My vision returns and I'm being held by Luna, my face is being smothered by her chest.

"Adrian? Are you alright?" Shella asks.

"Yeah... I'm fine," I reply in a muffled tone. I lean back with my eyes closed and rub them. I then look at my left hand and see a black orb orbiting it, a shadow element.

The others gasp once I look in their direction. "What's wrong?" I ask confused.

"Your eyes are black and red with a black mist coming out of them..." Twilight says in shock.

I raise my right brow and look at Luna. She's wide eyed and her horn glows, a small mirror floats in front of me and I look at myself.

The whites of my eyes are black and my irises are red instead of my natural blue, a black mist like shadow is leaking out of the sides, making me look quite evil.

I rub my eyes again and look in the mirror, still the same. I look at the element in my hand and cancel it. Once it's gone, my eyes return to normal.

"So channelling the shadow element changes my eyes?" I wonder to myself with a frown.

"It would seem so," Luna says and hugs me to her chest again.

"How is Nightmare Moon still alive? I thought we busted her flank with the elements when we saved Princess Luna?" Rainbow asks.

"Maybe the elements only separated them from each other?" Twilight replies.

"Then how has she been around without anypony noticing?" Applejack asks.

Luna frowns in thought. "We do not know, we're sure we would have felt her presence if that were the case. She must have been hiding within somepony else," she replies and then looks at the six women and her gaze lands on Rarity.

Rarity looks confused. "What?" she asks.

"We can feel a faint trace of her dark magic in thee. Tis faint, but tis there," Luna tells her.

"Wha... how? I didn't feel anything," she says with worry.

"Maybe it was when I revived her? Maybe she snuck in when I put Rarity's soul back into her body?" I theorise.

"Tis possible, she could have kept herself weak beforehand so we could not sense her nearby, and once she entered Rarity, she began recovering her magic," Luna says.

Rarity mumbles incoherently for a few seconds before fainting. "Whoa Nelly!" Applejack says and grabs Rarity before she hit the floor.

"I think we better wait until she wakes up before we continue with the training. We don't know if Nightmare Moon is still nearby," Twilight says.

I sigh. "Alright, I guess I'll continue with my melee training," I say and look around. "Where's Shining Armour?" I ask.

"Oh!" Celestia says. "He took the day off to visit his parents, along with Cadence," she replies and looks at Twilight. "You can go and visit them if you want as well," she tells her. Celestia then gives me an affectionate nuzzle.

"I think I will, it's been awhile since I last saw my parents. Would you girls like to meet them?" Twilight replies to Celestia and asks her friends. They all agree and say their goodbyes, leaving me, Celestia, Luna, Shella, and Discord alone.

"Well. Until they come back, we'll have to postpone the shadow training. I think I'll go visit an old friend's resting place while we wait. Toodles!" Discord says and vanishes in a puff of pink smoke.

I then turn to look at Luna. "Okay. Luna, do you want to spar with me?" I ask her.

She smiles excitedly at me. "Very well, we could use the extra practice as well," she replies.

I notice a guard making his way over to Celestia. "Princess, the nobles and citizens are wondering why court is not open yet. What should I tell them?" He asks her.

I hear Celestia sigh. "Tell them I shall be there shortly," she replies.

"Yes, your majesty," he says and salutes before he then heads back to the Castle.

Celestia hugs me tightly and won't let go. "To be honest. I really can't be bothered to deal with the nobles right now," she says.

"Hmmm, alright then, I'll go with you. I'm in the mood for a laugh," I tell her.

Celestia smiles widely. "I would like that," she tells me.

"But, what about our spar?" Luna says with a pout.

"We can have a match later today, let's get court out of the way and then we can spar. Okay?" I reply.

She crosses her arms with a pout but nodded. We all head into the Castle and towards the Throne Room where I open the doors for them and get a thank you from them. I notice four thrones instead of two now.

I raise an eyebrow at that. We walk over to the thrones as the people in line watch us. Luna sits on the far left throne. Celestia sits on the second right one. Shella sits on the far right one, leaving the one between Celestia and Luna for me. I sit down and immediately the nobles start throwing a fit.

"What is he doing sitting on a throne? He's just a knight. We thought that throne was for Princess Mi Amore Cadenza!" One of the nobles shouts out.

I look at him with a neutral expression. Though Luna decides to speak up. "Thou wilt show thy future king respect!" Luna shouts out in the Royal Canterlot Voice. She then clamps her hands over her mouth, I'm guessing she wasn't supposed to tell anyone about that yet.

I look to Celestia who just sighs.

"Future king? You're marrying him?" Another noble asks, but this time, in a friendly tone. Must be one of the families Blueblood has won over.

Celestia takes a deep breath and exhales. "Yes, we are to be wed in a month's time," she tells them.

The people start bombarding Celestia with questions and demands.

"What day is the wedding!?"

"How could you degrade yourself for that savage!?"

"Who will be invited!?"

"You'd let somepony who isn't even a pony become king!?"

More and more questions are shouted at us and I just facepalm and groan. "What is with most of you nobles and your nasty attitudes? Are those canes of yours lodged that far up your asses?" I ask irritated. I get a few laughs from the citizens and some of the nicer nobles. The others just glare at me. "What? It isn't my fault you're always grouchy," I tell them and lean my elbow on the throne's armrest with my head on my fist.

"This is completely unacceptable!" A woman with deep golden coloured fur says with a frown. She has light blonde hair and green eyes. The mark on her hand is a pile of gold bullion.

"And you are?" I ask her.

She humphs at me with a glare. "I am Mrs Goldrush the sixth of the Goldrush noble family, and I will not approve of this union.," she replies.

"Why?" I simply ask with a raised brow.

She raises her head slightly, as if to look down on me. Hard to do when I'm elevated on a higher platform. "You are not royalty nor nobility and your rank was given to you without any formal experience in the guard. You have no manners what so ever and you have defiled the Princesses innocence," she tells me.

I frown at her as the last thing she said struck a nerve. I stand up and look down at her. "Defiled? How so? I love them with all my heart and would do anything to keep them happy and safe," I tell her. Getting happy smiles from my lovers. "From what I can see, they're a lot happier than you are."

Her glare hardens. "They are no longer pure, how can we follow a mare who gives into such primal urges. Especially to a creature not of this world," she says with a smirk and I go wide eyed. How did she know I'm not from Equus? She begins to laugh. "Are you wondering how I know? I know everything that's been happening which involves you. I even know you have gotten the Princess pregnant," she says as if it wasn't a big deal.

The other people in the room gasp and start talking amongst themselves. I look back at Celestia to see her confident expression turn to one of worry so I walk over to her and give her a kiss. Her eyes widen and then slowly close as she returns it. All the talking in the room instantly ceased.

"Let them say whatever they want, it doesn't change a thing," I tell Celestia and then turn back to Goldrush. "And? That just means we have a breach of security in the Castle, and as the Princesses knight, I shall find this breach and bring him or her before the Princesses, where we'll extract any information they might have," I glare right back at her.

Her smirk is gone as she frowns. "Who said anything about spies? Rumours are quick to spread throughout Canterlot," she says and heads for the doors.

The room watches in silence until she has left. "So, she's the one trying to keep things the way they are with the nobles now..." I say to myself.

"Yes, she is the head of one of the most influential noble families in Canterlot," Luna tells me.

"So what happens when a noble family objects to a Princess getting married?" I ask.

Celestia looks upset. "They can call a vote to see if they approve or disapprove of the union... If more than half agree, we can be wed. If more than half disagree, you would be exiled from Canterlot," she tells me.

I stare at her like as if she was joking. "They can really do that?" I ask her.

"I'm afraid so. After three hundred years when Luna was banished, the nobles used my depression to trick me into signing some laws. This was one of them. It was their attempt to make it so one of their heirs could become King," she tells me.

Luna looks absolutely furious. "They did WHAT!" she shouts.

Celestia looks even more upset but I just smirk and hug her. "I'd like to see them try. As I said, if they want me gone, they'll have to use force. I'm marrying you three and there's nothing they can say or do to stop me." I tell them. I then get a wicked grin. "And not only me, but Discord as well, and I'd love to see what he'd do to them," I say and chuckle.

"Tis true, Discord does have a soft spot for thee. Seeing thou in trouble, we doubt he would sit by and do nothing," Luna says.

"Exactly! So don't worry about the nobles, I bet they're just jealous," I tell her as I sit back on my throne.

Celestia smiles and gets up. She walks over to me and sits side saddle on my lap and kisses me. "Thank you," she says.

I look back at the people in line, I actually forgot they were there. I smile seeing most of their faces with a smile of their own, though some of the nobles left the line and the room.

Thirteen days have gone by since my near possession by Nightmare Moon and I've been practising with the light and shadow elements every day since then. I can even barely channel four elements together now, though I still need more practice. I'm really looking forward to being able to fly instead of just gliding.

I can now cast a shadow spray, aura, nova, and mines. I'm still trying to work on a wall, which will create a mist in front of me that will deafen any who enter. As for the light element I can cast a beam, aura, nova, and mines as well.

Luna and I had our sparring matches and she beat me eight times while I won twice. I'm getting better, but I think I might have the advantage if I used my magic. Even after our sparring matches, Luna has been training with me every morning after. Celestia even wanted to join in, but I told her no, not until after she's had the baby.

After a few days, Luna showed me some sort of newspaper. The Canterlot Times, or something. On the front page is me standing in front of Celestia with a frown towards Goldrush. The headline was 'Equestria's knight to wed the Princesses.' and below it was an article about Celestia being pregnant.

The article said that this would be the first time in over a thousand years an alicorn has gotten pregnant and that the citizens are looking forward to the birth of a new Prince or Princess. Though some noble families see it as a impurity, a stain in the royal bloodline.

There's even an article about me reviving Rarity in it. 'Is our very own knight a god who can bring back the dead?' I just rolled my eyes at that.

Blueblood has got another two families on his side while Goldrush has three others. At this rate, there might be a war between the families.

Shella's and Celestia's stomachs have gotten bigger. I notice Celestia rubbing her belly affectionately now and then, even talking to it. It makes me smile every time.

Twilight and her friends stayed for a few days until I got the hang of channelling the shadow element. Discord confirmed that I'm in no danger of possession anymore as my body apparently developed a sort of immunity to the dark influences, but they'll be back tomorrow to meet Blueblood.

I've been talking with Cadence a few times. She's still really giddy about Celestia, Luna, Shella, and I getting married. She even went as far as to plan everything for us. I even ask Shining to be my best man... but Cadence has been acting strange around me lately.

Discord has been pulling little pranks on the guards, maids, and the nobles that are on Goldrush's side. Though he was scolded for the guards and maids, nothing was said about the nobles.

After Breakfast. Twilight and her friends arrive for their meeting with Blueblood. We're sitting in a lounge room the Princesses use when they need to relax from court duties.

"So what you girls been up to since we last saw each other?" I ask them.

"Well, I've been getting a lot of reporters asking me about if you bringing me back from the dead was a hoax or real," Rarity says. "but little Spikey Wikey drove them away for me," she says while patting Spike on his head. He has a large dopey looking smile on his face.

"I've finally perfected the portal to Terra and we can set it up after the royal wedding. It would be much easier to meet your King if you are a King yourself," Twilight tells me.

"Tis true that being royalty would aid us in getting an audience with thy King... what is thy King's name?" Luna says and asks.

"Oh, his name is Vortigan Llywelyn and he's the twelfth King of Reymorah. I've heard nothing but good things about him," I reply.

"What is he like?" Celestia asks.

"I've never met him, but I've heard about his deeds. He personally helps take out dangerous bandit groups and monsters from attacking villages and towns. He's a powerful mage from what I've heard. He lets those that work in the Castle live there with their own rooms. He even has a carnival set up every month for the people to relax and have fun at, he even attends it like anyone else and asks to be treated just like any other," I tell her.

"He sounds like a merciful ruler," Shella says with a smile.

"On the contrary. Orcs have attacked Reymorah many times in the past, and he's been at the front lines of those battles every time. It's said he's like a demon when he's fighting, he leaves none that threaten Reymorah alive," I tell her.

They all look at me with wide eyes. "He goes into battle with his guards?" Luna asks.

"We call them many things. The arcanists, who specialize in offensive magic and use mostly robes, staffs, and wands."

"The juggernauts, who specialize in very heavy armour and battle shields. Battle shields are just as tall as their wielders and have either blades or spikes on the front, and they use two at the same time. They're the front line defenders and break through enemy defences by ramming into them."

"The marksman are mainly comprised of dwarves and elves, but some humans join them as well. They use rifles, bows, crossbows, pistols, and bowguns. They're experts at long range combat with projectile weapons."

"The lancers. A squad of horseback soldiers who wield a shield, lance, and plate armour. Their job is to flank enemy forces with the speed of their mounts and take the enemy by surprise." This gets them to raise an eyebrow at me but say nothing.

"The engineers build, operate, and maintain the siege weapons and city defences. They mostly comprise of dwarves and humans."

"The infantry, who use medium armour with any variety of melee weapons. They're quick on their feet and strike hard. They mostly comprise of humans who don't have any magic or not very proficient with it."

"The clerics, who specialize in healing and defensive magic. They're mostly humans, but some elves have their own forms of healing spells as well. They use robes or light chainmail with wands, foci, tomes, and staves for spell casting and maces or short swords for self defence.

"Then the battle-mages like me. They use half-plate or chainmail armour and use either a mace or longsword with a stave, foci, or shield. They specialize in both melee and all around magic. Though I apparently am more proficient with my magic than they are. I'm guessing that has something to do with the powerful mage Starswirl being my ancestor," I tell them.

I swear I heard a plate smash. We all look at Twilight as her hair starts splitting out all over the place, a shocked expression on her face. "Y-Y-You're a d-descendant of thee Starswirl the Bearded!?" she shrieks.

I rub my ears and shake my head. "That's what Discord told me... where is Discord by the way?" I ask.

As if hearing me, he appears in a puff of smoke, floating above us. "You rang?" he asks with a grin.

"H-Hello Discord," Fluttershy says with a smile and a wave making her friends look at her strangely.

"Oh! There you are Flutters. I was wondering where you were when I couldn't find you at your cottage," he replies to her.

Rainbow glares at him. "What's that supposed to mean!?" she yells at him, flying right up to his face.

Discord places a hand on his chest and looks offended. "Why I never! I simply visit dear Fluttershy for afternoon tea now and then. She's simply a delight to converse with, doesn't hurt she finds me fascinating as well," he tells her.

We look at Fluttershy who hides behind her hair. "I-I'm sorry! I just haven't met anything like him before, and he's made from so many different animals..." she says.

Rainbow was about to say something, but the door opens and Blueblood, Lily, and Thraxx walk in. "Hey, Thraxx! How you been?" I ask him.

He looks just like the other changelings from the Lapis Hive as well now. "Doing good. I've been feeding the changelings in the Dungeons over the past month. The four who impersonated the guards are starting to change like us and they want to join the Lapis Hive. They've already been disconnected from the Jade Shell Hive mind," he says.

"Can they be trusted?" I ask him.

"Yes, the fact they're changing alone means they've already dedicated themselves to our Hive. A changeling cannot alter their natural appearance without magic, and since they have inhibitors to block their magic, the change is natural. They've never been so full before, they believe Queen Chrysalis's methods are wrong now," he replies.

"That's good, how long till the change is complete?" I ask.

"Another week at most," he tells me.

"Alright. Hello, Blueblood. I hope the nobles haven't been too much of a pain in the ass for you," I reply and then ask Blueblood.

He chuckles lightly. "Oh most certainly, sir Adrian. They surely are a stubborn lot, but I am trying my best to convince them," he replies. He then looks over at Twilight and her friends. "Ah these must be the friends you told me of." He looks at them and stops at Rarity, he walks over to her and bows. "You must be Lady Rarity. I am deeply sorry for whatever my imposter has done to you, if there is anything I can do to compensate you, please do not hesitate to ask," he tells her.

Rarity looks stunned. "I... thank you. I must say, you are much more pleasant to talk to then your imposter ever was," she replies and smiles.

"I am happy to hear that, my lady. Would you like to join me and Lily for lunch today?" he asks her and I notice Spike frown at him.

"Lily? The filly I have heard you adopted?" she asks him.

"Yes," he replies and steps aside as Lily was hiding behind him. "The is Fleur Lily, and until we can find her parents, I have taken it upon myself to care for her," Blueblood replies.

Rarity looks at the young girl and smiles. "Hello, Lily. I'm Rarity. It is nice to meet you," she says and holds her hand out.

Lily looks at it for a few seconds before shaking it. "Hi," she quietly replies.

Rarity then looks back at Blueblood. "I would be delighted to join you for lunch," she tells him.

"Wow, he isn't a dick like his imposter was at the Gala," Rainbow says bluntly.

"RAINBOW!" Applejack yells. "Where are yer manners! That's no way ta speak ta royalty!" she scolds Rainbow.

"What?" Rainbow asks as if nothing happened.

Blueblood just laughs. "I am pleased I'm not a 'dick' as you put it," he says.

Rainbow just grins. "I like him already," she says and laughs. Applejack just sighs and shakes her head.

We all chat for an hour, talking about the last week. It seems Rarity and Blueblood are hitting it off swimmingly, much to Spike's ire.

Twilight finally returned from her shock and bombarded me with questions. Like what Starswirl was like, what happened to him, and about his feats in Human history.

Discord took over and explained for me. Twilight was hanging on his every word, though she was scolding him for some playful names he used to describe him now and then.

I leave the room to stretch my legs and take a walk around the Castle. As I walk down a hallway, I see Cadence and Shining walking hand in hand.

Cadence then spots me and smiles. "Adrian! Can we talk with you for a minute?" she asks.

I raise a brow. "Sure, what do you need?" I reply and ask.

"Shining and I have talked with my aunties and Shella about something serious..." she says and blushes.

Why is she blushing. "And?" I ask.

"Shining and I want a foal, but since he can't get me pregnant and nopony else can. We want you to impregnate me when I next go into heat," she tells me.

I go slack jawed and stare at the both of them. I then look at Shining. "And you're just okay with this?" I ask him.

"Not really. We've been trying to have a foal for a year now, but it's never worked. Cadence has always wanted a foal but is cursed to never bare one. Until you came along and got Princess Celestia pregnant that is. With your help, Cadence can finally have her wish," he says.

I look back to Cadence with a raised brow. "And you're sure you're alright with this as well? What about Tia, Luna, and Shella? Will they be okay with it?" I ask her.

"As I've said, I have talked it over with them and they've agreed. I've wanted a foal for the last thirty years, but no pony is able to give me one. You're my only hope to have one," she tells me, tears forming in her eyes.

I look between them for a minute or two and sigh. "Alright, I'll help," I tell them.

Cadence walks up to me and hugs me tightly. "Thank you. I'll go into heat in a week or two. We'll tell you when it starts," Cadence says and we say our goodbyes.

Once they're gone, I head back to the lounge. I'll talk to Celestia, Luna, and Shella about this later.

After everyone said their goodbyes Celestia, Luna, Shella, and I head back to Luna's room for the night. We all strip off our clothes and cuddle up together.

"So..." I say getting their attention. "Cadence and Shining had a talk with me," I tell them.

"What about?" Celestia asks.

"Me helping Cadence get a foal," I reply.

"Oh. So she finally asked you then?" she asks.

"Finally? How long was she planning this?" I ask.

"Ever since she found out I was pregnant," she says. I slip a hand down and stroke her stomach making her hum in content and rest her head on my right shoulder.

"And you're all okay with this?" I ask just to be sure.

"We are. Luna and I know the fear of never baring foals, and if you can help her have one of her own, then we don't see why not. Who knows... Maybe in a hundred years or so, she'll join our herd. Finding a mate to share eternity with is near impossible, yet here you are," she replies and nuzzles me.

I lean my head back onto my pillow and look up at the ceiling. That's true, Shining won't live forever. I kiss them all goodnight and we all fall asleep.

After eight days of intense training with Discord and Luna. I now have full control over a single light and shadow element. I'll continue to practice until I can safely use three or four at once.

Blueblood and Rarity have been getting together over the last week. Rarity really seems to be infatuated with the real Blueblood it seems as he's been treating her like a Princess, and she's loving it.

Discord told me once I've gotten better with the light and shadow elements, he'll start teaching me the order and chaos ones, but that won't be until after the wedding and our trip to Terra.

Goldrush has been causing an uproar within the noble families, trying to get the wedding cancelled. Bitch doesn't know who she's dealing with. I've told Discord about it and he's agreed to help make sure the wedding goes through.

I've also noticed Discord and Fluttershy getting more than just friendly. He's even spending more time in his Human like form around her.

After lunch, Celestia, Luna, and I are having a workout in the Gym with Shella sitting at the sidelines. Her rather big belly preventing her from joining in.

I step off the treadmill and wipe my brow. The door suddenly bursts open with a red faced Cadence looking around. She spots me and runs at me in a sprint. SHIT!

She tackles me to the floor and is panting hard. "Cadence! What the hell has gotten into you!?" I ask shocked at her behaviour.

"I'm in heat, and I want a foal!" she tells me and without warning, kisses me.

I go wide eyed and look at the others. They're giggling at me and leave the room, but not before locking the doors.

Cadence pulls back with lust in her eyes. "You, me, foal, NOW!" she says and her horn glows.

Oh crap.

Next chapter is sexy times with Cadence! WOO this will be fun to write :D

Next proper chapter will be the Royal Wedding!