Sup guys, Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Mlp. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Mlp, Hasbro and a few others.
(20 miles from Equestria.)
If this was any other mission, Celestia would have sent someone like Twilight or her sister Luna.
But this matter required her to deal with it personally.
She had been approached with a message from a messenger from a land called 'Chicacolt', the kingdom had wished to make relationships with Equestria… The problem, however, was no one was able or going to make the trip and they wished to meet with her.
She could ask Twilight… But she was busy running the school of Friendship, she wouldn't ask Cadence, she already had her hoofs full with Flurry and the Empire.
And she couldn't ask Luna…. She would have to handle it herself, she wasn't going to ask her sister who ruled the night to deal with something during the day.
Plus, from what she heard, the kingdom was just close enough that she could raise and lower the sun without it causing a problem to Equestria.
She had left her officials, Twilight and Luna in charge of Equestria while she dealt with the problem.
She was glad she had bothered to talk Shining down from sending every guard in her command with her.
"Almost there, your highness, I…. Pegasus…"
One of the guards pulling her chariot said as 2 Pegsi in metal armor flew up to the chariot.
"Princess Celestia, the council told us to escort you… Surprised you didn't bring more guards with you…."
The soldier said as he smiled before the other soldier pulled in besides the Pegsi escorting the chariot.
"The council? I thought Chicacolt had a king and a royal family!"
Celestia yelled as they flew through the air, she didn't like to yell but she couldn't be heard above the wind without yelling.
"It does, but the council oversees the little things like security…. Since you're here on royal business, they wanted you to have the best escorts in the kingdom…."
The Pegsi said before more Pegsi pulled up to escort them.
"Ice, your anything but the best escort for officials in the city… I'm sorry for the Sergeant, your highness, he lets his ego speak for him in most cases… Not his common sense."
The Pegsi said, Celestia saw that this soldier was an officer, a captain to be precise and she nodded, they guided her down as they landed around her, her guards moved but she shook her head.
"I'm going to guess you don't want an escort to the palace? Not that we aren't happy to do that… But considering the guards… You don't look like you need it… I'm Thunder Charge by the way, captain in the army for Chicacolt…"
Thunder said as he and the Pegsi soldiers cleared away from the princess, all looking at her for direction.
It reminded her so much of Equestria, she turned to Thunder, so it appeared that Chicacolt did have military forces, something the letter she had gotten from the messenger had told her.
"Can you please escort me to the palace then? I would like to meet with the royal family, captain…. I seem to be with a need for a guide…"
Celestia asked as Thunder nodded and motioned for 8 of his men to escort Celestia as he pulled his helmet down and over his face.
"This way, your highness… If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to me or one of my men…. Sergeant Ice Storm I apologize for, he has a very jumping the sword when it comes to things…."
Thunder stated as they walked, Celestia looked around, the soldiers didn't look too old, but they looked old enough to look like they've fought in combat before.
"Was your unit in combat recently, captain?"
Celestia asked as Thunder looked at his marked armor before turning back to Celestia with a smile on his face as they walked further through the city.
"Few skirmishes with a group of bugs like ponies…. That was… Five or six months, Chicacolt has been having some problems with resources…."
Thunder said as Celestia raised an eyebrow, the messenger who had visited her looked old… But yet she had seen there was nothing wrong with him.
"Has Chicacolt always had resource problems before?"
Celestia asked, she tucked away the possible mention of Changelings into her head, Shining Armor and the rest of her friends would need to know that Chrysalis was coming back.
"Somewhat…. We don't really get traders through these parts…. We've been a bit…. Down on our luck, your majesty…. So, the second we heard of Equestria, we reached out…"
Celestia heard from the captain, she looked around, the buildings looked somewhat old but modernish.
Whatever resources the city did have seemed to go to its people and not to the city.
"We aren't starving… We just… Like I said, we are down on our luck… We're here."
Author Notes
Phew, first chapter done! Yes, I know this chapter isn't the best, first chapters aren't my thing. As for Chicacolt? I will be explaining more on why Celestia is there next chapter. Next chapter will be in a few weeks on Maybe Sunday and will show Celestia meeting with the king of Chicacolt and the rest of the royal family. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!