The Princess and the Guard

by Dragonfoxgirl


More than a Guard

Twilight hated to spend all her day in bed. It was something she thought was one of the most boring things to do. Flash had dragged her back to her bed every time she got out of her room. She could kick, hit and do whatever she could to free herself from his wings grip, but Flash would still take her no matter what.

The first week passed slowly and painfully for her, without heavy reading fantasy novels were not enough reading material to calm her. Spike had been backing up Flash all along, so she was alone. Or so she thought.

One the Monday of the second weekend she secretly wrote a letter to every single one of her friends sending her pet owl to deliver them. She smiled victoriously; soon the guard would not have enough strength to stop her from doing her studies.

Flash guarded Twilight´s door every three hours, then he would enter her room and make her stretch her wings 10 times. Twilight hated this, her wings felt weird because of being stuck to her body wrapped in bandages, unfolding them were a little painful, but Flash had told her she must do this otherwise her wings would not heal properly.

“It´s been a week since my stupid mistake, I've rested all you wanted, you kept me from reading my books and kept me in here like a prisoner.” Twilight said moving her hooves in the air while complaining.

“Princess stay still I can't wrap your wings properly” Flash ignored Twilight´s tantrum.

“You don't even listen to me, all you care about is fulfilling your duty as a guard, can´t you put yourself at my place, imagine if I make you stay in your room for a whole week without your music. How would you feel?”

Flash stopped for a second.

“The reason I'm doing this is for your own good, trust me I know more about wings than you princess, wings are delicate, you have to understand that.”

“I've been taking care of myself perfectly fine for a long time, I have read everything I need to know about flight and wings, I assure you, I can take care of myself!!”

Flash was about to respond in a louder tone, but a heavy knock interrupted him.

Twilight tried not to laugh. His doom was here; today the bossy guard would fall.

“I'll get that Princess, you stay here. Spike finish this for me please?”

Spike saluted him military style, and continued wrapping Twilight´s wings.
Flash went down stairs; he took his helmet from the book shelf and put it on.

“Identify yourself please” he said.

“I´ll identify myself alright!!! I´m Rarity, Twilight´s friend and element of generosity and if you don't open this door in this second I'LL RIP OFF YOUR STALLION HOOD!!!!”

Flash felt his ears hurt.

“Rarity, hold your horses. Do you really think he´s going to open the door if you talk to him like that” Said Applejack calming her down.

The guard opened the door, he knew what was coming, he felt himself pushed to the floor. He looked up and saw a very angry white mare staring at him with flames on her eyes.

“Listen you little stallion Pegasus, you better tell me why you have been keeping Twilight locked in her room for a week if you don't want things to get ugly!!!!!” Rarity yelled at the guard's face.

“Sugarcube, calm down!!!” Applejack pulled Rarity off from Flash.

“I'm very sorry, she's just a little…stressed because of Twilight´s letter”

“Flash Sentry !!! That´s your name right?!. WOW, HAHAHA!!! I´m Pinkie Pie, Twilight´s friend to. Hihi!!. I hope I can be your friend to. Nopony knows you properly yet, so maybe latter we can make you a welcome party!!!. Oh… but only if you are not bothering Twilight”

Flash stared amazed at the hyperactive pink pony taking at the speed of light.

“SO YOU'RE THE TOUGH GUY ?!. I thought I would see more for me to handle. Why have you been messing up with Twilight?. Think you can be the boss here big guy?” Rainbow Dash stared at the stallion directly in the eye.

“Mister… why are you bothering Twilight, has she done something wrong?”

Asked a very worried Fluttershy looking at him with big sad puppy dog eyes.

Flash took a moment to digest the situation he was in. A very angry beautiful unicorn with thick eyelashes, a blond maned muscular earth pony with a hat, a sugar high pink pony with a permanent smile on her face, a small cyan Pegasus with a rainbow colored mane and a yellow one with an extremely long mane were barging in the tree house asking if he had bothered Twilight.

He closed his eyes and let out a loud sigh.
“Well played Princess, well played” he mumbled looking at the direction of Twilight´s room.

“Ladies I assure you I have not bothered the Princess in any way. She suffered from a flying accident a week ago and hurt her wings; I made her stay in bed in order for her to heal properly.”

“WHAT??!!!” Yelled all the mares at once.

“She never said anything about being hurt, is she ok?” Applejack asked.

“She is healing quickly and without problems” Flash told her.

“Can we see her?” asked Fluttershy.

“I hate to tell you this miss, but I think the Princess has tricked you to come here. She´s been trying everything to escape from her rest.” Flash explained.

“Why would she ever do that?!” Rarity whined.

“To be honest miss… I don't know”

Flash left the girls waiting in the living room, tensing his muscles; he went straight to Twilight´s room.

He opened the door without announcing himself and entered with a frown in his face. Twilight ignored him, combing her mane.

“I thought a guard needed to announce himself after entering the Princess Chambers”

“I have no time for this Princess, this time you have gone too far”

“I had to; you were keeping me here not letting me out. You were overstepping boundaries.”

“I was taking care of you, that´s my job, to keep you safe”

“You always say that!!! But keeping me locked inside is too much!!!” Twilight wiped her head facing Flash who was standing firm in full armor, listening to her words with a frown on his face.

“Your friends deserve an explanation; they are worried about you Princess, apparently your letter lacked of an explanation for why you have been here for a week.”

“Well I wasn´t thinking too much when I wrote it” she said blushing embarrassed.
Twilight left the room silently not looking at the stallion.

“We still have to talk later princess” Flash said in a deep voice.

Twilight didn’t answer.

Flash heard Twilight talking to her friends. He relaxed his muscles and took off his helmet.

“I´m sorry I knew she sent the letters, but I she made me promise… I”

“It´s ok Spike I understand” Flash cut him.

Twilight greeted her friends with an embarrassed smile. After all them scared a little over the amount of bandages around her frame she explained why she had written the letters.

“Sweetie we understand that you were feeling trapped in your home and that you were missing us, but you have been locking yourself inside your home weeks ago before this guard came because of your studies.” Rarity said.

“Also… isn't that the guard that reminds you of the boy you met in the other world?”Applejack asked.

“He looks like him, but trust me, he is not even close to resembling him” Twilight said frowning.

“Maybe you're acting this way because you like him” Pinkie Pie said calmly.

“WHAT!? No, I did it because he was being overprotective and bossy”

“Twilight, I hate to back him off but he did right keeping you here for a week, your injuries may not look so bad but trust me, taking care of wings is a big thing, injuries are not something to take lightly” Rainbow Dash told her.

“Call us if you need something” Fluttershy said giving her a hug.

“I would give those wigs another week to rest, don't forget to stretch them at least a day” said Rainbow following Fluttershy.

Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie said their goodbyes and left. Twilight sat in the living room for a couple of minutes, she had done it again. She had made a fool out of herself again, acting by an impulse. But she was angry at Flash this time. She didn’t feel bad about what she had done, she truly thought he exaggerated.

She went to her room prepared for a discussion with a Royal guard. Instead she found Flash stripped of his armor waiting for her. Spike passed her through the door, giving her a worried look he went down the stairs and disappeared through the kitchen.

She closed the door.

“And your armor?” she asked.

“This time I will play your game princess, no armor, no protocol, so I can say my piece” Flash said turning himself facing Twilight.

“What do you have to say? Everything is fine now, I explained to my friends why I did what I did, made a complete fool of myself and even got lectured.”

“OH I do!!! You humiliated me as a guard with what you did! You left your friends with the impression that I was a joke. That I was bothering you!!! , trapping you inside your room against your free will like you were really in danger”

“You were exaggerating!!! I had to teach you a lesson!!!”

“WHAT LESSON??? That I can´t be overprotective for once because you nearly died?! Do you have any idea of what you put me through that day?”

Twilight froze.

“It´s true that I overstepped the boundaries between us, It´s true that I have been exaggerating, but it´s only because I care about you, not only as part of my duty as your guard, but also because I care about you as a friend. Sometimes I don't see a Princess…. I just see a mare that needs my help”

Twilight remembered those nights being carried in his back to bed, the casual talks as if they were a couple, the lack of protocol, the smiles, the music, the hugs. She finally understood what he meant. Those actions were not given because of his responsibility as a guard; they were given as a genuine form of care from him to her. They were not tied to his duty; they were tied to something else.

“Maybe I've been too …. Friendly with you Princess, and since you seem… bothered by that, maybe I should leave”

Twilight looked at him, his face showing sadness.

“No…I …uummm…. I'm not bothered by that, I don't want you to leave… I´m …happy that you have been friendly with me; to be honest I like it. It´s just that…you…umm I've never had any kind of relationship with a stallion apart from my brother… I…umm…I”

Twilight was extremely nervous, she never had any kind of difficulty explaining herself, this was the first time, she couldn't find words to explain herself.

Flash took her hoof in his.

Twilight raised her head looking straight in to his eyes, in them she found the words she was looking for. Without saying anything, Flash pulled Twilight in to a hug, he wrapped his wings and rested his head on hers. Twilight heard Flash´s heart pounding in his chest, her cheeks reddened.

None of them knew what was exactly what they were doing. It was just something they felt it was right.

Flash opened his eyes, he looked at the window. Night time was present. At a certain distance a pair of glowing yellow eyes stared at him. He frowned, they were being watched.

“I think it´s time for you to rest Princess” Flash said fixing Twilight´s hair, caressing her face with his right wing.

“Good night” said Twilight.

“Good night” said Flash.

As soon as he went down the stairs he opened the door slowly. Walking ahead for a while, he lifted his head only to find the same pair of yellow glowing eyes staring at him.

“I know it's you Oni Fire” Flash said in a deep serious voice.

The eyes disappeared in a fraction of a second, and a tall gray night pony with a deep blue mane and covered in scars appeared in front of Flash.

“It´s been quite a while” Flash said frowning deeply.

“I've missed you fluffy wings, the wasteland´s threats are not that excited to fight now that I'm all by myself” said the night Pony stretching his leathery wings filled with holes.

“What do you want Oni” Flash asked

The dark stallion gazed at him with his bright yellow eyes, letting a small grin showing his sharp fangs.

“I've been sent here for you and the Princess, Princess Luna requires her in Canterlot, oh by the way, if my eyes don't trick me, you and the Princess are… quite friendly with each other right?”

“None of your business Oni Fire, now, would you care to tell me what is the reason for Princess Twilight´s presence in Canterlot”

The dark pony smiled. His eyes glowing deeply.

“War” he said.