Chapter 2: The Meeting part 1
Shining looked on in abject horror as he stared at the princess. Her smile growing ever wider at the words he just spoke. Many questions ran through his mind. Many in the form of 'Why was she here?' or 'Shouldn't she be in the dining room, eating with the other Princess?', but there was one that stuck out the most in that situation.
"Please don't tell her." He whispered as he was visibly shaking. Celestia just stood there, smiling at his situation, ready to assault him with her form of "teasing".
'Hmm...' the Princess thought as she took a white hoof to her muzzle, "Maybe I could have a little 'fun' with you. After all, you have nothing better to do since you're dressed in such a cute outfit. Hey, why not join me in the dining hall so we can show Cadance?" Her smile ever growing as she spoke.
"I'm sure she would love the fact that her husband is a cross-dresser." She laughed uncontrollably as she finished her sentence. Shining just stood there, horror and embarrasment written on his face as he took the verbal threats made to his personance.
"Please, please don't tell her! It took so much time for her to trust me again, and I don't want her to treat me like she did! I'm begging you Celestia, don't tell her!" Shining screamed and started to cry a little his voice sounding more and more feminine as he cried even harder. Celestia stood there, feeling worried that she took her teasing a little too far. She put a hoof on Shining's shoulder as she tried to coo him out of his crying fit. Slowly, Shining stopped crying and looked up at Celestia with a hopeful look. She gave him a warm smile, releasing her arm from his shoulder.
"I'll promise not to tell Cadance about this whole cross-dressing business, but only on one condition..." She smiled slyly as she looked into Shining's eyes. Shining lost what little hope he had. He gaped like a fish at Celestia before sighing.
"What would I have to do?" He asked, fear in his voice for what the Princess had in store for him.
"I have a treacherously boring meeting to attend to later on this afternoon, and I was thinking of bringing you along. After all, the nobles would definitely drool over a mare like you, and I can't wait to see what they might try to pull to get a room with you alone." Celestia started to chuckle ever so slightly, waiting patiently for his answer. Shining wanted to scream with all his being that he would not be a plaything that Celestia could use to drive away her unending boredom, but what choice did he have? Here he was, figuratively hanging onto a breaking thread that could snap on him with a wrong move. The only choice he saw was to do what Celestia said, or face certain doom at the hands of his beloved wife and the ridicule it would pose on his somewhat good name.
"Fine, I'll do it." Shining spoke hesitantly. Celestia turned away from him, only to stop mid-stride, turning her head a little so that she could see him out the corner of her eye.
"One more thing, change back to your original form and get out of those clothes, after all, what fun would it be if one of the maids caught you and told Cadance? It wouldn't end well now, would it?" Celestia mischieveously stated. Shining only nodded and quickly closed the door. He could hear the soft clip-clop of her hooves as she headed back down the hallway leading to the dining hall. He quickly transformed back into his original form and neatly folded his wife's clothes on her bed, then headed for the dining hall where his wife and Celestia would be waiting for him.
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Shining opened the door, where he was greeted by Princess Celestia and Princess Cadance's stares, both sitting next to each other like school-fillies. Shining could only look on worriedly, hoping Celestia didn't spill the beans already.
"Look who finally decided to join us. What took you so long?" Cadance questioned him with an irritated look. Shining looked to Celestia, hoping to get help from her, only to be greeted by that weird grin she always makes when she is up to something. Definitely not a good sigh, Shining thought to himself worriedly. He walked over to sit across the table from the two princesses, before he noticed Celestia whispering into Cadance's ear. Cadance's expression went from annoyed to shocked to pissed beyond belief. Her hatred then turned to Shining as he tried to hide his panic under a gentle smile, hoping to calm his wife down. Unfortunately, she trotted over to him and got right in his face.
"What do you have to say for yourself? You promised me you wouldn't do this again!" She screamed right in his face, making him shrink down to the size of a bit.
"Honey, I can explain!" Shining's panic overwhelmed him in an instant. Celestia promised she wouldn't tell her about what happened earlier! I trusted her! Shining thought in absolute fury and fear.
"No, you promised me that you would take me out to a nice resturaunt this afternoon!" She was beginning to tear up, her anger and frustration getting the better of her. Shining sat up, confused at what she had said.
"Wait, wait, wait, you're mad at me because I can't take you out to dinner? Cadance, I'll make you dinner for Celestia's sake!" Shining quickly turned toward Celestia, "No offense", Shining continued as he turned back to Cadence, "Don't cry over such a small thing. I promise you, under the symbol of the royal guards, I'll make the best dinner for you when I get back." Shining spoke calmly, a sigh of relief escaping his lips. He looked Cadance right in the eye, seeing her expression go from royally pissed to slightly happy.
"That dinner better be the best thing I've ever tasted then!" She gave him a peck on the lips before returning to her seat. Shining glanced at Celestia, noticing her snickering under her hoof at the display that almost cost Shining his life. He scowled at her, but she only snickered harder.
After breakfast, Shining decided to get lost in his own thoughts for once. It's not even noon yet, and I want this day to be over. Where's my normal, everyday happiness gone to? Shining pouted as he continued trotting towards the exit of the Crystal Palace. There, waiting at the door was Princess Celestia with a carriage pulled by two of her elite guards. Unlike the normal Royal Guards, these soldiers had on orange regalia and their fur was pure red, almost that of blood. Shining put on a stoic look, so as not to seem weak in front of his former soldiers.
"Ready to go Shining?" Celestia asked, giving Shining her trademark smile. Shining smiled back, though not as friendly as hers.
"Ready as I'll ever be, Princess." They both entered the carriage as the two soldiers began to pull off into the air. Throughout his career, Shining could never figure out why the pegasi escorts always kicked their legs in the air as if they were galloping. He quickly buried the thought and decided to take a nap, for the ride will be a few hours. He finally nodded off into dreamland as the carriage rocked soothingly, like that of a mare rocking her foal to slumber.
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As the carriage touched down on the ground, Celestia looked to her right to see Shining Armour fast asleep. She couldn't help but giggle at the sight of the former captain. She stared at him a bit longer than she wished because one of the pegasi guards was calling her name.
"Your Highness, aren't you supposed to be heading inside now? You said you were a little late, correct?" Celestia coughed into her hoof while blushing slightly.
"Right, thank you for the reminder, Blaze Wing." The soldier nodded in return before staring straight ahead.
Celestia nudged Shining and he groggily opened his eyes before mumbling about something that had to do with wife throwing. Celestia couldn't help but giggle at his antics. She prodded him again. He stirred once more, this time grabbing Celestia into a hug, which she just smiled warmly at him.
"Shining, if you don't wake up, I'm going to tell Cadance everything, including what you're doing right now." She warned. Shining's eyes shot open so fast, it would have put Rainbow Dash to shame. He scrambled out the side door and promptly fell to the ground with a loud smack. Celestia only giggled some more before getting out and trotting towards the hall. Shining got to his hooves.
"Wait up, Princess!" Shining called, not wanting to be left behind. If only he would've stayed by the carriage, then his life would've been a whole lot easier.
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Besides the apologized-for errors, it was a very nice read! Cross-dressing Shining... I like it!
I don't mind the quality if the story is good. And your story is that kind of good. Also: Feature box
3718793 Feature box?
3718823 Congratz
3718949 thanks for the congrats, but I need to see for myself.
The story still good, but you really need to do something about that gramatical errors.
3720318 I will, just give me a moment to look it over. Appledash hasn't ben on for a while, so I'm a little lost at the moment.
3720323 did we really get fetured already? Also , (clears throat for royal canterlot voice) MY SPELLING ISNT THAT BAD!!!! (Flutter voice) just grammer...
3703191 ....Is that a problem?
3725391 If that line made my eye twitch any harder, I would quite literally cause massive earthquakes on the whole of east-coast America.