"Sir Spike could you please make sure who the recipient of the message is to please." he nodded as he opened up the message before he handed it over to me. "thank you Sir Spike." opening the letter I began to read its contents worried for what I was going to read.

Hanzo

while I am thankful you are going to train my dearest student... I must ask what the reasons were as to why she suddenly found herself inadequate in protecting herself despite her possibly being the most knowledgeable in spell work and magic power to where she is close to myself before I decided to take my royal duties more seriously. Do not get me wrong I am still the all powerful Sun Princess that many know, love, and even fear as I had found time to ensure I never got complacent in my own training but I must ask why you decided to heed her request?

While I am also thankful that you have decided to help her protect herself even further from any future threats that is what her guard was created for, to ensure her protection against all who wish to go against her. I wish to keep safe from harm just like you. Allowing her to be trained in your ways... goes against this policy of mine to keep her out of harms way that she is unprepared for. She is no warrior Hanzo.

Shes a Learner.

Shes a Scholar.

Shes my Student.

Which is why I am not allowing this to occur. Despite being notified of whats going to be happening and after reading what exactly this training of yours entails I see it would not be beneficial to her in any way shape or form. In fact from what I see you are basically setting her up so you yourself will know all she is capable of. I do not trust you Hanzo Lucifer I will say this now but as long as you do what you have been limited to doing such as following her orders and ensuring her protection given enough time maybe I can find myself able to trust you... but for now I cannot allow what you have notified me of.

I thank you once more for notifying me of this decision and that you have not yet notified her of your decision and instead brought this to my attention. While she is a grown mare I do not believe she would be capable of making the right decision in this case... once this letter is first opened it will disintegrate approximately 5 minutes afterwards.

Princess Celestia

Princess of the Sun

Ruler of the Equestria

knowing that it has been longer than 5 minutes I looked towards Spike as I handed him the letter as he himself read it. Once he was finished his eyes shifted through several emotions and states of mind including confusion, shock, and anger. All three just mentioned being the most common. "but why? Shouldn't she be happy for what your doing?" the innocent soul of one that has not seen the true extent of the darker side of life. "i mean Twilight's a grown mare! She can make her own decisions easily!"

"but not many are capable of doing so in her state of mind at the moment. She had come to realize that with my own ability of being resistant to magic others could potentially have this same ability. But she is also using this opportunity to learn my clans ways." I also hoped she had come to the revelation of what I just told Sir Spike but I must bring it up with her during her lessons just in case. "also just why did the letter not combust as it was told?"

"when Twilight first found what I was able to do she did all sorts of tests when she was younger. She forgot all about her experiments when she remembered she had a magic exam the next day with a written explanation on levitation magic. Basically my flames are different from previous dragon messengers and they remove all enchantments placed on the letters. No matter how strong or how powerful" his eyes then widened. "we got to tell Twilight!"

"we do not... at least not now."

"what?! But why?! She has a right to know!"

"that she most certainly does. But to show her this letter from the princess would break the trust she has in the princess. This is something I do not wish to have happen to her as the consequences would be massive and unpredictable." I spoke to him.

"but wouldn't that be right?" I gave a small sigh as I remembered his innocence.

"Sir Spike to those who don't know the true extent of the real world yes it would. But with the princess things cannot be taken for granted. There is someone out there that wishes to obtain her. The hostage situation and the attack on the castle were attempts to get her through indirect means. Thankfully my own clan laws prevent her from ordering me around as I am to only protect my charge and do as she says. She simply thought I had basically asked her on what I should be doing when instead I was notifying her of what was to happen... as long as she stays ignorant all will remain well. I will have to adjust how the training will occur however and see if any of the guard are trustworthy enough to keep a secret from all who ask. The only way to ensure this information stays secret is if we somehow talk the princess into ordering their silence. Equestrian laws states that two of the princesses must order another s guard to reveal certain information regardless of how respected they are. Should she order their silence even if only princess Celestia asked another would have to ask the same question alongside her to get said information revealed."

"but what if they tell them anyways?" I narrowed my eyes as a small growl slowly rose from myself.

"then they are a oath-breaker and a traitor to their ruler who deserve worse then death itself." I spoke up as Spike looked at me in shock once more. "it would also mean that the princesses guard aren't truly loyal to her and there is truly none that can fully be trusted."

"even you with your own oaths?" he accused me with narrowed eyes before they once more went wide as I nodded at his question.

"correct Sir Spike." I spoke. "my oaths can be stretched to a large variety of ways as certain allowances can be made in certain decisions. If my presence would harm her I would remove myself from her company. Should the only way to free her would be to harm her it will be done as quickly as possible. As long as she is still alive in the end... my oath to ensure her survival is upheld."

"but wasn't your oath to keep her from harm?" he then questioned. "

"the oath I took was to ensure her survival regardless of what must be done. It is a standard oath taken in my clan for those who take up royal details. There are many different variations of it and the one I took was the same one I made when I was brought before the Emperor and Empress and given the chance to be among their personal guard. An oath I failed when I found myself not by their side during the prison break."

"do you know that they died?" I was confused at what he was asking.

"no... but with how many of my brothers and sisters in arms were killed compared to all those who had been remaining of the criminals-"

"if you don't truly know than your oath has been fulfilled right?" he then spoke as I looked at him confused. "look unless you know for certain then you should put it behind you! Protect Twilight as you protected them so you can redeem yourself as a just in case!" while I don't know if he knows what he thinks hes talking about I simply agreed with him as I grabbed the letter and folded it up before hiding it in my armor.

"for now we will keep this between the two of us..." he looked like he wanted to argue over my decision but he nodded his confirmation as the door opened once more.

"ill allow you to fix things as you see fit. Have them take their time as the castle gets very confusing to traverse."

"i will take your suggestions into account princess. Do you need an escort?" I watched her giggle a little into her hand as she stopped underneath the door frame and looked into the room.

"i think I will be fine captain. Have a good day."

"you as well princess! I hope you will heed my warnings!" she gave a small frown before she closed the door and gave a small sigh.

"princess." I spoke as she gave a small jump and turned towards me. "it is time for your evaluation." she took a few deep breaths before opening her eyes to show me confidence and determination. "i believe your attire is good enough to get through your evaluation but I will leave it up to you should you wish to change."

"I'm alright Master Hanzo." surprised I simply nodded as Sir Spike looked at me with awe and shock.

"then let us move to the evaluation area."