Chapter 6: A Truth Filled Meeting

Twilight led her friends and Blades to the throne room. They got to the door and Blades took a deep breath. 'Hope this goes well.' The doors opened and the group walked in. Luna lit up as she saw Blades walk in, while Celestia got worried. Luna was first to greet them. "Hello Twilight, and hello stranger. Or should I just call you Blades?" Luna giggled at her own joke and Blades gave a smug smile. "Blades is fine, but I think stranger sounds more mysterious and fun." Luna giggled even more but Celestia was not impressed. She could sense a lot of magic and she wanted to know what was going on.

"So you are a male alicorn?" Blades nodded and Luna then noticed it was true. "Wow! That explains how you got those wings to work so well without visible magic!" Blades nodded once again. "A simple change look spell." That was when Celestia recognized the magic she sensed. It was change magic and a lot of it acting on this male alicorn. Celestia stood up and pointed her horn at him. "Reveal your real self now. I can sense all the magic you are using to hide the real you. Now remove it and show us your real self." Twilight stepped forward to defend Blades but he stopped her. "I was afraid this would happen."

"I mean you no harm and I only hid my appearance because most find it appalling and few wish to see it. I only wanted to be known for what my soul looks like and not my outer body." Blades let the spells on his wings, teeth and eyes dissipate. "Demon! Guards!" Blades had expected this and just stood still. "I am only half demon, third generation hybrid. I have the soul of a pony and the look of a demon. I mean none of you any harm." The guards held their spears in his direction and Celestia had grown fearful and took aim. It was Luna who spoke up next.

"But that means that you weren't in costume that night. This is the real you after all?" Blades looked into her eyes and nodded. "The only costume was the thought that I was normal under this horrid exterior. I hope I have not insulted you or make you feel like I lied to you. Nightmare night is the only time I can come out of hiding and be myself without others trying to kill me or run in fear. Everything I said was true." Luna walked forward and pushed the guards aside. "Luna stop! We can't trust him! He is a demon! He will kill us the first chance he gets." There was hate in her voice but Luna ignored her sister.

Blades spoke up. "Princess I know this is hard to understand but most hybrids are loyal to you and are considered traitors to their own kind because of that choice. I know this because I am considered that. I am aligned to you and hunted by full Demons. And almost all of the hybrids I know are on your side. i am one of the unlucky ones though. Because of my looks and my loyalty I am hated and hunted by both kinds. I mean nopony any harm." Luna was next to him and looking him over. Then she held her hoof out to touch his wings. "Careful. They are sharp enough to cut through steel and I don't want to cut you." Luna put her hoof back down.

Twilight had enough of her teacher not giving him a chance. "Princess it was you who told me to give all ponies a chance and make as many friends as I could. He has been at my house since Luna left. He didn't even know she was a princess. That is how far he has been from any news. He even helped Spike control his fire abilities. And he could have let me get burned when I distracted Spike but he put his body in front of me so I wouldn't be hurt. He has had plenty of time to hurt any of us. Even you. But he has stood here and taken this like it was nothing. He hasn't even tired to defend himself against your guards. How can he be that bad when he has been so nice and can make Luna happy?"

Celestia listened to her students words and knew they were right. But she didn't understand why he was here or what Twilight meant by making Luna happy. "Why did you bring him here?" Luna spoke up this time. "I invited him here to see me again. We had a good time at Ponyvil and I told him he could come and see me again." Luna then turned to Blades. "But did you really not know anything about me?" Blades looked at her and shook his head.

"No I didn't know you were a princess, thought the alicorn should have given it away. And I never knew who Nightmare Moon really was before that. So I just thought the act was just a good transformation spell for a fun prank. So to me you were just a cute mare that looked like she could use a good time after a hard start. And no I didn't know why you had a hard start either. And I didn't care. I still don't considering you seemed to have a good time and I know I did. I guessed it was all ok since the night ended well it didn't matter how it started." Luna was stunned by all of this.

Luna told the guards to stand down and they looked to Celestia. She nodded but was still unsure of this demon. "Well since we both know the truth about each other, may I ask why you showed up when you knew my sister would attack you?" Blades gave a sigh as the spears around him lifted. "Because I wanted to see you. I didn't know how she would react but I had an idea. And it seemed worth keeping my word to a beautiful mare to risk it. Besides I think it is time I stop hiding from every pony. So even if you won't let me take you out tonight then at least I made a few friends from this whole thing."

Blades turned to Celestia who had gasped just like Luna had. "That is if your big sister will allow it. Since she seems to hate me though, I doubt she will allow her sister to go out with the likes of me." Blades tone was blank and void of emotion. He simply looked at the sun princess, but she could see the longing in his eyes. Luna had the same longing. She knew she liked him, even with his scary outer shell. She had seen the real him on Nightmare night. She could see he had a good soul. "Please sister can we at least talk about this?" Celestia was going to tell Luna no and have Blades arrested, but that look on Luna's face stopped her. Celestia had never seen Luna like this with anypony but her.

"Fine Luna we can talk it over. Meanwhile Twilight and her friends will keep an eye on him." Blades nodded as the girls agreed. "I know I have no place to ask for anything, but do you mind if I take a shower somewhere? I raced Dash here and I don't want to stink in front of the princesses. I guess I should have thought of that sooner, sorry." Celestia told the guards to take the girls and Blades to a large room where he could shower and they could wait. Blades was glad for the chance to get clean. Especially if this was going to be his last shower for a long time. 'Might as well go to jail clean.'

Luna walked up to her sister and was going to start pleading for Celestia to let her go on a date with Blades but she waited to see what her sister was thinking. "You can't go out with him Luna. He is to much of a threat." Luna was annoyed by this answer. "He is no more a threat than anypony else!" Celestia turned on her sister. "You don't understand Luna. He is a monster and can hurt you just by touching you. I can't let you date an evil being like him." Luna looked at the floor and took on a sad tone. "Ponies once called me an evil monster because of how I looked and what I did. Does that mean that no pony should ever come close to me?"

Celestia was shocked at her sister's words. She had known Luna felt bad about being Nightmare moon, but she never knew she felt like this. "No, you deserve love my dear sister. But there are so many other, and better ponies out there. I am sure-" Luna stomped her hoof. "No sister there aren't! You know as well as I do, even before I was Nightmare Moon, few ponies ever liked me or ever showed any interest in me! They were all after you! Or just didn't care about me. He has been the only pony that has ever just made me feel good and like I am a normal pony. I haven't met anyone like him before. He is an outcast and unliked, just like me."

Clelestia hugged her sister. "That is not true! You are loved by me and many others! Don't ever think you are an outcast or unliked. Ponies just don't understand you yet." Luna pulled away from the hug. "They never have! And never have tried! But Blades doesn't care if I am a princess! He likes me for me! We are more alike than you think. Besides you can read his soul just like I can! And it is a good and almost pure soul! Not many ponies have that let alone one that is a hybrid." Celestia knew Luna had a point. "But Luna that is what worries me. You know when a hybrid has a tainted soul it means they have lost control at least once and have most likely killed others. And if they lose control once they can do it again. I am just worried about you."

Luna lightened her mood. "I know dear sister, but you have to let me live and make my own mistakes. Besides I know you will have guards watching us the entire time. So I will be safe. Now please at least give him one chance. That is all he and I ask. One date to see how things go. Please let me have this one thing." Celestia gave in finally and told her she could except as long as she didn't mind being followed. Luna excepted because she knew it was the only way she would get by with it. And that her sister would do it even if she said no to it. Luna ran off to the room where Blades and the girls were waiting. She was excited to say the least.