Yooooo! I believe a bit of explination is in order. In the last chapter, I wrote about Gary tearing the muscle out, but I was looking at it like it happens in football. Often, some players tear either their hamstrings, pecks, or other muscles, leaving them out for the season; and the injury I depicted in the last chapter was a poorly explained writing, copying what happens in football. Gary didn't actually rip it out of the wing, so he's not that bad...for now...
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Jethro: Ok, now that thats explained, how long is a season?
MR: probably a few months...why?
Jethro: I can't fly for a few months?!
MR: Nah! Just this chapter.
Luna: Great! Thy was worried he would need a wing cast.
MR: Oh, he does. _
Luna:What?
Celestia: MR will explain it later Lulu, on with the story!
Luna suddenly appeared by the entrance of the castle, horror struck as the balloon was already in flight a few hundred yards away. "Thy have to get thou to the balloon." Using her magic, she grabbed the three fillies, who were frozen with fear, and completely silent; and flew behind the balloon. "Twilight Sparkle!" She called, slightly out of breath. In response, a lavender mare stuck her head out towards her. "Princess Luna! Why are you here?" "No time for that! Take these fillies and keep them safe. Thy must return to the castle." Luna moved the magic where Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were towards the balloon and once they were surrounded by a purple glow, she relinquished her magic and turned around. "Princess! Why are you going back?!" Twilight shouted over the increasing distance. "Thy must return and help Jethro!" Luna flew away, speeding towards the castle.
? POV
Once Gary left, I softly flew inside the hole, and landed without a sound. 'This silent landing reminds me of those mute movies back at home.' I was surprised to find much of the torn decorations on the floor actually being of new materials. The coppery smell of blood was present, along with the smell of burnt cloth. I looked around and found a body sprawled on the floor, a bit of blood coming from the mouth and a bite mark on his right wing, I knew exactly who it was. "Don't worry, your big sis is here." I was stroking the feathers on his head the way he liked when we were kids. I pulled out a small flask from under my wing and uncorked it. It was an extremely small dose, so the medicine would take a good three weeks to take effect completely. "Phoenix tear...this is all I've got, so don't die on me after I use this."
I sat down next to his face and placed it on my lap. Opening his maw, I dropped the medicine in his mouth and closed it. "You shouldn't hate Gary for this, Shard. He's not thinking straight. I don't support or endorse what he does, but with mom and dad away from us we can't hate each other, we're the only family each other has." I had my claws over his chest, feeling as the ragged breathing was soon easing into a calmer one. I felt a smile creeping into my maw, and kissed the top of his forhead. "I can't be here when you wake up, but I saw the ponies you had here a while ago, maybe one of them will take care of you in my place." Gently placing his head on the floor, I took a feather of my own and lodged it between one of his ear frills.
As I turned around to leave, the door burst open. "Who art thou? And what does thou want?" I turn around and met this dark blue winged unicorn, who glared at me. "I'm not someone important. I just came to fix some of the damage my brother made." Her stone hard glare intensified and her horn started glowing. "Thou dare come here after what he did!?" I smiled. "I came here because of Shard. I never expected Gary to actually hurt him this way. I hope that one day Shard ends this petty sibling rivalry." I turned around and approached the hole, not hearing anything from her. "Petty sibling rivalry?" I heard her ask, but I flew away. 'She must be a good friend of yours, Sliver... Jeje...you're maybe too big for that nickname...'
Normal POV
'Did thy actually hear right? Sibling rivalry she said?' Luna's thoughts were a blur in her head. "Petty sibling rivalry?" She asked, but the one she was talking to had left. Quickly, she approached Jethro and began using a healing spell. 'Come on, why won't it work!?' She had continued the spell for a few minutes, but nothing happened. Instead of healing him, the magic was being syphoned somewhere else. "Work damn it!" After three minutes, the feathers vanished and he began muttering. "...Don't leave me..." Luna smiled, noticing that the spell began working. "Thy can't leave. Thou still have to get better."
(somewhere else)
Three guards walked ahead, plowing through the dense forest, following their leader. "Be careful, this forest hasn't been charted, and Timberwolves inhabit these parts." The leader, a white unicorn clad with the captain's uniform spoke. He looked far stronger that the other guards, and the helmet kept the blue mane with a slightly lighter blue highlight back. The group consisted of four unicorns and a pegasus, who was currently flying ahead, scouting. The four unicorns reached a small clearing, and the pegasus landed in front. "Captain, the castle is twenty minutes away, and no wildlife in the inmediate vecinity." With a sigh, he removed his helmet, his hair style turning into a cool, messy look. "Ok, take five. After that we reach the castle." The guards removed their helmets as well and began drinking water, quenching their thirst.
After a few minutes, they could all hear two ponies bickering at a distance. "I can't go any faster, this thing drags behind me! I need a break!" "Alrigh. Come on and take yer rest." The ones bickering weren't mad, but they did sound tense. Right after that, a balloon crossed the night sky over the guards. "Who goes there? Identify yourselves in the name of Princess Celestia's Royal Guard." A unicorn guard asked, magic bolt charged in his horn. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's pupil." This caught the attention of a certain unicorn."Twily, what are you doing here?" the captain of the Royal Guard asked. "Shining! We just came from the castle. What are you doing here?" Twilight was looking down from over the rim of the balloon. "We were sent here by Princess Celestia. Some of the townsfolk are complaining about strange noises."
Twilight shook her head frowning. "There's no time for that Shining, timberwolves are attacking Princess Luna. We must hurry!" Without a second thought, Twilight jumped from over the balloon. "Twilight!" Everyone on the balloon shouted. Startled by her reaction Shining Armor created a shield of magic around her, dispersing his magic bubble to set her down when she was close enough. "Twilight! Why did you do that?" As her brother, he was concerned about her, but his frown vanished soon after. "Because we have no time BBBFF! Besides, I knew you'd catch me." They nuzzled each other, and nodded. "Rainbow, Applejack! Take the balloon back to town! Shining and I will take care of Luna and Jethro!" "Right!" Rainbow said. "Take care! Don't die!" Pinkie shouted.
They vanished from sight, and the six ponies now galloped through the forrest, reaching the castle in les than 15 minutes. "That's strange, there are no timberwolves around here." Twilight said, not bothered by her brother's concern about timberwolves. She opened the door and halted once inside. Timberwolves were sprawled on the floor, defeated, while Luna stood shakily over them, panting. "Princess!" Shining ran to her and bowed. "Ah, Shining Armor. It's nice to see thou here. Why art thou here anyway?" He lifted his face and started explaining. Five minutes later, Luna understood. "Thy can understand Tia's concern. Thy thank thou wholeheartedly for such a quick response. The only wounded one is Jethro." Luna began walking at a brisk pace towards where Jethro was. "Thy request that thou keep an open mind, and please don't over-react."
She opened the door, and was surprised to find him looking like a pegasus. The captain of the Guard quickly approached him. "He has a few scrapes, cuts, a burn and we don't know if he's bleeding internaly. We must take him to a doctor inmediately!" A pink magic buble formed around the wounded pony's shape, and gently lifted it off of the ground. Focusing a bit more, Shining opened the door and ran out of the castle followed by the guards, Twilight, and Luna, full speed towards Ponyville.
In Ponyville Hospital(12:45am)(After Midnight)
The doctor had fixed his external injuries, and said that he would need to have a wing cast for three months in order for his wing to get better. Also, he wouldn't wake up until after tomorrow, so most of them had returned to their homes, except for four ponies. The three fillies and the winged mare stayed by his bedside in silence. "...Um, Princess Luna?" The unicorn filly called and got her attention. "Yes little one? Something troubling thou?" The unicorn filly wasn't smiling. "He got hurt because of us. If we hadn't taken that wrong turn, he wouldn't have been hurt..." She turned her head down, and Luna could see her tears falling on the tiled floor; raising her face with a hoof, Luna smiled. "Worry not, dear Sweetie Belle. He did what any one of us would have done in that situation...it is not thine fault.." Even as she said those words, she found it hard to imagine herself in that situation. "Really?" The dark blue alicorn nodded, and the unicorn filly seemed to relax a bit.
The filly went back to her previous spot next to her friends and sat down, all three of them wobbly from sleepieness. Luna wasn't good either, the fighting and exitement had exhausted her, and resisting the temptation to doze off was not easy. It didn't take more than 30 minutes, and the three fillies were asleep with their heads resting together. She smiled fondly at them, and brought out a paper and quill. 'They felt so bad they stayed here until colapsing from tiredness...' She wrote a simple letter, rolled it with the feather he had a few hours before, and placed it under a hoof close to his chest. "Thy shall check on thou later." She silently picked up the three fillies, placing them on her back, and exited the room; not before turning back and smiling. 'Thank you, Shard...'
Luna walked through the dark streets of Ponyville, her Royal Guard a few meters behind her. She delivered every one of the fillies to their homes and returned to Canterlot. "Luna! I was soo worried! Are you ok?" Once the pacing white alicorn caught sight of her, she hugged her little sister tightly. "Thy'm fine Tia. The timberwolves were nothing Thy couldn't handle, thy'm just tired." The dark blue alicorn stretched her sore wings and let out an exhausted breath. "Would you accompany me to thine chambers? Thy doubt thy could reach them with this exhaustion on my own." Celestia walked behind her, concerned but happy for her sister's return. "Did you meet your friend?" By now, she walked next to her, and noticed her forming smile drop. "Yes..." This didn't stike as good in Celestia's mind.
"Did you get into a fight with him or something?" The eldest of the two inquired, curious as to why she frowned. "No...he just...got hurt." The two reached Luna's room and entered, the owner of the bed flying to it and landing with a plop on the soft conforter, her Royal Regalia dropping on a cushion next to her bed. "Shining Armor mentioned something about a wounded pony in his report, so it was him. How is he?" Tia sat down on the edge of the bed and stroked her sister's mane affectionately. "He has a few cracked ribs, a bu...wound on his back and a hurt wing. Doctors say he'll need a wing cast for three months so his wing can heal." Celestia felt sad for this pony, but if he was ok, she wasn't going to worry much about it. "Maybe you can visit him again in this week to check up on him." Her words fell on deaf ears, as her affectionate stroking had lulled Luna to sleep. "You seem to have had a long night Lulu...sweet dreams." With her magic, she covered her sister with the blanket and left her room. "I don't mind lowering the moon for you tonight." She whispered just before closing the door, a faint smile grazing her lips.
The day after tomorrow soon came, and the Mane Six, plus the Cutie Mark Crusaders had gathered at the hospital to see Jethro. "Is he awake?" They all asked the doctor, who was signing some papers. "Sorry, but he hasn't woken from unconsciousness. His body is highly resistent to the medicines we use, and using more could have serious repectutions. I don't want to take that risk." Their ears dropped and they sat in the waiting room, silent. It was sometime before lunch that he woke up. "Ohhh, what a headache...where am I?" He looked around when his eyes got used to the light. The floor was tiled, the place reecked of cleaners and he was in a bed. He moved his wings, but one didn't want to move on his command. 'Gary! When I get my claws on him, I'll...' When he moved a hoof, he noticed the piece of parchment next to him. He quickly opened it, recognizing the seal.
~From: Luna Hello Jethro. If you are reading this, it has probably been two days since Nightmare Night. Dr. Hooves said you wouldn't remain unconscious until today. Thy must thank thou for the chance to help with the atraction, and thine valiant effort in driving off that dragon. Thy took the fillies to their homes after they colapsed from exhaustion early in the morning. My deepest apologies, for as a Princess, Thy...I should have done something more to protect my subjects, instead of leaving it to you. Thy shall be passing by and check on thou later this week, alright? Thine friend, Luna.~
When he finished reading the letter, a blue feather fell from the letter. It was cool to the touch and it reflected the light from the lamps on the ceelling. 'Lissa...' He placed the letter, with the feather inside on the night table next to him gently, as not to break the feather, and tried to sit up, but a pain shot through his chest, bringing him to a coughing fit. The coughing brought more pain, wich caused him to cough more. "Jethro! Y'all can't be sittin up like that! Come oun, lay down." He looked at the door and found the CMC looking at him. The three fillies were pushing him down on the bed gently while the youngest of the Apple family spoke. "The doctor said that you had a few cracked ribs, and a torn wing muscle. You can't get up!" Next was Sweetie Belle expresing her concern. "Now don't go saying it's nothing! Having broken ribs, a burnt back, and hurt wing must hurt like hell."Scootaloo was concerned, but she didn't want to show much.
Jethro couldn't hold down a chuckle. "Alright. I hurt all over, and yes it hurts like hell! It's all his fault. When I get my claws on him..." Sweetie Belle scowled at him. "Jethro! I can't believe you'd suggest something like that! Revenge is not the answer." He breathed a defeated sigh. "Alright, alright. I won't seek revenge." The scowl on Sweetie Belle's features vanished. "Besides that, I'm glad you three are safe." He pulled the three to a hug and they smiled, gently returning the hug as to not hurt him more. Nurse Redheart entered the room and noticed he was awake. "Great! You woke up. Let me get Dr. Hooves so he can perform some tests." She quickly exited and a few minutes later, a comotion was heard outside. "I'm sorry everypony, but I can't have you in there. I need space to perform the tests. Once I'm done, you can come in." Dr. Hooves, as Redheart called him, entered and closed the door behind him, the three fillies on a sofa in a corner of the room. He looked at Jethro and brought his stetoscope to his ears. "Ok, I want you to breathe now in a slow steady rythm." He listened to his breathing, and checked many difrent things, until being satisfied. "Well Jethro, you seem to be healing fine. You can go home in the afternoon, and come back on monday for a check up. Right now rest, and you three - Dr. Hooves looked at the three fillies - don't tell the rest that I allowed you in here."
The fillies nodded, and the doctor walked outside, followed by a gush of ponies walking inside. One stood out the most. "Oh my gosh! Are you alright?! What happened to you? You recognize us, right? How many feathers am I holding up?" Fluttershy was talking soo fast he had a hard time understanding. "Fluttershy...Fluttershy..." He kept trying to calm her down, but she couldn't hear him over her increasing worry. He used his claws and closed her muzzle softly. "I'm alright now Fluttershy, and I recognize all of you. I ran into my brother and had a fight. We can talk about it later, when I get out of here, I don't want other ponies to hear." She nods and sits down on the couch next to the fillies, a sigh of relief escaping her muzzle. "Fluttershy is quiet?" Rarity looked at her, amazed. "Why are you surprised? She's almost always quiet."
The butter colored mare hid her face with her mane, a small blush visible, and Rariy smirked. "You should have been in town two nights ago. When Rainbow and AJ returned with the fillies and Pinkie Pie, Pinkie told her what happened, and she was panicking on the border of hyperventilating. She was: 'Where's Twilight?! And Jethro?! Are they alright?!', but since we didn't know what happened, she didn't calm down. When they brought you to town, she checked you over, and since you weren't awake, she feard the worst." Fluttershy was glaring at Rarity, but it looked cute since only half of her now redder face was visible. Rarity didn't notice, so she continued. "Then Dr. Hooves checked you, and after an hour or so, told us you would recover and that you wouldn't wake up until today. Once she heard that, she smiled and said she was going to sleep, and be here today. To our surprise, she was the first one to arrive." Now, even with her face covered by her hair, one could see the redness of her cheeks. All of us erupted into laughter, and she pouted.
Minutes turned into hours, and they all left to their homes, having delayed chores to finish. Nurse Redheart had given him some medicine, and a bottle, with precise instructions on how to drink the foul tasting medicine. "Well Jethro, - Dr. Hooves spoke - this concludes your hospital stay. Follow Redheart's directions for the medicine and avoid too much strain, as it can re-open your wounds." The doctor helped him up from the bed and led him out of the building. "You have a follow up visit next week. Don't forget." With the final reminder, the doc returned to his work place, leaving the crimson pegasus/dragon alone. 'No sense in waiting until it gets dark to walk home.' Looking around he found Ponyville's biggest landmark, Town Hall, and after studying it noticed something bad. He was at the farthest point from Fluttershy's cottage, or Applejack's place, at the south of Ponyville. (Sweet Apple Acres is east of Town Hall, while Fluttershy's cottage is west of it.) Placing one hoof after the other, he began walking towards the north-east, towards Sugar Cube Corner, Pinkie Pie's place to ask her for a lift to his house on the balloon.
"Ja!*pant* I'm finally*pant* here!*pant*" He panted heavily, he felt his chest tightening. 'Never expected the walk here would be so hard.' He had powered forward, when he should have taken a few breaks to catch his breath, and now his chest felt like it was on fire. "Now a cool milkshake...to calm me down." Fixing the position of his bad wing, he entred the cake looking building, a bell ringing when he walked in. "Hello! I'm sorry, but can you tell me your order? You see, I have this cake and surprise party I'm making for a friend of mine that came out of the hospital, and if I leave, the cake will be ruined. The rest of the party ponies should be arriving in ten minutes or so." Jethro smiled. "I'll have a chocolate milkshake please." He heard the pouring of ice, a liquid that most probably was milk, and a few other things; followed by a blender. He sat at a stool near the bar and when he received the order he placed the corresponding bits on the counter.
"Thank...you...Jethro!? What are you doing here?" He sipped his milkshake and sighed appreciatively. "I came here to ask..." He was interrupted by Pinkie's next outburst. "Aaaaahhhhhh! I told you about my surprise party! Now it's ruined!" Her normally poofy hair deflated like a balloon, turning flat, and she looked gloomy. "Ahh...ehh... What party? I couldn't hear you over the blender." She closed one eye and squinted the other, getting real close. *Fweeehh*(the sound made when her hair poofs up again...I don't know how to write that) "Ok! You stay here, and I'll be over there!" One second, she was there, the next there was a cloud of smoke in her place.
He sat in a seat far from the door, trying to avoid too much attention to himself. *Clink* The bell of the door rang, and a generous amount of hoofsteps followed, but he was thinking about either drinking another milkshake, or not. Reluctantly, he stood up and began walking towards the exit. 'No more milkshakes for today.' When he was about to leave, everypony shouted surprise, leaving him with a smile on his face. Pinkie bounced over and brought him to a table, where an assortment of cakes, cupcakes, and milkshakes decorated it. "What is all this?" He had expected a gift from the hyperactive pony, maybe a cake or a gem cupcake, but this was over the top...similar to her. "This is a thanks for taking care of us the other day against the nasty timberwolves and dragon." He couldn't remember the names of some of the fillies, but the Mane Six were there with their sisters(including Scootaloo as Rainbow's adoptive sister[?]) All of them nodded and smiled, then Pinkie pressed a button and a DJ booth popped up. "Now let's partaaaayy everypony!" DJ Pon-3 blared music at her cue, and everyone disolved into the party, leaving him and a few other ponies at the table.
Everypony was enjoying the party that Pinkie had planned, until somepony entered the place and the music stopped like a scratching record. The door closed behind the pony and eveypony, except Jethro stared. He turned around and saw the guest, standing up with a smile. "Greetings. Don't mind me, thou can keep partying." She looked around silently, feeling the fear and dislike towards her, their eyes telling her she should leave; so she sadly turned around to leave. "Luna wait!" Jethro walked as fast as he could towards her. She turned around and noticed his limp. "You don't have to go! You might feel unwanted, but it's just fear of Nightmare Moon, they don't know how to react around you, Luna. They might be like this now, suppersticious and all, but be yourself and they will warm up to you." He whispered to her, then looked into her eyes and smiled, grabbing her hoof and bringing her in. "Let's party everypony! This is the one who helped the young ones escape the timberwolves!" He shouted; the party slowly revived, and Jethro brought her to the table where the desserts were. She smiled and began enjoying the party, but mostly enjoying the company she had, her smile not leaving her lips.
The party finished, and everypony left, the Mane Six, Jethro, and Princess Luna walking towards Golden Oak Library. "...then, there was this dragon going RAWR! And Jethro flew*whoosshh* and tackled him to the ground and Princess Luna used her magic and BLAM! There was this big explosion and we all left running to the balloon, but timberwolves were there, and Twilight was all PEW PEW with her horn blasting the timberwolves and escaping." Pinkie re-enacted the whole events from last night, sound effects and everything. The day had advanced, and the sky changed from blue to different hues of red and orange. They reached the library and Luna extended her wings. "...I must thank you, Jethro, for such a great time." He rubbed the back of his neck. "It was nothing...I'm the one who should thank you, for being here. I didn't expect you to come today." She waved her hoof. "It was nothing. Thy had a great time today, and thy wanted to check on you." Thinking for a moment, she remembered something and levitated a parchment over to Twilight. "This here are tickets to the Grand Galloping Galla, a gift from Tia. The parchment has more details about the event." The girls squeed with glee for such an amazing gift, not much attention paid to her comment, and ran inside the library.
Now all alone, she felt nervousness take over her. 'Why is this so dificult...It's just a simple ticket...' Steeling her nerves, she spoke. "And this here is my gift to you, a ticket to the Galla..." A single golden ticket flew over her and stopped in front of him, covered with a cobalt blue glow. "...a reward for thine valiant efforts. Thy...I do hope you can come..." 'An invitation to a party? Urgh! I've never liked parties.' His thoughts tried to pull him away, but something was wrong. He could see the expectant look in her eyes, and for a strange reason felt moved by it. 'Why is her face so cute? Hold on...when did I start to think that she's cute? No matter, I'll think about it later.' Not wanting to delve deeper into his thoughts, for now, he decided to do what he felt was right. "Sure, I'll be there Luna." When he answered, she smiled brightly. 'What a cute smile...' He grabbed the ticket and tucked it under his good wing, securing it. "I should be going now, Tia is waiting for me to raise the moon." Behind her, her two guards were waiting with her carriage, ready to fly back to Canterlot. She flew over to the carriage, got comfortable in her chair and left, the moon slowly rising with her departure. 'What did I get myself into?'
He entered the tree library, and noticed the girls with grins on their faces. "Soo...what happened?" Twilight was acting suspicious, and with the tone she used, it was pretty clear that she already knew. He opened his wing and took out the ticket. "Oh my! This is fabulous! We all get to attend the Grand Galloping Galla! You all must come by my shop for dress fitting...in case of you two - she pointed with a hoof at Spike and Jethro - for tux fitting, we have only a month for this!" She used her magic and brought over a pen and paper, sketching the dresses for each one.
Twilight brought over a tray of cups with cocoa for the rest of the Mane Six, and sat down on her cushion in front of Jethro, the rest of the girls in a semi-circle in front of him. "Ok, start explaining from the beginning what happened back at the castle."
(At Canterlot)
Celestia had finished her dinner and was already in her room, donning a completely different look than usual. The white alicorn laid on her bed 'al natural', without her Royal Regalia; her crown, necklace and shoes near the dresser next to her bed. She had finished brushing her mane, and was now brushing her fur, holding the brush with her magic. More specifically, she brushed a small part near her neck that refused to return to it's place. This was the fault of the necklace, having it on all day made the fur in her neck unruly, and it took a generous amount of time to fix her fur in that spot. She was listening to some clasical music on a record, engrosed in brushing her fur, until she heard a chime in her room.
Opening her eyes, she found something interesting. 'Two letters? Twilight only sends me one...Who wrote the other one?' She used her horn and summoned the first letter, a bright red flame turning into a parchment. Curiously, she read the letter; followed by the second letter from a bright green flame. Placing her brush down, she pondered on the ideas suggested by both Twilight and Luna's friend. 'That could help with her little problem, but she'd be defenseless without guards. Unless I ask Twilight about suggesting him that...would he be willing to do that? Hold on, is it actually possible to do this anyway?' Rolling both letters and placing them under her wing, she walked outside the room, not before placing her crown back on her head. "Princess!" The two bat ponies placed at her door were standing in attention, wings open. "It's alright, young guards. I was on my way to my study to research on something." Both guards bowed in respect. "We will escort you to your study, princess." She smiled. "Thank you."
She reached the door and inserted her horn into the door, applying her magic to open the lock. Removing her horn, the hole where it was shone bright white; followed by the sun and moon, shining gold and pale blue respectively. The sun spun clockwise in place while the crescent moon spun around the sun counter-clockwise for a few seconds until clicking into place. The seemingly small doors opened to allow passage to the monarch. "The research might take some time, so I shall be sleeping here. Do keep up the good work of guarding the door." Both bat ponies saluted and she entered her study, the door slamming shut after her. The guards looked briefly at the door, then at each other. "What do you think is behind the door?" The youngest of the two asked, looking to his right. "I don't know Lieutenant, but entering a princess' study is like violating their privacy. Some law books even consider it high treason. Since it's not our concern, we don't ask or look, got it?" Said the older bat pony sternly. "Yes Commander!"
(Inside Celestia's study)
The white alicorn looked around her study, the many different bookshelves immaculately clean. In the very center was a crescent moon shaped desk with a swivel chair; a blanket, in case it got cold; and a small fireplace. The desk was ocupied by many novels, and a pair of glases with the colors of her mane. These glasses were fake, as even though she didn't need them, she liked the way she looked with them. Placing them at the top of her head, she walked down the aisle where she could find books on laws. Placing the glasses on their place, she began inspecting the tittles, searching for the one she needed. 'Royal Gardeners, Royal Greetings, Royal Grounds...Aha! Royal Guard.' Levitating the book gently out of its place, she walked to her desk and opened the tome in question, looking over the table of contents. Flipping to the desired page, she read.
~The Royal Guard. The appointing of the Royal Guard has always been done by the monarch to which the guard will be associated with. The physical and psycological demands of a guard are usually high, but the standards are increased for any Royal Guard. This segment only delves into the responsabilities of the guards. If more details about a particular guard are needed, consult the book 'The Royal Guards of Equestria' Edited in xx65.~
Moving the book to a side, but leaving it open, she returned to the aisle and searched for the next book. Returning to her chair with her objective, she again opened the book, and when she saw something, flipped the pages. ~Solar Guard. This guard, usually comprised of normal ponies; be it earth, pegasus, or unicorn, are tasked with protecting Princess Celestia.~ Flipping some more pages, she read the next tittle. ~Solar Squires. A Guard unit comprised of guards in training, leaded by a medium ranking Royal Guard.~ Flipping more pages, she saw a segment about the Griffon Royal Guard, Lion Royal Guard, the Sea Guard, the Cristal Guards, The Honor Guard; until finally reaching the segment she was looking for. ~Lunar Guard. This elusive and stoic guard is comprised mainly of bat ponies, although in pre-classical times some normal ponies joined, a species living on the western side of the Everfree Forest. Not much is known about the ponies that comprise it, as they barely speak on the job, and when out of the job they vanish. ~ The whole segment on the Lunar Guard concluded, not even a page long. "Wait, where's the rest? There must be something more..."
She sat at her table, brought her specs down and munched on a choco waffer while thinking. 'The last tiem a guard was appointed was close to a millenia ago...the only place to find any kind of information about the appointment of guards is in...' "The Pre-Classical Archives!" She walked up to a wall, and focused until finding the hole she wanted. Firing a very focused magic beam, she hit her mark and the wall rumbled, taking a minute fo open fully. 'It's been centuries since I last opened this part of the study.' She thought. Searching again, she found a very old and dusty book that could have her answer. Placing it very carefully on a small stand next to the bookshelf, she opened it. Coincidentally, it opened on an interesting page. ~The Royal Guard. This tome deals specificaly with the Day Guard. The next tome enters into the Night Guard.~ Leaving it there, she searched for the next tome, and found it next to where the book was. ~Night Guard. Bat ponies are the bulk of this guard. Twenty years ago, a unicorn joined and managed to reach the rank of Captain, sadly he was murdered by an undercover spy. There is no specific limit to which kind of pony joins the Night Guard, but only bat ponies have joined since the forming of the guard.~
Celestia smiled. 'This could work after all... I could ask him about it later...' She walked out of the antique segment, the door closing after her magic, and she walked to the balcony. This enchanted balcony was built by her: a one way wall that only allowed her and her pet phoenix Philomena access from the outside. She watched as her phoenix flew in the night sky, a trail of fire behind her. "Come on Philomena, time to sleep." The phoenix descended on a spiral, landing gracefully on her outstretched wing. "The Galla this year will be better than the last millenium: with Luna, Twilight and her friends, and this mistery guest Lulu invited; I feel something good is bound to happen." The phoenix cooed happily and nuzzled her owner's cheek, before flying to her perch and sleeping. The elder sister entered the room atop of her study, furnished with the escentials for an overnight research. The bed, although not as grand as her room's, still held her cutie mark on the headrest and conforter. Next to it, the small dresser that held a few robes and a dress, kept there for emergencies. She removed her crown and placed it on the dresser, pulling the conforter with her magic. "Goodnight." She said, and her pet cooed softly, returning to sleep soon after that. 'This year's Galla will be interesting, to say the least.' Getting under the comforter, she let the softness of the bed lull her to sleep