Alex's POV

"What's a bitch?" Twilight asked.

"What's the closest thing you have that means horse in this world?" Gus asked as I forced myself to stand as I stood on my numb legs.

"Slut?" Twilight said.

"He just called her a slut in human language." Gus then said as I looked to find Celestia getting back up.

"I think it's time you and I have our talk Celestia." I said pointing towards a door as she started to walk towards it and I turned to look at Twilight and I leaned into her right ear. "Just so you know I can barely feel my legs." She only nodded as she helped me hobble towards the door and when we got there I realized it was a storage room as she helped me sit down on a crate and she closed the door when she left leaving me with Celestia who only looked at me confused. "I cannot feel anything in my legs and I can barely move them." She nodded. "Now tell me. Why?"

"Mother and father had made it so long ago we would have to marry with another one of our own kind… plus they would have to be royal or a knight of Equestria…" she said.

"Then make me a fucking knight." I said but she only shook her head.

"The knighting process is not that simple. You need to do a heroic act that is severe that could of cost you your life and that you weren't going to be the victim of. That you decided you would help even if it wasn't your own business… plus… there is something else…" she said blushing a little and I could barely see it as she turned away.

"I saw the blush Celestia… what is it?" I asked her.

"I… I…" she said.

"Come on spit it out." I said.

"I love you as well…" she then said.

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"Well you're going to have take this matter up with your sister." She looked at me as I had a smile on my face. "And then with the others. All you had to do was tell me that in the first place and not make your own sister cry!"

"That's what father had did to us when we dated while we were younger. He either threw the stallion into the dungeons or banished them… so eventually we stopped dating altogether… even when father disappeared there was no stallion that took interest in us for ourselves… only for the power that came with marrying us…" she then said. Okay I see her point now.

"So you think I wanted to marry Luna for her power?" I asked and she nodded but I only slapped her as it surprised her as I left a hand print on her white face. "Now that is just ridiculous! At first I never wanted to be together with anyone when I first came here due to a tragedy long ago!" she looked at me with wide eyes. "Ever since I could never love again! Until I met them… when they told me they loved me I realized that I could love again and I loved them back…" she had a few tears in her eyes.

"All this time… I never knew…" she said as I only forced myself up and I used the walls to help walk me over to her as I then put my arm around her and when she calmed down I let go and I looked at her.

"No one ever knew… not even the girls when they looked through my memories… I willed for that memory to never come up and I was happy when it didn't… I never wanted anyone to know about her… she died a horrible way that I could not do anything… except for watch…" I said as I had a few tears in my eyes but I wiped them away. "I hope to god none of you ever have to see that memory." She only nodded. "But back to the point. When I lost her I had shut down for an entire year. I barely ate and barely slept and for the next few years I had to eat a lot to make up my lost weight as well as lost muscle. If I ever lost anyone again… I don't know what I would do…"

"It seems to me that we are at a crossroad at the moment." She said.

"Yes it appears we have. Now do you mind helping me over to the crate and then fetch the others?" she did so as she then opened the door, called for the others and when everyone was in shining armor saw the handprint on her face.

"What did you do?" he then asked.

"Why I slapped her for making a false accusation." That made him mad as he tried to charge me but he tumbled onto his feet. "Be lucky that you can at least move your legs. I got no fucking feeling in mine."

"But why did you slap her?" Cadence asked as she replaced her husband with anger in her voice.

"Because she accused me of going out with Luna just for the power." Sarah and Gus's eyes got wide.

"Your dating a fucking horse?!" they both yelled and immediately I had a sixxers pointed at them.

"A total of 4 ponies to be exact. But even if you are my friends I will not hesitate to hurt you." They looked at me like they had been punched in the gut.

"And I thought you had promised to never love again after… you know…" Sarah said.

"That's what I promised but my body thinks otherwise. But now I believe Celestia has something to say." And with that we all looked at her as she gulped a little.

"I… I love him to…" she then said and we all sat there in silence when Luna walked over and hugged her and I looked at her amazed.

"And here I thought you would have been a little bit mad." She looked at me.

"Why would I be? I one of the few that knows where she keeps her diary's." With that Celestia blushed as Luna laughed and we all laughed with her and soon we all stopped.

"So what now?" I then asked. "It's obvious we need to do something but what? I rather not have blueblood finding out about this."

"That would be a problem since you humiliated him in the duel by beating him." Celestia said.

"Couldn't we just throw him into the dungeons?" I asked but they shook their heads.

"We cannot due to his stature… but it would be worse if he found out about this then you think…" Luna said.

"How bad?" I then asked.

"He would kick us from the thrones and take it for himself…"

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"Well shit. Can't we just hire an assassin?" I then asked.

"NO!" they all yelled at me as I only pouted.

"Then we have to find a way to make me a knight then. Then he wouldn't be able to do shit when he finds out." Luna and Celestia nodded. "Twilight. I'm sure your castle must have a lot of books about royal history right?" Twilight nodded. "Well then I think it's time we put that egghead of yours to good use." She pouted as I only smiled before she pushed me off of the crate and onto the ground as every laughed as I only sat up. "You do know when I first got up I could barely feel my legs right? Now I can't do shit with them almost." Sarah only walked over and helped me up but then pushed me back down. "Yeah… pick on the handicapped…" I said and this time Luna helped me up as she sat me down back on the crate. "Where the fuck is my sword anyway?"

"it's-" before Rainbow Dash could continue talking the sword flew into the room and almost impaled into my head but it stopped as it floated in front of me before I grabbed it as I looked around.

"Could someone please tell me what the fuck is going on?" I then asked.

"Your sword is connected to you as it feeds you its own power. It seems it reacts when you need it most as it increase all of your attributes." Celestia said.

"Does that mean he used magic to defeat me?" shining armor asked.

"No… he used his own speed to do that as well as strength but they were amplified… I'm surprised you lived shining armor." Luna said and they all gulped.

"Okay so the sword makes me badass. But when my pinkie touched it I felt all the pain in my body away as if it wasn't there. Then after maybe about 4 to 5 minutes it all went away and that was the reason why I collapsed on the ground." I said.

"It seems that the sword also speeds up your regeneration Alex. You know like the doctor in doctor who." Gus said and I immediately face palmed.

"I thought I told you to never bring up that show again!" he only laughed at my statement.

"You can't do shit ag-" he stopped as I threw the sword and impaled him with his shirt into the wall as the others looked at me surprised.

"I missed by a few inches…" I then said as they all looked at me surprised that I tried to kill him. "Wrong way!" they all sight with relief but when he tried to pull it out he couldn't.

"What the fuck?" he then said. It wasn't even in there that deep and he couldn't get it out.

"What is the wall made of?" I then asked.

"Marble." Celestia answered me.

"Then it should be able to be pulled out easily." I then said as he continued to try and pull it out.

"Try calling out to it." Luna said as I looked at her confused. "I mean like try saying something to have it return to you. When our father and mother were still around there used to be weapons that responded to the controllers words. I suspect this is like the same thing." I nodded as I looked at the sword.

"return." I said and immediately the sword came flying out from the marble and I caught it in my hand as I looked around at the shocked faces. "How rare is this thing?"

"It has been over 1000 years since I last saw a sword connected with its user." I got wide eyed at that.

"Jesus h Christ (no offense) how old are you?"

"I am 1123." She answered. "And Luna is 1099." She then said as Luna blushed.

"Wow… if I wasn't a Texan I would of run out of here." Gus only gave me a look. "Don't give me that look! Even though I lived in Kentucky most of my life I adapted to the surroundings in Texas!" he only shrugged. "But for now what do we do?"

"For now we research what you can do with the sword since all the users were always able to do different things with them but none of them were the same like any other." I only frowned but shrugged.

"But anyways I am glad that you are with us sister." Luna said and her face brightened.

"Does this mean?" we all nodded.

"Welcome to the group!" I said as she only smiled bigger.

"Now that that's cleared up I suggest we get back to work on planning the trip." Luna then said and I looked at her confused.

"What trip?"

A few days later we were all riding in carriages being pulled by peas' as I clenched on for my dear life. "What's wrong Alex? You don't like heights?" Luna asked with a small giggle.

"Yes I'm afraid of fucking heights!" I said and she stopped laughing. "How much farther until we are off this fucking death trap?!"

"About a few more minutes until we get there Alex!" Celestia yelled from the next carriage to the right. I was riding with Twilight and Luna as Celestia rode with Rainbow Dash and Applejack and the others were paired up in twos for their carriages.

"Thank fucking Christ!" I then yelled and a few more minutes I felt the carriage start to go downwards. Soon I felt the carriage land on the ground.

"We have arrived!" I then heard and I then rolled off of the carriage and I then started to kiss the sand… wait a minute… sand?

"You took us to the beach?" I asked with a smile as I looked around and found that the scenery was beautiful as everyone unloaded their things as I only stood up and walked over to the water as I smiled but I then sighed.

"Are you okay Alex? I know what a beach reminds you of…" Sarah said walking over.

"I left most of my past behind me when I came here Sarah. But the memory will always stay… but I should be fine…" she only nodded as she walked over and helped the others unpack as I walked into the forest to get away from the beach for a little bit before I found a fallen tree that I sat down on. "If only they knew… but if they did I would of ruined their fun…"

"Are you alright Alex?" I heard and I looked up to find Celestia walking over with a worried look.

"Yeah… the beach… brings me back memories of… who I had fallen in love with from my world…" she only sat down next to me.

"Do you need to talk about it?" she asked.

"It would be for the best that I did." she nodded as she looked at me. "Her name was Mina… I met her at a beach when I was surfing and she was a fellow surfer I knew from school… I liked her since the ninth grade… we were some of the best of friends and eventually I worked up the courage to ask her out when we were at the beach…" she gasped a little. "and she said yes… we went out for an entire year… until a fatal incident happened where I lived with my mom and sister… a… gang had come and requested we give up our horses so they could sell them… it was the day… that I turned 18… she had turned 18 almost 2 months before me and we were waiting… until I turned 18 to have our first time… but as I blew out the candles that was when they arrived and gave us their demands… since I was the man of the house I had everyone be given a gun and we got into a gunfight with them… we killed off many of them… until a scream came from behind me and I turned around in time to find Mina be stabbed by a knife from behind… I instantly killed the gang member and I held her in my arms… as she died… It has been almost three years since I have seen her die… in my very arms… on that day I vowed to never go to the beach again… and to never surf again… because it reminds me to much of her…" as soon as I finished I felt her hug me as I cried a little and I looked at her as she let go.

"Everypony needs to learn to let go… I basically did the same thing whenever father banished or imprisoned the stallions I brought home… but it was always something different until eventually I became what my father wanted me to be…" she started. "But over time I became what I used to be… when my father and mother disappeared I became what I used to be instead of what father wanted. He wanted to rule by an iron mind and he wanted me to as well… but I ruled with a kind mind. Luna was the same way. She never wanted to rule like father did and when he disappeared we immediately went to work on fixing everything he had caused and the ponies of our kingdom came to like us… never try to hold back what you truly are." I smiled at that as I hugged her once more. "But when is your birthday?"

"What's the date?" I asked.

"The date is March 31." She said.

"Four days until my birthday." She got wide eyed.

"So soon!" she said and I only smiled.

"Well I told my family to never celebrate it because… you know." She only nodded.

"Then why don't you celebrate it in her name." I only pondered that for a moment before I looked at her and I smiled.

"Thanks for telling me that Celestia… and thanks for listening." She only nodded.

"Now I believe your sword would like to do something since it is glowing a little." She said as I took my sword off of my back and I found she was correct as I only smiled like I knew what it wanted me to do.

About an hour later I walked back out with my new toy in hand with Celestia and Sarah and Gus gasped when they saw what I was holding when they walked over. "I thought you promised to never surf again after what happened?!" Gus said.

"well Celestia taught me a few things… a few things that I should of learned long ago… and now I feel like it's time to get the rust off of these bones." They only nodded as I set down the board and took off my shirt before I picked the board back up and I ran towards the water and I jumped in on the board as I started to paddle out. When I got out far enough and a good sized wave was coming I started to paddle back as the wave took my board and I stood up as I breathed in and out as I started to surf once more along the wave. I could tell that the others on the beach were staring at me amazed at what I was doing as I did flips and crazy ass turns and when a funnel started I rode right into it as the familiar feeling rushed through me as I soon came out the other side as I yet again did another flip and soon the wave died down as I just rode it all the way to the shore. "Man does that feel good!" I said.

"What was that?!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"It's called surfing. Took me a tiny bit when I was younger to get used to it but you get pretty good very quickly when you are determined." I said.

"So where did you get the board?" Sarah asked smiling.

"Why I just made it myself for an hour." They stared at me. "Come on. It wasn't that hard."

"Well mind making some for us?" Gus asked and I only laughed.

"Sure. I just need an estimate on how many to make with how fat you are." He tried to throw a punch at me but I raised the board just in time for his fist to connect with it.

"SHIT!" he yelled as he gripped his hand.

"So how many boards?" I then asked popping my head out.

"Could we learn how to surf?" I heard Twilight ask and I looked to see that everyone was with her and I only nodded and smiled. So let's see… when I first tried surfing I broke my first board so it would be best to make two for everyone. So there is cadence, Luna, Celestia, Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity I think I actually doubt, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, shining armor, Sarah, and Gus. So that makes a total of 24 boards… well shit looks like I am only making one for each of them. "So 12 boards it is unless any of you would rather back out." I said and as I said Rarity walked back over underneath the shade. "Make that 11 boards. I'll get them done soon. I will be in the forest for a few hours." I said and they all nodded as I planted my board into the ground and I grabbed my sword as I walked into the forest.

3 hours later…

"Holy shit I'm finally done…" I muttered as I looked at the pile of boards. I made each board so then they respected the weight and size to each pony and it even had their names etched into them so I don't forget which one belong to which pony or person. As I only smiled I picked up the first three boards and I walked them out of the forest as I then sat them down and I made 3 more trips and when I was all done I whistled and they all looked at me as I waved them over and they all walked over. "I made each board so then they would help you for your first time. Your names are sketched into the board that was made for you." I said and they nodded as they searched through the boards and when they all had them I smiled. "So how long are we going to be here anyway?" I then asked Celestia.

"For 4 days. Why do you ask?" I smiled at that.

"Because it took me 3 days to learn how to ride on the board without falling off." I said and they all gulped a little. "So first we will start with how to properly stand on the board. If you can all do that properly we might be able to get into the water today. So everyone place your boards onto the ground. Gus I know you and Sarah already know how to surf so could you help me." They only nodded as they planted their boards next to mine as they all finished putting their boards onto the ground.

This is going to be hard since they are ponies. "Okay everyone get onto them and plant your feet firmly into the middle." They did just that. "Okay. Now when you are surfing you got to learn how to adjust your feet on the fly. You never know what's going to happen. So if you are planning to do a left turn you will need to focus your weight right to help you slow down a little and then quickly put the weight to your left to make the turn. "Sarah!" I then yelled as she and Gus went out into the waves and when one came along she showed what to do during the turn. "Now for the right turn. Gus!" I yelled at him as he took the wave coming towards hm and he did it the opposite way and when they stopped at the water I turned back to the group. "But if you want to make a really sharp turn you do not do the first step but that is advanced. For now try and practice doing those steps."

"Why?" shining armor asked.

"Because I never practiced and that's the reason why it took me three days. So get to it!" and with that I watched them all practice. As they all started to practice I realized something. The ones with wings would have a speed advantage and the ones with magic will be able to control themselves better. But what about the regular ponies? They might be able to stay on the board better. As soon as I saw that they continued to practice I decided they did enough. "Okay stop!" I yelled and they all sighed with relief. What to do with them next? How about paddling out? That will do.

"Okay! Did you all watch Gus and Sarah carefully as they went out into the water?" I yelled but they all shook their heads as I gripped the bridge between my eyes before I looked at them. "It's called paddling. The most needed thing to get out into the water. Gus!" I yelled and he nodded as he started to paddle towards an incoming wave. "watch carefully!" and with that we all watched as he paddled to the wave as he then turned around and paddled as the wave got to him before he stood up and he rode the wave smoothly back to the beach before I looked at them all. "I trust that you all will be able to do that without practice." They nodded. "Hey Sarah! Mind taking over for a little bit?" she nodded as she rode in as she planted her board into the ground and I just walked away as I gripped my head. This isn't going to go very well… I never thought to bring some water… well fuck me… I just have to hope I make it through the day… as I just walked around a little eventually I felt a little bit woozy so I just quickly sat down and I could feel my head getting a little bit dizzy. "Guess I most likely won't make it throughout the day… but I can't let them know or else it would ruin the vacation for them. As I only sat in the shade I soon noticed that Sarah was taking them all into the water and I only smiled.

She's going to need both me and Gus out there to help them out of the water when they wipe out. As I got up I grabbed my board and I entered the water as I followed Gus until I was right next to him. "How you feeling?" he asked me.

"I'm feeling fine. How many times do you think they are going to wipe out before they get the hang of it?" I said. I lied about the first part to him so I wouldn't worry him.

"I'm guessing once for them all." He said and we watched as they all took their first wave that Sarah calmed down a little and then we watched as one after another fell into the water until it was just Luna. "I guess I-" he didn't get to finish as Luna decided to start doing some tricks on the board that caused the small twig in his mouth to fall out as I started to paddle out and help the others back onto their boards. As soon as everyone was back on their boards I laughed a little at Celestia's face when I saw it.

"Have fun?" I then asked but she then pushed me off of my own board as I only popped my head back out as I only climbed back onto my board in time for a large wave to reach me and I looked to find that the others had made it to the beach and I only smiled as I stood up on the board and I rode the way like I always did before Mina as I did tricks and as I was about to ride into the tunnel I felt the dizziness return as my eyesight started to blacken and I felt my body hit the water.