Sparx, Dawn and Pyro got up early to get to school. They were surprised to see me up as early as they were. They had a routine so they didn't question why I was up so early. They got some breakfast and headed out the door. I went out the door a few minuets after they did and went over to the train station, where I saw Morning getting his ticket. I bought mine and boarded the train with him. Wow, he must be really tired. usually by now he would have noticed me. I thought to myself as I sat down right in front of him.
"Oh hey Dusk," Morning said right as he yawned making it sound like, "Oh eey uhhsk."
He straightened up and immediately woke up, "Huh? Wha-? What are you doing here Dusk?"
"I'm picking up Celestial Bell. Who, I might add, is in a romantic relationship with Sparx after only one day," I said with a proud-of-my-son smile on my face.
"Right. And I'm the captain of the royal guard," he said, rolling his eyes.
"Just you wait, Morning. Just you wait. You'll see," I said.
The train arrived at Canterlot early, thus bringing my arrival at the castle a full two minuets ahead of schedule. I was greeted at the castle by Shining Armor, accompanied by Celestial Bell. He kept wanting to provide an escort but I denied him every time (I usually said something that made no sense what-so-ever). I started to walk away from the castle, Bell right at my tail following my every action. Almost as if she was trying to be normal and not royalty. The train for Ponyville wouldn't come for a while so we went to a restaurant. I got some oatmeal and some orange juice. Bell got the same thing, seeing that I enjoyed it very much.
"Dish," Bell said around a mouthful of oats, "Dish ish really," she swallowed, "good."
Not very princess-like when it comes to eating, is she? Just like Sparx. I thought while taking the final sip of my OJ, "Well, the train should soon. We should get some tickets."
She took her last bite of her oats and came along with. I left the tip on the table and went outside. We began our journey into the city to the train station. The elderly stallion who was selling the tickets tried to give them to us for free, but I insisted he have us pay. I eventually gave in, but gave him the money instead to do with as he pleased.
"Now," I said once the train started, "let me lay down some rules. Rule one, I don't want my son's heart broken. Rule two, if the two of you re in any room alone together the door stays open. Rule three, don't touch Pyro. Unless you want to burst into flames."
She looked a little astonished and then nodded, "I know who that is. He is your other son. Radiates heat, right? My aunt told me about him. He sounds awfully arrogant, too."
As we were riding the train, I got to see what she actually looked like. Her body was a light woodland brown, like tree bark. Her mane and tail were light green with red, yellow, orange and brown highlights, like the leaves of autumn. The way she moved was almost like wind blowing through a thicket of leaves.
"You know that when we get to our house, you won't be pampered," I said as a fair warning.
"I know," she said matter-of-factly, "being pampered all the time is boring. I want to go out, see the world. This is the first I have ever been away from Canterlot, y'know."
She looked out the window as we passed a forest. She suddenly did gasp that would have Pinkie put to the test. Is this the first time she has ever seen a forest? That is kind of sad. Well, not really. She has never been outside of Canterlot untill now, so I dopn't really blame her. She continued gasping like Pinkie whenever we passed a forest or a lake or a mountain for the rest of the ride.
"Just wait untill you see where you will be staying while you are with us," I said simply.
"Why, isn't it a normal house? Like the ones in Canterlot?" she asked after my statement.
"Not even close. Not. Even. Close."
The rest of the ride went by quickly until we got to Ponyville. As we left the station, every pony we passed bowed to her. I could tell she was uncomfortable with all the bowing to her. We hurried out of the station and into the main part of town. There were so many ponies bowing to her that we could barely pass. I ran into Big Mac and looked into his eyes. Thankfully he understood and bellowed, "everypony MOVE!"
"Thanks Mac."
Mac replied with his traditional "Eeyup" and continued on his way. Now with the path clear, we made great progress and made it within sight of the house. I heard another Pinkie-like gasp as a brown blur passed by me.
I caught up with the excited mare and opened the door, "Welcome to your... New...... Home?" She was already gone. I found her in Dawn's room putting her saddlebag next to the same bed that I used when I first started living here. I remembered the first time that I started having feelings for Twilight. I was helping Spike put away books when the entire shelf fell on top of me, nearly crushing me to death. When I came to, I found Twilight tending to my wounds. Compared to when I first came to Equestria, these were paper cuts (pun intended).
When I came back to reality, I realized that I was hungry. I went to the kitchen and Bell followed me. I saw Twilight sitting on one of the chairs, many of the hairs in her mane were sticking out. What was weird was around this time, Twilight was either studying or at one of her best friend's houses.
"Twilight, are you okay?" I asked, approaching her.
"Yes, I am quite fine," She turned around to face me, her eyes were red and she had an evil look on her face, "Thanks for ASKING!"
She lunged at me at the last word. Before I knew it, I was engulfed by darkness. I hit my head on the ground and passed out.