Can't Be Too Happy
Chapter 25
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Abohaty and Glitz were waiting inside the castle with the balcony being right next to them. There were also a few guards and the high commission alongside them. Almost all of the high commission. Stormy was still in poor condition so she wasn't going to make the speech, but Cloudy did, just in a wheelchair. Abohaty could hear the loudness of the crowd that was just ponies talking. She wondered her many were out there. Glitz nudged her side, and she looked over at him.
"You ready?"
"Yes and no. But mostly yes," she answered. "Do I look okay?!" Glitz laughed.
"Throughout all my years of knowing you, I've never seen you care about how good your appearance is."
"Glitz, I'm about to talk in front of hundreds of ponies!" Glitz walked forward to fix up her hair slightly and moved some of her strings out of her face.
"Who all looks up to a beautiful young princess? You look perfect." With a slight blush, Abohaty smiled. Thankfully, the guards began to blow their horns because Abohaty was starting to feel awkward tension.
In seconds, the crowd was cheering, making it sound like more than hundreds of ponies were down there. The high commission had walked out after the horns. And before Abohaty and Glitz could show themselves, they wanted to say something of their own.
"Hello to our wonderful wonderful family!" Flamora announced. "We are happy to see your beautiful faces today, and we're hoping everypony is doing better." Flamora stepped back so that when Flora stepped up, she would be in the spotlight.
"We are the high commission ponies of Springfields who help the Princess assist you. Unfortunately, all of us could not be here today, but we want you to know that everything will be okay. We will try to transition slowly from the tragedy that happened on the day of May twenty-second. And we will not let that day define who we are!" The crowd of ponies began stomping their hooves happily as Cloudy took the stand.
"And before our Princess comes, I just want to say that you are very loved! ...Especially by me!!" Cloudy yelled into the crowd. She wasn't supposed to say anything, but she at least wanted to let the crowd know she existed because you could hardly see her from the wheelchair.
The high commission stepped to the side to let the Princess walk forward through the window of the balcony. Out she came with her royal guard and the crowd cheered louder than before Once Abohaty was fully exposed to the public, Glitz stood back near the balcony window to watch from afar. It was what he was assigned to do.
Now, Abohaty could see the hundreds of ponies in the crowd and the little fillies waving up at her. She waved back of course.
When the crowd died down, the Princess cleared her throat and began the long speech she was about to make. During those fifteen minutes she asked for, she needed to prepare her appearance and the statistics. She wanted to make sure she identified everything correctly, so she had a little note with her that had all the numbers on it.
"Hello mares, gentle colts, fillies, however you'd like to be called. As you all may know, we had the return of Queen Amirah on the 22nd of May. And to start, I am here to issue my apologies to you all. As a princess, I failed to realize the importance of my kingdom and what you all mean to me. It was selfish of me to only think about my happiness instead of ensuring that your feelings and thoughts are included. That goes to the high commission too." Abohaty turned her head slightly to face them, and then faced back to the crowd of ponies. "I was selfish for abandoning you all when you needed me the most. And I was selfish enough to think I could let some other pony rule this whole kingdom themselves with no training." Abohaty took a deep breath before continuing on her speech. "Today, I am a different pony. I now understand the importance of my fellow peers and Springfield citizens. And I am truly sorry for letting you down as your ruler. Going forward, I promise to be the best Princess I can be for you all. And I hope that after this tragic event, every pony will soon be able to move forward, including myself." Abohaty looked back at the high commission who smiled at her to indicate she was doing good and to keep going. "I would like to honor somebody who was a big help to me and the kingdom. She raised both me and everypony who lived in this kingdom for years, and I have to thank her for it. Even though she is no longer here with us, she is still in my heart. So I thank you, Nom Nom for everything you've done. And I thank everypony who did their part the day of May 22nd. We lost several ponies and guards in the process, and my heart hurts for the families. But just know that we are always here for you, and I am here to make a change now that the kingdom is being ran in my hooves. Thank you to all who came out to hear this speech. Shortly, there will be updates on things planned out for you guys in the future. But for now, I want yo to sit tight until we meet again. Thank you everypony!" The crowd of ponies began stomping their hooves as Abohaty walked back into the kingdom with her Glitz and the high commission.
"See, that wasn't so bad!" Glitz cheered. "They love you!"
"I sure hope so."
"ABOHATY!!" Glitz and the princess looked up to see Grammar running toward them. "Are you ready to finally open your gifts? They're not even mine but I'm dying to see what you got, and I'm not sleeping until I see!" Abohaty chuckled slightly and looked up at Glitz.
"I still can't believe you guys are brothers," she laughed.