To Love The Moon
Chapter 36
Previous Chapter Next ChapterCelestia was waiting for Fire Fly to arrive with his class when she saw a sudden flash of light, right in front of her. There stood Twilight, Magic Scrolls and Rose Petal. Celestia was surprised to see how angry Twilight was but, before she could ask, Twilight walked forward and leaned up so that the two of them could touch horns.
As soon as their horn’s touched, Twilight shared the memory of what happened in the library and Archives. Celestia’s eyes immediately widened as Twilight turned to Magic Scrolls and Rose Petal. “Magic Scrolls, your reasoning for why the star charts should be duplicated is good. However, you went about it the incorrect way.”
“Princess Twilight, the Archives are mine to maintain! I don’t need permission to do anything with the items I take care of!”
Celestia spoke in a quiet, carefully controlled tone of voice. “Magic Scrolls, stop there. Twilight was right when she said that this entire castle is mine and I want to be aware of all of the major things that go on here. Twilight was also correct in saying that duplicating those charts is something major, due to their age. My brother takes his night sky very seriously and is not happy about his star charts being duplicated without his or my knowledge or consent. You do not have authorization to copy anything in the Archives. If you want to make duplicates of anything, you must ask me, or my brother, first. Is that clear?”
She turned to Twilight before Magic Scrolls could respond. “Thank you for solving this mystery so quickly, Twilight.” Celestia glanced at Rose Petal “However, I have a question. Why did you bring Rose Petal here? Has she done something wrong as well?”
Rose Petal’s widened as she waited nervously for Twilight’s response.
Twilight shook her head. “Not at all. I brought her here for a very different reason. Artemis told me about how she made the discovery and immediately took it to Night Court because it concerned his night sky. Last night, she told us about her moves yesterday to attempt to gather more information on the mystery. I am pleased that she took those actions. At the very least, I believe she deserves a commendation and at best, maybe a promotion. This is your jurisdiction, so I’ll let you decide. I just wanted to make sure that you knew about it.”
Rose Petal let out a sigh of relief. For a moment there, I thought she was mad at me. I’m not asking for a reward, I was just doing my job. I’m far happier that Princess Twilight is pleased with the way I handled the situation.
Celestia smiled “I will ask Artemis for his input, as well, before making my decision.”
Twilight smiled and turned to Rose Petal. “You can to return to the Archives and get back to work, or whatever else you had planned for today. Thank you, for catching this and for your help.”
That said, she began to walk towards the door.
“Twilight?” Celestia called to her “You’re not returning to Ponyville today, are you?” Artemis will not be happy if she’s not here when he wakes up.
Twilight paused at the door and looked back at Celestia. “No, I’m going to the doctor here in the castle. I think I’m coming down with a stomach bug or something and want to get it taken care of before it turns into something serious. I’ll see you at dinner.”
Celestia sighed in relief and nodded “Let me know how your doctor visit goes, I want to make sure you are alright. If you’re getting sick, it’s probably because all of the recent stress has taken its toll on you.” This is perfect! Go to the doctor, little sister! Stone Steps will almost certainly give you a pregnancy test!
Twilight nodded and walked out of the room.
Rose Petal bowed to Celestia before walking out of the room.
Magic Scroll looked upset “Since you want me to ask, princess, I have a question for you. I believe that the original star charts should be protected. To that end, I would like to create duplicates for the public to use while the originals are locked away. May I have permission to create duplicates of the star charts as soon as Princess Twilight returns them?”
Celestia gave him a look “No. If it is determined that duplicates are needed, Artemis or myself will take care of it at that time.”
She glanced up as Sapphire Wing came in with Fire Fly, his class, and the parents of all of the foals.
“You may leave now,” She told Magic Scrolls “There is a pressing matter that demands my attention.”
He bowed and left, looking highly offended.
Twilight walked into the hospital wing and was met by a nurse, a unicorn mare. “Good afternoon, Princess Twilight. Do you need something?”
Twilight nodded “I haven’t been feeling well the last couple of days and want to make sure I’m not coming down with something. If I am, I’d like to get it taken care of before it gets serious.”
“Of course, princess. My name is Ivy. Please follow me and I’ll get you settled into an exam room before I call the doctor.
Ivy brought Twilight into an exam room before leaving to fetch the doctor. Twilight looked around the room before laying on the examination table, knowing the doctor will want her to move up there sooner or later. She looked up as the door opened and Ivy walked in, followed by an earth pony stallion.
“Good afternoon, Princess Twilight. My name is Stone Steps. I am sorry to hear that you are not feeling well. Can you tell me what symptoms you have and how long you have been feeling like this?”
Twilight nodded “I started feeling this way yesterday, so there’s not much to say for symptoms. The main thing I’ve noticed so far is the nausea. It usually hits around mealtimes or whenever I’m around food.”
Stone Steps glanced over at Ivy to make sure she was writing this down before turning back to Twilight. “I’d like to get the obvious question out of the way, princess. Have you gone into heat yet?”
“No, I haven’t,” Twilight paused thoughtfully “I usually to go into heat . . . wait” Suddenly, her eyes got huge. “That was last week.”
“So you missed your heat cycle, princess?” Ivy asked
Twilight nodded
Stone Steps and Ivy glanced at each other and smiled. They both knew about her relationship with Artemis and thought they knew where this was going. “I’d like to draw some blood for a couple of different tests. The tests should give me a direction in which to go next.”
Twilight nodded and held out a hoof.
Ivy inserted a needle and drew a vial of blood. “We have to do the obvious pregnancy test, simply because you are a mare of foaling age. We are also going to check your white blood cell count to see if you are fighting an infection. Once we rule those two out, we can focus on other possibilities.”
Twilight nodded again and settled down to wait as they both left the room. We did have sex four times during my heat cycle and neither of us thought to use a contraception spell. Did Artemis get me pregnant?
A few minutes later, she looked up as Stone Steps and Ivy came back into the room and closed the door.
He looked at her and smiled “Well, princess, we know why you are feeling this way. The pregnancy test came back positive. Congratulations!”
W-what?! I’m Pregnant?! Twilight stared at Stone Steps for a moment before she was able to respond. “T-thank you. However, please don’t tell anyone yet.”
Ivy looked at her, confused “Why not, Princess? Everypony is going to figure it out soon enough.”
Twilight took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, and shook her head. “That’s not what I meant. I want to tell Artemis, Celestia, my family, Spike and my friends first, before the rest of Equestria finds out. I want them to hear this news from me, not some random pony. Just don’t tell anyone for a few days, that’s all.”
“That’s a wise plan, princess.” Stone Steps replied “Very well, we will keep it quiet until we hear that everypony else knows.”
“Thank you”
“If you don’t mind me asking, is Prince Artemis the father?” Ivy asked
Twilight glanced at her “Yes”
Ivy’s eyes lit up “That’s great news! I’m so happy you two got together, princess.”
Twilight smiled but, before she could respond, Stone Steps stepped forward.
“Princess, I would like to conduct a full physical examination on you today. Canterlot hasn’t been responsible for your medical care for almost four years now. If we are to track your pregnancy properly, we need to record your current condition.” He paused as he saw the look on her face. “Don’t worry, we will be working closely with the hospital in Ponyville. This way, wherever you are when you give birth, we both will know what’s going on.”
Twilight nodded “Good”
Stone Steps and Ivy smiled and began their examination.
In Artemis’ room, he was just waking up. He yawned and rolled over, noticing that Twilight wasn’t in bed with him. Looking around, he saw a note on his desk. After standing and stretching, he walked over to read it and found that she had woken several hours ago but decided to let him sleep. He smiled before placing the note back on his desk, next to her saddlebags. Opening one of the sides, he found that all of the star charts were still present and cast a barrier over his desk to make sure that they stayed put before walking out into the hall. Celestia said she was going to handle the issue with Fire Fly this afternoon. If he, his students, and their parents still here, I want to be a part of it. I want to know why anypony thinks it’s a good idea to scare foals like that.
He went to the throne room and stood in the doorway, watching as Celestia spoke to the foals for a moment before beginning to question a stallion that must have been Fire Fly.
Celestia looked at the foals. “Why don’t you go over to your parents for now? I need to talk to your teacher.” She waited until the foals joined their parents before looking at Fire Fly, a Pegasus stallion.
“Fire Fly, it has come to my attention that you are teaching your class about the creatures that inhabit the Everfree Forest. That can be a rather difficult topic to broach with foals. How do you do it?” Glancing over at the foals, she noticed that they were all shivering and huddling close to their parents.
Fire Fly cleared his throat “I use descriptions of the creature that we are going to focus on that particular day.”
Celestia nodded “Do you use anything else?”
Fire Fly started to sweat a little. “W-why do you ask, princess?”
“You should probably let me answer that one, sister.”
Everypony turned to see Artemis standing in the doorway. He looked around at everypony present as he walked into the room. However, before he got very far, there was a deafening “Prince Artemis!” as the foals ran over and jumped on him. He laughed as he fell to the floor and, deciding to stay there, got into a more comfortable position. Looking around, he noticed that the foals had all decided to snuggle close to him.
He turned his attention to Fire Fly. “Last night, every single one of these foals had a nightmare that was severe enough that I needed to intervene. When I asked what caused them to dream about being attacked by creatures in the Everfree Forest, they all had similar answers. The specific creature attacking them varied from foal to foal, but the source was always the same. Every foal told me that you have been telling stories in your class about what it would be like if they were attacked by these creatures.”
Celestia nodded to Artemis and turned to Fire Fly. “I would like you to explain why you think that scaring your students is an acceptable teaching method, because I certainly don’t.”
Fire Fly looked over to see that all of his students were, indeed, obviously scared and cuddling close to Prince Artemis for comfort. “I had been searching for a way to get them to understand that those creatures are dangerous, princess. After noticing that they seemed to enjoy scary stories, I thought it would be fun to incorporate that into our lessons.”
Mythic Blossom stepped forward “I can tell you that my daughter does not enjoy those stories. There have been many days that she has come home from school either scared or outright terrified. Last night was also the second time she had a nightmare severe enough that it required the intervention of Prince Artemis, because of these stories.” She paused, looking over at Marigold. “If we didn’t have Prince Artemis watching over our foals as they slept, they would be too afraid to go to sleep because of the nightmares they have as a result of these stories. We also wouldn’t have known why our foals are now terrified of the very place that they are supposed to feel safe and be focused on learning.”
Sapphire Wing nodded, stepping forward as well. “I am one of the ponies that help keep Equestria, our prince and princesses safe. Equally important is your job of taking care of, and teaching, the next generation of Equestria’s citizens. I have entrusted Cobalt to your care but this isn’t how I expected you to be treating my son.”
Celestia cleared her throat catching the attention of everypony present. “I am sending you for a month of training, Fire Fly. I understand that you are a good teacher, but I believe you need a refresher course on how to deal with foals.” She looked at the parents. “During that month, the foals will come to the castle for school. Tomorrow, they will be taught by the attending librarians.”
Mythic Blossom looked confused “What about the rest of the month, Princess Celestia? Do you have someone else in mind to teach our foals?”
Celestia nodded “I will need a couple of days to talk to her and have her clear her schedule but I believe the pony I have in mind is one that you will find satisfactory.”
Mythic Blossom was still confused “Who is the pony that you have in mind, princess?”
Celestia smiled “Princess Twilight. I plan to ask her to temporarily move back to Canterlot. There is nopony else that I trust to handle this.”
The parents all smiled but before they could say anything, the foals cheered.
Marigold looked up at Artemis, nuzzling him to get his attention. “Do we really get to learn from Princess Twilight?”
Artemis smiled and returned her nuzzle. “My sister hasn’t asked her yet, but I’m sure she will say yes.”
Twilight walked out of the hospital wing after her physical exam in shock. I can’t believe I’m pregnant. Artemis and I were going to wait a year before we even considered trying. Mom and Dad are going to be so mad at me. They gave Shiny and I tons of lectures about waiting until marriage when we were growing up.
Twilight sighed and stretched her wings. The doctor’s appointment really only took the last couple of hours, but it seemed like it went on forever. Stone Steps and Ivy were very thorough with the exam and had insisted on checking everything.
Twilight shook her head and decided to head to the throne room to see what Celestia was up to. She said something about a problem with a teacher during lunch. I wonder what the problem is. As she got closer, she heard several voices. Curious, she walked towards the door.
Marigold heard hoofsteps in the door and looked up as Twilight entered the throne room. Squealing in delight, she jumped up and ran to her. “Are you really going to teach us, Princess Twilight?”
Twilight looked up at Celestia, clearly confused. What in Equestria is this filly talking about?
Artemis laughed as he stood and walked over to Twilight, lowering his horn to hers. Everypony looked on as she closed her eyes and watched Artemis’s memories of last night’s nightmares and the day’s events play in her mind.
Twilight opened her eyes as Celestia walked over.
“I’m sorry, Twilight” she said, also laughing “I had planned to talk to you about this at dinner tonight. I just didn’t expect that somepony here would be so excited.” She bent down and nuzzled Marigold.
Twilight laughed as well, shaking her head. It may be better if I stay in Canterlot this month anyway. I’m sure that Stone Steps and Ivy will want to check on me often during the first month of the pregnancy. I’m not sure how Artemis will react but Celestia’s going to go nuts when she hears about this. “I will have to return to Ponyville this weekend to make sure that everything is prepared for my prolonged absence. As long as I am able to return there on the weekends to deal with any issues that arise, I don’t have any problem with this. I can be available to teach them starting Monday.”
She looked over at Fire Fly “I will need your lesson plans so that I know what you are teaching them and where you left off. Please bring them to Day Court tomorrow.” She paused, glancing at the foals “I have no problem teaching them about the other creatures that live in the Everfree Forest, but I have a very different idea of how to do it.”
Looking down at Marigold, Twilight smiled “No, it won’t be scary at all.”
Marigold smiled back up at her while the other foals cheered.
Twilight, Celestia and Artemis looked up as Sapphire Wing and Mythic Blossom walked over.
“You’re right, Princess Celestia.” Mythic Blossom said, smiling “I do find your choice of a temporary teacher for my daughter satisfactory.”
Sapphire Wing nodded “As do I, princess. I know my son will be in good hooves.”
The rest of the parents quickly agreed, some of them wishing that Twilight would replace Fire Fly altogether. Though, they were willing to wait a while before bringing that up.
Celestia smiled “Good. Why don’t you take your foals and head home early today? Class starts at nine in the morning. Please make sure you are in the library at that time.”
Everyone nodded and left to relax a bit.
Twilight turned to Celestia “Can you ask Cadance, Shining Armor and my parents to come here for dinner? I want to see them.”
Celestia smiled and nodded before summoning a scroll, writing a letter and sending it to Cadance. The reply came quickly and was short, only saying that they were on their way. She laughed “They must want to see you too, Twilight.”
Twilight laughed as she led the way to the dining room.
While they waited, Twilight told Artemis about what she had discovered about the star charts.
He shook his head “I’m surprised that you were able to figure it out so quickly.”
Twilight laughed “It wasn’t hard when Magic Scrolls began complaining as soon as I walked into the Archives.”
Celestia laughed as well and looked at Twilight “What about the rest of your day?”
Twilight cut her off, before she could say anything else. “That’s another reason I wanted everyone to come to dinner.”
Artemis glanced at her “Is everything alright?”
Twilight looked worried but nodded “I discovered something else today but I want to tell everyone about it at once, to avoid having to repeat myself.”
Fifteen minutes later, Cadance, Shining Armor, Twilight Velvet, Night Light, Midnight Fang, Steel Night and Silver Shadow walked into the dining room.
Artemis looked at Silver Shadow in surprise. “Is everything alright?”
Silver Shadow nodded “Of course, my prince. I heard that Princess Twilight has returned to Canterlot.”
“Ah” Artemis replied “You wanted to say hello.”
Silver Shadow nodded but before he could say anything else, he was interrupted by Celestia.
“Twilight, how did your doctor’s appointment go?” she asked I just want to know if she’s pregnant! The wait is driving me crazy!
Artemis looked between Celestia and Twilight a few times, before settling his gaze on Twilight. “Doctor’s appointment? Is something wrong? You didn’t say anything about being hurt or sick.”
Twilight shook her head “I haven’t been feeling well the last couple of days, but I just thought I was coming down with a stomach bug or something. That’s why I didn’t say anything to anypony. Still, I decided to go to the doctor after I was done in the Archives, just to be on the safe side.”
She looked up, clearly worried “As I answered the doctor’s questions, I realized something important. I was supposed to go into heat last week and didn’t.”
“Are you saying that you no longer go into heat?” Cadance asked “If so, that’s not a problem. I know a spell that can get you restarted.”
Twilight shook her head “That’s not it. It turns out that I didn’t go into heat because of something that happened during your vacation, Artemis.”
“What was that?” he asked
“We didn’t use protection or a contraception spell . . .” She explained, blushing as she looked up at him.
He was about to ask her to elaborate but paused as he suddenly understood what she meant. “Y-you mean . . .?” he asked, eyes going wide.
She nodded and took a deep breath. “I’m pregnant”
Everypony in the room was silent for about a minute before the dining room erupted with cheers.
“Congratulations!!!” Celestia shouted, laughing. Yes! I knew it!
“Yes! I’m gonna be an Uncle!!!” Shining Armor exclaimed
“Yeah, and I’m gonna be an Aunt!” Cadance squealed “Ooh, and Flurry’s gonna get a cousin!”
“Yes!” Night Light pumped his hoof “We’re getting another grandfoal!”
Twilight Velvet couldn’t even speak, she just kept giggling in delight.
“This is great news!” Celestia exclaimed before she paused, looking at Twilight. “Why are you worried?”
Twilight stared at her “We’ve only been dating for two weeks!”
Twilight was startled as her mother hugged her. “You’re right, honey. Ordinarily, it would be way too early in your relationship for this, so I can see why you’re worried. However, Artemis was afraid he was going to be sent back to the moon and you were afraid that you were going to be forced to banish the pony you love. It was clear that the two of you were terrified, especially when the trial date was suddenly thrust on you. You were also afraid that you were going to lose him in that attack.” She paused to catch her breath. “I completely understand the two of you taking things a bit faster than you normally would have.”
Twilight stared at Velvet. W-what? I was certain that Mom and Dad would practically disown me for this! It goes against everything they taught me growing up!
She heard a noise and felt the table move as Artemis bumped into it. She turned towards him and just stared as Silver Shadow, Steel Night and Midnight Fang temporarily abandoned all notion of respect and propriety. They were thumping Artemis on the back as they congratulated him.
Thankfully, they were much gentler with her. The three of them bowed and spoke as one “Congratulations, Princess!” as they pushed Artemis towards her.
He managed to right himself, just in time, and caught her in a hug instead of crashing into her. “It’s alright, Twilight. You don’t have to worry.” He whispered, nuzzling her “We’re just getting an earlier start on our family than we planned.”
“B-but what will everypony else think?” she asked, still worried “We’re royalty, what if ponies get mad because we’re moving so fast?”
“If anypony causes any problems or even dares to attempt to harm you, my princess,” started Midnight Fang “We will deal with them.” Silver Shadow and Steel Night nodded
Shining Armor stepped forward, Big Brother Protector Mode suddenly in full force. “As will I, little sis.”
Celestia and Cadance glanced at each other and stepped forward together. “Us as well, Twilight”
Cadance’s eyes flashed “Nopony messes with our Little Sister, Twilight. You’ll be just fine.”
Twilight just stared at everyone as Artemis hugged her tighter.
“If, by some miracle, anypony manages to get through Shining Armor, Celestia, Cadance, our guards, your friends and probably most of Ponyville, they still have to get past me.” He promised
“And ME”
Everypony’s eyes widened as they heard Night chime in.
Velvet and Night Light laughed “I think,” she said, as she finally stopped and caught her breath “you’re pretty well protected, Twilight. You don’t have to worry.”
Twilight sighed in relief and finally relaxed against Artemis. She was about to ask when dinner was going to be ready, when her stomach asked the question for her. Eyes wide, she stared at it. “That’s louder than usual . . .”
Everypony else in the room burst into laughter.
“We’d better get that little one some food!”
Twilight turned as Apple Crunch walked up to her with a small salad on his back “This should tide you over while we finish getting dinner ready, princess. We can’t have you going hungry now, can we?”
Twilight shook her head “It’s OK, I’ll wait until dinner is ready.”
The answer to that came from everyone else in the room.
“No, you won’t”
Artemis levitated the salad to a spot on the table in front of Twilight.
She looked around as everypony stared at her and realized that they weren’t going to move or say anything until she started to eat. Sighing, she did just that. After a couple of bites, she suddenly realized just how hungry she was and practically inhaled the rest of her salad. She had been so worried about how they would take the news that, now that she knew they weren’t upset with her, she was both relieved and hungry.
As she finished, Artemis pulled her in for another tight hug. Twilight looked around the room to find them all smiling at her.
“Get used to it, Twily.” Cadance shook her head with a smile “They did the same thing to me when I was pregnant with Flurry Heart.”
“Great” She sighed before looking up at Artemis “We can’t tell the nobles, or anypony else, yet.”
“Why not?” he asked
“I wanted you guys to be the first to know, so I haven’t told the girls or Spike.” She paused and laughed “They’d kill me if I told the nobles before letting them know about this.”
Everypony in the room burst out laughing again.
“I bet they would!” said Celestia, writing a quick letter and sending it to Spike. “You’re spending the night here, Little Sister. I’ll send a chariot to get them tomorrow morning. We’ll tell them before we make the announcement in Day Court.”
“Then,” Artemis added “we’re both going to bed. I don’t care if Pinkie sets up a party or not but-”
“She probably will!” Cadance interrupted, laughing
“We’re going to need to get some sleep so we can make the announcement in Night Court too.” Artemis finished. I also need to tell the rest of my Night Guards and rearrange the guard schedule. She may not be too happy about it, but I’m making sure she has guards with her any time she’s not with me or Celestia. Or Shining Armor and Cadance, while they’re here.
His thoughts were interrupted by Twilight nuzzling him. He looked around to find everypony staring at him.
“Are you OK, Uncle?” asked Cadance
Artemis nodded “I’m sorry, I was just thinking about how the schedule for my guards will have to be rearranged.”
Twilight tilted her head “How come?”
Artemis looked at her “Some of them will be guarding you, now.”
“What? Why?! I don’t need guards!”
He shook his head “You will have them, anyway.” He put a hoof on her muzzle as she looked like she was going to protest. “Twilight, please understand. A couple of weeks ago, a group of ponies tried to have me banished again. Another pony actually tried to kill me. There are probably more ponies out there that want me gone. As soon as they find out that you are carrying my foal, they will likely target you as well.” He paused to nuzzle her. “I will not allow you to be harmed.”
Shining Armor, looking very serious, spoke up. “Twily, I know you like your independence, but Artemis is right. Whether you want them or not, you need guards.”
“But-!”
“No buts, Twilight” interrupted Celestia “Our brothers are right.” That sounded weirder than I thought it would. “However, it’s not like you need them all of the time. You’ll only need them when you are not with Artemis, Cadance, your brother or myself.” She smiled “And I have a feeling that my brother will be spending a lot of time with you.”
“I can take care of myself! You should know, you taught me! Besides, how many enemies have the girls and I defeated?” Twilight continued, determined to make her point heard. “I understand having them around when I’m with Artemis, especially after what happened a couple of weeks ago, but nopony has tried to hurt me.”
“I did try to kill you when we first met . . .”
“That’s not helping, Night!”
Everypony, except Twilight, laughed.
“I’m sorry, Twilight, but I agree with the others. It’s one thing to be able to protect yourself. I, of all ponies, know you are quite capable of that. However, it’s an entirely different situation, now that you are pregnant.”
Twilight huffed and looked down at the floor “I don’t have a choice in this, do I?”
“Not really” answered Cadance “But this is not meant as a punishment. It’s meant to keep you, and your unborn foal, safe.”
Twilight glared at her “I practically grew up in this castle. So, I know how the Day Guards treat Celestia. They act as if she’s made of glass and insist on doing practically everything for her. I DO NOT want to live like that! I’m a pony, not a glass figure!”
Everypony just looked at her for a moment before Celestia sighed.
“That’s a fair point, Twilight. They’ve been treating me that way for centuries, so I’m used to it. You, however, are used to handling everything, including your own protection, for yourself. Additionally, as the Element of Magic, you are usually the one protecting others. I understand why you are reacting like this.”
Twilight thought for a moment and sighed in resignation. “Fine. If Artemis’ Night Guards continue treating me as they have been, I will allow them to protect me as they do him. However, the instant they start treating me like I should be in a display case, I’m teleporting somewhere else.” She stared at Artemis, daring him to disagree. “Pregnant or not, I’m still a pony and I expect to be treated like one.”
“Another thing, if the Elements of Harmony are needed, I’m joining the fight. I will be careful, but I refuse to allow Equestria to fall because you are too afraid to allow me to do what only I can.”
Artemis smiled and nodded “Fair enough. I will see to it that my guards understand your conditions and why you have made them.”
Everypony else in the room sighed in relief, glad that was over.
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