1st Person: Discord
“I don’t believe this! You guys get to be the servants of the Princesses. All we’ve got are these malting old prunes who always forget that we serve them.” one of my Draconequus buddies argued. My oldest friend, Lynch and I had been selected by an anonymous buyer to act as the personal servants to Princesses Celestia and Luna.
“Yes, well let’s not get our hopes up just yet. For all we know, our charges could be like those mane-pulling brats you see the upper class ponies with. I tell you, rich foals are trouble.” I retorted. The four of us sat in our little secluded crevice south of Evergreen Forest.
“There’s a crevice south of Evergreen Forest?” Pinkie Pie interrupted. “Not anymore. Celestia here, had it removed simply because it brought back too painful memories. Which makes no sense, since she never really went there between the time we became enemies and the time she destroyed it. Ah, frequent was that place used before we showed up. It was a great place to go and… unwind.” I replied, recalling the glory days.
“What was it used for?” Pinkie asked. I almost told her its use, ruining her innocence.
“It was used f– Are you going to let me tell the story or not?! Sheesh!”
“Hey, I think someone’s been here. That bush wasn’t flattened last time we were here.” said Lynch. I looked over to where it was and huffed.
“Oh well, I guess we’ll find out in eleven months.” I replied, stretching myself. I heard the bones pop in response to the motion.
“Man, I wish I could do that. You’ve got the freakiest body in existence, Draco.” said one of the other two.
“Your name was Draco?” asked Rainbow Dash. “Don’t make me tell your friends where you keep that Wonderbolt doll you’re so fond of.” I threatened. Rainbow Dash made a zipped lip motion.
“Perhaps, But I’m gifted, so it doesn’t come as a surprise.” I said, rather pompously.
“Then perhaps we can use those gifts to our advantage?” asked an unfamiliar voice. I looked at my friends who were staring above me, slightly horrified. I casually looked above me to see a pink maned white pony with a tiara standing above the crevice, looking at me. She appeared upside down from my perspective.
“Celestia, I take it?” I asked. She giggled and nodded, giving me a cheesy grin. I sighed, standing up and hopped out of the crevice. I patted myself down and offered my lion’s paw.
“Draco, at your service, Princess.” I said politely. She took my paw and shook it, very quickly.
“Don’t be all uptight, you remind me of my mother when you do that. Just relax, chill! You’re in my house, now.” She said, running off in a random direction. I stared after her, slightly dazed.
“How droal.” I replied, staring at Lynch. The others just made jealous faces at me. “Come on Lynch. I guess we’ve been spotted. Let’s go and introduce you to Luna.” I said. Lynch nodded and hopped out of the crevice, his blue fur catching the dirt. As he patted himself off, I waved to the other two who pretended to hate us, waving their arms away. As Lynch and I walked to the castle, where our new mistresses were most likely to be, we spoke about which princess we would rather serve.
“I’ll be honest with you, I don’t think it’ll matter. It’s their choice, not ours.” I mumbled, shoving a branch out of my way. Lynch shrugged.
“Why couldn’t we have won the war? Then we’d be deciding.” He asked. I sighed, smacking my face at such an obviously answered question.
“Because, ponies have natural talents when it comes to magic, theirs is an effect type, ours is an environmental type. Secondly, they had Starswirl the bearded. Gifted among the gifted, one might say.” I replied Lynch chuckled.
“Wonder how he’d do against you?” he asked.
“Let’s see, Draco, the seven year old Draconequus against Starswirl the Bearded with thirty years magical experience… yes, I wonder how that would play out? Would he kill me immediately or perhaps flay me and shove a stick up my bum and rotate me over a fire.” I replied angrily.
“Dude, you’re getting dull. What’s up with you?” he asked. I rubbed my eyes and shook my head.
“Never mind… Nothing! I’m just tired, that’s all.” I replied, looking at my lion paw. There was a strange white powder on the pads.
“You just woke up three hours ago, how can you be tired?” Lynch asked. I just smiled and laughed.
“Perhaps those guys have a reason to be jealous after all.” I said, showing him the powder. He sniffed it and looked away to sneeze.
“Sleeping powder? She pulled a prank on you from the start?” he asked. I nodded, my smile growing wider.
“I like her.” I replied simply, closing my eyes and falling to the ground, sleep taking me instantly.
“Ah find it hard to believe Princess Celestia was the prankin’ kind.” Said Applejack. I just frowned at Celestia and crossed my arms.
“Yes, well she became gruff and pedantic over the centuries, And Luna…well, just look at her! She’s like me with a soul.” I stated, flying over to her and caressing her left ear. She closed her eyes and leaned her head into my paw, forgetting momentarily who I was.
“Good to know some things don’t change.” I added, stopping what I was doing. “I remember waking up on a bed with both princesses and Lynch standing around, waiting for me to rise…
“Well don’t I feel special?” I asked sitting up. Lynch chuckled in response. Celestia trotted over to me and handed me some water. I took it thankfully and sipped it. The powder always left one thirsty after waking up.
“Not bad, I saw and heard the whole thing from… around the area. You passed my test.” She said, taking the water back as I handed it to her.
“And what test was that?” I asked, not hiding the curiosity in my voice.
“To see if you were cool or not. You noticed the prank at the last minute and you liked it. That proves to me that you are cool.” She replied. I chuckled, getting out of the bed.
“How long was I out?” I asked, seeing no discernible windows.
“It’s Sunset right now. You slept the day away.” replied Princess Luna. Lynch smiled at her and I knew right then that he wanted to serve her more than Celestia. Which left me with the prankster.
“Oh, I’ve slept through the best part of the day.” I said, Lynch yawning as if to prove my point. At that moment, Celestia yawned too.
“Well, I’ll be off. This seems too nice for a servant’s bed.” I said, rubbing the fabric curtains of the four poster bed. Celestia and Luna both laughed. Lynch and I just stared at them.
“Silly Draconequus. There are no Servants beds. You each get a guest room of your own choice. You just take a vacant room that night.” said Luna. Lynch smiled and asked the question we both wanted to know.
“What if there aren’t any vacant rooms?” he asked. I sighed as a smile spread across his lips. Luna didn’t notice the smile and just thought about it.
“Then you can stay in our rooms, ready to serve at a moment’s notice.” she replied.
“You make it sound as if we won’t be getting any sleep those nights.” I said, making Lynch droop. Celestia chuckled and placed a hoof on my shoulder.
“We all have our demons to bear.” she teased.
“Well, this is going to be a very weird friendship circle.” I said, clapping my hands.
“More like a square.” said Lynch, receiving a slap on the back of the head from me.