Antares was sitting atop a hill not too far from Canterlot looking over the city. He had been there resting his mind trying to calm himself down. After a few slow breaths, he tried to lift up a boulder but was barely able to lift it up. After several tries of lifting up the same boulder he gave up and tossed it over the hilltop. He did the same to another boulder this time aiming at the trees behind him, after doing the same thing several times he started punching them. He stopped once he heard a twig snap.

''Chill Antares it's just me.''

Antares lowered the boulder and went back to the edge of the hill without saying a word.

''Mind if I sit down?'' Sarg said

Antares gave him a quick glare. ''Sure''

Sarg sat down a safe distance from Antares.''You okay?''

Antares looked at the ground then at Sarg.''Do I look okay?''

Sarg chuckled.''I used to do the same thing. He saw the confusion in his face.''I mean hit those trees when I'm upset.'' He continued.''Though Celestia told me to stop as it was a common place for tourists to explore.''

Antares kept his face hidden in his hooves.''Sorry about what happened I just hit a nerve, I didn't mean what I said I-''

''It's ok I thought you would notice, I also though your father told you about me.''

Antares face grew pale.''What?''

''Yea, I knew him, Kerberos and I were good friends.''

Antares stared at him with wide eyes.''How do you know about him?''

''We meet when Canterlot was just being built, and when the princesses had just gotten their posts around a year ago.'' He smirked. '' We both got accepted into the guard I was positioned as the captain, and your father was the sergeant until he transferred to the lunar guard.''

Antares moved closer to Sarg.'' He had told me lots of stories of his first years, about the princesses and about his compadre he would say.''

Sarg couldn't help but laughing. ''Oh yeah! I remember him calling me that, I didn't know what that meant for a long time, I just assumed it was some weird Chinese word he used.''

Antares joined the laughter.''No, its Spanish guey!'' He laughed even louder.'' I mean's you're his son's godfather...''

Sarg stopped laughing.''Oh, well you see... according to your father he didn't know you were alive, so I thought it meant something else.''

''What?''

Sarg explained.''Look, he said that his wife passed away during her last stage of pregnancy, but that was obviously not true.'' He looked down.''He didn't go into details so I that's what I assumed, but after Discord was defeated, he just left.''

''What do you mean.''

Sarg took deep breath.''He told me the day after that he found something somewhere that he needed to check out, he told me that he had set up a link in my head so I could send him messages while he was gone.'' Sarg put a hoof over his beard.''He didn't come back after that, for the past millennia we would just talk to each other until..''

''Until what?'' he said.

Sarg's voice became raspy.''I had stopped getting messages from him around 25 years ago, he said that he started living in a village teaching kids or something like that, and 12 years ago I had experienced the biggest headache in my life. When I healed I tried contacting him but there was no response, and I didn't even feel the connection in my head it had just, disappeared.'' Sarg turned to face Antares.''What happened?''

Antares voice became uneasy.''I.. I'm not really sure, it was just a blur, I saw fire and heard screams and just ran away.''

''I'm sorry you had to experience that.''

Antares wiped a tear away.''It's ok, you know doing this guard thing has helped me get my mind off things, thank you.''

Sarg wrapped a hoof around Antares neck.''Your welcome.'' He smirked.''ahijado''


It was a bright and sunny day, there were lots of crowds of ponies gathered around seats. It was the day that Antares and the rest of the guards in training would get their posts. Sarg was on a medium sized platform next to Princess Celestia.

''Greetings mares and gentlecolts, we are gathered here today to see these young ponies advance into something great...''

That's about all Antares heard during the ceremony since to him it was just towards the parents.

Thirty minutes into the ceremony Sarg started awarding soldiers their positions.

''This is sooooo fricking boring.'' Shining said

Antares whispered back.''Yea got that right.''

Sarg went named the positions in rank order meaning that private would be first then private e-2 etc. They waited until it was just them the two and Star Hazard.

''Star Hazard come up please.''

The cold glanced at the two.''Guess you two will have to split the position, haha.''

Antares gave him a glare.''Cheeky cunt.''

Sarg put a medal on Star Hazard's shoulder.''Congratulations CSM.'' He then saluted the new CSM, Star Hazard did the same and got in the end of the long row.

''And finally will Shining Armour please come up to the stage.''

Antares as well as the crowd clapped for him, while Shining couldnt help but trot up the stage with the widest smile Antares had ever seen.

''Congratulations SMA you deserved it.'' Sarg saluted him like he had done with Star Hazard.

Antares was the last one sitting down in his chair, whispers emerged between the parents and the soldiers on top of the stage. Sarg was conversating with Celestia.

Celestia suddenly stood in front of the microphone.''Will Antares please come up.''

Antares slowly stood up from his chair and got on top of the stage facing Celestia.''Antares today I am awarding you the position of Elite Sargent of the Guards, you will solely follow orders from me and Sarg and will be sent on many solo missions.'' Celestia placed a star shaped medal on his shoulder.''Congratulations.''

Antares bowed and whispered to Sarg.''Don't you dare do that to me.''

''Now you will always take orders from me metal wing, until my grave''

Antares smirked.''Sure thing, Sirus.''

Sarg chuckled.''Oh, you cheeky cunt, don't you dare use my name.''

Antares nudged his shoulder.''Nice work in Saddle Arabia by the way.''

''I hate you.''

Antares laughed again.''I hate you too.''


Authors Note: I am deeply sorry for not updating for so long the next chapter will come out sooner I promise.