hey everyone welcome to the monthly update! I got more chapters this month but no new stories for several reasons! first reason I now have over 50 - 55 story ideas, includes rewrites of my stories, so new stories I plan to write randomly and put into a folder to post in case I don't have enough chapters to post and would help me greatly because well... again i say it ADHD is a blessing and a curse... I get so many ideas that its hard for my mind to keep up...
also, doesn't help my mind has been stuck on dark souls and reading harry potter fanfiction this month... now its stuck on 7 days to die...
moving on! I'm posting over 15 chapters this month and I am kind of glad due to the pity amount I did last month and I am glad I got at least one chapter out for Equestrian Ranch which is now flowing through my mind for stuff I can work on so I should have more than 1 to post next month for that story... I've had a good month besides the fact my ADHD has been nearly killing me.
I'm actually going to go to a person to get authenticated that I have ADHD so I can get myself a job coach because I am feeling very lazy...
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and I'm rambling off again... back on track! I hope you all enjoy the chapters and hope you all can forgive my ADHD self for updating random stories... have a good one!
After our talk, I lead princess Twilight to her friends. After watching their reunion they began to walk around town as I followed a few feet behind the group as to not interfere with their conversation. I could tell that there was some form of damage to the city. Windows were smashed, words were sprayed everywhere with different messages but all towards the same thing. I couldn't help but scowl at how far the rebels had gone. I soon noticed down a street guards moving covered bodies. I looked down the street with a saddened gaze as I prayed that they found whoever let them do this. "Hanzo?" I was jolted from my thoughts as I looked towards princess Twilight and her friends as they looked at me. "are you alright?"
"apologies." I gave her a small bow. "just..." I looked back down the street we were passing as they followed my stare. "caught up in my thoughts princess." I saw princess Twilight approach me as she put a hand on my shoulder.
"they will find who allowed them in Hanzo..."
"I am still fearful princess... if they could sneak it the chemicals and hide them expertly then no doubt they would be able to hide themselves. Almost anyone could be an enemy princess." she looked hesitant at my words. "at a time like this no doubt the royal family is in danger... which includes yous princess." her eyes widened as her friends walked over and joined us as she gained a thoughtful look on her face.
"then I guess we should go warn my parents of what has happened here." she then said with a serious expression. "come along girls!" she started to walk further down the direction we were going in as I soon followed after them.
After 10 minutes of walking, we soon reached a house on the edge of the town. I watched as Princess Twilight knocked on the door as the 7 of us waited outside the door. I looked at the house to find it was an average home just like in Ponyville... the only average home since all the rest were overly large. "Twilight my dear daughter!" I turned my head towards the door to find princess Twilight in a bear hug with a dark blue unicorn stallion. "Velvet! Honey! Our daughter has come to visit!"
"hi, dad." I watched as Princess Twilight hugged her own father as her friends watched it happen with a smile. I then watched as the stallion looked to his left and saw all her friends.
"I see you brought all your friends!" he then saw me as he looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "and who is this?" Twilight exited the hug as she walked over to me.
"dad I would like for you to meet Hanzo Lucifer. He is my personal bodyguard due to whats been happening lately." her father looked at her with concern. "can we come in so I can explain?"
"certainly." he then said with seriousness in his tone.
"I will await outside princess." princess Twilight looked unsure but nodded as the 7 of them walked inside of the house and closed the door. I stood on the lawn as I looked over to the street to see several ponies trying to move on with their lives as they went about their day. After about 10 minutes of keeping watch, I watched with a heavy heart as a large entourage of ponies moved through the street and towards the gate not far away from the home. In the middle of these ponies were bodies covered in shrouds of different colors. I watched as they walked past the home as I began to think of why the rebels would truly think they were being suppressed by the royal family.
I watched as several of the guards took note of me and broke out of the sea of ponies as they approached me. "hello sir."
"royal guardsmen," I responded with a small bow.
"we heard from one of our own how you eliminated most of the rebels in the castle." the guard on the left spoke. "he watched you try and find a way to stop the chemicals until he was engaged in his own fight. I don't believe the captain truly stopped the rebel plan. From what we heard he was outside of the castle on the border of the chemicals and trying to stop the havoc being caused in the streets."
"I regret everything I did today." they looked at me. "they were mislead and manipulated to do this I have no doubt." they nodded.
"just wanted to let you know sir that quite a few of the guard are on your side should you need it." I gave them a nod. "good day sir." they rejoined the parade of ponies as I stood at the small gate that leads to the home of Princess Twilight's parents. "are you alright?" I slowly turned around to find princess Twilight approaching me as she then spotted what was going on in the street. "oh..." she walked over and stood next to me as we watched the large amount of ponies. Guards began to give a small bow to Princess Twilight as they passed. "to see this in such a large amount..." she then spoke up when the last of the ponies passed by us.
"may I ask what they are doing princess?" I then asked her.
"the royal guard usually does this after large battles in the past the last time it happened was in the dark ages during princess Luna's banishment." she looked over to me. "it is supposed to be about defiance."
"defiance?" she nodded at my question as she turned around to walk back towards the house.
"defiance towards the ponies who did this. Showing their spies that we still stand strong no matter what happens. Even the nobles know to do this tradition. Come on in Hanzo, my parents wish to meet you." I gave her a nod as I followed after her and into the small home. Closing the door behind me I walked over to where the princess of standing and looked into what appeared to be a living room.
"so your the big strong stallion that's watching over my daughter!" said a female voice as I looked at the gray mare sitting with Princess Twilight's father. She was looking me up and down until her gaze fixated on the only thing missing. "Um... Twilight..."
"yes, mom?" she answered as she walked in and sat down with her friends.
"may I ask why your guard is missing an arm?" she then asked as her father looked towards me and noticed as well.
"he's missing an arm from a previous engagement from before he became my guard. He has still proven to be quite a guard despite this setback of his. There are few things he can't do with one arm." princess Twilight answered.
"yes, he has proven to be quite helpful to Twilight since she has been under his care." Lady Rarity spoke up as I stared in surprise.
"if you're certain. So can I ask a question to him then?" her mother spoke up as princess Twilight turned towards me.
"I will answer any question you wish to ask of me Lady Velvet," I responded with a small bow of my head as the both of them looked surprised and looked at each other.
"OK then... what made you want to protect my daughter?" she then asked.
"a multitude of reasons, my clans honor, my own honor... the one that counted though was that I was asked to continue doing a job I already knew doing."
"already knew doing?" her father spoke up as I nodded.
"correct. My clan and I used to protect the rulers of our land. I myself was requested several times to protect the Empress during different events." I told her with a small smile under my face mask remembering the times I spent protecting the empress and the times I spent getting to know the ruler of my land as many did as me.
"that is... interesting..." Lady Velvet spoke slowly as the two parents quickly gave a glance to one another. Before anything else could be told dongs started to echo through the house as Lady Velvet's eyes widened. "oh Celestia! I'm late for work!" she quickly put down her drink, kissed princess Twilight on top of her head and rushed out the door while her father sat there chuckling.
"sorry to say that's its almost time for me to go to work as well..." he sat up and looked at me. " I thank you for giving up your time to protect my daughter... but should anything happen to her..." he gave me a glare that just spelled death. "it will be all... your... fault..."
"I will give my life to protect her," I said giving him a bow as he smiled.
"good..." soon we were all leaving the house as we walked out to find the ponies that had left the city were finally returning from what they had been doing. I stayed there with the 6 mares until all the ponies had passed and we started to make our way back to the castle. I followed a few feet behind as usual as I noticed that everything was being fixed quickly. About 90 percent of everything I saw destroyed and painted was gone so I was surprised by how fast they were fixing things up.
After about 20 minutes we reached the castle as princess Twilight stopped outside of the castle gate. "you girls go on ahead... I need to talk to Hanzo about something." they looked confused but continued over to the castle as princess Twilight turned to me. "while we were at my parent's Princess Celestia sent me a message... she wishes for me to create a guard..."
"I think that would be a good job for you..."
"to watch over you..." I simply was confused. "she doesn't trust you from what I told you earlier today Hanzo. She wishes for me to create a guard and she is going to choose 20 ponies to watch over you while they guard me."
"how many do you need to create a guard if I may ask?" I asked her.
"from what the laws state there must always be at least 50 guards to create a new guard to be sanctioned by the crown. First was the royal day guard, then the royal night guard, then now there must be a new guard for myself with whats all happened." she looked saddened by all of this.
"what of Princess Cadance?" I asked her.
"she has the royal crystal guard to watch over her made entirely of the crystal ponies in the north." I simply nodded. "know that I am giving you my absolute trust Hanzo... that I don't think you are the cause of what is happening that I am telling you all of this."
"I thank you for your trust princess. May I ask when your new guard must be brought into service?" she nodded.
"Princess Celestia is asking for volunteers from the royal day guard. We will meet them tomorrow. I will need to come up with a name for the guards..." she gave a small sigh.
"may I make a suggestion princess." she gave me a small smile and nodded. "knowing what you have told me. Princess Celestia has a sun for a cutie mark and has made a royal day guard, Princess Luna is a moon and has a royal night guard, Princess Cadance has a crystal heart for her cutie mark and has the royal crystal guard... seeing as you have stars for your cutie mark..." her eyes widened in realization she quickly gave me a hug and let go before rushing off to the castle gate. I quickly followed after her.