Chapter 4
"You look dead."
"Guhhhhh," I answered Swift Spear, glowering at the unicorn before going back to not trying to fall asleep muzzle first in my bowl of apple cubes, "Whu ya wan?" I grumbled.
"Oh. forgive me, your royal highness," Swift said with a grin and bowed deeply, his polished armour catching the sunshine of the midday sun, "it was not my intention to bother the royal consort of the Princess of the Night, but I have a message to deliver to you, My Lord."
I looked at him sourly, "Ponies without wings shouldn't be that annoying so close to a window,” I grumbled and suppressed another yawn as I picked up my second double strength cup of the strongest blend Silver Leaf sold.
Coffee could in theory be better, but that’d involve drinking coffee and as Equestria wasn’t actually on fire, there was no way I’d resort to such barbarism.
"Of course, sir," he said cheerfully and handed over a scroll before he frowned, "...Seriously though, there has to be an easier way to turn your sleep schedule around around than to just do it like that. That's rough, man."
I sighed and took the scroll in my magic, "Not really easier, just drags it out a lot longer," I grumbled, "At least like this it'll be over in a couple of days," before I unrolled the scroll and tried to blink my eyes clear enough to be able to read it.
“Princess Celestia, blah blah blah invite blah blah diplomatic blah blah Minotaur delegation, blah dinner, blah. Princess Sunshine, ruler of the pony country of ponies and cakes’' I read before letting the scroll roll back up again and dropping it onto the table as I tried to remember what I was doing at that time and drawing a complete blank, "Uhm… Amber?"
"Yes sir?" Amber asked, poking her head out from behind the curtains behind Swift. To Swifts credit, he didn't even twitch at her voice behind him.
"How's the... uhm..." I said and then frowned, "The... you know the... the thing that tracks times and meetings and such..."
"Schedule?"
"Yes... yes, the schedule for a couple of days from now? Just got an invitation from Sunshine to a diplomatic dinner with the minotaurs in two days. Am I clear then?"
"Yes, sir," Amber said with a smile, trotting over and refilling my tea, "I cleared the next few days of what little was planned."
"Oh. Uhm, thank you."
Amber was amazing.
She nodded and her wings buzzed slightly, "Queen Chrysalis does want to see you when you have time though."
I nodded and popped an apple cube into my mouth, "Did she say what it's ab-" I started to ask before my brain caught up a bit with my mouth, "...Forget I asked, she never does."
Amber smiled a bit in apology, her wings doing a small buzzing sound, "...Sorry, sir."
"Don't worry about it, she is who she is," I said and shook my head, suppressing another yawn, "I'll be free tomorrow evening, could you let her know?"
"Of course, sir."
Because there was no way I’d meet with Chrysalis while this groggy. That’d be like walking into a tiger cage while blindfolded and with a bleeding leg wound.
Smiling, I got up and moved up to Amber, giving her a quick hug with my wing, thinking about our friendship and of Luna and Sunset for a second before I let go. While I had to be careful not to overfeed her like I accidentally did Skitter, I didn't want her to go hungry either.
Giving her a smile, I returned to what passed for breakfast before I looked at Swift, "I'll write an answer to Celestia after breakfast. Want to hang around until then or are you busy?"
"Dude, I'm in the guard. I'm never busy," Swift said with a grin and dropped down to sit across from me, "Well, unless we are. Don't tell my boss, but a lot of it is looking busy rather than being busy or they might give you something to actually do"
I glanced down at my tea. Dark, dark golden brown.
Not strong enough. I need to try triple strength, maybe let it steep longer. Wonder if a spoon can stand up in that?
I then looked to Swift with a small frown, "Wait, you’re Nightguard. I’m Luna’s Consort and husband, wouldn’t that technically make me your boss?"
"What's your point?"
"...Never mind," I sighed and sipped my tea. Maybe I should have done this slower instead of just getting up after two hours of sleep.
At least I could put off whatever Chrysalis were going to-Gak!
Fern had somehow snuck up on me without me noticing and then tried to jump into my lap, knocking me off the bench and onto the floor, table, fruit bowl and tea all going flying as I went down beneath the playful wuffspirit.
“Fern! No! Down!” I yelped in surprise as I tried to push him away as that leaf tongue went across my face, “I’m awake! I’m awake!”
“Mruff!!”
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Everyone's favorite, adorable plant-monster survived the hiatus! So happy.
good dog
Dogs gonna dog
Fern saw Amber get snuggles and wanted some of his own. Good Puppers!
dogs no matter the form never change
Cute Alicorn size puppy for the morning wake up call...
I would love to read more about it. In slightly longer chapters perhaps 
Nice to see things looking up again
After having recovered weeks from the 'sun to the face' incident
That's something I can wholeheartly agree with.
Never understood how anypony can like that.
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That's okay, not everyone knows how to appreciate the finer things in life.
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It just depends on how you define "the finer things."
*Once again...a dramatization of Hiver's storytelling process*
Hiver: Hmmm...What to give my desperate readers? Should I give them hope (not really) to progressing one of the MANY MANY potential Page ships I been teasing for YEARS? Or should I mention a minor plotpoint from 90 chapters ago making it look like I can plan something out?
*wormhole appears* Discord: Why not both?
Hiver: That's brilliant! Thank you Discord...tho I'm surprised you're not bothering me about the Fluttershy thing right now.
Discord: Directly asking you for something never works. We all know you're not going to do anything about that for at least next 40 chapters...IF we are THAT lucky!
Hiver: ...Am I that predictable?
Discord: YES!
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Thanks for the new chapter! Looking forward to the update!
So, does the throw away line/chapter with the Minotaurs from 2 or was it 3 Story’s Ago pay dividends now?
Because that would be awesome. 😊
Also, fern is really bad behaved but just adorable.
I think this is the first time you bothered to explain where the **** one of his changeling guards was hiding. It was funnier when you didn't, and then canon backed you up by showing them as capable of turning into arbitrary inanimate objects.
Hey Hiver I think you should have an image of every character in the story somewhere (maybe on Derpibooru or Deviantart) or something like that because I can't remember how some characters looked like.
Especially after the break.
I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't remember original characters colors,etc.
So an image gallery with all original characters or one image with all of them with signed names would be helpful
Of course, the exception is Page because we see him everywhere
Good Fern!
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It’s the slow burn I appreciate. Makes it when he did hook up with Luna then Sunny all the more worth it.
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I kinda do.
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By request.
Keep it up!!!
Well, made it through all the prequels. The world building is amazing and the characters are easy to connect with. I think the biggest draw is the chapter length. I see a 900 word chapter and think I can read that real quick before bed, or on lunch break. Then, because I have no impulse control, I am suddenly 10, 900 word chapters down the line, wondering where the last hour went. Very nicely done. Sadly, now I must give up the binge and wait for single chapters to be released. You are a cruel author. :(
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Glad you liked it.
The best part of waking up, with fern in your lap.
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Objection! Luna in his lap is waaay better!
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...I need that as a react image, stat!
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I think mine wins
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That image is so feckin adorable....... saving it lol
WORDS TO LIVE BY, my friend. Words to live by...
Remember: your immediate superior is like your mother - in that if you're found bitchin', he'll give you something to bitch about.
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(mopping up rain)
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(vacuuming the parking lot)
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(this might be the evillest one though: sweeping the desert)
Though, as Bill Hicks once said...
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Say what you want, not even Luna is more efficient at waking you up. Nothing beats a leaf tongue…
Page sure have other worldly problems. At least Ferns breath will not stink of dog breath. Maybe of forests and occasionally of intestinal supplements?