It was the start of the school year for Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. Well, the school doesn't just focus solely on unicorns any more. One could go as far as to say that the school was referred to as Canterlot Municipal or Canterlot Public for a friendlier and more relatable feel. It is also worth mentioning that it wasn't the only school in Canterlot either, but it was the largest. It held that notoriety as the largest because it ranged in a variety of areas from simple math to advanced magic’s. With that student age for the school ranged from as young as four, to students well into their thirties or forties. Advanced courses were based on merit and skill and not age were how generally how those advanced classes were populated.

The school itself was broken down into two main schools. There was the general school and the advanced one respectivly. General was the base learning courses everypony will take in their lifetime to get their basic High School education. Whereas the advanced school helped ponies focus and harness their powers and prowess for the betterment of either themselves or others. College courses were found here too.

Twilight Sparkle was one of the select few fillies that that would be not only attending her usual classes, but with her magical surge and the princess’ declaration of finding a new student, would be honing her powers to better control them. Her current mana pool was slightly unstable now and required a delicate and experienced hand to help her control her powers. With that in mind, her class schedule would be different from her peers, but she was excited and glad to make due.

Raven was also one of the newer exceptions. Her mental prowess was more known than her magical abilities. She excelled in math and science so much so that she was taking intro college courses. But she had to take basic classes in History and Magic. The latter of the two was the hardest struggle. Magic, incantations, and spells didn’t really apply to Void Energy. With the return of her memories she remembered the days of the Tenno Schools. Schools designed solely to help kids like her to harness and hone their void powers. She mained the School of Zunerik, a way to harness her energy.

They believed the clearest path to victory was to Dominate the Enemy. They sought to choke an opponent of all resources; that sheer strength could erase any resistance.

One of the five schools of the Tenno. Victory through strength and her large energy reserves reflected just that. She concluded that without the help of the Somatic Link, her void energy reserves had built up with no passive burn off. It all just built up and up until she suffered her surges, which was her bodies way of expelling the excess energy. Now with Frost here and her ability to transfer into the frame and burn energy, her Void surges had yet to make an appearance. But with her knowledge of the Zunerik School, she was what could be by Equestrian standards, a formidable mage.

If only she could get past Magic 101.

It was so early in the year that she didn’t really care.

Twilight was also a huge help with Raven's homework. The little filly even introduced the princess to her little group of friends, even though Twilight was often found reading rather than playing. All five were unicorns and all five were right around ten in age. One little yellow one with a light blue mane named Lemon Hearts, a cream-colored filly with a pink mane named Twinkleshine, a mint colored filly named Lyra, a little light blue filly with toothpaste colored hair named Minuette, and finally, another little cream-colored filly with a mismatched red and purple mane named Moon Dancer. The human girl made the group rather strange.

It was that, that had led to bullying. Particularly with Twilight and Moon Dancer, since they were over achievers and what one would call ‘nerds’. The remaining three fillies were either not powerful enough magic wise or were to small physically to even fight back.

Currently, Minuette, Twinkleshine, and Lyra were all huddled together in a corner of one of the many halls of the school as a larger teen stallion stared them down. Moon Dancer was being held painfully by one arm by a teen mare while Twilight was on the ground begging for her doll Smarty Pants back while another teen mare loomed over her

All five fillies were in various states of panic, all of them sobbing their protests loudly.

Twilight reached out for her doll while the teen mare held it out of her reach, laughing all the while at the little babies struggles. This continued for some time, no pony bothering to come to the groups aid. Just how the bullies preferred it.

“A-hem…”

The three teens turned to look towards the throat that was cleared not too far away. Standing nearby, like an angel in the darkness. Princess Raven was staring towards the teen holding her friends’ doll with a bemused expression while she also held onto one strap of her backpack.

“Any particular reason why you’re harassing my friends?” the princess question with a raised brow.

“Well, well, well,” the lead teen started before she threw the grey doll at Twilight, hitting the filly in the chest. Twilight struggle to catch to doll and wasted little time in hugging her precious toy close to her chest, tears streaming down her little cheeks. It was a gift from her brother after all. “What is this freak doing here?”

Raven did nothing but stare at the teen as she approached. It was clear she was a punk and not worth the princess's time, let alone anyone else's. Torn jeans, jet black shirt with some sort of unrecognizable decal on it, a nose piercing, ear piercings, and the like. She was grey in color, with a clearly dyed jet-black mane, a less than desirable degenerate. As the teen mare walked up, she pressed her nose against the shorter girl’s smaller nose.

“Back up,” Raven ordered calmly.

“And what?” the teen tested.

“Back up,” Raven repeated.

“Or what?” the teen verbally pushed while also shoving the girl’s shoulder.

“Last chance…” Raven ordered.

“Or… what!?” the teen shouted, pulling her arm back and throwing a fist. If she wanted to fight… Raven would give her a fucking fight!

There was a flash of light and a warping sound as the teens hand impacted against metal before a metal clade gloved hand wrapped around the teens closed fist. She went wide eyed as she stared at her captured hand before staring up at the now taller, armor clad minotaur looming over her.

“I warned you,” the ‘freaks’ voice spoke from the suit.

The teen mare yelped painfully as her arm twisted downward in an irregular angle as her knuckles cracked before she was forcefully manipulated and spun around, the suit wrapping both her and his arm around her chest, grasping onto her nose and holding her in a headlock. Panicked, the mare did her best to free herself from his grasp.

She couldn’t.

“Mhmmm!” she panicked further as she struggled to breath. She pulled and struggled as hard as she could to break free. It did little as her lungs started to burn due to lack of oxygen.

“Don’t struggle, don’t struggle,” ~Raven~ suggested. There was another flash of light as the girl stepped out from behind the suit. “Hold her,” she ordered the suit. Turning her head, Raven cracked her neck loudly. “So… are we going to fight, or what?”

The teen holding Moon Dancer released the filly with a growl. Raven dropped her bag from her shoulder, letting it slam against the floor the top flipped open, spilling books, papers and pencils across the floor. The teen threw a punch but second-guessed herself when her target winked out of existence. Raven appeared behind the teen, blasting the young mare with her Void Blast. The mare flew forward, sparks of electricity dancing across her form before she impacted front first against the lockers lining the wall.

“Come here!” a male voice shouted. Raven grunted as an arm wrapped around her neck, lifting her off the floor, her feet kicking wildly. Grasping onto the larger male’s arm, she did her best to break free before giving up and holding her arm and a clenched fist over her head. Elbowing the stallion in the ribs, he grunted painfully but didn't release her. Raven elbowed him again before adjusted her head and bit his arm, her sharper teeth sinking deep into his flesh. As he screamed in agony, Raven tasted blood in her mouth as she squirmed and wiggled as much as she could. Using her right hand, she poked the stallion in the eye.

He screamed out and released her, grabbing onto his injured eye with both hands. Pushing off and free from his grasp, she landed with a grunt. Spinning around, she turned and punched the stallion in the gut, knocking the wind from his lungs, forcing him to bend over. Grabbing onto the back of his head she slammed his forehead against her knee. Stepping back, she brought her right leg back as far as if would go…

And she kicked him as hard as she could, right in the groin…

His wheeze was very high pitched as both hands snapped to cover his screaming nuts. He stared at the frowning princess before he fell over onto the floor in a tiny ball. Raven stared down at the stallion before her gaze softened and she looked towards Twilight.

“You okay, Twilight?” she asked softly offering the filly a hand. Twilight rubbed her nose with her sleeve and gingerly nodded her head before taking the offered hand. Pulling her to her hooves, Raven gently tapped the filly on the back, reassuring her before moving towards Moon Dancer. The cream-colored filly held her arm painfully while she sniffled her running nose. Raven gingerly adjusted the filly’s glasses and moved onto examining her friends’ arm. Lifting the girl’s sweater, there was a red mark of a hand print, but no further injury. She gave the filly a nuzzle and a hug before moving towards the rest of her three friends. Pulling them off the floor, she nuzzled all of them while examining their wounds, or lack thereof.

As all five fillies huddled around each other Raven made it her point to focus on the mare in her Warframe’s arms. “Now… what to do with you?” she said to no pony as she tapped her chin while looking around the hall. She though for several seconds before giving the teen one last, narrow eyed stare. “As much as I’d prefer to just kill you and get you out of the way, that’s rather frowned upon here…” The teens were as wide as dinner plates as she screamed into Frost’s glove, but it came out more muffled than anything. “Let’s see…”

Dean Lecture pushed his way through the gathered crowd of ponies staring up at the ceiling. He shouted for students to move and go back to their classes as he moved. It was several seconds of hard struggling and pushing before he finally pushed his way into the center of the circle.

“Alright, Alright!” he shouted. “Everypony go to your respective classes before I give all of you detention!” he shouted sternly with a scowl. Some ponies in the back of the crowd turned to leave while a few others continued to stare. He was ready to shout again before he was cut off as a large drop of water hit him on the head. Running his hand over the spot, he rubbed his fingers in confusion before he lifted his head.

And much to his horror, there was a female student, completely encased in ice save her nose, which was the only thing that allowed her to breath. She was stripped completely nude with the words ‘BITCH’ and ‘SLUT’ written in bold black marker on both her forehead and crotch respectively. His eyes went wide before he magicked a sheet and held it up high enough to cover the teens naked form. “CLASS! NOW!” he bellowed, causing everyone in the immediate area to either scatter, fly, or teleport away, leaving the halls deathly quiet. He gave the teen one last worried look before a locker nearby rattle loudly before a young mare fell out, hitting her jaw on the floor painfully.

Dean Lecture rubbed the side of his temples with both hands in disbelief as he sat in his office. He could not believe who of all ponies would do such a thing. “Princess… this is not how you deal with bullies! We have procedures for this stuff! If you have a problem, come to a teacher! Come to me and we'll talk to them!”

The girl in question sat opposite of the stallion with an indignant look and her arms crossed as she was forced to listen to the dean as she stared out a nearby window. Raven lifted a brow when he finished talking and rested her arms in her lap. “And when that doesn't work?”

Dean Lecture in turn furrowed his brow in confusion. “What? Princess we will talk to them and try to come to some sort of consensus.”

This time, Raven leaned back in her seat, crossing her arms indignantly. “And when that doesn't work?”

Dean Lecture mouthed the question to himself in confusion before he leaned forward with a scowl, intertwining his fingers and covering his mouth. “Listen here little lady, I’m going to say this once and only once,” he said sternly. “You cannot and I mean cannot treat other students like that if they are being mean. Come to us and we will deal with the problem. Princess or not, you are a student at this school. And as of right now, you will be punished appropriately. Am I clear?”

Raven snorted quietly as she smiled, finding the situation rather funny. “You are so simple minded it's laughable,” she said just loud enough for the dean to hear. Lecture wanted to say something, but he decided to hold his tongue and listen. He would scold her when she was done. “Talking won't ‘solve the issue’ as you say,” she explained using her fingers as air quotes. “The problem will continue regardless of what you do. But I'm more confused as to why I'm being punished for defending my friends?”

“Princess,” Lecture jumped in, pushing to get his point across. “Fighting is not condoned in this school regardless of what side you're on. Fighting is fighting.”

Raven narrowed her eye as she prepared her counter. “Violence is violence. And violence of any kind needs to be answered with equal or greater forces of violence. They assaulted my friends, I kicked their flanks.” She shrugged as she continued her explanation. “They should be thanking me that I even let them live… if the kills in my combat record are anything to go by.”

Dean Lectures eyes widened in both shock and horror.

But Raven continued regardless of his reaction, “But please, try your petty little help line that is absolutely useless. While I sit back and show you that her insolent behavior will never continue as long as I'm around!”

With that, she stood up, threw her bag over her shoulder and left the room.

As Raven exited the school's front door she sighed as she wandered down the stairs. There was still technically some time left in the school day. But since she had been in the dean's office for quite some time, there was less than an hour left in the class day. Might as well call it. As soon as she reached the bottom of the steps, she was rather surprised to see a certain blue haired cadet sitting on one of the many benches that scattered the front lawn of the school and he seemed to be distressed about something.

As he was lost in his bout of nervousness, he lifted his head towards the girl, lowered it back to his lap, then did a double take. “Princess!” he shouted, immediately standing from his seat and rushing towards the more casual girl with a panicked look. “I need your help!”

“I can't, I can't, I can't do this!” Cadet Armor panicked as he started to hyperventilate. Nearby, Raven rolled her eye at the display. The young stallion had conscripted the princess in helping him with doing the most dangerous, most craziest, hardest mission he will ever perform in his entire military career!

Ask Cadence on a date.

It was going really well until the asking part, wherein said stallion panicked and dove inside the nearest bush. The only remaining visible part of the stallion was the tip of his horn and his muzzle, the rest being a bright green shrubbery. From a distance, it appeared as though the human girl was conversing with said shrubbery. And for some time now, the pair had been waiting outside the school for almost forty-five minutes waiting for said pink alicorn. They had made a plan, talked it out, and had it all ready and raring to go.

It also had to be noted that the stallion was also panicking very, very hard!

“I quit!” the white muzzled bush-pony shouted. “I don’t want to do this anymore!” He’d rather be under his bed, holding his teddy bear that he totally, one-hundred percent doesn’t have whatsoever. And her name isn’t Captain Awesome Sparklez… with a ‘Z’. She definitely doesn’t have a tiny spear, shield and armor to boot. That's just absurd!

It must also be noted that she’s absolutely adorable!

Raven glanced towards the main door of the school, only to watch as Cadance and two random teen mares exited the school, gossiping and giggling about something. The trio came to a stop, creating their own little circle as they giggled and laughed about something, other students flowed around them as though they didn't exist. “Now’s your chance,” Raven said, referring to said mare.

The white muzzle made a strange noise sounding somewhere in between a wheeze and a squeak before pulling farther into the bush. Raven on the other hand groaned very loudly as she grabbed her face and shook her head. “You are such a lost cause…” she mumbled under her breath. “HEY CADANCE!?”

The pink princess and her two friends turned their heads towards the voice in question, only to focus on her cousin. Cadance gasped loudly and waved excitedly while shouting ‘Hi Raven!’ in return. Raven waved herself before pointing down at the bush planted next to her. “SHINING ARMOR HAS A QUESTION TO ASK YOU!” she shouted, ignoring the very persistent hissing and pleas of distinct objection from Cadet Green Leaves. “Good luck you spineless wuss,” Raven waved as she walked away.

Much to the stallion’s annoyance, he shot out of the bush fast as lightning, begging and pleading for his friend to not leave him here alone! “Raven… Raven don’t leave me!” His pleas fell on deaf ears as Raven waved over her shoulder as she walked down the sidewalk and towards the castle.

“Hi, Shining, you wanted to ask me something?”

He wheezed again.

“Why are you standing in that bush?”

The stallion locked up as he slowly turned around to face a confused looking Cadance with his look of abject horror. He turned to face a really… really… beautiful mare.

“Uhhh…”

He really nailed that one perfectly, he had her eating right out of his hand now!

He stared down at the lawn ornament currently trying to eat his legs. “What bush…?” he asked innocently as he stepped out and in front of the shrubbery, trying to hide its larger form behind his smaller one. It wasn't working. He laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Cadance stared at the flustered stallion with a confused expression before she giggled adorably. That cuteness was too much and caused Shining Armor locked up, he did always love that laugh. Especially when she held her hand in front of her muzzle like she was doing now. “Shiny you’re such a goofball!” she laughed before removing her hand and smiling. “But don’t you have something to ask me?”

Shit…

Serious shit…

Like… serious shit…

Super… like… serious shit…

…

WHAT DO I SAY!?

It’s said that no major plan ever survives first contact with the enemy. They tend to fall apart at the most inconvenient times. You never know what the enemy is thinking or knows, what they can do, or say. They could have somepony on the inside that learned your plans and knew exactly what you planned to do. Perhaps their defenses were stronger than anticipated. Or maybe they weren’t there to begin with. Or maybe, just maybe…

You didn’t plan to make it this far in general…?

Because that was exactly how this whole thing went down in Cadet Armor’s head. He was lying when he said he wanted to go on a date with Cadance. Yes. A total lie! A joke even! H-He wasn’t being serious!

SAY SOMETHING STUPID!

“You look purty! ” he shouted spontaneously.

Perfect.

Absolutely perfect…

He immediately slapped both hands to his face and covered his mouth and closed his eyes. He could feel his face flushing painfully red. Yep, this was it, shows over, he’d never be aloud anywhere near Cadance again. But… he still had a chance to salvage this FUBAR’d chance at getting a date with the girl of his dreams. He took a deep through his nose to calm his racing heart. He didn’t open his eyes, there was too much inherent fear to either see her horrified face or an empty space.

“C-Cadance… I… we… you... “He took another deep, calming breath. “I-I was wondering if… you… we could, I don’t know… m-maybe… get lunch? Together?”

There was no immediate response.

Yep… she was gone.

Shining Armor couldn’t help but sigh defeatedly as he dropped his head. Slowly, he released both hands from his muzzle as his shoulders wilted and drooped dramatically. He could feel tears welling up in the corners of his eyes at the rejection. Well… he might as well head back to the barracks and prepare for tomorrow's training lesson. Taking one last deep breath to at least look presentable, he prepared for his walk of shame towards the barracks. Opening his eyes…

He was surprised to see a pair of pink hooves and blue jeans still standing in front of him. Gingerly, he lifted his head and followed the pair upwards towards a belt, a light blue shirt and… a teared-up Princess Cadance as she held a hand to her muzzle.

“I’d love to!” she shouted, leaping towards the teen stallion and wrapping her arms around his neck, nuzzling his face.

Just around the corner of the building a certain human girl watched on with a gentle and proud smile. She had some planning to do.

That subsequent Saturday, and after some help from Raven on both sides, Cadet Armor and Princess Cadance spent a day on the town. They held hands, told jokes, of course had a lunch date, and had fun. All while being tailed by a few undercover guards and one protective princess. No, it was not Celestia. Unlike the guards, at least she made an attempt to stay discreet. Just as she had anticipated, nothing bad happened. Cadance has always been well loved by the Equestrian community. She's the relatable one to teens all across the country. That and being the Princess of Love is a pretty sweet title to boot.

All in all, it went well.

What Raven didn't expect, was the uproar it would cause.

The courts were currently in said uproar as dozens of noble ponies attempted to shout over each other. The throne room was packed full as Celestia’s guards did their best to contain the chaos. No amount of threats or intimidation would end the quarrel. Canterlot was in an uproar and borderline rioting when the papers printed, right on the front page too, a picture of Cadet Armor and Princess Cadance holding hands, followed closely by an article and more pictures explaining how the pair were acting. One search at the local library later for an old law involving royalty couples and that lead to an all-out riot within the nobility.

“This is an outrage!” one mare was heard shouting.

“Heresy!” shouted another stallion.

“No Princess of mine will should be allowed to marry a commoner, let alone date one!” another mare shouted.

In the center of the tallest throne sat Princess Celestia as she silently waited for the screaming to end. To her right, stood Cadet Armor holding tightly to a terrified looking Princess Cadance while Captain Bronze and Lieutenant Flare stood tall. The latter of the two guards’ eyes went wide when she stepped forward and lifted her shield as a random glass bottle sailed through the air and shattered against the metal surface, spraying fluid everywhere. Celestia was so surprised that she decided that now was the perfect time to end this right here and now!

*BANG!*

A loud explosion rang throughout the walls of the throne room, causing everypony to not only go quiet, but duck and grab their ringing ears. In the center of the doorway leading into the throne room, stood ~Raven~ in her Warframe, her smoking pistol held high above her head. “Blow it out your narcissistic assholes, you jackasses!” she shouted, holstering the pistol in a cross draw and putting her hands on her purple metallic hips.

No pony dared to even say a word.

“And who do you think you are!?” one young stallion with a light blue sweater tied around his neck shouted. The stallion immediately flinched back slightly but held his ground when the minotaur’s gigantic head turned towards him. The bull pulled a large spear from his back, metal against metal grinding as the weapon opened. Placing it against his shoulder the bull walked his way towards the stallion. Ponies dared not say anything for fear that they would be on the receiving end of his wrath and that multi-headed spear. They parted like waves flowing around a rock, he was their superior.

They were nothing.

The stallion gulped nervously as sweat started to form on his forehead. As soon as the unknown warrior was close enough, he slammed the multi-pointed head against the floor, causing a metallic tang to resonate throughout the hall. The sweater-necked clad stallion stood firm as he did his best to hide his weak and shaking knees. The bull continued to stare down while the smaller stallion starred up.

There was a flash of red and a warping sound as Princess Raven stepped out from the front of the suit as though it were never there. “Guess!” The stallion went wide eyed at the smaller girl. Raven scowled at the stallion before she stepped away. “I find great irony I the fact that the Princess of Love… isn't allowed to love?” she questioned as she walked around the center of the throne room, placing her hands on her hips and cocking them. “Since when was her’s, mine, or my mother's love life dictated by what you decide, huh!?”

“Since the princess herself decreed it!” One stallion shouted from the crowd, throwing a book in Raven's direction. There was a loud slapping sound as Frost caught it in his hand, a mere foot from Raven's head. Everypony in the room gasped in horror. They were done for now!

Turning her head, the girl stared at the book before her Warframe lowered it to his side. “I read it!” she shouted, turning in the direction where the throw came from. “It also states that if anypony has a problem with the relationship…” she let that hang in the air as she reached over and pulled something from her suits back. Holding the object behind her back she threw it sideways. The object spun rapidly before clattering against the ground and slid as a metallic sound filled the hall. As the object came to a slow spin, it was clear to anypony that could see…

It was a sword…

“That if anypony has a problem with the relationship that they must settle it in a duel!” Raven declared as she stepped into her Warframe in a flash of red light. Drawing her sword, she gave it a twirl. “To the death! ” The tension was so grand that I pin drop would have been equivalent to an earthquake. “But not against me… no, no, no. that would be unfair! ” she said, holding a hand to her chest and shaking her head. Flipping the ice-cold long sword into the air, ~Raven~ caught it by the blade. Turning abruptly, she approached the teen couple, offering her blade to the young cadet.

Shining stared at the handle with an eye of uncertainty. Slowly, he reached out and wrapped his hand around the handle. Wrapping his fingers around the worn handle, he would be lying if he said that he didn't feel empowered. The power of a thousand warriors spoke to him, encouraging him. He was so lost in its bright blue frozen finish that he didn’t realize that ~Raven~ had released it. He blinked, clearing his mind with a shake of his head. With a new sense of determination, he crushed any anxiety he was facing and clenched his hand harder around the blades handle. Taking his first step, Cadance grabbed onto his arm, pleading for him not to do it. But he was determined to defend this relationship by all costs.

Reaching the bottom of the dais, he looked across the crowd, waiting for a challenger. He jumped slightly when he felt a hand on his shoulder. “They’re pussies,” he heard the younger princess whisper in his ear. “Untrained and unrefined.” Stepping past him, she patted his back reassuringly. “Whoever here objects to this union must take up arms to battle for the princess hand!” ~Raven~ shouted to the crowd while holding both arms wide open before gesturing towards the not forgotten blade that lay motionless on the floor.

No one pony dared to move.

There were no whispers or hushed murmurs just looks of concern. Even Bronze and Flare shared their own looks of concern while Cadance could only watch on in horror. “No one?” ~Raven~ questioned, leaning forward slightly as though surprised…

She wasn’t, really.

“What happened to that fire you all had not too long ago?” She shook her head in understanding. Walking over, she picked up the weapon. “I want to see some bloodshed!” she shouted as she lobbed the weapon into the crowd. Ponies screamed in terror, scrambling to get out of the way. Others ducked and dove for the floor while some used each other as meat shields. The remaining crowd gasped in abject horror, expecting ponies to be out right killed.in the clear lack of carelessness. Even Cadet Armor was caught off guard. One mare’s high-pitched eardrum piercing scream echoed through the halls of the castle. Ponies were expecting a murder scene from that scream.

The young mare continued to scream as she held her hands to her chest with her eyes glued shut. She continued to scream until it dissolved into a high-pitched squeak until she ran out of breath. Only then did she open her eyes. When she saw that horrifying suit inches from her face did she take a deep breath and start to scream again.

“Not again!” ~Raven~ ordered, clasping her hand around the mare muzzle, clamping it shut. The little mare watched with tear ridden eyes as the princess slowly raised her right hand, grasping her gigantic armor-clad hand onto the handle of the weapon that was buried several inches deep into the stone wall. The noble mares’ eyes went wide when she saw the blade mere inches from taking her head off. ~Raven~ wiggled the blade before pulling it free from the stone. Releasing the mares muzzle, the princess patted the mare on the chest, just above her bosom as she turned to leave.

“Not so tough when you’re put on the spot,” the young princess stated as she flicked the weapon out of her hand, letting it clatter loudly against the floor in front of Cadet Armor. “You don’t dictate who I can and cannot be with just as much as we do to you.” She paused. “That and this is a b.s. law from a thousand years ago.” Turning, she placed her metallic hand on her purple hips. “I motion for a change to Law Number 73-26!”

Celestia, who had stayed silent throughout the whole series of events, understood exactly what her daughter was referring to. “Motion heard.”

“You can’t do that!” One stallion shouted from the crowd. Of course, when something didn't involve their lives did they speak up.

“I can so long as there are two or more princess’ present without the authority of the Royal Council or the House of Commoners,” Celestia declared. “Since there are three of them here, but, because this affects one of them two make the consensus in regard to the law. To the other princess present I have heard the motion. Is there a second?” Celestia raised her hand. “Me. Motion carries is there any discussion?”

“No!” ~Raven~ said immediately.

“No discussion. Motion moves forward,” Celestia continued as though no one was there. “All in favor?”

“I!”

“I. Motion passes,” Celestia finished, holding a hand to her chest. “I will make the proper changes to the law and inform Congress.” Stealing her gaze, the mare glared out over the crowd. Most of the gathered crowd shied away and averted their gazes. Celestia was the mother of this nation and her disappointing glare made ponies feel like children. “This meeting is dismissed! I hope you're all proud of yourselves!”

Everypony present wilted. The only sounds they made were the shuffling of hooves. As ponies were escorted out of the room by the Royal Guard, Captain Bronze and Lieutenant Flare approached from the dais, the former holding a rather older looking book in his hand, reading its open contents. Cadance ran past sobbing loudly as she hugged Cadet Armor tightly. Transferring from her Warframe, Raven rubbed her neck.

“I'll be damned,” Bronze said, surprised. “Yep, right there.” Holding a finger to a certain part of the page, he lifted his head. “Says it clear as day. If anypony has a problem with the union of the princess, they are to settle it via duel… to the death.”

“What about the Princess Overruling?” Lieutenant Flare questioned. She too, was curious about that. Bronze averted his gaze, staring into nothing as he thought about where that would even be.

The golden-brown stallion flipped the backside of the book over and cycled rapidly through the pages with his thumb. While they waited, Cadet Armor stepped forward and offered back the borrowed blade, thanking the alien princess softly. Taking it, Raven nodded. “I got your back!” she declared. Cadet Armor smiled and nodded his appreciation before turning to Cadance and rubbing the tip of his nose against hers. Raven smirked evilly, now having more blackmail material on the stallion, but didn't say anything.

This time…

“Yep, right here again,” Bronze said after some deeper searching. “If more than two princesses are present they may make an immediate or emergency amend or change to any existing law without the consent of Congress. Huh… good to know…”

By now, the throne room had been completely cleared, save for the two guards, three princess’ and one Cadet. Along with a pair of well-dressed ponies. “Fleur?” Raven questioned as she narrowed her eye at the light pink pony that approached. “What are you doing here?”

“We came to support our Princess!” Fleur Des Lis stated as her and Raven shared a hug and a kiss on each cheek. Turning towards Fancy Pants, the pair did the same. Upon finishing the embrace, the duo turned towards the gathered group. Stepping forward, Fancy reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a business card.

“Please Mr. Armor, I would appreciate it tremendously if you visited me for tea,” Fancy offered, handing the card over to Cadet Armor. As the pair shared a conversation, Fleur turned towards Princess Cadance.

“Princess, I would love it if you came to my store!” Fleur offered. “As an offer of generosity, I would love to make you a dress as an apology for what you had to suffer with!” The teen mare turned towards the human girl, grabbing her attention. “Perhaps we could make a day out of it? Go to the spa perhaps?”

As the three teen girls conversed and two teen stallions made their plans the remaining adults decided to call it a day. Unfortunately, Celestia was going to have to deal with a certain issue in the coming days. But that would be in the morning. The day was yet to finish, and dinner was on the next clock rotation, Celestia offered for Fancy and Fleur to stay for dinner. Which Cadance, Armor, and Raven happily accepted.

“RAVEN! GET YOUR FLANK IN HERE THIS INSTANT!”

The human girls’ eyes snapped open at the guttural roar her mother just let out that echoed across the city. She knew exactly what that was about, and she didn’t want to be anywhere near the castle! Throwing her blanket off her form she headed for the window.

“Fuck fuck, shit, fuck!” she panicked as she tried to get the window open. Pushing the window open she hesitated when she lifted her right leg out the window, reminding her that she was in a tank top and her panties. “Fuck it!” She didn’t care, she needed to get away! Sitting on the edge of the windowsill, she heard her door being smashed in behind her.

“WHERE IS SHE!?” Celestia demanded, her mane smoldering as she looked towards Frost standing next to the bed. Up until this point, he hadn’t moved until now, innocently pointing in the girl’s direction. Traitor. Raven yelped when her and Celestia's eyes locked. She wasted little time in jumping out the window in her panic.

There was a blood curdling scream that bounced throughout the walls of the city as a certain young princess was slowly lifted back into the room and through the window via a very painful wedgie. Celestia stood in her daughters’ room with a bemused expression with both arms crossed under her breasts as she tapped her hoof against the floor. Raven had both hands against her crotch, a pained expression upon her features and tears in the corners of her eye.

“You are in so much trouble young lady!” Celestia stated authoritatively as she turned around and headed for the door, Raven still suspended in the air by her underwear. Just as she was about to pass by her Warframe, the girl begged for him to do something, but he opted to just watch curiously. Reaching out, she grabbed onto his arm, but the magical force pulling at her underwear was causing her to lose her grip. Pulling with all her might, the act only served to cause Raven's underwear to rid higher between her butt cheeks. She continued to pull with all her might before her gaze landed on a certain something on her Warframes hip.

In the hallway, Celestia, with a look of struggle on her muzzle, used her magic to pull with all her might. “You… are… in… so much trouble!” The mare doubled her efforts and pulled even harder.

Her eyes snapped open when she heard a long tearing sound of fabric giving way.

Grabbing onto the doorway, the mare stood inside it and stared inside the room just in time to see Raven’s bare rear end jump out the window. Celestia starred with her mouth slightly agape at the girls discarded and torn panties, floating in the mare’s magical aura while Raven’s sword lay spinning on the floor in the center of the room. Several seconds later there was a loud splashing sound as the girl landed in the decorative moat, paddling as hard as she could for the edge before making a run for it across the Castle Gardens and out of sight…