The sound of the propellers hummed behind as I looked out over the planes below. At the horizon, in the light of my beloveds moon the ground was getting darker.
The plains were going over into thick shrubland and only a few kilometers after that... jungle.
Soon.
Hoofsteps against the upper deck behind me and I glanced back, "Up to get some air?" I asked Midnight as she walked up next to me, a pair of nightseeing goggles on her head.
"Gets hot beneath deck," she admitted, "Even with cooling spells it gets a bit stuffy. You can tell we're almost home."
"Mmm," I agreed and sighed softly, giving her a small smile, "Vacation over, back to work."
That drew a small grin from her, "Vacation, right. Speaking of vacation, I may ask Tempest to join me for one soon."
"That sounds like an excellent idea," I agreed, "I'm thinking somewhere snowy, a wooden cabin and a hot fireplace, a snowstorm howling outside, hot mugs of cocoa or wine sitting by the fire..."
I might detest cold, but Sparks liked snow and so did Sunset. I can handle a chill for their sake. And cuddling by the fireplace sounds nice. Maybe we could even get Luna in on it too.
…Celestia…
Midnight smiled, her wings shifting, "That sounds amazing," she said and then blushed, "But I was more thinking of an expensive manehattan hotel with room service."
"Ah yes, the kind where you go to your room and don't come out for two weeks, huh?" I teased with a grin.
She cleared her throat slightly and glanced away with a small blush.
Seems like I hit the nail on the head there. The idea was very tempting too, just close the doors of the so-called palace back home, tell everypony to buzz off and spend a couple of weeks with Luna, Sparks and Sunny and see how many neighbors we could make move away due to noise disturbances.
Too bad that'd never happen.
"What's that?" I asked with a small frown into the darkness as movement in the sky drew my attention.
"What's what?"
"Something is flying," I said with a frown, "A pair of dots."
Midnight glanced at me and then squinted behind her goggles, "I can't see anything. Pegasi?"
"I can't tell, it's too far away. But I don't think so," I said wearily, "But they look too big to be a pegasus."
"I'll alert the guard."
I stopped her with my wing, "No, wait," I said, "Hold on for a bit, not like we can't blast whatever it is from the sky if it starts to get belligerent."
Slowly the shapes started to grow and I caught small flashes of metal in the moonlight as they approached, slowly turning into a pair of sky chariots.
They were heading straight for us and I could see that instead of two pegasi pulling each, there were four and they were all wearing Nocturnis armor.
Circling around to line up beside us, they expertly avoided the turbulence of the propellers to set down on the upper deck behind us.
The pegasi were heaving for breath, not even looking at us as they sank down, first onto their knees and the to lay down, clearly completely exhausted.
"Good work, everypony," Moon Glow said and jumped off the first chariot, the pegasi, followed by a dozen guard ponies, five with her and six in the other chariot.
She trotted up to me, pushing a pair of nightseeing goggles down from her eyes to hang around her neck before she saluted, "Welcome back, your majesty," she said.
"Thank you, Glow," I said and then looked behind her as the guards that weren't laying on the deck formed up smartly at attention. A good portion of which were thestrals, but two of them were unicorns, "May I ask what's all this is about?"
"We departed as soon as we got word you were returning," she said seriously, "To ensure your safety during transit over the jungle. We don't want a repeat of the last time."
We were half way, which meant they would have needed to fly hard to reach us this quickly.
Which explained the exhausted pegasi.
"Thank you," I said quietly, "Let's hope things go a bit smoother than that however. I appreciate it, but you may stand down now and get some rest, you have had a hard journey to get here."
She saluted again and then glanced back, "Star Stripe, Star Strike, get the carriages strapped down! I need to go talk with the captain. Everypony else, get some rest."
The two unicorn twins saluted and moved to start strapping the carriages down and releasing the pegasi from the pulling harnesses.
I sighed softly, "Amber," I said and turned away to spot the changeling where she was standing behind me.
She blinked, "...How did you know I were here, sir?" she asked.
I smiled, "Because I know you," I said and gave her a quick hug, "Missed you, bug."
"Missed you too, sir," she said and hugged back.
"Go down say hi to Skitter, she and some more lings are along for the ride."
"No, sir. My task is to guard you."
I shook my head and gave her another quick hug with my wing before letting go and looking out over the approaching jungle before us.
Didn't even get back before pushed back into my role.
My bucking life, I swear.
Looking to the side, I spotted Midnight watching me. I raised one eyebrow at her.
She smiled softly and touched my shoulder with her hoof for a second before she turned around and walked back inside.
Turning around, I followed her inside.
Might as well get some writing done, needed to clear my head.
great chapter
Nocturnis welcome it's Prince, nice.
Also:
, probably should be
But if it's actually correct version of sentence, it's one hell of confused Amber.
I wonder if somewhen in the future they make a Statue in Pages honor. There is one in Canterlot, but what about Nocturnis?
Page will be surrounded by others.
Twilight and Midnight on his sides, Luna behind him.
The plake will read:
The Stud and his Alicorn Herd
The Statue in Canterlot shows after the defeat of Tirek shows Blank Page, but not as Batpony Alicorn.
We need a new one that shows his Batty-Corny side now
I am surprised the Alicorn Griffinstone Worthshipper don't try take over the Alicorn Statues Tempel grounds.
That in turn releases the Alicorn Dracula Alucard and we get a Batpony expert. Maybe one to court the Sun Alicorn to come to the dark side? After all,
Moonlight is more romantic ~♡
Page returns and the loyal subjects rush to meet him like a puppy left alone for a few hours.
Sounds about right.
Thanks for chapter!
Have a good day!
plains
was
Hiver via Moon Glow: (kicks open crate) "Avoid scurvy, have an orange."
Page: "And-"
Midnight: "And..."
Moon Glow: "...And?"
Page: "Guess the breaks over then..."
Midnight: "Guess so."
Page: "Okay... back to work."
Moon Glow: "Well gee, I feel kinda guilty now..."
Hiver: "..."
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You have a point 👍
Where else would you be?
poor amber, she must have been crazy when he dissappeared
I don't think Page and Celestia are gonna be able to keep this up for much longer
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It's them or Cadance might crack from their connection
YET
Page: I'm surprised you brought unicorns with you.
Moon Glow: Ah. They are part of the new security protocol for you and Midnight. They are the Portal Prevention Unit.
Page: The what?! MORE security? Really?
Moon Glow: Twilight and Tempest have concluded that we cannot assume other universes will leave you and Midnight alone. Discord even confirm more fears during the interrogation about an unknown entity called "The Comment Section".
Page: The comment section??
Moon Glow: Star Stripe and Star Strike are now trained by Twilight with portal dispel spells. One of them will be with you or Midnight at all times!
Page: Oh this is completely unnecessa--
Moon Glow: YOUR MAJESTY. We are not losing alicorns again. This unit will only be until we can incorporate the spell into the town barrier. We are nervous as it is knowing you are on an airship right now so please! Give us some peace of mind!
Page: My travel track record is not that bad...
Moon Glow: Yes it is.
Page:
Chrysalis: "Skitter? What are you so gleeful about?"
Skitter: "My plans are coming into fruition, Mother! Soon, Amber will be turned into a princess, too! THEN--Battle Royal on the Risk Board! "
Chrysalis: "Whu--? "
Skitter: "We need six royalty to play, Mother."
Chrysalis: "Daughter--if that is what you're aiming for, we already have six princesses! Those five insufferable alicorns, and you! "
Skitter: "Mother! Twilight and Twilight-clone NEVER play the game correctly. Whenever one or both of them play, they're ALWAYS trying to make peace instead of trying to conquer the world! "
Chrysalis: "And yet there's still one flaw in your plan, Daughter. Even if you convert Amber into becoming a new princess, and exclude Twilight and Midnight, that still only leaves you five. Who would be your sixth princess?"
Skitter: "You, Mother! True, you're not a 'princess', but as our Queen, you're still very much royalty! "
Chrysalis: "*gasp* Skitter! I--I'm--I'm flattered... and honored! I had no idea you were so manipulative. I'm so proud of you! "
Skitter: "And with your experience, we're certain you'll be a formidable player and will have much to teach us."
Chrysalis: "'We'?"
Skitter: "Well, the others--Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and I came up with the idea together."
Chrysalis: "Well--I'm looking forward to it, then. For your information, and feel free to pass to the others: all of you had better pray that I don't secure Austraeoh before the second round. I've NEVER lost a game where I've had The Hole that early into it! " *grins evilly*
Skitter: "Challenge accepted, Mother!" *grins evilly*
Chrysalis: "So--when can we expect your sister to ascend?"
Skitter: "Tonight--or tomorrow, at the latest."
Chrysalis: "So soon!?"
Skitter: "With Page back, the other members of the herd will be glomping him as soon as we arrive in Nocturnis. And with Amber assigned to guard him, she'll achieve critical mass from the ambiance alone. It is--inevitable."
Chrysalis: "c.tenor.com/XS-jrtk_r84AAAAC/good-good-evil.gif "
Chrysalis: "Just--curious, but why haven't you ever invited Zeezzkekeezzkzk?"
Skitter: "Mother! Please! As much as we like him, he's an alien! He probably doesn't even know what Risk is! Much less, how to play! We'd be spending the entire night just explaining the concept to him!"
Chrysalis: "True."
Hiver: "Kevin Lee, AGAIN!? I can't wait for Amazon to send that temporal transduction barrier I ordered from Gallifrey! And I've still got that time-travel story ... arc ... to ..... plan ....... out--ohfuckheisherelookingovermyshoulder!!!"
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Awesome read I can only recommend! ♡♡♡♡♡
So - many - sequels
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Absolutely priceless
♡♡♡♡♡
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Me reading the comment:
Maybe Discord could give him his cold res back at least, if discord needs a favour.
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Blank Page has become immune to Chaos magic.
No more Discord influence via magic.
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I mean, Page could probably get his pegasus magic back through regular magic, if he waits long enough for magic science advancements. Assuming he's been permanently screwed over by discord, I mean.
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Not immune to Chaos magic. He was just purged of the thing that made him a thestral when the spell solidified it.
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Good to know, so he's normal state is a bat-pone.
Than getting cold resistance would be beneficial for Blank-pone.
Nice
All things considered, a rather sensible precaution. Regular Royal Guard training would be far more suited to urban and rural terrain, as opposed to jungle survival.
Grammar jackboots:
looked out over the plains below. At the horizon, in the light of my beloved's moon
first onto their knees and to the ground
"Go down and say hi to Skitter