"You're getting sick on a train? A big scary Warrior of Light and you can't hold your food?!" Rainbow cocked her head back, still laughing at Skye's expense. He was... occupied with trying not to throw up, with Fluttershy trying to comfort him. Whoever designed the trains in this world, he just wanted to talk with them.... with a lance in hand. It's like his body could handle getting thrown around by every single monster in existence, and he could ride an airship, but trains is what would finally take him down. Skye was happy when they finally pulled into the station at Canterlot.
The group loaded off with Skye carrying extra bags, somehow he had gotten roped into carrying the items even though he had practically won the race. They weren't as heavy as packages from any of the Grand Companies, so he didn't mind too much. The girls talked on as Skye just walked along, taking advantage to see the city in it's winter state. The sun, hidden behind grey clouds as the cold flakes of white fell upon the city. All of the buildings in Canterlot had the same snowy look to them, and it reminded him of Ishgard, just a touch more gentle, and without the dragons. They soon approached the castle, the great building looked a bit mystical with the blanket of snow covering it.
He noticed the lack of guards, which meant that they all must have gotten the day of so they could enjoy time with their family. He didn't care either way, it meant that he didn't have the justification to fight at all. As the group approached the castle doors, Skye though about whether he should join them, or just do what he was doing here before, guarding. He decided that being a week away from the castle must have done something to him, and he would just guard it, he didn't need to have fun in this world or enjoy it's festivities, he needed to do something, focus his mind on a task until it is done. If he couldn't be a Warrior Of Light in this world, so he'd be the best guard then.
The castle doors were opened before they reached them, and they revealed the forms of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, both sporting rather comfy looking clothes. While Celestia seemed to retain her more regal look, Luna didn't seem to care. 'I guess you can get away with looks like that when none of your guards are present... that and you're the rulers.
"Twilight, Everyone! I am so glad to see you all here safely from your train ride! Come, there is a lot of food prepared for the festivities!" Princess Celestia called out, with her mask not present on her face, you could see she was sporting a small smile, unlike Luna who held a giant grin.
"Princess Celestia. Princess Luna, it's so good to see you!" Twilight said as she zipped off to them, and the other girls went to make their greetings. Skye stood back and took it all in, before stepping into the castle for a moment, to place the stuff he had been carrying on the ground. After that he made his way back outside onto the steps, only to be called out to by Princess Luna.
"Skye, where are you going? It's Hearth's Warming Eve, no guarding needs to be done today. You can come inside, join us in the festivities" Skye turned to face her, thinking on his reasons before getting hit with a wave of memories. Ones where Minfilia had told him there was nothing for him to do, and he could rest for a bit. He snapped back to the present, with now both Princesses looking at him along with everyone else. They looked shocked at his answer.
"What? What did I say?" Skye asked confused by their looks. Princess Celestia answered him.
"How could you not remember what you said moments ago? You said 'While that's a tempting offer, I'll have to decline your offer Antecedent. There's always work to do'. Do you not recall those words?" Skye froze at the question. It was one of the last few things he had said to the antecedent before he and the others took up that fight against Bahamut, and he landed here. He wanted to think about a few things.
"It. It was nothing, just a memory in my head. I'll be fine, there's no need to ask. If you need me I'll be out here, on one of the spires. It's night like Nightshade can stop me now right?" He chuckled out. He didn't give any more time for them to say anything that could convince him otherwise, as he morphed into dragoon, taking hold of his spear before jumping off onto the castle, he would stay close by if they needed him, so he would take up onto one of the closer spires to the main entrance, where he could survey all those that came toward the castle. As he finished, he took upon the idle pose that dragoons used while waiting for prey.
Princess Luna watched on as the man took off, jumping up somewhere along the roof. When she could no longer hear him, she had half the mind to take off into the air to find him, and reprimand that he come down. She wanted answers, ones that the elements could supply them with. She motioned for everyone to come inside, they had a lot of explaining to do to the princesses over what had happened over the course of the week he had been with them. If anything, they had failed on their mission to get him to open up more, and instead had closed himself off even more than what he was when he had first left. Why? This was one of many questions she had, not only for him, not only for the element bearers, but also for herself. Why couldn't she make friends properly herself?
