//------------------------------// // Bey bey, Canterlot // Story: Fangs and Blood and other Things // by Kinetic Heat //------------------------------// The sound of armored hoofes striking the ground in a fast trot could be heared through the castle as one member of the unicorn guard made his way towards one of the most isolated sections of the castles quarters. At the end of the long hall way was a simple wooden door with a magnificent hoof crafted shield with a symbol that looked like a drop of dew or a tear, or whatever, also made of wood, over the door leaves. The silvery coated unicorn guard with blue mane and tail raised a hoof to knock at the door, but was intercepted by a voice faintly calling his name from inside. ''Come on in, recruit Silver Shine.“ Wait, what? How did he even knew I was there? And where did he get my name? "That does not matter, but I do not approve if you keep me waiting. Tell me what the Princess wants you to tell me," the voice spoke again. With a nervous look on his face, the guard lumbered in clumsily. He saw the source of the charming voice sitting before the window, a book opened on a pillar. Seeing only the backside of the pony, the unicorn delivery colt gasped slightly. He knew his mission was nothing ordinary as his guard captain ordered him to send this message. It was too easy, too trivial. He wasn't into the guard long enough to judge his superiors for giving him easy jobs like cleaning the canteen or training in the fields, but carrying a massage seemed unfitting for a soldier. So it must be something rather difficult. Although he certainly did not expect to meet a pony like this: easily topping himself by a head's height, the stallion sitting before him outgrew pretty much everypony in the guard. ''P-P-Princess Celestia w-wishes your immediate att-t-tandence'', he stammered. ''Well, why didn't you say so in the first place? I will be there at once.'' The white stallion turned to face Silver with an encouraging smile. Frightful, the silver stallion gazed upon the pegasus strolling casually past him to the door. Stopping shortly he turned around again. ''Anything else I need to know?'' he asked as Silver caught himself and shook his head. He smiled jovially. ''Then off you go, take a day off the training and take a walk through Canterlot or whatever you want to do, Guard Captain Shining Armor is already informed.'' As the unicorn shot him a confused look, he just winked and passed onward, leaving the startled colt behind. Smiling to himself, Hazel trotted through the castle's wide hallways taking in every beam of light the sun sent through the high windows. After a short walk he arrived before the gigantic hall which Celestia was used to give orders from. Stepping right through the portal, Hazel entered the room. As he did so, he was greeted by the looks of three noble looking unicorns kneeling before the Sun Princess. ''I am here as you requested, your Majesty,“ he stated, walked through the shocked looking nobility and slightly bowed before the princess. ''You sure took your time,'' the princess answered with an unmistakeable cold in her tone. Turning her head towards her visitors, she spoke, ''You may leave now, the business I have with this one is far too urgent as it could be moved. We will continue this conversation sometime else.'' ''But your highness-'' a grey unicorn stallion tried to contradict but was cut off mid sentence. ''Are you disobeying your princess?'' Hazel purred in a challenging, almost playful tone. When the unicorns only met their princess's waiting stare he bowed down low. Not without shooting a nasty look at the white pegasus, he looked up at the princess again. ''As you wish, your h-highness,'' he stammered, quickly bowed down again and signed his companions to follow suit as he trotted out in embarrassment. Hazel could swear hearing him mumble something about a queue lasting around three months at least and smirked sadistically. ''You may leave, too,'' Celestia told the guards, standing on both sides of the door wings. The guards were smarter as to question the command. They nodded and left the room, closing the large portal behind them. ''Now we are in private, your Majesty. What is that business you were talking about?'' Celestia sighed and suddenly looked a lot older. She closed her eyes. ''You see, Hazel, this day had been rather stressing for me, more exhausting than usual and I think some sort of relaxation is more than appropriate.'' While she was talking, the white pegasus slowly strolled up to her, making his way over the stairs and and stood right before her. Lifting her left eye lid halfway, she glanced at the smirking stallion. ''There is but one problem... I have pressing issues to take care... of and I do not have much time...'' Hazel lay his muzzle onto the base of Celestia's neck and began to nuzzle and kiss it softly, while caressing the other side, causing the princess to shiver and exhale from time to time. With a steady pace he made his way up to the top of the princess's alabaster neck, gently kissing and pecking. He put his snout away and stared directly into Celestia's eyes. ''So, what is your Majesty planning to do then?'' The color of his eyes shifting and swirling, turning into the shade of amber, hued with chestnut. Celestia met his gaze with one of her own. After mere seconds she turned her face to the side, revealing her defenseless flesh to him. He could see every vein shining through her incredibly soft skin. ''I want you to take a good bite and help me relax from all these annoying duties that bother me.'' When nothing happened, she turned her head back and stared impatiently and slightly frustrated at the bored looking pegasus. ''Well, I am waiting,'' she tried to catch his attention, but he just stood there, gazing around at the painted windows, representing historical moments in the history of Equestria. Slowly, Hazel turned back to face her again. ''You know, Princess, I do not feel very hungry, so maybe we move this over to tonight when we can have all the time we need and being undisturbed by any cause...'' A look of disbelieve crossed Celestia's face until she realized the he was toying around with her. She took on a stern look and focused on him. With a voice as cold as the ice in the arctic north, she addressed him. ''Are you disobeying your princess?'' ''Touche, well I guess a small zip will not hurt,'' he teased again. In the blink of an eye, her the first layers of skin on Celestia's neck were pierced as the white pegasus started to catch the small droplets of blood with his tounge. The princess gasped from the shock, but only for a moment when the short pain vanished and was replaced by the pleasuring feeling of pure lust rolling over her body. All the frustration that had built up in the past days was crushed by the waves of pleasure of several orgasms rolling over her. Hazel sucked almost for a whole minute. When he finally let go, Celestia sunk to her knees, but a tight grip from a strong hoof held her upright. Shivering and more than satisfied she lay in Hazels arm, panting heavily. ''That was surprisingly intensive,'' she put out in between the gaps of her heavy breaths. ''It is rather easy when somepony is not paying the proper attention,'' he replied helping her to stand properly again. "And you know how the saying goes: Good things come to those who wait." ''Whatever, thank you for you 'help'. I am sure to survive this day on my own. You are free to do as you please.'' Hazel licked the last drop of the princess's blood off his lips and quickly stroke a hoof through Celestia's mane, brushing it over the two little marks on her neck. They would be healed in no time, but until then it was wise to not let the civilians know about an injured ruler. He bowed slightly and trotted out of the throne room in a casual pace. When the door closed behind him, Celestia fell into a state of deliberation. He seemed bored, almost frustrated. He would never admit it, but after a millennium in Canterlot she couldn't blame him for becoming restless. There had to be a way to liven up his spirits. Materializing in a burst of green fire, a letter enrolled before her. ''Dear Princess Celestia, we are at the preso- thre- Something really bad is going to happen..'' Smiling Celestia took a quill and began to write, when an epiphany struck her mind... Sitting on his hind legs, front legs clutched together, eyes closed and wings spread, Hazel sat on top of a rock right beneath the strongest waterfall under Canterlot. He was in absolute focus, the water crushing down on him, but the only thing moving was his chest, slowly heaving and sinking with every breath he took. A devastated land. Nothing but ashes and dust remained. No trees, grass or other plants. The wide plains were lying dead beyond a dull sky that let through not a single beam of light that could touch the destroyed fields. There was no water, every last drop had evaporated in the heat of battle, that had raged over the land a few decades ago. But there was not only dust that covered the hills. Corpses lay around. Everywhere there were deformed bodies. The corpses didn't look pony shaped, however. If there were doubt, one had to just look at the horns and fangs that grew off their heads, wings and several other body parts, which couldn't be defined. Forlornly walking between the dead bodies was one creature. It stood upright, walked on two legs and only had two arms. Swaying in the sharp breeze behind him was his long black hair, that when quiet, covered his whole back. He continued his walk up to one specific corpse that had the same shape as him. He fell to his knees, carefully reaching out to the body's face with one of his hands. A sudden shiver struck him and he clenched his fist and quietly began to sob. When the sobbing subsided, he put out his hand again to touch the creatures face, but before he could do so, another hand lay on his shoulder and as he turned around, everything was sucked into a bright light, blinding out his environment and leaving him with the feeling of falling down endlessly. Gasping in shock, Hazel sat up from his comatose state. With an immense jump, he catapulted himself through the downpour. The rock couldn't stand the sudden pressure and burst. Flying up through the stream, Hazel hit the surface of the river falling down in mere seconds, breaking it, whirling around and dashing off, flying laps around Mount Unicornia. ''Damnit, not this dream again! Is there no chance of escape from this? After so long a time it is still haunting me.'' Hazel beat his wings ever harder. The wind whipped the ends of his mane, and blasted the damp wetness out of his fur. Hazel started a gradual descend towards the meadows beneath Canterlot, heading towards the nearby forest. Without lowering the speed , he suddenly pulled his wings to his body and crashed right into the middle of the trees, breaking of the tips, boughs, and branches. Leaving behind a swath of destruction, he slithered and was finally stopped by the foot of a humongous bolder in the middle of the forest. Without even the slightest whiff of exertion he just raised up and quickly shook his head to get rid of the dirt he got onto his fur. Just wanting to start again he instead sat down, sighing in frustration. He tussled his head in between his front hooves and began to whimper. ''A thousand years and nothing has changed. I cannot dream, I cannot sleep, all I can do is wait for the next day to pass, and then the next after that and so on. Eternity is such a bothersome friend to have.'' He got up on his hooves, head hanging low, and began his walk towards Canterlot. Hazel didn't quite feel the spur to fly back, and a nice comfy walk just seemed right to clear his head. Impatiently pacing around at the front gate, Blueblood set his snobby looking gaze towards the arriving foreigner. I swear to my silver forks, if aunty ever asks me again to take on something as humiliating like this again, I'll play sick! Gosh, what is all this fuss about this colt? He's not even royalty, so why should I waste my time and do something so low as escort him to aunty Lestia? ''I hope you know how late it is! I had to give up on my beauty sleep just to stand here and wait for you to finally make your way up here!'' Blueblood sneered. ''Excuse me a thousand times, Prince. They really should have sent somepony else when it is so obvious how badly you need your beauty sleep. Even though I doubt it would change anything.'' Jaws dropping, Blueblood stared at the black maned stallion simply stepping past him. ''Oh and before I forget: You do not have to bother with escorting me, I will find my way.'' Hazel didn't even turn around to look at Blueblood while he simply entered the castle. The doors closed and left behind a shocked prince of Equestria, staring in disbelieve at what the buck just happened. ''You will leave Canterlot.'' The answer caught Hazel completely off guard. For a few moments he remained silent. ''Is this some sort of revenge for all the teasing I have been providing you with?'' he managed to bring out as he looked at the princess suspiciously. ''Not at all. You will travel to Ponyville alongside with my most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. I am sending her there to discover the magic of friendship. And I have a task for you as well: Find something that is worth dying for. I have already made arrangements. You will be staying at Sweet Apple Acres and earn your living there. Do as Twilight does, make some friends!'' Hazel sighed, he knew that there was no sense in talking back, and even if Celestia was playing a game with him, what did he have to lose? It was not like he had more of a pastime here than there. ''When will I be heading off?'' ''There is no point in going agai- wait, you don't resist?'' Celestia asked a bit surprised. ''How could I? You've given me a direct order and as your subject I am to fulfill it, Mistress.'' Celestia's eyes narrowed as she heard the title Hazel addressed her with. ''Alright then... your journey will begin immediately. Go to the carriages and wait there for a purple unicorn mare. You will be traveling together. As soon as you reach Ponyville, you will part. Twilight will be living in the towns library, if you have any questions or want to send me a letter just ask her assistant to send it to me.'' Hazel simply nodded and was already heading for his destination when Celestia called for him another time. ''One more thing: Keep your true identity a secret, I told the Apple Family that you're not an ordinary pony, but I left it to you to explain it further. They are the only ones who are allowed to know about you. I trust in your skills when it comes to camouflage, but please be careful anyways.'' He nodded and finally left. When he arrived at the stall with the carriages, however, said purple unicorn was already standing there. When he came near she turned her gaze upon him and examined him with a disapproving look. ''Are you Hazel Eyes? '' she asked impatiently. Hazel put on a friendly smile and answered. ''White coat, black tail and mane, wings and hazel eyes. Yep, that would be me. And I assume I am to deal with the princess's most faithful pupil, am I not?'' With a huff and a scrunch she turned around. Hoo, boy, this will be a long ride.... They sat on the carriage, carefully watching neither one touched the other. The pegasus guards flapped their wings and took off the ground. Oh, Celestia what have you put me in?