Chapter 1
The two Stallions walked up to the guard inside the large castle hiding what ever spit of of anxiety and fear that hadn't been ironed out in training seemed to show on their manes. Their golden armor shone bright in the sun, every bit the pride of a Royal Equestrian Guard. One was a Earth pony, green on his hide, red in the mane. A bit on the short side, and since working all his life, was quite large. The other a white Pegasus with black hair who was noticeably taller, but half his weight. The large ornate doors opened up to a gilded hall full of old statues of Guards, stained glass windows depicting battle of Equestrian past. The battle against Discords remnant forces after the Princesses defeated him, the taming of the dragons, the civil war all those years ago, the Pony-Griffin war, each one famous battle in times past. While such heavy combat was unheard of nowadays, the Guard was not about to forget their historic past. At the foot of the grand staircase sat a small oak table, hoof carved and very old. At the table was a brown Pegasus with a blue mane and spiked tail reading a paper. he was clad in Guard armor, but clearly cared less for the staunch emotionless pose that all other Guards had. In fact he had little to no care about what was around him. The two stood there for sometime as the Pegasus read his paper. He chuckled at a article he read then a minute or two later growled angrily at a second one he read. The other two Guards looked at each other not knowing what to do. Finally, the Earth pony cleared his throat when the paper reading Guard looked up. He saw the two, and returned to his paper.
"Uh, can I help you? Not know where your guard posts are?" he asked half uninterested, half annoyed, and half
concerned
"Uh, no we don't know. We uh, were told to report to a Sergeant David......." said the Earth pony
"May I ask why?" asked the Pegasus
"We were sent here per request. We need to find out where our stations are so we may guard the royal city!" said the Earth Pony
The reaction of the Pegasus made him nearly rip his paper in half and his eyes went went wide and small as bewilderment upon hearing this. His mouth gaped and he looked at them now sad and concerned.
"Who's request!?" asked the Pegasus in shock
"Uh, both of ours." said the Earth Pony, "We wanted to guard the Royal city of Canterlot.
The Pegasus eyes went wide eyed upon hearing this. His mouth quivered a little as the other two looked at each other wondering: "Is this pony okay." Before they got their answer: His hysterical laughter. His laugh echoed through out the halls up the stairs, and rattled the glass on the walls. he was laughing so hard he spread his wings because he couldn't control himself and fell over, the metallic thud hitting the floor. The other two looked on confused as ever as he tried to stand.
"Look, can you just point us to Sergeant David!"
The brown Pegasus finally managed to stand up and saluted to the two of them: "Sergeant David, he he, at your,....... *snicker* service. Who are you two?"
the other two looked at him confused. He gave them a dark look and slammed his hoof on the table shaking a nameplate revealing it to be true: Sergeant David.
"Parents weren't to fond of the names ever other pony get's out there. So yeah, my name is incredibly dull and plain. So, before I order you two to tell me, what's your names?"
"Gold Charger." said the Earth Pony, "Private!"
"Charming Crescent!" said the Pegasus, "Private!"
"You see that's exactly why I don't have names like everyone else! Come on Privates GC and CC..... I'll show you where your posts are."
He walked off slowly, head held high, shoulders straight, the air around him proud. His eyes halfclosed seemingly because he was in the Guards pose, but really, he was bored and wanted to get back to his paper. Charger and Crescent followed him to a large door that looked like it would need both a Pegasus and a Earth Pony to open up and he stopped.
"Private GC! Here!" he said pointing to the left of the door before walking to the right side of the door, "Private CC, here!"
The two walked to their respective sides and stood there.
"Stand tall, firm, and imposing! Just like in training Weanlings!"
"What else?"
"No talking. No one but Guards with proper authority in, both the Princesses, and no talking. whatsoever when people are around. Other than that..... enjoy the life in the Guards!"
He started to walk off chuckling to himself when Crescent spoke up: "How long do we have to do this!?"
David stopped and turned around: "Until someone relieves you! What in the name of Celestia were you thinking when you decided to join the Canterlot Corps?"
He walked off laughing, it's mocking sound echoing down the halls long after he disappeared from sight.
Charger glared over at Crescent who smiled nervously.
"I Blame you!" came the dark and cold voice of Charger