The night was cool and dark and I looked out over the town below, putting one hoof on the railing.
The sky was clear above and Luna’s Moon shone across the city. There were still plenty of lights below, but it was late, well after midnight. A soft rustle of wood made me look to the side. Fern was curled up asleep at one end of the balcony. He liked sleeping there when the weather was nice to catch the morning sun.
Luna was holding Nightcourt right now. I had offered to keep her company, but she wanted me to get some rest.
I had thought about heading to bed, but I didn’t feel tired.
I felt… I’m not sure bad was correct either. I threatened somecreature with xenocide. Not exactly something to go with the friendship of harmony. A threat that might have saved thousands of lives.
A sound behind me made me flick my ear but I recognized the hoofsteps so I didn’t bother to turn.
Sunset moved up next to me. Her horn lit up and she took the glass from my magic, floating it over to take a small sip from the amber liquid.
She shuddered less than I did.
That’s so not fair.
“Long day?” I asked with a small smile.
“A bit,” she admitted and sighed, “I spent most of it with the Legion.”
I nodded, “Saw you when I visited,” I admitted, “But you were in the middle of something so I didn’t want to bother you.”
“Was it when I showed the unicorns that firewall?” she asked and at my nod, she smiled, “I thought I saw you through the window to the tower, but I wasn’t sure.”
“Mmm. Was getting a readiness report. What do you think?”
“They’re good,” she said and floated the glass back to me, resting her head against my shoulder, “They did good during the invasion too.”
“The Captain seemed a bit annoyed with me.”
Sunset gave me an amused look, “Wonder why, mister ‘run into danger’. You doesn't exactly make her life any easier.”
I cringed a bit at that, “I mean, what was I meant to do?”
“Not that?”
Fair enough.
I sighed softly and slipped my wing over her back, pulling her close, sipping my drink again after stealing it back from her. It burned a bit and tasted faintly of apples.
“Quiet you,” I told her, “I seem to remember you being there too.”
Sunset shot me a glare, “That’s not the same thing and you know it.”
“...Not you too… I take it you talked to Sparky?”
“Not about that, but I’m not stupid, wingboy. You’re the only male alicorn, you’re too valuable to get into battle,” she said and rolled her eyes, “Not that I expect you to listen.”
Sighing, I gave her a small nuzzle as she stole my drink again, “Not like I like being in danger.”
“You just can’t help yourself when there is something you can do,” she argued and sipped the drink before she touched her horn tip to the base of mine, “...It’s one of the things I like about you.”
“I thought you just had a thing for alicorns and couldn’t resist my pure masculinity,” I asked and nuzzled.
That got a small snort giggle from her, “Sure, that’s why...”
I gave her a wounded look.
Sunset grinned and gave me a small kiss, “Silly colt.”
I smiled at her and pulled her tighter with my wing, slipping one foreleg around her as I dipped her into a kiss, getting another giggle from her.
“Well?” I asked with a smile.
She sighed and put the glass down on the railing of the balcony before shifting to get hooves beneath herself again, “...Well, maybe not completely not unstallionly,” she teased with a small smile, “Tomorrow, training grounds?”
“Sounds good to me. It’s been a while,” I admitted, “I miss it.”
“Me too,” Sunny admitted before she grinned, “I learned a couple of new tricks since last time.”
“Oh really?”
Sunset nodded with a smile, “Twi found a book a couple of weeks ago, I borrowed it from her before the invasion. Didn’t have much time to practice it, but some of the spells seems interesting.”
“Looking forward to it,” I said before I raised my eyebrow at her, “Are you sure you’re not just trying to distract me from everything that’s going on?”
Sunset shook her head, “Not really, just want to get some exercise.” she said before she smirked, “if I wanted to distract you, I would…”
She raised her head to whisper into my ear for a couple of moments before giving me a small nuzzle and turned to walk back inside as she brushed her side against mine, giving my nose tip a flick with the tip of her tail on the way.
I swallowed and looked after her before following.
...Consider me officially distracted…
I don't understand how he can be just fine with that, being the only male alicorn and treaded as some last male on the planet, as some breeding dog, breeding stud no matter how you call it
They could have any other reason to be concerned for example being a prince and a friend but they only think about that, they are more prey minded than I thought
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In this fanfiction, Equestria is a matriarchal society where female ponies outnumber male ponies 3-to-1. It's understandable for the mares to be naturally protective of the stallions. (Celestia even mentioned she founded the Royal Guard to help break down the stereotype of stallions require protection)
Combined that social aspect with the ratio of female-to-male alicorns being 6-to-1, it is not so farfetched that they feel their need to protect Page. (Misguided but still understandable)
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Still, Page shouldn't be just fine with this
He should at least have hurt feelings from that their first reason to be more concerned for him was him being the only male alicorn like some breeding dog
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Only if you expect Page to have an emotional reaction to that. It's a rational perspective to protect Page as a scarce resource, especially since he himself acknowledges that he is the weakest of the alicorns.
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That's another thing, he doesn't try to make himself stronger even in a human way
Did he even try to boost his magic in an external way? No
Even some kind of amulet, like alicorn amulet that doesn't corrupt, or just cleaning the curse from alicorn amulet
And I know he doesn't have knowledge and skills to create magical artifacts and other things, but that's why he has money and can order parts and other things
Even just asking one of Twilights to help him would be a good step
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When did they say that? At NO time during this fanfic or its prequels, did the alicorns ever talk to Page about having children.
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Then why their reasoning is this:
It's like they are worried that there won't be more alicorns
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Because he realizes he is the only male of a species left, and having been human and watched species go extinct he understands how important he is?
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Yes he realizes that but then he thinks about what's different about this situation from extinction
He isn't the last male pony and alicorns work differently, especially with ascensions
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Celestia just needs to take on some male students once in a while surely some of them can ascend. Imagine if Twilight was a dude...? Male alicorn right there.
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Do you mean Dusk Shine, Twilight’s rule 63?
If maybe Discord will again mess with another timeline/AU then next time he will fish out Dusk Shine, no one knows what he will do next
Also, that maybe will sound cheesy
If Luna and Page will want a child, how big are chances Discord will transport Nyx the moment she is created as some kind of "I'm sorry for my betrayal and the rest" gift?
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.....how is this evidence that the alicorns talked to Page about having children and treating Page as a mating stud?? This is just Celestia caring about Page's safety. Your reasoning is poor and invalid.
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I'm not writing that they want children but pointing out their reasoning, that he is the only male alicorn so he is more important, not that he is a prince and family
When they were pointing that out it felt like as if they were worried about extinction, when they are a long way from that
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Extinction? ....HOW?! Flurry Heart exists! Alicorn born between an Alicorn mother and an Unicorn stallion. Twilight Sparkle exists! An former unicorn that turned into an Alicorn due to personal enlightenment. Plus all Alicorns are IMMORTAL or at least long-lived enough that there is no real rush to increase their population.
So...once AGAIN...your reasoning is INVALID! Stop putting out your poorly thought-out arguments because you're not impressing anybody here!
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he has learned more combat training and magic than most but Page's magic just isn't meant for direct conflict, he's literally a born diplomat with his magic being strongest and easiest to work on the mind. plus he's been an alicorn for all of a year-ish now after being an average power unicorn before that. he doesn't have twilight's decades of high powered magic training, or celestia's thousand plus years of accumulated power. Cadance is more powerful than him, powerful enough to just project city sized shields but she's been an alicorn for a large part of her life
someday he might be very powerful but right now he doesn't have too much more power than the average unicorn
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First
Is even Flurry born yet?
I wrote similar thing before , that about ascensions
This whole time I meant that they aren't close to extinction and why
But it's still pointed out by Celestia, etc that he is a the only male alicorn so he must be more secured, guarded more
Also I'm writing this on a phone with autocorrection that sometimes works or not , so it's a little hard to write correctly
That is a strong drink.
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Consider you what...? Sorry, I was distracted by something.
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I recommend you keep auto-correct off at all times. The program's definition of correct often isn't.
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There is one more reason they wouldn't want Page to get killed. As the only male alicorn, he's become the darling of Equestria. He's a figure that many look up to. Now more then ever thanks to his heroics. If anything were to happen to him the negative effect on the national morale could be devastating.
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I wonder if Page will learn to use mind tricks in battle. Maybe not the dream thing, but instead forced hallucinations constructed from the targets fears, like illusions only they can see. It's not a terribly original concept, but I like how various other stories and the like have used it. It also seems to be a power most typically associated with Luna, so bonus points there.
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Now she gets to both distract him, and get exercise. Win-win situation.
also, Blank Page is now the only standard for the phrase "hung like an alicorn". So people are now gonna be either very relieved, or very disappointed.
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Really? Try recreate there sub race with there limitd numbers. We have literally only one male alicorn. Even if he has 2 foals with every singel one of em ( including Midnight ) You would have to few of em. If not for imortality in respect of age it would be 'goodbye alicorns' He is also treated with respect and love and only ask to stay save. No one forces him to anything... Yet Anyway... I can see your point but the circustances are not existant of your point to make em valid. But thanks for charing a different oppinion to keep thing... Interessting i guess?
Cadance is the love specilist but Page is the Waifu horder
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Pretty much what Mitril said.
Before Page came along, alicorns were already (by definition) an extinct species--seeing as there were no males for thousands of years--but for one factor: They keep popping up--and as all the available evidence so far indicates, they do so mostly by some otherwise ordinary normal pony getting insanely lucky doing something monumentally stupid during an overwhelmingly crazy crisis. **=
I’m not a shipper, nor am I here for the romance, but this was hilarious!
Here we can see how the Unicorn mare has verbally seduce the Alicorn stallion. By edging him on she will increase his seed product do that quality is supplemented with quantity.
The resulting foal boom will than help the re-population of the endangered species.
"Nature is fascinating ♡"
- Fluttershy
Page should write down his life, the erotic comedy needs to be enjoyed by everyone