As we reached the top of the stairs, a purple unicorn came trotting over to us.

"Princess Celestia!" The purple cried out as she gave the Princess a hug.

"Twilight! I didn't know you were coming to Canterlot", the Princess said as she hugged her back.

"Oh, I didn't really heave anything to do so I decided to come and visit my brother. Do you know where he is now?" she said, looking behind us to see if her brother was with us.

"Yeah, he's either in the infirmary or his friends are still trying to get him up", I said to the purple unicorn with a worried look growing on her face.

"What? Why would he be in the infirmary? Is he hurt?" She said as she started to panic.

"Well, Shining was testing Eclipse and well...". Princess Celestia stopped and looked at me.

"Well, uh.. I sorta hit him a little too hard when he was testing me", I laughed as I rubbed the back of my head.

"Wow, you really are strong", Twilight said with an annoyed look on her face.

'Guess she's annoyed I beat her brother', smiling as I thought to myself.

"Oh, Twilight. Do you mind helping me with the interview? I'll need somepony to record what we'll be saying", Celestia said to Twilight as we reached a large doorway with two guards on either side.

"Sure! I'll be able to get to know Eclipse a bit better", she said cheerfully.

Princess Celestia nodded to the guards and the two bowed as they opened the door with their magic. They continued to bow as we walked past them and into the room, as Twilight walked in they closed the door behind her. Princess Celestia gestured me to the chair that was in front of a desk that had two chairs behind in. Princess Celestia and her sister sat in those chairs while Twilight went and sat on her hind legs at the side of the desk. She brought over a quail, an ink bottle, and a blank scroll using her magic.

"Hey Twilight, do you want to sit in this chair? I'm okay with standing", I asked Twilight.

"Uh, sure. Thanks Eclipse", she said in a rather low voice as she blushed a little.

'D-did she just blush? Why would she blush?' I thought to myself as we walked by eachother.

Princess Celestia and her sister started to giggle as Twilight sat in the chair.

'They must have seen ger blush too' I thought, laughing a little.

Twilight just looked at the three of us with a confused look on her face. After a few seconds of the Princesses and I, we finally stopped giggling and laughing. Once we stopped, Celestia finally spoke up.

"Okay, lets get started shall we?" Princess Celestia said as she clapped her hoofs together excitedly as a scroll with writing came over to her.

"Is interviewing new recruits this exciting for you?" I asked the Princess.

"Not really, but I'm just excited that I'm going to interview somepony like you, I'll be able to know a bit more about you!" She said in a cheerful voice.

"Okay, first on the list is for you to tell me your name. I already know your name so we can scratch that off the list. Next would be... the name of your parents and the type of ponies they are", she said as she looked at the list that was floating next to her.

"My fathers name is Silver Sand, he's a Unicorn. My mother is an earth pony and her name is Dasher", I answered.

"Next would be...", she said as she looked at the list. "Where you currently live."

"Well, I live with my parents in a small house that's in a clearing in the Everfree forest an-"

"The Everfree forest? Why would you want to life there?" Twilight interrupted.

We all turned to look at Twilight who was blushing.

"Heh, nevermind", she said as she hid her face with the scroll she was writing on.

I'll tell you later, okay Twi?' I whispered to Twilight who nodded to my offer.

"Now I just need you to tell me a little about yourself, "she said, trailing her hoof on the list she was reading off of.

"Well, I enjoy helping other ponies and my parents if they need any help. One of the reasons I want to become a Royal Guard is because I'm very good with magic, which I think would be really fitting for me to be a Royal Guard. I planned on getting a job so I could earn some money to send to my parents. They're unable to work anymore so I'm taking care of them. Since I've lived in the Everfree forest for nearly my entire life, I'm friends with nearly every animal. I'm quite skilled in both light magic, elemental magic, and dark magic", I said as they gasped.

"Dark magic? Why would you use a magic that will corrupt you?" Princess Luna said.

"*Sigh* If I didn't use it, my parents would have died", I responded with my head low.

"What happened? Twilight said as she got up from her chair and came over and placed her hoof on my shoulder.

As I looked down at her, since I was far taller than she was, I was just a little bit taller than Luna. I looked and all three of them one by one and sighed.

"When I was little, my family was going to have a picnic as we watched the sunset. Once we reached and opening a group of manticours came out of the trees and surrounded us. One of them raised it's paw and brought it down at me, my mother leaped in between the manticour and myself. As she was struck my the manticour, I became filled with rage and I unleashed a powerful magic that I never knew I could use. This... was the time I found I could use dark magic without having to fall victim to it's effects. I managed to kill the manticours but one of them managed to survive, it was badly wounded but it still managed to get away", I said in disgust.

"I'm sorry that all of that happened to you", Twilight said as she embraced me in a hug.

I stared to cry a bit but I managed to hold back my tears.

"I am sorry as well. I'm very surprised that you're able to stay the same after using dark magic of that level without having to become corrupted with the darkness", Princess Luna said.

"It's okay you two, that's all in the past now, I'm just thankful my mother survived the attack as well as my father", I said as I kept hugging Twilight.

"Um, Eclipse? You can um.. let go of me now", she said as she started to blush more than she did before.

"Oh, sorry Twi", I apologized to her as I let her go.

Princess Celestia was still looking at her list when she suddenly said.

"Eclipse, what types of mares are you into?" She said as she tossed the list behind her.

"Sister! I'm fairly certain that, that question is not on the list", Princess said to her sister.

"What? I'm just curious as to what types of mares Eclipse is interested in", she said while giving me a sly grin.

"Uh, well... I...", I stuttered as the two Princesses and Twilight leaned toward my direction to hear my answer.

"I'm okay with any type of mare as long as they love me for who I am", I said smiling back at them.

"Hmm, okay. That's it for the interview. I think we can recruit you", Princess Celestia said as she smiled at me.

"What? That's it?" I said with a confused look on my face.

"Well yes. This is pretty much how this works", Celestia said.

The door opened and Shining Armor came limping in, Twilight dropped the quail and scroll as she ran towards her brother.

"Shining!" She cried out as she tackled him to the groud.

"Hey Twilight? Mind getting off of me? I'm still pretty banged up from testing Eclipse", Shining said as her sister got off of him.

"Heh, sorry about that", I said rubbing the back of my head.

"Don't worry about it...I want a rematch though", Shining said with a evil grin on his face.

"You're on but let's have our rematch later, I want to first learn how things work around here since I'll be Luna's personal guard", I said.

"Wow, just a new recruit and you're already given a high rank", he said as he gave me a light jab with his hood.

He then turned and limped back towards the doorway.

"So Princess Celestia. When do I start as Luna's guard? I said, turning my head towards the desk she sat behind.

"Well, first of all, you'll need a uniform and a set of armor. Twilight, do you mind showing him to your friend Rarity's shop so he can have his measurements taken?" she asked Twilight.

"Sure, but why can't he have the blacksmith measure him? Wouldn't it be a lot easier?" She asked the Princess.

"Well, since he's going to be one of Luna's personal guards he'll eventually meet the rest of the Elements of Harmony sooner or later, so why not sooner?" She said as she got up from her chair, Luna doing the same.

"Oh, that makes sense. Okay, we're going now! Bye Princess Celestia!" She said as she gave the Princess a hug.

"Bye Twilight!" She said, waving as we left the room.

"He's quite handsome, don't you think?" She said as she looked at her sister.

"He sure is...", she said as she looked away to hide her blush.

Well, I'll be uploading Chapter 5 after I've finished writing it. Sorry that it took me a while to upload this, even though only one of you is the ONLY one following this xD.

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P.S I have another fanfic idea, do you think I should write it while I'm continuing this fanfic?