Mornings were slow in the library, Twilight woke up slowly, taking her time in everything she did to get ready. Anypony would assume that a princess who is also a scientist would wake up super early and immediately start working again, but Twilight, following Flash´s advice of keeping her studies at a regular level decided to take things slow for a while.
She woke up and stayed in bed for a while, taking in the bright sunlight mixing with the colors of the wooden walls. Stretching her wings and flapping them lightly, she moved to her mirror and hummed a tune while combing her mane.
After that she brushed her teeth and stayed in her bed reading fantasy novels and romance stories. Downstairs Spike did his chores as always, fixing old books, re-shelving, cleaning, sweeping, dusting, cooking and after that just lazed around the living room.
The Pegasus stallion stood outside Twilight´s door, heavy golden armor on him. The stallion was the only one who woke up early. Faithfull to his duty, he woke up every day at 4am, cooked some meal for himself, put on his armor and stood in front of Twilight´s door waiting her to come out.
Twilight came out of her room with a big smile on her face.
“Good morning princess, you look pretty happy” said the armored stallion.
“Well, following your advice, I stopped studying hard at nights and decided to stay a little more time in bed every day.”
Twilight said while going down the stairs, smelling the sweet scent of food prepared by Spike, her smile grew wider.
“I´m glad that you changed your studying hours” said Flash following her to the stairs.
“I couldn’t let you stay up for me anymore, you do look tired, are you sure you have to wake up at 4am every morning?”
Twilight said sitting on her favorite cushion and pouring down fresh orange juice in a glass.
The stallion smiled. “It´s part of my job princess; I have to be up early in case something happens or if you need my assistance”.
Twilight chuckled.
“Why would I need your assistance at 4am? I´m asleep at that hour” The stallion answered her with a calm serious face.
“Trust me princess, there will be a moment where you will need me, and I'll be there for you”
Twilight smiled and blushed a little. Trying to ignore the butterflies in her stomach she ate her breakfast.
“Good morning Twilight, good morning Flash!” said the baby dragon coming out of the kitchen in his pink fluffy apron.
Twilight and Flash greeted the dragon.
“So… what are we going to do today?,a trip to sugar cube corner?, adventure with Zekora at the Everfree forest?.” Said the purple baby dragon eating a handful of tiny gems mixed with milk in a bowl.
The mare looked at him a little bit confused.
“Why this sudden need of adventure?” asked Twilight.
“We have been stuck inside the library for three days now!!. I´m bored”
Twilight realized that she had been locked inside her library for three days without going out.
“Wow! I've been studying like crazy for three days?” Twilight shouted in a high pitched voice.
Flash wanted to laugh, but his position did not allow him to.
“That is correct princess, If I may suggest, it would be refreshing for yourself to go out and have fun with your friends.”
Twilight looked at the orange armored stallion and smiled at him, a realization streaked her mind.
“OH CELESTIA!!!!!! WE DIDN'T SETTLE YOU DOWN HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE CLOTHES, A ROOM … BY LUNA… YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO ENTERTAIN YOURSELF!!!!”
Twilight went completely crazy; she rushed to her room stumbling in the stairs, her wings flapping on their own, creating currents of air that threw the books from a nearby shelf.
“She really needs to gain more control over her wings” Flash said to Spike with an amused look in his face.
“Well good luck on that” Spike said fixing the messy table.
“uuuhh…. What do you mean?” the orange Pegasus asked.
“ well, Rainbow Dash can´t teach her, Fluttershy is afraid she might give her a bad coaching due to her being scared of heights and all the Pegasi teachers are busy or live up in cloudsdale, that leaves only you big guy, you have to teach her how to gain full control over her wings” Spike looked at the stallions reaccion.
“What!, I´m not a teacher, I never taught anypony how to fly! Besides, flying for mares and for stallions requires different techniques!” Flash said.
Spike looked confused.
“What do you mean? “
“Stallions are bigger, bigger bones, bigger wings, it´s harder for us to learn how to fly. Mares are lighter, it´s easier for them to fly, even If I get her off the ground I wouldn’t be able to teach her the techniques”
Spiked smiled at him.
“ you're over thinking this too much, we're talking about Twilight Sparkle here, the smartest pony ever, I´m sure she will figure out a way to convert stallion flight techniques to mare ones.”
Spike disappeared through the kitchen door, leaving the orange stallion over thinking his new task.
“How the buck I´m going to teach a mare how to fly!?”
Before he could say more of his thoughts out loud Twilight ran down the stairs with her saddle bag full of bits Celestia had gave her for expenses like this.
“OK!! I'm ready, you’re ready?! We have to go before that market gets stuffed with ponies”
The stallion followed the mare hesitantly.
“Princess what is exactly what you’re going to do with a bag full of bits?”
The lavender alicorn turned her crazy expressive face to the stallion
.
“Didn’t you listen to me? all you brought here is a lousy toothbrush a comb and your armor!!!” we have to get you stuff for the spare room in the library, we'll make that your room now”
Twilight opened the door magically, stepping out followed closely by the surprised guard.
“ your highness, I don't think it´s right for you to buy things for my comfort, it´s a terrible idea!, you need to understand that there are new boundaries with your new position. You may see this as a nice gesture for a friend, but you have to understand that you’re not a regular pony anymore, I´m your guard, you’re a princess, princess’s don't buy stuff for their guards”
Twilight looked at him with a blank face, as soon as the orange pegasus finished talking she smiled warmly at him.
“Look I know that it looks weird, I know that is something even Celestia would not approve, but you’re my guard, not hers, you are my first royal guard”
Twilight placed her hoof on the Flash´s emblem, instead of the normal blue star, a six pointed sparkle adorned the stallion’s armor, a symbol that showed that he was loyal to Twilight more than he was to Celestia.
“Letting the whole princess and guard relationship boundaries aside, you ARE my friend, a friend that has nothing a pony needs; I will not let my guard sleep on a blanket in an empty room no more”
Flash smiled.
“Ok princess I'll follow your wishes” the stallion said following Twilight to the street market.
“Can't you leave your armor at home?”
“Don't push it princess”
“Ok... ok, you prideful stallion”