As the new princess Twilight moved to the castle we ponies were sad till pinkiepie threw a party and we saw the sun sink me and clover went to sleep. The following morning I awoke to applejack knocking on my door apparently a pony looking for clover came into the town and we rushed to see who it was when I got there I thought it would be him but it wasn’t it was some unicorn in NLR armor she had apparently come to take her to her brother we surrounded her she smiled and said the one thing only he would know “Good riddance.” I smiled and said she is sleeping everypony looked at me with a gaping jaw we walked and talked she said he wanted her to be safe and out of his enemy’s reach and that the admirals were discussing about schools and that he wanted her to be with the first class.
I had to think about it and asked her to send him instead she told me that if he came that others would know who she was and that it was imperative she not be discovered then I told her it was only way I would let her go. Of course she left and said she would be back at midnight with him. As clover left to say goodbye to her friends and the cutie mark crusaders all gathered together for a little party but then my friend Gilda came to me telling me about how the Griffon kingdom had joined with the NLR and we talked about the past when all of a sudden the sun had set and it was time as a large group of ponies gathered applejack pikiepie and flutershy were with me and rarity was with her sister who was crying when he stepped out of the forest in his usual armor it was him the head admiral Clover was backing away when he and his guards had stepped out of the Everfree forest they were bruised and battered some were bleeding but no pony rushed to help them but they waved to her the pony I considered part of my family she ran to me and I hugged her and yelled “Well where is he?”
they looked at each other and the head admiral told her to say “He is here but he cannot come out he is hurt.” Me and clover ran to the forest looking but the ponies looked at us and the head admiral had put his hoof to his muzzle and shook his head saying “jeez you two are exactly the same.” When he heard other ponies coming he picked up clover and gave her to one of his guards and told them to run he looked at me straight in the eyes and told me to tell the other ponies to run when 4 ponies draped in red appeared faces hidden by hoods with swords drawn he attacked them I yelled for my friends to stay back when one of the red ponies attacked the admiral and his guards behind our people they jumped out with weapons at the ready the admiral fighting two of them in the forest the sound of metal hitting metal when it stopped the guards were furious they stepped forward shields and lances at the ready the red ponies were shaking with fear when a rock hit one of the red ponies from behind he stood there with his armor in pieces and his sword destroyed and all but his helmet shattered he took on of the sword and fought the other ponies back to the forest when he turned toward us an arrow had been shot and was sent through his body every pony tried to get to him when the guards pushed them back they put their muzzles to his side and yelled “medic, Doctor anyone!?”
when the doctor came to the front of the pack she told them to carry him to her house when they got there two guards stood at the door scaring anypony from going near there but we all gathered at the front they wouldn’t even let the mayor in they were like wolves guarding a new pup and the other two sat at his side at certain times they switched places till a griffon came covered in armor he stood at the door guarding it me and Gilda stood there wanting to go inside but the guard wouldn’t allow it. It was an order from his highness when Twi and her brother appeared things got awkward.
They ordered the griffon to move but he refused and Twi told him it was a royal order but still would not move that’s when twilight guards drew their swords then the four guards came out with their lances drawn ready to die for him then Luna came and said something to the unicorn who told the griffon it was ok after the 4 saluted and bowed to her.
The guards retreated inside but you could feel the anger from the house and the royal guards with Twi and her brother sat outside waiting when the unicorn pony came outside telling the princess her brother the griffon and all of us to enter including clover. When we entered the stallion sat there in the bed telling us to shut the doors and the curtain after that he told the griffon one thing “Hover” He smiled and left taking off by the sound of the wings flapping outside but I didn’t get it that’s when Luna appeared with her two guards then Twi demanded he take his helmet off but before she could finish the sentence he coughed up some blood and said what sounded like “I plan to your royal bossy.” We all sat gazing at the moment anypony would kill to see when his helmet came off it revealed him my dearest friend and the only pony I could love.
Everypony gasped at what they saw and Shining armor ran to his side apologizing for what he had apparently done to him in Canterlot and me and Twi were in tears and hugging his legs Clover was hugging him but the one pony that Twi me and every pony stared at was her royal highness Luna who knew it already we yelled “Why didn’t you tell us?” he interrupted us by saying it was very tightly kept secret even some of his own guard were open jawed about who he was we saw it but after some questions me and applejack sat outside she sat with me as I waited to talk to him again she’s a very good friend and I know what she was thinking but I don’t think she knew how to ask. I told her out loud “I’m leaving with him this time.” She looked sad but was smiling and hugged me other ponies looked at me with questionable looks but I didn’t care and even pinkiepie didn’t know what to say she just hugged me.
As me and him got ready to leave I followed him we took many breaks he refused to let anyone but him carry his sister even me we didn’t talk but took many breaks to help with his injuries it took us two whole days to get to the castle where he introduced us to the admirals and said something surprising she is my new guard captain I was open jawed and the unicorn was furious but he then said in a vigorous voice “And my previous head will be the admiral of our internal security I hereby and hence forth as head admiral of the New Lunar Republic promote thee to admiral seat to enter all our meetings and sit with a voice of authority the other admirals were angered but Louie didn’t mind he nodded and greeted her with respect I had to glare at the others to make them greet her.
The new admiral then had her own four guards with her twin brother sitting with her at the meeting the twin knights of Canterlot Hansel and Gretel very big names to anypony who is at the royal melee’s. They were unstoppable in both archery and swordsmanship except by maybe some of the real battle veteran guards who thought it was childish to participate in such a celebration. We were finally ten thousand ponies strong and ready to set up a new fortified base we voted it was decided on Saddle Arabia where we would find new ponies to recruit and train and learn new skills. I sent dash to investigate of course I wasn’t about to just leave her out there but I would join her when I had done the opening ceremony to the military education center for young ponies to train to aid our republic both in military and civilian matters.
With the classes they will take separated by their race my own earth pony sister clover is taking the lead in a project already it makes me proud but no one knows about her being head admirals sister other than Luna, Twi, Dash, and their 8 friends. So I’m not sure who else they have told but I assume no one they seem trustworthy occasionally that farmer pony seems to visit her they seem to be good friends but I have not gotten the chance to even just sit down and talk to her and when we are alone it seems awkward and we don’t talk unless it’s actually about protection detail’s as we walk through Saddle Arabia recruiting for our cause assassins and mercenary’s join us and try to bring shame onto our name we weeded them out quickly. Also dash loved making those damned sand ponies try and race her no matter what she won. Many of the original guards are mad she got such a big bump but I keep my eyes peeled for danger even if I can’t protect her and hold her like I want I still would jump in front of an execution squad for her.
My first day of my new school with my picture of me and the friends I left behind in ponyvile I’m so close to the entrance I can see everypony standing in line waiting to give their papers to the academy pony guards there is also griffon and even a few zebras I can’t wait to try and make so many new friends but dash and brother are gone I see the way they look at each other and I hope they have a family together cause I love them both. As I entered the gate and saw 3 guard’s one taking papers and two standing at the ready all three were earth ponies just like me. I was happy my first friend Starcloud he was a Pegasus from Canterlot where his dad was a mason who built walls for the royal castle and the royalty who apparently always acted like jerks to him and his dad but he’s like a scorpion he looks mean but I can tell he’s just scared.
My first period class my instructor for drill was Captain jewel who was one of my brothers guards till he decided to teach us as a request from the head admiral but I’m not supposed to tell anyone that he is my brother. But I didn’t get to see my friend till 5th period when we ate lunch together with his griffon friend Gertrude who was kind of shy but opened up to him and me it was wonderful to see my new friends smile and laugh till somepony named herald who had a bugle cutie mark came over and took our table cause he was one of the children of the admirals I hated it but I knew better than to cause a ruckus but my friends had other plans and the guards came over and broke us up and we were taken to the admirals office where the only other pony who knew about me was sitting I was open jawed and she smiled at me then got serious yelling at us and telling me to stay back where we talked “you know your brother would be ashamed of what you did but also very proud.” She said with a somehow mean tone but I then smirked and said “I am grateful you’re here but I don’t even really know my brother anymore.”
She frowned and said “I am sorry you have to learn how hard life is at your age no pony has ever come close to the suffering you and him have endured but I will always be here to talk to you my young filly friend.” The door shut behind me as I left for my 11th period where I could return home afterwards but it was a class I wasn’t prepared for or even sure what to do (fade in chalkboard with the words swordsmanship 101) the words instructor Starblossom one of the fiercest and most veterans soldiers who followed my brother and Louie from Ponyvile “The sword will only follow the will of the wielder not the force of the swing.” The lesson still didn’t help me I couldn’t even pick up the real sword only the Everfree wood sword it was heavier than the jungle wood that most ponies who were not earth ponies had to use but even then at my age Star said I needed to work out more but I had the class with both my new friends and when brother comes home I can’t wait to introduce him cause he said he would be here for family day where all the ponies bring in a family member and I can’t wait.
Brother couldn’t come home but dash did and she said she would be my family which was great because it seems I knew her better than my own family but I was happy. When we got to school all the guards saluted her and when I entered the homeroom the bell rang and dash and me were sitting next to each other when herald walked in he and his dad the admiral sat next to me dash saluted the admiral and so did I he sat down rubbed my head and said I would be just as good as her and when the parents stated talking about their jobs dash told the whole class how she was protecting the head admiral everypony even the adults were in awe but the admiral stood up and said that she was the greatest royal guard captain he ever saw with most sincerity in his voice he was a weird Pegasus with a unicorn child but he was cool he talked about how he and brother would have coffee and do many things together when he was finished and the bell was about to ring my brother walked in I ran to his side he wasn’t wearing a helmet or any armor but herald said loudly
“Your brother ha he’s not even in the military” but then the emblem on his robe showed pass the door and everypony knew what it was he was a inquirer one of the meanest and most hardest ponies jobs but even admirals resected them they were our religious guards and only took orders from her highness or Head admiral and anyone below those titles bowed to them I was happy he was here and he hugged me and smiled and told all the ponies how he was the third pony who joined our society and founded the NLR he even said besides Louie he was the only other pony who knew the identity of well himself it almost made me giggle and every pony wanted to talk to him but another hooded person appeared it was his holiness Harkin the high overseer of the order and my brother bowed to him and talked to him before leaving after hugging me and dash goodbye at lunch me and dash had hay fries.
I introduced her to my friends they asked where my brother went and I said I didn’t know but he must be doing something important but as the word left my mouth a hoof touched my back it was my brother I spun around and hugged him and both my friends bowed but he said “That’s very unnecessary any friend of my sister is a friend of mine.” They jumped up and introduced their fathers but then Starcloud’s dad asked where our family was the three of us went from laughing to sad in a matter of seconds when my brother said “They were burned alive in Everfree forest and then almost everypony in earshot turned and silence was all over and then dash and my brother and me turned to leave when the admiral came to my side and told me that the Head admirals family was the same and that he wished he could of found the red hooded culprits when he said that my brothers eyes were lit a blazed but he said something that only the admirals knew “Good riddance.” When he whispered that I was shocked and cried to dash when we got home after school.
She told me it was like a password to admirals but I knew it was a lie. I woke up in the middle of night in the castle my brother was crying but dash was holding him and all I saw were their muzzles meet and they got up and went somewhere I couldn’t see one of the guards asked what I was doing I told him I was just checking on my brother he blinked and said come on little one let’s get you off to bed. The following morning when I left for school my usual secret route that same guard from last night ran into me and asked “why are you hiding Clover?” I told him the whole story and how it was a secret I lived in the castle and then he led me the whole way to school I made a new friend and he was named Tiger cause he was a zebra from saddle Arabia and he once fought a young tiger when he was going through his warrior ceremony and earned his name for his ferocity and courage. He led me to school every morning my friends met him and even talked with him.
Dash and Tiger met one day when my brother was leaving for some sort of meeting with the princesses in Canterlot and a peace summit with the dragons near the old Luna castle he couldn’t hug me cause he was the head admiral then but Dash hugged me and told me that she and him had a surprise when they come back I couldn’t wait. Tiger was my appointed body guard to school every day till they came back he was happy about it always smiling and laughing with me in the castle. But one day while the peace summit was in action Tiger got sick and I didn’t have a guard one morning and a man wearing gold armor like that of princess celestia’s guards ran into me with a funny look he apologized and asked if there was anypony who could carry a message to Head admiral and I pointed him towards the Barracks and told him to ask for Tiger and he nodded and trotted on to the barracks and then flew off to I don’t know where but Tiger ran out of the barracks to the castle and did not stop when he got there Louie in his armor took the letter from him and told him to leave and he was shocked and ran into the castle with an alarmed look on his face.
Herald ran into the class room saying that Dash and Brother had been kidnaped I immediately stood up and ran out the school my friends behind me but they couldn’t follow me into the castle where I lived and I met with Tiger he told me the whole story. When I had entered the castle the admirals surrounded me but Louie yelled at them for trying to scare me but Heralds father sat there watching me I think his name was Night something but I didn’t care I just wanted brother home Louie took me to my room where I waited and it was voted that they would send their new recruits from Arabia to save him with their powers to hide and be invisible they would be useful for a stealth operation till my brother and or Dash came home I wasn’t allowed to leave except for school the admirals thought I would be a security risk but the enemy leaders already know who I am and who brother is why hide it then a knock at my door came it was my friends Louie had let them come play with me we had fun spending the night together I even slept next to them they could tell Dash being gone I was sad so they stayed.