The Imperial arms
Chapter 14: Meeting Sweetie's parents
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I woke up in the middle of my two mares. Luna had snuggled deep into my right side. Applebloom had wrapped her arms around my neck effectively stopping me from moving away from them. 'I guess I should have seen this one coming.' After another ten minutes, they both woke up. They yawned cutely making me smile as I was now free from Appleblooms arms. I sat up in bed and stretched my arms into the air. "It's nice to wake up in my house again."
"Yes, it is Troy."
Luna wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed my cheek. I smiled and patted her back as Applebloom got out of bed. I looked at the right wall where I hung a clock. I saw it read seven-thirty and I sighed as I started to get out of bed. "Come on we need to get ready for Sweetie's parents this afternoon."
"But I'm comfortable now."
I rolled my eyes as I pulled myself free from Luna to her annoyance. Now free I walked into the bathroom to brushed my teeth and take a quick shower. I stepped in I heard the dark one start to talk.
"Master the fire mare wishes to talk to you."
I closed the door then answer him as I started the shower.
"I see you've finally come back to the liers."
I raised an eyebrow as I started to undress. 'You still on with that shit um...'
"Day Breaker."
'Thank you, Day Breaker I believe if you get out of my soul me and you will have to have a heart to heart.'
"Haha, I still think that you will see the truth sooner or later."
I didn't answer her as I got in the shower. I just ignored her as she kept talking to me. When she figured out I was done talking she gave up as I washed my body. After another few minutes, I got out and wrapped a towel around my waist as I walked out of the bathroom. I walked into our room I saw Celestia and Cadence sitting on the talking to Luna. Cadence and Luna both looked at me as I walked over to the dresser.
"Hey, girls has he always had that scar on his chest?"
I didn't say anything as I got my clothes and walked into the closet to get dressed. I walked out in a pair of black pants with a black shirt with the revolutionary army symbol on the back.
"What is it with you and that symbol?"
I looked over my right shoulder as Cadence asked her question. I laughed as I pointed a thumb over my shoulder. "This is the symbol I was will to die for in the past Cadence." I smiled and turned to all of them. "You know I've been thinking about reforming the army to act as a national guard." They all looked at me and before I could explain our door opened.
"Troy Hardhat is at the front door."
I looked back at Scootaloo as I smiled darkly. "Good I can handle this before noon." I walked out of the room and to the front door. I rounded the corner of the hall. I saw Cadence standing open door telling them to go away.
"For the last time, they don't want dates with you all now LEAVE!"
I heard them laughing as they started to talk again.
"Oh, please without Troy here their not claimed."
I raised an eyebrow as I listened but I would look into it later. I walked up behind Cadence as she was about to snap on them. "What is it with you three do you want to die?" Cadence turned to the side to look at me. I looked past her as I got closer to her and the three idiots behind her. She stepped to the side so I could look at three them. "Hello, you three I hear you're making trouble again." They all froze when I walked out of the house and stood over them.
"When did you get this tall?"
I smiled at the fact that I scared them. "So, who wants to try me first?" I held my fist up and ignited my fire making them all jumped away.
"WHEN DID YOU LEARN THAT!?"
Hardhat yelled in fear as I stopped the fire. I cracked my knuckles and started to walk forward as the backed up. "Aw, come on guys I thought you were tough right?"
"RUN!"
Hardhat yelled as they all started running like scared girls. I laughed as the ran away from our house. I yelled at them as they ran. "And be sure I'm dead before you three come back!" I laughed as they ran away from me. 'Good this time I think they learned their lesson.' I smiled as I turned and started to walk back to the house. I was halfway back to the house when I felt a chill go down my spine.
"Troy?"
I turned back around and saw Cadence was behind me. I smiled down at her and patted her head. "Sorry I just got a chill suddenly. Come on let's get back into the house and start getting ready." She smiled and grabbed my hand as she leads me back to the house. As we walked back in Nightmare rushed out past us.
"GET BACK HERE!"
I looked at the hall as Celestia ran out completely covered in yellow fur. Cadence and couldn't help but laugh as she ran past us and after Nightmare. I turned my head and yelled over my shoulder after them. "Stay away from the town please!" I heard the unmistakable sound of magic attacks and sighed. I let Cadence's hand go and looked at her. "Please get the other ready while I go and break those two up." She smiled and kissed my cheek as she walked into the living room. I took a few deep breaths and turned around then walked out the front door.
"Get over here!"
I walked out into the front yard as I collum of fire erupted. I sighed as I saw Celestia with a long sword in hand. She was also wearing a suit of golden armor with an open stomach and chest. I looked at her legs as she chased after Nightmare. I looked up when I didn't find Nightmare on the ground. I saw her in the air in a set of black armor. I looked closer when I saw something on her chest plate. I tried to look closer at her chest plate as she flew around dodging attacks. After a few seconds, I saw the Night Raid crest on her chest plate. I frowned and decided it was time to end this pointless fight. I tensed my legs and then rushed to the both them. I got in the middle of them as Celestia was about to attack and Nightmare was about to dive bomb her. They both stopped as I got in the middle of them.
"Move Troy."
I looked at Celestia as she charged a spell.
"Don't you dare Celestia!"
I heard Nightmare yelling at her from behind me. I could tell they were about to start again. "STOP!" They both flinched when I yelled at them. I looked at both of them and pointed to the house. "HOUSE NOW!" Nightmare nodded knowing not to challenge me when I'm like this.
"Sorry, Troy I was just messing with her T..."
While Nightmare was talking Celestia appeared beside her and tried to attack her. I panicked and shot forward to stop Celestia from attacking her. I grabbed Nightmare and threw her to the ground as Celestia finally swung the sword. I felt the sharp edge of the blade cut into my back. I could tell the cut wasn't deep so it would heal quickly. I fell to the ground beside Nightmare as everything when quiet.
"TROY!"
I heard them both yell my name as I started to move again. I stood back up and felt the magic fire coming from my back. I rubbed over the fire and groaned a little of the sore spot. "Ya, I'm going to be feeling that for the rest of the day." I leaned back getting a few cracks and pops. Nightmare ran around me wrapped her arms around my neck as I stood up.
"Your ok right!?"
I looked at her over my shoulder and smiled. "Ya, I'll be fine Moon." I noticed that Celestia was looked right at me with horror in her eyes. I patted Nightmares back a few times. She looked up at me as I looked down at her. I nodded my head for her to head to the house. She nodded and let me go and went back into the house. She was inside I looked at Celestia as she looked at me. "I'm not mad." As she heard me say that she dropped her sword and ran over to me.
"Let me see your back!"
She had forced me to turn around and was checking my back. As she was checking the others ran out and over to us. At the front of the group was Luan with a look that could kill. They reached us Celestia sighed seeing I was ok and used her magic to get rid of her armor.
"Sister!"
I watched as Luna stomped in front of Celestia and stared death into her eyes. I put a hand on her shoulder then she looked at me. "Calm down Luna we all know whatever happens I won't die. So, let her off easy ok?"
"She and Nightmare shouldn't have fought in the first place, Troy!"
"Luna is right Troy these two are going to have to get along!"
I looked at Diamond after she said that. "Don't you think I knew that Diamond? All of us understand that fact. But the problem here is they have NO trust in each other." As I finished talking Breathe started to talk about the slash mark on the shirt.
"Then what about your back. We all know that you're immortal like the princess. But when you get cut it still has to hurt doesn't it?"
I flinched at that one as she and the others looked at me.
"I thought so Troy. Let me guess you planned to just get through today. Then most likely you'd get them to talk it out right?"
I looked away from her as all of them looked at me.
"Like it or not it's not a bad idea at all."
All of the other girls and I looked at Cadence. She had a smile on her face and pointed at me.
"I've learned very quickly that you have your own and style to handle things."
I rubbed the back of my head and smiled. "Ya, but that has backfired on me at times. I remember one time that style of planning almost got my head cut off. Damn, that crazy ice woman." All of them looked at me as I smiled nervously. "Please don't worry I survived the fight with her. Besides there no way I'll ever have to fight a monster like that again." They all looked at me and then sighed as they all moved. I smiled as they let all of this go and walked back to the house. But as we walked I noticed that Celestia was lagging behind. I slowed down enough so she'd started to walk beside me after a second. "Hey, sunshine you ok?" She looked at me as I got closer to her. I looked into her eyes as I was closer to her and I saw fear in her eyes. I smiled when I was close to her I grabbed her right hand.
"Troy?"
I looked forward and pulled her up beside me.
"What are you doing?"
She was next to me now as I let her hand go. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders. I pulled her into the side of my chest as she stiffened in my hold. I felt her wings fold tight to her body and I knew that was a sign of fear. I looked forward as we walked up to the steps of the house. "I'm not mad or angry Celestia. But I want you and Luna both to try and get along with Moon." I looked at her out of the corner of my eye to see what face she was making. I saw the confusion on her face as she looked at me. "I'm not Celestia. I've taken a whole lot worst damage. A few cuts are by no end a problem." She looked at me and started to cry a little. She hugged me as we stood in front of the steps. I just laughed it off and patted the top of her head.
"I'm sorry Troy."
I smiled as I hugged her into the of my chest. She settled down after a few more minutes of sobbing into my shoulder. "Come on let's go and get ready sunshine." She looked up at me with a happy smile on her face she nodded up to me.
"Ya, the girls and I have to get dressed then make ourselves look pretty."
I patted the top of her head and spoke. "You're all already beautiful so can you girls be prettier?" She laughed into my shoulder and let go of me.
"Come on in you still need to sign some papers king."
I went stiff at the word king. 'That's right those two want me to be the king.' I looked the door then to the town. I remembered that Rarity had some jewelry in her shop. "I bet she could get her hands on some wedding rings.' I smiled as I started to form a plan in my head. I walked into the house to see all of the girls run to bathrooms. I nodded my head and walked into the to look into the food department. Four hours passed as the girls raced around the house getting ready. Luna had herself dressed in a dark blue dress with a few black lines going over her chest. Celestia had gotten the yellow out of her fur. She put on a long white dress with long white gloves. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo were all dressed in jeans and tight shirts. I looked over at Cadence who was sitting beside me on the couch. She had on a pair of black pants like mine with a white top with a heart on the bottom right. Nightmare was wearing a black dress with a fed gem over her chest. Lastly Bertha, Diamond, and Scootaloo were still getting ready. I looked down at myself to make sure I was ready. I had a solid blue button-up shirt.
"Where are your swords?"
I looked at Sweetie as she walked over to me. "I've got them put up with Pumpkin in the master bedroom. I don't see why I'd need them today anyways if I need to I can just freeze or burn whoever getting in my way."
"So, what are we doing for lunch?"
"Salads with sweet tea and cake for dessert." She smiled then we all talked as the other girls finished getting ready. About ten minutes after noon someone knocked on our door. I got up and walked to the door as my nerves started to get to me. I shook my head as I grabbed the door handle. 'Relax you fought through some much worst then this.' I opened the front door hopefully ready. "Hello," I spoke as I looked at the mare and stallion in front of me. I looked down at them as I stood in the doorway. I noticed that her father was just a few inches shorter then me. The father had white fur with a brown mane with a mustache. The mare to the right of him would come up to my chest if I stood right in front of her. She had fur as pink as Cadences and the same mane color as Rarity. In fact, I think this mare could be Rarity but pink. They were both unicorns as well.
"Um, hello is Sweetie Belle here?"
I looked to the right of the stallion to the mare beside him.
"Mommy, Daddy!"
Sweetie ran put past me and tackled the couple. I couldn't help but laugh as I heard her call them mommy and daddy. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and got a quick photo of them all hugging. 'I'm so going to show the others later.'
"Troy meet my mommy and daddy."
I quickly put the phone up and looked at them. The father was looking at me as if he was looking into my soul. I smiled being as friendly as I could be and held my hand out. "Nice to meet you both my name is Troy Thanatos." The mother smiled and shook my hand then the father did as well.
"Nice grip son and I have to say you have some nice muscles."
I smiled and flexed my arms a little. "Thank you, Sir." I moved aside from the door and looked at them. "Please come inside and have a seat." They smiled as Sweetie pulled them into the house. I laughed as I nodded my head at her antics. I walked in behind them and closed the door as the walked into the living room. I walk into the living room. I walked in as both the mother and father bow to Luan and Celestia.
"Your highnesses what are you doing here?!"
The father spoke with all the respect he could as Celestia laughed into her hand. She looked at them and smiled.
"Raise my little ponies we are equals in this house."
They stood up and looked at Celestia but still didn't look her in the eye. I walked over to her and pocked her side. She blushed and swatted at me with her wing.
"What are you doing?!"
I ducked under Celestia's wing and looked at Sweetie's mother. I smiled and pointed at Celestia, Luna, and Cadence. "All there of them are in my herd miss Belle." Both of their jaws dropped as they looked at the three of them. Sweetie walked beside me and tried to smack the back of my head. I ducked again and laughed as she tried again. I kept dodging her as Luna sighed and sat back down in my chair.
Luna pov
I sat back down and watched as Troy dodged slaps from Sweetie Belle. I put a hand on my stomach and started to talk to the foals in my womb. "I love your father kids." I watched as he dodged another slap but fell over the coffee table. Sweetie smiled and used her magic to grab the broom. "But at times he's stupid."
"Princess Luna."
I looked up from my stomach to see the mother in front of me. "Yes, Miss Belle?" She walked closer to me and started to talk to me.
"Why is our youngest daughter trying to beat that colt with a broom?"
I laughed as I watched Troy rolled out of the way of Sweetie broom attacks. "Believe me he's stupid at times. But he's very reliable and reasonable when he wants to be." I looked her in the eye as I saw the father looking at the two of them. She looked at Troy again.
"I'm not so sure that he's that reliable given how he and our daughter are acting."
Both my sister and I stared at the father who flinched when he saw us. "I'm sorry Sir? I believe I just heard you, wrong. No, I'm sure I heard him, wrong right sister?" I looked at my sister as she nodded.
"Right Luna."
We both looked at him as he started to sweat under our glares. "Please come over here for a second Sir." He nodded as he slowly walked over to the two of us. He now stood in front of us looking down to the ground. Troy and Sweetie Belle had stopped running around the room and looked at the sense in front of them. I started to list off the good things he had done in Equestria. "In his time here he has destroyed slave camps and very dangerous gangs. Then stopped a full-scale city gang war. But and this is the main reason your daughter loves him is because he saved her from becoming a slave." Both their eyes were wide as I spoke.
"Please, they weren't that tough."
We all looked at Troy and Sweetie smacked him upside his head. Sweetie started to talk a little annoyed.
"Not tough please the leader made a nice slash on your leg."
Troy looked at her annoyed as he crossed his arms.
"It was a lucky shot."
She smacked him upside the head again making his hair fall over his face. I laughed as I watched him just being himself. "You are both smart and very stupid at times." He smiled as he looked at me through his hair.
"Aw, I love you too Luna."
I laughed and patted my stomach. "I'd hope so Troy. I mean what would our foals think if their daddy didn't love mommy?"
"Thud" Thud"
I heard two thuds from beside me. We all looked at Sweetie's parents now out cold on the living room floor. We all just stared at them as they lay on the ground.
"I think that was too much to take in all at once."
we all looked at Nightmare as she leaned on the wall next to the master bedroom.
I got up from my chair then walk into the kitchen with my sister in hoof. "I'll get them so water for when they wake up."
"Good idea sister I have a feeling they are going to need it.
Twenty minutes later
Troy pov
Nightmare had used her magic to place the mother and father in Sweetie's bed until they woke up. Now we all sat in the living room waiting for them to wake up. I pulled my phone back out and opened it. I saw the power bar was still full. 'Why does it not run out of power?' I opened my music app and started to look through what I had.
"What is that?"
I looked over at Luna and saw she was looking at my phone. I held it up a little higher. "This is an iPhone after the war General Najenda gave me this to keep in contact with me from where I lived. I was actually on my way to help put down some danger beast that was attacking humans."
"So how does it work?"
Scootaloo jumped over the side of my chair and into my lap. I smiled and showed her what I was doing. "Right now I'm looking through the music I have on for something to listen to later." I started to look again she swiped my hand. "Rude." She ignored me and pressed a song without trying to.
(Start at 0:23)
They all listened to the song all the way through. The song was over after three minutes then I took my Phone back. "Don't take what doesn't belong to you Scootaloo." She looked up at the phone and tried to grab it again.
"I want to listen to another song! That one was awesome let's pick another one." I reached my arm back as she tried to get the phone from me.
"My turn."
Cadence took my phone with her magic then grabbed it.
"Now where can I find any romance or couple songs?"
"Hit search bar at the top of the screen first."
"Ok now what?"
"Type in a thousand years. That will bring the song to the top of the list then press it. It will start to play in a second or two." She smiled as she did as I said too.
(Start at 0:26)
As the song finished and she looked at me with a few tears in her eyes.
"That song is beautiful Troy. Who wants the next song?"
"ME!"
Applebloom quickly grabbed the phone from Cadence's hand. "Country hit the c on the left side." She tapped the c on the left side.
"Dirt on my boots? I like the sound of that one."
She hit the song as we all listened.
(Start at 0:13)
The song finished with Applebloom's face as red as one of her family's apples. I laughed a little as I looked at her. "Maybe you should have picked another song." She just past my Phone to Diamond and Silver spoon. They both started to look through the songs then they both agreed on a song.
(Start at 0:05)
I smiled at their song. "Nice Immortals a popular back in the new capital." Bertha my phone next but walked over to me. She showed me the phone then asked me a question.
"Where in this thing can I find rap?"
I scratched the back of my head as I looked at her. "I don't have any rap in there sorry." She smiled then handed it to Celestia. She started to run through the songs until she found one.
"Sunrise?"
She pressed the song curious about it.
(Start at 0:13)
She looked at the phone for a few seconds.
"One more night is that a good song?"
I blushed as she looked at me and I couldn't look her in the eye. "Maybe wait until Sweetie's parents leave to play that one. it has heavy implications in it." She looked at me for a second then understood what I meant. She blushed a little and started to look through the songs again. She found another song.
"Ok, how about angle with a shotgun?"
I held a thumb up to her which made her smile.
(Start at 0:15)
She smiled as she listened to the song. I saw that Snowball had sat down in front of Luna.
"Protecting the boys again Snowball?"
I looked at Diamond as Snowball huffed a breath out. I looked at Diamond as Luna handed My phone to Nightmare with her magic. "He's been protecting the boys?" She looked at me and nodded.
"That's right. It started about a week after you left for your training."
I smiled as I looked down at Snowball. "That's a good boy Snowball. Nobody that you don't know gets near them or Luna." His tail started to wag as he looked at me.
"I got my song Hall of fame."
(Starts at 0:21)
The song finished as Sweetie Belle walked out of her bedroom.
"Was somepony just singing?"
We all pointed at my phone in Nightmare's hand. Sweetie walked over to her and swiped the phone out of her hand.
"This thing is playing the music?"
She looked at me and walked over to me.
"My dad woke up a second ago. He wants to talk to you alone."
She had a nervous tone to her voice so I could tell two things. One the father said something. Two it was by no means a good thing. "Scoots please let me up." She looked at me and got off me. I took my phone and walked over to her door. I knocked on it then waited. A few seconds later the father opened the door. We looked at each other in silence. "I'll be outside around back. When your ready come outside." I turned and walked out of the house. I walked around back and over to a large boulder. I jumped on top of it and sat down on it. I waited about a minute then I saw the father walk around. I noticed he had one of the iron I had gotten for the girls. "So, you going to try and cut me down?" I asked him with a raised eyebrow. He walked up to the boulder and threw the sword up to me. I caught them in the air and looked down at him.
"Please come down here and show me why I can trust you to protect my little filly."
We looked at each other again. "So you want me to prove myself?" He nodded as I jumped down from the boulder. I stood in front of him as he looked at me. "What do you want me to do?"
"What do you mean?"
I crossed my arms over the sword as I looked at him. "In many cultures where I was born a man had to prove he deserved the right to be with a girl." He crossed his arms as he looked at me.
"And just how did a man prove himself?"
"That depends heavily on the father. Say that the father hunted Danger beast." He rubbed his chin and looked at me.
"I see so if the father was a farmer then you'd have to prove yourself in some a similar manner. But the guest is what is your culture?"
I smiled and lifted the sword up a little. "I grow up in a mountain village. So, we hunted Danger beast for a living or making lumber from the large trees." The father looked at me and then looked at the everfree forest.
"So, you hunted monsters to survive?"
I smiled as I remembered the story in the show. "Ya, my sister and I lived off the beast for a whole winter." He looked from the forest and looked into my eyes.
"Alright, I know what I want you to do Troy. I want you to go and catch a manticore before sunset."
"Alright then. Please go tell the girls that I will be back soon." I stapped the sword to my side then started to run for the forest. 'Ok, I have a little under five hours to find and kill a manticore.'
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