//------------------------------// // One Last Request // Story: Learn to Love // by N1Chris //------------------------------// “Well, you ready?” asked Perrie as she helps Sky Warrior get ready to report back to Princess Celestia and to end the mission officially. “As I’ll ever be,” Sky Warrior says, shrugging his shoulders while tying his boots, “say, want to come with me?” After hearing this, Perrie rubs up against him affectionately and smiles, “I’d love to.” As she said this, they got all of Sky Warrior’s belongings onto him since he didn’t come with much; just the armor on his back which is now Crystal Empire armor. They came out to Princess Cadence who had her soldiers salute him as he was given the title of Honorary Commander of the Crystal Guard. When they walked among the crowd that was forming, everyone shied away from Perrie once again treating her as if she had a disease. This made Sky Warrior snap and stare intently into their eyes with eyes redder than the fiery depths of Hell. “What. The Hell?” Sky Warrior asks them, trying to hold back his rage, “why are you so afraid of Perrie?” “Because she has wings,” one of the ponies say while trembling, “she’s a freak.” “Yea,” said another pony, “and if we try to associate ourselves with her or even be seen with her, we’ll be considered a freak as well.” “Well how about you get to know her before you make that assumption ya jackwagons! This Empire will soon learn to accept ponies for who they are regardless of what they look like or what features they have and don’t have.” As him and Perrie came got ready to take off, the two scouters came next to them and nodded in affirmation. While the streets of the Crystal Empire blazed with light, Sky Warrior and Perrie took off with quite some power and the 50 soldiers, though tired, went up after them with a roar of cheering behind them. “So,” starts off Sky Warrior, trying to stir up a conversation, “is this your first time outside of the Empire?” “Yea,” replies Perrie as she soars next to him, “since I never had any friends, there was no Crystal Ponies who could exchange the love between me and another person so I was trapped within the borders of the Crystal Heart’s power.” “Well, maybe after what I did, people will learn to respect and love you.” “Thank you so much for being a great friend and more than just a friend. That meant so much to me.” “You’re welcome, you amazing pony, you.” “Heh, not as amazing as you,” she responds while doing barrel rolls around him and blushing. “Ohhh, stop it, you!” Sky Warrior says while blushing amid his golden coat. “Noooooo! I want you to feel good in the time we still have each other.” And then it hit both of them. Once Sky Warrior goes to report back to the Princess, he’ll have to remain in Canterlot, carrying on the life he had before even met Perrie, which meant Perrie couldn’t be with him. A grave silence fell over the both of them with straight faces to hide their true emotion of depression that they don’t really want to do it. Amid this, Sky Warrior tries to start the conversation again, “Soooo, I hope you like Canterlot Castle considering you haven’t been outside of the Crystal Empire before.” “Heh, yea,” wanting the conversation to get her mind off of it, “what’s it like? This Canterlot?” “Well, it’s fucking massive compared to the Crystal Empire, and the palace is only the top part of the actual castle. It goes down for miles, but only a few of the original ponies like me know where it is!” “That’s pretty cool! I’ll have to visit sometime to see that with you, if you know the way.” “But of course I know the way! I was there when they built the thing!” exclaims Sky Warrior, in a position as if he was standing on an invisible platform tall and proud, “And of course, when you visit, though I still wish you stay with me.” Perrie shrugs her shoulders and says, “Eh, I will, though I wish for the same thing too.” In the silence of their graveness, they arrived at Canterlot and waited in front of the palace. Sky Warrior went and spoke with the guard for clearance and Perrie stood there completely mesmerized that the ones who control the sun and the moon live here in this very palace. Nervousness filled every inch of her body as she was about to see someone of the utmost importance. “Alright, we got clearance,” Sky Warrior says after coming back from the guard. “O-o-o…k,” responds Perrie while breathing heavily with nervousness until Sky Warrior hugged her in love for her and smiled. Together, they walked into the palace to the throne room where Princess Celestia was expecting only Sky Warrior but was quite surprised to see another pony with him. “Princess Celestia,” Sky Warrior says loudly and proudly, “through the love of this Crystal Pony here, the changelings have been completely wiped out and I would like to report an official victory.” The Princess chuckles while smiling quite largely, “I shall do that, and it seems as though you did another thing that I originally intended in the first place. Why else would I send my best commander to the center of love here in Equestria with 50 soldiers and only 50 to defend against a horde of changelings?” “Yeah, haha,” chuckles Sky Warrior while blushing and looking at Perrie who was nudging up against him again. “So, you ready to go back to duty and go back to the life that you had?” asked the Princess. The commander frowned at the thought, and pondered at what he could do. He instantly perked up as soon as he got an idea. “Actually Princess, would it be possible if I could be stationed in the Crystal Empire. Something tells me they’re going to need all the help they can get.” Being pleased with what she heard, the Princess says in reply, “I think I can manage that.” “Really?!” Sky Warrior, widening his eyes, “You actually mean it?” Perrie jumped up and down in excitement, squealed for joy, and hugged Sky Warrior tightly. “I love you, Sky Warrior!” said Perrie as she was hugging him. “I love you too, Perrie” says Sky Warrior while smiling with tears of joy running down his face.