And so we arrive at the point of the story where life was better for me. We had made it to the kingdom roughly in two weeks of non stop walking. Thank Celestia we made it, Sapphire was giggling as I had passed her test. The feeling of relief swept over me as we strode pass the royal gates. Many nights I had dreamed of standing proudly next to the guards, the sense of belonging to something larger than myself was unfathomable and in my reach.
The throne room was beautiful in all respects, but not like Sapphire. Ruby sword the king smiled as his daughter gracefully walked to her throne. I stood before them humbled and delighted.
"Sombra you have protected my daughter's life without question and for that I thank you with more respect and honor than I would give myself for protecting this kingdom." His words flowed like a river of divine grace. "So if there is anything I can do please do not hesitate to ask of me my dear boy!"
My heart leaped inside my chest, the king thanking me?! This was a great honor of itself. What did I do? I worked my courage up to ask him for my dream. "Sir I wish to be apart of the Royal Crystal Task Force to serve and protect my king and my princess!" I nearly made the whole room shake with my voice. I could tell by his face he must have been thinking it over. Less than five minutes passed when his answer came. Yes.
I was beyond joy and my happiness was unbound.
"Tomorrow you will start your training, but for now get some well deserved rest my boy you have earned it." Ruby sword exclaimed. The princess and I both had the largest smiles anyone could've possible have seen. Sapphire lead me to my room for the night, the room was just amazing beyond anything like the Royal Sisters' palace. The bed was made with the finest silk sheets and most beautiful pattern. The room had great windows on two of its walls, from which the entire kingdom it seemed like could be seen. This had to be heaven because the next day surely felt like hell...
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Training with the toughest fighters was nearly suicide but I made it Hahaha still not dead! We trained the first half of the day on physical build up: push ups, pull ups, and running seven miles. The push ups I astounded my superiors with one hundred seventy eight of them. A stallion got the better of me in the pull ups exceeding me with forty three, and I had thirty six. The seven miles run I completed in twenty two minutes exact. Then came the real training. Against another, of course I was paired with the captain of the guard. This wasn't the first beating I took but I made sure it was my last. We had started off with a few punches and kicks, he landed most of his. My hits struck hard and fast I copied some of his moves but I mixed them as so he wouldn't guess what I was really doing. As the duel dragged on we could feel each other slowing and growing tired. As we struggled to keep going the others of the recruits and guards formed around us cheering on who'd they thought would win. His hits grew softer with each of his breaths, but I continued on. I drew upon my past fights and used the anger that was locked inside to deliver deadly blows.
What I hadn't expected was King Ruby sword was watching me, and he saw the fight turn in my favor he watched closer. Until I had "blacked out". He gave the order to pull me off his captain of the guard, which I guess wasn't easy. But we both were taken to the small guard post hospital. Both the captain and I had suffered quite a bit of damage. He had the worst of it, with three broken ribs and one hell of a broken nose. I had a shattered bone in my fore leg and a few cuts here and there, nothing too serious. I had guessed after what I did the king would be glad to be rid of me. Again to my surprise he welcomed me with open arms.