Celestia? Wanting to join our relationship?

The very one that nearly killed it last time?

I was not prepared for Luna to want her in this with us, the very idea taking me for a hell of a spin.

I just stared at her, not sure what to say.

"Franz?"

"Dear Franz? Art thee alright?"

'No, no I don't think I am.'

I hadn't noticed this before, but Celestia was actually wearing makeup, even if slightly. Her eyelashes were more toned and refined, her teeth gave off a slight glare, and not a single hair out of place, in her mane, tail or coat. Although, her mane was still doing that flowing thing.

"Why?" I asked.

"Why? Well, I believe that I have a chance with you now, even if it did not seem so in our past."

I wanted to call bullshit, but her stance was disarming, and she had a hopeful gleam in her eye. She had taken the time to look more presentable to me.

But I wasn't having it.

"No." I said, my stare turning cold.

"Franz! Why can't thee accept her? Surely, thou can look beyond her past mistakes and forgi-"

"No!" I said, my tone sharp. They flinched at that, but I needed to get the point across.

"I'm not having this right now. Yeah, maybe in the future I'll warm up to the idea, but right now I'm not going to just 'Accept' this. I have several issues that I want to resolve, and I can't do that if I don't have the time to process and accept what happened. I'm not even sure how or why I have the abilities I have, and I don't want to drag anymore ponies into it than needed." I explained.

"Art thou sure it wasn't the memory thou experienced two nights ago?" Luna asked, raising an eyebrow.

I stopped, anger spiking, but tried to force it down for the time being.

"What?"

"Did you think that you could have a nightmare and for us to not notice it? I saw what you saw, I felt what your mind felt, and we've seen what that human female has done to thee." She said, in a softer voice the more she went on.

"I am also aware of the fact that your mind essentially tortured itself a two nights ago. Luna had informed me that these nightmares show the worst parts of your past. That's why she was eager for you to return to us in Canterlot as quickly as possible, and to go through your memories together."

"As a herd."

"And as a family."

I felt a powerful pang hit my chest. Family?

They considered me their family.

"W-what?" I stuttered, my voice beginning to waiver.

"Dear Franz, we are thy... your new family."

"One to ease the pain of what you lost..." Celestia said, getting closer.

"...and to mend what was broken." Luna said, wrapping me in a hug.

"To heal your wounds."

"And to help thou forgive yourself."

I felt my eyes begin to sting, and my vision getting blurry. Lifting a hoof to touch them, I saw tears staining the hoof. Oh no...

"It is okay, Franz. We can take on your past together. You just have to want help. We can't otherwise." Celestia said, wrapping her slender forearms around my body and pushing both me and Luna into her chest.

The walls of my self-protection began to crumble, the very thing that made that dismissive and tough exterior who I was, fade away. I tried to maintain it but was proving too difficult to shield myself. To hide the inner suffrage of my heartache.

What was I hiding from myself? Was I always like this?

"Why?" I asked, my tears staining her fluffy chest.

"Because, my little human, we care for you."

I could feel my heart aching, wanting to burst as I started to get more and more of that pain out. The sensation almost broke me down, and shivered as I was on the precipice of going into a sobbing fit.

My body was trembling as they pushed up against me, a feeling that I haven't felt since I was a child washing over me.

"It is alright, Dear Franz, thou art strong, but we know that thou are not invincible. It is what makes everypony who they are." Luna said, burying her head into my neck.

"It's what makes us unique. And you, Franz, are always welcome into our world. No matter how different you are." Celestia said.

"Thank you." I whispered, closing my eyes and relaxing.

They didn't say anything as they continued to hug me,

After our little session, I was feeling more positive than before. Excited even.

I still needed to think about what Celestia said, but until after I get the whole story of my past sorted, I would want us to remain friends.

The rest of the train ride wasn't very interesting, but we used that time to focus on more lighthearted subjects.

Once the train stopped moving, we got off and made our way back to The Castle, where I was met with Summer Springs, Marble Shine, and surprisingly, Shining Armor.

I didn't see his marefriend anywhere, and I guess that was for the best. Wasn't sure if I could control myself with her around, due to that damn trigger word. Not sure if it still has an effect on me yet.

"Your Highness! It's a pleasure to have you back!" Summer said, smiling widely.

"Hello, Summer."

"It's always refreshing to see a friendly face again, Your Highness." Marble said, with a slanted smile.

"Oh, hey Marble."

"Hello, Prince Franz. Nice to see that you've returned." Shining said, extending his hoof for a bump.

"Sup, dude." I said, bumping my hoof with his.

Luna spoke up, taking me by surprise.

"Captain Shining Armor, would thou be so kind as to escort Prince Franz to his New Royal Chambers." She said.

"My new what?" I asked, glancing at the castle

Sure enough, there was a new piece of the Castle that was where my original room was. I wasn't sure why they would do that, since it just made the castle have a small protruding section that anyone would notice if they paid attention to it. Almost seems out of place.

"Oh, never mind. I see it now."

"Of course, Your Highness." He said and began leading the way.

Once we broke off from the rest of the group, I followed him through the halls that led to the room I had made my own.

"So, how have things been?" I asked him.

"It's been good, thanks for asking. Say, how was Twilight over in Ponyville?" He asked back.

"She's doing good. I gave her one of the armor sets she's been wanting for a while now. Figured that she should get one with all the trouble she and her friends get into."

"That's good, and frankly reassuring. I know that she can be a handful sometimes."

"Yeah, siblings am I right?" I said, smiling at him.

"Oh yeah. You have siblings?" He asked, momentarily stopping.

Stopping as well, I frown a bit.

"Well, yeah. But I don't really talk about them."

"Well why not? They seem like nice folk, if they're anything like you." He said.

I stopped to think. Yeah, I suppose they had morals similar to my own, but they weren't the nicest.

"I guess you could say that."

"What were they like, if you don't mind me asking."

"Well, I think you'll eventually hear about them. I don't really want to talk about them yet." I said, gaining an apathetic look.

"Oh, I see."

We walked in silence, and made it to my room without any distraction or getting sidetracked. I was glad he didn't push his luck with any questions, since I would dump a shit ton of drama and trauma from my family.

That, and I preffered to keep to myself a lot.

"We made it." I said, looking at my doors.

"Yes, and if you need anything, I sure a guard would be willing enough to help." He said, nodding to the guards who were stationed at either side of the door.

"Alright. Later man." I said, opening the doors. He simply nodded and left.

Once I opened the doors, I was surprised, to say the least.

Instead of the room being like that of a basic guest room, they tricked it out and made my bed bigger somehow. The walls were painted blue with traces of white, there was a chandelier, a bigger drawer, better lights, and a polished floor that shone like a freshly washed plate.

The air held that of a royal tone, and held a sweet, scented smell too.

"Doth thee enjoy the new look?" Luna asked from behind me.

"Ooh, you've redecorated."

"And?" She asked.

"I don't like it." I said, adding on an accent.

Luna was silent, and I turned to her. She had a slightly offended look, and I smirked.

"Kidding." I said, giving her a hug. She returned it with much affection, and less of that spicy smell.

We broke the hug, and I thought I noticed something different about her.

"You look different." I said.

"Yes, we decided to try a new accessory, pray tell how it turned out?" She asked.

I thought I knew she had something different about her, but I wasn't entirely sure. Maybe her hair? Or her coat? I couldn't tell, but I thought that I had it.

"I don't know." I said slowly.

"Art thou serious?" She asked.

"What?! I don't know what's different! I don't pick up on subtle things well." I said, looking over her.

"Here, we shall give thee an example." She said, wincing slightly as she proceeded to pull out one of her primary feathers. It confused me, but then she placed it in the groove of my ear.

Connecting the dots, I realized what she was doing, and looked over to her ears, which had my primary feather tucked between her ear and tiara.

I actually saw that it was a lighter shade than her coat, and that it was more noticeable if you looked for it.

"Ooh, I see now." I said, smiling lightly.

"Yes, now, I believe we have some unfinished business to attend to."

"Alright, I'll see yo- wait, we?" I started, then asked.

"Yes. As a reward for slaying an Ursa Major, I believe it is right for thee to receive a prize. One that we could both enjoy." She stated, slightly in a weird way.

"Wait, Celestia didn't make you horny or anything, did she?" I asked.

"Nay, tis similar, but to a lesser degree."

"Is it like when you tried to make out with me on Thursday?" I inquired.

"Thou art getting brighter, I see."

"Heh, I've always been bright. I just been on power saving this whole time."

"Shall we?" She said.

"How about in an hour, I feel pretty burnt out." I said, sagging my head a bit for example.

"Of course, I shall rest with thee until then." She stated proudly.

"Yeah, sure." I said, taking off my armor and floating them over to the dresser.

I hopped into the oversized bed and pulled the covers over me.

I then felt a pair of hooves drape over my shoulders, and a warm body hug me from behind.

"I love thee, Dear Franz."

'Say it.'

'Say it.'

"I..."

'Fuck you waiting for, say it stupid body!'

"...love you too."

It seemed as though a weight has been taken off my back. and something off my chest as those words actually meant something this time for me.

A warm feeling spread through my chest again. I was sure that she could feel it.

The gentle beat of our hearts.

Our small respite into each other.

Our little paradise.

'Just us.' A thought strayed.

I felt that swaying motion one would feel then they knew that they were falling asleep.

I didn't fight it, I embraced it, as I did to Luna.

To Ditzy.

To my new family.

And let go, falling into the wonderland of sleep.

I faced down the ledge I was presented with. It wasn't a very long fall, but I was sure that it would still hurt should I not be able to do this.

"Art thee ready, Franz?" A younger version of Luna asked me as I turned to look at her.

"Well, it is a long fall, and I still don't know how to use these things yet. Don't you think I should try lifting off first?" I asked, feeling myself give her a sightly concerned look.

"Fear not, for the best way to learn is to be in the heat of the moment, not in small steps, as thine says."

"To be honest, I think I should have paid more attention to whenever I see you guys flying. Like, come on Luna, I don't know anything when it comes to this."

"Surely tis similar to thy own form of flight." She said, giving me a raised brow.

"It's not even the same thing. I use what I called a Power Thrust. It's when I use a very minuscule amount of my power to be able to lift myself off the ground and fly. It is in no way 'Similar' to your- hey! Stop that!" I cried as I noticed that she was pretending to fall asleep.

Letting out a groan she spoke in a more hurried tone.

"Yes, we understand thine's predicament. Now jump, and thou might receive a surprise should the outcome be satisfactory."

She leaned in with a smirk.

"We would be more than willing to let thine use this 'Power Thrust' thou mentioned." She said, giggling and leaning back.

"You're being a tease. Stop that or I'm going to reconsider making you that sword I promised." I threatened.

"Nay! Thou hast been working on it since last week! How can you just unmake something thou spent so much effort into?"

"Like I said, stop."

"Fine, we shall cease."

"Thanks. I'll get it to you in about a few more da-"

I was immediately hit with vertigo as I began screaming, landing hard onto the ground below.

"Thou speak to much!" She called down to me.

"Suck my dick!"

"Really? No jesting?"

"NO!"

I awoke abruptly, a weird sensation in my lower regions.

Noticing that I was hugging Luna from behind, I assumed the worst and took a peek under the sheets.

Oh shit.

Oh fuck.

I saw that my dick was caught in the groove of her rear, and it was semi erect.

'Stay calm, she isn't even awake yet' I thought.

I tried shifting over a bit, but it only stimulated my dong to expand more.

I felt the heat emanating off her flank. It was really hard to not just start giving light thrusts, and I rolled over to the other side of the bed, where I would have some time to reco-

I slipped off the bed and landed on the floor, my schlong almost getting crushed underneath my body.

She must've heard me falling off, as she immediately woke up and looked over the bed.

"Dear Franz! Art thee alri-" She stopped as she no doubt saw my dick flopping around like a foam swimming noodle would in a pretend sword fight.

"Ack!" I shouted in surprise, and rolled away, crushing it under my body.

I whimpered as I felt like someone had slapped me in the balls and held my hooves to it in a pathetic attempt to protect and hide them. I also couldn't hide the burning feeling in my face. This was really awkward, and I wasn't sure how to proceed.

"Dear F-Franz. Was thou, attempting, something?" She asked from the bed, slightly flustered.

"No." I whispered in a raspy tone.

"I-if thou wish, we could, ahm, a-assist thee?" She offered.

Nope!

"No, I don't think you will." I said, feeling the injured body part retract.

"Art thee sure? Tis a simple problem that I could take care of in a matter of minutes."

"And what would you do?" I asked sarcastically.

"Whatever thou wished."

"..."

"Well?"

I just gave her a frown.

"So? What shall it be?" She asked, gaining a hopeful gleam in her eyes.

"I'm going to stop you right there." I said, feeling the pain start to fade away.

"I feel like we should wait until after we've established that we are comfortable with each other." I said firmly.

"And how would we go about that."

"I don't know, I'm just waiting for the pain to go away." I said, beginning to get up.

"Well, regardless of whether we art comfortable with each other's company, I believe that we should have started our sexual encounters well over a thousand years ago."

"On the contrary, I think that we should stop talking about this so casually." I said.

"Ooh, and thou art one to speak. How am I to believe that your penis is working? After all, thou has only done masturbation when we are either not near, or behind closed doors."

"Hey, it works fine, alright." I countered.

She leaned in close and gave me a smug look.

"Then prove it."

I was tempted to just leave and eat something, but she had a point. I wasn't really the most sexually active person, but still, I should have at least given her some action before our banishment.

But I wasn't doing it like this.

"Were it so easy." I said, lowering my voice, a smirk on my face.

She was about to speak, but I quickly bopped her nose with my hoof, and she went cross eyed for a bit.

"Franz, we do not appreciate that." She said, giving me a glare.

'Oh shit, she got rid of saying "Dear".'

"And I don't appreciate you letting Celestia blast you with that heat spell, but I guess that there are things in life that are uncontrollable." I said, earning a annoyed look from her.

"Nay thee."

I was going to pull up a reverse card, but she pulled one from her mane and flipped it to me.

It was the infinity reverse card.

"Fuck." I said, followed by her giggling lightly.

I walked the halls of Canterlot, without a specific destination in mind. Yeah, I could've gone to eat dinner with them, but I wasn't actually feeling that hungry.

That, and I stole some of Celestia's cake before so, as a warning.

It was almost nighttime, and I would have to go sleep, but I had awoken from my nap only an hour ago. It wouldn't make much sense to wake up from a nap and to go right back after only an hour of sleep.

My thoughts shifted to Ditzy. I actually enjoyed cuddling with her. It felt nice to be able to feel like you're protecting someone just by holding them. Which was something I couldn't do with Luna, since she was still a bit bigger than me.

I then thought about how I said I wanted to court her. I should've thought out ahead on what I was going to say, instead of what I did. Then she might've accepted before she went over to Twilight's and saved me a bunch of explaining.

Now I feel stupid.

Least the cake made me more energetic.

Feeling embarrassed, and under-stimulated, I thought of a way to get my mind off of this, and after some more walking, I decided on the Training Grounds.

I thought that the labels they gave these specific places like 'The Throne Room' or 'The Royal Dinning Room' were too grand, and that they needed to be simpler.

For example, the 'Training Grounds' or 'Training Room' should simply be labeled 'Gym', or even something simple even.

Refocusing myself, I saw that I was nearly to the now renamed 'GYM', in my terms, and that it was starting to get more and more vacant of Royal guards and more occupied with Night guards.

To be fair, I kind of enjoyed the Royal guards better than the Night guards, since they were more official and had more structure. But on the contrary, the Night guard was relatively better at combat, or so I've heard, but some lacked discipline.

And frankly, I think it would be better to mix them together for a more diverse and effective military, or maybe incorporate some of their tactics into each other's militia.

But I should be very careful about how I go with this. I wouldn't want to force it like my home world's movies did.

Tossing that thought away, I entered the GYM and found that there were some Royal and Night guards present. Both parties were doing well enough. some were doing weight training as well, while others were doing what looked like stamina improvement or some wing exercise thing that I wasn't exactly sure about.

But I had a specific place in mind.

Going over to the firing range, I saw that there were mostly unicorns, with the exception of a couple Earth ponies and Pegasi with crossbows.

And all the while, I noticed that there was whispering among them, oddly enough with the female guards here.

I looked for the trainer at the shooting range and found him explaining how to reload a crossbow a Unicorn was using.

"Now, repeat to me how I showed you." He said. Wait, I recognize him. He was the referee at our duel! Glancing over to his Cutie Mark, I saw the checkered flag that was on the Referee when the duel initially started.

I watched as the guard successfully was able to place the arrow back into the slot for the wire to catch the grove it to be considered ready.

"There, now you know how to reload a crossbow. Should be easier for you to not jam anymore of them." He said, the small wrinkles on his face looking more prominent. Jamming? How can a crossbow jam?

"Yes sir." Said the guard, before leaving to another booth for firing.

"Hello there." I said, giving him a smile.

"Ah, Your Majesty! What an honor to have you here at the Training Halls. What brings you to this facility?" He asked, giving me a warm smile and attentive look.

"Well, I was actually kind of bored and decided to come down here and see what everypony was doing. It seemed like a good idea." I answered 'truthfully'.

"Ah, yes. Well, you came to the right place to squash your boredom, Your Majesty. I have something special specifically for you!" He said, disappearing into the room on the side of the range.

"Your Majesty, I believe you will like it!" He said, coming back shortly with an unloaded crossbow.

I noticed something. There was a small white crystal that was where the arrow would be, and it looked like a receiver.

"Let me guess, magical crossbow?" I asked, giving him a look.

"Not just any magical crossbow, one that is designed to be able to withstand the immense amount of power of an Alicorn!" He said, setting it on the small platform in a empty booth.

"I haven't had the chance to test it, since I only knew of two Alicorn's. But now look! Four!" He said excitedly with a laugh.

"Now, I would be honored if you were to test it out for me, would ya?" He asked, passing over to me.

"Sure, why not." I replied, taking it with my magic.

The crystal seemed to glow with my magic, turning from the original dull white to a bright green.

"It works like any magical crossbow, just vamped up for a powerful magic user, or an Alicorn."

"Very nice." I said as I tried putting some of my magic into it. It felt, natural, for some reason. Almost like pouring water in a water gun.

"Here goes something." I said, and raised it to aim at the straw filled dummies up ahead.

I took in a breath, held it, and pulled the trigger.

A ghost of an arrow shot out of the crystal, and hit the dummy in the chest, where it cut clean through and into the wall before bursting in a green flame. There seemed to be a glow to it as it flew, almost like a tracer bullet would.

To say I was surprised was an understatement. I was genuinely impressed with this. Looking back at the crossbow, I saw that it was cracking at the base of the limb, and that there was a slight smoking of the crystal.

Had that been a pony, let alone a human, would be pretty terrifying to witness. And even more traumatizing to clean up.

But, I couldn't let these pony's have these kinds of weapons. Unless under extreme supervision.

"Whoo! It works! Though, I will have to use a stronger material for the crossbow's limbs, but overall amazing!" He cried, sounding excited.

"Did you make this?" I asked, giving him a neutral look.

"Sure as sugar I did! Why, you like it?"

"Well, it is a bit more on the dangerous side."

"That's why only you and the other Alicorns can use this. We regular ponies just don't have the magical prowess to be able to handle the amount of magic required to use one of these things." He answered.

"Still, it's very dangerous to come up with this kind of concept. I only made my weapons for my own protection and the protection of others." I said, forming everything except my helmet.

"And it's real impressive to look at. Say, would you mind showing us some of your weapons? I hear that they're real strong and flashy." He asked, gaining some support and attention from the other guards.

"I don't know, are there any barriers we can set up in case I do it?" I questioned.

"Quite, but we can set up some dummies for some faux attackers." He said.

I heard the murmurs and whispers of agreement from the other guards.

"Come on, can't be that bad." He said.

I heard them begin to chant. It wasn't the best chant, just a simple "Prince Franz! Prince Franz!", but I wasn't entirely convinced.

"It'll kill that boredom you have." He said.

Technically, I wasn't even supposed to be here, let alone show them what my armor can do.

But, I can be anywhere I want, within reason, so I didn't have to do anything.

"Oh, what the hell. Lets do it." I said, earning a chorus of cheering.

'This choice will have consequences.' I thought.

"We all good?" I asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Called back Checkered Mark. That was the name of the old stallion from the Duel and 'Gym'.

I had also gathered the attention of several dozen of the Night and Royal guards who had caught wind of my practice duel with the dummies.

"I shall let them go in three!"

Celestia and Luna had also heard about this, and were present as well. As it turns out, there was a small arena for specifically training the guards on combat techniques and battle strategies.

"Two!"

Oh, and Luna will be recording this, and so will I for future reference.

"One!"

"Hmm." I said, feeling my armor wrap around my head.

A horn blared, and I gave Luna and Celestia a small salute, before turning to the twenty or so Dummies that were slowly walking towards me like zombies.

I activated my arc reactor from my right hoof, and began blasting them down with ease.

I wasn't, however, aware that the more I took down, the faster they got, as about five of them suddenly rushed me.

Activating my energy shield, I blocked a punch from the closest one, and followed up with a slash from my energy dagger to the head.

It fell limp and I turned my attention to the others, who now were doing semi circles around me. I eventually was able to take down about three more before they got blinding fast.

I leaned my head to the side and maneuvered out of a punch to the helmet, only to be bashed into with another one.

Grunting in annoyance, I grabbed the one that tackled me and threw it into another one that was getting close.

'Remember the moves.' I thought.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in, let it go, and caught one that was trying to hit me.

Twisting it, the dummy flipped over, and I kicked it away to gain some space with that one.

I heard a cackle of magic, and my body moved on its own as I leaned backwards from a dull white magic arrow that nearly clipped my helmet.

Turning to the culprit, I saw that it was levitating what looked like a regular magic crossbow.

I shot a disk at it, watching it activate and implode the dummy into pieces.

There were about ten or so left, and I was starting to shake in both anticipation, and what felt like glee.

Shooting out a string of webbing, I brought one closer to me and tore it's head off with a hard punch to its blank face.

"Thus, you're fucked." I whispered, and made my helmet glow brightly around where my left eye would be.

I summoned spikes to rise from the ground, which a few didn't take into account and were impaled.

The others were charging at me, and I made my armored leg fold into what resembled a blade.

I slashed into the first two, and blasted another with the open reactor still ready.

One managed to tackle me onto the ground, followed by another, and two more.

Curling up into a ball, I felt the electricity dance around me, as I was being piled onto by a couple more.

In an explosion of red, crackling energy, they were disintegrated, and the others nearby blown back into the edge of the ring.

I looked around for anymore and saw four of them. One trying to get up, and the other trying to stand.

The other two were still coming after me, and one went for a punch, while the other tried to predict where I would go.

I caught the punch and used the energy dagger to stab it several times in the abdomen, and then the head, and I kicked the other one away for more space.

The one that was trying to stand was now rushing me at a fast pace.

An idea hit me, and I grabbed the slashed up body with my hooves, twisted my body, and heaved the foe into the sky and used it to attack the one that was charging.

It went sailing into the air and I followed with a flap of the wings.

Once in the air, I proceeded to beat the dummy with another dummy, striking it in angles to where it would stay in the air until I finished, and slammed back down with an explosive finish.

The dummy I was beating with burst apart, as did the one I was attacking with.

I narrowly dodged another magic arrow that was shot at me, and looked right a the one who pulled the trigger.

It was in the process of reloading, and I lifted a hoof to it.

'Universal Pull! I thought.

The dummy froze, and was sent flying towards me, where I had my shield ready.

I bashed into the dummy hard enough to pop my shield and to rip off all of the limbs it had.

And then my eyes fell onto the one that was left.

It was a kind of thing one would see in anime. The main character was left out of all their friends and there was no back up, and little hope for them.

The feeling it gave me kind of sucked, but it needed to be done.

Walking over to it, I watched as it struggled to stand.

Way to make me feel bad, you dummy.' I thought.

In a quick motion, my arm swung at it and severed the head, where it bounced off the floor a bit before being followed by the rest of the body.

"Practice round over!" I heard Mark say.

I let out a sigh. This actually killed my boredom. It was pretty fun too, but kinda sucks as well.

(Stop music here.)

"..."

'And I thought I was a pacifist. I think I'm an antagonist. No, wait, that's the bad guy of a story. Sadistic? Maybe. Not sure anymore.'

"Hurrah! Dear Franz, that was an excellent exercise!" I heard Luna cheer.

Looking over to her, I saw her gliding down to me. There were guards picking up the remains of the training dummies and collecting the magic crossbows.

"Thanks. I was actually wandering around, and I thought I should train on some dummies. You know, keep the muscles loose." I said, rolling my head for any pops.

"Well, that is a fantastic idea for staying loose. Say, art thee not hungry? We did not see thou in the dinning hall this afternoon."

"Now that you say, I'm feeling a bit peckish from the practice." I said, making my armor fold back into their capsules.

"Then shall we leave for somewhere to eat?" She asked.

"Didn't you already eat?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, but we weren't feeling very hungry, and ate lightly. That, and we have a form to maintain for thee." She said.

"Oh." I said, being taken by surprise.

She laughed and walked off, with a slight sway with her hips.

I tried not to look, but I couldn't do the same for the other guards, who were ogling at her. They immediately backed down after I glared at them, averting their gaze.

"That was a very good match. Though, I would have used less, lethal, methods to disperse them." I heard Celestia say as she walked up to me.

"I'll keep that in mind when someone tries to stab me it the throat." I said, running a hoof through my hair.

"I want to have a word with you." She said, passing me and expecting me to follow.

"As do I." I muttered lowly.

"What was that?"

"You'll see, don't worry about it." I waved off dismissively. She gave me a questioning look, before she left with me following behind her.

We walked until we were close to her room, which I didn't want to enter. She stopped and turned to me, hopefully to explain why she brought me here in the first place.

I watched her as she stared at me. I think that I might be in trouble, but she didn't have an angry look.

"What's up?" I asked, in a attempt to break the tension.

"Where are you going next week?" She asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, where are you going next week?" She said, putting emphasis.

"Well, that's so secret, even I don't know where I'm going."

She looked a bit confused.

"What do you mean, you don't know where you're going?"

"I mean, I don't know where the old castle is." I said.

"You're going to the Castle Of The Two Royal Pony Sisters?"

"You mean the COTTRPS?" I said.

"What?"

"What?" I repeated after her.

"Are you really going there?"

"Am I going where?" I said, fighting the smirk I had.

"To the, COTTRPS, in The Everfree Forest." She said, seemingly bamboozled.

"What's in The Everfree Forest?"

"Franz, you must not try my patience." She said, frowning at me.

"Why do you have a patient? You don't have a medical degree."

She just looked at me with an annoyed look.

And I gave her an innocent one.

"Did you take a hit to the head back there?"

"Why are you going to hit me?"

"I'm not going to do that."

"Do what?"

"Franz."

"Yes?"

"Stop it."

"Stop what?"

She leaned in and gave me a dirty look.

"You know well what you are doing, and if you do not stop, then I will place Luna under the most intense heat spell known to Equuis. And last time she was in her regular heat, it took everything you had to stop her from getting into your pants."

"You're in heat? That explains why you would take me to your bedroom." I said, struggling to keep my poker face.

I saw her grit her teeth, and I laughed.

"Oh god, I'm just messing with you. Yes, I'm going to the Everfree Forest, and no, I'm not going alone. Why, do you not approve?" I asked her.

"While I don't wish for you to return to our old home, I would like to know why you would go in the first place." She asked.

"To retrieve some old things that I wanted to get back. Mainly swords and stuff, maybe some old books. Did you want to add something to the list?" I asked.

"No. But when Luna mentioned this, she said that you were planning to get her old sword back. The one you made for her."

"And?" I questioned.

"I know where it would be. I had it hidden away, along with several other items of interest. Mostly concerning your choice of weapons."

"Ooh, and where might it be?"

She smiled and spilled the beans.

"Hey! Did you drop beans on me!? Are these cooked?!" I yelped, wiping the moist beans that was dumped onto my head.

"Guess you could say I-"

"Finish that sentence and you'll be worse than Yuri." I said, glaring at her with an intense stare.

Celestia looked concerned, and worried.

"Who's Yuri?" She asked softly.

"Yuri-tarded."

Another chapter is going to be released before the spooky times.

And don't forget to drink milk for you skeletons. And if you're lactose intolerant, drink some water.

Stay hydrated ya'll!