Chapter 4:
The Morning Report
Celestia then flew down before the three and greeted them, "Good Morning, Cobalt and Aurora,". She then saw her niece and then leaned down smiling at her niece, "And good morning to you too my favorite Niece!" She gushed, as she hugged Twilight.
Twilight giggled as she placed her hooves on her aunty's chest, "Hehe, I'm your only niece Aunty Tia,".
"All the more reason you're my favorite," Celestia shot back as the two shared a nuzzle.
"Hehe, now Tia. Do you have anything to report to us?" Aurora asked her little sister as the mare placed the filly down.
"Oh yes!...," Celestia said as she cleared her throat and began singing her report…
Celestia: Potions went berserk in magic school, Earth Pony Nobles acting they're above it all.
Blaze-Horn and Storm-Heart are arguing which I can't seem to recall.
Cragadiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks.
Showed interest in my wing feathers so I quickly said 'No, Thanks!'.
As Celestia began singing her report, Twilight spotted a gopher peeping out of the dirt and tried to catch it like a lion cub, only for the little rodent to hide back in it's hole.
Celestia: We haven't paid the Hippogriffs and the Griffons have a hunch.
Not every creature invited will be coming back from lunch.
Celestia then chuckled nervously and kept going as Twilight keeps attempting to catch the gopher repeatedly through different dirt holes.
Celestia: This is the Morning Report.
Gives you the long and the short.
Every grunt, roar, and snort.
Not a tale I distort.
Of The Morning Report!
Both Cobalt and Aurora looked to see Twilight jumping towards a rock to try and catch the gopher, only for the gopher to dodge the filly and have her head collide with the rock.
"Twilight, what are you doing, sweetie?" Cobalt asked as he and Aurora smiled in amusement at Twilight chasing the gopher.
"Pouncing," Twilight said with a disappointed look after she failed to catch the gopher while rubbing her head.
"But not doing a good job," She sighed sadly.
"Awww, why don't you let a pro show you how it's done?" Cobalt offered as Twilight nodded happily.
"And I know how you can practice," Aurora said with a sneaky smirk as she glanced at her sister.
Celestia: Oh, the buffalo have got a beef about the season's grass.
Some skunks have been thwarted in attempts to save their gas.
Flamingos in the pink are chasing the Secretary Birds.
While Celestia was distracted…
"Ready to have some fun?" Cobalt whispered as Twilight nodded with a mischievous smile.
"Okay, first, stay low to the ground," Cobalt advised as Twilight crouched deeper into the grass.
"Stay low to the ground, right? Yeah, I got this. " Twilight assured keeping her voice down.
"That's it, now check the winds and the shadow," Cobalt said.
"Try not to make a sound. And wait the perfect moment to pounce," Cobalt said, giving Twilight the final instructions as she snuck deeper into the grass.
Luna was then seen walking by with three other Alicorns.
The first Alicorn is a light blue coated mare her eyes were a royal purple and her mane was dark blue with streaks of silver and tied in a ponytail with a seashell beret. She wore a silver and light blue dress with light pink shell clamps, she had a pearl and shell bracelet and necklace with her own gold medallion with the mark of a water droplet. Her dress also obscured her cutie mark which was a cyan-blue tidal wave. This Alicorn is known as Marina.
The second Alicorn is a stallion like Cobalt but is much bulkier. He had a short dark brown mane and tail, and his coat was chocolate brown, on his serious-looking face were eyes colored a dark gray and a goatee on his chin. He was decked in Viking armor, a fur vest, dark brown bandages around his forelegs, and had an orangish-brown bandana on his head and a gold medallion with the picture of a mountain on it, on his chest harness. His cutie mark was two rocks smashing into each other. His name is Cliffbore.
The third Alicorn is another mare like Marina. Her coat was light minty green, her eyes a sky blue, and her mane was dark green and striped with jade green, long and wavy, almost touching the ground with flowers decorating it. She wore a yellow leaf laurel crown and a garland of different colored flowers and attached to it a cloak made from leaves that went right to the ground she wore around her frame and at the center of the garland was a bright pink flower with a gold medallion with the symbol of a sporting plant. The cloak also hid her cutie mark which was a rainbow flower blooming. This is Gaia Evermane.
Luna, Cliffbore, Marina, and Gaia were walking by until they noticed the princess hiding in the grass.
"What is she doing?" Marina asked in her prim lady-like voice, confused at first.
Luna noticed Celestia had her back turned while giving her report and then turned to Aurora and Cobalt who just grinned and motioned for her to be quiet.
Luna understood and then laid down smirking too, "It seems Celestia is helping Twilight with her lesson," She answered vaguely and quietly, as she enjoyed the show.
The other three alicorns were confused at first but understood and said together, "Ooohhh,".
They then grinned too and sat down with Luna.
"This should be good," Cliffbore said in his gruff but wise voice.
"Indeed," Gaia agreed in her motherly voice with a giggle that Celestia was unaware of, as the white Alicorn was too busy singing to see Twilight hiding in the grass and the adults laying down.
Celestia: Saffron is the season color seen in all the creatures.
Moving down the rank and file near the bottom of the rung.
Far too many beetles are quite frankly in the dung!
"Take it slow, Twilight," Cobalt advised as Twilight crept up to Celestia.
"One more step…," Aurora said as a sly grin appears on Twilight's face.
"...And…," Cobalt and Aurora finally said in unison.
As Celestia finished singing the last line of her song, out of nowhere…
"Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk!" Celestia yelled as Twilight jumped from the grass, pounced on her side, and knocked her off her hooves as Cobalt and Aurora laughed along with Luna and the 3 Guardians with the Princess of the Night rolling on her back in laughter.
Then Twilight began to sing as she blocked her aunt from escaping…
Twilight: This is the Morning Report.
Gives you the long and the short.
Celestia tries to walk in the other direction, while rubbing her sore back but was blocked by Twilight again as the young filly sang as her aunt tried to escape.
Twilight: Every grunt, roar, and snort.
Not a tale I distort.
As Celestia tries to make a run for it, Twilight grabbed her tail with her mouth and was dragged around in the dirt as Celestia tries to fly away while Twilight muffely sang the last lyrics.
Twilight: On The Morning Report!
Then Celestia lifted Twilight up a little off the ground and tried shaking her off, trying to get herself released.
Only for Twilight to playfully flung her aunt around as Celestia rolls around in the grass with laughter as Twilight brutally attacks her belly with tickles.
"Did I scare ya, auntie?! Did I, Huh, Huh?!" Twilight asked eagerly, as Celestia just giggled.
"Haha, yes you did, sweetie!" Celestia said, ruffling Twilight's mane before she leap away and jumped on her mother.
"That's very good, Twilight," Aurora said, as she held her laughing daughter.
"You got a lot of stuff, young lady," Cobalt said, calming down.
"Well, I had two great teachers to teach me," Twilight said with a smile at her father and mother.
"Now this time…," Cobalt said, as he was about to say something to Twilight.
Suddenly, Storm Heart, a silver-coated alicorn mare flew above them. She had bright red eyes, a whitish-gray mane, in pigtails with steel clamps, decked out in silver and purplish-gray armor, with a wind-styled head circlet on her head. Around her neck was a golden medallion with the insignia of a whirlwind on it. Passing her armored skirt, her cutie mark was a swirling storm.
"Your majesties! Diamond Dogs! Ravaging the crystal storage west of the City! Blaze-Horn is leading the guards against them!" She reported in a loud commanding voice.
Aurora and Cobalt sprung into action as they took to the air.
"Celestia and Luna, you two, take Twilight home," Cobalt said, being serious now. "Cliffbore, Gaia, Marina, you three come with us!". The three nodded and took flight to the west.
"Mommy, Daddy! Can I come with you?" Twilight pleaded.
"No, Twilight! This is something your father, the guardians and I need to handle!" Aurora said, kissing her daughters' forehead before she and Cobalt flew off following Storm Heart.
After Cobalt, Aurora, and Storm Heart flew off to deal with the intruders, Twilight started walking away back to The Castle Of Harmony and complained, "I never get to go anywhere with them,".
"Oh, don't worry yourself, my niece. One day you will be the queen of this kingdom," Celestia assured as she and Luna followed Twilight back to the Castle Of Harmony.
"And when you're older, you too can come with us and chase those slobbery, mangy, stupid, gem-poachers from Dawn to Dusk," Luna added as Twilight merely huffed.