Orders and gifts part 1
“Twilight I am sorry. I am really, really, sorry.” Spike said as he fought to not break down and cry.
“Oh, Spike.” Twilight said calming down when she saw him on the verge of tears. “I was so worried that something happened to you.” She placed her head on his shoulder and Spike wrapped his arms around her neck. “Especially after what I saw at Zecora.” Spike froze while Twilight hugged him back.
“Zzzecccora?” he asked with a shaking voice.
“Yeah, I’ve seen the destruction. What happened there anyway?”
“Apple Bloom tried to make some cold medicine that went wrong.”
She laughed. “Oh for a minute I thought that something bad may have happened.”
Twilight, as well as everypony else that lived in Ponyville were used by now to the mayhem and destruction that followed the Crusaders. They were so used to it that some buisness pony started offering Crusader Insurance, while Twilight, as the new Princess of Ponyville made it so they, and a few other ponies, would be legally considered disaster prone. Rarity and Applejack objected at first, but after noticing how many bits they were saving quickly embraced the idea.
“We will have to write it up tomorrow and make sure Zecora get her money.” Twilight released Spike from her embrace. “I’m just glad you are safe.”
“Mmm Twi there is something I have to give you.”
“Give me?”
“Yes. I...” Spike paused as he removed his backpack and pulled out from it a sealed document. “I don’t remember why, but I know I have to give it to you.”
“That’s odd, to say the least.” Twilight’s horn glowed and the document was surrounded by her purple aura, grabbing it in her telekinetic field. “Let’ see...”
She closely examined the document. The first thing that caught her attention was the seal, the color of the wax was royal blue, and the engraving was of a crescent moon inside a circle, it looked oficial enough, but never receiving a letter directly from the princess of the night herself she could have been wrong. The seal was simple enough that a skill forger could easily make a copy. Twilight, a true scholar at heart, knew a little about seals and seal making, especially what to look for when checking if a seal is a fake, namely the depth of the indentations as well as minor imperfections that were made by the craftspony. Unfortunately, knowing what to look for did not help her determining if the seal in front of her was the real royal seal, since she never saw the actual seal or any document sealed with it.
“Well that was a waste of time.” Twilight said realising that her close and thurl examination of the seal was in fact nothing but a waste of time, like the time she spent panicking that she did not have time in her schedule to plan her schedule for her next month.
“Let’s try this.” Twilight let a little more magic flow from her horn into the document, this time focusing it on the seal.
The wax seal reacted to the magic that flowed into it by unsticking from the paper and allowing itself to fall to the ground. Twilight, still holding the document in her telekinetic grip, looked at the place where the seal had been, she looked for the outline the wax left on the paper, but found none.
“At least the wax is genuine,” she said before she unrolled the paper and started reading it.
“Let’s see... Dear Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Ponyville...”
Dear Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Ponyville,
We wish to inform you that Spike has provided us with great assistance over the past days in matters concerning Equestria’s future. Due to the delicate - and highly classified - nature of these affairs we cannot divulge what actions have transpired.
Also we take it upon ourselves to erase the memories of everypony involved and replace them with new ones based on several of their recent dreams. He and everypony else, ourselves included, have knowingly and of our own free will agreed to allow me us to do that.
You may attempt to question him about it, but all you will receive will be outlandish and sometimes confusing fabulations of his own mind. Our sister, Princess Celestia, is the only one that will have knowledge of this affair and she had sworn to secrecy. She will not reveal any information unless forced by extenuating circumstances.
We are sorry we cannot tell you more but we must put the interest of Equestria above those of a few of it’s citizens, even if among those citizens is a princess of the very same nation.
We are writing this to you merely as a formality since you are the legal guardian of Spike, the only one involved that is not considered an adult by Equestrian law, as well as a princess of Equestria.
As reward for his service we are granting him a royal boon, in the form of one week of vacation in the Royal Equestrian Gemstone Mine where he will have first pickings of any gem that may emerge, courtesy of the crown, he will also be provided with accommodations as well as anything else he may require.
You are free to join him of course, but we do not know how appealing you may find the prospect of spending seven days in a hot and damp cavern surrounded by hundreds of gemstone miners.
The cavern itself is situated several miles underground, and you will be required to wear a special suit and mask to handle the temperature and poisonous fumes. But fear not they will do no harm to a dragon, not even to a baby one. In fact, to our knowledge he most likely enjoy the feeling similar to how a pony enjoys a prolonged stay at a hot spring or spa facility. If you may chose to go please inform the royal guard so they can arrange an escort for you, also please provide them with your measurements so they make a custom environmental protection suit for you.
Again we apologise for our action, and hope you can excuse Spike for his absence.
Princess Luna Equestris, Diarc of Equestria.
“Spike what have you gotten yourself into?” Twilight asked after finishing reading the letter.
“In a lot of trouble?” he replied, unsure what she meant.
Twilight facehoofed.
