating meat again. And two, she looks like she likes the flavour she's tasting. Yet another victim to the heavenly taste of that which is bacon.

Celestia sits next to Galaxia giggling at Twilight's reaction while Luna sits next to Solaris. Cadence and Shella sit next to me.

"So from the look on your face I think you like the taste," I tell the elf with a grin.

She quickly swallows her mouthful with a blank expression for a few seconds before looking at me. "Is this what the Queens have been eating for the past few months?" she asks me.

"Yes, bacon straight from Terra," I reply still with a grin.

I watch as she looks at the piece still on her fork and the pieces on the table for anyone to take. She looks back and forth for a few seconds before taking another bite behind her book making me chuckle slightly.

"So, Rarity," I say getting the white mare's attention. "Any plans of having a child of your own?" I ask her making her blush hard.

"W-W-Well, we've talked about it a-and we might h-have a foal n-next time I go into heat..." she replies while fanning herself with a hand.

"I see. So how's Canterlot treating you so far?" I ask her and fill my plate from the spread available.

Her blush lessens but still remains. "My new boutique is doing well and I'm even doing better than some others in the city. I've already got a few orders for the next Gala this year," she replies and takes a dainty bite of a cut up banana slice.

"That's good, I might need to make a few orders for casual wear as the ones I have are starting to wear out," I tell her making her perk up.

"Certainly, your Majesty! Oh this will make my store even more renowned for having royalty buy from me!" she replies giddily.

I ignore the 'your majesty' part as she just looks too happy to correct at the moment.

"Blueblood, how does it look with the nobles right now?" I ask him.

He sighs and rubs his right temple. "Slow at the moment. They're so used to being the ones on top that they refuse to be 'equal' with the commoners. The ones that have decided to go back to the old ways are starting to have second thoughts about it. If this continues they'll go back to the modern self-centred pompous bigots they were before," he replies.

Seems the damage Goldrush has caused is still lingering. I hope she and the other nobles in the dungeon are regretting their actions.

"Just keep doing the best you can, if they continue to act like they run the place then we might have to employ new laws," I say getting a nod from Solaris in agreement.

"They were never this bad during our reign millennia ago, we shall see that they are the respectable and dependable houses they used to be," he says in a serious tone. "I will not have them attempt to harm my family again even if it means I have to remove them personally."

Good to know that they're going to be keeping an eye on things now.

We finish breakfast and I notice Twilight has eaten ten pieces of bacon while trying to hide that fact behind her book.

Luna, Solaris, and I say our goodbyes and head towards the Training Room where we meet up with Discord who seems to be wearing a blacksmith's apron in front of a forge... except instead of fire in the forge, bubbles are popping inside it.

He turns towards us while wearing a protective mask and a strange looking hammer in his right hand. I raise an eyebrow at the strange looking sword in his left hand which is resting on the anvil.

"Adrian! Solaris! Good morning, chums! And good morning to you too, wittle Woona!" Discord greets us and teases Luna.

Luna growls and scowls at the Aspect of Chaos while I walk over and look at the strange bright blue pillow like sword.

"Uncle, what's with the forge and strange sword?" I ask him.

He throws the hammer into the bubble forge which squeaks and lifts up his face protection. "This my boy, is your new practice sword!" he tells me and holds it out to me. "It's an enchanted foam sword that's as strong as steel but hits like a pillow! It'll also make a noise when you land a blow on your opponent while leaving out the nasty injuries!" he also gives me a shield made of the same material.

I take the sword and shield and notice they look just like mine and even feel the same weight. Discord then pulls out another longer looking bright orange broadsword next to the forge.

"And I made one just like the one I remember you having, Solaris. Now when you practice with Adrian you won't beat him into paste again," he then tells Solaris and tosses him the sword. The comment makes me look at him with a deadpan expression.

Solaris catches the grip and looks at the sword in surprise. "I'm surprised you remember what my sword looked like, as well as its weight," the alicorn replies and swings it around. Damn thing looks like it could crush stone with the heavy sound it leaves in its wake. The hand guard is wide and has a hook curved inward to the blade on each end, my guess is to lock his opponent's weapon on it to disarm them. The blade looks to be a metre and a half long and three inches wide.

Solaris then looks at me and grins before raising his sword and bringing it down on my head hard.

*Squeak!*

The sword lets out a comedic squeaky sound and the blow felt like someone threw a pillow at my head. The blade even bent like a wet noodle before springing back into a solid straight position.

"Interesting swords you've developed, Discord," Solaris comments and tries to bend the blade with his hands, which didn't move at all.

"Yup! And I plan to make many more for the guards as well, think of it as incentive to practice more without the pain involved!" Discord replies and pulls the hammer out of the bubbles again along with a large ball of foam with it and begins hammering it into the shape of a sword. Each impact of the hammer gives off another squeaky noise.

"Alright, son. Let us begin your training," Solaris says and wields his large blade with just one hand.

I internally groan as I get into a stance and prepare for another beating.

He quickly lunges forward with a thrust to my chest and I parry the strike with my sword. A light ting of metal on metal sounds out which confuses me for a second but I ignore it and quickly swing my sword horizontally to the right.

Solaris easily dodges the admittedly much smaller blade and slaps me in the face with his blade. This time the sound of something wet or slimy like a fish slapping me echoes throughout the large room but I felt no pain nor felt wet.

I hear Luna giggle, whether or not at me or the sound I'm not sure but I hear Solaris chuckle at me.

"Despite the silliness of these swords, they are rather amusing," he comments and gets into a stance again.

I just grumble and get ready again. I start first and make a low sweep at his feet, he jumps over it and brings his sword down to my head. I raise my shield and block his strike making another ting sound, I then lunge forward and bash him with my shield.

*Hooonk!*

A loud horn noise sounds out as he's pushed back a couple of feet.

"Not bad, not bad," he says and gets ready again.

We continue for a good two hours and I'm so glad Discord made these swords. I received no injuries and Luna had to stop her own training due to a laughing fit she suffered when the sound of a loud fart rang out as Solaris hit me on the backside.

Luna for her part is trying to get control of her champion form but is still losing control making it break apart.

Discord has made twenty of the foam swords and has given them out amongst the guards outside before returning to make more. Shining wasn't amused with the sounds but didn't argue their effectiveness. The guards are seeming to have fun with them though.

We take a break and then keep practising. Solaris tells me when I'm doing something wrong and how to correct it, before Galaxia arrives and drags him away to take over court while Celestia joins us for her own training. Silk sheets even came by with refreshments for us before going back out to Shining until she was needed again.

Luna takes one of the foam swords Discord has made and challenges Celestia who thinks it's just a silly game with the toy like swords.

Though when she got struck in the muzzle, the sound of a goose honking sounds out making Luna burst into laughter. This causes Celestia to blush thinking she made the sound before striking Luna on her right cheek.

*Splat!*

The sound of a pie splatting on Luna's face and her shocked expression sends Celestia into her own fit of giggles.

Blushing herself now, Luna swings her sword and spanks Celestia which sets off the sound of a loud vulgar sloppy fart. Celestia blushes fiercely from the noise and stutters before glaring at Luna. I smirk as they start swinging at each other like they're using pillows instead of swords making random noises fill the room.

As they're preoccupied with themselves, I'll just continue my training to use five elements at once.

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