<Next day>
Twilight couldn't help but rejoice that her school was supported by the empire itself and that she could better educate new teachers and students. Like her friends, they were delighted with this information. Celestia looked a little less enthusiastic about Crimson because Chancellor Neighsay and the rest of the EEA were treated so badly by him. Even so, even this did not spoil the relationship between them. But the upcoming events will only make them stronger. On the second day of the festival, Crimson received a letter from his North Star adviser. That his parent wants to meet him and Twilight. He didn't know why with Twilight. But he knew how to take advantage of this unwanted situation. Meanwhile, Twilight and her friends sat in the dining room talking about amazing things and goods from the empire.
"I have to tell you girls. Jewelry from the empire is incredibly beautiful.
"Yes, Rarity. It's amazing what goods they produce."
"But this necklace from Iryta is very pretty Fluttershy."
"Yes. Irit told me it was made like a brave amulet. I don't know why, but I love him."
"Sorry girls, but I have a question for you, would you like to come with me on a trip to Tampe Neigh?
- Yes of course. Can I take Spike and Starlight with me?
"No problem, but I need to send a letter to Celestia."
"Why do you say that."
"Because their parent wanted to meet you and Celestia."
"Will Crimson really tell you when we go there?" Twilight said happily.
"Tomorrow morning." We're out. Twilight quickly started packing Celestia, although she could not leave, replied that she would be happy to meet his parents in Equestri, so the next morning they set off on a journey to an unknown place.
(10 minutes from Tampa Neigh, Hayland North Coast, Glacier Faithful Fregata.)
Twilight could not believe how fast they flew in one day, they flew over the great stretching blue ocean. And the next morning they were at their destination. The trip to Tampa Neigh became amazing for all visitors, they watched dozens of Golden Wings escort the frigate as beautiful rising waves and dozens of islands replaced the mountains the frigate had passed through. Twilight saw dozens of figures swimming in the waters below, as well as dozens of small boats and much larger ones around them, dozens of pegs flew past the frigate as it approached the huge city that looked like it had been built from scratch.
"Crimson is your capital?" Spike pointed in disbelief.
"Yes, Spike. King's Landing is my capital city."
"And where are you going to land with this ship."
"At Faithful Docks in the Tampa Neigh Royal Sky Fleet section of the airport. Enjoy your stay in Tampa Neigh. We'll be landing in 5 minutes." Mane Six and Starlight couldn't believe their eyes.
"I didn't think something like this could exist ... It's beautiful." Twilight groaned, dozens of Ponies lined up at the ship's docking port as the frigate landed.
"CRIMSON, CRIMSON, CRIMSON!"
Dozens of Ponies screamed before the door opened and the Prince walked with the Mane Six past the group.
"CRIMSON, CRIMSON, CRIMSON! THE PRINCE IS BACK HOME!"
The ponies screamed, and Crimson laughed, waved the crowd, and scrolled through his passes.
"How good it is to see you, my faithful ones, greeted me after such a long absence."
Walking up to the crowd of ponies that cheered in his honor. Twilight could not understand how spontaneously Crimson behaved, he was not a ruler but an ordinary pony. But as soon as they left, their children greeted them with bouquets of flowers.
"Sorry, Crimson, but I have to ask how are you going to get into the castle through such a crowd."
"I am sorry my dear but I must leave you." Crimson said to the crowd.
"Of course, Prince Crimson." the crowd replied making them pass by bowing the front.
"Crimson is amazing how they greeted you. It looked like the jagby were treating you like a regular pony."
"They treat me like this because they know how difficult it is to be a ruler and ours were always served as friends."
"So Crimson, when will we be in your castle?" Spike asked.
"My castle is there." pointed Crimson with his hoof. The Mane Six looked in amazement, she stepped onto a huge castle that looked taller than Cantorlot Royal Castle, it was mostly dark black and blue with shades of red and other colors painted over the top, it looked like a mix of older masonry and modern technology. What's more, they were surprised by how well it was visible.
"I wonder how you managed to build such a beautiful city. You can see that your capital is in no way equal to Canterlot."
"Answering your question, Twilight. Tampa Neigh was originally not the kingdom you see. Even the royal haven looked different."
"Really what she looked like? You can tell us at sea."
"Well, this place used to be a poor poor fishing port. Mom then started in charge ..."
"Wait your mom was the ruler! How did you come to rule now?" Rainbow Dash asked absently.
"It was a completely different kingdom. I have become a queen because her first husband who was a king fell in a battle that took place on the coast of the empire. Then she became the emperor's wife. My mother, as empress, gave me power over this kingdom. It can be said that I created her from scratch..."
"Crimson, but you didn't know what the city looked like before." Spike said impatiently.
"No, I remember it looked like the city. As I said, it was a poor village, a fishing port with an old Castle on the rock. And exactly in the bay that surrounds the mountains from the cardiac side. Here we are."
Crimson will stand in front of the red castle gate with a golden center. When they entered the castle, everyone was speechless. A corridor with a big black and yellow carpet in the center, which was wide and half a corridor to the garden. They had the feeling that they were in Canterlot, but in the main corridor there was a column and statues made of white marble. The glass in the windows was blue, but when they looked through it they could see much better than in ordinary ones. They couldn't even figure out how many corridors there were to get out of
"I walk around because I will get lost. Without knowing how to move around the castle, it's easy to get lost."
Crimson led the group into a lounge, lined with more statues and paintings both in the hallway and on the walls. It was painted in slightly similar colors to the exterior. Then, in the Salon, they noticed a Blue Unicorn with turquoise eyes, a cloak he was wearing with several magical symbols, and he approached the group with the Guard unit.
“North, I really need to teach you how to drive Tampa Neigh while I'm away. Hear you made a mess with the administration again." Crimson grunted, but smiled nonetheless, North looked nervous but smiled at his friend.
"Hey ... Running a Kingdom that was built by a teenager is not easy, Your Majesty. And these must be your guest. Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends. And you two must be Spike and Starlight Glimmer. Nice to meet you." North said he looked shy but quickly took courage as he looked at Starlight, Crimson smiled and turned to the rest of the Mane Six.
"Twilight, Starlight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity? This is North Star, my royal advisor, my deputy, the Master of Magic, and my faithful creator and friend. North, can you take the others to the Grand Tour? I want to take Twilight to the Royal Library. Besides, we have dinner in an hour so I want someone to trust to be in charge of guiding the Ponies ... "
"But it's still bright ... Not bright. I wonder why."
"The sea because when you landed it was noon. And now the sun has started to set. So, without extending it, please let me."
(From Crimson and Twilight, Royal Corridors, 10 minutes later.)
Crimson blushed as he thought about their time together in the library, Crimson had no dirty views on Twilight, he loved her, and that love grew every day he was with her, but that was it. He looked at Twilight and smiled as the couple walked down the hall while Crimson looked around the hallway. Crimson opened the enormous door and said hesitantly.
"Anyway, it's ... it's the Royal Library ... It's still growing, so it's a bit too small ..." As they entered the beautiful-looking room, it was painted in shades of red, black, blue, and purple, and was lined with hundreds, if not thousands, of books, many of which looked as if they had been collected from all over the world.
"Enjoy the books, Twi ... Take ..."
Crimson began to speak before Twilight dragged him at supersonic speed across the islands, in love and speechless at the same time.
"I love you so much ..."
Twilight said in a trance-like state that Crimson did not know whether to feel happy or scared by the princess because of her strong and fast action.
"So what do you want to read about?"
Asked Crimson, while Twilight dragged him towards a section of the library to read, Crimson figured that Twilight and himself would be late at the moment.
<At this time>
"What do you think when Crimson and Twilight are going crazy?" "Rainbow, where did you get this idea from?"
"I'll see they love each other. They have a lot in common, and besides, Twilight seems so much happier when they're together."
"It's true. But I bet they'll recover sooner than you think." "Bet they'll rise up in two months!" "I'm betting it will take longer!" When Rainbow Dash and North teased them, a unicorn interrupted them.
"Star. Aren't you supposed to be in the dining room now?" Everyone turned and saw a single-skinned one with silver fur, green eyes, a blackish mane that was combed back, a fancy tuxedo. His badge was an onix rock that turned into thread and then into a tuxedo.
"And I will introduce you to the sea, this is Onyx Spirit, the leading fashion expert and designer of Tampa Neigh, and ..." North couldn't make a sentence when he suddenly felt Rarity push him away.
"Thank you, I'm Rarity, I'm a Fashion Designer from Equestri. Nice to meet you." Onyx laughed at it and smiled, Rarity looked at Stallion and blushed in spite of herself, making Spike a bit jealous. But Onyx would draw Rarity to them, and he kissed her gallantly.
"Nice to meet me too. I hope we'll get to know each other better." Rarty got hot. Onyx was so gallant and she felt like a princess with him.
"Yes ... I too ... hope for fruitful cooperation ... that is, for the better ... I will get to know you." he replied upset, but Spike was angry and jealous of her. That he turned his back on them.
"And Brisk Meadow, Apple Specter and Cherry Pie aren't coming until dinner! And my sister is mad at you and is looking for you around the castle."
"Okay, I'll go to her because she'll end up last. You can lead her to the dining room."
"Sorry but who is Brisk Meadow?"
"Brisk Meadow is the protector of our animals and the older brother of Iryta."
"Irit has an ignorant brother."
"Let them be their opposite. Brisk Meadow trains animals and creatures for various needs. And Irit deals with animals because he treats them as an amazing and mysterious creature. But only this two uncle can control the considerable chaos that can be caused by Crimson's favorite animals and his child."
"This Cloudberry and Blizzard will be too?"
"Just as usual, they will be late with Blizzard" "I wonder why the son of Crimson has the same name as Blizzard?"
"Because his full name is Blizzard Sea and Crimson's son is Ice Phoenix, born of a blizzard. We still call them all. When you call them around the castle, it is unknown who will come." Onyx said with a smile.
(With Crimson and Twilight, 20 minutes.)
Crimson watched Twilight begin reading dozens of books, blushing at Alicorn Princess.
"Uh, Twilight, would you like to read the newer magic texts near the exit?" Crimson asked, his eyes widening as Twilight turned and threw him at him with love in her eyes, he probably shouldn't have said anything about books at all.
"I had..." Crimson grunted before Twilight attacked him.
(With Onyx and Raszta, 5 minutes later.)
Onyx was just finishing his tour and walking towards the open library door, Crimson fell to the ground, kiss marks on his face and face as he weakly turned to them.
"Never ... I should have brought her to the library ..." Crimson grunted, then climbed up on his hooves and turned to Twilight, who came out with a small pile of books, looked at Crimson, Onyx, and the others, and stopped humming.
"So ... How's the library, Twi? Rainbow Dash asked, causing Crimson and Twilight to blush, Crimson rubbing his spine irritably."
"Can we just go eat! And you didn't have to ruin the moment"
Crimson muttered before wiping the kiss marks off his face and taking Twilight's hoof and leading his Marefriend away towards the dining hall with the Mane Six, Starlight and Spike with him. Crimson smiled and held Twilight's hoof tighter as they walked into the dining room.
Crimson looked at a smiling Earth Pony that was Red in fur and a purple mane, his green eyes looked like he had never seen a bad day, his Cutie Mark of a trio of Pies shone on his flank, his hair was frizzy and wild.
It was Cherry Pie's sister. Sparkling Cake the best baker in Tampa Neigh, but he has always competed with his sister for the title of Best Baker. The other was the shy-looking Pegasus he was carrying on the Phoenix's shoulder, he had White Mane and icy fur. He had yellow eyes and a Cutie Mark of a Meadow with a fresh layer of dewdrops, his mane a little unkempt.
This was Brisk Meadow, the one who was in charge of the animals and wildlife in Tampa Neigh and the Wildlife expert. The Phoenix was Firestorm, Crimson's pet Phoenix.
The last figure besides Onyx was an earth pony, which had brownish yellow fur with a dirty brown mane tied in a little ponytail, wore a brown coat and a slightly cowboy hat, his Cutie Mark was a symbol made of fruit and vegetables, his yellow eyes sparkled like stars.
This is Apple Specter, the farmer who helped produce most of the food delivered from Tampa Neigh, unlike Applejack, he not only produced Apple groceries for shipping, nor was he the best farmer in the country like AJ.
Crimson and the others took their seats, Crimson took his seat and Twilight sat next to them.
They didn't even start their meal when the message came to them.
"Prince Crimson, your highness… Your parents will be arriving in 10 minutes, shall I dispatch the Royal Battalion of the army to escort them here?"
One of the Servant Ponies asked, Crimson rolled his eyes and placed his hand on his hoof.
"My parents have an entire squadron of Elite Soldiers guarding them, they don't need backup here… Just please tell me where they are outside the dining room."
It promises to be an interesting night for everyone.