//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: Love of a Prince and a Princess. // by Oblivionwalker //------------------------------// Old throne room of the old castle. Enteral abyss stared at the changeling he had help, thinking she was a normal drone but turned out she was a princess. Shadow looked at the changling princess for a few moments before looking over to Enteral. "Hmm Enteral, I am sorry to say but I must withhold our teachings for now, and I want you to go back to Canterlot with the Princess as her escort and guardian." He said before looking at the princess again. Enteral snapped out of his thought when his master told him that before looking both from the Changling princess Amaryllis then his master before taking a small bow of his head at him. "I will protect her with my life master." He said before thinking a bit. "Also does this also means I will have to show the Princesses what I am along with Princess Amaryllis telling what she told us?" He questioned. Amaryllis was shocked to think they were willing to help her and even going so far to protect her incase her hives changelings try to get here again, but she smiled all the same at the trust she got with them. "I have to thank you for helping me, but what do you mean by letting the other princesses know about Mister Enteral since he is one of their Guards?" She asked them. Shadow looked at her before giving a small laugh before he explained to her why Enteral kept this a secret from them and the events that lead up to his time to be revealed, along with how Enteral was going though training to become the next thestral prince of his kind in the last two-hundred years. "Also when you do go to Canterlot Princess Amaryllis, it would be wise to make yourself a Pegasus because I am pretty sure they are still looking for more changelings that are still their." He told her before looking at Enteral to give him a nod. Amaryllis smiled before closing her eyes to think for a moment before she was engulfed in golden flames that faded away to pure with Pegasus mare with pink mane and tail, she still wore the cloak she had but she didn't add a cutie mark because the cloak covers most of her body, along with her hind legs and her flank so she was in no danger to be found out, when she opened her eyes, still like before, she still had gold eyes. Shadow took a glance and hoped that Princess Celestia does not get suspicious on how close Amaryllis came close to her original look before the elements caused her mane to look the way it was. "Enteral, I shall see you at the castle in a bit, also I will go ahead and place your names for a private audience for the princesses, I just hope Princess Celestia won't be to mad at the fact she has to be up at this hour because this is so important." "He said before giving them and wave off before taking a few steps into the a now growing shadows before disappearing entirely. Enteral watched his master go before looking at Amaryllis as she flexed and spread his wings. "We best get going, if I am right he might already be there and got us sighed up already." He said before taking flight with her following in suite with him. She was about to ask how he knew but cut her off to tell her that one of the skills and power called shadow teleport. Amaryllis nodded before they both flew out the nearest window and begin the flight back to Canterlot and Canterlot Castle. A couple hours later, in Canterlot, near Canterlot Castle. Enteral and Amaryllis trotted along with one another as they headed for the castle, they landed a short but still somewhat of a long walk to the castle so they won't make the other guards think they are they are intruders that are trying to get inside the castle, more over due to the failed invasion. "I know this will be your first time here but please stay with me, also I will be going by the Captain's office to get my superior, Nightshade." Enteral said before they got to the gates for the castle, which the one of the guards, who was a royal guard unicorn,stallion moved his spear in the path but noticed the other guard, a unicorn-thestral or as he knew as bat-pony guard stallion stiffening up more then usual. "Lieutenant Abyss, I didn't know you were going to be back this soon sir." The thestral guard said as she snapped a salute to his superior. While the normal unicorn guard looked at the thestral, he knew he was a higher rank but to be affected by another thestral like that, was strange. 'might be a old friend of when they were in the training or the bunkhouse leader, of course I am still a recruit.' he thought before he now noticed the thestral stallion was giving him a stern glare. Enteral seen how the other guard didn't snap to a salute yet. 'maybe his a recruit that was giving this for their first assignment to guard the gate.' He thought before waiting till he noticed his stare, once he did he spoke. "Why aren't you showing respect to your superior recruit?" He said in a stern voice before trotting up to the guard. The thestral guard seen this and knew it was of course a sign of disrespect but sometimes it is funny as heck. "Oh um, recruit this is lieutenant Abyss, the second in command of Captain Nightshade of the Night Guard, and despite on how he acts sometimes, he is a very good guy, also best friend you can get." H said before the recruit now seen the full realization. The recruit quickly pulled back his spear to snap in a salute to the stallion. "I-I'm sorry f-for the disrespect s-sir, it will never happen again!" He said before catch the sound of laughter from both stallions as he looked at them both. Enteral soon stop his laughter with a grin as he looked at the guard. "Relax, his correct you know, I may have a stern and playful side but I will be a friend and I also knew you were a recruit but I'll let it slide, just don't let it happen again." He said before he motioned Amaryllis to follow him inside. "Also this pony has very important information, and I also have information the princesses need to know." He said as both him and the mare went to the castle, on their way they found out they didn't have long to get to the audience chamber so he motioned one of the patrolling guards to get Captain Nightshade before heading straight for the chamber, along with a unlucky guard to get Princess Celestia. Captain Nightshade's office. Nightshade sighed as she was now able to get back to work but she has to take more better care due to the fact of what she found out, what she was working on was her replacement, it was getting about that time anyway and she technically already had somepony to replace her position as Captain of the Night Guard. She looked down at the replacement form with the rank and name of the pony, Lieutenant Enteral Abyss. She knew he would be a perfect choice, but all other thoughts about that and the replacement form was dashed away when she heard the door nob turn and click open, which caused her to quickly move the recruitment forms over the Night guard Captain replacement form... ....just in time as one of he suppose to be patrolling Night Guards coming inside. "Guard what are you doing away from your patrol route?" She asked the guard. "Sorry ma'am but Lieutenant Abyss requested your presence at the Private audience chamber, he said it was a urgent matter that need you and both Princesses." The guard said before turning and leaving to continue his patrol. Nightshade wonder why Enteral wanted to see her and both Princesses and why. 'I mean it cou-oh shit!' she thought before snapping her head to the calendar to see it has a red circle on todays date with the word reveal. 'He going to reveal that he is a alicorn-like thestral and he needs me their as well due to me being one.' She thought before letting out a sigh as she begin to finish the replacement form and go ahead and turn it in to her princess, and tell Enteral herself.