"thank you!" I watched Shining Armor pull mom into a kiss as I saw mom smile after they were done. "when can you start?"
"I think as soon as possible would be best. Would tomorrow afternoon work?" she asked him as he nodded. She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "then I guess maybe today ended great after all." they said their goodbyes to one another before mom quickly rushed into the bedroom with worry on her face. "Adam?"
"I'm here mom," I said as I crawled out from under the bed. She quickly pulled me into a hug as I wrapped my small arms as best I could around her neck.
"I'm glad to see that you are safe..."
"I didn't even do anything mom... I stayed in the bedroom and read the book you gave me. He just walked in and started looking around." mom sighed as she let me out of her hug.
"there are rumors that I am hiding something going around the castle. Blueblood most likely thought it was something bad enough to make me lose my right to the throne should something happen to aunt Celestia..." she said in a sad tone as she gave me a smile.
"would... me being here cause something like that to happen?" I asked her with a small amount of curiosity in my tone.
"... possibly if I don't play this right." she then said.
"sorry mom for causing problems." she gave me a smile as she pulled me in for another hug and kissed me on the forehead.
"it's not your fault for what happens. You are one of the greatest decisions that I ever made alright?" she asked as she rocked back and forth with me to the left and right. She soon let me go as she made a motion for me to follow her. I followed her into the main room and sat down with her on the couch. "since you heard the conversation I believe I should tell you about his little sister. Her name is Twilight Sparkle and she comes from the Twilight Family."
"Twilight Family?" I asked confused as hearing something about a name and family was new to me.
"names usually hold power here in Canterlot with the many different families. Each family has their own way of identifying who is in what family. Females in the Twilight Family have Twilight in their name."
"but what about the stallions of the family?" I then asked confused as to why only the females were named Twilight.
"they were named after something that glows or shines... it's a confusing system they have," she told me with a smile on her face.
"but why was he worried about the family name then?" I asked her.
"because their family name is what protects Shining Armor and their sister from being disrespected and fought over. There are many in the city who would do their best to get into the family to abuse the family name. They own quite a few companies and are known to be among aunt Celestia's most trusted. If somepony smart enough got together with his little sister..."
"it could mean... bad things?" she giggled at my response but then gave me a nod. "do you know what she's like?"
"she loves to learn but believes everything she reads from books to be true... she still holds onto the stories I read to you." she then told me about the filly she would be foalsitting. "she also... finds friendship to be below learning."
"but wouldn't friends help her through trying times mom?" I asked her. "and are you talking about the stories of the tooth fairy?" she nodded.
"the tooth fairy, the Grinch... all of them."
"oh... but wouldn't she find the story's about humans true?" I then asked her. "about my kind... hunting down bad fillies and colts..." she shook her head.
"ill be trying my best to make her think differently Adam. It might take some time but... it would be another step closer to making sure you aren't caught up with what happened at your home." she told me as she pulled me into a hug. " I will do my best to ensure you can stay Adam. But aunt Celestia knows quite a few things about humans that not even I know about."
"why does she not like humans?" I then asked her as maybe it was something I could fix.
"I do not know Adam... but did you know that when she discovered your world she wanted to make peace with them?" I looked at her in awe as she looked me straight in the eyes. "from what I know she discovered your world in the medieval age. She believed to make friends with your race would cause both species to grow and bloom." she then gave a small frown. "but then she saw the war that followed soon after... humans dead all over, greedy kings conquering different countries, the fact that both species were the total opposites of one another."
"opposites of one another?" I asked as I couldn't see how we were opposites.
"humans have waged war multiple times for small reasons. Aunt Celestia didn't approve of this and tried to talk them out of their warlike ways. They tried to capture her because they believed whoever held her power would have been an emperor to all... and they would have been right..."
"so my race back then is because everyone was so warlike?" she nodded as I leaned back into the couch. Already knowing that just to stay with mom... it was going to take a lot more work then what I first believed...