The Princess and the Sentry

by Neroson40


Why Do I Need A Spa!?

Twilight Sparkle
The Letter from Shining that said that Flash was more than Likely going to be spending a month in Ponyville soon made butterflies flock to my stomach. Though the rest of the letter, about him pushing himself a little harder than necessary made me worried. But then again, Princess Celestia would only do this otherwise if I asked her to, which I didn’t. I waited by the station for him to arrive. The convoy of Guard Ponies returning from the lines brought tears to my eyes when I saw the happy faces of their families… then I saw Flash get off the train. He still made me swoon at the mere sight of him, but he looked… different. His muscles were swollen and glowing a sore red. He looked so tired that he couldn’t take his eyes off the ground. If I didn’t stand right where I was he probably would’ve just kept on walking until he hit a wall.
“We really need to stop bumping into each other like this,” I said as we hit the floor. I helped him up and asked if he was okay.
“I was fine until I got permission for this vacation,” He laughed only to double over in pain. “Sorry.”
“It’s fine…” I said. “Let’s go to the spa, that’ll help you relax a little.”
“What self-respecting soldier goes to the spa?” he joked.
“A live one with few other options,” I responded. He snickered.


Flash Sentry
“Why are we asking your friends to join us?” I asked. I thought this would be the date we established a month and a half ago, as in just the two of us.
“They still can’t believe I have a boyfriend,” Twilight said. “They need to meet you, at least once.” The only one who could make it was Rarity, and for some reason I was okay with that. Rarity got one good look at me and then ordered something extremely longwinded for me when we got to the spa.
“Wait, what?” before anyone could answer I was dragged away, massaged, bathed, manicured, and given such a relaxing facial that I lost track of time. When I got out of the treatments Rairty and Twilight were already done and Rarity paid for all of us… and my eyes nearly exploded when I saw the number of zero’s behind the nine, and Rarity was paying for it all!
“Don’t worry about it,” Twilight said. “Rarity makes double that much in three days with her fashion designs.”
“My sister was into fashion for a while, and I didn’t hear about her until I met you, why’s that?”
“She took off last year.”
“Well, Darlings,” Rarity said. “I need to get back to work, I’ll be out in a week or so.” And she was off. I swear the spa ponies used some sort of energizing magic back at the Spa, because I didn’t feel tired in the slightest when Twilight showed me to the library she called home.
“Spike, my dragon partner’s away on business for Rarity, so we’ve got the place to ourselves for a while.”
“If he’s your partner why’s he working with Rarity?” I asked.
“Because Kasa Nova can’t take his eyes off her.”
“Yeah… that’s, uh…. that’s weird…”