A few days after Twilight's coronation...

Twilight Sparkle, or rather Princess Twilight Sparkled Aries, was currently sitting at her table with a book setting in front of her but she wasn't reading it. Instead she had opted to admire her engagement ring once more for the umpteenth since her fiance, Polearm Aries, had placed it on her finger days earlier at her coronation. The day had started put like the last few. She and Pole had woken up and then woke up their daughter. After getting their girl readied the two adults readied themselves for their individual days of work.

Twilight then took Nyx off to school. Nyx had been on cloud nine sense the coronation and everything. It was hard for Twilight to get her to settle down to even sleep at night, usually having to differ to a sleep spell Luna had taught her that she'd often used on Morning Star when she was to excited. Safe to say the little filly was none the wiser as she would just wake up but would have twice as mush energy. The good part was that she did burn most of it off while at school or playing afterward. She was so bright and cheerful that many in town took to her almost right away, even with her resemble to her Aunt's darker self.

Pole headed over the the Automail shop and used the Rune Transporter to go to Canterlot from there in order to meet with the incoming Crimson Knights. After seeing their grandfather slash prince slash one they were supposed to fight for and Shining, Blue, Spike, and Polearm's fight against the yaks many had come to understand that their order was severally lacking in strength and wanted to redo their training. Not that the means were unavailable but if Ed had allowed all the Order to come to Canterlot for retraining that meant leaving the Crystal Empire with out a good portion of its already underhanded military power. Something that Edward and Princess Amore weren't willing to do but they did agree to taking small contingents for shorty training tours.

Surprisingly, Spike actually offer his services to train the Crystal Guard. He used the excuse he needed some time out of the shop and that he didn't want to let his fighting skills rusty. While both were actually true he really just wanted to see the Empire along with Rarity and perhaps check out some of the older alchemy techniques that were practiced there. Ed and Princess Amore both agreed to let Spike train the guards but Ed cut in as to say, 'Train them will, don't break their spirits,'and Spike took it to heart. So he and Rarity departed the day after the Canterlot clean-up with Shining Armor, Cadence, and Princess Amore. The later only going to help oversee the transition of power and gather what things of hers she could get the still existed.

Once Twilight had dropped Nyx off at school she'd returned to the library and started to do her duties as the town's resident librarian. Once she'd logged all the returned books as in and reshelved she went on to do some studying in the alchemagic books Edward had provided for her for having passed her test and proving she was ready for minor practices in weaving minor spells into objects. Unfortunately, she needed coffee and there was none brewed so she had to fix that in order for her to study properly. So in order to remedy this she set up the coffee pot to brew some and while she was waiting she started to admire her ring once more at the current time.

Time passed as Twilight waited for the coffee to finish brewing her coffee, as she would make her own that was at very least three times the strength of anything the Night Guard used. She had finished admire her ring and had went on to
fix herself a mug awaiting the hot dark beverage to mix with. Once the library princess had her fix she went on to reading her book.

A good amount of time passed and the princess decided to look up at the clock in the main lobby and notice it was into the after noon and the scroll had let out a little over an hour ago.

Twilight tapped her chin with her finger and then smirked. "It's been awhile since Nyx and I had a bit o an out with Pole, just the three of us. I hope she's up for meeting her dad at the Shop and going out for dinner," She closed her book and stodd up. Walking over to her personal library she cast a quick spell and the latch came undone. Twilight placed the book in its open spot and let out a small giggle as her wings twitched ever so slightly, "Who am I kidding, She'll love it!" She looked aove her shoulder to her wings. "Honestly I never would've thought I would get these. I really wish I didn't have them some times either. Pole, Aj, and Dash's teasing gets on my nerves," She grumbled. "They flop open one time and then it's wing boner this, or wing boner that," She remarked with a bit of a blush. "I couldn't help! Polearm looked good in his new armor! Powerful..." She drooled.

*POMF!*

"Damn it all to hell!" She called out as she threw her hands over her mouth. "Not again... Damn Ed and all his language in his books..." Twilight grumbled.

As she waited a few moments till she could lower her wings there was a sudden rolling sound from her circle window, "Dear gods not now...' She mental wined as she turned her head slightly to see what was going on.

"Hey Twi are ya her?" Rainbow called out from upstairs.

Twilight slowly moved but then came the creaking of boards under her feet, "No..." Twilight whispered.

The rush of footstep was heard as the athletic pegusas showed herself, "So here ya... Damn, ya couldn't have a Winger at a another time?" Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "Ah... not now we need to get to town now. Some strange pony in a cloak is boating about and looking for ya," Dash hit some pressure points on Twilight's wings causing them to relax completely. "There. Now lets go!" They rushed off.

Meanwhile across town...

Nyx and her best friend, Dinky Hooves, were on their way home from some time playing with the other foals in the park after school as they usually did. The two fillies trotted along wondering what to do next. They usually either separated in town to go to their respective homes or went to each others house to do play or do their homework together. The later was rarely ever done as they were both the top students in their class, tying for everything. Deciding what to do was the current topic as neither had any homework to do as usual.

"So do ya wanna come over to my place and help my and mamma bake some experimental muffins?" Dinky chirped in a playful tone. "Dad's gone on a trip to up to Canterlot to work on some new automail parts and will be up there a couple of days. He said that all the equipment he needs is in Mr. Ed's workshop and he won't let dad bring it down as it's all bolted to the floor. Oh we can ask our moms if we can have a sleep over, that'd be fun!"

"I don't think so Dinky," Nyx sighed.

"What's wrong Nyx?" She stopped for a second, placing a finger under her chin. "You were all super happy and stuff when you and you folks got back from Canterlot. Now whenever we're walking home it's like turn into Mopyx."

"What?" Nyx looked at her friend confused

"You know, like a pokemon that's mopping all the time, "Dinky giggled. "But you're still Nyx but now you're a mopey pokemon so you're Mopyx." She threw her hands in the air as she walked backwards.

Nyx giggled. "Okay, hat was a good one I'll give ya that," she pointed at he blonde unicorn. "But the reason I'm mopey is because when I get home it's just been mom there," She sighed. "Dad would always be there when I came home, or at least be getting there when we got back from school on the days we went straight home. He hasn't been there at all..."

"Nyx," Dinky put her hands on her friends shoulders. "You're being a big... fat... dummy...." She deadpanned.

"Wha..." Nyx sounded dejected.

"Your dad just got like a huge promotion," Dinky said. "Of coarse he's not going to be home right away for a little while. That's what happened when my dad co-opened the Automail shop until Mr.Ed added onto it making it a house and mom's muffin shop!" She explained to her best friend. "Give it a lit bit and he'll start coming home again."

"Are you sure?" Nyx said second guessing but Dinky only vigorously nodded.

"I do have question though," Dinky said abruptly.

"What?" Nyx tiled her head.

"What do I call you mom and dad now?" Dinky pondered. "They are a prince and princess now so is it Prince Polearm and Princess Twilight or is it still Ms. Twilight and Mr. Pole?"

"The second ones," Nyx shrugged. "They don't like the title use." The both giggled.

Meanwhile in town...

About halfway between the Library and where Nyx and Dinky were at there was a crowd of local ponies that had started gathering around a cloak-hooded pony. It was clearly a mare from the tone and pitch of her voice. She was rather loud and bolsteress for as she was belting that she'd returned and wanted Twilight Sparkle to come out to pay for her past transgression, or something along those lines in show pony speak anyways.

Inside of the Automail Shop...

Polearm appeared on the rune transport a bit worse for wear. He pulled off his helmet that was already showing great signs of wear and tear do to the training he'd been put the Crimson Knights through. In his mind a few more weeks of the harsh training was worth it to bring them up to at least the base level of where the elite Solar, Lunar and Heart guards had been a little overt a year ago. With the help of Shining Armor and and a few of the elite guards also putting the order own Crystal guards through the same routines in the Empire took much of the work load off the new Crimson Grandmaster.

He liked the thought that his once great house and order were being revived but at the same time he hated the strain that came with it. He missed be there when his daughter was coming home from school or when he came in and surprised Twilight with a new book she hadn't yet heard of, courtesy of Ed usually. This is the first day he was actually able to come on early thanks to his cousin Blueblood taking over for him in the training grounds. Blue had said he wanted to beef up the Guard after seeing the battles with the yaks and had decided that their own forces were seriously lacking in everything. So the Prince Captain took over paired the Knights with a few new and older recruits to test them prove how weak they were compared to the old days of their rules.

Nevertheless Polearm gratefully accept his cousins offer and stated that he didn't own him anything though, which Blue agreed with.

"Afternoon Polearm my dear boy," Came a British accent.

"Hey Doc," Polearm sighed as he looked over to see Dr. Whooves in his blue suit with a fizz on his head. "Got to come back early to day I see. Nyx and Twilight will be surprised"

"I hope so," Pole stood up straight and took the rest of his armor off and placed it in a lock he had brought in for himself. "I was hoping to at least be there at the library and meet up with Nyx as she got there. I haven't been able to really... ya know be around for her the last few days. It be different if she was older but she's still..."

"A little filly who's father wants to be there for her," Doc smiled. "I understand. Dinky went through something similar when we first set up the shop," He motioned around them. "It gets better you just need a little bit of time to get in the groove of things is all. Trust me mah boy," he patted Pole's shoulder, "you'll get the hang of things and be the Grandmaster that all others try and live up to," Doc pulled out his watch. "Oh my, behind schedule. I will see later dear boy. Need to get up there to the workshop. Allons-y!" He said stepping up in the Transporter and in a flash of blue runic light vanished.

"That's something for future Polearm to ponder," Pole shrugged off the comment and headed out of the shop after saying hello to Derpy and buying a few dozen of her famous Lemon Surprise Muffins.

In town with Twilight and Dash...

"I'm telling you Twi," Rainbow motioned. "She just standing there shouting for you to face her!"

Polearm quickly used his talent magic to create a naginata and held at Trixie's throat. His eye glared wholes in the show pony if they could set flames on soemone. She'd chanleneged twilight to a duel, cause untold amounts of damaged and various other crimes. Worst of all in her assault of Twilight Trixie had let a stray bolt of magic head for the Grandmaster's daughter to which Twilight quickly dove in front of take the full force of the blast. Twilight had severally burned the joint of her in protecting her child from the attack and it was clear she'd need medical help, even for and alicorn.

"Trixie Lulamoon," Polearm said through gritted teeth, "I hereby place you under arrest for the charges of assault of a royal and child endangerment on Princess Nyx Sparkle. How do you plead?"

"Trixie..." She started to speak with fear heavy in her voice. She was one hundred percent t guilty of the second charge but the first was very questionable as Twilight had agreed to the duel in the first place. But at the same she never knew Twilight had a daughter. " I... I... plead guilty," she hit her knees and started balling.

"You are under arrest," Polearm said begrudgingly as he pullout a pair of suppressor cuffs.

"That's enough Polearm," came a voice from beyond the crowd, one the Polearm knew very well. He looked to see his grandfather, the husband to the princesses one of the leaders of the country stand off to the side.

Edward Elric stood there with his hair down in a black sleeveless shirt and pants with no shoes. He arm was in full view for all to see crossed across his chest. The fact that he stood there meant that something majorly important was going on otherwise he wouldn't have even have left his pregnant wife's side.

"Yes sir," Polearm backed off and stood at attention.

"Bellatrix Phantasia Lulamoon," Edward said with a stern distaste in his mouth. "You are willfully admitting that you endangered another innocent pony's life while under the influence of a highly dangerous artifact, correct?"

Trixie looked over and recognized the man before her. She seen his pictures in many of her own family's older photo albums. She immediately bowed her head on the ground at his feet and started to cry in shame. "Yes sir. I did it, and I am not proud of it. What ever punishment you see fit I will fully accept grandfather."

"WHAT!?" was the collective word the crowd shout.

"You are in some serious trouble Bellatrix," Edward scalloped as Trixie winced at the use of her name, a name that was given to her in honor of her ancestor.

Bellatrix Phantasia Lulamoon of house of the noble house of Lulamoon better known as the Great and Powerful Trixie. She was almost the spitting imagine of the best shadow protect of the royal family as well as the most powerful and skilled illusionist of ancient times passed here names sake, Bellatrix Shay Lulamoon. The Lulamoon household was one of the most prominent noble houses in ancient times during the reign of Queen Faust and her husband King Dark Nebula. It is one of the only houses along with a Blueblood house that still exists in modern times. Edward Elric once married into this house a few generations before Bellatrix Shay Lulamoon's birth making him her paternal grandfather by blood as well as Trixie's. The stories of how her ancestor had been trained by her grandfather to be the greatest illusionist and shadow protector to the royal family had always inspired the show mare. They made her want to grow up to be as great as her ancestor, but more well out in the open.

"That is good to hear now hand over the Amulet," Ed held out his metal hand and Trixie handed of the artifact. "You are coming to Canterlot and will be there until told other wise," He said sternly. "In this time you will be studying to hone your skills and help in whatever ways you are told to, understood?"

"Yessir," Trixie cried.

"Good," Ed nodded and he then walked over to Twilight and healed her wing. "There. Now go home and rest you three. I have things I must attend too. I been away from Tia and didn't even want to bother but this needed to be done. Good bye," He said walking over to the still groveling show mare and the vanish in a blur.

"Where are we?" Trixie frantically looked around as her eyes came to rest on a larger red solar themed train. "What?!"

"Canterlot, my personal train and personal vehicle yard," Ed said sternly. "I have a call and don't have time for a lecture here. now, get your ass on that train," Ed pointed.

Trixie gulped and listen to her ancestor. She got on on the train and found Celestia. "Princess?!" she quirked an eyebrow as Ed got on.

"You will want to get in a seat dear," Celestia said curtly. "We're taking off." The train slowly took off into a void portal.