//------------------------------// // A new view part 2 // Story: Marked with Power // by Thenewbluebrony //------------------------------// Location: Crystal Empire Pov Spearmint Bolt This week was supposed to be amazing. First my mother was supposed to visit and I received a letter from her saying she would be late because she had found a cave that was not shown on any maps and she had decided to check it out. The letter she sent said to expect her in three days. I received the letter last week. The last time I saw my mom was a year ago, when I had been told I was being transferred to The Empire. I was off duty and was visiting her and my dad. At this time it had been five years since I had moved to Canterlot from my hometown Dodge City. My mom and dad had just started planning a trip to the Badlands. They had planned on going to a rock that was the shape of a dragon's claw and were going to be there for a few months. My dad says he used to be a coach for the Wonderbolts. But he was really a stunt coordinator. It was during his time with the Wonderbolts that he met my mom. when the train he was taking made a stop in a small town called Ponyville. He was using the train because a stunt went wrong and a rookie by the name of Spitfire had crashed into him and fractured his wing. My mom had lived in Ponyville her whole life, she at the time had found a special ingredient for her peppermints that grew in the Everfree Forest. She had received an order for some prank candies. She had remembered hearing stories of a plant that when touched would play jokes on the one who touched it. The order was a surprise to her because her boss had ordered it. Her boss had said that the blue flower seemed to have changed his wife into a unicorn. My mother was going to ask why he ordered them but chose not to. She was on the train to visit her family in Dodge City and their seats happened to be next to each other and they started talking. By the time they made it to the City they had set up a date. Their first date was a simple dinner. They went to the Dodge Canteen and had some sweet cider and had some daffodils and daisy sandwiches. They had dated three years before they got married. They had decided to stay in Dodge City for a few years. It was a year later when they found out they were going to have a third member join the family. It was at this point they moved to Ponyville, where I was born. After fifteen years we moved back to Dodge City and I started training for the guard. It was after three more years I was accepted into the guard and was rapidly promoted. On the third year's Summer Sun Celebration, I was called into action due to reports that The Princess had been captured, and the sun had yet to rise. When I had gotten to my post I was informed that the culprit was the fabled Mare in The Moon, Nightmare Moon. After hours of searching, we had received news that Celestia had been found and we had a new Princess, The mare formerly known as Nightmare Moon, Celestia's sister Luna. Few had heard the legend. I knew it well. Long ago two had ruled Equestria, one who would raise the sun, and one who would raise the moon. The ponies they ruled over-loved and played during the day, and were scared and hid from the night. This had angered the younger sister, and one day she refused to lower the moon. Her older sister had tried to explain to her that if she did not lower the moon it would mean doom for all that they ruled over. The younger sister had refused to lower the moon. The older sister was then forced to use The Elements Of Harmony on her sister and send her to the moon. It was told the sister would return on the day of the thousandth Summer Sun Celebration, which just so happened to be today. That was the day I decided to put in a transfer to Canterlot. I was then transferred to Canterlot and I was on the front line of the royal wedding. I had saved ten ponies that day and they had apparently put me on a list. That list was revealed when The Crystal Empire had returned. I was stationed there and started in the city. Apparently in The Empire, they have one leader and two subordinates patrol the city and guard the entrances. If they needed to escort someone they could swap the leader of the squad at the entrance and have them go with a city team. My team was stationed at the southeast entrance today. The day had been going slow so I started thinking about what will be next for me. I was soon brought out of my thoughts when a bipedal creature had come to the tunnel I was stationed at and said they were here to see Starswirl. I let it in due to it having a letter with the royal seal. I was in a bad mood and when they asked about the empire I made a rude comment that I now regret having said. A little while later the crystal heart had released a shock-wave of love. When we arrived at the palace he said he had found a body in a cave and had collected the ID from the body. That was when my worst fears came true. The ID said Peppermint Swirl. I had given the card to my coworker as I had been given a leave to console my father. as I left I heard my coworker say. "Hello Sir Blue Bolt, I have some bad news." That's all I heard before I left to go see my dad.