I wake up with something soft and warm in my arms, I look down and see a smiling Luna still asleep, she looks so beautiful just laying there.

A knock at the door grabs my attention and a maid walks in. "Princess, breakfast is read..." she trails off as she spots us. It's Feather Duster, the same maid who closed the carriage door on me when I first came to the Castle.

I lift a finger to my lips and shush her, she just stands there and slowly nodded.

I place my right hand on Luna's shoulder and lightly shake her. "Luna, it's time to get up," I say to her.

She just mumbles and snuggles deeper into me, I chuckle and stroke her hair. "Come on, breakfast is ready," I tell her.

"Just five more minutes..." she says and wraps her arms around my chest, I look over to Feather Duster and see her smiling at us.

I try to pull away from her and slide to the edge of the bed, she stubbornly holds on, groaning in protest. I didn't realize I reached the edge and roll off. "WHOA!" I yell and fall on my back with Luna on top of me, she groans and opens her eyes.

"Alright, alright, we are up. Though we would rather stay in bed with thee," she says and kisses me.

The maid then decides to cough and Luna sits upright and looks at her. "P-Princess, breakfast is ready and Princess Celestia is waiting for you both," she tells Luna with a blush on her face.

"V-Very well, we shall be down in a while, we thank thee for telling us." Luna replies. The maid bows and exits the room.

Luna looks back at me and then at the position she's in, she blushes and quickly stands up. "W-We shall be back in just a moment," she says and hurries off into her closet. I chuckle and get dressed myself, I equip my armour and weapons and wait for Luna to come out.

She comes back out in a dark blue dress with a silver crescent moon on her right hip with stars all around it that twinkle when she moves, her hair and tail are back to their flowing majesty.

"Are thou ready?" she asks.

"Whenever you are," I reply. She grabs my hand with a smile and pulls me towards the door, she's like a little girl with their first crush.

We walk down the hallways holding hands. "What have you got to do today?" I ask her.

"We have to help our sister with the matter of the gryphons. To be honest, we'd like to go there and smack some sense into the arrogant lot," she tells me.

"Were they always like that?" I ask her.

"Nay, before our banishment, they were a proud race of hunters, they never hunted anything but animals," she replies.

Wait a minute... what banishment? "You were banished?" I ask surprised.

She gasps, her eyes go wide and she places her right hand over her mouth. She looks down and has a regretful expression. "Yes... we... we were banished to the moon for a thousand years when we tried to veil the world in eternal night," she tells me quietly.

"Why would you try to do that?" I ask her calmly.

She stays silent for a few seconds before answering. "We got jealous of the attention our sister was getting for her day while ponies ignored and slept through our night..." she says and starts to cry. "We understand if thee wishes to leave us," she says quietly.

She gasps as I wrap her in a hug. "The past is the past, you're not like that anymore. Do you still want to plunge the world into eternal night?" I ask her and she shakes her head. "Then don't worry about it anymore. Live for the now, not the past," I tell her and she lets her emotions out and cries against me, fortunately there was no one else in the hallways with us.

Once she calms down, we head towards the dining hall. Luna is feeling a lot better now that she got that out, we arrive and I open the door for her, she smiles and enters.

Celestia is sitting at her usual spot and we join her, but this time, I'm sitting next to Luna. "Good morning, Celestia," I greet her.

"Good morning you two, from what I've heard, you both slept rather well," she smirks at us.

Luna blushes and drinks from her cup and I smirk back. "That we did, Luna here makes a rather comfy pillow," I reply.

Luna spits out her mouthful of water from her embarrassment all over Celestia, I laugh while Celestia looks unamused, Luna blushes even harder and apologises to her sister.

"I suppose I deserved that," Celestia says as her horn glows, she's instantly dried off.

"Luna tells me that you'll both be sorting out the gryphon problem today," I say to Celestia.

"Yes, we're trying to find a solution so that we don't have to send anypony to their deaths while ensuring that they don't attack us," she tells me.

"We still say we should show them that we will not tolerate threats against us..." Luna says with a frown.

"That's just not how things are done nowadays, if we were to do such, it would break the agreement we have with our allies of never attacking another nation. Should the gryphons attack first, then we can retaliate, though I hope it never comes to that," Celestia tells Luna.

The dining hall's doors open and Blueblood walks in for the first time in over a month, he gives me the faintest of glares and sits at the other end of the table, Luna is openly glaring at him while Celestia has her neutral expression.

Breakfast arrives and we eat in silence. Luna and Celestia finish off their food and stand up. "We shall see thee later today," Luna says and gives me a quick kiss, I hear Blueblood give a sharp inhale to my right.

I ignore him and smile at Luna. "You can count on it. Until then, I'll head back to the Training Grounds for some more practice," I tell her.

They both leave the room, but not before keeping a guard by the doors. I'm almost done with my breakfast when Blueblood speaks up.

"So, you are courting aunty Luna it seems," he says distastefully.

"That's none of your concern," I tell him.

"Actually, I think you'll find that it is, only those of high military rank or of Noble birth may court royalty," he tells me. I look at him with a frown, he just smugly smiles. "Your courting of the Princess is against the law and punishable by sending you to the dungeons," he says with a wicked grin.

I stand up and head towards Celestia's office without acknowledging the prick of a Prince who is laughing at me, I arrive and knock on the door.

"Enter!" Celestia calls out.

I enter the room still with a frown on my face. "Adrian?.. What is the matter?" she asks me with concern.

"Blueblood told me that unless I'm of Noble birth or of a high military rank, I can't court Luna," I tell her.

Her eyes widen and she frowns as well. "I cannot believe I forgot that old law, I thought I abolished it centuries ago," she says.

Luna doesn't look worried at all. "So all he needs is a high military rank correct?" she asks.

"Yes, but that would take him years to get." Celestia replies.

"Is the law of allowing us to choose a knight in our name still in effect?" Luna asks.

Celestia gasps and smiles. "Yes! I just haven't had the need to choose a knight for the last eight hundred years, but yes, the law is still very much alive," she tells her.

Celestia and Luna both walk over to me and each summon a sword, Celestia's is a long golden sword with a ruby embedded into each side of the hand guard while Luna's sword is the same as Celestia's but a white silver colour with sapphires in the hand guard. "Adrian Stormsword, do you except the title, Knight of Equestria?" Celestia asks me seriously.

I gulp nervously. "And what does a Knight of Equestria do?" I ask.

"Thou shalt be our protector in times of danger and escort us in diplomatic meetings. Thou shall also be called to arms should thou be needed to protect the citizens from powerful beasts and demons," Luna tells me. "Tis also one of the highest ranks anypony can receive that only we can give," she says.

"So I'll basically be your personal bodyguard?" I ask.

Luna giggles. "Basically yes, thou will take your orders directly from us," she says.

I smile and kneel in front of them. "I accept," I tell them.

Celestia taps my right shoulder with her sword while Luna taps my left. "Then rise Sir Stormsword, Knight of Equestria," Celestia says and I stand back up. Luna's horn glows and an armour stand with what looks like a dusty suit of armour coloured white with dark blue trimmings appears behind them. Celestia's mark is on the right pauldron and Luna's on the left, a sword is strapped to the left hip of the armour.

Luna takes the sword and holds it out to me, I take the sword from her and draw it, the blade is a dark blue with a white flame pattern going up the blade, the hand guard looks like a crescent moon and the pommel looks like a sun. A diamond rests embedded at the base of the blade on each side.

"The sword's name is 'Twilight's Edge', a blade that will never dull and is very light," Luna tells me, both hers and Celestia's horns glow as the suit of armour warps slightly and reshapes to fit my body structure, the leggings turn into a chainmail like robe connected to the bottom of the chest plate while the helmet turns into a chainmail coif that my hood can go over, the upper arm plates turn into chainmail that hang from the pauldrons rims.

"Please remove your armour," Celestia tells me.

I carefully take my armour off and stack it in the corner. I take the boots, chestplate, coif, gauntlets, and put them on. Their horns glow again as they adjust the size to fit perfectly, the armour is lighter than my father's.

I move around in the armour and surprisingly, it doesn't restrict my movement. "The armour is made of the same steel as the guards, but enchanted to be lighter without the loss of density," Celestia tells me.

I sheath the sword and face them. "So what do I do now? Will there be a ceremony or something?" I ask.

"Normally yes, but I believe revealing you at the Gala would be just as good," Celestia replies.

"Shall I go practice with the sword and armour while you do your paperwork then?" I ask.

"That would be wise, it'll help you get accustomed to it," Celestia tells me.

Luna walks over to me. "We shall be seeing thee later, Sir Knight," she says and playfully pushes me out of the room.

I chuckle and head down to the Training Grounds. The guards I pass, both the Princesses and Blueblood's, stare at my new armour with gaping jaws and wide eyes. I couldn't help but smirk a bit.

I arrive at the grounds and walk up to one of the training dummies, I draw my sword and grasp it firmly as I pull my sword back and swing horizontally, leaving a deep cut in the metal and wood. I then channel an arcane and fire element into the sword and it gives off a dark red flame along the blade.

I swing at the dummy again and this time, the cut is even deeper and the dummy it set ablaze, I wonder if the diamonds in the sword are increasing my channelling efficiency.

I notice the man that insulted my armour the first time I was here is just gawking at me. "Adrian... is that you?" I hear the voice of Shining Armour ask me.

I turn to see him walking towards me. "Yeah, it's me," I reply.

He looks my new armour over. "Where did you get the armour? And why does it have the Princesses cutie-marks on it?" he asks.

"Have you heard about me courting Luna?" I ask him.

"I've heard rumours floating about, so it's true then?"

"Yes, and Blueblood told me about a law that only those with a high rank in the military or of Noble birth could court a Princess, so the Princesses made me their Knight," I tell him.

He gasps. "They made you a Knight of Equestria!?" he blurts out, causing other nearby guards to gasp and start murmuring.

"It was Luna's idea, I personally am happy with it, Means I can stay with Luna and also protect her," I tell him.

"Well then, since you're the Princesses Knight, I'll have to train you to be one of the best swordsponies there is," he tells me as he walks over to the wooden weapon rack.

He then looks back at me. "What are you standing there for? Let's get started."

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