"You cannot be serious! What about the staying low tactic?!" he shouted as Fireheart was strapped together with royal guard armor. Celestia stood next to him while two other guards helped him into his armor.

"Certain risks must be taken."

"But for cake?!" he shouted. Finally the other stallions were done with him handed him his sword and left leaving him alone with Celestia. He turned to her. "Why me?"

Celestia chuckled "Well, for one nopony else would be dumb enough to accept second you seemed to be powerful enough to maybe survive."

"…"

"Good luck!" she exclaimed pushing him out of the gate. Fireheart looked back at her only to see a VERY large timberwolf, manticore and gladiators in front of him.

"… buck…"

Celestia sat on the royal chair of the arena which was roughly twenty meters in the over the fighting place. The whole arena was built in a circle with the battling ground in the middle and the ground covered in sand.

(Eh just think of a colosseum in smaller size then you are golden)

The mare was busy thinking about all the cake she could have when one of her guards beside her spoke.

"Uh my princess?" he asked

"Yes my little pony?"

"Are you sure it is a good idea for his filly to see all of this?" the stallion asked with worry. The princess turned to Vulcan Heart who was having a small puppet which looked like a timberwolf and the one which should resemble her father.

The child soon took the pony puppet and proceeded to rip it appart. The mare was silent for several moments before dreaming back on cakes.

"Yes."

Fireheart was now on top of the timber wolf stabbing with his sword into the head of the beast.

"Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die!" he shouted slamming the weapons tip into the forehead of the wolf. Punching it in the skull the beast suddenly bursted in thousand different pieces… The problem? He was around ten meters in the air. Looking down he lifted a sign saying:

'Buck my life'

before falling down full speed. Fireheart groaned at the impact as he suddenly felt himself being picked up. Seeing that it was no one else than Celestia who had one of the happiest smiles he had ever seen on her face, he sighed in relief now that this was over. A moment later a laurel wreath was dropped on his head marking him as a champion. Looking forwards he could only curse as hundreds of different cameras took pictures of him.

Fireheart was walking back and forth in front of Celestia who was on a pile of cakes eating some of them. Both were again in the throne room with the stallion growing more and more frustrated.

"It was necessary…" Celestia tried.

"Necessary?! You told me to lay low and you first shove me into a cake eating contest then into a fighting competition. All of Equestria knows me now!" he shouted at her with the mare just shrugging.

"Cake?" she asked handing some over with her magic. Fireheart stared at it before taking the piece eating it quickly.

"This can't get any worse." He looked down at the mare to see her mouth completely covered in cake, traveling down to the rest of the pile speaking

"Haha I am the god of cakes fear me or die of sugar!" she shouted making her voice sound deep.

"And this mare is supposed to lead our kingdom?" he asked himself. "Great she lost it." He groaned walking outside of the hall. Slamming the door shut Fireheart walked towards the armory only to hear somepony calling for him.

"Excuse me? You there!" he heard a female voice speaking. Raising his eyebrow the male turned around to see no one else but Princess Luna standing in front of him. He blinked and was about to bow when she raised her hoof stopping him from doing so.

"I am sorry to intervene in your privacy but after three days of constant blocking of the throne room my curiosity took the better of me and I used some of my magic to listen to you speaking to my sister. Tell me, is it true that you and her seem rather… estranged?"

Fireheart blinked before responding.

"Uh…"

"Forgive me, for seemingly rolling over you but I am rather keen on finally meeting you. My name is Princess Luna." She smiled.

"Fireheart…" was all he could respond with before she went at it again.

"Now, I should probably explain why I stopped you, silly me. I had been searching for capable royal guards to transfer to the nightguards when I came across you. You are everywhere in the newspapers and all of Equestria speaks of you. Now you even managed to win the Equestrian tournament thus giving your prestige all over the lands. Fireheart I wanted to ask if you would like to join the nightguards."

Fireheart came up with his most diplomatic, strongest emotionally bonded word that he could come up.

"Uh…."

"I know this offer must be overwhelming, rising in such high and noble position in such short time, however there is nothing to be worried about. I can take care of all the administrative parts, I already got your sign of transfer here." She pulled out a scroll holding it in front of him.

"Just sign here and you will become part of the nightguards." She smiled brightly at him.

"Uh…"

A fake cough followed behind the princess of the night. Turning around Lunas eyes narrowed. "Sister…" she growled.

Celestia wipped away parts of the cake she ate from her mouth.

"What is this?" the sun princess glared at her younger sibling.

"I am doing nothing but offering this young stallion a chance to rise up in a prestigious position." Luna glared at her.

"Oh so you are saying the same doesn't apply to the day guards?" Celestia stepped closer, the smaller alicorn didn't back down but got closer herself.

"Oh please sister, we all know that the night guards are picking quality over quantity while yours do the opposite."

"Is that so? Sister you seem to have forgotten that most of your guards come from MY battalion."

"I did not, yet I have given them a chance to be something more than a normal guard."

"Sister you are playing with fire right now."

"Oh am I? I am saying nothing but the truth."

"What are you giving your guards what I don't? Fine if he stays in my battalion I pay him double the normal payment."

"Triple."

"Fourth."

"Five!"

"Sixth!"

Fireheart rose his eyebrow as the two continued to argue with each other. Shaking his head he walked off leaving them to continue fighting.

Making his way outside of the castle he was about to get towards his house when he heard something behind him. Groaning he spoke.

"I have had enough for the day can't I just go to sleep?" However as he turned around he didn't see Princess Celestia nor Princess Luna but bright green eyes staring directly in his. Fireheart suddenly felt his dizzy as his vision got darker and darker.

"Hello love, it is nice finally meet you." Was all he heard before blacking out.