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// Chapter 2 
// Story: Canterlot Troubles 
// by R-Dashiefan20 
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I stood in silence for a moment trying to process what had just happened. I jumped as I felt a hand on my back. I turned to see Luna standing behind me. 

"I told you we would make them change their minds." She said with a smile. 

I hugged her, then immediately jumped back. 

"Um, sorry princess. I just... you don't know what this means to me." I said. 

"It was no trouble at all. Now, come on, there's a certain brokenhearted pegasus that's waiting to see you." She said. 

We walked out of the building and onto the cloud that supported it. We took off and headed for Ponyville. After about an hour of flying, we reached the town. As I searched for Dash below, Luna handed me a small black velvet box about the size of my hand. 

"This is for you. Use it when you are ready." She said. 

I put the box into my jacket pocket. I spotted Dash in a field with a younger pegasus trying her best to fly. 

"Thank you so much Luna and Celestia." I said as I headed down. 

Dash was sitting in the crook of a tree. I landed silently behind her and grabbed her by the waist, spinning her around to face me. 

"Hey, what the..." She started. 

Her face lit up as she saw me. Her magenta eyes grew wide and she started to cry tears of happiness. I wiped her tears away and kissed her. We stood there in a long embrace for what seemed like an eternity. 

"Ooh. Dash, is this your 'boyfriend'?" A voice asked, breaking us from our trance. 

I pulled away from her to see the young pegasus sitting where Dash was. We both blushed and looked away. Dash inhaled sharply and looked up. 

"You know what? Yes, he is. Scootaloo, I'd like you to meet my boyfriend. Jet Stream. Jet, this is my protégé, Scootaloo." Dash said. 

"Nice to meet you. You must be pretty cool if you won Dash's heart." She said. 

"Well, thank you. I like to consider myself to be pretty awesome." I said. 

"You sure are. Now, Scootaloo. If you don't mind, we have some catching up to do. So, run along now." Dash said. 

"Really?" Scootaloo asked. 

Dash just glared at her. 

"Fine, but, you owe me a flight session." She said as she hopped on a scooter and took off. 

"So, how did you get out of being reassigned?" Dash asked as we sat down on the grass and leaned against the tree.

"Well, on my way to HQ that night, I ran into Princess Luna. I told her about our situation and she said she'd help me in what ever way she could. During my hearing today, she and Celestia showed up. They threatened to shut down the CF if they reassigned me and separated us." I said. 

"Celestia and Luna did that for us?" She asked. 

"Yep. Not only did they leave me as captain as this jurisdiction, they gave me a special assignment too." I said. 

"What's that?" She asked. 

"I'm the personal guard for the six of you ladies." I said. 

"Why would they do that?" She asked. 

"They said they feared a great evil was coming. But, whatever. As long as I'm with you, the world could end right now and I'd still be happy." I said.

"Really?" She asked. 

"Of course. I love you, Dash." I said. 

"I love you too." She replied.