As Celestia's Sun rose into the sky, it's warming rays shined through the windows. I yawned as I rolled over to my side and suddenly dropped off the side of the bed, landing hard on the wooden floor with a hard thud. Opening my eyes, I looked up at the ceiling.
"I landed on something...", I mumbled as I raised myself up a little and reached underneath me.
Bringing whatever I had landed on to my face, I dangled it above me as I looked at it, it was the pendent that I had made for Twilight, before the time I died. Was it on the floor, or did I have it in a back packet on my pants? Clenching it in my hand, I sighed and cast the thoughts aside and placed my hand on the side of the bed and used it to give myself something to use as a support when I got back up. Resting both of my arms on the mattress, my chin on the bed as I looked at the sleeping mare. She looked so peaceful. Smiling, I chuckled lightly and stood up and sat down on the sit of the bed. Looking at my hand, I uncurled my fingers and looked at the pendent. Sliding the chain underneath her mane, I quickly pulled it down and slid the pendant over her neck and then got up from the bed and stepped away. Touching the gem, I used some of my magic on the pendent and charged up the gem slightly.
Reaching for a pencil that was lying on the nightstand beside the bed, I threw it at Twilight with full force I would use when swinging my sword at an enemy. Instead of hitting Twilight, the pencil shattered into splinters of wood.
"I promised to protect you... I won't let anyone or anything else take you away again", I whispered as I stroked her mane as I smiled.
Getting up from the bed, I opened the top drawer of the nightstand and looked inside.
'Huh, maybe I shouldn't have used that pencil as a test subject', I thought as I pushed the drawer back in.
Walking over to the desk in the far corner of the room, I grabbed a pencil and tore a slip of paper from a notepad that was on the desk. I wrote down some words as I walked towards the bedroom door.
'Twilight, I'm going to Sweet Apple Acre's and then to Fluttershy's cottage, I want to check up on her and Chipper with John. I'll bring John to Rarity's boutique afterward with those two to get our clothes ready for the wedding,
Jeffry', I finished off the last of the note, having to shrink down the last few words to fit every last word onto the somewhat tiny piece of paper.
Walking up to the door, I used my magic to form a small pin and stabbed it through the slip of paper and onto the door. Turning around, I flicked the pencil out of my hands and towards the table, it landed in a pencil holder that was really just a mug with pencils, quails, and pens in it. Slowly opening the door, I slid through the small opening of the door and then slowly closed the door. I didn't want to wake up Twilight just yet, she looked far too peaceful in her sleep, and she didn't get much rest during our little encounter with those snakes. In the ruins, we were running like mad when those snakes came out of no where. Seriously, snakes with arms, this world has weird written all over it.
Making my way down the stairs, I looked over myself briefly in the small mirror that hung by the front door. Stroking my hair a little to flatten the bits of hair that I had sticking out and about at several spots on my head. Seeing as my hair wouldn't be that easy to fix, I left a few bits as is and pushed the door open and was then greeted by the Sun's warming rays. Letting out a loud moan as I stretched, I smiled up at the sky and then turned around and close the door behind me. Turning around again, I started to make my way down the street and towards Sweet Apple Acre's. Get John, go to Fluttershy's place, and then Rarity's boutique to place an order for come clothing for the wedding. Nothing else came to mind other than those minor tasks before we went to Shining Armor's wedding. Wedding... could Twilight and I get married if we wanted too?
~Applejack's Room~
I yawned lightly as I covered my mouth as I did. I suddenly felt the bed beginning to bounce slightly as a certain filly bounced onto the bed.
"Applebloom. Please, your sister's still sleeping", I said as I placed my hand on the apple farmers neck.
"Not anymore Ah'm not", Applejack yawned as she was awakened by Applebloom's hopping.
Applejack had her head on my chest as we slept in her bed.
"Aw, come on ya'll. John, ya' never played with me in ah long time", Applebloom said as she crawled under the blanket and crawled her way underneath the blanket and towards the head of the bed.
"Yeah, but your sister and I have some things to get done for tomorrow", I said as I raised one of my hands and positioned it over the spot in front of the head of the blanket.
Applebloom popped out of the blankets, her nose bumping straight into my finger, earning a giggle from the filly.
"Can Ah help with yer work?" Applebloom asked as she backed into the blanket and pulled the blanket over her head, only her mouth could be seen.
"Hmm, maybe you can. I'm not sure, but I'll see if there's anything you can help with later on", I said as I flicked her nose.
"Okay, Ah'ma sleep here till ya'll tell me somethin' to help ya'll with", Applebloom said as she smiled greatly.
"But I've got to get out of bed to actually do what I need to do", I said as I looked down at my chest, where the little filly was lying on.
"Nope, Ah'm stayin' rahgt here", she said as she stuck her tongue out to the side, the blanket still on her head.
"John! Jeffry's here to get'cha", Big Mac shouted from the living room.
"I'll be right down!" I shouted back.
"Come on, lil sis. John's got things to do, and so do I", Applejack yawned as she scooped up her sister and laid her down next to her.
Getting out of bed, I walked towards the bedroom door and left the two on the bed, Applejack would most likely come down on her own or I'll just come get her later. Going down the stairs, I saw Jeffry looking at some pictures that were hanging from the wall.
"Yo, Jeff. What are we doing today?" I asked as I yawned.
"First I wanted to go check up on Fluttershy and Chipper, Fluttershy's was out for a long time and I wanna know if she's okay", Jeffry said as he turned away from the pictures.
"Okay, wait, why would you need me to come along?" I asked as I scratched my head at his plan.
"Well, after we go to Fluttershy's place, we're going to go to Rarity's boutique with them and meet up with Twilight to place an order for some clothes for the wedding", Jeffry said.
"Oh, I'll go get Applejack then", I said as I turned around and went back up the stairs.
"Applejack", I called out to the apple farmer as I reached the bedroom door and looked in.
"Ah'm ah comin' just hold yer horses", I heard her yawn as she slid out of bed.
'Hold your horses? Ha', I thought as I watched as Applejack walked past me, her hat was still on the bed.
Clapping my hands, I teleported Applejack's hat onto her head and followed her down the stairs and into the living room. Jeffry motioned for us to follow him out the door.
*P.O.V. Change: Jeffry*
"You know you two should propablly fix your hair before we go over to Rarity's after we get Fluttershy and Chipper. You're going to give her a heart attack with your looks", I grinned as I looked at the two.
"Yeah, yeah, we know", John said as he let out another loud yawn.
Walking down the rows of apple trees, the two started to fix their hair as best as they could without anything to help with it. Walking through the gate, I held it open for the two of them as they continued to mess with their own hair and walked through the gate. Removing my hand from the gate it swung close on it's own and I then walked behind the two of them. Suddenly, a familiar colt came trotting out of the trees at the top of the hill that was in front of Sweet Apple Acre's.
"Is that you, Silver Streak?" I laughed as the colt in armor trotted towards us.
"Jeffry! I still can't believe that you're alive! How have you been?" He asked.
"I'm alive, that's one this", I laughed.
"I can see that", he laughed back as he followed us down the dirt path.
"So, I see that you've joined the Royal Guard, is everypony treating you okay?" I asked as I folded my arms behind my back.
"Well, I'm still too young to officially be part of the Royal Guard, but I do minor jobs like scouting and message carrying, just little things", Silver Streak said as he moved his head from side to side as he named his tasks.
"Makes sense for somepony your age... still it's rather rash for ponies as young as yourself to join the Royal Guard. Hey, if you're here, that means you've got something to do, right?" I asked , my question suddenly made his ears perk up.
"Oh yeah! I forgot. I've got a message for you, it's from Princess Celestia. She said for any of the Royal Guard that sees you or John to tell you this. The wedding is to be held tomorrow", he said.
"I know that, Shining Armor told us yesterday", I said as Fluttershy's cottage came into view, just over the bend of the hill.
"There's more, look at Canterlot", he said as he pointed towards the city of Canterlot.
"What the heck!" I said as I raised an eyebrow as I looked at the city.
A giant bubble was surrounding the city.
"Is Canterlot under attack?" I quickly asked, John turned to look back at us and then at the city.
"No, but there has been a threat from an unknown enemy", he said as he reached for the collar of his armor and pulled out a slip of paper.
"This is just a wedding invitation that the Princess has been sending out to everypony, take it. As for the city, an unknown threat has been issued from somepony or something, we do not know. Royal weddings do call in some unwanted visitors from time to time", he said.
"Okay, so what's the bubble thing for?" John asked as he finished with his hair, Applejack was still messing with hers.
"That's Captain Shining Armor's protection spell, he's been straining himself to keep that shield up in case of any sudden attacks", he said.
"Wow, that's a pretty big shield for him to make", I said as I looked back at the city.
"Princess Celestia had also asked the Royal Guard to tell you this. She would like you to come to the city to help in anyway possible to insure that the wedding is concluded successfully without any attack, if possible", he said.
"We'll get there by nightfall... or tomorrow, depending if we can get our errands done here", John said as he went over to Applejack and started to comb through her mane to try and flatten out the loose ends.
"John, this is serious. If Canterlot is going to be attacked, we can at lea- wait, I got an idea. Shield spell shield spell... let's see if this works", I said as I brought my palm up and started to charge up some magic.
Stopping my magic as a small shard of my magic became to form, I stuck it into Silver Streaks helmet and watched as his armor began to form black lines all over his armor. Waiting for the lines to fade, the others just looked at his armor as the lines finally faded. Reeling back my arm, I swung at him.
"Ah!" He exclaimed as he duck down, but my fist was already stopped.
They all watched as my fist was stopped by some sort of wall.
"Okay, Jeff, what the heck was that for?" John asked.
"Something I did for Twilight this morning, it's something I just tried. Now that I can see that it works, let's see if I can make one to shield an entire city", I said as I tensed up my body as I poured more of my magic into my palm.
"Jeffry! I forgot to tell you all this. The Gryphon King has learned of this threat and has mobilized his army several days in advance to get here a little after the wedding. The news spread to his Kingdom and won't be able to stop an attack if it is launched before the wedding starts, but will be able to halt any further push from a possible attack after the time of the planned wedding", he said as I continued to form the crystal.
"Sweet! We get to see Might Beak again", John laughed.
"Okay, this should do it", I exhaled as sweat beaded down my forehead.
In my hand was a large smooth orb that glowed with my magic. Just making this was making me feel tired.
"Um, how do I use that and how do I bring that back?" Silver said awkwardly as he looked at the orb.
"Hmm, I'm going to place this on your back and then teleport you to Canterlot. Bring it to Shining Armor and just tell him to touch it with is protection spell, it should work... somehow", I shrugged as I placed the glowing orb on his back.
"Will do, General", he smiled as he saluted me with his hoof.
"Don't call me General, and see ya later", I rolled my eyes as I snapped my fingers and he teleported away.
Stepping up to Fluttershy's doorstep, John knocked on the door, just as Applejack finished fixing up her man so that it no longer looked like a birds nest. After a minute of waiting, John turned and looked at us and then knocked again, but earned no response. Knocking on the door again, the door creaked inward.
"Uh, should we go in?" John asked as he pushed the door open with his finger.
"It would be might rude of us to do so, but we only got one day to get preperations done before we all head off to Shinin's wedding", Applejack said as she tipped her hat up.
"Okay, then we'll go in", I said as I stepped past them and pushed the door open.
The others followed in, into the dark and quiet living room. All the lights were off and the curtains were closed too.
"Ah'll check the first floor, ya'll go check upstairs if she's here or not", Applejack said as she closed the door with her hind leg and trotted down the middle of the living room and into the kitchen.
John and I climbed up the stairs and walked down the hallway. I opened the first door to the left, while as John opened the first door to the right. The room I looked into was a bathroom, John's room was a storage closet of some sorts. Towels, bottles of some sort of cleaning product, a bag, and a bunch of other random items came crashing out of the closet and fell on John.
"Nice hat, John", I said plainly as he took the hat off that had fallen on his head, and chucked it back into the closet.
"I'll clean this up, you go look into the other rooms", John said as he used his magic to lift up all of the objects and began to place them back into the closet.
Walking down the hall again, I pushed open another door and looked inside and saw a warming sight. Chipper and Fluttershy were arm in arm... or leg in leg on the bed, cuddling one another as they slept, I can see how they wouldn't be able to wake up from this. Applejack trotted up the stairs and went past John as he continued to place the last of the things into the closet and came straight towards me. Just as the apple farmer was about to say something, I covered her mouth with my hand and then pointed into the room with my other hand. She smiled.
"Well Ah'll be", Applejack whispered as she placed her hoof on my wrist and lowered my hand from her mouth.
"What?" John whispered as he leaned to the side to look into the room.
"Huh, first they were our enemies, then one of them is our friend, and then he's in a relationship with the ponies he used to kidnap... this world is getting weirder as time goes by", John said as he turned around and walked towards the stairs.
"I feel bad for doing this, but we've got to get to Rarity's boutique to get our clothes ready for the wedding", I sighed as I walked into the room.
Reaching the bedside, I reached down to shake them awake, but Fluttershy suddenly shot up her hoof and struck me under the chin. Falling backwards onto my back, I rolled around as I held onto my chin.
"You okay, sugarcube?" Applejack asked as she leaned over me.
"Y-yeah, she's strong", I hissed as I continued to twitch from the pain.
"Ah'll wake'em up for ya'", Applejack said as she trotted closer to the bed and poked at Fluttershy.
"Come on ya'll, tahme to wake up", Applejack said as she poked the two of them.
Somehow, Applejack managed to wake the two of them without getting struck by Fluttershy in her sleep. The two of them sat up straight and looked down at me.
"Jeffry, why are you on the floor?" Chipper asked.
"Well, let's just say that Fluttershy has a heck of a punch", I laughed as I rubbed my chin.
"Come on ya'll, clothing don't make orders for themselves", Applejack said as she trotted out of the room.
"Huh?" Chipper said as he cocked his head to the side.
"We're going to get wedding clothes for Shining Armor's wedding tomorrow. And we need to get some new clothes, and you don't even have any. Come on, I bet Rarity would be excited to make clothing for a different species", I said as I got up.
"Oh, okay", Fluttershy said as she slid out of the bed and began to make the bed as Chipper got out of the bed too.
"Come on, we don't have all day", I said as I snapped my finger, my magic wrapping around her and bringing her over as she let out an 'eep'.
Going down the stairs, I released my magic from the pegasus and set her down at the front door and waited for Chipper to reach the door. Stepping out of the little cottage, we all walked down the dirt path that would lead back to the town.
Chapter 20 is out :D Yay! Hopefully this reaches 30 chapters before it ends... or w/e. In case any of you guys haven't noticed, I'm 'sort of' following the shows series of events, only the ones like season finale and first episodes of the seasons. So it was Discord, then the Changelings, I might even decide to write more to the point it meets season three, the Crystal Empire. I wonder if I should write it... oh well.
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