//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: The Few // by Carmack21 //------------------------------// The Few Part 5 Alicorn Mischeif. By Carmack21 As night crept it's way into exsistance, Princess Luna woke from yet another restless sleep. The need for more sleep was visible in her eyes, but a quick Poof of alicorn magic cleared it away. Doing a Solar eclipse yesterday used up quiet a bit of power, and sleeping alone in her bed didn't make it any better.  With help from her powerful wings, she hoisted herself up and out of her nice cold bed, and walked slowly to the door of her chambers. Proping it open slightly she found Knight once again standing post on the right side of the door. His posuter was that of stone, he stood so still, and his armor polished and cleaned was shinning in the candle light, but alas there was one flaw. He fell asleep, standing up.  Lunas eyes lit up with alicorn mischief at this, so many possiblities, so little time. Poof. Luna summoned a scroll, containg an alicorns number one most important responsiblities. Practical Jokes, most of which were crossed out since apperantly her sister had changed the laws while Luna was bannished and wouldn't let her sister commit such funny and hannist pranks. "Alright let us see here. Should we sleep with thees mare friend? Hmm, we think  thou has no mare friend.... Hmm let us see, let us see... Oh here we go, we shall have a dragon move into his quarters and... Hmm no.... Oh, here we have found a great one." Luna quickly closed her eyes to focus, using her magic she cast a spell on Knight. Poof!  This was a louder poof then usual, and it startled Knight awake, and he jumped to attention. "Good mornin Princess Luna." he said with a smile, and a salute and waited for his first orders of the night. Luna almost bursted out laughing, the sight before her was halarious, and Knight had no idea. "Knight Caster, we request thou to retrive for us a tonic from our sister. Here is a parchment of what we've requested." Luna poofed a letter for Knight, who took it tenderiously into his teeth. Luna used all her might to hold back her laughing and spoiling the prank. He saluted her and was off. He seemed taller... Maybe the extra vegetables he was eating were makeing him taller. After running errands for Luna so much he had the castle hallways down packed, but occasionally he would run into a dead end, and would have to back track or ask for directions. Today was one of those days.  He ran into a dead end, and backtracked a little ways untill he found the first pony he saw. He crept up and tapped the mare on the back of the shoulder, "Huh?" the mare turned around, "AHHHHHHHHHH!" she tore off running faster then Knight could realize what just happened.  "What in Equestria?" Knight said INS more feminin voice, and questioned if his throat was sore or if he had smelly breath. "Hmm, seems like I must find my own way." he said. Starting off again, he took a few more turns this way and that, up a few stairs  till his destination was found. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knight glanced over at the the two guards positions, both weren't filled, how peculiar. Creek. The wooden door crept it's way open, and Princess Celestia popped her head out. Celestia stood face to face with her worse possible nightmare, "(Christalis)". Quickly backing up and charging her alicorn magic, "Oh buck." the scroll dropped from Knights mouth and he managed to get his last words in before she blasted him in the chest, sending him flailing back against the hallway wall. Celestia stampered her hoofs on the ground to gain stability and used even more power to blast Knight through the wall, then through another and another and another and another untill there were no more walls to blast through, and Knight went flying out into the gardens.  "Whaaaaaaaa!!!!" Knight said as he flew out the side of the castle with animated swirly eyes, and landed on the grass. Rolling over, he regained his vision, and clutching at his chest, he quickly took note of his hoofs they had holes in them and they were blackish... like, then he put it all together, he looked like (Christalis). Trying to speak, but with no effect all that came out was "Prin.... Cele.... I... A... Kni..."  he started coughing again and gripping the grass. Celestia walked out of the castle through the hole she created, and flew down to Knights body. "Was your plan really to walk up to MY door (Christalis) and just best me like you had at the wedding? I've been waiting for this chance for awhile now." Celestia reared up ready to buck the living life out of Knight, but a loud uproarish laughter caught Celestias ear. "You dare laugh at me?" she turned to Knight, "What are your last words (Christalis)?" as she turned to buck his life away.  Knight went soft in the eyes and was able to get a line out before he started coughing again, "Im not (Chrirstilis)." and tried to drag himself away from her range. "Hahaaaaha! Sis will thou please us by not murdering our guard." Luna came flying down from her balcony that over watched the entire garden and surrounding areas. "What?" Celestia said, inragged by her sister confussing her with such words. "This isn't one of your guards Luna, it's (Christilis)." Celestia once again reared up to buck the caughing Knight. "Hahaha! Big Sis we used our magic to turn our guard while he fell asleep, into one of thous worse nightmare. We did not see you cross it off our list." Luna said as she bent down and touched Knight with her horn, causing Knight to shrink a tad bit, and lose the feminen qualities, but still unable to breath. "Sister I almost killed one of your guards. What if you had not caught me in time? What if I...." Celestia looked over towards her sister. Luna was rolling on the grass laughing her head off, apperently she found hummor in her sisters anger, and quickly found something to tick her off with, and poke fun towards her big sis. "Luna give me your list!" Celestia demanded from her manically laughing sister. "And you," Celestia focused on Knight, "It would be wise too be catious around my sister." Celestia spoke in a softer less harsh tone. But deep inside she was laughing.   Knight tried to open his mouth to protest, but a blackness crept into his eyes as he fought the urge to pass out, but the animated swirly eyes came back and he flopped over on his back and was out cold. "We only merely poke fun at our sister. Doest thou not like pranks anymore?" Luna bent down and put Knight on her back with magic. "We hope thou hast not broken our guard." Luna shrugged when Knight was firmly resting on her back. "Sister that is unprincessly, I'll call for a medical pony to come take care of him. In the meantime you shall go to your room and think of what you've done." Celestia protested her sister carrying the limp guard. "Sis this is our guard, we shall do as we please, and we shall go to our room as we please." Luna snapped back at her sister, and trotted off to her room. Once at her room, Princess Luna set Knight down on her cool bed, an walked over to her balcony. "We comand thee to rise." she spoke aloud and with a magical spark from her horn moved the moon. Knock. Knock. Knock. "Princess Luna, may we enter?" a familiar voice echoed through the door. "Thee who speaks to us, what is the password?" Luna answered back. A loud hoof noise was made against something hard, most likely a facehoof, "Im a .... Uhhh.... Do I have to?."  the voice was much clearer now, an Luna walked towards the door, a grand smile was clearly visible.  "Yes." Luna snickered to herself. "Im a... pretty girl." a choking noise was made as the last two words came out.  Princess Luna unlocked the door to allow the voices owner to enter. "Well thou admits to being pretty finially." Luna was still giggling. "Yes ma'am." Specs answered with a cough. She walked in, Ripspeed in tow.  Takeing her eyes away from the pouting Specs, she looked at Ripspeed. He was worn down, both his eyes had black and blues, cuts and slashes covered his legs, and his training armor had more dents and dings then what he previously had.... Queit a bit more. "Princess." Ripspeed tried to bow but his dented armor didn't allow such activities, and quickly rose. "What happened?" Lunas giggling died down, and she was interested in the beaten pony. "Uhmm...." Specs went to speak but lost herself in her mind. Their training was suppose to be simple today, all Ripspeed needed to do was beat Speckles in a skirmish. That easy, right? But well just by looking at Ripspeed, it wasn't. "We kinda ran across a problem Princess Luna. We can't get his armor off. It's kinda beaten on him now." Speckles informed Luna. Ripspeed saw a slight movement in his perifiel vision. Looking over at what drew his attention, his jaw fell open. Knight was laying in the Princess' bed..... Unconcious? Hmm. Noticing the expression on her guards face, Luna cultivated a brilliant plan, two pranks in one day. "We see thou noticed Knight...," directing her attention to Ripspeed. "Poor thing was pushed to his limits and passed out, but we recived satisfaction from him." Luna said holding back an uproarish laughter. Ripspeeds jaw dropped even further, had Knight slept with the Princess?  "Hahahaha!" Luna could barely keep from laughing, "Thou thinks we slept together? We only play a prank on our sister, and she took it the wrong way." she snickered. "I'm awake! I'm awake!" Knight shouted flailing his arms as he sat erect in bed, but quickly fell back down on the inviting cool bed and passed back out. "Uhm, we shall be off then, but before we go Princess can you help get Ripspeeds armor off?" Specs spoke up completely knowing the mischievous ways of the Princess, and stopping any escaltion from there.  "We shall." Luna said, even though mischief was still painted in her eyes. Luna lowered her head and just barely nicked Ripspeeds armor and it fell off.  "We used a batterying ram, a pair of metal hoof shears, you bucking me in the chest, and you pulling me behind a cart trying to get it off, and all it took was the Princess just touching it!" Ripspeed directed his attention to Specs, agression and anger danced in his eyes. "Must have been weakend from all that." Specs smiled, knowing full well that all the other ways they tried were just her way of getting a few laughs. "Thank you Princess Luna." Specs bowed and retreated to the door, Ripspeed in tow carrying his ruined armor. Looking back over at the limp form in bed, Luna cantered her way over to him. "Hmm a noon night nap would be nice... And it has been awhile since we had someone to warm our bed with us." Luna thought. The idea of takeing advantage of Knight had no need to register in her head. She queitly lifted the covers with magic and sidled up close to her guard.  This was not heard of in this peaceful era, but back before being exiled Princess Luna use to select one stallion guard from her battlion, usually he was big, and barrel-chested... But it was nice to finially after a thousand years of being alone in bed, Luna could finially sleep peacefully. Even if Knight didn't agree... But who wouldn't?  Luna pulled herself close to his body, his body filling her with warmth, and she cuddled him.