//------------------------------// // Convince Two Princesses // Story: A Soldier Past and Future // by Norwegian boy //------------------------------// “You want me to what?” It was a normal morning in the Canterlot castle, the servants were doing their daily routine, the chef was coking food for the princess and the guards was on duty. But for Celestia, they day started a little different then usually. Blaze had showed up right after breakfast and suggested that she and her sister should come with him to Ponyville and fix the school there. “I just said that you and your sister should come to with me to Ponyville and fix the school, do normal things.” “That was I tough I heard.” She let out a sighed. “As much as I want Blaze, I can’t just leave and ignored my duties.” “What duties? All you do is sit in your butt all day and listen to ponies, which is mostly from Canterlot and when you are done with you sit on ass eating cake.” “Hey.” Celestia got up from her chair she was sitting on. “I do more than that, I don’t sit on butt all day. I also walked.” She offended by what Blaze said, that’s for sure. “Oh please, you walk inside the castle and just smile at everypony that works here, just to keep up that good princess act you have.” Celestia started to get frustrated. “I don’t have a ‘good princess’ act, that’s just how my little ponies see me.” Blaze couldn’t help but rolled his eyes when she said ‘my little ponies’. “You still use that phrase I tough you gave up that long ago, they are not your ponies.” He pointed out the window. “They are the citizens of Equestria, you did not give birth to them all. The last time I check, you were not my mother.” Celestia was now in right in front of Blaze. “I never said that I was their mother, I say my little ponies because I care about them all.” She raised her voice a little at the end. “Then why does it sounds like they are yours?” Blaze took a step further towards Celestia, their noses almost touched each other. “They are not mine I am their ruler and…” Blaze cut he off. “Stop using the same excuse you used four hundred years ago.” Blaze took a few steps back and threw his arms in frustration. “I really thought you had chance after all these years, you are not above any pony in Equestria, just because you move the sun doesn’t make you any special, you are just like a normal pony. You are born, you live your life and you will eventually die.” Celestia couldn’t help but chuckle a little. “You know what I hate and love about you Blaze?” “What’s that?” “That you are right sometimes.” Blaze couldn’t help but snort. “Sometimes?” “Alright, almost every time.” The made Blaze smile and Celestia to roll her eyes. “So,” Celestia sat back down in her chair and crossed her left leg over the other. “you want me to go to Ponyville, in civilian clothes and help fix the school?” “Pretty much.” “You also want me to go without and of the guards.” “Yes, if you brought a lot of guard, they would probably chase everypony away.” Celestia was about to say that it was their job to make sure she was safe. “And before you say anything ells, you once told me that you felt safer with me then teen of your guards.” Celestia tilted her head to the side in confusion. “When did I say that?” Blaze’s face darkened. “Right before the war.” Celestia slap her mentally for that one. “Right, I forgot about that.” Celestia rubbed her head before she decided. “Alright Blaze, I’ll join you.” Blaze was happy to hear that. “Let’s see if can get my sister on this, she need to get out more.” She told him while getting up, Blaze didn’t mind that. “You want me to do what?” After Celestia told Luna what they had in mind, the princess of the night was shock, to say the least. Blaze started to wonder if there was something wrong with just going outside and doing normal thing, maybe it was a trend this day. “We want you to come with us to Ponyville and fix the school there.” Celestia told her sister, again. “I understand that part, but what I don’t understand why we have to go without our guards.” “Blaze want the ponies in Ponyville to see us as normal ponies, not a ruler that sit on a throne all day and listen to royal snob in Canterlot.” Celestia shuddered by though of sitting and listing to does Canterlot snob. Luna shifted on the bed. “I don’t know, some ponies are still afraid of me.” She looked at her computer that was in her bed. “Only five percent want me to enter their dreams.” Celestia blink a few times. “What?” Luna started to explain. “About a week ago, I asked the ponies of Equestria what they thought about me entering their dream and only five percent didn’t mind.” She let out sad sighed. “I guess they are still afraid of me.” Celestia sat down by her sister side and put and hand on her shoulder. “Then why don’t join me and Blaze to Ponyville to fix the school, then ponies can see that there’s nothing to be afraid of, that you are a normal pony.” Celestia had a pointed, maybe if she did something normal ponies in Equestria would see that she isn’t dangerous. “Ok, I’ll join you and Blaze.” That made Celestia hug her little sister. “But what are we going to do with the guard? My night guard won’t have any problem with me leaving with you and Blaze, it’s your guard we should be worried about.” Celestia just gave her a smile. “Don’t worry, I have a plan when it come to my guards. Can you call your guards? I need their help.” Luna nodded. “Guard.” The door opened almost at once. Blaze, who was leading against the wall, was a little surprise that pegasus came in and not a bat pony. “Yes, princess Luna.” Said the guard. Luna nodded to Celestia. “I know that I am not Luna but is it possible that you can fetch Raven Inkwell for me.” The guard saluted. “Of course, princess Celestia.” The guard turned around and walked out. Celestia just started at the door. “Well, I didn’t expect that.” “I guess the night guard is better trained then your guard Celestia.” Blaze said in a mock tone. “Normally I would argued with you Blaze but this time you are right.” Celestia looked at Luna. “What kind of training did your guard do? Mine have trouble listing to me.” Luna could only shrugged her shoulders. “I have no idea it was captain Shadow who trained most of them.” It didn’t take long before Raven Inkwell arrive, she was a unicorn with white coat, her hair and tail was brown. She was wearing what looked like a business suit, Blaze thought it looked idiocy. She was also wearing a pair of black reading glasses. Raven got her clip board ready. “You called for me your highness.” “Yes, me and my sister are going out and I am leaving you in charge of the castle.” When does words was said, Raven and Luna’s eyes widen. “WHAT?” They said at the same time. Blaze didn’t say anything he was just a little surprise. Luna got up from her bed. “You are leaving her in charge of the castle?” Celestia got up from the bed. “Not the entire castle, she is going to keep my guards inside the castle. The last thing we need is them making a fuse over that I am gone Shining would probably have heart attack if he found out.” Luna could understand why, Shining had tendency to overreact at time. “And beside, your guards actually listen to you.” Celestia said in a sombre voice. “Mine don’t.” She said with a sad voice. “I blame your captain, Shining Armour.” Both princesses looked at Blaze, who was still leaning against the wall. “I think he should go through some training to become a better captain because he is doing a crappy job.” Blaze had a point, a captains job was to train the other guard and that’s Shining, he was doing his job very bad. Then Celestia got an idea. “You have a point there Blaze and I would like you to train him.” That got the pegasus to raise an eye brown. “You want me to train him?” “Yes, you were a captain once and if I remember correctly, you did a good job.” Over four hundred years ago, it the training area of the castle. Blaze was looking at the new recruit, two unicorn , four earth ponies and three pegasus. They were all standing beside each other in single line “Alright, listen up. My name is captain Blaze Fury and it’s my job to train your sorry asses so you can protect princess Celestia. Now, before we start, does anyone off have any questions.?” One of the unicorns raised their hands, Blaze stood in front of him. “Speak up then.” The unicorn lowered his hand. “With all due respect for the princess, I didn’t join to protected her.” Blaze could fell a little anger raising in him. “Then why do you want to become a guard?” “I want to protect the ponies of Equestria, why do an alicorn need protection anyway? She can move the sun and moon.” Blaze calmed down when he hear the unicorns reason. “You are right, why do the princess protection when she can move the sun and moon, she could probably destroy any enemy that tries to kill her.” Blaze started to walk in front of the recruit. “But what about when she is not all mighty?” That just confused them all, Blaze saw that. “Does all off you think that she is all might every time?” He asked them but none of them had any answer. “There are times when she is just a normal pony, when she is sleeping, eating, relaxing after a hard day’s work, taking a walk through town to see what ponies are doing. At those times it’s our job to protect her.” He stood to looked at them all. “I felt the same when I started as a guard, then I saved the princess life and then I understood that she also needs protection. She isn’t an immortal pony who lives forever, she can bleed, she can died, just like us.” Every recruit had listen closely to what he said, and they had never seen it that way, they all thought that Celestia was an all power full being. They didn’t think that she also is a pony that can bleed and died, she is just a normal pony. “Now, are you ready for some training?” “YES CAPTAIN.” They shouted at the same time. Up on a balcony stood Celestia and a unicorn with golden fur and white hair. “That Blaze fury is one of a kind.” Said the unicorn. Celestia couldn’t help but smile. “You are right about that one Soul.” Present day. “Sure, I can train him. Just make sure that he understand that I am his boss.” He said with an evil grin, he was going to have some fun with the captain. Celestia nodded. “Don’t you worry, I will make him do the training, or he will lose his job.” Then Luna decided to say something. “Now we got that out of the way, what about Raven.” They all looked at Raven who was standing still like a statue, ever since she heard that Celestia put her in charge of the castle, she hadn’t move a muscle. “Raven? Are you all right?” Celestia asked in worried tone, when she hadn’t move at all. Celestia snap her fingers in front of Raven’s face and made her come back, Raven blinked a few times. “I must have been dreaming, I could have swear that princess Celestia let me in charge of the castle.” She said while rubbing her head. “It wasn’t a dream Raven.” Said Celestia. Raven stared to panic. “I can’t be in charge of the castle, I don’t what to do, I am not a princess.” Celestia placed her hands on Raven’s shoulders to calm her down. “You don’t have to do my duties Raven I only want you to keep my guard in the castle while I and my sister travels to Ponyville with Blaze.” Panic was replaced by confusion. “Come again?” “Me and my sister is going to Ponyville to help Blaze over there.” They both looked at the pegasus who gave them a saluted with two fingers. “And I want you to make sure that my guards stay inside the castle, if they find out that I am gone they will probably panic and send out a searched party.” Raven nodded. “Okay, why? Why are you and your sister going to help a pegasus that disappeared four hundred years ago?” She asked the princess. “Because Raven, I want to do something normal for a chance. I am in the castle all day long listing to riches ponies snobs that want more money to make them more money, I am sick of it and I want a day off. I think my sister want it to.” Raven looked over to the younger princess, Luna gave her a nod. Raven have been Celestia’s personal assisted for four year and she could understand why the princess wanted to have a normal day, she let out a sighed. “I only have to keep your guard inside the castle until you are back, is that all I have to do?” She asked Celestia. “Yes, I will also chancel all my appointment, so you don’t have to worry about that.” Raven removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes. “Alright.” She put them back on. “I’ll do it, I will keep your guard inside the castle so you and your sister can do whatever you are going to do in Ponyville.” That made Celestia very happy that she gave Raven a hug. “Thank you so much Raven.” The hug made Raven blush. “Well, you own me one after this.” “You got it.” Celestia let of her sectary and look at her sister. “Do you think your Night guard can help Raven?” Luna nodded. “Sure, I let captain Shadow know.” “Now we got that care of.” Blaze got off the wall he was leaning on. “Let’s get you two some new clothes, my treat.” Before the sisters could say anything, he was out the door. “See you both at the castle entrance outside.” He told them before he left. All the ponies in the room could only stare at the door, they had trouble understand what just happened, one moment he was there and the next he was gone. Celestia had known him the longest and she had still problem understand how he was so fast. Raven was the first one to speak. “Wow, that’s fast.” They all nodded in agreement.