Hooves of war ch. 7: Demons in the starlight
A/N: I do not own MLP only my OCs and I hope you all enjoy it. Any reviews will be nice and apologies it took so long to get out
As sunset shimmer looked around, she saw a young pony with wings that seemed to settle close to her violet body, before the filly locked eyes with Sunset before bolting out of the area. As Sunset tried to make sense of what she was, Grimm quietly pushed on the door, not sure if his marefriend was asleep. Wandering in, a dozen roses gently perched in his mouth, Grimm saw that sunset was sitting up in their bed, looking out the window. As he quickly put the flowers in a vase, he saw that sunset started to stir, causing Grimm to trot over and put his muzzle right on her neck, finally causing sunset to stir.
"Morning sleepyhead, glad your awake because I was afraid Id have to get a prince or something" Grimm said, a smirk on his lips, before kissing sunset like his very life depended on it. As the two broke for air, Sunset wrapped in a hug before saying, her voice soft almost as if she was afraid of being overheard
"Honey I am sure that somepony was outside the window". As Grimm looked around, he trotted over to the phone before getting one of the guards agreeing to pay him a visit. Watching as they scoured every inch of the property, Sunset looked at Grimm and muttered
"I swear honey I saw somepony looking in the window. Please don't think I'm crazy" and as they started to make breakfast, sunset was pouring her love a cup of coffee, one of princess twilight's trusted guards knocked on the door and as Grimm opened it, the guard walked in before saluting and he said, looking at both of them
"Ma'am, sir there was evidence of someone living on the property and knowing to how close the miss is to Twilight, we should assign a guard to your property" and Sunset looked worried and as Grimm saw her start pacing the floor, he said, his word being final on the subject
"It is up to sunset if she wants to have a guard on the property. Hell if she wants to she can stay with princess twilight and I will stay here and try to find out who, or what, is on the property. But it is only if sunset wants to" and as the guards looked at sunset, she nodded and started to pack to go to twilight's before stopping to kiss Grimm on the muzzle before walking with the guards heading toward twilight's castle of friendship.
As the love of his life walked away to somewhere safer, he sang quietly
"You'll ride a black tornado, dog the Mississippi and pin its ears down flat, long before you take this cowboys hat" before he started to look and try to find the girl that had sunset spooked. As Grimm walked the fence line looking for any signs of a break in, he saw a pile of brush that had been smoothed out and as the sun was just starting to rise, proving that Grimm had been up all night caring for sunset, he remarked
"the things I do for love" and he quickly moved and lunged into the quickly made bed putting his mouth around a tuff of hair and gently pulled them out before seeing a scared little filly looking at him panic flashing in their eyes. Quickly setting the girl down, Grimm asked, his somber voice sotto voce,
"My dear why are you hiding here, I will not let the guards deal with you if that is what you are worried about" and that got her talking and the young mare remarked as they walked back to the house, her voice starting to soften
"My name is starlight glimmer and I was and still am an orphan. No one from my village wants me and my family is all gone so I don't know what to do" before she started to cry and Grimm laid a hoof on her before moving her into the house. Quietly closing the door, knowing the guards that twilight had sent would be making their rounds and even though it was his place he wanted the meeting done on his terms not when some guard stumbled upon her. Seeing starlight sitting down, Grimm poured her a cup of coffee and he asked, a caring in his voice that Starlight had not known in years
"Would you like cream or sugar in your coffee?" Looking at him, not knowing how to react, Starlight muttered
"Both please" and Grimm poured it before one of twilight's guards took that moment to warm his hooves and saw starlight before yelling out, his voice ringing like a church bell during high mass
"Miss you know you are wanted for crimes against equestria" and Grimm looked at the guard before saying, his voice snapping the guard to attention then scaring him with how calm he became
"I know that she was wanted but after seeing the scars she has on her flanks from when I pulled her out of the bedding where she was hiding on the lawn so I refuse to hand her over to the guards until she has seen the doctor and then I will hand her over to the princesses, all four of them, before she faces justice and I know that you are one of twilight's guards but so help me if she gets hurt because of you, I will kill you myself" and the guard went silent before sending out a message to twilight. As Grimm stood out on the front porch, allowing starlight to fall asleep on his bed, he started to pace wondering what would happen to the scared filly he had taken in and he didn't have to wait long. As news had been sent back to twilight that the intruder, putting Grimm on edge, as back in the human world she would have been deemed homeless, and he hated to see her broken like that, as Starlight had sobbed herself to sleep and when she finally fell asleep, Grimm had snuck a glance at the clock and realized it was six in the morning. Noticing that the sun would start to rise and that meant he had to leave starlight, he pulled a thick blanket on her before pulling on his wonderbolts officer's uniform and rainbow dash landed next to him and said, as a long yawn escaped his lips,
"Well I know sunset wants a filly of her own but damn bro you need to learn to say no sometimes" and Grimm gently shoved her before replying
"I wish that's what it was but my small family has grown by one. Her name is starlight" and Dash looked around before asking
"Is she safe because I know what most ponies here would do" and Grimm nodded before flying off to see Twilight sparkle. Gently landing, having muffled the shock and sound with his legs, Grimm raised his metal forehoof and knocked on the door, knowing that twilight was with sunset. As the door opened, one of the guards saw the look of fear that Grimm had plastered on his face turning into relief and starlight, who had went to see twilight to reveal she had found somewhere safe for herself, not realizing that Grimm was heading there himself and he had landed, before Starlight yelled, her voice dripping with relief and something akin to surrender, almost as if she wanted to be captured by the guards
"Hey twilight I am home and I learned about friendship" and as the other guards looked at starlight, Grimm walked over and read a brief paper explaining what she had done before he said, a touch of humor in his voice
"Starlight Glimmer your punishment is to move" and as she hung her head thinking she was being banished yet again, she was shocked when Grimm said, "Back to my property but into the house and not the field because you seem to be worn down" and the guards all nodded as Starlight was escorted with princess twilight following him before they were stopped when Grimm was escorted to the royal palace and he saw princess Luna looking ghost white, before she squeaked out
"T-thou has to deal with a major crisis" and Celestia filled him in on a hostage crisis, and he looked at Angel and Rainbow before hugging them and kissing sunset before remarking to the royals,
"My work is never easy and I have to complete the day fast"