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Change of Life

by Lil Penpusher

Chapter 1: 1 - Best Friends forever

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Canterlot, Lunar Guard Barracks, 6:00 am. 8 months after the first Changeling Invasion of Canterlot.

A Lunar Guard Patrol consisting of 7 Ponies walks towards the Barracks as the Sun rises. A Guard in the last row sneaks off while all the others enter the Barracks. As he continues sneaking away from the Barracks he notices a Solar Guard leaning against a Wall infront of him

"Dear Celestia, what took you so long, Thunder? I almost decided to go the Pub without you."

Said the Solar Guard as he turned towards Thunder.

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry 'bout that, Blaze. The Patrol took longer than expected."

Thunder stopped infront of his friend Blaze and looked back at the Barracks to make sure none of the other Guards saw them.

"Yeah, right. You probably ran into your Captain again while glarring at Luna, haha."

Blaze began laughing.

"Blah, blah, blah! Are we going to the Pub now or not?"

Replied Thunder with an annoyed voice and a mad expression on his face.

"Sure thing, pal. Lead the way"

Blaze walked aside an raised a Hoof. He smiled at Thunder as he walked by him and then followed up behind him. Thunder and Blaze have been friends for ages. They met eachother when they were both recruits in their respective Guards. They quickly came up with the idea of sneaking away from their Barracks to go to the Pub once a week. Both of them thought this was a great idea, although they were both quite scared of being caught the first time they did it.

"Alright, here we are."

Blaze pointed out as they stopped infront of their favorite Pub which was only a few minutes away from the Barracks.

"Perhaps I should lead the way this time, who knows what dangers lurk within..."

Blaze smiled at Thunder who shook his head while giggling and then entered the Pub, Thunder following right behind him.

There werent many Ponies in the Pub at the hours Thunder and Blaze normally visit it. Their Shifts normally end when the Sun or Moon sets so they either come early in the Morning or at Night.

They both walked up to their favorite table at the Window and sat down. They both gave their casual sighs of relief as they sat down, happy to escape the Life of a Guard for at least a few hours a week.

The Bartender walked over to their table and smiled as he recognized the already well-known faces.

"Haha, Thunder, Blaze! Great to see you again! Your weekly visit I assume?"

They all shook hooves and laughed.

"Indeed it is, Mr. Tipsy. Always nice to escape the stress of being a Guard and drink some delicious Cider here, even if it's just once a week."

Said Thunder who then looked over to Blaze who could only nod at his statement.

"Well then, I better not let you two wait then. 2 Apple Ciders on the way."

Mr. Tipsy then walked back over to the Bar. Thunder and Blaze both turned to look at eachother.

"So...any news on Luna?"

Blaze said and smiled. Thunder once again was very annoyed by him bringing that topic up.

"Stop it, I told you I don't wanna talk about it."

Thunder suddenly looked down at the ground with a sad face.

"...she would never love me anyway"

Blaze took a hoof and lifted up his friend's head.

"Now, now, I'm sure she'll love you too, buddy. After all, you are a great guy AND part of her Personal Guard. You literally spend all your time protecting her. Well...apart from sleeping...and this...but you get the idea."

Thunder wiped away a few tears that started forming in his eyes and lifted his head.

"I...I guess you're right Blaze...I hope so at least. But I shouldn't worry about that for now, I should focus on having a good time this morning with you, right?"

Blaze noded in agreement.

"That's right, pal!"

At that moment Mr. Tipsy came back to them with their order of 2 Apple Ciders.

"Here you go, boys. Just dont ex it like that one time. I'm talking to you, Blaze..."

"Hey, It's not my fault your Cider is so good"

The two Friends then took their Drinks and Mr. Tipsy walked back over to the bar to clean some dirty glasses.

"I'm lucky to have you by my side man. Thanks for sticking with me all the time."

"Hey, that's what friends are for, right?"

"Exactly."

Thunder then lifted his Glas into the air.

"On our Friendship"

"On our Friendship"

Blaze lifted his Glas, they both clinked glasses and began drinking. As time went by they talked, complained and even sung a few songs together with Mr. Tipsy playing his old Guitar. They all had a great time, as they always do when spending time together. As they left, they said their Goodbye's to Mr. Tipsy, who looked forward to their visit the coming week. On their way back to the Barracks, they both talked about alot of things, yet one thing sticked out the most.

"Hey Thunder, sorry for mocking you with that Luna thing all the time. I really don't mean to actually make you mad or sad or anything."

Thunder giggled and looked over to him.

"Heh, you couldn't make me mad with that, pal. Not you, at least."

Blaze had an unsure feeling about the topic though.

"I'm not sure...I kind of feel like I do hurt your feelings with it a little bit at least though."

Thunder laid a hoof around Blaze and smiled.

"Hey, don't worry about it. I told you, it's alright, I'd never be mad at you, especially not for something like that. You are the only one I ever trusted telling about my secret love with Luna, so of course I don't mind you saying something as simple as that.

As they arrived at the Entrance to the Barracks they both stoped. Blaze smiled and looked to Thunder.

"Thanks man, I'm glad you aren't mad at me."

Thunder smiled back.

"Never could be."

As they hear a voice from behind they both run off into their respective barracks and pretend like nothing ever happened. As usual.

Next Chapter: 2 - Love... Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 15 Minutes
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