"You have done what?!" Celestias screech made the room shake. He and the mare were alone in the throne room again.
The stallion made himself a little smaller upon hearing the voice. "I-I thought it would be the right thing to do." He whispered.
Celesias eye twitched. "Fireheart, when I told you to keep a low picture I didn't mean this!" she grabbed a newspaper called 'Equestria Daily' and shoved it in front of him.
"What do you see?!" she shouted.
"Uh an article about how cakes have low vitamins, so you need to eat a lot of them in order to stay healthy, from a pony called Celly-a-Star" the mare blinked before turning to the next page to give him a sight of the picture which was taken over the whole page.
'New Guard caught the Silverhoof Gang on his first day!'
Gulping as the paper was thrown behind Celestia again she glared at the stallion.
"You have just made everything harder!" she shouted.
Firehearts eye soon twitched "So should I just have let this happen? Should I have left the stallion to be robbed or worse?"
Celestia opened her mouth only to shut it again. Sighing softly she spoke.
"You are right, I have no reason to be angry at you. You have protected one of my subjects and helped my guards catch a group of long searched criminals. However you have to be careful with your powers, many are already asking how you managed to defeat them including me."
Fireheart looked up at Celestia. "I do not know, I think my strength has been enhanced a lot since my transformation."
The mare took in the information and sat down at her throne. Letting out a sigh she spoke "I think we have had enough for the day, you should get back to your daughter. Come back tomorrow and we will see what consequences this will have."
Fireheart nodded tiredly, walking outside of the room. As he was about to go into the armory however he looked to his right to see an alicorn walk past him. She had a dark blue coat along with a mane and which looked like the night sky, floating through the air similar to princess Celestia. Bowing down to her like a normal guard would she seemed to stop for a moment to look at him before continuing on.
"Has she felt s… ACK-!" he was suddenly grabbed by the throat.
"Hey kid there you are!" he recognized the voice of Nightstar. "Have been looking for you all over, I still owe you a round of cider remember? Now then what are we waiting for, get that armor off and lets go!" he laughed. Fireheart was thrown inside the armory slamming on the ground with a groan. Tiredly taking off the armor he grumbled.
"Hopefully this won't take long."
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2 hours later
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"Huh?! Oh skies above!" Fireheart exclaimed as he found himself laying on top of a dinning table and fell down on his head. Rubbing it with gritted teeth he looked on the ground to see guards all over it. Careful not to step on anypony he walked out of the room into the street. He was soon greeted with the cold night air letting him know that some time has passed.
"Vulcan!" he shouted running as fast as he could from the dinning hall towards his house. Almost slamming the door open. Looking around he spotted walked over to the crib to see Vulcan sleeping inside. Sighing in relief he shut the door and locked it. Making his way back he pulled the filly out of it and got inside his own bed. Stroking the babies head he pressed her against his head almost falling asleep instantly.
Fireheart ran through the halls towards the throne room in order to meet up with Celestia again. He was quite hungry since he had to skip breakfast and hadn't eaten since last day. Walking inside the throne room he looked around to see her nowhere nearby. That was when heard somepony clear his throat behind him.
In front of him stood a young unicorn with a bright yellow mane and white coat. He was wearing a classy suit with a flower and had look of disgust and distain on his face.
"Ugh so you must be that brute that my auntie told me about." He grunted as if this was under his pride.
"She told me to give you this letter." Giving him the piece of paper the stallion walked off with his nose so high if he would open his mouth and it would rain, he would drown. Opening it he started to read.
Dear Fireheart,
I am currently in residing in a nice restaurant called 'The sweet dream' disguised as one of the common folk. Please come over, I have a surprise ready. Do not worry about not recognizing I will make myself apparent once you arrive.
Ps Please throw this letter at Blueblood. (The stallion which brought you the letter)
Raising his eyebrow he did as he was told and threw it to the stallion. A moment later a loud explosion followed and a scream of pain came from the young wannabe prince. Fireheart shook his head and walked to the restaurant.
Upon arriving Fireheart scanned the restaurant for Celestia. That was when he saw a unicorn mare sitting at a table looking left and right, carrying glasses which looked ten sizes too big for her eyes, fake moustache and a sign in front of her saying
'Totally not Celestia, not princess of the sun and not ruler of Equestria.'
Seeing this made him facehoof, the sound seemed to have caught her attention as she waved her hoof. "Hey Fireheart, don't worry they don't have a clue that I am Celestia!" she shouted over the whole room which made him face hoof now with his second hoof.
Walking towards her he stared at the mare who had a smile plastered all over her face.
"So why are we here again?" he asked. The mare smirked pointing to a sign.
'Cake eating competition!'
Fireheart sighed "Of course…"
"I signed us both up, so get ready to be beaten!" she smirked at him.
"All contestants to their places please!" he heard somepony speaking. Not a moment later he was grabbed and literally thrown on his place by Celestia. He couldn't even try to take in what happened when a giant and I mean a giant cake was dropped in front of him along with the remaining contestants. Looking to his right he saw Celestia already drilling into hers face first making him shake his head. However he suddenly felt really really REALLY hungry. The fact he hadn't eaten since yesterday became apparent. Taking a small bite he felt the sugar hit his taste censors something inside him happened.
"More good MORE!" he shouted diving inside the cake himself. Almost in no time both of their cakes were completely eaten and new ones were placed in front of them. Both glared at each other.
"You are going down!" he cried eating as fast as he can
"No u!" (OOOOOH) Celestia shouted back.
1 hour later
"Ugh….." Fireheart exclaimed laying on top of the table. Celestia did the same also looking like she is about to faint. On the edge of Celestias table they saw a small piece still seemingly untouched. Celestia used her magic to let it glide towards her but Fireheart threw a plate to it, making it deflect right into his mouth. Quickly snapping his mouth shut to prevent Celestia from taking it away he smirked at her.
"I win…" the male muttered before falling to the ground unconscious with the mare soon following. The ponies around stared in disbelief with one of them taking out a camera taking a picture.
Fireheart looked through Equestrias Daily to see himself on the title
'Stallion manages to eat 257 cakes in an hour!'
Closing it shut he threw it in a corner of the hall biting his lip. "This is getting out of hoof." He said.
"Yes how can you defeat me in a cake eating competition I am outraged!" Celestia growled.
Fireheart soon saw the back of the newspaper to see an advertisement on it.
'Great tournament of Equestria! Join in and fight manticores, timberwolves and many other creatures!'
Shaking his head he whispered "What idiot would want to compete there?" Looking lower he spotted a nightmare in text.
'Prize 20 thousand cakes!'
Only a moment later he already felt a presence behind him. Gulping he turned around to see Celestia smirking down at him.
"Tell me Fireheart, have you ever wanted to go to a tournament?"
Looking forwards again Fireheart only whispered a single word.
"Buck."
