//------------------------------// // The Threat // Story: A Beautiful Night // by bakersong //------------------------------// As she flew back to Canterlot after leaving the party she couldn't help but think of how good of a couple Onyx and Twilight were. She knew she had made the right choice in ending their relationship otherwise rob Onyx of actually being happy just as she was. Though she could still say that she was happy again. She had Song back with her, even if the circumstances didn't line up like she had wanted. But as long as she didn't give up on trying to help him she knew she could get him back, even if he didn't remember who exactly he was. When she left he was doing better than he ever had been since this whole thing started. But she could tell something was now amiss as there seemed to be a very powerful shield surrounding the entire city. She recognize it as Shining Armors signature shield spell that had earned him the spot of Captain of the Royal Guard. Why would her sister have him put up that shield now? Knowing something was defiantly wrong she hurried back as fast as she could go which would cut her time in half now. The only thought that crossed her mind on why that defense would be activated was because there was a threat made. She had to get back and make sure her sister was okay, and then check on Song as she knew that the shield would barely cover the prison. As she flew she noticed that three pegusi guards were flying towards her, knowing that they had probably spotted her flying towards the city. So she slowed down and made her war towards them. When she did meet up with the three guards they saw that it was her and made a normal protective formation around her and guided her to the palace. "Sister, what's going on?" She asked as she flew into the palace. "Oh Luna i'm glad you're back." Celestia said giving her sister a hug. "As for what's going on, as i'm sure you're aware of the shield means that there was a threat made. And before you ask we do not know by who." "What was the threat?" She asked. "Luna somepony tried to break out some of the most dangerous criminals from the Canterlot Maximum Security Prison." Celestia answered. "Is Song okay?" She asked concerned and frighten. "Yes he is, but for right now I think it's better if you stay away from the prison as there seems to be a few prisoners missing from their cells. We believe that whoever did this wanted those specific ones to amount some sort of attack." Celestia answered. "But I have to see him, he still has time!" She said. "Yes he does, but do you think you can wait until after the wedding for you to continue?" Celestia asked, and though she had a look of calmness Luna knew that her sister was hiding something from her. "Tia tell me what happen exactly? I know you're hiding something from me." She said glaring at her sister. "I'm afraid that's all there is Luna. Please promise me you won't go to the prison until the wedding is over, which is only in three days." Celestia said with begging eyes. "Alright I promise you,but how long does Song have?" She asked taking a deep breath to calm herself. "He still has three weeks Luna, he will be fine. I've already sent word to him that you won't be able to visit for safety reasons." Celestia said. "Now do you think you could take over watching the city?" "Of course sister." She said going towards their watch post. ---- "Good mourning." Onyx said giving Twilight a kiss on the nose as she woke up. They were still intertwined with each other and now that both of them were awake neither of them wanted to move. For all they wanted to do now was stare into each others eyes, both of them a little sore from the previous night's activates. But the moment was ruined when they heard a knock from down stairs. "Uhh, I wonder who that is?" He asked annoyed and started to move. "No, please let's just lay here and pretend we're not here." She said pulling him back down, but then there was another knock and she let out a groan as he got out of bed. "I'm sorry my starred princess, but I can't just ignore somepony at my door." He said giving her another kiss on her nose. "Fine, let's go." She said with a pout. They both quickly brushed their manes from conjured brushes while heading towards the door. The knocking continuing as they moved a little slower. Both of them were still annoyed at the interruption but they knew they had to get out of bed sometime today. "There ya are Twilight!" Applejack said as the door flew open. "Pinkie told us that you probably still be here. Though that doesn't really surprise us after what we heard." "W-what do you mean?" Twilight asked gulping and blushing slightly. "Umm, do you want to come in? And what do you mean us?" He asked doing a better job at hiding his embarrassment. "Why yes we would most certainty like to come in thank you for offering." Then the three mares walked in, Applejack of course who had been knocking, Rarity who had accepted the invitation, and Fluttershy who for some reason couldn't make eye contact with them. "Now, like Twilight asked what do you mean by what you said, and it's no problem about the party since I cut it short." He said. "Yes we heard about that, but that's not what we're talking about." Rarity spoke. "Okay, well then exactly what are you talking about?" Both Twilight and Onyx asked giving each other a slight smile. "Well if y'all really want to know we did stop by after we got done with what we were doing, but by then the party was already over." Applejack said giving them a smirk as their faces turned a slightly different color. "And well let's just say we heard some noises coming from his room." "Um we're sorry for eavesdropping though. We didn't mean to." Fluttershy also turned a little red. "I-I have no idea what you're talking about." Twilight said looking away. "Oh come now darling, a lady doesn't make such noises unless doing certain actions, and that goes the same for stallions." Rarity said. "And besides Pinkie already told us about your little present of a massage. Now I may not know that much about enchantments and what not, but from what I hear the candles you got were from a very special spa in Canterlot. And from what I hear those candles can make anypony do things with each other." Applejack said her smirk growing. "Now before you say anything darling we need to get going, we do have a picnic to get to." Rarity said. "Oh that's right I totally forgot!" Twilight said planting her hoof to her face. "It's alright sugercube, we understand why you would forget after last night. Your mind was else where after all. Hey where did that Onyx go anyhow?" Applejack asked looking around the room. "What do you mean, he's sitting right..." Twilight trailed off as she looked and her coltfriend was no where to be seen. "Where did you go?" "I-i'm still right here." A voice said coming from where he had been sitting. "Oh that's right, you do illusion magic. So do you turn yourself invisible often?" Applejack asked. "No not really." He said as he started to undo the spell. "So exactly why did you turn invisible? Was it because of what we were talking about?" Rarity asked. "Umm, uhhh..." He couldn't find the words now. "Oh so it's because ya were embarrassed huh?" Applejack's smirk returned. "M-maybe we should not tease them about this until later?" Fluttershy squeaked out, and both Twilight and Onyx shot her a look of gratitude. "Fine, but only because we have to go." Applejack said. "Yes while it's been fun, we should get going." Rarity said. "Well thanks for coming." Onyx said to them as they walked towards the door. "What your not coming?" Twilight asked. "Afraid not, I have to catch up on some paper work. You have fun okay?" He said standing up. "But I thought you said you'd come." She said with a pout. "Well I would if it wasn't for the party, and something else that came up." He said giving her a little wink which made her blush, and he could hear some giggling from behind her. "So i'll see you later okay?" "Fine, but you owe me a date now." She said walking out of the door. "And a massage." His mouth slightly hung open at the remark since she said it while turning her head to look at him and gave him a wink. But that wasn't what made him let his mouth hang open, it was the fact that she seemed to sway her hips a little bit more than usual. "Uh, yeah. I think i'll get started on my work then." He said gulping and walking to his office. --- "So do you think she'll figure it out?" Feather asked. "I have no doubt that she'll eventually find out what happened, but I prefer to tell her myself. But I would prefer to wait until after Cadence and Shining's wedding. I have a feeling that whoever attacked S-s-song, will want to attack during the wedding as well." Celestia said a look of guilt crossing her. "You know it was not your fault at what happened to him right? The guards should have been paying attention." She said putting her hoof on her princess to comfort her. "I know, but it's the fact that I have to lie to my little sister about this. I'm afraid of what might happen." Celestia said closing her eyes to prevent tears. "Why are you worried? Didn't Twilight and her friends take care of her dark side?" She asked. "Yes, but that doesn't mean she won't get upset to the point of going on a rampage to find who did that to him." Celestia answered. "And I don't think I could lose my sister again, not after I had to banish her the first time she lost control." "Shush now, you won't have to worry about that. And if you do I will still be here to keep you company." She said wrapping both of her hooves around her lover in a comforting embrace. "I will never ever leave my Celesti." "Nor will I leave you my sunlight." Celestia answered nuzzling into the embrace letting some tears roll down. --- "That was great last night." Rainbow said giving a cocky smile. "I know it was, and hey you weren't half bad yourself." Hot Shot said. "Please I did better than you did." She said. "Oh I got a bit of a question for ya." "Okay, well what's that?" He asked giving the pegusas a curious look. "What's your real name?" She asked. "That question huh? Well my real name is actually Quick Shot, but I didn't even know that anypony knew that Hot Shot wasn't my real name." He answered. "Well I usually keep tabs on my ideals, not in a stalker way of course. But how did you get the name Hot Shot then?" She asked. "Well that's because my signature thing is shooting flaming arrows." He said with a smirk. "And as I showed you I can be pretty accurate." "Well you shooting some arrows may sound impressive and all, but you should see me perform a sonic rainboom." She said. "Yeah maybe I can get ya to do it the next time we get together." He said his smirk growing as she changed color. "Um, hey what time is it?" She asked. "It's about noon why?" He asked. "Well I have to go to a picnic soon. See ya tomorrow just like we planned okay?" She asked getting ready. "Of course, and if you're going to a picnic be careful I hear that there are two bears who try to steal picnic basics, one is big and for some reason wears a hat and tie, and he travels with a smaller bear who wears a bow tie." He said. "I'm not worried about some bears, I mean I could take them. But Fluttershy will be there and she's an expert at dealing with animals." She said brushing her hair which still looked ruff. "Exactly what do you mean by that?" He asked. "Oh she takes care of them, you know as in when their sick or something. And she can communicate with them as well, so if those bears show up she'll just talk to them and just give them food anyways." She said. "She sounds incredible, maybe we could get her to jo..." He was stopped by the glare she was giving him. "She's off limits, don't you ever suggest that. She is to sweet, innocent, and shy to even do such a thing." She said in a angry and stern tone. "Fine, fine. Well shouldn't you be going and i'll see ya tomorrow." He said. "Yeah, we'll see now." She said jumping out of the window. "Geez, I was only kidding about her joining anyways." He said under his breath. --- "What's the latest report about the location of our army?" A female voice asked. "They should be here on the day of the wedding, and those of us already inside have already token over a good amount of the Royal Guard." Another voice said, this one belonged to a male. "Good, my plan is coming together. Soon we'll have Equestria under our control with me as their new Queen, which is a first. I never understood why that wanna be ruler Celestia never took the title of Queen." The mare said. "I don't know my queen, and it looks like our guess is awake." The male said. "Oh, looks like you need some more help sleeping my prize. Even if we lose I know i'll at least be getting a constellation prize with you." The strange looking mare said and her horn glowed green and he feel asleep again.