Princess Luna watched the sun set as her sister made way for the moon. A the sun set to the west. Luna's eyes remained on the east. The night sky now appearing as the sun's warm arms of light loss their grip over the sky. Suddenly in the darken part of the sky. There was a small almost 'ping' of light. If it had made noise it would have been a ping in the overall silence of the Castle Balcony. Luna squinted at it. It was coming down to Equestria. It looked as if it was going to hit the Everfree forest near Ponyvile. Luna watched it with much confusion. Meteors heading for planet-side were not very common on Equestria. The meteor it some where deep in the forest and all that was noticeable was a slight movement in the trees. No bang or any thunderous noise. Just...gone. The sun fully disappeared and Luna raised the moon with still the thought in her mind. "What was that?". Well to answer it clearly WAS NOT a meteor.

---3 hours later---

In the calm of night he arose. His mane singed by the fire, his bones broken from the impact. He marched in the direction of Ponyvile. He was lucky to have generated a small shield around himself, other wise the fire would have killed him and the impact splattered him. Every step was pure pain. He evaluated his injuries and listed them in his mind so when a doctor or nurse pony asked he could give them his self-thought up guesses on the trauma his body had endured.
1. Broken front and back left legs.
2. Broken ribs, 2 at least.
3. Concussion
He also had quite a few illnesses. None of them mental, but many he had, had for at least a few months. All thanks to his prior environment.

Slowly he limped,coughed, and gasped his way to Ponyvile in search of one pony.
Princess Celestia
well first medical assistance.

Twilight Sparkle. had found a new hobby. Organizing slumber parties! Every pony was here. There was Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow dash, Fluttershy, even Spike. Well Spike did live there too. Twilight carried a large plate of snacks of all sorts on her back while Spike brought out drinks. Pinkie noticed Twilight had the cupcakes she bought from Sugarcube corner yesterday. Now, her smile couldn't have increased in size any further although her internal happiness did increase. Slowly the chatter started. Over a variety of topics. Minutes later they were playing games from truth or dare to even some card games that looked much like modern day Blackjack and Poker.

The pain of the walk was suppressed by the sight of Ponyvile. The orange pony was at his first destination. His breathing was irregular, fast would be a better word, as if he had just run the few miles to Ponyvile. He knew that the sweat and irregular breath were simple side effects of one the many illnesses that plagued his body at the moment. He slowly limped to the library. He needed to find Twilight sparkle. "She is the Princess's student, she can get me and audience with Celestia." He whispered to himself. His voice had been low, raspy, and incredibly quiet. Even speaking hurt. His throat was dry, he felt as if he hadnt a drink of any form of liquid in days. He began to feel dizzy, tired, and on the verge of blacking out. He was at the library door a black tunnel began to form around his vision as he knocked on the door.

Twilight sparkle had opened the door. All the orange pony could manage was "water". As he limped in. Twilight and her friends all gasped at his condition.
"What happened to you!?" Rarity questioned
"Your more burnt than a fired cupcake!" Pinkie shouted
"And more bruised than an apple dropped off the roof of a house!" Applejack shrieked
"You poor thing? What or who could have done thing?" Fluttershy whispered with great sympathy.
He looked at each of them and simply said "Get...me....Celestia..." and with that he tumbled over, and blacked out.

Twilight was first to attempt to move him. As gentley as she could she used a levitation spell to set the hurt pony on her bed, as Spike sent a message to the Princess.
"What do you thing happened to this poor fella?" Applejack asked?
"I've never seen anyone this banged up before, even some of those 'new flyers' never hurt themselves this much" Rainbow dash stated.
A faint green light came from downstairs.
"Spike Did the Princess respond?"
"Yes she says..." Spike came up the stairs with the scroll unrolling it as Twilight came into his veiw

"Twilight, please do not try to move him, I will be at your library in a few minutes.
Sincerely Princess Celestia

As Spike finished reading the letter there was a knock on the door. Twilight ran down the stairs and opened to door. Princess Celestia walked in alone. Twilight showed her the orange pony upstairs.
"Should we wake him up so he can tell us what happened to him?" Twilight asked.
"Yes I will wake him. Twilight take your friends downstairs. I will need concentration for this."
"Yes Princess".
With Twilight and her friends downstairs, Celestia began to form the spell to wake him up with out harming him. As she formed the spell, the orange pony began to wake up. She noticed his eyes opening and stopped forming the spell.
"Pri...Princess..Celestia...water...please..."
"Yes of course" She said turning he head to look for a drink of some sort. She spotted a small half empty cup of some juice on a nearby book shelf. She levitated it over to the orange pony who quickly drank it.
"Thank you Princess" He tried to sit up, but the Princess kept him pinned. Well not pinned more restrained. Gently.
"Do not move, you have many broken bones"
"I know, I also have many illnesses and a message for you"
"what illnesses...wait what? a message?" Her eye interlocked with his.
"I am from 60 years in the future. 60 years from now Twilight is leading a rebellion group to..."
"Over throw me?" Celestia interrupted.
"No. not you. She is leading a rebel army to overthrow your killer"
"What? Impossible!"
"No very possible I am afraid. There are ponies out there as we speak who are from my time. They are a horrible bunch. They got wind of my plan to come back and protect you."
"Wait maybe you could start from the beginning of all this, I am very confused."
"If you insist, Okay, Shortly after your assassination, everypony was scattered trying to figure out what to do. First Luna will try to take your place. Then she will be killed. Then SHE will take place."
"Who is she?"
"I haven't acquired and actual name just a code name. 'Deviana' "
"Deviana?"
"Yes she is a nasty one. As soon as she took office she fired the royal guard. They were replaced with her own handpicked troops. In other words the assassins that killed you and Luna. She began to enforce slavery. Using most Ponyvile citizens as slaves. Months before Twilight sent me back I found this necklace." the necklace he spoke of was a small red gem of some sort on a golden chain. "It possess the same magical powers as a unicorn's horn, the emerald you see is ancient its last user long dead. I found this one day in a cave in Everfree forest when I was very young. The moment I touched it, it formed a telepathic bond with my mind. In short it does my biding like your horn does yours. I used this little artifact to battle against Deviana. Soon I realized that the only way to stop her was to come back and protect you from your killers. In short to change history."
" So how did this all happen?"
"I buggered up the time spell and found my self coming down from the sky like a meteor"
"Then you made your way here and passed out?"
"Yes that sums it up"
"How do you expect to protect me in this condition?'
"I didn't plan this, so I don't know"
"I'll bring you to Canterlot Castle and take care of you"
"That would help, it would help if I could change up some of your royal guard patrols"
Now you may be wondering why would Celestia of Equestria invite a random injured pony to Canterlot Castle on some possibly made up or hallucinated story of the future. Celestia, the most powerful being in Equestria, she had talents, many magical based. Some however were very basic and very common talents, for example how to tell a crazy mind from a sane mind. It's really quite simple. An insane pony would usually either too glittery or too calm. This one had a certain level of excitement,fear, and a deep grief seriousness. Celestia also sensed a sort of mourning in the way he acted. As if he had memories of death in his mind, more than likely a very tragic death that he could have prevented or was too late to prevent. Or maybe even 'survivor's guilt', in basic surviving were a friend,relative, acquaintance etc had died and feeling as if it "Should have been me".

While Celestia's mind was plunged into a deep thought. Her body acted as it would, giving verbal commands and devoting a small portion of thought to conversation. Within an hour a medical team had arrived to assist in this colt's transport. As the medical team moved him the orange one did not winch, whine, groan, or even show a tear or slight glimpse of pain. Celestia assumed he was either making a tough-guy-show to save his pride or he was no stranger to pain. She highly expected the second guess.

Minutes late they were in a large train compartment heading for Canterlot. Celestia watch the orange one as he slept. She looked for any sign or pain or distress. She had performed a quite effective pain killing spell on him. Then let him peacefully pass into sleep. She stood over the sleeping one. Suddenly he began to speak. "Do you watch every one of your guests why they sleep" he spoke then grinned eyes closed. Celestia chuckled at this little joke "No, just the interesting ones".

He opened his eyes looking directly into the Princess's, "Ask what ever you like, please don't take offense but its very...um...creepy, that's the word I was looking for, to have someone watch over while you attempt to sleep".
"Okay, what is your name?" Celestia asked her tone turning more serious
"I didn't really have a name kind of name, however many referred to me as 'Bronze'"
"Ah, okay Bronze, can you show me what you can do with this little gem on your necklace?"
"Easily. Observe" with that the gem on his began to glow a light red. Bronze sat up, the pillow he had,had his head resting on floated with a red glow around it, fluffed itself, then re-settled under Bronze's head.
"Easy"
"Interesting" Celestia whispered a look of deep interest and question on her face.
"Would you like to examine it?" Bronze offered using one of his hooves to remove it and hold it out for Celestia.
"Yes, thank you" Celestia extended a hoof. She held the gem just away from her face slowly examining it. Before putting the Necklace on. Suddenly she heard Bronze's voice. His lips did not move though.
"As you can see the telepathic bond I share with the gem gives me a direct way of speaking to, or even controlling the wearer." Celestia front right leg out of her control, raised it's hoof up to Celestia's head, letting her examine her own slipper like foot-wear.
"Twenty-four carrot gold, well crafted, very good royal foot-wear" Bronze's voice said inside of Celestia's mind
the same hoof Bronze was controlling moved to Celestia's neck removing the necklace and slowly sliding it over Bronze's mane and ears. At the moment her hoof lost its touch with the necklace, Celestia regained control of her leg and hoof.
Suddenly Celestia felt intoxicated, she stumbled a bit, but regained her composure.
"Sorry thats the 'you-just-had-the-extra-mind-in-your-head-removed-feeling' " Bronze apologized jokingly.
The Princess stumbled once more then shook her heard as if she had a spider on her head.
"That was a very interesting...erm....trick" Celestia said sitting on a nearby train cot.
"May I get more rest, Princess?" Bronze asked beginning to show a tired expression.
"erm...yes...it is very late...we will continue this discussion in Canterlot" The Celestia said a very dazed expression on her face.

Rainbow Dash has always considered herself a fast Pegasus. Her ego was fed by the Sonic Rainboom like a flame fed by lighter fluid. That Rainboom was probably the biggest accomplishment in her life. Speed, agility and strength, her main skills. Why she prided herself beyond belief she always told herself "Be a little modest" in the back of her mind. Rainbow dash sat in the clouds, not care in the world. She sat her eyes closed front hooves behind her head, trying to remember the rhythm of a song she had heard at one of Pinkie's parties. The only thing that brought her our of this semi-sleep state of minor humming was a large flash in the distance towards Twilight Sparkle's library.

Bronze was in one word amused. Getting out of the train was...painful to say the least. But thankfully pain medication exists. Bronze couldn't quite walk, and wouldn't for a while, but for now he would master levitation. The looks on the faces of the ponies who saw him was to him priceless. Every time somepony gave him the same odd confused and awed look he would begin to laugh, some of Celestia's guards also found this amusing. Even Celestia herself let out a little giggle or even just a slight smile.

While there was still a slight pain, Bronze just didn't think about it. His injuries and illnesses didn't seem so bad when he was laughing.
"You have very odd sense of humor" one of the guards said.
"Indeed' Celestia said in between giggles
"I know, I know" Bronze joked.

When the group arrived at the castle, Bronze began coughing uncontrollably. Soon he found himself in a nice very comfortable queen sized bed. He thanked the medical group responsible that. Within a few minutes Celestia was in the room he was in.
"I am not sure I trust your story quite yet" She said
"Still?" Bronze asked weakly in a near whisper, his voice had become raspy again.
"Yes"
"Okay Princess...please come here" He said slipping off his necklace "Wear this again"
"Not that control trick"
"Just trust me"
Celestia sighed then put the necklace on. Bronze stared directly into her eyes, then she saw it all.

Celestia saw Ponyvile 60 years from now. It was stripped of all love, all joy. All she saw was a depressive near prison. Males and Females split into different closed gated zones. She saw large black pony-shaped beings. Their faces covered by a pure white V shaped glass on their helmets. She saw this all through Bronze's eyes. Bronze's past, he was marching in a line of other males to a large stone building with smoke coming from the very top of large pipe like chimneys. The females were marching next to them,they were separated by a change-link fence. When one male went crazy near the front of the line and yelled "I can't take this anymore!" The entire line halted to watch him try and run for his freedom. There were loud explosive cracks somewhere behind Bronze and then the male that had tried to run collapsed on the ground. Dead. Bronze looked over at the female line to see....Twilight Sparkle. In a single word she looked...older. Small streaks of gray had begun to enter her hair. She had multiple scars across her stomach and chest, visible even while she was simply standing on all fours. Twilight handed bronze a very small piece of paper. He rolled it and hid the paper in his mouth. Being sure not to swallow it.

Hours later. In the male Barracks, during a period called 'Lights out', Bronze read the note. Its contents not affect by spit.

Dear Bronze

I have thought about you ever since we met while trying to escape. In this day and age I have never in my life seen someone who was smarter, stronger, or more clever than you. I need you with me. Now get your head out of the gutter. I mean with the rebellion. You see have a plan, that gem you found put it on the gold chain I gave you days ago. Then get out of the barracks and meet me at the hut we hid in when we both escaped before.

After attaching the gem to the gold chain he slipped it over his head. And simply imagined himself outside Ponyvile in the hut in the Everfree forest. In a flash of a second he was there. Twilight had already arrived and was sitting in a dusty old chair.

"Hello Bronze"

"Hello Twilight Sparkle"

"I need you"

"Your old enough to be my grandmother"

Twilight sighed and chuckled "Get your mind out of the gutter, I need you to do something that would change the world we live in, forever"
"What would that be?"
"Go back in time,save Celestia. Memorize that name. Save Princess Celestia!"
The memory faded.

Celestia as Bronze took back his necklace. He slowly put it back on himself.
"Do you believe me now?"
1 hour later.
Twilight sat in her home. Spike still asleep in the mid morning. She was reading a book, when there was a knock on the door. When she opened it stood a hooded pony. Her voice was dark and in near whisper.
"Twilight Sparkle?"
"er...Yes? How may I assist you?"
The pony brought up her front right leg. She wore a devices on that leg like a long metal sleeve she un-did a latch with her teeth and a long black shot out.
"Come with me now!" she shouted.
Twilight took a few steps back.
"No" She near whispered eyes on the blade.
"Come with me now Twilight!"
"No"
The hooded female leap at Twilight blade still out. Not trying to stab or cut but to grab. The hooded pony got a hold of Twilight's hair in her teeth and gave a hard jerk. This made Twilight scream in pain.
Through clenched teeth the hooded pony whispered into another device on her left front leg. "I am gonna need help with this one!"
Just then many more hooded figures entered the library. Twilight shot off a random spell from her horn. It broke a window and blew in mid air creating a large blinding flash. Although it didn't matter. Twilight was already captured.

Author's Note: This is going to be a long one. I was thinking 2000+ words before I wrote it.
PS: There is a 'spicier' version of the events of the chapter at the bottom of the chapter.
Enjoy!

Celestia was in an almost shock. Her own student kidnapped in mid day! It was unbelievable! Tears formed in the Princess's eye at the thought of some horrible pony slitting Twilight's throat. Bronze said he had a 'plan'. In the back of Celestia's mind she felt that he didn't care about her student. He just didn't. But wait why would he allow the person who he trusted, who TRUSTED HIM? To die?

Celestia's mind was cluttered with thoughts good and bad, mostly bad. Bronze's however was clouded with thoughts of "who, why, and where?". He did worry about Twilight's safety, but she was a strong one, wasn't she? He could not worry about that now. Where they could have taken her he didn't know. There was nothing he could do any way.

Twilight was afraid. With TRUE fear. Not just a little scared, she was fearing her own demise. Again the sack they had placed over her head was removed she saw a stone roof like a cave of some kind. They had her head pointing nose-straight-up. In other words they tied her head back so she couldn't fire off any spells. Well unless she wanted to blast the roof. Twilight heard a male voice.
"Where is she Twilight?"
"WHO!?" Twilight shouted
"Your mentor of course, Princess Celestia." The male voice was calm almost comforting. No! That was a subliminal trick. A comforting voice is much easier to trust than and non comforting one!
"I will not tell you where she is!"
"Do it"
"What?" As Twilight said that she felt two small bracelet being put on her hooves. Then she felt pure unimaginable pain. Electricity. They gave her 3, 20 second jolts of pain. Then spoke again.
"Where is she?"
"Shove....it....up...your..."
"Do it again" the voice spoke
More pain. Twilight screamed.

Bronze wasn't and expert at how unicorns and Alicorns performed magic, he assumed their horns felt more like and extra body part. Capable of doing almost anything, unlike an extra leg, head , or anything else. His breakfast, lunch, and dinner were usually brought to him. He had predicted that in a week or so he would be powerful enough to revive all his limbs and rid his body of all his illnesses. Every day he concentrated purely on putting adsorbing energy and storing it in his gem. For hours on end he would do this. Bone regeneration and illness riddance were two very complicated spells. He wanted to be walking by tomorrow. Running by mid-day tomorrow. He was naturally fit. Most of his life he had spent lifting heavy amounts of bronze from a mine that had been established in future Ponyvile. That had kept him in shape.Every month he was able to carry a little bit more. It had been like a lifetime of weight lifting. Again he hoped to be walking Friday, it was Thursday.

Celestia walked calmly through the castle keeping her composure in front of the guards and staff. When she arrived at Bronze's room she opened the door. Inside it was dark except the glowing of his gem. He wore it around his neck as he slept. The curtains over the windows were closed. "I guess he wanted a nap" Celestia said to herself "I'll just come back later".

"There is no need to leave" Bronze said as she turned to leave.

"I can sit up for a moment." Bronze spoke as he sat up in bed.

"I need you" Celestia said.

"To do what?" Bronze questioned the Princess

"To find my student" Celestia spoke loudly "Please! You must have some feelings for her!?"

"I've told you, I have a plan."

"Yes, and I have believed you up until now! So tell me of this 'plan'!"

"Celestia calm yourself." Bronze said calmly

"How?! How can I be calm when I don't even know if I can trust you to rescue my student? The very pony who sent you to protect me!"

"Celestia..."

"No! No more 'Celestia,I have a plan'!" She mimicked "Come on you must have some idea of who took her!"

"Celestia.."

"Shut it!" Celestia shouted, she took a deep breath. She walked over to Bronze's bedside. Then put her right hoof down on Bronze's right front leg. He had his head up away from his pillow, but he was still on his back. Celestia brushed over his leg with her hoof very soothingly.

"Bronze..oh sweet sweet Bronze." Celestia spoke soothingly in a near whisper. "If you give me any ideas you may have as to where my student is...I will give you the ride of your life. The...best...night...ever." she spoke seductively bringing her head close to his.

"Celestia I have a.."

"Bronze...remember...best...night...ever. My...'royal goods' have never really been 'pleasured'."

"I have a plan." Bronze spoke quickly.

Celestia's eye twitched slightly. "Okay Bronze, I believe you" she said with an unnatural calm.
As she left the room Celestia looked back her right eye twitched again as she said "I trust you Bronze".
Bronze was beginning to worry about her.

The next day Bronze woke at the crack of the dawn. He first opened his eyes. Then sat up. He thought a moment about a shade of orange he had seen on someone's coat on the way to Canterlot Castle. Then he thought about oranges the fruit, after thinking this he had a quick moment of remembering what he was suppose to do today. He remembered yesterday, Thursday. He remembered Celestia's words she had said that day.
"...best...night...ever" popped into his mind. He had a quick second to think about what Celestia could have done to him if he had accepted her " ' Best night ever' ". He almost wished he had. Then he remembered what he was suppose to do today. Revive his broken limbs and rid himself of his illnesses!

The room was at first dark then there was a slight spark from his necklace. Next it began to glow. Now the amount of magic he was about to use was beyond amazing, it was probably overkill for just ridding himself of illness and injury, but what was left could make him even stronger. Small snakes of energy erupted from his gem. They weren't quite snakes maybe just lines. There was a blue one, a purple, one and a large golden yellow one. The blue one wrapped itself around Bronze's rear legs and stomach. The purple his chest and front legs. The large gold one wrapped itself around his neck and head. In a blinding show of mesmerizing color and blinding light, one by one they exploded into small puffs of a transparent dust like particles. Each one colored like its original form. As they hit Bronze's skin he seemed to absorb them. He began to get movement and feeling back into his limbs. As the last particles got absorbed, he got out of bed. Stretched and said "Oh yeah, it feels soooo good to get out bed.".

He heard hoof steps outside his door. He climbed back into bed in the hopes to surprise Celestia with his self-limb-revival. Just as he pulled to the covers back to his neck, the door opened. Celestia walked in calmly the hallway outside dark. Bronze couldn't see her face through the darkness. She didn't speak a word. Just came over to his bed side. Bronze pretended to be asleep. Celestia brought her head in close to his. "Oh...Bronze...if you won't even help me get my Twilight back then I will have to make you help by means I have accrued in my own mind at night before going to sleep, oh how I have wanted to do this for so long".

Celestia's horn glowed and the covers to Bronze's right rose for her. She climbed into his bed, lowered the covers then rolled on top of him. "Bronnzie..oh Mr.Bronze wakey wakey...". Bronze slowly opened his eyes.

"Celestia. What are you doing,dear?" Bronze asked even though he knew perfectly well what she was going to do to him

"Something I have wanted to do for a good amount of time"

Bronze quickly brought up his front hooves. Celestia pinned them with her own. Her strength was beyond the guards from future Ponyvile.

"I saw you revive your limbs from the door keyhole. I just made the fake hoof steps to make you believe I was coming. Now lets do this" Celestia said grinning seductively.

"Celestia...please...I realize that Twilight's kidnapping was emotionally traumatizing to you but please mmhp....! while Bronze was speaking out panic Celestia had been licking her lips then she went straight for his lips.

Bronze shook his head violently.

"Stop squirming Bronzie!"

"Princess please stop, you don't want to do this!"

"I already told you didn't I? I really REALLY do."

Celestia came in for another deep kiss. Then she used one of her rear legs to separate Bronze's legs. Bronze tried to bring his legs back together to shield his groin from Celestia's, but it was in vain. Celestia began to bring down her body onto Bronze's. The sensation Bronze felt was absolute pleasure. There was no decision on his side of the intimacy.

Celestia's mind was clouded with only thoughts of Bronze, on his back, giving her his all from the bottom. Then she had a devilish idea. She released her deep kiss on Bronze and instead began licking his neck and face, only going as low as the base of the neck. The going to the base of his neck put her horn in direct contact with his magical gem. The sensation she got from that was incredible. The second time her horn touched it she put a nasty controlling spell on him. This gave her control over his every movement. In her mind she laughed an evil laugh at this.

Bronze didn't know what happened one minute Celestia was licking his neck and he was still trying to force her off him the next. He had lost control and was returning the licking and beginning a pulse between their lower bodies. Celestia released her pressure on his front hooves. Instead of forcing her off him with his now free hooves, he wrapped them around her and began to use them to assist in the pulsing of their lower bodies.

"Ohhhh...ohhhhhh Bronzzzzze!" Celestia moaned with each strong pulse.

Outside the bedroom.

Princess Luna was indeed excited for breakfast the cooks downstairs had made and excellent buffet of breakfast foods. However with Celestia no where to be found it was up to her to bring Bronze his share of the incredible food. She hadn't had much contact with Bronze in his time there. Mostly just and introduction when he entered the castle and a few days where she brought him a meal. When Luna arrived at Bronze's bedroom with a plate of eggs,bacon,toast, and a small cup of orange juice floating by her side. She pulled up one hoof and knocked on the door. She heard someone get off the bed and then she heard hoof steps. Wait. Bronze couldn't walk, he had 2 broken legs. Maybe Celestia or a guard was interviewing him that and was sitting on the bed since the room lacked any chairs.

The door unlocked and opened. Celestia's being appeared beside the door. Luna smiled know figuring she had been in a early morning conversation with Bronze.

"Oh, hi Celestia!"

"Hello Luna"

"Watcha doin'?" Luna asked with an odd accent. That sounded very 'Country'.

"Having a talk with Bronze" Celestia said with a slight emphasis on " ' talk ' "

"I see, well here is his breakfast. Do you want me to bring you something too? I can make another run back to the kitchen and make you a plate."

"That would be wonderful, thank you very much Lu-Lu," Celestia said with a very cutesy voice on " ' Lu-Lu' "

"Okay then I'll be back in about 5 minutes. The guards could be hogging the lines."

"Oh no hurry, thanks again Luna"

Celestia took levitated the plate and cup to Bronze's bedside, and closed the door.

"You'd better eat up Bronzie. You'll need all the energy you can get for what I have planned for you."

The force that had been controlling Bronze ceased its hold on him. He still felt a the force though. Just...not Celestia?

"You are very 'blessed' Bronze."

"Excuse me?"

"I enjoy you very much"

"In my mind I say the exact opposite but my heart says the same about you, oh and so does my groin" Bronze said jokingly, as he thought over his options for this situation.
Celestia found it hard to tell if he was trying to play Subliminal chess with her mind or if he was actually telling the truth. Either way he was hers after breakfast.

Minutes later when Luna came back with Celestia's breakfast plate. Celestia sat on Bronze's bed her horn glowing as she lifted the fork with bacon to her mouth. When ever Bronze looked at her she would look him in the eyes and lick her lips. As Bronze ate he hummed a nice tune to himself. "Ba dum ba dum dee dum dow".
Celestia picked up the next part the song since it was on a higher note Bronze's deep voice couldn't do very well
"Hum see um ba de dum"
Bronze continued
"Hum see um ba de dum dow dum dow dum"
Celestia went on
"Faw see dum da de dum dum see lum"
Bronze again
"fa lum do dum dum doo dum doo dum dee dee"
They finished the short song in unison
"hum de dum de dummmmmmmmmm!"
They both laughed then sighed in unison. Bronze's plate was clear. Celestia noticed this and moved it to the bedside table. Celestia put her focus on the two remaining pieces of bacon on her plate. She took one on her fork and bit it whole, chewed a moment then swallowed. And then the same with the last piece. Her plate moved to bed side table on top of Bronze's. She then licked her lips to clean them of an stray bacon grease that might have gotten on them. She moved over to Bronze and then on top of him.

"Ready or not here I come!" Celestia spoke excitedly.
Celestia restarted the pulses, then threw lips onto Bronze's, her tongue nearly went down his throat at some points of their kiss. This time Bronze embraced Celestia's touch,willingly. Bronze had decided to just roll with what ever she did, it was going to happen whether he liked it or not anyway.

"Ohhhhhhhhh Bronze...thats.....ohhhhhhhhhhhh" Celestia moaned.

They continued a routine of pumping, kissing, and licking each other for about an hour. Then at the height of their passion Bronze didn't bother to hold it back he just released. The moistness that formed between their legs was welcomed by both Celestia and Bronze. Celestia moaned loudly as it came, she began blushing as she moaned.

Celestia rolled off him.

"That was wonderful" Bronze admitted

"In....Indeed" Celestia said panting

"Celestia?"

"Ye...Yes Bronze"

"Where is the land the first ponies came from. When they were run out by the blizzard. You know the ones who founded Equestria?"

Celestia was caught off guard by the question. "Wha...what, you mean the old lands?"
"Yes those ones"
"That's to directly North. I make a visit there every summer."
"What month is it oh and the day?"
"June 5th"
"When do you usually travel there?"
"July"
"Then this year we leave together."
"Okay,okay, but why?"
"I have an idea as to how we will find Twilight Sparkle"
"Your Princess is pleased...very pleased"
"Good"
"Not just with that but with what have already done together, now I am just more pleased, but why do you think Twilight is there?" She asked
"Sixty-six hinted it to me long ago"
"Who?"
"Never mind, just somepony told me" Bronze said as he panted

Author's end note: 4 hours of straight-up-non-stop writing complete.

WARNING MATURE CONTENT BELOW!
Celestia's horn glowed and the covers to Bronze's right rose for her. She climbed into his bed, lowered the covers then rolled on top of him. "Bronnzie..oh Mr.Bronze wakey wakey...". Bronze slowly opened his eyes.

"Celestia. What are you doing,dear?" Bronze asked even though he knew perfectly well what she was going to do to him

"Something I have wanted to do for a good amount of time"

Bronze quickly brought up his front hooves. Celestia pinned them with her own. Her strength was beyond the guards from future Ponyvile.

"I saw you revive your limbs from the door keyhole. I just made the fake hoof steps to make you believe I was coming. Now lets do this" Celestia said grinning seductively.

Bronze tried to move his head to avoid her incoming kiss, but she caught his lips with her's any how. Her body slowly lowered to his. In one quick unexpected motion, Bronze was able to bring up his rear legs. He forced Celestia off him all legs pushing her away. She was forced off him now. He rolled off the bed quickly and popped up to a form of fighting stance next to the bed.

"You might as well just get back into bed, Bronzie, that's not going to keep me away from you!" Celestia said as she pounced of the bed and back onto Bronze. Celestia forced his own fore hooves back to the sides of his head, cornering his lips. She used her tail to tickle his groin and her rear legs to keep his legs separated. Bronze could feel himself becoming aroused. He hated himself for letting the tickling from the tail arouse him.

Celestia began licking his neck and chest. On one pass near his necklace she let her horn touch it.

oooh. Whats this, oh my...I need get him burning red hot. That felt good. The Princess thought

She brought her horn to his necklace again. This time, she had control of his movements. She got off him and said "Bronzie, go ready a bath for us."

Bronze had no idea what had happened. It was as if the word 'Bronzie' was...a remote control. Controlling him!

He found himself turning on the hot bath water and watching the tub fill up. Soon the tub was near full. He shut off the water now and waited. Celestia came into the bathroom and closed the door behind her.

"Get into the bath tub Bronzie."

Bronze got in.

"On your back, if you would Bronzie."

Bronze got on his back in the water. This insured only his head and neck stuck out of the water.

"Now I'll just get in. Ohhhh...thank you for the hot water Bronzie, it'll help us get things hotter."

Suddenly she was on top of him. Her face had a look of seduction on it. She brought her mouth next to his left ear and whispered "Bronzie...Lets make love".

Her body lowered itself fully into the water and on top of Bronze. His legs spread. Celestia's tail massages his groin in the water. Her mane tickled his neck. Her lips met his. Her groin lowered fully onto his. Bronze noticed her horn glowed as a bottle floated to the bathtub and clear liquid oozed out. Soon bubbles formed.
A bubble bath? Oh my she is going to make this as hot as she can. That word 'Bronzie' She is using that to control me!

Bronze couldn't fight it. As much as he wanted to. Celestia had control over him. As the tub filled with bubbles. Celestia became almost bored of the simple kissing and massaging and now her groin began to pump. As her's began his followed her lead. Soon her breathing became faster. Bronze's also became faster. Their pumping even faster. As they pumped Celestia moaned loudly.

"Oh my...How in Equestria can you be this big!"

Bronze was an average sized stallion. Yet even he could feel the size of his erection. He was running red hot. Almost as hot as the goddess of the sun. Celestia's pumping stopped and her body reversed. Her groin and flank came to Bronze's face, while her head went to his groin.

"Bronzie...pleasure me. Lets see if either one of us can run any hotter.." She said seductively moving her mouth over his stallionhood. Bronze let out a light moan, he had tried to silence it but Celestia's actions were too much.

"Oh Bronze...I thought you had swallowed your tongue." she joked "you were so quiet."

Bronze found himself putting his mouth into the Princess's groin as she had ordered. The pleasure to both of them from this was immense . Steam from the extremely hot water had fogged the bathroom. Bronze tried to concentrate on something other than where his mouth and tongue where and what they were doing. Instead he found himself thinking about what Celestia was doing to his groin. This made his arousal increase.

"How in Equestria is any stallion this good!? I think you are going to hold a world record Bronzie!" Celestia exclaimed as Bronze's erection became near full sized. Celestia levitated a small paper cup and mouth wash from the sink next to the door. She swirled the mouth wash in her mouth then spit it into the cup and levitated both items back to their original place. Then she moved her body around and put her lips to Bronze's lips again. A pumping started again. Celestia released the kiss and sent her nose skyward as she moaned and moaned

"Status check." Celestia said as she touched her horn to Bronze's wet necklace. He wasn't going full steam. He was able to hold back!? How! "Bronzie...I am such a naughty goddess maybe we should go get dry on the bed and think of a way to punish me.."

Celestia started draining the water. And as she and Bronze hopped out of the tub. She levitated a towel to Bronze. He dried himself off and as he looked down at his groin he saw lip marks? Was she wearing lip stick? The two of them dropped the towels and walked to the bed. Bronze got in on the left side. Celestia the right. The met in the middle and instantly began to get extremely hot again.

"Oh Bronzie...my flank is feeling left out." she said playfully laying on her stomach her flank going higher than the rest of her body.

"Well we cant have...that." Bronze said without thinking he had said that by his own will.

"Oh Bronze..." she chuckled

He brought his fore hooves onto her back. Then without encouragement from the 'Bronzie' control he began pumping. Celestia moaned loudly. Within minutes she collapsed onto her stomach fully. She had to catch her breath.

"Wow..." was all she could mutter

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Outside the bedroom.

Princess Luna was indeed excited for breakfast the cooks downstairs had made and excellent buffet of breakfast foods. However with Celestia no where to be found it was up to her to bring Bronze his share of the incredible food. She hadn't had much contact with Bronze in his time there. Mostly just and introduction when he entered the castle and a few days where she brought him a meal. When Luna arrived at Bronze's bedroom with a plate of eggs,bacon,toast, and a small cup of orange juice floating by her side. She pulled up one hoof and knocked on the door. She heard someone get off the bed and then she heard hoof steps. Wait. Bronze couldn't walk, he had 2 broken legs. Maybe Celestia or a guard was interviewing him that and was sitting on the bed since the room lacked any chairs.

The door unlocked and opened. Celestia's being appeared beside the door. Luna smiled know figuring she had been in a early morning conversation with Bronze.

"Oh, hi Celestia!"

"Hello Luna"

"Watcha doin'?" Luna asked with an odd accent. That sounded very 'Country'.

"Having a talk with Bronze" Celestia said with a slight emphasis on " ' talk ' "

"I see, well here is his breakfast. Do you want me to bring you something too? I can make another run back to the kitchen and make you a plate."

"That would be wonderful, thank you very much Lu-Lu," Celestia said with a very cutesy voice on " ' Lu-Lu' "

"Okay then I'll be back in about 5 minutes. The guards could be hogging the lines."

"Oh no hurry, thanks again Luna"

Celestia took levitated the plate and cup to Bronze's bedside, and closed the door.

"You'd better eat up Bronzie. You'll need all the energy you can get for what I have planned for you."

The force that had been controlling Bronze ceased its hold on him. He still felt a the force though. Just...not Celestia?

"You are very 'blessed' Bronze."

"Excuse me?"

"I enjoy you very much"

"In my mind I say the exact opposite but my heart says the same about you, oh and so does my groin" Bronze said jokingly, as he thought over his options for this situation.
Celestia found it hard to tell if he was trying to play Subliminal chess with her mind or if he was actually telling the truth. Either way he was hers after breakfast.

Minutes later when Luna came back with Celestia's breakfast plate. Celestia sat on Bronze's bed her horn glowing as she lifted the fork with bacon to her mouth. When ever Bronze looked at her she would look him in the eyes and lick her lips. Bronze knew what would come so when he finished his breakfast he laid back. Ready. When Celestia finished her breakfast she moved the plate away and climbed on top of him.

"Willing now?" She was slightly confused

"Yes...ready,willing, and able"

"still?"

"Yes."

"ooh la la" Celestia purred as she brought her lips down to his.

They began pumping again on the bed now. Celestia was enjoying this. Her mane was in his eyes, but he knew she was sweating and panting hard. He could feel her moist breath through the rainbow colored hair on his face. Suddenly the hair was moved from his eyes and face as Celestia came down with another passionate kiss. She then playfully said "Status check!" and brought her horn down to his necklace again.

"Oh my...Bronze now you're running as hot as I am!"

It was sort of true. He was amused and aroused. He wrapped his fore legs around her head and brought her head to his for another kiss. Celestia liked this. Their bodies moved in sync with each other. Soon they were at a climax. Celestia's face went red as she reached hers and Bronze simply moaned in pleasure. They both noticed the amount of wetness on each of them. Not from the bath but instead from each other. Bodily fluid, saliva, and sweat all combining on them and the bed.

Celestia rolled off him.

"That was wonderful" Bronze admitted

"In....Indeed" Celestia said panting

"Celestia?"

"Ye...Yes Bronze"

"Where is the land the first ponies came from. When they were run out by the blizzard. You know the ones who founded Equestria?"

Celestia was caught off guard by the question. "Wha...what, you mean the old lands?"

"Yes those ones"

"That's to directly North. I make a visit there every summer."

"What month is it oh and the day?"

"June 5th"

"When do you usually travel there?"

"July"

"Then this year we leave together."

"Okay,okay, but why?"

"I have an idea as to how we will find Twilight Sparkle"

"Your Princess is pleased...very pleased"

"Good"

"Not just with that but with what have already done together, now I am just more pleased, but why do you think Twilight is there?" She asked

"Sixty-six hinted it to me long ago"

"Who?"

"Never mind, just somepony told me" Bronze said as he panted

Author's note: Now you see why I marked it as a romance thanks to the last chapter.

"What is this exactly?"

"Errr...ummm...protection?"

"Protection?"

"Yes protection for when we either go out in public or head north later."

Bronze sat next to Celestia in bed. Days after their last 'meeting'. He had a small piece of parchment floating in mid-air with 2 pens. He took a sip of a water glass from the bed side table closest to him as the pens finished the sketch of the weapon. It was almost like a large metal sleeve with a built in dagger. The wearer could wear it and hide it under a long sleeved coat, or even a shirt. Or maybe just getting away with replacing the cover plate of just plain metal to something a little more classy. Blood would be hard to cover up though. As the sketch of the finished product floated to Celestia's view, she smiled.

"Very clever design. How big is it? It this sketch life size?"

"Yes that's its size, it just to fit where up to where one's leg bends. The actual device the guards wore by the soldiers I saw went up to where the leg meets the body. You had to hold the blade with a perfectly straightened leg. This limited your ability with it. Making it impractical, so I made it smaller. Simple"

"Very"

"Can you go out and get us some hooded coats, make sure they are some what thick. On the mountains to the north it can get below 0 degrees."

"I know I already have some nice coats"

"No don't wear those ones, we cant be recognized out there. You are a famous figure and that already makes you a target."

"Ah yes"

Hours later Bronze sat waiting in the carriage to the North mountains. Celestia was trying to sleep,she was using Bronze's side as a pillow.. She claimed to have a head ache. Bronze hummed to her as he constructed her blade.
"How is the weather
So happy together
We're happy together
So happy together

So happy together
So happy together
So happy together" He sang as he hummed.
"You have a beautiful voice Bronze"
"Your looks are better"
"Thank you"
"No thank you for honoring me with your affection" Bronze said
"Stop your making me blush"
Celestia was blushing.
Bronze began humming again
"How about a game to pass the time?" Bronze asked
"What game?" Celestia asked
"A singing game, one of us begins singing a song and the other try's to follow the lyrics. If you mess up or freeze we do something I want to do for the next 8 or so hours and well the same thing reversed if I mess up".
"Okay I have a song" Celestia said
"Alright shoot"
Celestia began the first verse
"Anything you could do, I could do better.I can do anything better than you!"
Bronze took the male part of the song
"No you can't!"
"Yes I can!"
"No you can't!"
"Yes I can! Yes I can!" Celestia sang sitting up now.

Bronze began to next verse

"Anything you can be, I can be greater. Sooner or later I'm greater than you!"
Celestia went next
"No you're not!"
"Yes I am!'
"No you're not!"
"Yes I am! yes I am!!"

Bronze began the next verse again....
"I can shoot a cartridge with a single partridge..no wait!..."
but failed obviously.
"Ah ha! You messed up!" Celestia mocked
"So what do you want to do together. This carriage is as I requested sound proof, unless the doors are open"
"Well I have a few ideas then"
Bronze brought back his singing voice "Can you bake a pie?"
Celestia smiled "No!!"
"Neither can I, but I like the one you have between your legs " Bronze joked
Celestia laughed "Clever as always Bronze, now get over here..."

Hours later after much moaning and wetness the two had fallen asleep, Celestia on top of Bronze. They had fallen asleep on the seats of the interior of the carriage. When Bronze awoke it was 8 hours later. Bronze's movements as he awoke, woke Celestia. Celestia's head had been on Bronze's chest. She had never really noticed all his scars. From the whipping,cutting, and poundings from his past. She brought her head up to his and whispered
"I wish I could go back into your past and stop who ever made all this marks"
"So do I"
Celestia gave him a deep compassionate kiss then got off of him.
The carriage came to a halt. Bronze looked out the rear window above the seats. They were on a mountain. In a town of some sort. Bronze slipped on his coat and pulled on his hood. He made sure his blade was secured tightly on his right fore-leg then covered it entirely with the sleeve of his jacket.

Celestia watched him as she got her own coat and blade on. She eyed his flank. She had never noticed his cutie mark was a pure white star with an all mos lolly-pop style bottom piece extended much more than the other parts.

"Bronze?"

"Yes Cels?"

"What does your cutie mark mean?"

"My gem's form of magic"

"Ah okay"

As the two exited the carriage the cold enveloped them like an ocean. The town they were in was the ancient town the Earth ponies left when they went on to find Equestria. An endless blizzard was and has always been over the mountain plateau. The town has advanced though, some stayed behind to see if the blizzard would pass. It didn't, so they adapted. Ice fishing, underground hydroponics for farming, and the same with larger caverns for trees. The town itself was mostly stone houses, varying from single story to multi-floor homes and offices. In the center stood a grand stone hotel staying higher than every other building at a magnificent 10 floors! The Hotel Hustinge. Hustinge is an ancient word coming from a language made up 10s of thousands of years ago. It means 'Magnificent beauty'.
Bronze blinked as the stinging -20 degrees Fahrenheit winds stung his face and eyes. Celestia did the same. Bronze almost felt as if he had been shrunken. Almost every pony there was Celestia's size and bigger. If he and Celestia were to stand next to each other, their heads would be separated by about 2 1/2 inches in height. He payed the carriage pullers and sent them on their way. Then he and Celestia walked through the town, they took a minor detour through local market. Bronze kept eying a weird sea food restaurant, Celestia was more interested in a (probably fake) fortune teller and an art gallery. After visiting the art gallery and the sea food restaurant the two skipped the fortune teller agreeing it was a fake and proceeded to their hotel room. Hotel room 595 was in the direct middle of the hotel's south side. Overlooking the part of the town south of it. The room itself was nice, 1 queen sized bed, a sofa and chair, a kitchen counter area, and a bathroom with shower. Also a fire place. This was standard for all luxury suites. Many fire places poked out of the hotel's roof. Celestia as soon as they arrived went into the bathroom after saying she didn't feel very well. Once she was in there she had her head in the toilet. "I think I should hate fish food now" She said to the toilet as she coughed and hurled her stomach contents to it. Bronze knocked the bathroom door.
"You okay in their Celestia?"
Celestia brought her head out of the toilet "Yes Bronze, I think there was something in that fish though."
"I will admit it was mediocre but I wouldn't say sickening other wise I be in there too, oh hey that reminds me..."
Celestia laughed "Not now Bronze I don't want you catching what I have"
"Well we could avoid kissing"
"No means No Bronze"
Bronze sighed "Alright. I'll go downstairs and check out the underground area of the city."
"After I get out of this bathroom I'll take a nap" Celestia said

When Bronze got down to the ground floor of the hotel, he found a nice tavern in the main square of the city just outside the hotel.. He had a drink or so then went the underground cavern stairwells. When he got to the underground caverns the ceiling was about 60 feet above him. There was basically another town beneath the main town. The first thing Bronze went to was another slightly more classier tavern. Hours later he exited, minus about 40% of his money he entered with, and plus a considerable amount of alcohol. He slowly stumbled back to his hotel room.

Meanwhile Celestia had finished vomiting. She had retreated to the bed and left a note on Bronze's side for him. She was fast asleep minutes after writing the note. Dreaming of a land of candy her own personal childhood paradise. A land were things were candy. How Yummy.

Bronze stumbled into the hotel room. Went to the bed and found the note on his pillow. He whispered it aloud as he read it. "Dear Bronze I am not feeling well. If you really have to keep your 'seed' out my hair. I need to look respectable. Also, I ordered up a dinner from room service. It should be up the dumbwaiter by the time you get back. Take the plates and send it back down please. Thank you.
Love Cels."

Bronze looked over to the dumbwaiter. There were 2 steaming plates. They were both the same meal. Steak, mashed potatoes, corn, and a glass of milk. Bronze levitated one plate to the table. He ate it quickly. He took about 15 minutes to eat it. He hadn't sobered up much since entering the room. He quickly looked out the window into the dusk sky and thought "Sleep...Celestia...with...er ummm...Celestia....dusk....tired....sleep..." he continued thinking to himself "Sleep...in....bed...with...Celestia...That's it". He stumbled from the table to the bed. Moved the note to the bedside table and slowly and carefully climbed in. Just as he was getting ready to pass out next to her, there was a loud, quick knock on the door. Bronze sighed then got out of bed and wen to the door. When he opened it, what he saw shocked him, almost back into sobriety.

To them, Twilight was almost a practice dummy to 'test' strange torture techniques. It'd been days, or at least it felt like days to Twilight. She couldn't tell. The cave she was in didn't have any sunlight what so ever. Twilight had been trying to tamper to with the device that held her head back using magic. She had been caught twice but on the second time had managed to actually release her head. Sadly she had been electrocuted to unconsciousness before she could see her surroundings. This time she knew what she was doing. She felt she was on her back. Against a slightly slanted vertical surface. It felt like stone. She mentally tampered with the pulley system used to hold her head back. She heard a slight thud as the weight that had been pulling suspended by a rope against her forehead fell releasing her head. At first she noticed her neck was EXTREMELY stiff when she took a look around. She was in a cavern of some kind, stalagmites hung from the ceiling like spikes. However she was on some kind of surgical table, her hooves were tied up and separated to each corner of the rectangular incline. The inclined table was indeed stone. It was corded up to several different machines by the likes of which Twilight had never seen before. Equestrians didn't usually have gas generators and medical equipment used to check heart rate, blood pressure, brain function, etc. Twilight noticed a small table near her with needles, staples, and....pliers. This made Twilight's heart rate increase. She saw the number on the small screen jump from 91 to 120 beats per minute.She levitated one of the staples to the locks on the latches holding her hooves.

When she had herself free. She quickly fled to the near pitch black area of the cave to regain her composure. Right as she planned to leave to the pitch blackness she heard foot steps from the area with lanterns near all the machines. Beyond the machines and lanterns was one small tunnel leading to more lights. Twilight quickly levitated the largest scalpel to her mouth so the magical light wouldn't give her away. She bit on the grip of the scalpel, and waited in the blackness for who ever was coming. She saw a hooded figure. She immediately noticed the figure's size and noted it was probably the male she had heard before. As the male gasped she noted the deep voice. Then she knew it was the male when he turned and shouted to the other side of the small tunnel

"SHE'S ESCAPED! TWILIGHT SPARKLE IS LOOSE!"

Twilight used this opportunity to carefully sneak up behind him and she quickly in one fluent motion moved the scalpel in her teeth to slit his throat. Though she had never done ANYTHING like that before it was pretty simple. Stay quiet, sneak to your target, and use the BLADE to slit your targets throat. Causing death from the severed artery in the neck. That artery ran blood to brain and head in massive amounts. Easy equation,
*your body - a massive amount of blood=death*

Well enough of that back to Twilight
Twilight watched the body go limp on the floor as blood leaked from his neck. She ran through the long tunnel as fast as she could. She knew she wouldn't stand a chance against who ever was here. She could maybe out run them. Maybe. She ran past more hooded figures. They all screamed at her and ran after her. Twilight used their screams to measure how ahead of them she was. She ran faster than she had ever run before. Mostly because now it was for her life. She past small areas of the cave positioned over large pools of water with thin stone bridges she ran across. She ignored all scenery. And just ran past the lanterns.She soon found herself going up a small slope. For what she hoped to Celestia was sun light. When she got out her eyes took a second to adjust to the light. The cold didn't slow her, her eyes adjusting didn't slow her, the only thing that did was the incredible bang and sharp pain in her flank. She shot off a random magical force. Collapsing the cave roof over the entrance on her pursuers. She knew they were still alive and well capable of getting out, she heard them barking orders for " 'The explosives' ". She began limping in the direction of the sun, it was mid afternoon so that meant west.

The extreme cold froze the blood on her wound. It was as if she had a red ice bandage over the wound. She asked herself "What happened?". What caused the loud bang? What made the wound? What other dangerous weapons did they possess. After a few miles it was near dusk. She was approaching a town of some sort. She saw that orange male she had seen before, the injured one. In a heavy cloak walking out of a tavern. She limped after him as he made is way to a large hotel like building. No one questioned the red mark on her flank. No pony stopped her and asked if she need help or a coat. They just carried on. She continued to limp after the orange one when he entered the hotel. She entered about a minute later, but she had lost him after the door. He was no where in the lobby. Twilight made her way to a seat by a small fire place in the lobby. She warmed herself up and let her wound thaw. It had stopped bleeding hours ago just the blood hadn't had a change to get away since it was frozen to the spot of her flank directly above her cutie mark. She let the cold ,thawed blood drip to the carpet. When all the blood was gone no one noticed the red on red of blood on red carpet. The lobby itself was relatively clear. She kept her focus. She need to spot that orange one. She had never caught his name. She spotted him stumbling through the lobby. Shortly after diverting her focus to the fire. She quickly got up as he entered the stairwell. She followed him limping up the stairs was difficult but she made it to his floor then saw him enter his room and tried to follow but the pain in her flank caused her to stop and take a seat on a bench in the hallway. After about 20 minutes the horrid pain in her flank went away and she was able to walk. She knocked on the door. Then the orange pony opened the door and gasped at the sight of Twilight Sparkle

Bronze stared at Twilight, his intoxicated brain scrambling for any kind of logical thought of whats going on. He heard Celestia's voice behind him.

At first it was a whisper "Twilight...?"

Then it was a scream "TWILIGHT!"

Celestia ran up to Bronze's side and scanned Twilight "What happened to you?!"

"I...I got kidnapped...." Twilight began to cry. "Tortured...." she sobbed with every word then just clasped against Celestia.

Bronze shook his head to gain some focus in his mind. Then he spoke.
"Who?"
"I...I don't know"
"What did they do to you?" Bronze questioned
"They asked me were you where, Princess" Twilight said gesturing her head to the Princess.
Bronze pushed him self up onto his rear legs exposing his chest. All the scars and permanent marks. Then he pointed to one mark in the center of his chest it was a triangle with a sword shape inside of it.
"Did they had this mark on their chests?"
"I....didn't see their chests. They wore heavy black hooded coats."
"Then we'll have to assume it them."
"Who Bronze?" Celestia asked
"The very same individuals ordered to kill you." Bronze said.
"Wha...what?" Twilight looked at Bronze with an face of deep confusion.
"I have been sent back to stop Celestia's murder." He said blankly
"Sent from where?" Twilight asked
"60 years from now"
"By who?"
"You."

The snow that morning outside was light. The town had received about 4 inches of snow during the night. About 2 inches less than what they had experienced yesterday. Bronze and Celestia had bought white coats. Bronze the next morning while slightly hungover, still went out to buy Twilight a coat. He found a very thick black coat, for a cheap price. He bought that one. Then went back to the hotel room. When he got back, Twilight was asleep on his side of the bed. Celestia was in the bathroom again. He could hear her vomiting from the outside of the bathroom. She came out for a second. She went over to Bronze and saw he was carrying a large black coat on his back.

"Twilight's coat looks thicker than the ones I bought for us."

"Well you bought ours in Canterlot during the summer, here its always snowing and always cold"

"True." Celestia admitted

"You still sick?" Bronze asked

"Yes"

"There are a few doctors in town, maybe they can give you some medicine"

"I think that would be good, lets go"

"Alright get your coat"

After a few minutes the two left the hotel walking through the snow covered streets. There were three doctors in town. One in the market district. One in the underground district. And who could forget the quack using 'natural' medicines. Bronze and Celestia went to the one in the market. The doctor was a more...richer kind of doctor. He had fancy newer means of tests,medicines,machines, etc. He ran several tests on Celestia to make sure she didn't have several lethal diseases that at first caused vomiting. Then he sent her into the bathroom to pee in a small container. Which he would use for more tests.

Meanwhile Bronze sat in the lobby of the small two story doctors office. The nurse was nice, when she went out on a break she offered to bring him back a snack or drink. He declined. He hadn't quite expected this to take so long. He expected a, 'Get in, Get pills, get out'. The doctor was running tests on Celestia upstairs while he was down here. Alone with his thoughts. The nurse would be back in a few minutes. Suddenly the door to the back office which led up to the second floor opened. The doctor had a clip board in levitating in front of him.
"Princess, these test results don't lie and they are usually 94% correct so unless your the unlucky 6% its certain."
"Whats certain" Bronze asked.
"I have a question for you,sir"
"Okay...shoot"
"Have you and the Princess....umm been 'intimate'?"
"Errr...umm.." Bronze tried to predict the consequences of saying yes and the ones of no.
"Yes" Celestia said quickly
"Then you umm Mr..."
"Bronze" Bronze said
"...Mr.Bronze you are going to be a father"
"A...a father?"
"Yes and I can tell its going to be a girl"
"Really? You can tell that this early"
"Yes, its quite an interesting test...You see when Celestia gave me a pee sample I was able to tell if the baby was a girl by the DNA in her pee. You see if it was a boy there would be slightly different information"
"So....a daughter.....hmm...never pictured myself as a father" Bronze stared his mind going crazy with possible scenarios with a daughter. If she was any thing like Bronze, she would probably be athletic, good with a blade of any kind, and interested in invention. If she was anything like Celestia, she would be very strong magically, she would probably be and Alicorn meaning she would be able to fly, and ( this is true for both of them,_ she would be very smart.

Celestia was almost happy. She had always liked children but never pictured herself having her own. Celestia did wonder what was going through Bronze's mind. She also wondered what kind of mother she would be to her daughter and what kind of father Bronze was going to be.

Before leaving Bronze had to pay the doctor and take a copy of the paperwork that had all the test results on it. When he entered the hotel, he and Celestia quickly made their way back to their room. Tomorrow was the end of their visit. They had decided to cut it short on the way back to the hotel. Bronze arranged for a carriage to come pick them up at noon the next day. When they arrived at their room, Twilight was up and reading a book Bronze had packed named 'Ancient spirits: Myths and facts'.

"Princess Celestia!" Twilight exclaimed loudly.

"Feeling better Twilight?"

"Yes, I am glad to be safe again, but what town is this?"

"Its the ancient town the Earth ponies that went to Equestria founded before they found Equestria."

"Whats its name?"

"Fertile plains"

"Not much fertile about it" Bronze stated

"Yes the endless winter killed all plant life long ago" Celestia said

"Where have you two been?" Twilight asked

"Doctor" Bronze said his most of his brain power else where.

"Err...Yes Twilight I wasn't feeling very well."

"Oh what was it?"

"Errr....umm....." Celestia stuttered

"It was a pregnancy"

"A pregnancy......oh my" Twilight near whispered realizing all the steps in a relationship that led up to the female being pregnant. "You mean you. two.....in bed......"
"Yes we've been 'in bed' with each a few time now"
"How did this start"
"Shortly after you went missing, Celestia started getting desperate for any guess to where you could be. At first she interrogated me with yelling than promises of intimacy....then the next day forced intimacy."
"What?" Twilight said astonished that a relationship like theirs had started like that.
"At first it was forced but shortly after she started Luna came with my Breakfast and well while we ate we talked and soon I came to realize Celestia was well my best option for love....so I made myself more willing for the....you know." Bronze finished
"Yes and shortly before the forced sex...Bronze had fixed his own injuries and illnesses by magical means, so that is why he is standing before you. In case you were wondering that." Celestia said
"Also apparently the 'stork' landed during one our 'sessions' " Bronze said almost laughing at the look on Twilight's face as she imagined Bronze and Celestia in bed together.
"Twilight tomorrow we leave for Ponyvile and when we get back...there are going to be some changes in your lessons." Celestia said "We will discuss them on the ride back"

Bronze slept on the ride back to Ponyvile. At first the moving and slight rocking of the carriage made it difficult. He eventually drifted off. He dreamed of the possible future. He saw himself, older. His mane and coat had long gray streaks through each. He seemed to move slower. Then Bronze noticed, older him was limping. He was panting, sweating, and limping as fast as whatever injury he had would let him. Older Bronze was in the forest near Fluttershy's home, he was on the path to her home. He kept turning his head to see the path behind him. Constantly checking behind him and looking up at the trees it was clear he was expecting someone to be following him. Instantly there was a ping behind him followed by a feminine shout "Die old one!".

Old Bronze spun around fast enough to see the origin of the shout. A black hooded Mare. The Mare was about Bronze's size, she had wings and a horn so that meant she was an Alicorn. Her horn was glowing when Bronze spun around. She had thrown a large dagger at him!

He tried to avoid the dagger, he leaped using his rear legs to propel him sideways, however bringing his front legs off the ground caused the dagger to impact his chest. The force of the impact was enough to propel him backwards. He hit the ground back-first then rolled slightly to his side, facing away from his attacker. There was a rustle in the trees and a small light gray Mare hopped down from one of the trees. She had a long nearly white mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a small, colorful star.

"Awe...how sweet, you only come when your father needs you most, too bad you couldn't have been there to see your mother choke out her last breath! Oh well you'll see her soon enough!" The black hooded attacker shouted.

"You die here witch!" The silver pony shouted shooting several magical blasts at the hooded pony. The hooded one then deflected them with a slight almost whip of magical energy.

"Watch your tongue girl!" the black hooded mare shouted. The energy whip swung and slapped the silver pony over to where Bronze lay. Bronze was panting heavily, The dagger hadn't pierced his heart, but he was bleeding out...fast.

"Sil....Silver....here...in...just in case I die here." He held out his necklace with magical amulet.

The silver pony didnt take it but instead stood up "Don't talk like that father, you still have some years to live"

Bronze laughed a weak laugh. "Kill that witch, your mother and I will be rooting for you..." Bronze's head went limp and his eyes closed for the final time

"Father...FATHER!!" Silver shouted

"....Silver..." Bronze muttered as his eyes closed.

****
Suddenly he was in Ponyvile, running through the streets past sugar cube corner. He was older still, not by much but at least a few years. Closely behind followed Twilight. They were running towards some sort of stage where a long pole, with a noose hanging low came down. On the stage, there were 3 figures, 1 large black, armored guard type, a large black hooded mare, and a white figure, who was being secured in the noose by the guard. Offstage many other guards watched the gathered crowd. They spotted Bronze and Twilight, they all took up defensive stances extending the long blades attached to each of their right front legs.

Twilight horn glowed as it emitted a bright light blinding everyone but Bronze and herself. Quickly the black hooded pulled a lever on the left side of the wooden hanging stage, causing a trap door beneath the white figure to open. Which caused the noose to tighten, choking the white figure. The white figure coughed and gasped for air.

Bronze and Twilight were merely 20 meters from stage, However dodging blades and killing the metal guards stalled them. Bronze dodged the guard racing up the stairs on the left side of the stage. Once on the stage he, turned around and,using both rear legs, balanced on his front legs and kicked the guard off the stage. He raced over to the noose, the white figure went limp just as it muttered, "...Bronze....".

Celestia hung, limp on the noose. Bronze rushed over a small blade on his left front leg extended. Before he could cut the noose, a powerful figure rammed into him, forcing him off the stage.

"NO!" He shouted stabbing the armored guard repeatedly in the torso.

Twilight called to him, telling him to run.

He and Twilight ran as fast as they could away from the scene. As Bronze ran he whispered

"I'm sorry Twilight, I failed you....and Celestia"

He took one last look at the limp white figure hanging from he noose, and cried as he sprinted.

*

Bronze saw the older him on a couch in Fluttershy's home. Crying. Twilight and her friends surrounded him with their own mourning. Bronze brought his left hoof up near his tear covered eyes. He ejected the blade, and merely examined it. He saw his reflection in the metal of the blade, and metal of the mechanism on his leg. Then he spoke out.

"Revenge...."

"Excuse me?" Twilight spoke.

"Revenge, this is not how I would have wanted Celestia to be if I was the one who died today."

"Bronze, we can't take revenge yet."

"I know, but in time, I will have my revenge" He whispered.

Celestia and Twilight couldn't quite make out what Bronze was muttering in his sleep, but every now and again they caught certain words. Mostly their own names.

Celestia and Twilight gave up listening to Bronze's dream muttering and instead shifted to just talking.

"Princess, you said you were going to change my magical lessons?"

"Yes...I did. I am going to start having you come to Canterlot on weekends for defensive lessons."

"Defensive lessons?"

"The kidnapping showed me you need more knowledge of actual spells. with forces of a kind I have never seen before gathering behind our back, you need a strong defense to keep you and your friends safe."

"Princess, what about when its time for the baby?"

"Oh....I won't be teaching you" Celestia gestured her head to Bronze "He will"

"What!?" Twilight exclaimed "I...I mean he used that amulet thing, right? Its not the same as a horn is it?"

"Actually it is in most ways to same."

"So Bronze will handle my lessons"

"Yes"

"Have you told him that?"

"No."

5 days later.

Twilight's return was celebrated. However it also arose several questions in Ponyvile.

"Are we safe here?"
"Do we need a protective force?"
"Is Celestia capable of protecting us and leading us?"

Celestia averagely dismissed these questions, but since her own students kidnapping she had only drawn a blank at these questions. Unable to answer. She had many things on her mind in these times. She had to keep track of the sun. keep track of her subjects all over Equestria, and keep herself healthy so the baby would be healthy. Bronze had volunteered to take control of Twilight's lessons and the security issues.

"Bless him" Celestia had muttered shortly after he volunteered. Paperwork had begun to pile, her subjects had become paranoid, and the Luna had become demanding of a friendlier time with her sister rather than a professional.

That morning when Celestia awoke, she quickly tried to go back to sleep. As she tried to go back to sleep, Bronze got out of bed. He walked around the bed to her side of it and whispered. "You want me to raise the sun?"

Celestia sighed "No, but I wish to have at least 5 more minutes of sleep"

"Okay I'll be back in about 10 minutes"

"Thank you Bronze"

"Twilight's coming for a lesson today"

"Yes and while you teach her, I will be filling out paperwork"

"I could do that if you like"

"No, no you have to teach Twilight"

"She won't be here until noon..." Bronze said

"...and I have enough paperwork to last a year" Celestia joked

"Alright but if change your mind we could swap, you teach, I fill out paperwork. For now I think I will go to the dinning hall and have some tea" Bronze said leaving the bed room.

As Bronze walked down the stairs, he had a chat with a guard who was walking to his post.

"You guys really think your under paid?"

"Yeah most of us do"

"Maybe I could take a look at the finances and see if I could 'divert' a little money without going broke"

"That would make a LOT of us happy"

"Yeah well I'll take a look later, bye"

"Bye sir"

Celestia decided to get up when she realized, she couldn't fall back asleep, because she was awake now. She found this realization quite annoying. She attempted to bury her head in her pillows. No luck, She got out of bed. Rubbed her eyes with her hooves and walked to the window. The moon was out of sight. She decided to take a quick walk to wake herself up. She tried to remember where Bronze had gone. As she walked away from her bed she muttered to herself, her own part in that short conversation. One word kept coming to mind "Tea...Tea....Tea". As she brushed her teeth she kept thinking "Tea Tea Tea?". Then she remembered. "Dining room for tea!" she exclaimed unexpectedly.

Bronze sat in the head chair at the long wooden table with golden outline. On the outline of the table was a large variety of expensive stones. Bronze was able to identify a few of the big ones. He whispered the names to himself. "Diamond, Ruby...Pyrite?". He levitated a small glass of tea near his face. He sipped it ever 30 to 60 seconds. The ceiling was many meters above him. The large dining room was about 70 to 100 meters long and 24 meters wide, the ceiling being at a height of 26 meters above the floor. He noted this, not the exact height and lengths but just a general idea of how high,long, and wide the room was. He whistled as he drank his tea, the whistle echoed. He also noted this then said "Wow". That also echoed. He said it again a little louder now, "Wow". And a little louder "Wow"...and and then yelled it "WOW!". Then the door opened on the opposite end of the room. Celestia came through and said "Having fun are we?".
"Yes"
"I could here your echoed 'wows' down the hall" She said laughing "I caught one of the guards making a joke about me being in here with you"
"Did you punish him?" Bronze asked
"No, in fact I found it quite funny"
"Really? How did the joke the joke go?"
"It went something like this, you were saying wow louder and louder so one guard said 'Maybe the Princess is beneath the table' "
Bronze laughed. "That is funny"
"What have you been doing in here besides having fun with the echo?"
"Noting all the metals this table is made out of."
"What metals is it made of?"
"Well...I was able to noticed a few things, for one this is not gold, it Pyrite. The light red are Rubies. Also the light blue near the edges of each corner are Diamond"
"Wait....Pyrite?"
"Yes, if I am not wrong it is cheaper than gold."
"Then that designer didn't undercharge."
"Yeah....wait...undercharge."
"Yes I thought the designer of this table undercharged for the amount of gold...er Pyrite he used."
"When did you get this table?"
"600 or 800 years ago"
"The designer is long gone then." Bronze joked
"Yes" Celestia said "Oh...hold on a second...."
"Hmm?" Bronze said.
Celestia closed her eyes and her horn glowed. Dawn cracked the horizon. She opened her eyes again.
"Oh I forgot it still night time" Bronze said.
"So did I"" Celestia replied.
Celestia was now in the chair to Bronze's left.
"Like the royal chair?"
"It is very comfy"
"Funny story about that seat, sometime last year, We were having a meeting and I hadn't used the restroom in about half a day, so during the meeting I was was sort of squirming, and well after an hour of thinking about dry places like deserts,space, and summer days. I some how ended up thinking about a waterfall and then the seat became very wet. So I sat in my own liquid for another 20 minutes, then one my financial adviser noted the dripping noise. I shushed her but not before a few ponies looked under the table to see my chair dripping with urine and a fine puddle of it beneath the table, so the meeting was called short and the chair to this day smells of urine."
Bronze sniffed the chair and then hopped off and turned to sniff his flank. "Eww! I smell like urine!"
"I have a pillow I set on the chair so my flank doesn't smell of urine. But that's in my bedroom closet."
"Bronze walked to the door of the dining room, he heard Celestia giggle "Now I must shower"
Celestia giggled a little louder. "You don't have time!" she laughed.
"What?"
"Twilight is coming early!" Celestia bellowed past her laughter.
"Care if I borrow your perfume?"
"Go ahead, Twilight will be here in about 10 minutes!" Celestia laughed harder.

20 minutes later.

"Hi Twilight" Bronze said
"Hello Bronze"
"Ready for your lessons:"
"Very"
"Well I was on my way to breakfast, so did you have breakfast?"
"No"
"Then follow me"
Bronze had greeted Twilight at the castle entrance. As he led Twilight through the castle, the morning sun shown in from the east. Bronze loved the warm feeling he got as the sun shone on him as he passed the windows. In hallway not 20 meters from the dining hall Twilight sniffed the air and asked "Whats that smell?"
"Hmm?" Bronze tried to sound like he had no idea was she was talking about
"That smell...it smells like Celestia's perfume."
Bronze cursed in his mind. "I didn't smell very good earlier and didn't have time to shower."
"Ah....okay"

Bronze held the dining room door open for Twilight, adoring the smell of eggs, toast, and bacon.
He saw Celestia at the very end of the long dinning room table. She had a large plate of food in front of her. Bronze let the door close then let Twilight get ahead of him, and peeked under the table. Celestia was on a pillow. He grinned then lit his necklace. The pillow slid out from under Celestia rear, and onto the floor beneath table. Celestia gave Bronze a 'I'll get you back' playful grin. She didn't want to embarrass herself with the pee story, so she left the pillow. Bronze took a seat to Celestia's right, and Twilight took the one to her left. The dinning room was empty. Plates with hot food and cold orange juice were already set. Celestia hopped that the combined odors of the perfume covered pillow, her , Bronze and the food would over power the urine odor, and yes before each meal she covered the pillow in perfume.

As Bronze began to eat his bacon Twilight asked a question "What will I be learning on this weekend?"
Bronze swallowed his bacon "Defensive magic, and hoof to hoof techniques"
"Your own tactics or some fighting style?"
"Mostly my own, when I started using these I didn't have any kind of fighting style. When I was growing up, Equestria was a pretty awful place and practicing any kind of fighting was forbidden"
"Then how did you practice?" Celestia asked
"I practiced during the moment, you know kind of just took a swing at it, when I absolutely needed it. Luckily when I was in my teens I kind of became a medical aid to every pony who got injured, so I knew a little bit about how to make anypony really HURT"
"With what you just said, can I infer than most doctors could turn their practices into combat tricks?" Celestia asked.
"Sort of" Bronze said take a sip of his orange juice.
"Bronze?" Celestia looked over at him
"Remember shortly after we 'hooked up' you were singing in the carraige?"
"Yeah."
"Where in Equestria did you learn those songs?"
"I traded some small items like soda, cookies, and other things like that to somepony in return I got literally hundreds of scripts and lyrics to songs."
"Did you have a favorite?" Twilight asked
"Of course. It was 'They're coming to take me away ha ha', that song always made every pony laugh"
"When was that one made?"
"If memory serves...4 years from now"
"Really?"
"Yeah, I memorized the date, July 4 years from now."
"Interesting." Celestia said "Would you mind singing it?"
"Throat is sore right now, maybe in a few hours." Bronze said rubbing his neck.
"Twilight?" Celestia looked to Twilight
"Yes Princess?"
"Would you mind spending the week with Bronze and I?"
"You mean I won't leave tomorrow but..."
"Next Sunday" Celestia said.
"Ummm..."
"There is an interesting play coming to Canterlot on Wednesday and I was wondering if you and your friends would attend it with us."
"Sure I guess" Twilight said "I mean I don't know about my friends, but I can stay"
"I had letters sent out yesterday, they should be sending their responses today as I instructed them to do." Celestia said a smile on her face.

Just as she finished speaking the door to the dinning room opened and a guard came in carrying 6 letters in a small satchel over his flank. Celestia did not wait for him to bring the letters over she simply levitated them to her and dismissed the guard.

Celestia examined the names on the 'from' part of each letter.
"Okay....Applejack.....Fluttershy....Pinkie Pie.....Rainbow dash....Rarity....ah yes almost forgot about Spike."
She unrolled Fluttershy's letter and read it aloud

"Dear Princess Celestia....I would be honored to come to Canterlot for the remainder of the week...." Next Pinkie's "Dear Princess I would be..." Celestia slowed down to examine the wording "...super-duper extremely excited to attend this play.....is it a comedy? Comedy-romance? Oh I don't care I would be happy to come any how!" she read with emotion.

After a few more letters, Celestia finished reading and put the letters aside.
"Twilight all your friends are coming tomorrow"
"Umm...Celestia question." Bronze spoke out
"Okay ask away"
"Where is she going to sleep?" he said tilting his head in Twilight's direction.
"My bedroom." Celestia said she then turned to Twilight "Enjoy the royal bed, Bronze and I will use his room, even though he hasn't used it since you got....'taken'. " she finished with a shiver.

After breakfast Celestia was off to do paper work, Bronze and Twilight were in the castle's courtyard. Bronze sat in the shade of a tall oak tree with Twilight.
"Now, as difficult as it may be tell me exactly what you remember from being kidnapped." He instructed "I need all the details, do not lie to me or skip anything. ANYTHING". Twilight looked into his eyes, his eyes were a light green. His gaze was one of absolute seriousness.

As Twilight went over the details of what she remembered she noticed Bronze taking notes, via a pen and large notebook floating near his head. Half and hour passed. She concluded her review of what happened up until arriving at the hotel and following Bronze.

"...so I followed you and then that's basically it." Twilight concluded

"Every thing you just told me, is exactly what you told so many years from now, just without my involvement. In the original version I heard, you made you way to the hotel took up a job for a few days and bought a ride back to Ponyvile. You've also given me a feeling I haven't felt in a long time....hatred towards these....scum. They show no remorse, kidnapped and held hostage. They probably would have killed you or worse if you hadn't run"

"Wait....'or worse'? Whats worse than death"

Bronze just sat in silence and Twilight saw all the suffering in his eyes.

"...oh my..."

"Life for me was.....bad. Beaten daily....with many weapons....whips, knives, bats, I even had guard dogs attack me for merely dropping a bag of sand" he then opened his mouth wide and pointed to his teeth. His teeth were cracked, broken, and a few missing. He closed his mouth.

"When I began fighting back, every time I laid a hoof on a guard they took out a tooth...with pliers. Luckily when I began fighting I still had baby teeth."

Twilight just stared.

"You don't know pain, Twilight. No pony here does...at least not true pain. If I don't protect Celestia..you will be treated exactly as I have....probably worse."

"Oh my..."

"Let me show you something."

"What?" Twilight questioned

"The way I got here."

Before Twilight could oppose or even speak Bronze threw his necklace over her neck. Her eyes widened as his memory began to play in her mind.

It was the summer. Bronze was in a house of some sort. It was dusty and cob webs had formed over years of non use. The house seemed familiar to the Twilight. The room was dark but she recognized it at last...it was Fluttershy's home. Bronze approached the kitchen where there was a slight dim light from a candle. As he approached a figure came out of the kitchen. It was Fluttershy. Her mane was mostly gray and in a sort of bun style to make way for reading glasses. She had a plate with tea cups balanced on her back.

Her voice was mostly the same, age had made it quieter and made her sound slightly raspy "Would you please help me with this plate?"

Bronze smiled then bit the edge of the plate and lifted it. He brought to a small table in front the old green couch Fluttershy never got rid of.

"Thank you." She whispered sitting in a chair opposite of the sofa. "Sit." she added nodding to the sofa.

"Am I early?" Bronze asked taking his seat

"No, no you are right on time, Twilight is busy with her part of the plan." Fluttershy assured him. "You have the necklace Twilight told me about, correct?"

"Yes I do" Bronze said taking off his necklace and indicating the pendant.

"Rarity helped me at that hut in the Everfree forest last night" He finished

"Ah....Zecora's old place." Fluttershy said "Poor thing imprisoned for making potions, she did not deserve to die in prison."

"No pony does." Bronze said "Wheres the book I'll need?"

"There" Fluttershy nodded her head towards a bookshelf next to the sofa "Middle shelf, with the unicorn on the spine."

"Got it" He levitated the book to him and flipped through the pages with his nose "294...295...296...297!"

297 was a page about time travel...theories. He saw a big symbol crossed out and instructions written above it. "Twilight actually wrote in a book." Fluttershy commented.

"Yes, to give me her instructions on how to use this ancient spell."

"No pony ever did decipher it, shame, Celestia would have been proud of Twilight."

"I'll bring these instructions back to her. After I save Celestia."

"Bronze..." Fluttershy whispered.

"Yes?" He said his eyes darting through Twilight's paragraph of instructions.

"Tell...tell Twilight...I'm too old." Fluttershy's eyes closed and she laid down on the couch.

"Fluttershy!" Bronze exclaimed dropping the book realizing what was happening.

He ran over to her and rolled her over on her back. He put a hoof on her neck. No pulse. He put his front hooves on the sofa. Breathed deeply then said "Come back to me...please." he shot a bolt of electricity out of his recently acquired pendant. Fluttershy's chest went skyward for a moment. He put a hoof on her neck. A pulse! He thanked his luck then put an ear to her open mouth. She wasn't breathing though. He quickly gave her mouth to mouth. After took a deep breath and prayed. He put his ear to her mouth again. She was breathing. Her eyes opened.

"Bronze?"

"Don't die on me." He sputtered.

"Sorry...I didn't mean to."

"I know, its just the age."

"...and my heart condition."

"Yes"

"Please...go get my pills from my bed side table upstairs."

"On it."

Bronze sprinted upstairs and into Fluttershy's bedroom.

"He's a true hero." Fluttershy whispered to herself "He will not fail Twilight, just like he did not fail me."

She smiled as Bronze returned with her pills.

###

The memory dissolved as Bronze took his necklace back.

"Wait that wasn't it!" Twilight exclaimed wanting to see more.

"It was enough...for today." Bronze said brushy away a tear from his eye "sorry....just remembering Fluttershy die right in front of me brought a tear to my eyes."

"You saved her though."

"Yeah I did...luckily."

"Luck was a factor, but in your case, its your unwillingness to give up on anything." Twilight said smiling.

There was a silence.

Bronze looked to the sky. It was mid afternoon.

"Lets go check on Celestia. We already missed lunch."

Celestia never liked paperwork. Just the thought of sitting at a desk reading word after word and so on. Well...it just wasn't fun for her. She found it boring and awful that any pony should have to do paperwork like hers. She muttered the words of each form to herself.
"Article 2224.4 will allow public singing of copyrighted songs for profit...." she groaned. This was rock bottom for boredom.

Suddenly there was a knock on her bedroom door.
"Who is it?" She asked still at her desk.
"Ma'am its sir Bronze and miss Twilight." Bronze said in a fake country accent that clearly amused him.
"Well come on in'." Celestia said in her own fake accent. She opened the door from her desk.

Bronze and Twilight entered the room, Bronze wore some kind of ranch hat.
"Where in Equestria did you get that hat?" Celestia asked utterly confused
"Went out into town for about 20 minutes to take a walk and bought it." he answered tipping his hat and bowing "Your Majesty" he added jokingly.
"Ha ha. Very funny" Celestia said sarcastically "what do you need?"
"Just wanted to see if you wanted to take a walk with me while Twilight is studying." Bronze said
"Studying?" Celestia said confused again "...for what?"
"I don't quite know." Bronze said "she said she was going to study...so I let her use my room for that, even gave her my good pen."
"You have a good pen?" Celestia asked
"Yes, what you think I don't have a good pen?"
"You don't do much writing."
"Not true, I have a journal. Thank you very much" he said sending his nose skyward and huffing out that gentlecolt's cold shoulder look. Then laughing.
"Well...I guess we could go."
"Well now, I feel insulted, so maybe we won't go...unless you make it up to me." Bronze said his nose still skyward and his eyes closed.
"Well....how about this....we take a little walk....and make it romantic?" Celestia unsure of how to make anything she could do with Bronze sexual or seductive.
Bronze simply laughed. "You aren't one for sounding very seductive"
"Oh stop....Princess's don't get dates...just paperwork" Celestia whispered seductively.

As they left the castle, Bronze at first saw a shadow on the ground. It looked like some pony was standing on a rooftop. He looked up on the roof top. He saw nothing.

"Are you okay?" Celestia asked.

"Just a little paranoid I guess."

"Paranoid?" Celestia began to look worried.

"Yeah....hey listen I'll meet you in a second. Here take my necklace." he held his necklace in his right hoof and continued to scan the rooftops.

"Your necklace?" Celestia said

"Yes. The bond it and I share insures I will always know where it is. Just take it and give me a about 10 minutes"

Celestia took his necklace and wore it.

Bronze looked at her "Now you got style" he laughed, "Go to wherever I will meet you wherever you go."

With that he was off.

Hunters averagely study their prey. This assassin knew that, and lived by it. Princess Celestia. Her target. However Celestia was either always in the castle or with that orange colt. The assassin may have trusted her combat skill but there was something about that one. The Dark Queen had warned her of an Orange one, told to her by the oracle.

"The Princess and Orange one split up...perfect."

The Assassin spread her wings and flew a safe distance above the streets but also nearly touching the rooftops. She followed Celestia for many minutes. Then went down into the crowds near a restaurant. And waited for Celestia to approach.

"Princess Celestia!" She put on her fake Ponyvile tourist voice.

"Hello faithful subject" Celestia said as the assassin bowed before her "What do you need, girl?"

"I found some interesting symbols in that alley and I was wondering if they were magical." The assassin lied pointing to an alley.

"Symbols? Lead the way" Celestia said curious.
Easy kill. The assassin thought.

Bronze watched from the rooftops, crowds pasted by.
"Maybe I am losing my mind." He said to himself as he sat scanning the rooftops and streets.
He made his way off the buildings and into the streets when he felt something in his chest. He coughed uncontrollably. He covered his mouth with his hoof. As he coughed he felt liquid hit his hoof. He stopped coughing and looked at his hoof. The substance was red. Blood? At that point a thousand thoughts jumped through his mind with one specific memory of something Twilight had told him before he was teleported back in time.

####

Bronze and Twilight stood in Zecora's abandoned home.

"So we have a deal?" Twilight asked her left hoof in front of her "Save Celestia, you live your life in peace, fail and you die when her heart stops." her tone of voice was that of gloom.

"How will I know when I am about to die?" Bronze asked "And what do you mean peace?"

"The spell will detect if Celestia is about die 1 minute before any harm is done to her and you will cough blood. And by peace I mean you live in a Ponyvile were you are not a slave" She explained

"Deal." Bronze had said shaking her hoof.
####

Bronze ran through the streets ignoring any orders to stop or to 'Watch it' as he bumped into the citizens. He ran for a location he had never been to but, knew Celestia was there. His breath had become labored. He felt a sharp pain in his head. He coughed again, his vision was now surrounded by black.

He turned a corner to an alley and sprinted.
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Celestia didn't know what was going on, first she was in an alley examining symbols written in chalk. Next she felt a chain around her neck, choking her. She couldn't understand it, as she choked she heard the girl laughing. Her strength to fight back already gone. She collapsed on the stone ground by the wall with the symbols. The rope loosened then went away. Celestia was on her side now, she gasped and coughed. She was almost unable to look her ambusher in the eye. This was mostly because she may have had was drained as her life was nearly chocked away. The young girl laughed at her plight. Suddenly there was a shout from the roofs above.

"Hey rookie! Hooves off my Princess!"

Celestia was dazed and her vision blurred, but she saw the orange shape drop on the assassin. Then she heard Bronze's laugh.

"Wow, knock out and I was hoping for a fight." Celestia's vision cleared.

"Bronze...."

"It's okay I'm here...stay down for a sec, while I finish this assassin...."

Before Celestia could speak up again, Bronze brought his left front hoof down the unconscious assassin's wind pipe. There was a satisfying 'Crack!' upon contact. Bronze turned to Celestia then rushed over to her.

"Come on lets get you up" he helped her as she stood "She didn't hurt you too bad, did she?"

Celestia coughed "No...just winded...badly."

"Alright come on...she's dead now."

Celestia eyed dry blood on Bronze's lips "Your....your lips...blood?"

"I'll explain later. Come on." Bronze helped her out of the alley.

Author's note: Most of this was written at about 4:00 AM the night before it was posted because I was going to my brother's house for the rest of the week, also my girl friend helped with a good amount of the more 'mooshy' romance parts of this one. (Written Tuesday 2/28/12)

Bronze's first Hearts and Hooves day was spent at the Romantic Comedy play in Canterlot. He and Celestia were extremely well dressed. Bronze in a spotless tux and Celestia in a dark red dress with embedded gems.

"Ow!" Bronze exclaimed as he struggled with the collar "this straightjacket keeps pinching me!"

"Oh stop you big baby it can't be THAT bad" Celestia mocked

"Why do I have to wear this?" he questioned

"If you want to go fully public about our...'relationship' then you must look like royalty, can't have the public thinking I am with just any old Colt"

"If it were anypony but you I would take this off and throw it out a window." Bronze exaggerated

"Come on now, its Hearts and Hooves day, show a little bit more love." Celestia requested

"I'll wear the suit for today, but when I need a tux in the future...let me go get it." he spoke "Now wheres my trusty little necklace gone? Ah there it is"

They were in Bronze's room as they dressed. There was a knock on the door as Bronze put the necklace around his neck. He opened the door with magic, revealing an also well dressed, Twilight Sparkle and her friends.

"Are those the same dresses I saw each of you in at the Grand galloping gala not too long ago?" Celestia questioned "the best gala yet?"

"Yes your majesty, I was already dealing with a client from Canterlot who wanted 8 dresses when your letter arrived, so I was forced to find the old ones" Rarity spoke out from the left of the group.

"Umm...Princess?" Fluttershy whispered.

"Yes Fluttershy?" Celestia said and smiled.

"Twilight said you were ummmm...." Fluttershy blushed long before she could manage the words

"With child?" Celestia guessed

"Yes, it that true?" Fluttershy asked

"Very much so, I think I am starting to show. I am getting a little bit bigger everyday it seems." Celestia rubbed her stomach with one hoof.

"..and he is the father?" Rarity asked pointing a hoof to Bronze who raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, Bronze is the father." Celestia said "Come now, ask what ever other questions you have on the walk to the play."

As they walked through the castle Fluttershy shot out more questions now directed at Bronze in a small whisper that Celestia wouldn't hear.

"Are you and Celestia planning on getting,,,,ummmm...."

"Married?" Bronze whispered.

"Hmmm? What are you two talking bout?" Applejack whispered to the two of them "Bronze are you and Celestia getting married?"

Bronze only smiled and continued to look ahead and chuckled.

"Well partner?" Applejack whispered to Bronze

He only said "You'll see at the play"

Fluttershy and Applejack simply exchanged looks of confusion.

Later, in the theater were the founding of Equestria had been acted out by Twilight and her friends. Twilight payed for many drinks, luckily Bronze and Celestia had only ordered water. Twilight had, before, handing the Princess and Bronze their drinks ,made sure a very strong love potion was added to each. She had double checked to make sure what happened to Cheerilie and Big Mac would not happen to Bronze and Celestia. The love potion should have taken about 5 to 10 minutes to act, an easy sign was the pupils of the ingester would have a light pink coloring in their very middle.

Twilight had to keep telling herself

"They deserve happiness even if they don't wont to totally commit."

She looked over at Bronze and Celestia, they were all in the third row of seats from the stage. The play had not begun yet but was scheduled to start in 5 minutes. Twilight looked at Bronze's eyes, there was a light pink in the center of his pupils! Twilight was on the very left of every pony and Bronze was on the other side of Celestia who had a back to Twilight as she talked to Bronze. Twilight asked Celestia if she was comfortable, just to get a look at her eyes. Twilight noticed the Princess's eyes had the fullest pink. Celestia's water glass was empty meaning she had ingested it faster than Bronze, whose glass was 4/5s empty. Celestia looked back at Bronze after telling Twilight she was comfortable. She whispered something into his ear and nodded her quickly to the bathroom. Bronze smiled from ear to ear, as they walked to the Colt's bathroom together.

The beginning of the play was delayed for about 20 minutes due to a 'Costume situation' behind stage. Bronze and Celestia emerged from the bathroom 20 minutes from when they had gone in. Bronze's tux was now wrinkled as was Celestia dress. As the stage manager came to announce the beginning Bronze quickly trotted up to the stage and whispered something into the manager's ear. The stage manager's eyes widened, then he said "Okay everypony! Mr. ummm...Mr. Bronze would like to make and announcement!" he then turned to Bronze and said "..good luck"

Bronze took the stage, and began to speak "Now sorry to put the start of this surely to be wonderful play on hold for a few more moments but I had to make an announcement of incredible importance. Now just this morning I was planning this...my plan was more elaborate than...Twilight spike my drink with a love potion and then I do this, but whatever." Twilight's eyes widened. HE KNEW? She thought in her mind.

"But I must thank you Twilight for that gave me an extra kick of courage, otherwise I would have waited until the show as over to do this, you know procrastinate." He reached a hoof into a pocket on his tuxedo. What emerged was a golden necklace with a large diamond pendant. His current necklace glowed and the glow surrounded Celestia who was lifted into the air and brought to the stage, at first she was somewhat scared of the 'No-hooves-on-the-ground' feeling, but then Bronze said "I will not drop you, if I do I will break my own legs." this acted as reassurance to Celestia who was not expecting this. When she landed on the stage, Bronze knelt. His rear and front legs bent and he bowed his head. All legs still bent he raised the one with the golden necklace and said proudly "Will you marry me?".

Celestia eyes widened and her happiness was shown through out her entire body. There was a loud 'Aweee' from the audience as they watched to romantic display with much more interest than they would give the play.

"Psst...Twilight," Applejack whispered from Twilight's right, Twilight looked to Applejack.

"Yes?" she answered in a whisper

"You put a love potion in their drinks, darlin'?" Applejack questioned

"They deserve happiness, and you heard Bronze he needed an extra kick to do this." Twilight whispered, she was hoping she was right and could call this the best Heart's and Hooves day ever, not 'The day Twilight ruined two lives by forcing them into a relationship'.

Back on the stage Celestia couldn't believe this, if her brain was a nuclear reactor it would have had a meltdown. All she did was shout at Bronze in the excitement "Yes yes yes!". There was a great uproar of congrats for the Princess and Bronze. Celestia and Bronze returned to there seats after Celestia put on the beautiful necklace. A colt in the audience tapped Bronze as he walked and said "Congrats". Well him and basically everypony they walked by. When they finally returned to their seats Bronze and Celestia were locked together in a kiss that last for many minutes. They stopped when the play started.

Bronze found to play to be somewhat interesting. He and Celestia hadn't really payed much attention, they were busy discussing wedding plans, baby plans, etc. The play lasted 2 hours. It was about some weird awkwardly hyper mare finding love in an extremely well manner business colt from Canterlot. Again, Bronze and Celestia didn't pay much attention.

By the time to play was over, a large press crew was right outside of the theater waiting for the two of them. Some of the food vendors in the entrance had been watching when Bronze proposed and spread the word during their breaks. When word got to the press, reporters with note pads had been scribbling down everything Bronze and Celestia said and did, while photographers snapped pictures of the two in several poses, one kissing, one just smiling, and one where Bronze had his eyes to a bird that had take a number 2 on one of the reporters. He had a feeling the kissing one and the one where he was eying the bird would be popular.

Later after arriving back home at the castle, the two of them retreated to their bedroom. They didnt come out for the rest of the night and instead simply called for plenty of water, silk sheets & robes, and softer fancier pillows.

Midnight the same night

Bronze awoke next to the sleeping Celestia. He remembered to previous day's events after a few seconds and smiled in pride of himself. He tried going back to sleep. He couldn't he was too happy with himself. He decided to take a walk around the castle. he slipped on the red silk robe he had requested. It might have been a little damp from sweat but it felt nice on him. He left to room quietly, leaving his necklace and that little blade device he had stored shortly after returning with Twilight from the hotel Hustinge, in a little box in his room. He walked down many stairs to the large room were part of the Grand Galloping Gala was held each year. He took a seat next to the large golden Alicorn statue. He breathed deeply and instantly felt tired again. Odd, He thought, Just a short walk and I'm sleepy again...

There was a loud explosion from his left sending rubble and glass all over him

Author's note: This chapter has a helluva lot of action. No not 'action', the other kind.

Bronze lay beneath the rubble and broken glass of the explosion. Barley conscious, he couldn't stand or push the pieces of wall and window off him. He saw figures run by each one dressed in black metal. None stopped for him they ran for the stairs. Bronze's body roared with pain as he moved to rubble and glass off. He stood, his cuts and bruises screamed their refusal. He made his way up the stairs of the castle, ignoring his pain. He knew who they were, he had killed many of them before.

Celestia heard the explosion from her and Bronze's room at the top of the tower. She tried to tap Bronze in bed, she couldn't see in the dark. She couldn't find him with her hoof, so she lit her horn up. He was gone! She got out of bed and made her way to the door. As soon as she opened the door, there was another explosion from below near the base of the tower.

Bronze ran up the stairs quickly, as soon as he saw the black armored assassins he sprinted and attacked the nearest one. He had tapped the assassin's flank making him turn around, Bronze then hit him hard in the center of his neck. The assassin chocked and coughed, Bronze put his front two hooves on the side of the assassin's head and jerked it down the stairs until the assassin was tumbling painfully down the stairs as he coughed.

The other assassin had turned around when their comrade began coughing and had gone down the stairs to attack Bronze. Each of them had a hoof held blade, much like the one Bronze had built. A thin female assassin charged at him, blade out roaring. Bronze dodged the attempted stab, reared up and kicked the assassin. The female assassin flew back out a window on the spiral stairs, screaming as she fell the few hundred meters back to the base of the castle to her death.

Now two more came at him at the same time. Bronze took one assassin's hoof and redirected by force to the other's throat. The one who had his throat now slit stopped mid attack and collapsed on the stairs, gurgling on his own blood. He put a hoof into a satchel on his flank and pulled a small fray circular object with a rectangular half with a small fuse on it. The bleeding assassin quickly lit the fuse with a match from the same satchel and as he died let the bomb roll to under Bronze's feet.

"Oh cra...." Bronze wasn't able to finish the sentence. He had dived down the stairs as the explosive went off.

When Celestia made her way down the stairs, she came to an area where most of the stairs were missing, there were at least seven dead bodies the ones closer to the hole in the stone were charred and extremely gory. Celestia stepped past the bodies and the crater. She found Bronze, on his stomach head against the stairs.

"Bronze!" she shouted and rushed to him.

He was alive, his silk robe was burnt and torn all over, the most damage was done on his back. A large area of the skin on his back was burnt straight off and was now bleeding. Celestia checked for a pulse as the guards came running up the stairs.

"Were in Equestria where all of you!" Celestia screamed at them her tears coming from her eyes as she looked at Bronze in his current state.

"We were investigating the first explosion zone, princess." One guard spoke up "Please stand aside, let us take him to the hospital."

Celestia had let the guards take Bronze to the hospital, she followed of course. She now sat in the hospital waiting room just outside of the emergency room. They had taken Bronze into surgery as soon as he was brought in. That was close to 20 minutes ago. Suddenly a doctor came out he still had his surgical mask on and his gloved hooves were bloody. He was smiling.

"Princess Celestia, your Bronze will live." he said as Celestia approached

"Thank you doctor." She said relieved

"Yes but one minor warning, we are taking him to the burn care unit to deal with the burns he received from the explosions, but also" the doctor's expression turned to an extremely serious one "he was dead for about 6 minutes, we were able to revive him but barley. However there appeared to be no sign of brain damage, but we can't be certain through a few scans."

Celestia became worried once more.

"Princess, please go get some sleep come back in the morning and Bronze will be in a standard room." the doctor promised.

Celestia did go get some sleep, in the waiting room. Celestia does not need to be awake to raise the sun, raising it in a flashy way is usually just for fun or for show. On most days she just sort of grunts in her sleep as the moon goes down on the western horizon and the sun comes up from the east. Today she awoke to a voice the doctor from the night before.

"Princess...Princess...Princess, wake up, Princess Celestia."

Celestia opened her eyes and said "Yes?" her memory of why she was in a hospital groggy as she awoke and her mind reactivated.

"It's close to 10 in the morning and Bronze is awake, he won't fill out any of our medical forms until he see you."

"He's awake?! Lead me to him, doctor." she said getting out of the chair she had slept in.

"Yes Princess Celestia"

Bronze lay in his hospital bed talking to his room mate. A restaurant owner with burns on her rear legs, fromm when a cook had tripped and spilled boiling water on her flank. Her name was Sushi Sue. Sushi was a nickname for serving sushi.

"So, you and the Princess...wow."

"What? Whats so wowing about me marrying the Princess?" Bronze questioned from his bed

"Well its just I thought the Princess would never have a child or a husband." Sue said from hers to Bronze's left.

There was a window right next to Bronze and the door to the rest of the hospital was to Sue's left. Suddenly during their conversation, the doctor and Celestia entered the room. Bronze was on his back in the bed, he had many white bandages wrapped fully around his torso. He also had some small bandages on his face and upper torso from the worst glass cuts of the first explosion. Celestia rushed to his bed side, and looked him over. He also had an IV cord running from a bag on a stand to his right hoof.

"Bronze! It's good to see you alive!" Celestia exclaimed as she locked lips with him.

He broke her kiss and looked to the doctor "What paper do you want me to fill out?"

"Well first I want to inform you on your injuries. You suffered 3 broken ribs. We pulled 23 pieces of shrapnel from your torso, and treated massive burns on your back, also you died for 6 minutes during surgery. Any questions?"

"Yes, I have one" Bronze said "I was dead for 6 minutes?"

"Yes"

Bronze cursed aloud

"What? You wanted to die?!" The doctor asked

"No, no, just....just give me a minute with Celestia."

"Okay as you wish. Miss Sue, you are going home today, so the nurses are going to wheel you to a clinic room and we'll get those bandages off." the doctor said leaving the room

Shortly after several nurse took Sue out of the room.

Bronze and the Princess were alone.

"You wanted to die?" Celestia asked astonished

"No! When I died my 'condition' was broken, if you die, now I am stuck here if I fail to kill the Dark Queen!"

"The Dark Queen?"

"The mare who keeps sending assassin's after you."

"Yes, but why is that bad that your condition is broken."

"I will be hunted down if I fail, held and tortured, and eventually killed..."

"Well Bronze....you aren't planning to fail are you?"

"No! I love you too much to fail, but there is something I need to know."

"What is it, Bronze?"

"Ask the doctor when I will be able go back to the castle, I miss those silk sheets." he said his tone changing.

A week later Bronze was out of the Hospital. The doctor had warned him of his still healing skin and broken ribs. The many bandages were still wrapped around his torso. Celestia had helped him back to the castle and into bed, to rest. Now he lay peacefully reading a book. Celestia about to attend a press conference style event where she will explain her pregnancy and Bronze and her's soon to be marriage.

"Bronze?" She asked as she readied herself in their room

"Yes?" Bronze asked laying the book next to him on the bed with his book mark (a small folded piece of paper) in it.

"When I get back we should discuss names for out baby" Celestia said "How about it?"

"Sure." Bronze sat up and winched in pain.

"Don't hurt yourself Bronze, your still hurt." Celestia said putting her fore hooves on the bed and leaning in to kiss Bronze on the cheek. "Alright the guards are right out the door if you need anything, just shout to them, I ordered them to do what ever you may ask, no questions."

"Okay, thank you Celestia. Enjoy your press thing." Bronze said returning to his book.

"I do hope it goes well." Celestia said "If 'Our Princess is sex crazed' is in tomorrows paper there's going to be a few hangings." She joked "I wonder if Twilight will be there, the conference is in Ponyvile."

"It is?" Bronze asked

"Yes."

"If you see Twilight bring her back here, I never finished my first lesson with her."

"If I see her, I will. Oh and Bronze?"

"Yes?"

"What day should we have the wedding?"

"As soon as possible, I want it to be your day so you plan it as you want." He said lovingly

"Oh that's sweet but...its our day, I will ask some of the staff how long it would take to fully organize a wedding ceremony"

"Alright" Bronze said

"Well I'm leaving for now, goodbye Bronze I will be back in an hour or so." Celestia said leaving

"Okay, have fun, I am going to take a nap" Bronze said as he put his head to his pillow and closed his eyes.

He fell asleep quickly.

Barley 20 minutes was at Sugar Cube Corner, she had arranged for certain Journalists to have Brunch with her as well as Twilight and her Friends if they could make it. She arrived there with a small guard detail. Mr and Mrs.Cake were waiting, and happy to serve Celestia. They greeted her and the guards and began showing her what food they would be making available when the actual event started. There was tea,coffee donuts, cakes, cupcakes, and many more brunch-style treats. Celestia tasted each one and found them to all be delicious.

"Very nice" She commented as she swallowed the last item. In her mind she wished Bronze could have been there.

*Back at the Castle in Canterlot.*

Bronze awoke to a sense of having to urinate.

He got out of bed, painfully he limped to the bathroom. Shortly after urinating he made his way back to the bed. Before he could climb back in bed. One of the window's in the room shattered and there was a blinding flash with a deafening boom. Bronze found himself on the ground. A loud ring in his ears. He was still blinded but as his vision began to clear, he found himself on the floor. The royal guards burst through door. A sort of sonic pulse rippled to air around them and they were blown back out to the hall. As that pulse happened there was more window shattering. Bronze's hearing began to improve. The ringing faded.

"Tsk...tsk...tsk...Bronze. You should never have run away. If you would have just been a good little colt, I could be sitting in my throne beside the queen sixty years from now." A unnervingly calm colt's voice said.

Bronze recognized the voice. "Sixty six, your the reason I am missing some teeth." Bronze said calmly from the floor raising his head to view the armor-less black colt.

"Yes, I don't plan on returning them, if that's what your implying, I'm hear to see you off to the afterlife little Bronze"

"Well now, that's just not going to happen." Bronze said weakly, he was still on the ground looking up at Sixty-Six now. Sixty-six had his hoof-mounted blade unsheathed. He came down hard on Bronze with the blade. As the blade came down Bronze's necklace glowed and Bronze vaporized to dust.

"What's this!?" Sixty-six shouted at the dust.

Bronze's voice boomed around Sixty-Six as if Bronze was..everywhere "A new trick, thanks to the infinite amount of magical spells and techniques."

"What your not going to fight fairly now?" Sixty-six mocked

"Sadly..I cant fight fairly...broken ribs and burnt skin you see."

"Ah yes the other assassins, they failed....but I will not!" Sixty-six brought his blade down on the dust, the dust simply disbursed and moved around the floor. The dust moved behind Sixty-six and in front of the door. The dust formed back into Bronze quickly.

"What kind of tricks do you have, Sixty-six?"

"Better one's than you!" Sixty-six exclaimed raising his non-bladed hoof and pointing at Bronze. The air rippled again and Bronze was propelled out of room and to the end of the hallway. His impact to the wall was softened back to unconscious guards. He painfully stood and said "That..all you got?"

"Not even close." Sixty-six said calmly raising his left front hoof again.

This time Bronze was ready and as the air rippled, Bronze let loose a large burst of red magical energy that soared through the air and contacted to rippling force. Neither one of them knew what happened next.

In Ponyvile Celestia stood in Sugar cube corner. As members of the local new papers walk in, she smiled and greeted each of them. She was happy to see her student and her friends attend.

"Ah, Hello, Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow dash, Pinkie pie, Rarity." She had greeted

"Hello, Princess" Each had said

"Please, help yourselves to any of the foods." Celestia invited

"Thank you, Princess" Twilight said as her friends walked to the table where the food had been placed.

"Oh..um Princess?" Fluttershy asked shyly

"Yes?"

"Where's Bronze?" She questioned

"We had an....incident at the Castle not long ago, Bronze got hurt....badly."

"Oh...is...is he okay?"

"Yes, of course...he's very strong...he can take a little injury"

"Would it be asking too much if I....I offered to take care of him?" Fluttershy asked in a near whisper.

"What do you mean? Act as sort of a nurse?" Celestia asked

"Ye...yes"

"I don't see any..." The Princess was interrupted.

There was a loud boom out side. The room shook, the lights went out, and every pony screamed. The shaking subsided quickly, the lights remained off. Thankfully it was day time and the windows were open.

Dust filled the air outside as a large gust of wind shook the building again. Celestia and everypony in the building rushed out side and looked in the direction of an incredible flash. The flash had come from the highest tower in Canterlot castle. Celestia watched in awe as the tower collapsed in the far distance. Soon dust clouded her vision as the tower hit the castle below. She could only stand there. Debris began to hit. Dust began to settle on the ground. Most of the debris was stone and broken gems. Celestia just...stood there. Tears formed in her eyes. She just stared into the distance.

"Bronze..." she whispered "wha....what happened...?" she was in total shock.

She came to a realization.

Bronze....was dead.

Bronze's eyes opened quickly. He was standing. Where? He didn't know. He walked forward. No pain. He looked at himself first. No bandages, no burnt dead skin? He then looked at where he was. He saw floating chunks of land with clouds beneath them. They were levitating above a void. A void of cloud and then nothing. Bronze was on a long snaking piece of grass, rock, and cloud. All around him on the section of the snaking chunk was a golden fence too high to jump. He saw a gate. He saw Celestia on the other side of the gate. Smiling. He ran over to her. His mind stricken with thoughts of what had happened to him and Sixty-six. As he approached he heard her say "Welcome, Bronze."

"Where...where in Equestria am I?" He questioned confused, dazed, and disoriented.

"You are not in Equestria, Bronze" She said calmly

"Then where am I?!" Bronze almost yelled "and what are you doing here too?!"

"What do you mean what am I doing here?" Celestia asked calmly

"Is...is this death?!" Bronze questioned now beginning to panic "Did I...did I kill Sixty-six, me, and ....you?" he finished.

Celestia just stared calmly.

"Well?!" Bronze shouted awaiting a response.

Celestia turned and walked away.

"Hey! Hey! Wait!" He shouted as she walked away towards what in the distance looked like a gazebo "Hey! Celestia!"

The golden gate opened as she entered the gazebo. Bronze galloped towards to gazebo. As he ran parts of his past came into view, from clouds of mist. He ran past his childhood. He ran past all the years before Celestia. Then he slowed when he saw himself. Blacking out in Twilight's library. Then he walked. Then the mist reformed to Celestia and him on the train to Canterlot for the first time. As Bronze walked more and more of his recent past began to show. Now it showed him, being shouted at by an emotionally damaged Celestia in his bedroom at Canterlot castle. Then it showed Celestia forcing herself onto him. He saw himself struggling to get her off him at first. Then he saw it. After licking his neck twice she had placed a spell on him. He saw his movements change, the him in the mist now began licking, pumping, and kissing Celestia. Under her telepathic command.

"That's why I lost control...."

The mist version of his past was echoed. He saw Celestia lips move as she moaned, he heard an echo.

"Ohhhh...ohhhhhh Bronzzzzze!" the echo played.

Bronze jogged towards to gazebo again. Now skipping ahead to when he was at the Hotel Hunstinge with Celestia. He saw Twilight, covered in snow, blood, and with a pained look in her eyes. Then the mist faded and he saw Celestia and Himself in the doctor's offices where he was told, Celestia was Pregnant.

The doctor's voice echoed in his ears "Princess, these test results don't lie and they are usually 94% correct so unless your the unlucky 6% its certain." the doctor then continued "...Mr.Bronze you are going to be a father"

The memory faded again. He saw the look in his eyes when he said "....They probably would have killed you or worse if you hadn't run"

Then he saw himself running through Canterlot. The mist changed, and now he saw Celestia being choked to death by the assassin in the alley. The assassin's laughed echoed through his brain. Then Bronze's cry echoed into his ears

"....Hey rookie! Hooves off my Princess!"

He then heard the crack of the assassin's wind pipe, as he killed the assassin.

He was now just a little over 20 meters from the Gazebo.
The mist now showed, the theater where the play had been. He saw Celestia floating over the audience. As Bronze levitated her to him. Golden Necklace in hoof. Bronze then heard, "Will you marry me?". In his own echoed voice.

He saw Celestia yelling "...Yes yes yes!"

This brought a smile to Bronze's face. His heart beating or not, was warmed by this.

He then saw the first explosion. In Canterlot Castle. He saw himself half conscious beneath stone and glass. The assassins running by.

He then saw himself throw one assassin down the stairs. Then use another one's blade to slit, ones throat. Then he saw the one bleeding out on the stone, release the explosive beneath his feet. He heard his "Oh cra....". Then saw a flash of light in the mist and the blast echoed in his ears. He then saw himself in the surgery room. The doctor pulling piece's of shrapnel from his torso. Then he heard the flat line. He saw the unicorn nurse shoot him with electricity. Then he heard to beeping of his own pulse through the machine. He saw himself in the hospital bed as Celestia walked in. He heard his old statement "No! I love you too much to fail....!"

He approached the gazebo, now within a meter of being under it. He spoke to Celestia.

"This is the afterlife isn't it?" he nearly whispered

"Yes, it is Bronze. You died in the collapse of Canterlot Castle"

"Collapse?"

"The explosion, the one generated by Sixty-six's power and your own. It collapsed Canterlot Castle...killing hundreds and causing the worst catastrophe in Equestrian history"

"Where you killed in it too?" Bronze asked

"No, I should clear something up for you, I am NOT Celestia. I couldn't ever explain what I am to you. Never. Not because I am bound not too, but because even I am not sure what I am. However I am not Celestia. I just chose this form because you were most comfortable with her" Celestia said

The mist entered the gazebo. It formed Bronze in a stainless tuxedo and Celestia in a wedding dress and veil. He heard "You may kiss your bride!"

Then the two enveloped each other in a long passionate kiss.

"Wait, that...that hasn't happened yet." Bronze stated "whats going on?" he asked as the mist faded.

"What could have happened, if you hadn't died."

Bronze felt anger, "...if I hadn't died" he repeated "Great I get to miss what was probably the greatest day of my life because I died, and now Celestia will die because I am dead....ARGH AHHHH!" Bronze shouted, reared up and kicked the nearest wooden wall of the gazebo. He rears hooves went through the wood wall.

"...but it could still happen, Bronze." The Celestia said "all you have to do is make it to the portal."

"What portal?!"

"It is a portal that will grant one soul a second chance and one soul only. Just there is one catch."

"What's the catch?!" Bronze nearly shouted

"You and Sixty-six will be competing for it." The Celestia raised a hood and pointed to another snaking island in the sky that connected with the current one Bronze was on and the went in one path to a bright purple swirling vortex of light.

Bronze saw Sixty-six already galloping full speed for the portal.

Bronze galloped out the gazebo and was soon chasing Sixty-six. Soon he was mere meters behind him.

"Enjoy the afterlife Bronze! I am the only one of us getting back to the land of the living today! I'll make sure to make Celestia's death slow and painful!" Sixty-six shouted as Bronze caught up.

"Sorry to tell you this, Sixty-six but you're dead and will always be dead!" Bronze yelled now neck and neck with Sixty-six. The tow ran past mist covered trees,rock, and even ghostly animals like deers,rabbits, and squirrels. They approached the portal. Bronze tackled Sixty-six to prevent him from getting to the portal. They were now 10 meters from the portal. Bronze flipped Sixty-six onto his back and ferociously hit Sixty-six with his fore hooves. Sixty-six returned the favor by blocking then hitting Bronze with his own fore hooves. Sixty-six rolled over and now pinned Bronze on the ground. Unleashing his own pounding. Bronze's right fore hoof blocked while his left scrambled around in the grass to his left scanning for a rock. When at last he found one, he brought it,hard against the side of Sixty-six's head. Sixty-six was stunned by this. He fell off Bronze and back on to own back. As he ran a hoof when were the rock had hit. Bronze stood on his rear legs and mercilessly continued beating Sixty-six with the rock. Soon Sixty-six lay there. His head and face covered in his blood. The rock now cracked and about to break, also covered in blood, Bronze dropped to rock and watched as Sixty-six's body faded into mist. He saw to mist return to end of the snaking island were Sixty-six had been. Then he turned and enter the portal.

"Enjoy death you scum bag." Bronze said as he watched to last of the mist drift away and entered to portal.

Bronze awoke. His face in a small pool of water. He coughed the water out of his lungs and mouth. The taste of mud and fungus was stuck in his mouth. Bronze was on his stomach. He pulled his head out of the water entirely and examined his surroundings. He found himself in a jungle of some kind. The pool of water was a murky, dark, brownish color. He saw tall trees, each sending its branches far out near the top. This created an over head covering of leaves and branches. Bronze felt rain drops dripping on his body. Drops that had made it past the overhead cover. He heard the pitter patter of rain. Very hard rain. Bronze now examined his body. He felt as if he could climb a mountain. No trouble breathing, no pain as he stood, and he was extremely energized. He looked back towards his flank to find something odd. They were orange, they moved, and appeared to be attached to his body. They were of course...wings. Bronze was shocked to see these. He caught a slight flash of light in the corner of his eye. He looked back towards the pool his head had been in to find. A box. A small wooden box with silver running through as a design. Bronze reached his fore-hooves into the water and pulled to box out. He opened it, it was now sitting on the grass around the water. Inside was perfectly dry. Inside sat two rolled of pieces of paper. He reached in an grabbed one in his hooves. He unrolled it on the ground to his right. It was a map. He was in a large jungle, apparently about 20 miles from Ponyvile. Ponyvile was north west of his current position. Ponyvile was marked by a lot of small gray squares indicating buildings with in big bold letters "PONYVILE" over the squares. Bronze saw his positioned circled with what looked like orange pen, the circle had "YOU" written inside of it in pen. Bronze let the map roll back up on its own and just sit there. Bronze then grabbed to other piece of paper from the box, he unrolled it to his left. It was a letter to him.

It read...

"Dear Bronze"

"As you may have realized you now have wings, and are in a dense jungle south west of Ponyvile. I did not choose for you to awaken there. Your resurrection was suppose to be in a random exact spot that did not pick. In a large area I did pick. So I picked to jungle south west of the Everfree forest, also south west of Ponyvile. The wings were like....trophies for getting resurrected, it was either those, or a gender change and a horn. It's been 5 years since you were vaporized in the Canterlot explosion. Celestia is in Ponyvile. Fluttershy's home."

"- The guardian of Bronze"
"I have a guardian?" Bronze questioned aloud he then re-read one line "FIVE YEARS" he shouted at the top of his lungs.

Bronze quickly thought. Okay, okay, I need to get to Ponyvile. Fast. I wonder how hard flying would be?
He quickly tested his new wings. He could get off the ground. He flew forward a few feet. Then said "Okay, I can fly, now time to get to Ponyvile."

He rose above the tree covering slowly. Then took off full speed, heading north east.

"Here I come Ponyvile." He whispered to himself.

5 years before: 8 months after the Canterlot Castle collapse.

Celestia looked at the headstone. Her eyes filled with sadness, she looked over the words

Bronze.

Friend. Protector. Father.

Reading it filled her with even more sadness. The only thing the search teams had been able to find of Bronze was his necklace. Celestia now wore it. It gave her a feeling as if she were with him still. He'd been her first actual love. She'd always had sort of a turn off towards to opposite gender. Well until Bronze and their forced relationship.

She'd forced their relationship on him. After she had her way with him, he couldn't have just walked out. The curse Twilight put on him bound him to her, But wait. Why didn't he leave after the curse was broken when he left the hospital. Well, because he had already proposed to her and it would seem cold blooded to just call it off and leave. He never really had a chance to leave her. Celestia's felt guilt for her actions, but she also thought, he did willingly jump back into bed with me. Repeatedly. She couldn't decide whether to feel guilty for forcing herself on him or to feel loved and thankful she had a meaningful relationship with him. She couldn't conclude her thoughts. Twilight and her friends stood by her side. The 8 months since the collapse had been quiet. Mostly mourning for all those who died. However Luna's increased 'Lunar' guard patrols had captured a few that had tried to slip through the defense.

Bronze's grave was on the road to Fluttershy's house. Celestia had dropped off her daughter there for the weekend. Fluttershy was an excellent babysitter. When her daughter was born, Celestia had named her, in a way, after Bronze. Silver. Celestia thought it sounded fitting to any daughter of a stallion named Bronze. Celestia, Silver, and everyone of Twilight and her friends were constantly followed by royal security. The guards followed Celestia along the path to Fluttershy's home.

Minutes later she arrived. She knocked on the door. The door unlocked from the inside and opened.

"Hello Princess" Fluttershy said happily

"Hello Fluttershy, has Silver behaved this weekend?" Celestia asked smiling.

"Oh like an angel, I have never seen such a well behaved mare, usually at this age they start to be a little rebellious...but Silver seems to be the exact opposite."

"You should see her around Luna, follows every request or command to the dot." Celestia exaggerated.

Suddenly the small 6 month old light, gray, alicorn, Silver appeared at Fluttershy's side "Mommy!" she exclaimed

"Hi sweetie! Did you have fun at Miss Fluttershy's house!?" Celestia said excitedly as she lowered her head to Silver's height.

"Yeah! Mizz Fluttewshy is the best!" Silver exclaimed.

"Silver, say 'thank you' to Miss Fluttershy." Celestia spoke

Silver cocked her head to meet eyes with Fluttershy "Thank you mizz Fluttewshy!" Silver said with much joy.

"You two are welcome any time." Fluttershy said looking to Silver and Celestia. Silver walked to Celestia's side.

"Thank you Fluttershy." Celestia thanked.

"Oh..any time Princess."

"Come, Silver, Mommy has to get home in time for the grand galloping gala." Celestia said as they turned to walk away, she quickly looked back to Fluttershy "Are you coming to the gala tonight, Fluttershy?"

"Oh...yes Princess....Rarity is bringing my outfit any minute now." Fluttershy said as she closed the door to her home.

Present time: Fluttershy's home

Bronze landed on the door step and knocked quickly. There were voices inside, Bronze was able to make out a few of the words that were said as somepony (Probably Fluttershy) answered the door.

"....who do you think that is?" Fluttershy's voice said

"...Rainbow dash maybe" Twilight said the door opened and Fluttershy and Twilight stood before Bronze.

The two gasped.

"Hello to you too" Bronze said raising a hoof.

"What...how....your suppose to be dead!?" Twilight said loudly.

"I know."

"We....well why aren't you!?" Fluttershy exclaimed

"I got a second chance"

"Who is that Twilight?" Bronze heard Celestia's voice from upstairs "I'm sorry I had to help my daughter find a book, but who is.....oh my...." Celestia's eyes widened on Bronze "....Br..Bronze..."

"Wow no pony says hello anymore." Bronze joked "how long have I been dead...five years?"

"Yes....that...sounds about right....but how in Equestria are you...."

"..alive now?" Bronze interrupted "see for yourself" Bronze tossed her the letter to him he had found when he awoke.

She read it quickly "...gender change and a horn........the guardian or Bronze?"

"The afterlife is an odd place." Bronze said stretching his wings while standing in the doorway, he lowered his wings "May I come in?" he asked Fluttershy.

"Of....of course." Fluttershy and Twilight stepped aside. Bronze walked in and took a seat on the green sofa. "Comfy." he commented

"Silver. Please come to Mommy." Celestia called upstairs.

There was a mare's voice from the top of the stairs "Yes mother". Within seconds of that response, Silver was at the bottom of the stairs. Bronze looked at her from the sofa smiling. She had dark green eyes...like him. Silver stood by her mother across a small table from Bronze.

"Silver...this is....Bronze....your fa...father." Celestia said almost in tears at the sight of Bronze finally meeting his own daughter "Bronze this is Silver...your daughter."

"Daddy?" the young mare asked

Bronze felt his heart in his throat "Yes honey...I am not sure if your mother told you this" He nodded his head to Celestia "my name is Bronze."

"Bronze. Mommy has told me told me this."

"Good. Well I've been gone too long and now its time for me to return. For good."

"Wait? For good?" Celestia asked

"Yes for good as in the rest of my life."

"From this day forward, I live with the two of you...as it should have always been." Bronze finished

Canterlot had been rebuilt. Over the course of the five years, the rubble and bodies cleaned away and buried. The rubble was put to use to rebuild most of the buildings. However one pile of rubble was left to serve as a memorial. Bronze felt guilty for what he had done so he his part. He payed respects to each dead pony, placed flowers on the memorial and each grave. Spent over 500 bits on pricey flowers. Celestia had shared her immense bank account with him. When he arrived at the castle on his first Friday back, Celestia greeted him at the gate.

"Good morning Bronzie. How was the early morning walk?"

"Peaceful." Bronze answered

"Good. Well I have news." Celestia said smiling

"What news?"

"You and I are getting officially married in a few months, so wedding plans are approaching. Also I wanted to ask you how 'Prince Bronze' sounds?" Celestia asked

"Prince?" Bronze repeated, 'Prince Bronze' did sort of have a ring in his ear. He imagined himself in royal getup and smiled. "it has a ring to it."

"Good, now onto another situation. Silver spends her weekends at one of her 'aunt's' homes in Ponyvile. This week she chose Rarity. So she will come back looking different, she always does. Don't worry about it. She and Rarity find using her as a fashion model fun. Also we will have the weekend alone together...what would you like to do?" Celestia asked

"I have a job interview here in Canterlot on Sunday..."

"Job?" Celestia interrupted "what job?"

"Chef." Bronze stated "I thought it sounded interesting."

"Really?"

"Yes." Bronze said

"Bronze....I never took you to be a cook." Celestia joked

"Oh be quiet, I still have 48 hours to spend in a bed, pool, or on a roof with you."

"I was thinking clouds." Celestia said gesturing to his new wings.

"Whatever." Bronze said

Celestia sniffed Bronze and gagged. "Did you go for a run or a walk?"

"A mix"

"Well you...*cough* worked up a sweat!."

"Oh its not that...." Bronze sniffed himself and tasted vomit in his throat

"How far did you run?!"

"6 miles."

"That fast?!" He had only been gone an hour and a half "Go upstairs and start the bath!"

"Alright, alright." He slowly walked by her rubbing up against her

"Argh! not funny Bronze!" Celestia said playfully pushing him away.

"I found it funny" Bronze chuckled

Minutes later.

Bronze noticed something about the royal bathroom. It had a much bigger tub then his old room had.

"Hey Celestia?" Bronze called

"What's with the larger tub?" Bronze asked

"I don't know why they made the tubs bigger when they rebuilt this place, but well maybe I'll join you." Celestia said seductively

Bronze started the hot water in the bathtub and waited for the water to reach the top of the tub. He stopped the water and got in. The hot water felt good against his sore legs. Suddenly he heard the bathroom door open. He had to look to his left and sort of crane his head to see over the sink. It was just Celestia.

"What shampoo do you want? Cinnamon, Apple, or..never mind I thought there was third..." Celestia asked examining the bottles on in a cabinet behind the sink's mirror.

"Cinnamon" Bronze answered

"Oooh good choice. The Apple one usually smells kind of....fruity....er fruitier than it should" Celestia said squirting come of the Cinnamon shampoo on her right fore hoof and walking to Bronze. She rubbed her fore hooves together then when satisfied she had an even amount on each she began scrubbing Bronze's mane.

She was washing his mane for him? Bronze felt kind of odd. He had always washed his own mane. The princess did have a wonderful touch though. Her soft touch felt incredible. He sighed a pleased sigh. Bronze had his back to the shower piece. The shower piece was moved by Princess Celestia's magic. She turned it on and it blasted a hot stream of water onto to Bronze's mane. Celestia's hooves scrubbed and her horn controlled the moveable shower piece. Soon Bronze's mane was clean and it's normal shade of white. Celestia shut off the shower piece, put it back on its hold on the wall above the faucet part of the tub. Then climbed in with Bronze in hot water. The tub was big enough for two Alicorn sided individuals.

"Oooh this water is very hot!" Celestia exclaimed as she settled in the water.

"I love it that way" Bronze responded

"It feels incredibly relaxing." Celestia commented

"That's why I love it" Bronze said smiling with his head tilted back and his eyes closed.

Celestia suddenly changed the subject "What are your plans if those...assassins come back?"

Bronze was caught off guard he simply answered "I'll kill every last one of them"

"What if they capture you what do I do?" she put emphasis on 'I'. "When they come for me...what do I do?"

"Run. Do not stay and fight. If they got the chance they will disarm you of any weapon, magic or otherwise. They have ways of making your horn simply...fail. They have no way of stopping your wings. If one of them tries to get up close, aim for the throat. A hard hit there will kill them via suffocation from a broken windpipe." Bronze said his voice now in a tone of absolute seriousness "Run. Get somewhere safe and wait. If I die...again. I won't be coming back. The afterlife gave me one second chance. I can't fail now. If I do I want you to get ready for all out war. Sixty-six, the one who is responsible for killing me the first time, probably took the time to tell the Dark Queen everything. About me, about you, about what I am doing. All of it, so if they get the call that I am dead, they will use it to declare all out war and kick you off your throne by bloodshed of everypony who may try to defend you."

Celestia just stared into his eyes "So if you die, there is no plan from you?"

"Sadly I can not predict the future, just make possible guesses. The war I told you about, is one possible scenario of many I could think of." Bronze said

Bronze changed the subject "I have a question, its a little off topic but how old are you?"

"Thousands of years old." Celestia said

"Really?"

"Yes" Celestia stated

"How?" Bronze asked

"Immortality, incredible magical power granted me this." Celestia said

"So you stopped yourself from aging?" Bronze asked

"Entirely" Celestia said "after our wedding I plan on making you immortal, to aging, I can't do anything about trauma, but aging and lethal sickness. Gone"

"After the wedding?" Bronze questioned

"Yes"

"Why after?" He asked

"When we're married you'll be royal blood. Until then I'm not suppose to make you immortal. Just ancient tradition set up by an old era of royalty they died off." Celestia answered

"How did they die?" Bronze wondered

"They chose to die" Celestia said "to make way for a new era, Luna, Discord, and I. A new Era of good guys and villains"

"Interesting way of putting it" Bronze said.

Ponyvile: Midnight

They moved over the black sky

Eyes vigilant.

Their movements were unknown,

to the ponies below.

Their plan,

Also unknown.

They were the Dark Queen's best. Her Dark Soldiers. They had one objective. They would not fail. They used radio to keep in contact with each other. The radio's provided by Sixty-six 5 years ago.

"Two, Three, Four, Five. This is One,confirm you hear me clearly" The leader said into his radio

"Confirm" said Two

"Confirm" copied Three

"Confirm" confirmed Four

"Loud and Clear" said Five

A new voice crackled through the radio the Dark Queen herself "Remember boys, no sounding any alarms. In, get the child, get out. confirm?"

"Confirm" stated One

"Confirm" copied Two

"Confirm" radioed Three

"Confirm" responded Four

"Confirm" called Five

"Don't fail me boys." The Dark Queen said as she went silent.

The assassin's flew in a large V formation. Their coats were black so they blended in with the night sky well. They approached their objective, armed with hoof mounted, near silent, fire arms. Provided by Sixty-six, he had called them 'HPs' which meant Hoof Pistol. The mechanism consisted of a few basic pieces, the barrel, firing system, trigger, and magazine. The barrel was short, only going out to end of the hoof. The firing system was above the trigger it was a closed box connected to the barrel. The trigger was a small lever to be pulled by a hoof. The magazine was a small box with 5 round bullets inside on the very end of the contraption. It automatically ejected after all the bullets had been fired.

The assassin landed on the roof of Rarity's home, each gently landed and checked their pistols. They were ready. One drew a small, blue glowing, knife. The knife silently cut through the stone that made up the roof of Rarity's top floor. Two and Three grabbed the stone piece and moved it onto the roof next to One. One looked into the top floor room. Clear.

They floated down by their wings one by one. As silent as a still wind. This were they not make any noise. Any noise could alert Rarity and their target child. One silently made a hoof gesture to a door to another section of the home, the guest bed room. This would be easier than they had thought if Silver is in there. One opened the door as quietly as he could. His heart skipped a beat as the door squeaked slightly. However when the door fully opened. There lay Silver, daughter of Celestia and Bronze. In a deep sleep. This was going to be quicker and easier than he thought. Now that the daughter was within his grasp he chose the quickest to apprehend her. He simply yanked her out the bed and as she awoke tied her fore hooves behind her back and carried her on his own fore hooves. She tried to squirm and scream. Two came over and put a blind fold on her and tape over her mouth. She still squirmed but One could tolerate it. She was captured, in barley 30 seconds. One, Two, Three, Four, and Five all left the building, same way they came in. Not bothering to replace the stone piece they cut in the ceiling. Silver's silent disappearance would send a message. A big one. As they left Three dropped a note written by the Dark Queen herself. Rolled up and centered beneath the hole in the roof. It read

"I have your daughter. Surrender Celestia and she will go unharmed. If I do not find a response note in front of this very building I will execute her. -The Dark Queen"

Canterlot: Saturday morning.

Bronze and Celestia had finished their bath and quickly went to sleep. When Bronze awoke he automatically noticed something. He REALLY had to pee. He got out of bed gently and quietly walked to the bathroom. Bronze brushed his teeth, simply using Celestia's tooth brush plus paste. Then he proceeded to use the toilet. Once he was finished he walked out of the bathroom and saw the door open to his right. Celestia ran in quickly.

"Bronze!" she shouted looking to the bed, not noticing Bronze to her left.

"Over here" he called walking out of the bathroom.

"Bronze, Its...its Silver..she's gone!" Celestia was breathless and nearly in tears.

"She's at Rarity's right?" Bronze asked sleeplessly

"No! She went missing from there, Twilight sent me a letter with another letter attached to it! It's the Dark Queen!."

"What are her demands?" Bronze asked fully waking up

"Me." Celestia said

"Then this is her big move, no more pawns, Sixty-six was like a queen in chess. Without him she's planning her moves with every other special piece she can get. How we respond is going to start a sort of end game. We need to plan, fast. How long do we have to respond?" Bronze asked seriously.

"48 hours" Celestia said quickly

"Then I need to work fast." Bronze's eyes trailed off as he went into a deep thought "Celestia, I want you to promise me something."

"What is it?"

"No matter what I do, no matter how it seems to you, you will NOT turn yourself over to her. Can you promise that?" Bronze asked looking her dead in the eyes "This is it. I am...WE are going to find a way to end this forever. By taking Silver she's sealed her fate. Agreed?"

"Agreed."

"Good. Now any ideas?" Bronze asked

"YOU HAVE NONE!?" Celestia shouted

"No."

"Bronze!" Celestia shouted at him

"Celestia! You do understand that thoughts take time correct!? You expect me to just crawl out of bed and already have a plan for every possible situation of the day!?" Bronze shouted in retaliation. Then he saw Celestia's eyes, he'd shouted with all his anger and his anger had acted as a sledgehammer to her already shot emotions. Celestia collapsed on the floor crying. Bronze felt incredibly guilty and regretted everything he just shouted "Celestia. Forgive me plea...." Celestia's jerked her head back up to look at him and used magic to blast him back. He flew across the room and hit the wall.

"Get....out....now!" she shouted tears streaming from her eyes "My life has been ruined by you... and all the trouble you brought with you!"

"Celestia!... I didn't bring the dark Queen here! I came back to stop her!"

"I don't care! I could have handled her with out you...now get out of my castle you worthless...SCUMBAG!" Celestia shouted. Bronze was propelled to his left. He hit a bookshelf next to the bed. Books fell and hit him as he lay motionless. Celestia levitated his hurt body to her and simply said "Get...Out.." as she shot him out a window.

Bronze's body broke the glass on contact and he flew out the window about to make a 3000 foot fall. Bronze quickly began flapping his wings. He flew away from Canterlot. He was alone. As it always should have been. He and Celestia were over. This was the beginning of the end.

Author's note: NEXT CHAPTER=END!

Bronze sat on a cloud. His mind racing, his bruises aching.

Where could they have taken Silver? That was the question he was trying to answer.

If they wanted to be able to pick up a response it have to be either Canterlot, Ponyvile, The Everfree forest, or Cloudsdale. Bronze did have 2 days, however he feared Celestia's pounding him would probably stick with him for a few days. Bronze continued to think.

Canterlot Castle: Celestia

Celestia lay on the floor. Crying.

"What have I done?" she asked herself

She feared that now her life was over. After what she did to Bronze, she felt she would be lucky if he showed any sadness to her death. This brought her to heavy sobs. By throwing Bronze out a window she had doomed herself. She decided that this was it. She stood up. She walked to a door opposite of the bathroom door. This led to her small office. She went to the desk. Pulled two pieces of paper and a pen. She began writing on the first sheet of paper.

"Meet me on the top of the tallest castle tower, Midnight. -Princess Celestia"

She then wrote the same thing on the second piece.

The first she sent out to Bronze.

The second she sent to Rarity's home.

Then she waited.

Bronze read the paper quickly.

Midnight? On top of the tallest tower? What is she going to throw me off it? He thought

He was a little bit angry at himself and her. Himself for yelling at Celestia, and Celestia for hitting him against the wall and then throwing him out a window. He decided to attend this little meeting.

10:00 PM: Unknown location

The Dark Queen's spies had found the paper sent by Celestia quickly. The Dark Queen read it. She grinned a large evil grin. This was too goo to be true. First she threw her own lover and protector out a window then she surrenders HERSELF over. This was going to very easy..unless...a trap. Celestia was setting up a trap. This was going, although without Bronze her resistance will be in vain. Right? Maybe Celestia did have a plan. No. She couldn't have any kind of possibly successful plan. Could she? Her royal guard was horrible in combat. Her student was the same. She herself would probably get a good hit off, but in the end would be overwhelmed. Maybe she really was surrendering herself. The Dark Queen smiled then called for her guards to bring Silver. Her Throne room was a large 80 feet long by 60 feet wide and 20 feet high square. It had a long red carpet going from a door centered on one side of the room to throne exactly opposite to the door. Two and One appeared coming through the door. One carried the child.

Silver had her fore hooves tied together. And her rear hooves were also tied together. She was also blind folder, but her mouth no longer had tape on it. For a small child she was surprisingly brave, considering she had been kidnapped. One set her down on her flank facing the Princess, then removed the blindfold and held her head facing the Dark Queen. The Dark Queen was a unicorn. She levitated the letter Celestia had sent to Silver for her to read it.

"See this?" She asked "this is your mother accepting death,by my hooves. In two hours your mother will be dead. How does that make you feel, angry, upset, does it make you want to cry?"

Silver just stared.

"Well?!" The Dark Queen questioned impatient.

Silver continued to stare.

"Argh!" The Dark Queen used her magic to send Silver 35 feet to her right. Silver hit the stone floor hard and just slid a few feet. Silver curled up on the floor, rubbed her new bruises, and sobbed.

"Yes girl! Your mother's heart will cease to beat in a matter of hours. After that its your turn, then we hunt your father and all of your little friends, and those 'aunts' of yours!"

Silver cried even more loudly.

11:00 PM: Canterlot

Bronze walked through the streets. Past several shops, inns, and homes. He carried a saddle bag. In it he had man items. On one side he had a large batch of very unstable chemicals, each secure in their own little bottles. In the other he had small boxes with detonation mechanisms attached and a small remote detonator. He knew the Dark Queen would strike Celestia tonight. Bronze and her were done for, and she figured Bronze would just let Celestia die now. The Dark Queen was going to be horribly mistaken. Bronze wore a small watch

11:10

Need to make this fast. He gently arose by his wings and flew for the tallest tower in Cantertlot. The center tower in the large square that was Canterlot Castle. Four towers bordered it. Each on the corner of the square castle. Bronze knew this was it. He ended it now. No problems later.

11:30 PM Canterlot Castle.

Celestia walked the corridors one last time, so many memories. She couldn't bare to look any pony in the eye so she simply pulled a blank scroll from her own saddle bag and pretended to read it when ever she saw someone. She watched the clocks on the walls.

11:45

This was it time to go to the roof. She walked to her bedroom. Opened the door. Walked in and quickly drew a pen and wrote on the blank piece of paper.

"Dear Bronze- Our time together was short, but it was the best time of my life. Goodbye forever. -your lover and Princess, Celestia."

She sobbed as the set the note on the bed and walked to the balcony. She flew through the clouds to the highest tower.

11:58 PM: Atop the tallest tower.

Bronze finished laying the explosives beneath the shingles and quickly replaced the shingles. Then he walked to the edge of the roof and dropped down through a window below into a dark library beneath the roof and waited. He heard sobbing...Celestia. Then he checked his watch.

It turned 12:00 just as he looked. Then he heard 3 more objects land on the roof. Now time to go to work. Bronze thought.

He silently climbed out of the window and using little stones and window sills that protruded slightly from the tower. Scaled his way around the building. No harness or rope. Just his hooves. He was maybe three feet below the roof. He circled the roof until he saw the rear hooves, flank and, rainbow tail of Celestia. He then waited.

"Celestia." he recognized the Dark Queens voice "You have come to die for your child, yes?"

"That I have." Celestia said composed and grim. "Where is she."

"Right here" One said. He heard sobs from Silver.

"Release her." Celestia ordered.

"We will in due time." The Dark Queen said "But we wanted her to watch as her own mother was killed"

"You monsters." Celestia insulted absolutely disgusted

"One keep Silver focused on her mother" The Dark Queen ordered "Two Ready your pistol"

Bronze heard the click of a magazine being inserted in to the HP. Then a another click, as the hammer was readied.

"Goodbye Celestia..Two...3....2...1...FIRE!" The Dark Queen yelled. When she had said 2 Bronze sprang into action. He propelled himself onto the roof. Wrapped his right fore-hoof around Celestia's neck and pulled her off the roof. Then he flew her into the small library below and whispered loudly "Stay down!"

"What's this!" The Dark Queen exclaimed "Where did she go!?"

Suddenly something flew over her head "What in the..!" something zoomed to her left and when she looked Two was dead. His neck twisted in a way it shouldn't be. One released Silver and stood at the ready. Suddenly Bronze dropped before them "Run." was all he said. Bronze grabbed Silver and the two of them seemed to disintegrate into dust. The dust moved across the roof and down into the library beneath. Silver and Bronze rematerialized in the library and Bronze flew out quickly.

One shouted into his radio "Three! Four! Five! Get here fast Two is dead I need backup!" he loaded his pistol with a flare and fired directly into the air

The flare blinded Bronze in mid flight and made it easy for Three Four and Five, who were flying towards him, to see him. Bronze saw One take aim. He heard the whiz of their silent fire arms and the bullets they shot as he flew in a large circle around the tower. Three was catching up with him. Unable to reload Three simply came up on Bronze's right and hit him hard with his left hoof. Bronze blocked one of Three's hits and instead countered with his own a vicious headbutt. Three was dazed and flying for the tower now. He hit the wall and fell the rest of the way to the ground.

"Three!" Bronze heard One yell.

"Four, Five! Kill him!" One shouted

Bronze changed course and flew towards Four and Five. As he passed between them in mid air he brought up his fore hooves giving each a vicious blow to the head, dazing them. Four recovered quickly, reloaded and fired at Bronze. Four of the bullets missed Bronze. The last hit him in the flank just north of his cutie mark. He felt the pain as the bullet left no exit wound. Bronze trailed off course and skidded across the roof of the tower. Opposite side to One and the Dark Queen. He stood.

"You can't win you moron!" The Dark Queen shouted

Bronze shaking all over said "Oh...yeah?" he drew the detonator from his satchel.

Before he could press the button, One tackled him. The detonator slid across the roof directly out of his reach. On his back now, Bronze lay beneath One, One sat up on top of him and used his fore hooves to pound Bronze's face. Bronze took several hits, blocked and coughed blood. Then returned the favor with a bent rear leg hitting One's spine and flank. Four and Five just watched the fight. Bronze hit One in throat and pushed him off. Bronze stood. One lay on the ground coughing. Four and Five now entered the fight. Four flew and tackled Bronze. Bronze and Four slid across the shingles and hit the detonator with their bodies. The detonator was forced off the roof. Celestia caught it below with her magic and brought it into the library.

Bronze managed to sit up on Four and put both his fore hooves on either side of Four's head and brought their heads together, hard enough to make Four black out. He then picked Four up and tossed him from the roof. As Bronze turned Five was already in front of him standing by his rear legs, Five lifted Bronze and threw him off the tower. Bronze was able to fly with his wings and as Five turned around to say "Well he's dealt with" Bronze wrapped his right fore leg around his neck and bit Five's ear off as he chocked him.

Bronze spit the ear off the tower and said "You just made a fatal mistake, idiot."

Five yelled in pain from his missing ear and as he passed out from air deprivation he simply said "No...."

Bronze let Five fall backwards off the tower. Then he saw one aiming his hoof at him. He heard the whiz and felt the bullet enter his throat. Bronze flew backwards a few feet then regained himself and put a hoof to his bleeding throat. As One now took aim at his head, Bronze flew fast towards him and used his hooves to redirect the pistol to One's own head and pulled the trigger for him. Then as One's body fell limp Bronze pointed the lifeless hoof at The Dark Queen and said "Good...bye." However as he pulled the trigger he heard a click. Out of bullets. He let One's body fall dead on the roof. The Dark Queen smiled and her horn glowed.
Bronze was hoisted into air, he tried to move a hoof to his bleeding throat but the Dark Queen kept his hooves away from his throat. He began to bleed out.

He heard Celestia's voice "Hooves off Bronze!" then he heard a light click and the rapid beeping of the bomb beneath The Dark Queen. Bronze fell to the roof and the Dark Queen lunged at him. The bomb exploded.

Bronze awoke now. He was felt hooves on his throat. Soft hooves. His vision was blurred but he could see the figure on had an absolute white colored mane. His vision cleared. Silver. He felt her pressure on his wound. He lay motionless too weak to move. He saw Silver in tears, he saw her lips move as she shouted for somepony. Celestia came into his vision now. She showed a face of determination, she looked Bronze in the eyes and said something, but he couldn't hear her. It was as if the world was mute. She left his vision and came back with what looked like a shred remainder of his satchel. She improvised a bandage by wrapping the leather shred around his throat and tying it tight on the back of his throat. He saw her lift him. She was strong. She held him in her fore hooves and as his hearing came back he could hear Silver's sobs. He was too weak to move much. He felt his heart beating slowly, his breathing shallow, and his limbs were numb. Celestia got him to his feet and moved his right fore hoof around her neck to help keep him on his feet as they walked across the ruined rooftop. Bronze saw the lifeless body of One. Celestia used her magic to clear some of the destroyed shingles. Revealing a very gory Dark Queen. The explosion had gone through most of her torso. Her skin burnt off to an extreme. Her rib cage and major organs were visible. Bronze smiled at this. The smell was awful a stench of blood and death hung in the air like a dark fog. Bronze instantly felt weak. He collapsed where he stood. He heard Celestia scream for him and try to hold him up. He fell against the destroyed rooftop. His vision was surrounded by black tunnel. The tunnel got larger taking up more of his vision. Then the tunnel took his vision entirely.

Bronze found himself in a white light. He felt as if he was floating. No just moving he heard the squeak of old shopping cart wheels. Maybe hospital bed wheels. Yeah that was it. A hospital, the ceiling above came into view. He could see doctors and nurses rushing around him. His vision began to fade again. He felt a sharp needle enter his chest. His heart rate sped up. They were keeping him alive. They turned a hospital corner and his head fell to the left. He saw Celestia rushing beside the stretcher bed with Silver on her back. Soon a doctor told them to stay back near the waiting room and fill out papers out. Bronze felt another needle and then his vision faded as he entered the emergency room.

Celestia had filled the papers out as the doctor had requested. No known allergies. Silver was his only blood relative. She didn't know his blood type. She gave a short two paragraph description of what had happened to him and then waited. A nurse collected it and told her to take a nap. Celestia decided that would leave her less anxious.

When she awoke, Luna was in front of her.

"Lu-Lu?" she said sheepishly

"Hey sis, I heard the explosion from my room, the guards got me up though. They told me Bronze was hurt and you were taking him to the hospital. I can't believe someone attacked you and Bronze!"

"They didn't attack us, well they did, but this time it was suppose to be a meeting." Celestia lied "..a meeting Bronze brought explosives to, he was trying to end all our troubles. Do what he came to this time to do, and he did it." Celestia said now realizing, it was over.

"So is it over, the whole mess of some group trying to kill you?" Luna asked

"Well Bronze killed the group, so I guess it is over." Celestia reassured.

"Oh thank Equestria." Princess Luna said glad her sister was safe.

Luna saw the worry in her sister's eyes "He'll be fine sis, I know it." Luna assured her.

Suddenly a nurse called for Celestia. "Princess Celestia!"

"Over here" Celestia called from the bench she had fell asleep in.

The nurse walked over to her and bowed to both Princesses. "I good news, Bronze will live. However one of the projectiles came in contact with his spine. One of the doctors believes he could possibly loose his rear legs"

"Oh my.." Luna gasped

"Whe....when will they know?" Celestia asked

"They're waking him now." The nurse answered

"Can we see him?" Celestia questioned.

"Of course, this way." The nurse lead them off.