//------------------------------// // Master, You're Back // Story: Master's Little Pet // by Shadow Bolt //------------------------------// Chapter 1: Master, You’re Back Celestia’s sun was high above Equestria. If somepony had a watch, it would be around noon. The sky was clear of clouds, to some ponies it was the perfect day to be outside. A carriage rolling up the road towards Canterlot, the capitol city of Equestria, with its two passengers as their journey back home was almost over. “Look Cadance, we’re finally home,” said the newly crowned prince Shining Armor, as he woke his wife from her nap as their carriage was passing through the gates of Canterlot. Cadance let out a yawn that Shining Armor thought was cute, “It’s good to back, I can’t wait to be back home and relax” as she looked out the window to see the sights. The newlywed couples have returned from their honeymoon and were now on their way to the castle to relax after the long trip. Both looked around to see all the citizens passing by, some even waved to the couple. Both prince and princess noticed many construction ponies were hard at work fixing up a lot of shops and homes that were severely damaged. “Did something happen while we were gone?” asked Cadance. “Not sure,” said her husband, “It could be that their still repairing after the invasion.” Cadance cringed at the memory of that terrible day. “I guess there was more damage to the city than we thought.” After some time has passed, the couple’s carriage was pulling up to the castle gates. The look of the castle put them in shock. “What happened here?!” asked Cadance. “I don’t know,” said Shining Armor as they saw the castle was as severely damaged as the buildings they passed moments ago. “All I know is that the castle didn’t look like that when we left.” They saw the castle had multiple holes in the walls and on the roof and many of the windows were shattered. “Do you think everypony is alright?” Cadance was worrying about her aunts. “Don’t worry, honey,” he said as he comforted her, “I’m sure that everything’s fine.” The carriage finally stopped at the entrance. The driver got off and opened the door as he bowed before them. They got out of the carriage and grabbed their bags. The driver closed the door, then got back on his seat and drove the carriage away. The couple walked up the stairs as Shining Armor was carrying their bags with his magic. They walked through the hallway watching all the servants and maids. They would bow as the couple passed them by and then returned to cleaning up the castle as if nothing’s happened. This gave the couple a state of calm, but Cadance was still worried about her aunts. Shining Armor sensed his wife feelings and nuzzled up to her, as he tried to calm her down. “Listen, why don’t we drop off our bags at you’re- I mean OUR room and then we will look for Princess Celestia and Luna, I’m sure they can tell us about what happened here.” “Your right,” she said, as she was feeling less tense about the situation. She could always count on her husband to calm her down. Soon enough, they were standing outside Cadance’s room. She felt a little strange knowing that it was no longer just her room, but it was now her and her husband’s room. She opened the door and was about to enter until she felt being lifted in the air. She noticed that she was covered in a light rose aura. She turned to look at her husband wondering what he was doing. Shining then stood on his hind hooves, then his aura faded away and her husband’s fore hooves were now holding Cadance. “Dear, what are you doing?” “What do you mean? I’m carrying my wife over the threshold since its tradition.” Before Cadance could reply she was silenced by Shining Armor’s lips. She didn’t give resistance as his tongue was invading her mouth. She closed her eyes and gave out a moan, letting him know that she was enjoying the kiss. With her eyes still closed, she could tell that she was moving as her husband was walking towards their room. He kept the kiss as he walked up to their bed and gently lowered his beloved wife on the bed. The kiss went on for a few seconds before Shining Armor pulled away, leaving Cadance in a state of bliss wanting more. She opened her eyes to see her husband lowering their bags next to the closet and then he started walking off. “Where are off to honey? Come back to bed.” “Sorry dear, but nature calls. I’ve been holding it in for a long time,” he said as he was walking towards the built in bathroom in their room. “Why don’t you start unpacking and then will find my aunt-in-laws? Huh, it still feels weird calling Princess Celestia and Luna my aunts. “Well hurry on back, It’s not right to leave your beautiful wife all alone.” As she got up, she turned away from Shining Armor and started shaking her plot at him. His cheeks quickly blushed as he dashed towards the bathroom, she could hear the door lock. Cadance let out a giggle from the look of her husband’s face as she was teasing him. She always liked teasing him back when they were dating. She kept giggling, as she started unpacking. It didn’t take long for her to finish unpacking as she was now levitating the bags towards the closet. She used her magic to open the door, but the knob didn’t turn. That’s strange she tried opening the door again and again the knob didn’t turn. What’s going on here? Why doesn’t the door want to open as she was getting a little frustrated as she tried repeatedly, but the door wouldn’t open no matter how hard she turned or pulled. She then looked at the door to see what the problem was. Upon closer examination, she saw that the door was locked. She felt a little silly thinking that something so simple was the cause of her problem. I can’t believe that I was getting so frustrated that I didn’t see that the door was locked as she used her magic, she heard a *click* letting her know that the door was now unlock. She slowly turned the knob, this time the knob was moving. As she opened the door, a thought popped in her head, I don’t remember locking the closet door. She looked at the now open closet and smelled something foul coming from the inside. This caused her to gag, What is that smell? As she used her hoof to cover her nose, hoping to block out the smell. She then noticed something in the dark at the bottom of the closet, she turned her head towards the floor. “AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” was all she could say as she saw an unconscious pony lying on the floor. Why is there a pony locked in my closet? How long has the poor thing been in there? I truly hope that it’s not dead. Apparently her scream woke the pony up as it started stirring. Thank Auntie Celestia, the poor thing is still alive. The pony opened its eyes and then used its hooves to shield them from the light. After having some time to adjust, the pony lowered its hooves to see who opened the door. Its eyes were only half opened as it looked at Princess Cadance. “M-M-Master?” the pony said in a groaned voice. From the tone of voice, Cadance was able to figure out that the pony is a stallion. What did he call me? As she wondered, what the stallion had just said. The stallion got up slowly, falling to the ground a few times before he was finally standing up. He then took another look at Cadance with his eyes still half closed. After a few seconds the stallion eyes opened wide and had a big smile on his face and said, “Master, you’re back!” He then jumped up and started giving Cadance a big hug. “I missed Master sooooo much. Did Master miss me too?” Did he just call me master? Was all Cadance was thinking as she was still shocked that the stallion that was in her closet was now hugging her as tightly as one of Twilight’s friends. “What happened, Master? Master said that Master was only going to be gone for a little bit. I waited so long for Master to come back that I lost track of time,” he said as he kept hugging her. Cadance was confused about what the mystery stallion was saying. Why does he keep calling me master? “I was worried that something happened to Master, or that Master had forgotten about me,” he said as he tightened his hug, “but now, that’s no longer the case because Masters back!” his head was nuzzling Cadance’s neck as he finished his sentence. She then felt him being yanked away, she looked to see him floating upside down in a pink aura. “Cadance, are you alright? I heard you screaming and saw this stallion attacking you,” she turned to see Shining Armor behind her with his horn glowing. “I’m fine honey, I just found this stallion lying in my closet and just took me by surprise.” He then walked up next to her as he kept staring angrily at the stallion that was getting frisky with wife. “Alright you, what were you doing hiding in my wife’s closet?” Cadance looked again at the stallion as she finally got a good look at him in the light. The stallion was a unicorn, she noticed that his horn was filed to a point. His coat was aqua blue and his mane and tail were red. Closer examination she was shock to see something she didn’t noticed before. The stallion was dangerously skinny, he was so skinny that she was able to see his ribs poking out. She also noticed the stallion had a partially swollen black eye on his right. She noticed from his good left eye that his eye color was green. She was in a state of disbelief that she didn’t snap out of it until she heard the stallions in whisper like voice so that Shining Armor could only barely hear him, “Master, what is he still doing here? Master said he wasn’t going to be a bother anymore.” “Cadance, who is this guy, and what is he saying to you?” “I have no idea who is he is or what he’s talking about,” she responded. The stallion didn’t say anything, but he kept staring at Cadance. After a few seconds he said still in a whisper, “Oooohhhhhhh, I get it Master,” he winked with good eye and then he looked at Shining Armor and said, “I am just a simple cleaning servant. I’m in charge of cleaning the mast-princess’s room. I was tidying up her closet when the door closed and locked behind me. I tried to open it but there was no knob and I couldn’t use my magic to open it.” Shining Armor looked at the stallion, not believing a word he’s saying. “I tried to break the door down, but there wasn’t enough space in the closet for me to build up the momentum to break it,” he continued his make believe story, giving Shining Armor a big smile thinking that it was working. “Thank you for letting me out, now if you’ll excuse me I’m way behind on my schedule. So if you could let me down, I’d be very grateful.” Shining’s face was nose to nose in front of the stallion, “Nice try buddy. Maybe some time in the dungeon will help you out with telling the truth,” he started walking out the room. The stallion looked at Cadance and tried his hardest to motion her closer. Seeing that he was no threat, Cadance cautiously leaned closer to him. He then whispered to her ear, “Don’t worry Master, I won’t tell him anything. Master’s secret will be safe with me.” He then started moving away as Shining was pulling him with his magic, “Come on you.” Before the stallion was out of Cadance’s sight he gave her a wink and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine,” and a few seconds later, Cadance no longer saw him. Cadance simply stood there again in disbelief over the events of her return, “Just what in Auntie’s name is going on?”