Hikarikit here with Ch. 26 of Son of Nightmare Moon.
Normally I would have posted a chapter in the beginning of the month but well it was December so I was a bit busy and also I may or may not have forgotten my pendrive when I went to work…so please forgive me about that.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or MLP, only my OC.
"Hello" –Speech
'Hello' –Thinking
"Hey" - Demon voice, Nightmare speech, Jutsu's, Ki and Mana attacks
"Hey" – Spells with incantation and Demon thoughts
Last Time on Son of Nightmare Moon:
Pinkie looked around the barn and saw many decorations and presents that had her name on them. Her mane and tail became poofy and her colors got brighter before she pulled the others in for a hug.
"Because it's my birthday, I can't believe I forgot about that." Pinkie smiled causing the others to sigh in relief before Pinkie lets go of them and looked towards Shigure. "Shigure I-" but before she could speak some more Shigure silenced her with a kiss.
"We can talk about that later okay," he whispered as she nodded slowly.
Off the side Twilight whispered to Rainbow, "What did Shigure mean about that?" she asked as Rainbow blushed a bit remembering what she saw.
"You don't wanna know." Was her reply as they began to party.
Story Start
"Why do you need to go to Canterlot so suddenly Shigure?" asked Derpy as she saw Shigure neatly pile clothes on top of the other before storing them in his amulet.
"Aunt Tia was cryptic on her message but she said that she needed to see me right away." Replied Shigure as he gave Derpy a quick hug and a kiss, "Don't worry I'll be back as soon as I can." Derpy nodded as Shigure flew to Canterlot.
Outside of Canterlot
"Is that a barrier?" asked Shigure to himself as he neared Canterlot to see a pink barrier around the castle.
Shigure landed at the train post and saw two royal guards standing at attention as they saw him.
"Your highness." Saluted the guard on the left.
"At ease soldier, can you tell me what is with the barrier?" asked Shigure as part of the barrier in front of him opened slightly.
"All we know is that there has been a threat made to Canterlot, you will need to ask Princess Celestia or Captain Armor for more details." said the second guard as Shigure nodded and walked in and flew towards the balcony of Celestia's and Luna's room.
When he got there, he saw Celestia looking through a telescope, before he sat on the rail. He waited for a few minutes before Celestia looked away from the telescope and gave a Shigure a smile.
"Hello Nephew, thank you for coming on such short notice but we have a situation." said Celestia as Shigure nodded before they went inside the room and she explained the problem.
"So there is a threat made against Canterlot. You want me to help with Security on here or find out who sent the letter?" Shigure asked as Celestia shook her head.
"No, I need you to protect your cousin Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." She said as Shigure looked on in confusion.
"I have a cousin…they're not stuck up like Blueblood are they?" Celestia gave a small giggle at that.
"No she isn't, she is your adopted cousin. Why don't we go and meet with her before Luna comes." said Celestia as they walked out the room towards the garden.
"Aunt Tia," asked Shigure as Celestia hummed to him, "Where are Mother and Uncle Discord?" he asked as he hasn't seen or sensed them since he arrived.
"They both went to investigate something in the north." Replied Celestia as Shigure nodded.
Royal Garden
When they arrived, there was a pony sitting on the benches watching the scenery.
The pony is an Alicorn Mare with a pale pink coat, violet mane and tail with rose and gold streaks. She has light purple eyes, while the tip of her wings is also a purple color, and her cutie mark is a crystal heart.
"Princess Cadence," called out Celestia as the Alicorn known as Cadence turned towards her and looked at Shigure in confusion. "I want you to meet your cousin and son of Tsukiyo, Prince Shigure Tsuki."
Shigure walked up to Cadence and gave a small bow towards her, "Nice to finally meet you Cousin."
"S-same here Cousin." Stuttered Cadence as she held her hoof towards him.
Shigure hearing her stutter, just chuckled and grabbed her hoof and gave a small shake.
"Sorry for being blunt Aunt, but why am I to protect Cady here? She seems like she can take care of herself?" asked Shigure.
"That's because her and the Captain of the Royal Guard will have their wedding in the next few days and I need her to be protected just in case somepony makes a threat against her." said Celestia as Shigure nodded.
"Very well I will be around Cady when she isn't with her fiancé." said Shigure with a smile as he looked at Cadence who looked away in embarrassment before saying that she had to leave to check on the plans for the wedding.
As they saw her walk away Shigure turned to Celestia. "Also I think it would be best to have the girls come over as well, that way we have a bit more help backing us and also so that they can help with the wedding."
Celestia thought over what Shigure said and nodded at his suggestion, it would be good to have the Mane Six there as they could use the Elements of Harmony, but also help with the wedding.
"Very well Nephew I will send a letter to Twilight and the others to come before the wedding." said Celestia as Shigure nodded before Celestia flew up to the balcony of her room to keep on the lookout for any threats.
Later
Shigure was walking down towards the barracks, since he had nothing better to do he decided to check up on the Groom of the wedding.
As Shigure neared the barracks, he started hearing shouts, and the synchronous chorus of "yes, sir!", "Hup! Hup! Hup!", and the like invaded his hearing senses. Ahead he could see a break in the trees that revealed to him what could only be a training camp.
He saw soldiers, Stallion and Mares of all kinds, were currently running laps around a perimeter of a track. Others were in the center seemingly doing routine calls and exercising.
Another section had ponies, running a set of obstacles.
It brought him a sense of nostalgia. It reminded a lot of the academy. He could even see a couple of groups some distance away from them practicing spells or fighting, as others cheered them on.
His nostalgia was interrupted when he heard a voice calling out to him, "Your highness?"
Shigure turned to see one of the Royal Guards, a Pegasus, walking towards him, "I am here to see the Royal Captain." Shigure said as the guard nodded.
"Follow me your highness." said the guard as they walked past the other ponies who took notice of Shigure and were quite shocked that their prince was there.
"So what is your name soldier?" asked Shigure as they stopped in what seemed the courtyard.
"Lieutenant Flowers, my lord," he introduced himself, bowing to him.
"Okay, number one: don't call me lord. It makes me sound like I have a stick up my ass." Giggling and laughter ensured around the courtyard when he said that. "Number two: you can call me Shigure or if you want to be formal Prince will be fine."
"Of course, Prince."
They soon saw a white coat stallion with purple armor, which had a familiar six-pointed star on the chest, coming towards them.
"Your highness," bowed the stallion, "I didn't expect you to be here."
"No need to bow to me Captain just came here to ask for details on the threat and to talk to my cousin-in-law." said Shigure as the stallion nodded nervously.
Later
"So I see that you have met Captain Shining Armor, Nephew." asked Celestia as she saw Shigure and Shining walked in the throne room.
"Yeah we even talked, though he was shocked that I didn't know what a comic book was." said Shigure chuckling when he told Shining that, it seemed the Royal Guards knew about the Captains avid collection of comic books.
"Well as long as you both bonded." Smiled Celestia.
"By bonding you mean threatening me if I hurt Cadence, right?" asked Shining as Celestia looked at Shigure for an explanation.
Shigure saw this and lifted his hands in surrender, "Hey it was on instinct I swear, I use to do this with Hinata when those boys or so called 'suitors' would think with the head in between their legs and not the one on their shoulders."
They soon heard giggling near the entrance, they all turned to see Luna as she rubbed her eyes and gave a yawn.
"Luna what are you doing up? You should be sleeping." asked Celestia.
"Sorry dear sister, I sensed that Shigure was here and decided to greet my nephew." Replied Luna smiling as Shigure ran up to her and hugged her, in which she returned.
"Well it is nice to see you again Aunt Luna but you should go to bed." Shigure said causing Luna to pout.
"But I wanna spend time with my Nephew." Luna whined causing everypony in the room to laugh.
"Alright you big baby lets go and spend time." Shigure said as he dragged Luna away, not seeing her throw a smug grin to Celestia, who had a twitch on her eyebrow seeing what Luna did.
"Is everything alright Princess?" asked Shining seeing the twitch on her eye.
"Yes everything is fine Captain Armor, go ahead and return to your duties." said Celestia as Shining gave a bow and left the throne room.
Canterlot Gardens-That Afternoon
"Your training sure is peculiar. I have to give Tsukiyo both my amazement and concerns." Luna said as she and the Prince walked back to the Castle from the gardens.
"But from what I could see, you found it relaxing!" Shigure said grinning.
"Okay, maybe the meditation part I can recognize as it was very helpful to fight stress," the Moon Princess admitted.
"You were snoring." Shigure said pointing at her in playful accusation.
"I did not! Such an unrefined sound would never come out from my royal mouth!" Luna answered back, a fierce blush spreading across her face.
"I even heard the windows rattle from all the way there." he added with a smirk.
"Oh, you! Those are not things a Nephew should say to his beloved Aunt! You should only tell me how wonderful I am!" the Moon Alicorn said pouting.
"Oh, really? Aren't we being a bit modest?" Shigure said leaning closer to kiss Luna's cheek making her smile.
"Okay, I forgive you," sighed Luna as they entered the castle, going straight to the kitchen.
Next Day
Shigure was sitting on the bridge watching Shining give out orders to the Royal Guards before they heard a familiar voice calling out to them, mostly Shining.
"I've got something to say to you mister!" Twilight said as she trotted up to the bridge. The other soldiers aimed their weapons at her.
"Stand down." Shigure ordered. The guards obeyed and stood at attention.
"Twily." Shining Armor said happily, removing his helmet and smiling down at her. "How was the train ride?"
"How dare you not tell me in pony that you were getting married?!" Twilight said in anger and hurt. "I'm your sister for pony's sake!"
'Sister? Huh I guess that explains why Shining's armor had the star.' Shigure mused to himself.
"It's...not my fault." Shining Armor said. "Princess Celestia has requested a major increase in security. Didn't you see all the guards at the train station?"
"Yeah, there's a big wedding coming up. Maybe you heard about it?" Twilight snapped at Shining before trotting a few feet away.
"It has nothing to do with the wedding. A major threat has been made against Canterlot, but no one knows who's responsible. Princess Celestia asked that I provide additional protection." He looked right into her eyes as he lifted her chin with his hoof. "This, you need to see."
Shining Armor stood back and closed his eyes in intense concentration. An intense, pink magical aura erupted from his horn. A brilliant magical burst surged from his horn full of protective energy and it was aimed up at the barrier surrounding Canterlot.
"The burden of keeping Canterlot safe rests squarely on my shoulders." Shining Armor told the younger pony as they walked. "Being focused on the task at hand is my top priority."
"Okay, okay I get it." Twilight said to her older brother. "You've got a big job protecting Canterlot with a force field only you can conjure up." The mare looked over the bridge as Shigure told the guards to leave. "But how could you not tell me about something as big as your wedding?" She looked up at him pitifully. "Am I not that important to you anymore?"
"Hey, you'll always be important to me. You're my little sister." Shining Armor said as he put a hoof beneath her chin. "But I can understand if you don't want to be my Best Mare anymore." He looked away with a slight smirk.
'Hook, Line and Sinker.' Thought Shigure with a small chuckle.
Twilight's eyes widened. "You want ME to be your Best Mare?"
"Well...yeah." Shining eloquently replied.
"I'd be honored to be your Best Mare." Twilight bowed at her big brother. "But I'm still pretty ticked that you're marrying somepony I don't even know!" She snapped poking Shining Armor's chest. "When did you even meet this 'Princess Mi Amore Candenza'?" She demanded.
Shining Armor chuckled. "Twilight, Princess Mi Amore Candenza is Cadence." The Stallion informed his little sister. "Your old foal sitter."
Twilight was confused for a second before her eyes widened in excitement and she started bouncing around. "Cadence? You mean THE Cadence?" She asked. "As in, 'The Best Foal Sitter in all the history of Foal Sitters'."
"Heheh, you tell me. She was your Foal Sitter." Shining Armor said smiling.
"And also my cousin." Shigure reminded her as he hugged her from behind. "Well its official Twilight we're gonna be family!" He said happily, "So what can you tell me about her since I admittedly haven't talked to her yet since Aunt Tia introduce me to her?" he said sheepishly causing her to chuckle.
"Cadence is the most wonderful pony in all of Equestria! She's beautiful, kind, caring." Twilight went on about retelling the times with Cadence when she was a little filly. "What other ponies can just spread love wherever they go? I only know of one!" She said eagerly as she was bouncing around while saying, "You're marrying Cadence."
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything important?" Cadence asked as she came out onto the bridge.
"Cadence!" Twilight said happily. "Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake!" She started the nursery rhyme Cadence had taught her when she was little. "Clap your hooves and do a little shake!"
Cadence looked at her oddly. "What are you doing?"
This caused Shigure to look at his cousin weirdly. According to stories from Twilight earlier, the two were very close when she was a filly. Shouldn't she know the ladybug song?
"Cadence it's me! Twilight!" Twilight said to the confused Alicorn.
"Uhuh." Cadence brushed her aside to stand beside her fiancé as Shining Armor put his leg around her. Shigure just brushed the greeting off as pre-wedding jitters while Twilight looked a bit confused from her mood.
"I've got to get back to my station." Shining Armor said to the two ponies in front of them. "I think I speak for the both of us when I say that we couldn't be more excited to have you here. Right dear?"
"Absolutely." Cadence said with a smirk that made Twilight looked at her with more confusion.
"Well it was nice seeing you again Cousin, but I gotta speak with Aunt Celestia about something. See you back at the castle Twi." said Shigure as he jumped off the bridge, causing all three ponies to look over the edge, as he righted himself in the air and landed on the ground on his feet.
"Well we will let you get to it, Goodnight Twilight." Said Shining as he and Cadence left the bridge.
With Shigure
Shigure walked up the tower before he looked up to see the balcony where Celestia was on, before flying up and sat on the rail. "Hello Aunt Tia."
"Greetings Nephew what brings you here? I would have thought you would have got to know your cousin more." said Celestia as she took a moment away from the telescope and greeted Shigure with a smile.
"She's with Shining at the moment, so I thought why not catch up with my aunt for the time being." Smiled Shigure but Celestia gave him a small stare.
"You're not trying to avoid the Elemental Bearers aren't you?" she said in playful accusation.
"Of course not, I was just wanna spend time with my Aunt." said Shigure in mock hurt as he gave a small pout causing Celestia to laugh.
Shigure laughed alongside her before he was tackled by a certain Moon Alicorn into the room.
"Hi Nephew, I knew you would come and see your favorite Aunt before she began her work." said Luna throwing Celestia the same smug grin, causing Celestia's eye to twitch.
"Actually, I came to see my favorite Aunt before she went to bed." Answered Shigure calmly giving a small smirk at Luna's horrified face not seeing Celestia give a smirk of her own.
Next Day-Morning
Two streams of light could be seen soaring above Canterlot at ludicrous speed with the white one closely following the rainbow-colored one with barely a split-second difference, copying each maneuver the first went through no matter if simple as a loop-de-loop or more complicated like a corkscrew spiral.
Both streams then separated and started flying side-by-side spinning and turning before falling all the way to street level dodging every pony they came across an instant before impact, startling the poor 'victims' of their daring flight.
The mad race came to a stop when the two lights flew up to a rather huge cloud, rapidly spinning around it until it took a shape more similar to that of a pillow where a certain white Alicorn and a rainbow-haired Pegasus then collapsed onto it on their backs, laughing while lying there to rest.
"Oh Boy! That was fast! And funny did you see their faces!" Shigure said between fits of laughter.
"Hahahaha! Yeah, gotta say that it's been awhile since we had a race huh." Dash answered with a small smile.
"Yeah it sure has, now that I got to see your speed we gotta work on your Sonic Rainboom until you can do it consistently." Shigure answered before giving a small grin that seemed innocent to anyone else but to Rainbow it meant pain.
Hours Later-Noon
"You…are…a…sadist!" gasped Rainbow as she looked up at Shigure with a weak glare.
"C'mon Frizzles, it wasn't that bad." shrugged Shigure as Rainbow slowly got up.
"Wasn't that bad?! You made do a thousand wing-ups! With boulders on my back!" retorted Rainbow pointing to a large pile of boulders near them.
"It could have been worse."
"How could that have been worse?" challenged Rainbow.
"You could have been climbing a mountain with said boulders on your back as I throw you some kunai." said Shigure casually.
"…"
"…"
"…you're not joking?" asked Rainbow in horror.
"Nope, Kura had me go through the same thing but instead of a mountain she made me climb a waterfall, and instead of kunai she used Tenten." Shigure shivered remembering when that happened during the month break of the Chunin Exams.
"Wasn't that the girl with the weapon fetish?"
"The very same."
That Night
Shigure was walking towards the gardens as he was tired from helping the girls with what they were tasked to do. Applejack oversaw preparing the treats and baking the wedding cake. Pinkie Pie was to help with the reception, Rarity was designing the bride's-to-be wedding gown and the dresses for the bridesmaids, Fluttershy was asked to organize the birds to sing at the wedding, Rainbow was to perform the Sonic Rainboom at the wedding, and of course Twilight was supervising the whole deal.
Luckily, or not depending on the situation, the girls only had planned on what they were going to do. Like with Applejack, She and Shigure only planned on how the cake was going to be designed and the food they were going to make.
"Man what a day, and to think that the wedding ain't for another two days." Chuckled Shigure to himself as he sat on a bench and watch the stars and the moon.
He suddenly heard footsteps walking towards him and saw Cadence walking up to him.
"How are you cousin?" asked Cadence as she sat next to Shigure on the bench.
"Pretty good just a bit exhausted from today," chuckled Shigure as he looked back at the moon, not noticing Cadence blushing from being next to him.
"Well while I my body my not like it I gotta get back to my room for some rest, Twilight and the others will need my help tomorrow for your special day." said Shigure as he got up and gave Cadence a hug, "Good night cousin." As he left the garden.
"G-goodnight." said Cadence as she watched Shigure walked away, taking deep breathes trying to get rid of her blush. She started to walk to a secluded part of the garden that wouldn't be seen by the Princesses who kept watch through their telescope.
When she got there, she was enveloped in green fire before it went away to show that she changed. Her coat was a very dark gray, her mane and tail became a webbed dark cerulean color, while her wings became insect-like and were a transparent cyan. Her former purple eyes became a dark green that shone in the night and she had deep opal eye shadow. She is wearing a blue-green chitinous plating over her midsection, and she was wearing what seemed to be a small black crown tipped with blue orbs that glowed from time to time.
This was none other than Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings.
However, she couldn't seem to retain a clear head, but that look Shigure kept giving her throughout the day rose and fell into her heart, as if she were infatuated in an instant. She pressed a hoof to her chest and breathed lightly. The sensation of attraction hit her before she realized what kind it was. Real attraction. Burning. Swelling. Her heart refused to slow down, to try and calm herself down she began to think of the plan for the time being. When she tried to think of anything she could only remember earlier that morning when she happened to pass by his training with Rainbow Dash. Shigure was sweating before removing the shirt from his body, revealing him to be very toned and healthy under the tight shirt.
The Changeling Queen locked on his chest quicker than whatever was happening to her mind. She remembered leaning a little closer to get a better look. Her heart stuttered. His muscles were exquisite. Large but nowhere close to the equivalence of a Minotaur. A real fantasy for a mare like her. And his chest...Dear any deity above, that oddly muscled chest just reeked of masculinity. She also saw a scar on his chest which made her feel hot under the collar, as it showed how tough he looked.
She then remembered later that day when she saw Shigure with his daughters and little sister, she saw how happy the three children were. While she wouldn't admit it, it was actually a touching scene, though she did get a good meal from that.
Her lips went dry over this. She wanted to have something like that in her life, something that is a stallion or male with good-size muscles to go with his kindness. Chrysalis soon realized on what she was thinking.
'What is wrong with me, why do I feel strange when around him?' Thought Chrysalis as she paced around before hearing clicking noises to see another insect pony like her but smaller.
The little pony made clicking noises as Chrysalis nodded, "Yes you may be right, he does have more love than what I expected. He was unconsciously force-feeding me his love, this could be some use to us." As she gave a distorted dark laugh, but the laugh didn't feel as evil as she thought, "Soon we will rule over Equestria and they will know the name Queen Chrysalis."
Next Day
Shigure along with Cadence were walking towards the kitchen where Applejack was to check on the cake.
"Howdy, Princess, Shigure." said Applejack as she, along with the other chefs, bowed towards them.
"Hey AJ, how's the food coming along, and can I have some." Shigure grinned sheepishly as his stomach growled in hunger. This made Applejack chuckle in amusement before she nodded and handed him an apple tart.
"Freshly baked." said Applejack as Shigure happily munched on the treat.
"I swear AJ, if your cooking was a pony I would marry it." Shigure said in bliss.
"Well Ah'm glad that you like my cooking Shigure." smiled Applejack before turning to Cadence, "So you came to see what we cooked up for your big day Princess?"
"I have." Cadence said with a false smile. "But please call me Princess Mi Amore Cadenza."
Twilight saw Cadence, as Applejack turned away, give with a 'I'd rather be anywhere but here doing this' look. She watched Applejack grab a tray of tarts and showed it to the Princess. Cadence levitated a tart, but what caught her attention was that Cadence's horn and the tart lit up green.
'GREEN?!' Twilight thought in suspicion. Last she knew Cadence's magic was a light blue not green, but still she had heard of some unicorns magic changing colors throughout the years, maybe this happened to Alicorns as well.
"Delicious." Cadence said as she laid her ears back. "I love, love, love them!"
Twilight narrowed her eyes as she knew that the tone Cadence used was fake and insincere. She looked over to Shigure, who was talking to one of the chefs about the ice block, before walking towards him. She really wanted to tell him about her suspicions of Cadence, but relented knowing she didn't have enough evidence to support her claim. Yet.
"So what are you gonna sculpt?" asked Twilight to Shigure, who was looking at the block of ice.
"Hmm, I think I have something in mind." replied Shigure before Black Mana covered both his hands and formed claws.
Shigure was then covered in yellow Mana before everypony saw a yellow streak going around the ice block, with some ice falling around them, before it stopped to show that Shigure sculpted a heart.
"Now for the finishing touch, Ventum Glacies. (Icy Wind)" said Shigure as a snow-white mist came out of his mouth and covered the ice sculpture.
"Nice touch." Complimented Twilight seeing the spell Shigure used, while she would have went with the simple Freeze Spell, this is was a good choice since the sculpture would last frozen a lot longer.
"Aw shucks." Applejack said getting both Shigure's and Twilight's attention towards her and Cadence. "Why don't ya take a few to go." She handed up with her hooves a brown paper bag with a few tarts inside. "I know how you brides to be can be. So busy you forget to put a little something in yer bellies." Twilight saw Cadence hesitating to take the bag, but she grabbed it with her magic and walked out the kitchen with Shigure following her.
Later
"You should have seen how she acted, 'Please call me Princess Mi Amore Cadenza' I don't know when she changed but she changed." Ranted Twilight who was with Rarity to check up on her progress with the dress.
"Darling please understand that her wedding is in two days, she's just nervous that's all, she is royalty after all." Said Rarity never taking her eyes off the dress.
"So is Shigure but you don't see him flaunt his title around like Cadence." Countered Twilight.
"Did I hear somepony say my name?" asked Cadence as she and her bridesmaids walked inside.
"Princess!" Rarity rushed over in front of her. "Thank you for letting me have the honor of being part of such a momentous occasion." She bowed in front of Cadence who looked down on her with indifference.
"Is the dress ready?" She asked. Trotting over to the mannequins Rarity was supplied.
"Of course, I've been designing it since I was given the assignment. I think you'll be pleased with the results!" She showed the Princess one of her most beautiful works.
Cadence looked on it with indifference. Again. "I was hoping for something with a little more beading and a longer drape."
"Why yes of course." said Rarity as she wrote down Cadence suggestions on a notebook.
Cadence looked over the bridesmaids dresses. "And these should be a different color."
"I think their lovely." The mare on the middle said.
"Me too." The far right agreed.
"I love them." The last agreed as well.
Cadence looked behind her at them with a glare causing them to look away from her. "Make them a different color." She demanded. She and the bridesmaids left.
"Gee." Twilight started as Rarity looked at her for a moment. "Maybe she should have been named Princess DemandyPants." Twilight said sarcastically.
With Shigure
"Prince Shigure?" said Flowers who walked into the Captains Office and saw Shigure looking at some reports. "I have the recent reports of the guards that are station around Canterlot."
"So any new information about the threat?" asked Shigure who was looking over the reports.
"Still nothing Prince." Replied Flowers as he placed the reports on the table near Shigure. Silence reigned the room for a moment before Flowers spoke. "Sir may I ask a question?"
"Go ahead."
"Why are you reading the reports? Shouldn't it be Captain Armor's job to look over them."
"Normally yes this is Captain Armor's duty, but with him keeping the barrier up and the wedding tomorrow I thought I could help him. Also, this is a good opportunity for me to learn about the military system here in Equestria." said Shigure as Flowers nodded a bit.
'But mostly to get rid of my mind of Cadence.' Thought Shigure to himself at the end.
Ever since meeting Cadence Shigure had begun to develop feelings that he thought wouldn't be possible. At first, he thought it was just complimenting how beautiful Cadence look, but that didn't seem to be the issue. The more he spent around Cadence the more attracted he became towards her.
"Prince Shigure, Lady Derpy wants to see you back at the castle." said a Royal Guard member outside the room.
Shigure nodded as he left the barracks and left to the castle hoping to get his mind off Cadence. He prayed to Kami to help him get rid of his thoughts of Cadence.
That Night- Royal Gardens
'Kami I so hate you right now.' Thought Shigure with a sigh as he practiced his Taijutsu on a nearby tree.
Throughout the day, it had been difficult to not see Cadence in a way other than a cousin, he couldn't understand it, like there was something that was making him fall in love with her the more he spent time with her.
'Why am I feeling like this around Cadence, she's my cousin for kami sake.' Thought Shigure before he heard hooves and turn to see Cadence walking towards him.
"Cousin why are you out here in the middle of the night? Shouldn't you be resting for tomorrow." Asked Cadence as he looked away as his face flushed when Cadence looked to him with a smile. However, before he could answer her there was a noise that got his attention.
"What's that?" asked Shigure as he heard rustling in the trees in front of them.
"It's probably a bird Cousin." Replied Cadence casually hiding her worry.
"I'll check it out stay here Cady." Ordered Shigure as he walked towards the trees and heard more rustling before summoning Tsukiko and held a tight grip on it.
Shigure tensed his muscles as the bush rustled more before he leapt into it ready to impale whatever was behind the bush; however, he stopped as he saw the perpetrator. It was a pony that looked to be about a small filly but possessed insect-like characteristics. It had black carapace-like coat, webbed mane and tail, solid cyan-green eyes, fangs, small bent horns, insect-like wings, and holes in its legs.
Shigure saw the small insect-pony shivering as it seemed scared of him. He placed the scythe on his back as it vanished in a teal flash, before he took a step towards the insect-filly, causing it to hiss at him.
"It's okay I'm not gonna hurt you," said Shigure showing his hands to the small filly as he sat down.
The insect-filly looked at Shigure's eye for any deceit and found none, before cautiously approaching him and curled on his lap. It made some happy clicking noises as Shigure trailed his fingers through its mane.
"What are you?" asked Shigure not noticing Cadence behind seeing him.
'She accepted him, just like that,' thought 'Cadence' in shock before shaking her head. 'Nopony can know of us being here yet, I'm sorry Shigure.' Cadence was then covered in green fire to show Chrysalis in her place.
Shigure feeling a dark Mana, quickly jumped to his feet, turned around and saw Chrysalis, as her horn glowed a sickly green in color, shoot a Mana beam in a X shape that grew as it flew toward him. Shigure, seeing Chrysalis, was shocked to move as the spell hit him in his chest.
"Gah!" grunted Shigure in pain as the attack sent him to the wall, he tried to move but it only caused him more pain as he bled heavily.
"C-Cadence." Gasped Shigure in surprise as he looked at Chrysalis with hurt evident on his eyes.
Chrysalis looked away for a bit, before turning back to Shigure, "My name is Chrysalis. I didn't want it to be this way but I must do what I can as Queen of the Changelings." said Chrysalis as she looked down at the bleeding Shigure. "My Changeling's will invade Canterlot and feast on the love of its citizens. Nothing will come in between the survival of my children, who knows if you manage to survive after all this you will get to be with me as a Changeling." Chrysalis kissed his cheek before her horned glowed once again as green flames surrounded Shigure.
The last thing Shigure heard was 'I'm sorry' from Chrysalis before the flames swallowed him whole.
Mines under Canterlot
When Shigure opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a cave with many jewels on the walls, he tried to move but his chest began to burn, causing him to hiss in pain.
"So that really wasn't her," said Shigure to himself before he gave a weak chuckle, "I don't know if I should be relieved or angry."
"You shouldn't hold onto anger in your heart, it is like poison that will hurt you and others in the end." Came a soft, familiar in sound but not in tone, voice. Shigure turned around weakly and looked up to see the real Cadence. The pink Alicorn mare looked like she'd been through the wringer as her mane stuck out in odd places.
"Cadence?" He asked. He raised an eyebrow. "Sunshine?" He started.
"Sunshine." Cadence smiled down at her cousin.
"Ladybugs awake." The two rhymed together. "Clap your hooves and do a little shake." The two laughed, but Shigure then hissed after he slowly leaned up on the wall and put a hand to his chest.
"Ow." Shigure flinch in pain. "Almost forgot about this."
"You're bleeding." Cadence said putting her hooves on the wound to try to put pressure on it.
"Chrysalis." Shigure said sadly still hurt about what she did to him.
Cadence's horn glowed, healing him before the bleeding slowed to a trickle. "That should fix it temporarily. Try not to strain yourself." The pink mare said kindly.
"Thanks cousin," Shigure said as he relaxed his body and sighed.
"Cousin?" asked Cadence as she gave a confused look.
"Oh right, well my name is Shigure Tsuki, son of Princess Tsukiyo and nephew to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." Replied Shigure as Cadence nodded a bit but smiled nevertheless.
"I remember Aunt Celestia telling about a cousin that also got married here in Canterlot, I just didn't know that you weren't a pony." said Cadence as Shigure chuckled.
"Well I can transform into a pony but I need to wait till the wound heals itself," Cadence just nodded as she sat next to Shigure. "Besides we may not have to wait long I hope, knowing Twilight she may catch on with me being missing and do something about it."
Cadence nodded before they heard a noise and both turned to see the small changeling that was with Shigure earlier.
"STAY BACK!" yelled Cadence as her horn glowed but before she could attack Shigure placed his hand on her back.
"It's okay Cady, Konchū doesn't mean any harm." said Shigure as Konchū made her way towards him and nuzzled his arm while giving a small cry in relief.
"Konchū?" asked Cadence incredulously as she saw the small Changeling curling under Shigure's arm.
"Konchū means insect in my world."
"YOU GAVE THAT THING A NICKNAME?!" yelled Cadence.
"Her."
"Excuse me?"
"Konchū is a girl." replied Shigure as Cadence huff in anger.
"That thing shouldn't even get a name." she muttered lowly before seeing Shigure snoring lightly and saw Konchū following Shigure's lead.
Cadence gave a sigh as she sat next to Shigure waiting for him to heal as she gave a look to Konchū, who was sleeping as well, before thinking about her beloved Shining Armor.
Omake-Meeting the Parents-Pinkie (Days before meeting Twilight)
Igneous Rock Pie, Pinkie's father, knew something was bad when a STALLION of all ponies came visiting their home.
He was not exactly an over-protective father by any means, but as every father he was still feeling kind of queasy at the idea of any male figure spending too much time alone with his daughter.
"My dear, he is just helping her with a 'secret project' of Pinkie! I don't think there is anything to worry about, they are friends that's all." the stallion's wife said for what must have been the tenth time in the last thirty minutes.
"I am not exactly worried Quartz! I am just keeping my ears open and my senses sharp as my rocks," Igneous answered even too much casually as he stalked closer to the kitchen door.
"Look, I trust you AND I trust my daughter, and I will show you that there is nothing to be worried about," Quartz said huffing as both leaned close to the door to listen.
"Wow...that's huge!" they heard Pinkie said making her father splutter.
"You think?" Shigure answered uncertain.
"Uh-huh! I had always seen way smaller ones...or at least I never saw something like this in pony, only on pictures." she answered giggling.
"Where?!" Igneous mouthed with a horrified expression on his face.
"Sssh!" Quartz hissed at him.
"Do you think it will fit inside?" Shigure asked, unknowingly making both parents go green in their face.
"Maybe cramming it in? You can try pushing hard until it enters all the way inside," Pinkie answered.
"I am going to be sick," Igneous muttered between gaging sounds while his wife was too shocked to even breathe.
"It would make a mess, Pinkie! Stuff would fly around and splatter everywhere and make things too sticky!" the stallion said in disgust from inside.
"That may be, but it still tastes good!"
"About that, I can't believe how much of that you can actually eat, I remember we've done like eleven in a row last week and yet you still ate it all, doesn't that make you sick?" he asked.
"What can I say? I am a glutton!" she answered with a giggle.
"Oh Celestia!" Quartz said while sitting on the floor in shock. 'E-Eleven times in a row?!'
"You know what? Whatever! Open wide so I can start and..." Shigure was about to say when Igneous broke down the door in his haste to enter.
"WHAT ARE YOUuuuu...Oh! You are making a pie...Hehehe! Just a pie..." the girl's father yelled before rapidly dropping everything once saw Shigure and Pinkie covered from head to tail in floor with various splotches of chocolate here and there and a huge pie near them.
"Uh-huh! I wanted to see if I could make the most biggest chocolate pie ever and Shigure helped me!" Pinkie answered with a wide smile.
"The problem is that we got so caught-up that we never considered how to actually have it fit in the oven; at least in the meantime we got to clean-up, that way you won't have a big mess in the kitchen." the Pegasus stallion answered nodding.
"Ah! Okay! I thought you two were...it doesn't matter, but thank you for cleaning up everything, young man! There was no need." Igneous said with a forced smile while trying to pretend he never busted inside.
"Try cutting the thing in half and cook it like that, you can put it back together once done." Quartz added from outside with a relieved expression.
"OKAY, MUM!" Pinkie said smiling and waving at her parents as they left the room.
"Nice ponies," Shigure muttered, shivering when Pinkie gave a long lick to his cheek.
"Hmm it's still good… but needs more sugar though." the pink pony said seriously.
"Please don't do that," the Stallion said blushing.
"Yes please, don't." Quartz muttered gagging while Igneous kept hammering his head on a big rock to erase the images he had conjured in his head by himself during his spying.
Ch.26 End
That's chapter 26 of SoNMM, It seems Chrysalis has begun her plans. Will Twilight be able to figure out in time or will Canterlot be taken over.
Until next time.
Note: Omake was from the story Prince of Storms by Sweetmiss2121, I just changed it a bit.
Next Chapter: Canterlot Wedding Pt.2
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