"Le pour le merite, Congressional Medal of Honor, Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, besides others that I have no idea where they are ... Dad, what the hell?" - Isabell finished, at the moment of opening his trunk, Isabell found several medals, ribbons and very old photos, and that's just the top.
"If I make it easy dear, it's complicated, but it's one of the reasons why I'm not surprised that I'm dying of old age" - finished Alternative, grabbing the photographs.
"Let me see ... here, tell me love, who is this man?" - Alternative asked, causing Isabell to grab the picture.
"..... it's not true ..." - whispered Isabelll.
"yes?"
"It's Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern, but that's impossible!" exclaimed Isabell, demanding a clear answer.
"Well, when I arrived here, I fall, in a simple way, in his home address, he was a good friend, and understand my situation, I helped him in his government" - explained Alternative, lost in his memories.
"That's not what wanted to say Dad !!, you're not 90 years old, you should have a minimum of 100 years!, besides, you look almost exactly the same!" - Isabell shouted.
"Calm daughter, or you'll be older than me, at least I want grandchildren before my daughter gets confused with my sister" - Alternative said while waving his hand.
"God, you have no remedy" whispered Isabell- "Well, for my mental health, I will not see the other photographs, I do not want to know if you knew other important figures" - Isabell finished.
"aww, do not you want to see the photos where your old man prepared the conference in Tehran ?, I think I have a picture with stalin and Roosevelt playing naipes ..." - said Alternative while reviewing the photos.
"I hope it's a joke" - said Isabell, removing the upper part of the trunk.
"That's good !, that part has everything else after the 50s" - said Alternative.
Pictures of Vietnam, Korea, etc, Alternative did not joke that he was at war, one of the documents there, to the surprise and fright of Isabell, is one that swore extreme secrecy of the existence of his father, signed by several presidents, according to his father, his existence is only known now by a few in the world government, in exchange for letting him live in peace.
"If you have so many contacts, why did you want to work as a mercenary?" - asked Isabell
"part of that deal, is that I do not render my services to any other government, so technically I was left without work, also, I did not have ... will to do something else" - ended Alternative.
"Well ... I must say that your trunk did not disappoint dad" - said Isabell, while trying to save what she just took out, but finding a wooden box small enough to go unnoticed the first time.
taking it out, Isabell tried to open it, only to discover that it was closed, in the same way as her father's trunk.
"Dad, what's this?" Isabell asked, making Alternative look at her curiously and sadly.
"... that's the only memory I have of your sisters and their mothers" - said Alternative, reaching for the small wooden box, causing Isabell to hand it over.
"here, it's open" - said Alternative, giving it to his daughter.
When Isabell opened it, she almost choked on her surprise, inside, there was a ring, but the most beautiful one she had ever seen, the body seemed silver, but transparent, with the light of the room reflected a faint white light, but What most caught his attention, were the stones embedded, never in his life had seen something so beautiful.
"... Dad, where did you get this?" - Isabell whispered.
"It is the wedding ring that I used when I was married, the stones are rare, one day was the heart of a mountain, and the other, from a star that fell and was compressed to this form, are only a part, others are ... they were with them "- ended Alternative, while looking sad at the ring.
"Hopefully and you marry one day, Isabell, but be careful, it can explote in the face" - said Alternative.
"You say they managed to prove your innocence, not dad?" - asked Isabell
"Yes" - answered Alternative.
"Then ... why do not you come back?" Isabell asked.
"..... because it would not be the same Isabell, that Discord will find that I am innocent, it is different to believe that I am, when I left, the evidence that supposedly had against me, was enough to pass by the court, and direct to the punishment, I have not returned to contact with him to know if it is that I was or not ..... innocent, besides, I do not think I can look at them "- responded Alternative.
"You have a point ... but still" - whispered Isabell.
"So is life Isabell, well, let's go back to the lab, let's see if you can make your old man even older more" - Alternative finished.
Canterlot
Rule a country is not an easy task, when Alternative was expelled, many of the tasks that complied were accumulated, the princesses were already filled with their own tasks, so they asked Cadence for help, for the older and more focused than her sister , which helped him to look for the proofs for the innocence of Alternative.
After finding the real responsible, her tasks accumulated more, since the news was so devastating for her mother and Luna, that they stopped attending to their duties, and more when the rings made them believe that he was dead, they were years of hard work for to avoid that the desperation of the royal family was not a reason for an "opportunist", fortunately, Cadence knew more about her father than the others, at least in what the ring represented, it did not link the life of its bearers, not only that in reality, only the emotions, Cadence remembers with nostalgia the day her father talked to her and the colors they represent, since she could see emotions, it seemed strange at first, but after that explanation, her father ended up making it clear because she is the princess of love.
While it is true that she cared about the black color of the rings, she knew he was not dead, if so, the inscription had disappeared, but she decided to leave it in secret, a kind of lesson for her mothers, her sister also knew about that, she told her the same day of her father's explanation, but she was more worried about how to return it, so since she found out they could not return it, she has been working tirelessly.
Today, Cadence had to verify the military budget, in front of her,occuping her general view of her office, a long pile of papers, so she did not notice when her sister and uncle arrived.
"You know, Cadence, for a princess of love, one would expect your office to be full of rose and hearts, but it's depressing to see both gray and white" - Discord finished, making Cadence bristle.
"that voice ....." - Cadence whispered, flying the papers with her magic towards the floor, to see better someone she had not seen for a long time.
"UNCLE!" - Cadence shouted.
"Be careful, little one, I almost died in the same way with your sister, do not finish the job, hahah" - laughed discord, hugging Cadence.
"Where have you been? We were afraid you would have left us because of what Celestia and Luna did to dad" - said Cadence.
"While it's true that I'm furious with them, I had better things to do, seeing what kind of spell they threw at him, I knew if i did not follow him, he would get lost, so I worked overtime, the amount of magic for that trick alone, he left me a just one clone to help you with Sombra, but when he finished his task, he disappeared to have all the energy to continue on my way "- Discord finished.
"If you're back ... does it mean? .." - Cadence asked, somewhat afraid.
"Do not fear, is not that" - said Discord, moving around, causing Cadence to notice her sister's presence in the room, surprised that she out for the first time in years of her laboratory.
"Do not worry Cadence, our uncle has a plan to bring dad back" - said Twilight, causing Cadence to turn around quickly and with wide eyes.
"Really? You found it?! Is that okay?!" - Cadence shouted.
"Yes, but I did not see it, just talk to him, and with talking, I mean sending him a message, the place where he is, it is very difficult to reach, so I had two options, or I fixed the door for his dimension, or spoke with him, so the answer is obvious "- Discord finished, while lying on the floor, twineing his body to his nieces, making him remember the past days, when they were fillies and played around him.
"What do you need?" - Cadence asked.
"The rings, that's why I need you and your sister, I do not want to deal with Celestia and Luna" - said Discord, while he stopped and stretched, he looked quite tired.
"... you are right, since they fixed them, they do not separate from them, nor when they sleep" - said Cadence.
"......hypocrites" - spat Twilight.
"although I totally agree with you Twilight, (taking into account the work that cost to made those rings), we need those rings if we want to bring him back, the magic that unites them, is very powerful, using that connection, we can use it as a kind of lighthouse, since I removed the fog, it would be easier, and by the way Twilight, your door will serve us, you almost achieve it, but you lack a bit of chaos "- Discord finished.
"So, while they bring the rings, I'm going to sleep, I need all my energies, so we'll open the portal in a week, and before asking, it's because my magic will be back until then, so, luck girls" - Discord said, disappearing.
"... well, if we want to avoid a fight, we have to ask them, so do not even try take them off" - said Cadence, while watching her sister teleport her armor.
"But we do not have time!" - Twilight shouted.
"You've already heard our uncle, we have a week, besides, if we explain that it's to bring him back, I'm sure they will not protest"
"..... sigh, fine, but I will not take off my armor" - Twilight finished.
"Good" - said Cadence, as they left, on the way to confront their mothers.