challenges
Nightshade walked to her room in the heat of mixed emotions from shooting down an old love of hers, and as she stepped into her room she flopped onto her bed. And after a few minutes Prince Metamorph walked in as well, holding a snarling and spitting Sapphire with him.
“I swear, that stallion is not worth the roomy cell your mother gave him, Sapphire nearly tore his hyde apart because of his rudeness,”
He closed the room door behind him and put Sapphire down, and as soon as she was free she ran to the door and tried to reach for the handle.
“I can't believe we're letting him live here still, even if he is locked up,”
He moved to lay down beside her and nudged her gently with a hoof when he noticed her frown.
“he's staying at the castle, he's staying here today and I don't know how to feel about it,”
She said in a flat tone, and Metamorph tilted his head to the side
“who is staying here? And why does he bother you?”
She looked up at him and folded her ears back and he almost instantly knew who she was referring to.
“no, when did you find out that he was staying here?”
He said as he sat up and leaned down to spot any physical change in her emotion
“he's one of the griffin guards, after everyone left he asked me to give him another chance and…and” she struggled to get the words out and squeezed her eyes shut before covering her face with her hooves.
“and you miss him,”
Metamorph said as he laid down in front of her and gently ran a hoof over hers
“I understand why, but you know just as well as I do when it comes to relationships,” Nightshade scoffed a little bit and moved her hooves.
“actually, I think I might just know a little more than you buzz bee,”
While she said this Sapphire pulled herself onto the bed and laid down beside Nightshade and she began to stroke her soft scales
“I've been in a quite a few relationships and most of them I ended myself, I know so much about how these things end up if you give in.” she looked him dead in the eyes and smiled
“when I don't want a relationship I don't look for one.”
A knock on the bedroom door caught all their attention and made Sapphire jump
“come in!”
She said as she pulled the little dragon closer. Windbreaker opened the door and stepped into the room before stopping at the sight of Metamorph on the bed with her.
“Windbreaker!”
Sapphire shouted and hopped off the bed before running up to him and hugging his chest
“it's been forever since I've seen you,”
“hasn't it? I could hardly tell it was you,”
He picked her up and hugged her properly
“wow, you really have grown up haven't you?”
“yeah, mom took great care of me after we left, but you still look the same,”
She touched his beak with both claws and smiled when he made a funny face.
“excuse me, but who are you?”
Metamorph said, cutting off the tender moment
“I should ask you the same thing changeling,” Windbreaker shot back as he set Sapphire down and glared at him
“are you really my competition, a love hungry changeling?”
He said with a smirk.
Metamorph got to his hooves and floated down from the bed with the soft buzzing of his wings and stood in front of him
“at least I care enough to know her for her and I'd wait for as well,”
He said as he straightened up to exaggerate his posture.
“I'd suggest that you keep your distance from my mare friend,”
Windbreaker said as he stepped closer to him
“enough!”
Nightshade said and teleported between them
“you, out!”
She said as she pointed to Windbreaker, and he took a moment before stepping closer to her. Metamorph only growled in response and he backed away before walking out, and the moment he did Nightshade's hooves felt weak and she sat down and stared at the floor.
“dear Celestia, what have I done.”