A knocking sound interupt the princess of Ponyville from her studies about eartquakes, since Equestria shook, knocking almost half of her books on the ground in the process she had studied non-stop to know the source.
She use her magic to open the door and was surprise to see a thestral at her door. ``Can I help you?``
``Princess Luna want to see you in Canterlot imediatly.`` She gasp in concern if the princess want to see her it’s was no doubt about the earthquake.
``Do you have a cariage?`` She ask use of how Celestia summon her.
``No sorry but Luna was said to be very quick so she’s assume you would fly with me but if you want I can-`` Twilight could immediatly say it’s was a rooky with how he was nervous to disapoint her.
``It will not be neccesarry, let’s go we shouldn’t make Luna wait too long.`` The thestral nervously nod and flew off, Twilight quickly open her wings and flap them to follow the guard. She wonder why Luna didn’t send one of her personal royal guard, she had a nostalgic smile as she remember the first time Celestia present her to them.
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9 years ago
Twilight slowly push the two giant golden doors of the throne room, there sitting in her throne with all her grace was the princess of the day. ``You said you want to see me princess?`` For a second she could swear she saw the ghost of a smirk on Celestia face, but it’s quickly disapear.
``Twilight I got to think and I through you should have your own set of royal guard.``
``W-what?! But why? Cadance and Epona don’t have their guards. So why me?`` She question with an raise of her brow.
``Cadance have your brother and an entire empire to protect her and Epona is not a princess, she didn’t want to rule like us, so she renounce to her title and is now simply a duchesse, I don’t blame her for it she didn’t have a choice like you she was born into royalty and I’m happy she made her choice instead of enduring a role she didn’t want, althrough I sometime wonder if she renouce because of her lazyness`` She look at her student who was still listening.
``Oh I was starting to ramble I am? The thing is you’re a princess more importantly you’re the elements of magic and for that you’re more important than myself.``
``Nothing is more important than you!`` Twilight said in shock at what her mentor was saying, the princess laugh at that.
``Twilight a kingdom is not important for is ruler, the ruler is just there to protect their subjects, without them a ruler is not worth anything, the same thing apply to the gods, Twilight there one thing I alway been scare when Luna was banished to the moon.``
The princess scare? that was blasphemy to the ear of Twilight but she ask. ``And what was it princess?``
``I was scare to become greedy of power and become a second nightmare, at the time there would have been nopony to stop me if that happened, that one of the reason why I gave the elements to you and your friends instead of using them again and surprinsingly you use them better than I could ever have. So if ever anything happen I want to have your own military at your command.``
``But I’m sure you would never-`` Celestia raise her hoof to silence her.
``Not only for that Twilight, after the disaparence of one of Discord sparks I think it would be wise to have your allies, he’s not the type to use the same tricks twice and their must been a reason why he took so much precautions this time.``
``I-I understand princess I just hope I will never have to order an attack.`` she said as her ears was laying flat on her head.
``Me too Twilight I really hope you will never have to, but I think we made them wait long enough, here the friendship guards!`` As soon as she said that the two door re-open, Twilight wonder how her guard would be different, the guards of the day look normal but the ones of the night are really different maybe they would be dragony! She always wanted to see this race of crossbreed betwen ponies and dragons she always want to study their magic.
Her answer came as the ponies came in purple armour, but they were regular, earth ponies, pegasi and unicorns which she was at first disapoint, but she quickly realise there was a difference when they all enter to salute their new princess.
All the guards she ever saw were strong looking stallions, but the friendship guards were the exact oposite, every single one of them were...Females , blondes mares with very long mane and body that could be mistaken for models, in fact some of them look a lot like the mares that was singing at her coronation.
``Eh princess? Why there only...`` She trail off.
``Mares?`` Twilight nod in confirmation. ``Well you see a lot and I mean a lot of mares want to become guards and well there was no more place for them I had to chose the stronger which in most cases are the stallion, but that not the only reason.``
``What is the other reason princess?`` Twilight was a little offend that the princess wouldn’t allow mares in her guards but didn’t show it, she knew her logic was more or less logical, but everypony knew that mares were better at controlling magic than stallion.
It a well know fact that females are stonger in the inside and stallions on the outside and since magic was a power that come from within us. It was only logical that stallions would be less competent in this subject. And that was why that the majority of the ruler were females in Equestria. That and the fact that the herds of their animal ancestors were also lead by females.
``Well you see my student, I know of you’re homosexuality`` The princess couldn’t contain her grin anymore.
``I-I’m sorry princess I know you must think I’m disgusting`` The princess instanly lost her humour.
``Why in the world would you think that Twilight?!``
`` I heard s-some ponies says that the gods hate gays and your basicaly that.`` Surprising Twilight Celestia laugh.
``Twilight do you believe these stupid bigots? I know Author the creator of the world himself and he married thousands of homosexual in the past! In fact one of my best friends was a lesbian like you Twilight.``
``A-are you talking about M-Maria?`` She ask betwen sniffles.
``I’m not surprise you meet her she’s the mother of the element of kindness if I recall.`` Twilight nodded in response.
``Twilight the type of gods that judge someone for something like that are the types who are locked into the wasteland, so you don’t have to worry about what gender you like`` Twilight hug her teacher happy that everything was alright but then a question pass throug her head.
She look at her new guards who was preteding they didn’t heard a thing. ``But why are they just mares?`` Celestia amuse expression quickly return, she look at the guard and back at Twilight.
``As royal guard they must please their princesses in anyway they can.`` Twilight look at princess confuse the princess put her mouth a centimeter away of her student’s ear and whispered. ``Every. Single. Possible. Way``
The message click in Twilight mind and she flush like a tomato ``P-princess! You can’t be serious!`` The only response she receive was her teacher laughter and a few bedroom eyes from her new guards.
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Twilight blush at the memory, for the first years she didn’t call the guards for that service since she was still with Brew Blade her zebra fillyfriend at the time, but after a while the training of Brew was lacking because of her always visiting Twilight.
So when Shining Armour threatened to expulse her from the guards they had to break up, they knew she wouldn’t resist to come back seeing Twilight otherwise, the lavender alicorn didn’t talk to her brother for almost five months after that, but now she forgave him she knew he was only acting as a profesional.
And well the next few years some night were more lonely than other especially on her heat cycle and the guards were very good at what they were doing, Twilight almost suspect one of the criteria to become guard was ‘be a good laid’ but that would just be ridiculous on a CV.
``Princess are you alright you seem a little flush we can stop if you want.`` She almost didn’t heard him with all the heavy rain and thunders but it’s was enought to snap her out of her memories, right she had more important thing to think now.
``No I will be fine, let’s speed up a bit, we’re almost here!`` She scream to be heard above the sound, The destral nod mutely and flap his bat wings faster, with Twilight not far behind.