“Aaah!” I snarled and twisted, rolling onto my stomach before glaring over my shoulder, “Fold, damn you!”
Luna smiled where she was laying next to me, “Relax, love. You'll learn to control them, Twilight had problems at first too.”
I just sighed, trying to fold my wings. They kinda twitched. Every little current in the air made my feathers shift and it kinda tickled. I was insanely aware of every single little gust of wind through the open window with them sticking out like this.
“I suppose I should expect it to take more than a couple of hours,” I sighed again and shook my head, pushing them from my mind, “Luna?”
“Hmm?” she asked and nuzzled softly.
“...What will be the fallout for this?”
Luna tilted her head, shifting her wings in thought, “Difficult to say. There has never as far as we know been a male Alicorn. It's difficult to say how ponies will react to the news.”
“I didn't ask for this.”
“I know,” she said with a smile, “I didn't think it was possible.”
I grimaced and nodded, trying to shift my wings again. The feathers were feeling ticklish, moving in every single air current the way they were sticking out now.
“And Tirek? We are sure that he is...”
“Dead.”
I had never killed something before that wasn't a Night Terror. Insects, but nothing else. I drove over a squirrel once I guess. I wonder if I'm supposed to feel guilty or something over it. Mostly I was relieved he could not hurt anypony ever again.
“Of course, this does mean you saved the Kingdom again,” Luna said with a small smile, “You are getting another window.”
I just sighed, “And with these things?” I asked, waving my right wing. Hey, it moved! Not like I wanted it to, but it half folded!
“You'll figure them out,” she said and shifted closer with a smile, her wing settling across my back behind my raised wings, “You did want to be able to fly. Now you can.”
That perked me up a bit. Flying... wow. I would be able to fly. I couldn't help but smile at that, leaning against her side. Wow.
I then suddenly jerked upright, “Shit! Swift Spear! Skitter.”
“He is fine,” Luna supplied, “Not happy, but he returned safely a couple of hours after you defeated Tirek.”
“Oh. Good.” I said and slowly relaxed again. Man, he is going to be so pissed with me. Yeah, I kinda deserved it as well, what I did was really dickish.
Luna nuzzled at my ear, “I checked on Skitter on the way up here as well. Her condition is unchanged as far as I can tell. She don't seem to have been affected by Tirek or the magical wave.”
“Thank you, Luna.”
She smiled, “She is important to you. Of course I would watch out for her.”
I gave her a quick kiss and leaned against her, “So what now?”
“Now, you rest. We can discuss the other matters later. It will take weeks to plan the coronation anyway.”
I jerked up at that to stare at her, “The what?”
“The coronation?” Luna asked with a small frown, “What?”
“Why is there an coronation?”
“You are a Prince now.”
I just stared at her and quickly shook my head, “The hell I am. I'm an alicorn apparently. I want nothing to do with ruling.”
Luna sighed softly, “Page, lay down and think. All other alicorns are royalty, ponies are going to expect the same of you.”
“Well, I don't want it! They can fuck off with that!” I exclaimed and then looked back at my wings before turning back to her, “Who knows about this? Can we hide it? Illusions until you teach me that transformation spell?”
She frowned faintly, “...Page, even if we did manage to hide it, sooner or later ponies is going to notice that you are growing and not aging. Even Twilight has grown several centimeters already. Within the decade she will be Cadence's size. I don't know how things will work with a male alicorn, but I would not be surprised if you grew to my sister's size in the end.”
“Who knows!?” I quickly asked, surging up in slight panic.
Luna sighed, “Me, my sister, Cadence, Shining Armor, Twilight Sparkle. Some guards and a pair of doctors. We have been keeping it quiet while we worked on how to do the reveal.”
“So we can still hide it?”
“If that's what you wish, My Page,” she said quietly with a small sigh, “But... it will not last. A few decades at most before somepony notices even if you manage to learn the transformation spell.”
I shifted and laid back down, my wings folding on my back by their own, “...I know, love. But at least I would have time to adapt. Even then, I don't want to be a prince, it feel so... pretentious. I don't even want my current title,” I said before I perked up, “Wait, I'm an alicorn! I could order ponies not to treat me like royalty!”
Luna raised a eyebrow at me, looking amused.
I frowned at her, “Not going to work?”
She shook her head with a smile, “Twilight tried that.”
Sighing I leaned against her side, “Well, damn. Back to the plan to hide it.”
“Well, if that's what you truly wish, we could try,” Luna said quietly against my ear.
“Thank you, Luna. How long would it take to learn the illusion spell?” I asked, nosing at her neck.
“Don't know, it's not that difficult but very detailed. A week maybe? You being injured would cover that time for the public, we can push back the award ceremony until you 'recover'.”
I cringed at that but nodded. There were only so much of the fallout I could realistically avoid and I'm pretty sure that was one of the things I couldn't duck out of.
Luna nipped at my ear tip, “...Page?”
“Hmm?”
“Do you have any idea exactly how good you look with wings?” she murmured and pressed closer.
Foof!
Damn it, Luna! I just got those folded!
Hmm so now you get to keep both camps happy, he will be an Alicorn, but not look like one or be known as one... Smart, but I am excited to see how much stronger he gets, hard to hide that.
Wing boner *poof* AWAY!!!!!!
Heh heh heh. Now Luna has two was of making him stiff.
Him trying to hide it... This is going to fail so spectacularly.
I wonder if he will get buff or something, that would be great.
Ah the wing boner, the bane of all things with wings everywhere, griffons and pegasi especially. Just say or do the right thing and *fwump* they shoot open like a spring-loaded trap. Now is your chance Luna to get revenge on Page for all the times he messed with you!
This will be hilarious. I still feel that the way he ascended is a little weak as it would allow for pretty much all of the main six and Sunset Shimmer to ascend.
7402033 Didn't you know? Unicorns are always 'stiff', always quite horny you could say.
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7402086 Yes, they just need to get most of the magic in Equestra to flow through them and be using there special talent at the same time. it not that hard. Sarcasm
Page's luck dictates that once he learns it, the illusion spell will drop at a rather poor time.
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Nope, as an team alicorn for good reason camp ie not way Twilight got it, I find it kinda cowardly to back down from the responsibilities that come with the wings. Sure he didn't want nor expect this to be the outcome of murdering Tirek, but you gave your wings... Own up to it. You were the one who looked to Black Magic to live with Luna longer, now your wish was granted you are trying to back out of it.
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I want it to fail during the medal ceremony. Fuck hiding the wings, swallow your distain for being royalty and own up to the life you made. You could have ran like Luna said, but you grew some balls and killed what amounts to an Eldredge god. Where did that courageous bastard go?
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The equivalent of a magical nuke went of in his face... The fact that he survived is impressive, his Ascension is in line with how Twilight was nuked by the Elements of Harmony.
Liar.
Truth be told canonically, Twilight doesn't seem to catch that much fanfare onscreen.
7402170 she's too adorkable for that
7402153 Being fair, he probably wished for it or something like it to happen. Not that he was asking for it - what with him thinking it wasn't actually possible as best as he knew.
Be careful what you wish for. Seems like Page is getting cold, er, wings.
Nobody has ever said immortality doesn't have a price, although I think he is overreacting.
Wingboners are now possible for page, oh no the horror
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Same thing.
Despite his wishes I sense this will come down to a double coronation,
Him and Skitter. "If I gotta do that sh#% so do you!"
Does this mean Page would eventually reconsider his "mares only" rule? When you have all the time, the small possibilities become certainties.
Jokes aside, I'm curious about this 'Alicorn equals royalty' rule. Is it written in an ancient stone somewhere? Clearly, there's social expectations, but regular ponies have become and are royalty right now. Other than the traditionalist nobles in Canterlot, who's to say the rest of the population would be so opposed to a non-royal Alicorn? He's the first male one too, so he's already an outlier.
Yay! Shenanigans!
Somebeing is going to spill the beans, Discord to be accurate. he could easily give out photos of Page's turning Alicorn.
7402243 its like boner: eh.... wingboner: Damnit!....
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This is actually hilarious blackmail material, and it would work because Page wasn't even that upset with Discord's betrayal.
That said, I don't expect the secret to last very long. At the longest, the middle of the next story. More than likely, Discord could spoil it immediately during the award ceremony, when the Princesses are not prepared for the reveal. Maximum chaos and all that.
Celestia should just go out and announce it.
"Oh, you wanted it kept hidden Page? Well tough luck, now have a Pagicane."
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Erm... Where on Earth did you get that idea?
Page was unsurprised by Discords betrayal. That doesn't mean he wasn't angry about it.
I suspect Page's list of "People To Viciously Murder" looks something like this right now:
1) Tirek2) Discord
Is there some ancient law requiring an alicorn to be coronated? I doubt it, so Page could certainly decline.
On the other hand, methinks he doth protest too much. He should man up to the situation and deal with it. It's not as if he hasn't been gifted with long life as compensation for the role, the very thing that most concerned him most with his relationship with Luna. A fair price to pay, if you ask me.
Page needs to quit being stupid.
He'll become a prince anyway if he marries Luna. Technically prince consort, but the position would still come with a lot of social power. He already has the ability to act as Luna's proxy giving him a hell of a lot of authority. He already advises the princesses due to his friendship with them, thereby having significant influence on decisions -- particularly as some of his ideas have proven to be far more sensible than theirs. Being a prince in his own right makes almost no difference in the grand scheme of things, and he could opt for a purely ambassadorial role if he wanted and simply stick to giving advice, like he already does. It's also not like ascension is some top secret either.
Hiding his true nature away is only going to fail and also undermines half the point of having wings. Want to take a flight with Luna? Better disguise yourselves. Keeping a near permanent transformation would likely take a significant amount of power, and as and when it does come out will cause needless suspicion and scrutiny.
Benefits of this plan: pretty much fuck all. Drawbacks: lots.
7402144 That's what we're all hoping for.
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People who marry into a role like that usually don't carry many expectations. So even if he was the Prince-Consort, it would give him a lot more leeway compared to ascending to becoming what can be seen as an ultimate symbol of power and authority in Equestria.
His advice that he gives is not a role forced upon him. It's not expected of him but something he freely gives. By being a full fledged Alicorn Prince, the expectations are somewhat forced upon him and the freedom of choice is sort of taken away from him. Blueblood earlier in this story put on a dolt act to avoid being stressed with expectations of rulership that would be forced upon him being the eldest.
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This may be inevitable in Canon.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2016/06/random-princess-applejack-and-princess.html
Awe such Cute little chapter. This whole thing with hidding his new found wings? It's almost like watching a train wreck or car crash in slow motion. Except without all the death and destruction. It's going to be epically hilarious! When this fails I'm going to be extremely entertained.
Keep up the good work Hiver
-BFBL
I have a feeling that word is going to get out and he'll have no choice but to be coordinated, weather he likes it or not
I think Page should be up front about the wing and just accept the tittle of prince, he already keep one big secret of being a human having a second one will only make things unnecessary complicated in his life.
7402299 I can't wait for that chapter
"You got tall..."
"You got wings..."
"So a lot happened while you were asleep..."
"It's all my fault!"
"Nooooo well... Wait no not your fault at all."
7400595 Sorry, I was using "Coup" as a benchmark for "very Bad Things For Royalty"(tm), though it can never be said Nobility were the most stable bunch of thinkers, just look at human history. Add in a reporter with a personal hate on and a vivid imagination and all Tartarus could break loose.
Many would be afraid for their own power base. A new Royal and all, who is NOT safely far away in a frozen wasteland or introduced to the public as a harmless foalsitter to nobility -One who is the first Combat Mage in centuries, who some bright spark historian might read did not have the best track record in the end... Some might even believe he let Tirek out of Tartarus so he could look good for the Princesses.
Assassination or kidnapping attempts are the most likely, though any (admitedly very unlikely) Coup would be at the Princesses to make them renounce Page &/or banish him and "Free them of his EEE-vil mind control!"
Edit; and Twilight has no power base at all, rejecting the Canterlot court and holed up "like a monk in some podunk town" somewhere out of the Noble's sight.
Now I am sure that in the next story he will deal with parenthood.
7402605 Where is the fun in that? Each Princess has taken to the crown willingly. Now you have Page. He is the reluctant Prince. He is in denial of his status, not because he is lazy or unqualified but more that he has doubt in his abilities. We have seen though that in the thick of it he steps up without hesitation not really realizing that he is doing well.
I look forward to his growth into this role and the hilarity of him trying to keep a lid on it.
Anyone wanna guess who finds out first?
The Reporter from the beginning?
His guard buddies?
Sunset?
Skitter and Chrysalis?
My vote is Sunset.
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Some guards know, I wonder if that includes Swift...? It seems like the kind of thing Luna might show him to cool his temper slightly while Page was unconscious.
7403096 Oh, I agree with on what you said, the story would be fun if he didn't try to tip tow about. My thoughts are more of the ground of the annoyance of all the work of having to hide things from others and spinning lies to his friends for as long as possible and the longer he holds out on that secret the more they will be hurt that they peeked it from them all that time. And I don't see why he would think that he would be for to take on more responsibilities that what he isn't comfortable in dealing with. So far Twilight doesn't seem having much more responsibilities thrust upon her so far, compared to the beginning of the show at the moment. She even complains about her tittle of princess being meaningless seeing that she didn't do anything really important,seeing that she doesn't have any real responsibility tided to it, only having to pull a rope that allowed it to unfold the Equestrian flag. So I don't see why he would he would see himself force into the responsibility of royalty. the main problem that I could imagine that could happen is that he gets swamped by work and doesn't know how to delegate tasks to the right person, which he already has done in the past with little difficulty.
He ain't gonna suceed.
Story is titled.... Consequences.
The squirrel or Tirek?
Certainly, the former wouldn't be able to diabolically use cute looks to send cars/carts swerving off the road. Though that might be more Angel's shtick.
...yeah, sorry. Couldn't resist.
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7403251 hmm true enough, although to be fair he doesn't know that.
7403187 I guess we will find out.
7403039 hmmmm because they are both Alicorns would the baby be guaranteed Alicorn? Beat Flurry Hearts to the gate?
7402231 to be fair he just became a Demigod. Or at least an immortal.
7404359 well we know unicorn + alicorn = albatross
So
alicorn+ alicorn = argentavis??
thats if luna and celestia can even have children anymore since theyre both hundreds of years old, cadance is still her age i think
Oh lord have mercy...
...there better be a small Page or small Luna in the future!