To the Highness that Murdered Mine Father,
I hath just returned from a few month trip to lay mine beloved and her ashes in her Homeland. When I returned, Mine foal, Blitzen R. Kirin was NOWHERE to be found! I swear to the heavens above and the holy Faust herself, if thou doth not tell me where thee took him, I shall burn Canterlot and thine Palace off of the land of Equestria!!!
Thou hath taken so much from me! Why must thy taketh mine foal? He's just a child!
Mercy and Speedy Answers,
Rapi Dash, Flame Kirin and Protector of Hope's Asylum
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Rapi Dash,
Your Blitzen is very much safe. Please come to Canterlot and our Palace so we may talk this over. Things have changed, and Luna, your patron, and Blitzen's Princess, has been back at my side for over three years now. Please, let's talk about this.
I'll send for a carriage should you agree,
Celestia
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The Lying Princess of the Sun,
Should this be some sort of treachery, marketh mine words, thy Guards will be the first to suffer! Send thy Guards, but I insist mine come as well. Art two brave HippoGriffs who would fight for thee, t'were they accepted by thine cruel Ponies!
I await meeting thee at last, Luna.
Rapi Dash, Flame Kirin and Protector of Hope's Asylum
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Twilight hugged Princess Celestia tightly. "Princess, what if she attacks you like she said? I couldn't, I couldn't bear to watch you get hurt again." She asked her mentor.
"Her powers are great, by mine are more than her Elements could do to harm me. I do fear for my Guards. You must go to the others, give them there Elements, and I insist, let Blitzen share as long as he can with his filly. For I fear he may not see her again" Celestia said, and Luna walked up next to her in full armor of old.
"What of the Kelpie's law. The Ancient Right of the Dragons? Surely Blitzen has fulfilled his duties asked of him. He even has a bound wif...I mean, lover, correct Sister?" Luna asked. In the old days, the binding of two Ponies and/or Dragons often lead to their betrothal, and marriage when they were of age. Dragons had no limit on their ages, but Fillies and Colts were protected by more modern Equestrian laws.
"It's true, but no matter the law, either little Blitzen must invoke the Law himself, or his bound partner. The old Dragon Magic sees the two as one soul shared between two bodies. I am afraid all I can do for him is calm his sister down before she finds out. Sister, I urge you to listen to what she has to say. I did a horrible thing to her while you were gone, and she still hates me for it."
"I shall listen, Sister. But know this, she has, she has marked her so-called foal. I have seen the scars myself, and the poor dear was. I have held my anger since I discovered it, but if she harms you..." Luna said, with her anger growing and readying to defend her older sibling.
"You will not harm her! I'll deal with this mistake I made to her!" Celestia looked over to Ponyville while the Guards went to retrieve the upset Kirin. "I hope Blitzen is ok..."
After school, Sweetie and Blitzy rushed over to the hospital. He was glad that Scootaloo appeared ok, but she had a concussion, and need to stay in the hospital for a little while. "Hey guys. I am sorry about what happened, but Diamond Tiara really ticked me off. What happened to her anyway?" Scootaloo asked.
Let's just say Blitzen here got her in trouble with both money, and math! By the way, what is the answer to that question you--" Sweetie spoke but Blitzy knew the answer since he asked it.
"She misses out on 29,250 bits...30,500, if you count her dad taking away the ones I gave her. By the way Scootaloo, I had been meaning to say it for a while, but thank you, for everything! The sobs you have with you are worth the most." he said, and whispered what it was worth in her ears.
"Blitzy! If you weren't Sweetie Belle's..., I swear I would kiss you! OHMYGOSH! I can go see the Wonderbolts with Dash next month! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she said, and laid back down in bed, while the two walked out in the early evening light. They talked for a while, when they saw Twilight run up to them.
"Blitzen, she is coming! Rapi has threatened the Princesses trying to find you. Don't worry, Ponyville is safe, but I have been ordered to bear the Elements, should she try to attack. I know they'll calm her down, but I need you to do something two things for me. " Twilight asked.
"Ok, tell me, my friend." Blitzen stated and held Sweetie close to him.
"First, here is the a copy of the Ancient Right of the Dragons. You can declare yourself under your own care under the provisions, but it must be done, by you or your bound partner. Once it is said, you both are free to live where you will, but..." she paused. "It'll also mean you are both responsible for your own actions. Legally, you won't be children any longer, although you still have to go to school, and learn. But financially, and by the Courts and Princesses, you are seen as Dragons. Think about it, should she try to take you"
Blitzen looked at Sweetie. He already owed her so much, he couldn't take her away from her parents legally now! He already shared his life and fate with her, asking more would be wrong. "I'll consider it, if it'll stop her", Sweetie said, "but I know Blitzen said she was good, so I'll trust him. What is the second thing?"
"Enjoy each other for the rest of the day. Have a romantic date, spend time together. This isn't a request, Luna and Celestia ordered it." Twilight said and hugged the two. "I am so sorry Sweetie, you grew up so fast, and I...I should have tried to heal Blitzen, not use magic that made..."
"Don't say it Twilight, I don't regret anything! I love her, and will earn her love from now, until the end." Blitzen said. "Come, I think I may have something ready for us!"
"No wait! I have a surprise for you too!" Sweetie said to her colt friend, and Blitzen agreed to follow her. They went to the far side of town, where Sweetie had a special date all planned for her special colt friend.
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The chambers stayed quiet as the chariot landed. Both Royal Guards and Night Guards watch the tall Kirin exit and walk escorted by her own personal HippoGriff Guardian, and they followed anxiously, until she stopped, looked at one Opliptera, and spoke. "I recall a Cutie Mark like that, you are of the Blade clan, are you not?" she asked the Guard who just stood there.
Her superior nudged her. "Yes ma'am, I was the daughter Night Fury, he was one of the elders who helped find your foal. He ...fell some time ago." she said, still at attention. The Kirin looked at her, and felt her pain she shared, and spoke again.
"Any member of the Blade clan, here me now. Should I find you were involved in anyway with taking my Blitzen, I shall recant my covenant I made you all those years ago. Your families, even now, are being held by Griffons and HippoGriffs at arms, and I merely need say the word, and they shall fall, like all those who have attacked Hope's Asylum before. Be warned! You..." she stopped, and heard a voice, of the old Royal Canterlot Order her to be silent.
"It cannot be! Princess Luna!" she dropped to her knees, and her Guardians did the same. Luna was escorted by her Opliptera Captain, and Princess Celestia. The arrangement made it seem as if Luna was in charge, when in truth, both Princesses planned this to ease the Kirin's hatred. "I thought you, I thought you were defeated! I pray to you..."
"SILENCE! Yes, my dear Mrs. Dash, I hath heard your prayers but, I have to ask, why to you threaten my children so? The Opiptera have never harmed your Ponies, and the Blade clan still speak highly of you for giving them refuge, when others would not. I thank thee for that." she finished, and allowed the female Kirin to speak.
"Forgive me, Zarnah! Signal to release the Blade Clan's families! No blood shall be spilled in my Sanctuary, tonight!" The Kirin spoke with authority like the Princesses, but in Luna's presence, she was merely a servant Pony. "Now, where is my foal Blitzen. He needs to return to mine hooves, as I very much miss him, and I must tell him the words of Maroon's parents."
"He is safe, but Mine Sister and I have discovered scars on your colt. Scars that, we are told YOU gave him! Before we show you to him, you will explain thyself, and why you did what you did to him! I shall excuse no lies, so speak with the truth or face severe punishment! Guards, you are dismissed, resume your normal duties!" Luna spoke clearly to the Kirn, and Celestia could not help but feel proud of her sister.
"Yes, I shall explain myself. Princess Luna, Celestia. I shall speak the truth." She said, but both sisters noticed the distain when she said Celestia's name but allowed it, for later explanation and listened to her side of the story.
Little Blitzen was playing tag, unaware of what was going on in Canterlot. He enjoyed being just a colt, and just playing. He especially loved tickling and hearing the squeaking laugh of the filly he loved. "My Sweetie Belle. You spoil me greatly! Please, what is your.." he stopped, and noticed the hydroelectric dam the was just outside Ponyville. He finally figured out where the electricity was coming from!
"I tried to have them show us around the place, but they said they were fixing something. But we can look over in this area where the generators are my, B---" she didn't finish and she did not care, they had a moment, and they enjoyed it. So what if his mean Sister was coming, she had him for now, nothing could take that away. They went inside, and Blitzen explained how everything worked to her. She sort of knew how it all worked, but listening to his excitement made her happy.
They finished their short tour, holding each other close, and nuzzling when Blitzen asked Sweetie to come with him somewhere. She followed him to Sugarcube Corner, which was all dark, and lit up by candles to a single table. Pinkie Pie had planned a romantic dinner party for two, and was finally ready to let them enjoy all her work. Mr. and Mrs. Cake weren't sure at first, but they were paid a couple hundred bits to do so by the Kirin, and they obliged right away.
Pinkie played romantic music, let the two dance silly together, and just talk over a fancy serving of dinner. She was very happy that Blitzen was enjoying himself. They sat together for the longest time, when he pulled out a small box that he had had hidden near his Manticore for years. She completely deserves this! I hope, I hope she likes it! he thought to himself. "My Sweetie, you have share your life with me these past few days, in many more ways than either of us could have ever expected! I...have held this for many years, and when I saw your eyes that day we met, I knew in my heart, somepony like you deserved it."
It was a large Earth Dragon Gem. An heirloom of his mother's own lineage. He had kept it safe for year in various places, since his Sister gave it to him when he could understand the significance of its power. It glowed, and strengthen the dragon within him but, he had made it into a beautiful necklace for his Sweetie. "I can't even begin to tell you how crazy the jewelry Pony said I was to give this away! But, when the time comes, and we are ready, will you be mine, in fullness of everything, for life and death, in sickness and in health?" Sweetie was stunned what he was asking, but she also knew, should they never see each other again, she would never find a more wonderful colt like him again. She knew a yes meant they'd marry one day, when she grew, got her Cutie Mark, and was out of school, and she knew, in all that, he would wait for her, patiently.
She merely nodded her head, and the excited Kirin built up a small charge of power within him before leaning over and lightly kissing, with not just his lips, but an essence of himself to her. The electricity didn't harm her, in fact it sort of tickled. They teased the kiss awhile, when Pinkie came up behind them and pushed them, towards each other, and said, in an oddly creepy voice "NOW KEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Pinkie! Leave those two alone, they are..." Mrs. Cake said, but the two fell into each other's grasp, and laid on the floor. While they kiss lightly, the energy did nothing more than tickle both Ponies, but due to Pinkie's rather creepy action, both of them were full of electrical energy, than did a little more intense than just tickle. Mrs. Cake was shocked to hear moans and groans of passion as they kissed, and pulled them apart, fearing they were doing something else entirely in her shop.
When they came to, they stared at one another, and had no idea what they had just felt. "Did we...? That kiss, it was amazing! But...I am sorry if I harmed you, Miss Belle..." the naive Blitzen asked. Sweetie was passed out, but smiling on the ground. He nuzzled her to wake her up, but she only smiled more. He picked her up to his little bed, and started to tear up. "I didn't mean to hurt her. Honest!" he rushed to Pinkie, who didn't have the heart to correct him that she was fine, and just let him cry for a while.
The feeling both would later describe to Pinkie was getting tickled all over every inch of your body, eating the sweetest candy in the world without getting sick, and kissing times a hundred! For now, they merely looked like he and Sweetie Belle had been together kissing for hours, even though they were kissing for mere moments. This moment would be remembered as their best kiss ever!
After an hour of discussion, much was said about Celestia and the Kirin that was nothing more than simple misunderstandings. Luna tried to clarify that Celestia was not the villain that Rapi thought she was, but every time she pressed her for more information, she slumped in silence, and said nothing. Celestia had enough and brought up the letters she received earlier.
"When your Father was killed by my Guards, I had no idea that he had a family with Ponies, let alone had you. He was reported as dangerous, and no matter how many times we begged him to leave that town, he never left. They charged him, and many of them died as well, when he finally fell. I am sorry about that, and especially when I found out about the false reports of attacks. When I first met your mother, and Sisters, I begged her to go to Hope's Asylum, but she didn't want to. Those other Dragons when they attacked and...they didn't deserve to die like that, Rapi." Celestia confessed what she had tried to talk about to the Kirin for years now.
Luna, on the other hand, was upset that her Ponies had deceived her Sister so easily, but as she had not been there, she could not do anything about it. Rapi heard what was said, but it did nothing, and appeared to anger her again.
"You talk as if it were an accident. YOU never asked my father to go! I was still a small foal, and remember to this day he loved my mother sisters and I with all his heart! You did NOTHING to that town, you let them murder my family! I remember when you mentioned Hope's Asylum too, you said it would be for our own protection, but we knew you merely wished to lock us away. I still respect my mother for her decision, and trust me, the dragons did pay, as well as the town., I NEVER forget those who betray me!" The Kirin's flame grew more and more intense, and the Princesses tried to calm her down.
"Tell me, where is my foal. He is my kin, and not you, or the Carnivorous Genocider can take him from me! I'll destroy Canterlot before you take me away, I'll kill everypony before I am banished I..."
"SILENCE! DO YOU SO CASUALLY THREATEN THINE PRINCESS? AND OUR SISTER! DO NOT SPEAK! YOUR COLT IS SAFE!" Luna raised her voice, and the Kirin still seethed in her anger.
"I want my Blitzen, where is he, my Princess?" she asked, running low on patience.
"He is in Ponyville, but, I must warn you. He went of both of his own free will, to visit a filly he has recently been bound to---" Luna didn't get to finish her sentence.
"THOU LET HIM, WHAT?!? Ponyville will be burned, and I shall kill the traitorous harlot mineself! You art not mine princess, traitor of thine night! Thou hath forsaken me!" and with that she teleported outside the Palace, and ran down as quickly as she could to Ponyville.
"Sister, I cannot have my Ponies die, I must have the Elements used on her. She intends.." Celestia said in a mild panic.
"She will do nothing. She is a scared filly, in a mare's body. I honestly, don't know why I had not seen it before. She needs her brother to calm the fire. If all else fails, we shall use the Elements" Luna said, and ordered her chariot and Celestia's as well. Both would get them there faster, but Rapi Dash was a very fast runner.
Sweetie Belle had woken up, and snuggled next to Blitzen in bed, she wondered what it was they had done when Pinkie made them kiss like that, but she didn't care. She was ready to confront his Sister herself if she had to. He was nearly her husband after all, and they were bound, no matter what would happen. She woke up the sleepy colt, and wanted to walk outside for a bit.
Since he had forgotten about the nocturnal animals tonight, he suggested they go to the cottage first, and they walked together in Luna's moonlight. Suddenly, a bright flaming Pony leapt in front of them. She towered of them both, and looked at the small filly with anger. "Sister, no! Please, we are bound together, this most beautiful filly and I. Don't harm--" he was struck again by his sister, and she walked up to the filly and said. "You took my foal away, you corrupted him, and now harlot, I SHALT KILL THEE!!!