The sun blazed down on the training arena as the sound of sword blades and scraping metal echoed out. The clashes seemed to have gotten louder as two unicorns were going at it. One in his regular battle armor and another in his silver training armor. After a while, the unicorn in his training armor fell to the ground panting as the other panted heavily, taking a deep breath and shaking his head. “Come on cadet. Get up.”
He looked frozen, sweat rolling down his face, the scorching sun beaming down his armor overheating him. He slowly looked at his training blade, he could see the reflection of his helmet from the blade as well as the sea blue aura shining from his horn. He took deeper breaths hearing the pony he was fighting yell at him.
“Cadet...if you want to make it through. I suggest you get up now!”
He tried his hardest to get up using his blade for support. “Come on Nighthawk...get it together.” He slowly thought to himself.
Suddenly he heard a loud, deep scream coming from above, a unicorn in a dark silver officer’s uniform, observing the fight. “Cadet you ready that blade like you are ready to kill the enemy!”
Nighthawk looked up, barely able to see the unicorn screaming at him. It looked like his orange and red flamed mane, orange skin and even the uniform blended in with the sun. He looked back at his opponent and slowly raised his blade, shaking from how weak he was. The unicorn he was facing readied his blade, his dark red aura shining over his sword handle and set an attack stance. “Come on...Fight!”
Nighthawk screamed, getting his second wind and lunged at the opponent's shoulder. After a deflection they kept at it for a few more swings before he was blasted into a wall by his challenger. The unicorn shook his head, lifting his guard and visor, revealing his silver eyes and dark red skin slowly shaking his head and sheathing his sword. “Nighthawk, get up.”
“Captain! What are you doing?” The unicorn shouted.
“Sir, I'm letting him catch his breath.”
“I did not authorize…”
“I authorized it sir! My training, my rules!” The Captain shouted.
The unicorn tilted his head grinning. “Very well....Will he unleash the flame after catching his breath?”
The Captain looked down at Nighthawk slowly nodding. “I know he will, sir!”
“Then let’s see it!”
The Captain looked at Nighthawk lowering his visor and guard. “Cadet, get up now. Fight the heat. Fight the pain. Unleash the flame. Now!”
Nighthawk slowly tried getting up readying his blade but suddenly dropped it falling over. The Captain sighed ready to whisper something into Nighthawk’s ear before the unicorn screamed. “End it Blaze! He is not worthy!”
The Captain sighed, shaking his head. “You’re right.” He drew his blade raising it up, “He isn’t worthy.” Before he made the strike he was suddenly slammed into a wall by a bright yellow aura of magic holding him down.
The unicorn looked over seeing a beautiful white alicorn, her pink mane flowing as she walked over with a guard at her side. The unicorn bowed as the alicorn looked at Nighthawk and slowly removed his helmet, revealing his weak blue eyes, sweat running down his face as he was panting. She threw the helmet to the ground looking up. “You stand here watching your own soldier get beaten and tortured and you do nothing!?”
She looks up at the Captain, pissed off more with him than the unicorn above. “And you, you continue fighting even though you see that your opponent is weak.”
The Captain shook his head, his visor still on. “My lady I...” before he could finish she lifted him off the wall, her magic constricting through the armor and slammed him back into the wall at full force, “I don’t care about your excuses! What you both did is unacceptable and the queen will not tolerate any of it!” She dropped the Captain, taking a breath before shouting again. “Both of you will report to the queen. Immediately!”
The Captain and the unicorn nodded, disappearing out of sight as the Princess looked at Nighthawk slowly stroking his mane. “Ease yourself dear one. You’ll be okay. I know you will.”
It felt like Nighthawk was fainting barely hearing the alicorn and slowly closed his eyes. He soon woke up in a medbay looking around before looking over and seeing no armor on his body. He heard some sort of writing and looked over seeing a beautiful light blue unicorn in a white nurse uniform writing on a clipboard. He tilted his head seeing the golden yellow aura glow from her horn. The nurse froze slowly turning her head revealing her beautiful diamond blue eyes, her mane, white as snow with a dark blue strip of hair flowing across her eye, she smiled lowering her clipboard. “Well finally. I was starting to think you would be asleep for a week after all that training.”
Nighthawk shook his head coming out of his daze from admiring the nurse’s beauty. “Wh...wait how long was I out?”
She chuckled walking over to the monitor setup for Nighthawk. “Oh, about a day or so.”
He slowly sighed, whispering something quietly to himself, “Oh, not again.”
“Again? This has happened before?”
Nighthawk chuckled. “Oh please, you don’t know me that well.”
He winced a little, faking an injury as the nurse giggled. “Sweetheart, I've had that played on me many times since I started.”
With a smirk Nighthawk replied. “Ah but you were ready to come to my aid. I saw it in your eyes.”
The nurse turned a little red ready to admit that she wanted to aid him before hearing a knock at the door. “Pardon the intrusion…” a familiar voice called out. A dark blue alicorn walked in wearing shining silver armor, her beautiful blue mane matching with her eyes. “I just came back from tossing another guard into a wall.”
The nurse immediately bowed as Nighthawk bowed his head and chuckled. “Another one?”
Luna chuckled bowing to the nurse. “Yes, but enough of that. How are you feeling?”
The nurse grinned feeling stunned hearing the two talk like friends but just ignored it. “Well princess, he only had a few bruises, and is dehydrated but…”
“I’m fine Luna.”
With a smirk the nurse started writing more stuff down on the pad as Luna chuckled. “I see. I'm shocked that my sister did what she did to the others.”
Nighthawk sighed. “Yeah.”
Luna grinned before hearing the comm go off. “Princess Luna you are needed to the Queen’s chambers.”
“Verywell.” Luna said with a sigh, “Nighthawk it’s good to see you well. I can’t wait to see you soon.”
As soon as she left the nurse chuckled seeing the two interact like friends. “I should leave also, I have to bring this back to the doctor.”
“What about me leaving for training?”
The nurse giggled. “Two weeks rest my darling.”
Nighthawk watched her open the door and smiled a little. “Wait, can I get a name?”
She turned over again as her mane swiftly flew over her eye. “Starfrost…” She quickly closed the door as Nighthawk slowly laid his head on the pillow, “Starfrost. Huh...a charming name…” He slowly closed his eyes falling back asleep.