//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: A Medal? // Story: Great Power // by Harkbilde //------------------------------// (Previously on the last chapter) The Mares seemed to start getting excited, which made Magnus widen his eyes, 'Shit, it can't be that, right? I just read about it! And not ALL of them must've come for that... Right?' Seeing the Mares looking and nodding at each other and was about to speak in unison, Magnus prepared for the worst and prepared himself. PRINCESS CELESTIA IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A MEDAL! ".................Huh?" (Present) Magnus' mind was currently going through great relief and confusion, 'Thank God that it wasn't THAT, but... what do they mean about a medal?' Magnus was confused, so he couldn't help but ask them, "Why... am I getting a medal?" All of them looked at Magnus with disbelief. Pinky Pie snapped out first and replied, "For saving Ponyville you silly!" Magnus was then more confused. "But that was almost more than a month ago! I thought it wasn't much of a big deal, because you guys have saved the world like a bunch of times!" He exclaimed. Twilight then explained to him, "That's because the Princesses were busy at the castle with the paperwork about materials that were sent here and now that they are done with them, they decided to give you a medal." Rarity then got excited spoke to him, "And it is not just any medal Darling! It is the medal of heroism!" She said whilst being giddy. Now that piqued his interest, "Medal of Heroism? What's it about?" He asked. Twilight then raised one of her brows in confusion and asked, "Didn't you borrow a book about it from me?" Magnus deadpanned at twilight and replied, "Yeah, among 50 other books you've lent me 2 weeks ago. I may be able to read fast, but that stresses my brain Twilight." Twilight blushed at that and looked away while others giggled at that. Rainbow then got back to being excited. "Anyways, this is great! Getting a medal means you officially earn a status as a HERO!" Magnus was surprised at that, 'An official status of a hero? That clearly wasn't in the canon.' He then looked back at Rainbow and asked, "So, what does getting this status do?" Rainbow grinned and explained to him, "You get an equal authority as a noble without actually being one and you can temporarily take command of guards or soldiers." Magnus then raised both of his brows at that. "Huh, that explains how you commanded the pegasus soldiers a month ago..." Applejack then added with a bit of giddiness too, "And the best part is that you don't have to move to Canterlot even if you get a high status." Magnus then smiled at that and exclaimed, "That's great!" The reason why he was happy was that there were rules about where noble ponies must live in Canterlot city. And Magnus did not want to move to Canterlot and deal with snobbish nobles treating him like a freak and acting all high and mighty. Rarity agreed, "Indeed! It would be quite magnificent to live at Canterlot but the nobles there are less than savory towards... "commoners"..." Rarity scoffed at the end because of her memories with Blueblood. Twilight then asked Magnus, "So, what do you think Magnus? Don't you think it's great?" Magnus smiled and replied, "Sure is you guys!" 'This is amazing! To be called a hero officially!' Magnus then got out of his thought asked them a question, "So when are we going?" Pinkie then replied, "Tomorrow! And with a time skip too! Thanks, Author!"..........Please stop Pinkie........ "Who are you-" (Timeskip to the next day 8 am) (At Canterlot Castle Hallways to the throne room) "-Talking to...?" Magnus asked Pinkie Pie but suddenly forgot what he was asking about. When he was about to try and remember, he was interrupted. "Hey, Magnus! You nervous?" Rainbow suddenly asked him. Magnus looked at Rainbow and replied, "Kind of? I don't know how I feel right now. I mean, it's all so sudden!" "I'm sorry about that Magnus, the Princesses just felt bad about not giving it to you earlier, so they kind of hurried when they got the chance." Twilight apologized to him. Magnus shrugged it off, "It's fine Twilight, I'm just worried that I might scare the ponies off or just get outright rejected by being called an abomination or a freak." Magnus said worriedly at the end. Rarity just huffed at that and spoke, "Don't worry darling! With your natural charms and the suit you'll be wearing, you will fit right in!" Magnus smiled and realized something and spoke to her, "Oh yeah! Thanks for the suit Rarity, you're a lifesaver!" Rarity puffed up with pride and spoke with a smile, "Anytime darling~." Magnus smiled at that and saw they've arrived in front of the throne room. "You guys go in first while I prepare myself." Fluttershy then asked worriedly, "A-... Are you sure we don't need to go in with you?" The others also looked at him with worry but Magnus shrugged it off, "I'm not a colt you guys, don't worry, I got this! And if there is a problem, I'll just ask Sergeant Stronghoof here to help me." He said pointing towards a guardsmare beside him. The guardsmare, now known as Stronghoof was surprised. "How did you know it was me? The guards' armors were enchanted to make the wearer unrecognizable?" Magnus chuckled and answered, "I have my ways..." He then looked back at the Mane 6, "Now that you all know that, don't worry about me and go in first!" The Mane 6 nodded and went in while Magnus looked at Stronghoof and asked, "Now, can you tell me where the restroom is Sergeant? I kinda need to change into my suit." Stronghoof then snapped out of it and answered, "Th- The restroom is this way, sir Magnus." She then led him to the restroom. (In the Throne room) The Throne room was a large hall with stained glasses, large white pillars, and other noble ponies that were invited at the sides. There was also a long red carpet that connected from the door to the Thrones and currently 4 ponies were sitting on the throne. They were Princess Twilight, Celestia, Luna, and a Princess we do not know. She was an alicorn with a pink fur with a 6ft 1in tall slim physique with D-cup breasts and wore a light pink one-piece dress. She had black and pinkish-purple eyes and a peculiar mane with ivory, purple, and pink streaks, and a golden Tiara that covered the base of her horn. This was Cadence, "Ruler of Crystal Empire", "The Best Foal-sitter", and the "Princess of Love". The other Princesses also wore Tiaras and dresses with their respective colors which made them look drop-dead gorgeous. But the nobles didn't pay attention to that and were about to get impatient because of the constant waiting they had to go through. As they were about to start complaining, the guardsmares that were beside the giant door signaled Celestia. Celestia noticed this and started to speak, "My dear ponies, you all must wondering why I have called you all here all of a sudden." The nobles nodded at that and Celestia continued, "Well it has to do with the incident where I and my sister's absence 2 weeks ago." The nobles started murmuring to each other while she still continued, "The reason was because of the urgent news that Princess Twilight has sent about a B-class gate appearing near Ponyville and terrorizing the town, so we departed as fast as we could" She paused for a moment and continued, "But no worries my ponies, it was solved before we had arrived." The nobles then looked towards the Mane 6 and were about to clap but Celestia cut them off, "And it was neither us nor Elements of Harmony who solved the problem." The nobles got confused but Luna started speaking, "My ponies, the true reason is to give a medal to the true hero that saved Ponyville by singlehandedly defeating the B-class gate." Now this made them gasp at this because as it was mentioned before, defeating the B-class gate alone was an Alicorn worthy accomplishment and for a normal pony to do this, it was next to impossible. Before the commotion could get any bigger, Luna started announcin in the Royal Canterlot Voice. "MARES AND STALLIONS, MAY WE INTRODUCE MAGNUS MIGHT!!! HERO OF PONYVILLE!