A Winter's Rose
Chapter 44: Chapter 44. Just an average Friday.
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I sat on an ivory throne that was comfortable, big and epic. It made me look like there was a pair of white wings that looked like they were protecting me, in a gentle embrace. There were two sets of stairs that lead to the throne with the base guarded by my Black Knights. Just bellow the throne a few meters away, was a podium where ponies would stand to make their complaints, and leading up to that podium was a red carpet. The entire throne room was giant and decorated in the same gothic style as the rest of the castle. The hall leading up to the podium took a good minute to walk to from the pair of doors that were carved in the shape of beautiful leafless trees. There were windows along the hall in between each pillar that looked like real trees that were made of stone. The ceiling was painted like there was a clear, blue sky with stray clouds floating around.
I wore an ivory crown that looked exactly like how I described it from memory from my favorite vanity item from one of my favorite games. My crown fitted nicely on my head and matched my regalia perfectly. With the crown, I also wore a silver collar that was in the same design as the crown. The collar also had my signature silver bell hanging from it just under the sapphire that was the centerpiece of the collar. I also wore a silver ribbon near the tip of my tail with a silver bell too. What didn't match my new look was my five earnings.
Each black ring on my ear had a unique enchantment on it. One had a conversion enhancement. One had a wall walking enchantment. One had a Notice-Me-Not enchantment. One had an enchantment that makes my right eye look like Sasuke's; Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Though, it's just for show. And the last one is just for show.
I sighed as a pony walked in from the far end of the halls, signaling me that it was time to get back to day court that the counsel managed to convince me to do because it would increase moral. Though, I think it was because I had nothing to do other than train with Luna and Spitfire while everyone else went back to school. 'At least, I get to fuck with asshats who think they can use me like the nobles that use Celestia.'
As the pony got closer, the more snobby he looked to me. I raised a brow and turned on my Sharingan, causing the pony to stare at my right eye in pure terror just like the others that came before him. I liked how this little illusion trick made a rumor throughout the castle and city that I could see all lies, see one hour into the future, see everyone's sins, see their dreams, see their souls, and so on and so forth. It was an awesome little rumor that has helped me in the courtroom, as it forces all that come before me to speak truthfully, or face horrific judgment and punishment. Pony #626 walked on to the podium and cleared his throat while a maid gave me some tea to enjoy.
"Good afternoon, your majesty," Pony #626 bowed. "I am here to request a new inquisition regarding a few troubled individuals that have been causing problems in the lower districts." I took a sip of my delightful tea and motioned for him to go on.
"As you might have heard of about the Khajiit cat people in the lower districts being rather respectable, but I am here to tell you that it is all a lie."
'And he is on my shit list for the amount of bullshit that just came out of his face.'
“The cat people are nothing but thieves and liars…”
“Stop right there,” I cut him off, already knowing where he was getting at. He gave me a confused look like we wanted to snap at me for interrupting, but he stayed quiet at let me speak.
“I know there are a few bad apples and they aren't much of a problem if you know what they are stealing, however. It does become a problem if a guild suddenly shows up and tries to rule the criminal underworld, but that doesn't give you the right to condemn an entire race because of these bad apples. So get out of my sight and don't come back unless you have a real problem as I hate racist assholes. Now good day,” I said with a flick of the hoof. Pony #626’s jaw dropped in utter shock before two guards escorted him out of the throne room, making that the last appointment for the day.
I yawned in pure boredom after I finished my tea and jumped off of the magnificent throne to go and do something to pass the time. My personal maid which surprisingly was none other than Feather Flight walked with me out of the throne room with a smile on her face. It still confuses me that she was here and not tending to our home in Cloudsdale. I and Spitfire were rather surprised to see her just show up with a guard escorting her to the training field where we were practicing hand-to-hand combat.
Both of were slightly concerned about her at first, but after learning that our old home was destroyed and she was put on the chopping block for being associated with us. She flew over here and asked for help from the Empress. Then she fainted when she learned that I was the Empress, even though I told her once already. Once she was back up, Spitfire finally fucking kissed her already. Then she fainted again. When she was up for the third time, Luna walked in with a gaming headset and a Ybox controller in her telekinetic grip. Thus, Feather Flight fainted for the third time. Luna freaked out about it and rushed to her side to see if she was okay. When Feather came to again, this time in Luna's arms. Her nose began to bleed, then she fainted again.
I had to beat Luna away with a stick to get rid of her because every time Feather woke up, she fainted. Once Luna was gone, I called a doctor to make sure Feather was alright because no pony should have fainted twenty-four times in just an hour. I didn't see Spitfire or Feather Flight again that night, but hearing the gossip from one of the other maids of the castle told me that they were very loud in Spitfires room. That brought a smile to my face that they finally hooked up.
We both walked back to my room to drop off my royal wear and put on my regular clothes, which was just a collar change and taking off my crown. As we walked, I couldn't help but feel slightly lonely in my castle. Spitfire was acting as a trainer for a new division of soldiers that would be acting as, Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. My special forces that can be deployed from a high altitude behind enemy lines without notice thanks to an enchanted and recyclable pod that Umbra Eon designed.
‘She is a genius when it comes to Rune Theory, and a hot genius at that.’
That was another thing that I was missing already. With all my friends continuing their schooling at, Arcadia’s School For Intelligent Beings, a few miles away. Life has been dull and lonely. After one night without Summer snuggling me to sleep, I have noticed that my mornings were very depressing. I missed her sweet scent that smelled like roses covered in fresh morning dew. I missed her smile and her laugh. Just being away from her was making me prickly with worry. It didn't help that my ass mark glowed whenever I thought of her, according to my guards. It was rather distracting.
I sighed as we walked into my private bedchamber with my ass mark glowing again, telling me that she was fine and missing me too. ‘Not sure how I knew that, but it was comforting and good to know.’
My bedroom was like a large apartment with a small balcony in it, with guards standing at the door that had the same design as the throne rooms doors. I walked over to my bed which was at the top of the balcony that can only be accessed by flying or teleporting or ladder. My bed was made out of clouds and could easily fit five, full-grown Griffins on it. The four poster cloud bed sat in the center of the balcony. Beside the bed that looked like it was carved out of a tree, was a simple desk with a few books on it. To the left of the bed was a vanity mirror that was on a dresser with my other stuff.
I hoped over and took off my crown and my silver collar and put on my black collar. I kept the ribbon on my tail on as it looked really cute according to Summer. With a bored sigh, I decided that a trip into town to screw with the minds of my zealots sounded fun. Just as I was about to leave for the city, I saw my guitar in the corner of the room. An evil smile met my face as I haven't played it in a while. I grabbed it, causing Feather Flight to give me a curious look.
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I sat outside by a fountain with a giant crowd around me, watching in wonder and in awe as I tuned my guitar. I could tell that this was their first tome seeing their Goddess for the first time as the zealots began calling everyone around to come and meet me, but me guards kept them at bay. Mares cried, stallions cheered, foals stared with curiosity in their eyes as I walked through the city. Many tried to give me flowers while some just smiled, and I smiled back. Diamond Dogs called me the Great Alpha, the cat people called me Maiden of Twilight. Griffins called me, Goddess of War, while the ponies called me, Lady of the Wind. And I enjoyed every second of it.
When Celestia walked through a busy street in a town that wasn't Canterlot, all she got was a welcome to town-A party and the occasional bow of respect. I, however, had everyone around me begging to kiss the very floor that I walk on, even some dragons tried too. I simply gave them my thanks for the sentiment and continued to walk around, searching for a good place to play on my guitar.
I smiled once I was done tuning my guitar. I figured that I should play a song that told a story. A song that was easy to play for the crowd around me. Once I had a song in mind, I put my guitar on electric mode and watched as everyone went silent.
As I sang the song, I could see that the entire crowd was entranced to the lyrics. I even heard a snare drum pound along to the beat that I made. It wasn't one of my favorites, but it certainly was enjoyable to play. The reaction of the crowd was priceless as I finished, but I didn't stop there. I adjusted myself and played another song that I knew how to play the violin, and translated it to the guitar. I knew that it wasn't going to be as powerful as a full orchestra, but that didn't matter much. I just wanted to play.
After a while of playing, it was time to head back to the castle. The crowd cheered and promptly began kissing my ass in praise for my epic skills as the guards began to get rid of them. I gave them all a final bow for their patronage and began to pack away my guitar.
"DOWN WITH THE BLACK QUEEN!" shouted a group of ponies as they rushed me and my guards in golden armor with swords and spears pointed at me. I instantly reacted and turned on my Air Sight as well as my Sharingan illusion spell. My guards bolted at them as the crowd was forced to run away instead of coming to my rescue. I jumped out of the way of a spear that almost made me its friend with my guitar in a hoof.
I turned to the pony that threw the spear and saw that all of my guards were killed like red shirts in a Game of Thrones movie. I groaned as they laughed at me because the only thing that I was holding to protect myself was my guitar. Then a thought came to mind. 'I knew Umbra and I agreed not to use the special feature this guitar has, but what the hell.'
I cracked a smile at them and thought of a song before I hit the red lever into the, on position. They all gave me a funny look as my guitar began to glow an azure color. The lead pony of the group of ten pointed at my guitar with a smug smile with his sword and said: "What are you going to do with that? Play us to death?" he laughed. I played a note, causing the tip head of my guitar to glow for a second before a bolt of lightning shot out and killed one of the assassins instantly. We all stood there in shock, but they weren't as fast to recover.
I began playing my song, causing lightning to shot out of my guitar like a machine gun. I killed half of the ponies in less than a second while the others took cover in a nearby shop, but it was fruitless. I flipped a nob on the guitar, changing what came out of the head as I played. Balls of fire were sent out at the hiding ponies, killing two more and engulfing the shop in a fire. The three remaining ponies had to jump out as I hit another nob, changing my ammo again, but this time, into an area of effect pressure wave.
One of the ponies tried to charge at me to get me to stop while the other two strafed around me. The pony that ran at me exploded into red mist the second he was in range for my pressure wave. I smiled and hit another nob, turning my pressure wave into my special, Air Blades. Once one of the ponies saw that I changed ammo, she charged at me like the last guy. What a big mistake. I aimed the head at her just as she was about to land a hit with her spear, and watched as she turned into a hundred pieces before said pieces slid just in front of me.
I hit one last nob, just as the leader of the group realized that he was fucked if he tried to get close and thought a retreat was the best option, but he was wrong. Just as he turned around, I played the final not of the sone which sent all the nearby spears and swords at him from all angles. I watched as he was impaled to the stone floor like something that, Vlad the Impaler would do.
Once the dust settled and more guards arrived to come save my ass, I turned off my guitar's special function with a long sigh that I was going to have to set up something to prevent attacks like these from happening, as well as upgrade my guard.
'At least, I got to see what would happen if I turned on the magic button on my guitar.'
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