Chapter 3: Royal Consorts Part 1 of 2

Summary:

Jason and Twilight have to choose Royal Consorts.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Jason looked down at Luna. "What do you mean I need a new name!"

"Well, you are Royalty now. You need a name befitting a pony of Royal status."

"I like my name as is."

"Well, unfortunately it just won't work."

"Why?"

"Because. It's just not the way it's done in Canterlot."

"I'm not in Canterlot though!"

"You will be... we have to go to the castle and introduce you as my son to the nobility."

"Why?"

"Because. I don't make the rules, this is just how things are done."

"UGH! FINE!"

"And you will also need to choose a consort." Luna said, running out of the stable.

"WHAT!" Jason shouted.

"Twilight." Princess Celestia called out. "Twilight, where are you?"

Twilight came out of the library. "Yes, your majesty?"

"Twilight. You need to come to cotilion this weekend."

"Okay, I'll be there."

"You also need to think of who you want to be your Royal Consort, as my Apprentice you are practically royalty."

"C-c-consort! Your Majesty! Please, you can't be serious."

"I am. All royal ponies must have a consort."

Twilight sat down and wasn't sure what to do. Why did she need a royal Consort?

Jason was walking when he bumped into Twilight.

"Hey Jason." Twilight said. "What's wrong?"

"Luna is making me get a Consort. What about you?"

"You too? Princess Celestia is making me get a Consort too."

"Hey. What if we become each other's Royal Consorts?" Jason suggested.

"Really?"

"I mean, they are forcing us to choose Royal Consorts, why not?"

"Because," Luna said, appearing out of Jason's shadow. "You are going to be introduced as my child, and Twilight is Celestia's ward. That just won't do."

"Then... Who should we choose?"

"There are plenty of nice pony's in both the capital and Ponyville." Luna said. "Choose one of them."

"That's easy to say when ninety percent of the Pony's in Ponyville are female!" Twilight snapped.

"I uh..." Jason began. "I can technically go either way... depending on who it is, but I have only ever met one other guy that I was okay with. So..."

Twilight and Luna looked at each other before looking at Jason.

"Wh-what?" Jason asked.

"Nothing." Luna said.

"But what about me!?" Twilight asked.

"I'm sure that we can find a Pony for you." Luna said. "It's not like you even need to be romantic with your consort, you can be friends, but you don't need to be romantic. You can be, but you don't need to be."

"Really?"

"Yes. The only real purpose a Consort needs to serve is to support their spouse, even if they don't agree, they need to support their spouse publicly."

"Ugh." Jason and Twilight grumbled.

"Let's go." Luna said, dropping into her shadow with Jason and Twilight and appearing in front of Princess Celestia and Montgomery with four ponies behind Montgomery.

"Whoa." Jason and Twilight said, lightheaded.

"Here we are." Luna said.

Jason and Twilight looked around. "Why are we here?"

"To give Jason a name and to show Twilight and Jason some potential candidates for their Consorts."

"Okay." Jason and Twilight said.

"Now." Luna said, tapping her hoof on the floor and a pony with a book on each flank appeared. "This is Hooves. He is the Royal Record Keeper. He has a list of every name in the world as well as a list of every potential name for a pony, and a list of how many ponies are named the names or have been named the names."

"Yes." Hooves said. "For instance, Twilight Sparkle isn't the first Twilight Sparkle. She is in fact the fourth of her family to be named Twilight Sparkle."

"Really?" Twilight asked.

"Yes. Now, what is your name sir?" Hooves asked Jason.

"Jason." Jason said.

"I see why Princess Luna wanted you to change your name." Hooves said before looking at Jason.

"I feel like I should be offended." Jason said.

"Your coat is very interesting." Hooves said, walking around Jason who kept following him. "Please, stand still." Hooves said.

"Don't worry." Montgomery said. "We won't let him hurt you."

"Okay." Jason said, standing still, nervously, his Cutie Mark activating, creating a pair of batarangs.

Hoove's looked at his Cutie Mark and the batarangs. "Interesting, very interesting." He continued walking around Jason before flipping through his books. "I see, I see. How does the name...Crimson Bat sound?"

"He's a pony." Montgomery said.

"HE'S A FOAL!" Luna snapped at Montgomery.

"How about... Crimson Knight?"

"No." Montgomery shot down."

"Crimson Dawn?"

"What, like he's going to be !##ing... I mean Unaliving here? No."

Fine, how does Crimson Hunter sound?"

"I suppose it's not the worst name you've suggested." Jason mumbled.

"Very well." Hooves said. "You are the seventh Pony named Crimson Hunter, so I shall add you to the Hunter Family, but seeing as they have not been seen in very many years, that will not stop princess Luna from adopting you. Even if they were alive, I'd like to see one of them try to stop Princess Luna from adopting you."

Everyone looked at Luna.

"What?" Luna asked. "It's not like I would banish them to the moon if they showed up here and demanded Jason back."

"Then it's settled." Queen Celestia said. "Jason will now be named Crimson Hunter in our Royal Records. Now, time for you to choose a Royal Consorts."

"How funny would it be if Jason had a Royal Harem?" Montgomery asked.

"NO!" Jason, Celestia, Luna, and Twilight shouted in unison before Luna banished Montgomery to the moon before bringing him back.

"Got it." Montgomery said.

Twilight looked at Montgomery's retainers and saw that they had unique Cutie Marks. "Excuse me." She spoke. "Who are you?"

The first Pony looked at her and spoke. "My name is Little Bolt." His mane was black with red highlights and golden streaks along the front of his hair. His Cutie Mark was an upside-down triangle with an eye in the center of it. "Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too." Twilight said.

"I am Shadow Armor." The next pony in line said, his voice much more like honey on a summer day than Little Bolt's much higher pitched voice.

Twilight was lost in his voice. She could listen to him speak all day.

He looked very similar to Little Bolt except taller, not taller than Jason, but definitely tall. He was also lanky, unlike Jason who was buff as a fridge, and his Cutie Mark was an eye, the same eye as in the triangle in Little Bolts Cutie Mark.

"H-hi." Twilight told Shadow Armor. "Wow. You're tall, and I could listen to your voice all day."

"Thank you." Shadow Armor blushed, and Twilight's heart made a little Ba-Dump Sound.

"I think that Twilight has found her Royal Consort." Montgomery said.

"Maybe." Jason said. "But he can't have her unless he's good enough for her." He walked over to Shadow Armor and body checked him.

"Jason!" Luna and Celestia shouted.

"What makes you think you're good enough for Twilight?" Jason asked menacingly.

"Uh..." Shadow Armor said dumbly.

"Twilight?" Jason asked. "What makes you think Shadow Armor is good enough for you?"

"Have you heard his voice?" Twilight asked dreamily. "He could put me to sleep with that voice."

"You are Princess Luna's son." Shadow Armor said. "I will try not to displease you again, your highness."

Jason looked down at Shadow Armor. "Ugh. Is this responsibility? I hate it! I just want to make sure you're good enough for Twilight dude!"

"Jason!" Luna shouted. "As Royal's, we have a responsibility to the pony's, even those who serve us. You can't just attack anyone who displeases you, there are ways we handle these things. If you want to test his mettle, then ask him to prove it by going on a quest or proving his worth. Fighting is barbaric and not done."

Jason looked down at Luna and was shocked to say the least.

"Sucks doesn't it kid." Montgomery said. "It's like I said. This life isn't suited for us, but it's what the fans want, so it's what the fans get."

Jason looked down at Shadow Armor. "I'm sorry for that. Please forgive me."

"Of course." Shadow Armor said.

"Not because I'm Luna's kid, but because I'm genuinely sorry and want to apologize. I don't know how to apologize better than that."

"The only thing you can really do is to ask his forgiveness and hope he forgives you." Luna said. "We have a responsibility as royalty to respect and car for those under us."

Jason left the castle and headed back to Ponyville with his head bowed.

Twilight looked at the other two retainers, not that she even needed to, because she wanted Shadow Armor as her Royal Consort.

"Who are you?" She asked the other two.

"My name is Crimson Hero." A Pony with an auburn-brown coat said. His eyes were brown, almost honey colored, and his Cutie mark was a circle with three red triangles that formed a Y shape.

"And My name is Steel Comet." A pony with a black mane with golden highlights and blue eyes said. His Cutie Mark looked like a Dragon's Skull.

"Nice to meet both of you." Twilight said before going over to Shadow Armor. "So, I know that Jason can be a little hot headed, but... would you be my Royal Escort?"

Shadow Armor looked at the others and Montgomery who all nodded. "It would be my honor." He said, his voice sounding like honey that made Twilight think that everything would be okay.

"Thank you!" She squealed before running over to Celestia and planning the ceremony.

Montgomery and Luna headed off to find Jason so they could talk to him.

Jason was walking back to Ponyville, completely out of it, when Luna came up to him.

"Hey?" She said, catching him off guard.

"Oh." He spoke. "It's you. Hey. Sorry I !#$ed up."

"Language." Luna chided. "I know that you did that to protect Twilight, but you're Royalty now. You can't do that; you have responsibilities and standards to uphold."

"What if I don't want responsibilities?"

"I'm sorry. I know that this isn't fair to you, but... I'm trying to be better than I was. I was just like you when I was younger, a thousand years ago or so."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Why do you think I was banished to the moon?"

"Oh. I see."

"You won't be banished to the moon. I would sooner banish Celestia to the moon than banish you to the moon. So, try and cheer up. If I can change for the better, then, so can you. Hopefully that makes you feel better." She spoke.

"A little."

"Okay, good, cause I do not do public speaking, and I was worried that I would have messed it up."

"I don't think you do."

"Good. Now, I'll leave you so you can talk to Montgomery, it was his retainer you attacked."

Jason gulped.

"Don't worry. I'll banish him to the moon if you want me to, or if he makes you cry, or if I feel like he deserves it, or any other number of reasons."

"Does he know that?" Jason asked.

"What would be the fun in warning him?" Luna smiled and walked away so Jason and Montgomery could talk.

"It's rough, isn't it." Montgomery said. "Having all this burning rage and having nowhere to put it?"

"Yeah." Jason agreed.

"I don't blame you for what you did, and I'll talk to Shadow Armor and see what he says, but maybe you two could be sparing partners, granted his battlefield is the Shadow Realm, but maybe you two could figure something out."

"Shadow Realm?"

"Yeah. I pulled him, Little Bolt, Steel Comet, and Crimson Hero, along with their significant others, save Shadow Armors, to his world with me when I came, as well as some others, but they aren't important, unless you'd like to meet some of them as your Royal Consort."

"I don't know. Maybe. I'll have to think about it."

"I'll bring them by sometime so you can talk with them."

"Okay. I think I'm going to stay in Ponyville for a while, at least until I'm needed back in Canterlot."

"Sounds good. See you later Jason, or should I call you Crimson Hunter."

Jason glared at Montgomery.

"I kid." Montgomery said. "And just so there's no hard feelings. My Pony Name is Nimble Ace."

"How'd you get stuck with that name?" Jason asked.

"It was the best out of a lot of options. Have a good night, Jason." Montgomery said, leaving Jason to his walk back home.

AN: Next chapter. Jason chooses his Royal Consort.

Notes:

Not sure when Part 2 will be out, but hopefully sooner rather than later.