I tried not to wince as I slowly shifted to lay down on the couch. Sunset was hovering close by in case I needed help, but I warded her off with an annoyed look, "I'm fine."
"You're not fine!" she answered, "You can barely walk!"
"I have five other working limbs, six if you count my tail," I told her as I leaned my side against the backrest to take some weight off my right foreleg, "Just because I can't put any real weight on one hoof doesn't make me invalid."
Sunset raised an eyebrow, "Oh? And we went to Celestia's rooms instead of Lunas for fun? The reason there are less stairs has nothing to do with it."
I smirked at her, "Well, if you're offering. I'm not sure how much I would be able to move though."
Her cheeks turned slightly red but she smirked right back, "Oh, you would like that, wouldn't you, Wingboy?" she teased as she jumped onto the alicorn sized couch and settled down next to me, careful not to lean against my injured side.
"I very much would," I agreed and then winced as I moved my foreleg wrong.
Sunset watched me with a worried frown before she snorted in annoyance, "When I find out who did this, I'm going to snap their horn at the base and stab them with it!"
I brushed her back calmingly with my wing, "Not sure you'll get a chance. Even if they are caught, I'm fairly sure Celestia and Luna are pissed."
Sunset shook her head, "Oh, you have no idea," she said quietly, "Twi and I figured out something happened before Luna even told us. The sun got so bright it woke us up."
Through a bubble of darkness? Wow.
Sunshine must have been furious.
"Oh."
"At least nothing burned this time," Sunset said and gently used her magic to adjust the bandages at my barrel, "Apparently, Celestia was in the bath when she found out."
I looked at her in amusement, "Well, I suppose that's one way to do it. For safety, keep wet at all times."
Sunset raised an eyebrow at me. I just smiled at her before I tried to get comfortable, "...Where's Sparks anyway?"
"With Midnight," Sunset explained, "They have an idea about maybe being able to read the magic signature from the wielder of the crossbow from either it or the site of the teleport."
I frowned, "that seems like a bit of a longshot, especially after this long. It's been almost two weeks."
Sunset sighed and looked down at her hooves, "Considering the best witness found just described 'a cloaked figure', it may be our best chance."
"You might be right."
She looked at me, "...Aren't you angry at them? They tried to kill you!"
"I likely should be," I admitted and rested my head against the couch, "But I'm mostly just tired of everything just always going wrong. You know, I was actually completely happy for a couple of days there. It seems the universe didn't like that."
"Page..."
"Everything just goes wrong. And it always ends with me being smacked about, clawed, set on fire, turned into something else or in this case, shot. Or even worse, made responsible for yet another thing. Why do I always get hurt?! …Why is it always me…"
Sunset moved around to face me. She touched her horn to mine before sliding closer until she rested her forehead against mine. She didn't say anything. I just closed my eyes and leaned slightly against the touch.
My side hurt. My Doctor wouldn't give me the good drugs anymore. Or even the medium drugs.
I felt like going to live in a hut in the forest.
Oh wait, I tried that and ended up responsible for an entire tribe of ponies.
The door opened and Celestia entered. She smiled as she saw us, "Page, Sunset. I heard you arrived but I didn't know they wanted to release you yet."
"They didn't," Sunset said before I could answer, "But Page insisted and Steady Beat finally agreed on the condition that there are daily checkups."
"...I just couldn't stay there any longer," I admitted, "I don't like hospitals."
Celestia sighed softly but nodded. She crossed over to us and joined us on the couch, taking the spot next to me that Sunset had vacated and her large warm wing settled gently across my back, "I suppose you can not be blamed for that," she said and her muzzle touched my mane.
Sunset smiled at us and I raised an eyebrow at her, "What?"
"Nothing," she said with a smile, "Just thinking it's good to see. Neither of you were fooling anypony, you know?"
"Don't tease me, I was shot you know."
Celestia smiled at Sunset, "I don't know what you are talking about. Do you, Page?"
"No clue," I agreed and rested my head against her neck, trying to do it in a way that didn't put pressure on my side. I completely failed, but did my best to ignore it.
Sunset rolled her eyes, "Fine, fine. This is a completely new thing and you didn't flirt enough to raise the temperature of any room you were in by twenty degrees before."
Exactly," Celestia said and lowered her head to give Sunset a small nuzzle, "You always were a smart filly."
Sunset stuck her tongue out at her before giving me a small kiss. She then scooted back, "Just so you know, you two are disgustingly cute. Make sure he doesn't do anything else dumb today, Princess. I need to go check on the Sparkle twins. I'm not sure they eaten anything today," she said and trotted from the room.
"It's so good there is at least one adult in Nocturnis," Celestia said with a small smile to me.
I smiled up at her, "I can show you how adult I can be if you like."
Her smile widened, "I'm sure you could," before her nose touched mine, "But what you should do is to get some rest. And then I'll help you up to Lunas tower."
"...Rest does sound pretty nice," I admitted and leaned against her, quickly feeling myself drift off to sleep.
It had actually taken more out of me that I liked to admit to making it here. And alicorns make the best pillows.
Nice
I'm sure Luna searching the dream realm for information. And the changelings are doing what they can. Oh whoever is responsible better run because otherwise I think the moon will have a new tenant.
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The moon? I think we may very well witness Equestria's first public incineration if Page doesn't adult and smooth things over a bit.
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Even page is tried of having to deal with every problem that comes his way. He wants to go back to days when he could write support Luna and wish he could make discord the first sun tenant. But unfortunately every time things start to go good somebody has to ruin it.
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Page really needs a chapter where he just gets to have a good cry. Sometimes we just need to vent, you know? All that stress builds up until something breaks.
Page may be revered by ponies far and wide, but underneath it all he's still human with human psycology.
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Yeah he needs a real break with people who love him for him and nothing else.
Great chapter
Whomever is the culprit or mastermind is, the punishment will be so grave that any noble, commoner or other nations know.
Touch our Batty alicorn husband and WE SHALL DESTROY YOU!!!!!!!
Yeah, there's going to be a fight over who gets to execute this bastard.
Pillows of great comfort are hard to come by, Especially the exclusive living ones.
- Sun pillow is always warm and cuddly
- Moon pillow is great for hot/cold days to snuggle in
- Changeling pillow have integrated buzzing massage
- Purple Magic pillows comes in two and it has a integrated talk to sleep function, for the ponies that need live commentary to sleep to
- Pink pillow with hidden features coming in the future
- Chaos pillow is for the ones that are brave or bored enough to try the unpredictable
Skitter:
"Report!"
Thorax:
"No new clues yet, but the nobility is surprisingly sane the last days, when they stop pestering Celestia and Luna with there usual nonsense. Especially after some Unicorn Nobel got his fancy hat incinerated when he swear on his hat that his proposal to lower taxes on all of Canterlot nobility would increase productivity of bureaucracy."
Pharynx:
"In other news, the nobility is surprisingly calm and avoiding to talk about the attempted assassination of the only stallion Alicorn in recorded history.
My leading theorys is that there is a conspiracy to either kill Blank Page by all stallion nobility or their mares prepare to uncovered the assassination plot to got breeding right for next heat season secured.
Potentially both..."
Chrysalis:
"The assassin has unfortunately expired, he apperently thought himself to good to be snu-snu into submission and managed to expire his own life with a false poisen tooth.
We will still make a example out if his family, for all we know they supported him in his very illegal operations."
Skitter:
"Very illegal?"
Chrysalis:
"I doubt attempted murder of royalty is only slightly illegal..."
Skitter:
"Fair enough."
Kevin:
"I found evidence that the mare nobility indeed is investigating full gallop who was stupid enough to mess with Equestrias chances to score a drunken fling with the Alicorn alpha stud.
Yes, apperently they have plans like getting him drunk and other plans to score a golden egg or three."
Chrysalis:
"Devious mares, i like their boldness."
Skitter:
"There are better ways..."
Chrysalis:
"Until you getting me some Grand larve from 'future seed provider'(buzzed in Chang-ish), i think every tactic is valid to get the ultimate prize, even Moonbutt hasn't scored a foal yet... Maybe i should help them in their bed chamber, how a fertility factory like my little Predator hasn't been producing offspring left and right is beyond me."
Thorax:
"Maybe he is infertile?"
Skitter & Chrysalis:
"HERESY!!!"
Discord watching this chaos unfold, as long noone suspect him helping Blank Page out, like the minor arrow path deviation during the assassination attempt.
That former human created chaos from day one on arrival, keeping him around would never starving Discord for entertainment for millenia to come.
Especially every heat season around
Thanks for the chapter!
Have a great day!
The bathhouse exploded into a steam bath didn't it?
To be fair, he ask for the boredom to end in the past.
He forget to specify a time frame and how to aliviate the boredom.
Fun fact:
Sex can be used for stress or pain aliviation methods.
As long they are gently towards their stud, they could keep themselves entertained for hours and him distracted.
I doubt Naysay was it, he can't be 'THAT' stupid...
The Yeti King might have placed a huge bounty on his head and payed in advance. Blank Page sure did a number in him, when the Storm bitch King ruined Lunas and Pages honeymoon.
I suspect the Penguins! These ice cold bastards look classy all year around, but they a ruthless when they want something
Shit Blank Page is onto you Hiver.
Magic fingerprint? Magic DNA?
*A batpony pops her head in*
Flower Rain: Oh good! That is music to my ears!
Page: Wait...Wait! I DIDN'T MEAN I--*gets half buried in paperwork*
Flower Rain: Come on! Get to it! Show off for the Princess!
Celestia: HA! Yes Page! Show me all that maturity from the big adu--ACK! *also gets half buried in paperwork*
Grey Velvet: Here's your pile Princess. Just the ones from Manehattan to start off with! See you in a hour!
*the two assistant ponies walks away*
Page&Celestia: ADULTING SUCKS!
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Grey Velvet & Flower Rain?
Now that is an interresting ship.
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Yes. Adulting does indeed Suck!!!!
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Centigrade, no less.
An invalid.
1.)anymore dumb things
2.)they have eaten/they've eaten/they ate
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It rather reminds me of the time I watched the movie GATAGA. They frequently made references to "invalids", and throughout the film, they pronounced it "/ˈɪn.və.lɪds/" (as the noun would be), but the meaning they were trying to convey should have been for "/ɪnˈvæl.ɪds/" (the adjective).
Of course, since the movie was "of the future", the incorrect pronunciations were done intentionally to show how the natural language of society would change from "today" to "the future".