The King of Angels

by Wheenesss

Chapter 13

(Ponyville, Sugarcube Corner, 4:21 PM)

Blue Lily stepped into the bakery with a large grin on her face. She watched as ponies stood in line, sat down and ate, or left with their order in hoof. Pinkie Pie was running the counter, happily taking orders.

"Hey Pinkie!"

The pink mare turned to her and waved, "Hey Lily! Sorry, I can't talk right now. Working and all!"

"That's fine. When will you get off? Something awesome just happened right now and I need to tell somepony!"

"Ooh~!" the party pony's smile got bigger, "My shift ends in about two hours, can you wait until then?"

"No problem!" Blue Lily replied, leaving. There were a few ponies who needed to know Minuette had been invited to the Royal Wedding, especially Twilight.

(Canterlot Castle, Hallways)

Isaac and Trixie calmly walked side-by-side across the hallway, pretending to be patrolling to the ponies who passed them by.

"How much farther?" the disguised showmare whispered.

"Just a few more flights of stairs. Celestia's chambers are near the top of the castle." the stallion replied.

"How do you know the Princess won't be in there?"

"Cadence knows her schedule, which I now know because I looked over her memories. Right now she should be holding Day Court."

Trixie nodded and they went on walking in silence. It was like that for a few minutes, until they turned a corner and saw a certain Captain of the Royal Guard. He was sweaty, horn glowing bright as he maintained the barrier

"Follow my lead." Isaac ordered. His expression changed to one of panic as he ran up to the unicorn, Trixie following after him.

"Captain!" he called, the two thieves saluting when they got to him.

"What is it? Have you found her?" Shining Armor asked with a stern expression.

"No, not yet. But, the guards you put at the Royal Gardens! They've abandoned their posts!" Isaac answered. They were probably still searching for Discerning Eye and Nightmare Moon somewhere in the city. Not that the unicorn in front of them knew that.

"WHAT?!" he replied eyes widening, the he snarled angrily, "I'll have their flanks for this! This is no time to messing around!" he said, running right past them.

"You two, keep patrolling!" the stallion ordered from a distance.

"Yes, sir!" they replied, saluting again. When Shining Armor was out of sight, the two of them started started snickering as they continued on their path, hoof-bumping.

"Even the Captain is an idiot!" Trixie giggled, then stopped to consider that, "Why hasn't Equestria been invaded by changelings before now?" she thought.

"It's not his fault! He probably learned by the example of the last Captain!" Isaac chuckled.

"Why haven't we been conquered yet?" the disguised showmare asked.

"Hmm?" her employer replied.

"Trixie means think about it. The Elements of Harmony were in the Princesses' old castle in the middle of the Everfree Forest when Nightmare Moon returned. According to the newspapers at least. Sure they're in a vault in this castle when needed now, but why not before? The Royal Guards are incompetent, and so are the Wonderbolts when they're not doing aerial tricks." he stared at her with a raised eyebrow on that comment, "I heard that Sparkle's pet dragon temporarily got huge and smacked them around like an abusive parent." the unicorn said.

"I'm assuming when you ask 'why', you mean aside from the Princesses." a nod in return, "Have you heard of Narrative Causality?"

"No."

"In fiction, it's when things happen for the sake of the story, logical or not. Like how this country has been as well off as it has despite the way it's run, or why Twilight's dragon, whose name is Spike by the way, didn't kill or seriously injure anyone during his rampage. The real life equivalent would be Destiny, Fate, or whatever you want to call it. For example, why could six civilian mares brave the terrors of the Everfree Forest, then just so happen to be able to wield the Elements of Harmony, which were the only things capable of defeating Nightmare Moon, who could have just easily killed them before they got to the Elements but didn't?"

Trixie went silent for a moment, "So you're saying that Twilight Sparkle and her friends are the real life equivalents of the main characters in a story? What does that make us?"

"My guess is either side characters or the villains." the disguised angel replied with a shrug.

"And you're okay with that?!" she asked, her voice rising in volume, "Just being there to make six ponies look good?!"

"SHHH!" he hissed, putting a poof on her mouth. When she calmed down, he removed it.

"Of course not, but maybe that can change."

"How?" she demanded quietly, "If anypony's going to be the star it's going to be me!" she thought, scowling.

"I'm not from this world. I shouldn't be here, and yet here I am. Destiny has to account for the changes I've made and are going to make somehow."

"That's fine for you, but what about Trixie?"

"Twilight is special among the Element bearers. She was born in Canterlot, she's incredibly gifted at magic, she's Celestia's personal student, and she's the wielder of the Element that wouldn't appear unless the other five were there. The other five Elements are also powerless without hers. Is it too much of a stretch to say her friends revolve around her in a way? The five of them would probably still be friends, but I bet they wouldn't be as close as they are now without Twilight."

"What's your point?"

"Let me be the Twilight to your Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, etc... I know for sure your life wouldn't be as important in the grand scheme of things without me."

"What do you mean by that?" the unicorn asked, looking rather annoyed at him.

"Your purpose was to teach them that excessive bragging was wrong and could get you in trouble. What if I told you that after that, you'd grow to irrationally hate Twilight for 'showing you up', despite the fact that she was just defending Ponyville from a dangerous beast, and resort to using a dark magical artifact to get 'back at her'? You're angry at her already aren't you?"

"You're damn right Trixie is!" the mare growled, "Why does life revolve around her anyway?!"

"Sure you're angry now because of what I just told you, but what about before we met?"

She looked away from him and grunted, "Trixie... admits to having a few revenge fantasies now and then while working on that rock farm."

"Yes, and do they make sense when you consider all the facts?"

The stage magician sighed, "No, they don't."

"Exactly. I know the signs of Destiny's handiwork, but now you're one of main characters."

"In your story."

"You're fine with being Royal Adviser instead of Queen aren't you?"

Trixie looked at him with an odd expression, almost as if wondering something, before nodding.

"So that's it." Isaac replied. They continued their walk in silence

(Ponyville Market)

Blue Lily trotted to the stand where she met Applejack yesterday. The farm pony was there once again, selling apples and apple-related products to the masses. She'd tell her the news to pass the time before Pinkie got off work.

"What's up Applejack?" the unicorn asked, going up to the counter.

"Hey Lily, here to buy apples?" the farm pony replied with a tip of her hat.

"Sure, but first I need to tell you something really important."

"What is it?"

"Get closer." the orange pony leaned in a little and turned her head, "The mail just came, and Minuette got invited to the Royal Wedding between Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Captain Shining Armor to be one of the bridesmaids! Isn't that amazing?!" she whispered excitedly.

Applejack's eyes widened, "Are you sure the groom's name is Shining Armor?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Because in addition to him bein' the Captain of the Royal Guard, he's my friend Twilight's big brother."

"Okay?"

"Sugarcube, I didn't even know there was a Royal Wedding coming up until you just told me. I don't think Twilight knows either, cause if she did she would have told us."

"That doesn't make sense. She should have been one of the first to know. Did she get an invitation yet?"

"Nope."

"Oh." Blue Lily looked rather disturbed by that.

"Yep, and I don't think she'll like the fact that he just broke up with her old foalsitter without telling her either."

"They dated I guess? Twilight really liked her?"

Applejack nodded.

"That sucks. What was her name?"

"Cadence I think?"

The unicorn looked confused, "Wait, isn't that short for Mi Amore Cadenza?"

"It is?"

"Yeah, I think so. Wait, that means they're the same pony! Your friend was foalsat by a Princess?!"

The farm pony rubbed her head, "I-I guess? Gosh, I don't think Twilight knew either or else she would have mentioned that earlier today."

"How do you not know when your foalsitter is royalty?"

"I dunno, Lily. I'll ask her later. Now how about those apples?"

"Right, I'll have 5 apples." the orange mare nodded, got the produce from her crate, and handed it to the unicorn.

"That'll be ten bits"

Blue Lily reached into her shoulder bag and gave her the money.

"Thanks, bye!" the mare waved as she walked back home.

"Bye, Surgarcube!" Applejack waved in return. Then she sighed, "Now how do I break the news to Twilight?"

"Operation: Angry Twilight is a-go." the unicorn thought. All she had to do next is go home and wait for her prize.

(Canterlot Castle, Celestia's Private Chambers)

Isaac and Trixie walked in, shutting the door behind them quickly. The room was gorgeous as expected. A yellow queen-sized bed, a priceless looking vanity mirror, a window with a view that was probably amazing, pink carpeting, a nightstand, and other such things were inside.

"We have to move fast." the disguised angel said.

"Where is it then?"

He grinned, "Under her bed of course." His horn glowed brightly as he levitated the bed out of their way, letting it down slowly with a soft thud.

What was revealed was what looked like a door on the floor. There was a hole in the middle of the door where it seemed a horn was meant to go into.

"What's with the hole?"

"A door needs a lock doesn't? Celestia's horn must be the key. But first, you need to know this. Once we open that door there's either going to be a loud alarm going off, or Celestia's going to teleport in due to some alert thing she has telling her that someone's in here while she's not there."

"Princess Cadence's memories told you that?"

"No, but it's what I'd do after what happened last time. Anyways, if its the latter here's the plan. I'll try to talk her up to distract her. When I yell now, shut your eyes immediately and keep them closed until I tell you to open them."

"Planning on using a flash spell to blind her temporarily?"

"Yes."

"Let Trixie do it. Brightness is her specialty of course." she smirked.

"But can you lie smoothly without talking in the third pony?"

The showmare huffed, "Yes, I can actually."

Isaac looked conflicted, but then nodded, "Fine I'll trust you. I have to let you do something on this trip, right?"

"Of course."

In a flash of golden flames, the disguised angel turned into a white unicorn with a horn that matched Celestia's in shape and length. He walked over to the door, craned his neck down and stuck his horn into the lock.

*CLICK!*

The door opened inwards, revealing a set of stairs leading down.

(Canterlot Castle, Celestia's Throne Room)

The Solar Diarch's eyes widened as she felt the hidden chamber in her room get opened.

"Excuse me, my little ponies." she said.

Before they could get a word in she teleported away, leaving a bunch of sputtering nobleponies.

(Canterlot Castle, Celestia's Private Chambers, Secret Room)

Isaac and Trixie looked at their objects of desire. One with awe, the other with smug satisfaction.

"Beautiful aren't they?"

"Absolutely! These would be worth a fortune!"

"Ah, but these are worth so much more than money, my unicorn friend!"

"What are you doing here?" Celestia demanded in a no-nonsense tone as she teleported into the room right behind them.

Both thieves turned to her with wide eyes.

"Y-Your Highness? What are you doing here?!" Trixie shrieked, legs shaking in fear.

"Let's see how you do." Isaac thought, faking fear as well.

"I should ask the same of you, changelings." the white alicorn replied, walking towards them.

"What?! We're not changelings?! We were just curious about what where down here!"

The Princess scoffed, "A likely story. Why does your partner's horn match my own then? You wouldn't have been able to get down here otherwise."

"It's just a cone, Your Majesty! See!" the disguised angel said, removing it and revealing an average-sized grey horn instead.

"Thank you quick and subtle shapeshifting." he thought.

Celestia didn't let up, "How did you know this room existed?"

"My older brother was a guard a few years ago before he got paralyzed in an accident! He told me about these even though he wasn't supposed to!" the showmare lied, pointing towards their prizes.

The white alicorn facehoofed, "Her brother was probably one of the guards posted there when she disappeared.Things like these are classified for a reason damn it!" she thought angrily.

"We're sorry, Princess Celestia. Please don't banish to the moon or turn us into stone or lock us in the dungeon or-" Trixie rambled before breaking down crying, tears and all.

"She's good." Isaac thought, looking wide eyed and terrified, but still remaining composed.

The Solar Diarch sighed and walked over to the 'royal guard', wrapping a comforting wing around her, "I won't do anything like that, my little ponies. But Captain Armor will be hearing about this, and you will be punished. Understood?"

"Yes, Princess Cele-NOW!" Trixie shouted. Isaac shut his eyes immediately. The showmare's horn let out an incredible glow, blinding all who would look at it.

*FLASH!*

"Urk!" The Sun Princess grunted, temporarily blinded. She stumbled backward as her eyes felt like they were burning from the bright light.

"Damn it all to Tartarus!" Celestia swore mentally, trying to grab them with her magic but failing.

"Okay open them!"

"Good Job! We'll each grab one and then hold onto each other!"

"Right! Hahaha! The Queen will have an easy time taking over Equestria if it's ruler is this easily fooled!"

*FWOOSH!*

The familiar sound of a teleportation hit her eyes as the white alicorn's eyes stopped stinging enough for her to open them. Alas, they were gone, and they had stolen two of the most potentially dangerous objects in the world.

Celestia grit her teeth, glaring at the spots where her stolen property used to be. Her eyes started glowing with anger, and her rainbow mane turned into one of raging flames.

Then, she just sighed and returned to normal. There was no point in getting angry when what she needed to do was go on a ponyhunt, or bughunt as it were.

"Just one thing after the other." the Solar Diarch growled, running up out of the room.

(Canterlot Castle, Broom Closet)

*FWOOSH!*

In a burst of flames, Trixie and Isaac appeared with the spoils. With a second application, both of them were back in their true forms.

"Nice touch with the Queen thing. Now she'll think changelings are the thieves."

The unicorn bowed with smirk, "Trixie aims to please, but why aren't we out of the castle yet?"

"I still have two more things to do here. Wait here and try to listen out for anything interesting."

"Why?"

"It'll be quick and no fun at all." the angel replied, picking up the jar containing Nightmare Moon and Princess Cadence off of the floor. He unscrewed the cover, reached into it, and pulled out the ancient evil in mouse form. The pink mouse immediately looked grateful about it, if the new bruises and happy dancing were any indication. Though Luna's darkness did not look unscathed herself.

"All right, here's what's going to happen. You're going to let me into your head so I can remove your memories of Cadence, and if you don't I'll change you back into an alicorn and let the polar griffons kill you. If you accept, I promise I'll fuse you back together with your other half. Which will it be?"

Nightmare Moon just hissed at him and tried biting him. He merely tightened his grip, causing her to squeak loudly in pain.

"Keep in mind you can't rule over Equestria and make the night last forever if you're dead."

The black mouse glared at him, then grudgingly nodded. Isaac nodded and put a finger to her forehead. In a moment, she was unconscious as her altered memories took hold inside her mind.

*FWOOSH!*

He was gone in a flash of flames, as always.

(Canterlot Castle, Dungeons)

"Thank you for the tea, servant." Luna said, holding the cup in her hooves.The mare nodded, having passed it through the bars.

*FWOOSH!*

"Hey Luna!" Isaac greeted jovially, both hands behind his back.

"EEEK!" the servant shrieked, falling over in a dead faint.

"Isaac! You swine, what are you up to this time?!" the alicorn of the night demanded, jumping onto all fours. She would have blasted him already if not for this blasted horn cone.

"Is that the way to greet someone who came all this way to return something to you?"

"What?!"

"Think fast!" the angel replied, pulling out Nightmare Moon from behind his back. He quickly ignited the demonic rodent with his golden flames, and tossed her right through the bars at the moon princess.

"AAAAUGH!" Luna screamed when the mouse made contact, the flames spreading onto her body as two became one. She could feel herself grow taller, darker, stronger, and angrier. Memories of their time apart flooded into the complete night alicorn's mind. Changes such as these occurred in the shroud of flames, as the observer watched with a calculating expression.

"See you later." the former human replied as he disappeared once more.

(Canterlot Castle, Gardens)

The squadron of guards flinched as their captain tore into them.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! ALL OF YOU ABANDONING YOUR POSTS LIKE THAT! YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO THE GUARD!"

"B-But Captain, that stallion ran away with Nightmare Moon." one idiot interjected.

"And it takes all of you to go after them?! That should be three, at the most! Even with all of you working together, you still didn't catch them! You guys will be cleaning the barracks with your toothbrushes for a week, including the bathrooms, and I will make you brush your teeth with them afterwards!" the white unicorn's mane had burst into flames in his rage, looking not unlike his little sister when she got that angry.

*FWOOSH!*

"Huh?!" Shining Armor deflated, quickly turning around. Only to receive a burning punch across the face, sending the stallion flying across the gardens, the rest of him quickly catching aflame.

"Captain!"

Isaac just sighed.

*FWOOSH!*

(Canterlot Castle, Broom Closet)

"Anything fun happen?" the angel asked as he reappeared.

"You weren't even gone for ten minutes." Trixie replied with a raised eyebrow.

"I told you it would be quick. Let's grab our loot and get out of here."

The two thieves held on to their prize and each other, Cadence in a jar having been put in the showmare's bag.

"Wait a minute!"

"What?"

"What about him?" she pointed to the old janitor tied up in a corner, staring at them with wide fearful eyes.

The shapeshifter facepalmed, "I almost forgot." He quickly altered the senior's memories and untied him, leaving him lying unconscious on the floor.

Once that was over, they held onto each other and their prize again.

*FWOOSH!*

(Ponyville, Minuette's House, Basement)

Blue Lily didn't even react as her other body and Trixie appeared. She was sitting in an old chair, reading a book.

"It disturbs Trixie that you can act so differently at the same time." the showmare said, staring at her fellow blue unicorn.

*SLAM!*

Isaac fell over face first, knocked out.

"Gah! What just happened?!"

"I way overused that body's magic reserves. I'm surprised that didn't happen sooner." Blue Lily replied, closing her book and getting out of the chair. In a flash of golden flames, a second Isaac stood in her place.

Trixie just looked between the conscious and unconscious versions of her employer, then shook her head.

"Has Trixie ever mentioned how strange you are?"

"No, but I get the feeling that it might become a running gag." the angel smirked. He stepped over to his other body, and placed a hand on it's back. Flames spread out from his palm, engulfing what was practically a corpse. The flames then receded back into his hand, taking the body with it.

"They really are beautiful."

Isaac looked back at the showmare gazing at their prizes with an awestruck expression, "Indeed. With these, the possibilities are practically endless.

(Canterlot Castle, Cadence's Chambers, Nighttime)

Shining Armor sighed, opening the door into his fiance's bedroom. It had been a long day at work. All he had to do was say goodnight to her, and then he could go back to the barracks and oversee his guards' punishment.

"Shining~!" a familar, yet sultry voice called to him.

The stallion froze, his eyes finally noticing the atmosphere of the room. The light switch was off, but the room was still illuminated by the scented candles everywhere. There were also a trail of rosepetals, leading to the bed. In that bed, was her. Any airs of royalty were completely gone. She looked at him with seductive eyes, a devious smile on her face. Her mane was straight instead of it's usual curls. The only thing she was wearing were purple socks. She was posed sensually, one foreleg holding up her head while the other traced holes in the bed. Her rear legs were splayed on the bedsheets, her hips titled towards slightly him to show just a bit more of her flank.

"C-Cadence?" his voice came out stuttering.

"Yes?" she asked, levitating a glass of wine from the nightstand over to herself. She took a sip before returning it.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to relieve you of your stress of course. I heard you were having a rough day. What with the search for Nightmare Moon, constantly maintaining that barrier, as well as your new... appendages." she replied with a wink.

*POMF!*

His new wings stood up of their own volition, their owner's blush deepening.

"Trust me honey, I would love to, but I really need to punish the guards for being stupid." the new alicorn said.

"I know somepony else who deserves a good punishing."

His legs turned to jelly at that comment.

"D-Don't do this to me, Cadence."

"Do what?" she asked, obviously feigning confusion. She rolled out the bed and slowly walked over to him, hips swaying.

"I just want to give my husband-to-be a good time. Is that so wrong?" she breathed against his neck.

"Well... I guess a quickie wouldn't hurt." Shining gulped, starting to remove his armor.

"Oh trust me... This will be anything but quick." the pink alicorn said, nuzzling him.

Her scent was what did it. Shining lost all restraint and kissed her on the lips, tongue thrusting in already. The two lovers fell to the ground, him on top of her, laying kisses on her neck. 'Cadence' moaned, eyes closed.

"He's surprisingly good at this.", she thought, slightly opening a glowing green eye. The stallion didn't notice, to into his work. She sighed as he reached a good spot, "I need this after those morons failed to kill... whatever that was."