Conflicts, Conflicts Everywhere
The first thing Angel noticed upon entering Shining Armor's office was how still it was. His desk sat all along, covered in papers of various scribbles, along with a mostly melted candle and a picture of two mares, one lavender and small and one bright pink. Angel assumed the bright pink one was his wife she was currently scouting the room for. Plaques and small trophies littered the wall behind the desk, offering commendation for exceptional service, exemplary behavior, Honor Roll and even Varsity Hoofball MVP.
Angel found it kind of funny as she went to examine the trophies that one of them, the exceptional service one, was from the famous fast food chain Sandwich Queen. There was also a picture of Shining standing proudly in his red officer jacket and Princess Cadance in her beautiful white dress.
Suddenly, the sound of hoof falls echoed over to Angel and she spun around. Three ponies all dressed in black were standing around the desk. Angel narrowed her eyes and whispered, "Ninja ponies. We meet again." Before anypony had time to blink, the three ninjas moved in on Angel, who was reacting accordingly. She leaned back and dodged a small silver shuriken as it spun by her head and buried itself into the wall. Angel swept a hoof out and caught one of the ninjas in the leg, causing him to fall over while the other two bored down on her. Angel quickly retracted the hoof and slid under Shining's desk as the two ninjas landed.
They made the mistake of spinning around to see her and she tackled one of them into the trophy wall. The ninja was stunned just long enough for Angel to deliver both rear legs to the face of the third. With one flying away, one in her grip and the other just now getting to his hooves, Angel had the advantage. She grabbed a large trophy of Shining's and stuffed it onto the head of the ninja she was holding on to, and then smashed her right front forehoof into the side of it. The trophy dented slightly, but range out a nice clear note loud enough to hurt the ninja's ears. She didn't even hesitate to throw the ninja into his friend who was staring at her, unsure of what to do. The two collided and fell to the floor.
Angel spun around and just barely dodged a hoof to the face. She leaned to her left to avoid the other hoof and countered with a kick. She landed right in the ninja's gut and he doubled over. She gave a quick spin to gain momentum and landed a particularly nasty hoof to the face, sending the ninja back into the wall. She spun around again to see the one ninja struggling to pull the trophy off of his head and the other trying to push him off. Angel ran to them and threw the trophy headed one into the wall of trophies again. The one on his head range out loud again as he struck the stone wall and the ninja collapsed.
Angel stopped and stared at the final ninja, who jumped up to his hooves. "Who sent you? Where's the captain?" Angel growled to him. The ninja responded by dropping a smoke pellet that caused Angel to cough. She cursed herself for being a bat pony then, as they were sensitive to smoke and dust, which is why they preferred damp caves. Once the smoke cleared, the ninja was gone. Angel stood there proudly and knew that she would not rest until she figured out what happened to her superior officer, the great Shining Armor.
At least, that's what she thought should've happend.
She had somehow thought up that whole scenario in the four seconds it took her to push open the door for Princess Cadance. Inside the room, Shining sat behind his desk, shuffling papers. A set of regal golden armor Angel had never seen sat in the corner on a ponyquinn. Four pictures sat on the wall behind him, one of him in the armor looking awesome, one of a brilliantly blue unicorn smiling with a pretty white mare unicorn who had streaks of purple in her mane along with a younger version of Shining and a small lavender filly. One was of both Shining and Cadance on their wedding day and a final one with the two of them overlooking a town from the balcony of a castle.
He looked up and smiled to Angel and said, "Oh, Angel! Just who I was looking for, please come in."
Angel gave an awkward smile and stepped aside, allowing Princess Cadance to stride in gracefully. "What about me?" she asked in a hurt tone. Shining immediately got out from behind his desk and trotted up to her.
"You never need permission to see me," he stated with a hint of playfulness in his voice. Cadance giggled sweetly and rubbed her nose against Shining's. Angel felt a little awkward standing there and Shining looked at her. "Oh yes! Angel, I have a special assignment for you. My wife, Princess Cadance," he started.
"Hi," Princess Cadance chimed in, waving a hoof at Angel.
"She wants to go into town tomorrow night to get to know the ponies in Canterlot better. I thought you'd be a perfect escort for her due to your amazing social skills," he stated.
Angel's eyes grew wide as she stared at the two ponies. She was being asked to guard the princess of love now? Angel cracked a huge grin. Sure, she liked watching Philomena, but how could she pass on that offer?
"Private Angel accepts this assignment, sir!" she almost yelled happily and gave a salute.
Shining nodded to her happily and Cadance smiled. "I'm sure you'll do fine, miss... Um, I'm afraid I don't know your last name," Cadance said, her nice smile turning into an awkward grin.
"Beats, ma'am! Private Angel Beats, but everypony just calls me Angel," the bat pony responded enthusiastically.
"Ah, okay! Angel, er, Miss Beats. I'm sure you'll do fine," Cadance said, her smile returning to one of happiness instead of awkwardness.
"Then it's settled. Report to my quarters tomorrow at seventeen hundred hours and I will brief you on the assignment. I would do it now, but I've got some more, uh, pressing issues on my plate," Shining said in his best official tone.
Angel saluted happily and trotted out the door. It shut, leaving Cadance and Shining alone and Cadance turned a sly grin to Shining.
"Pressing matters, huh?" she asked sarcastically.
Shining shrugged and said, "Hey, it worked when I was dating you." Cadance gave her sweet laugh that Shining could listen to all day and planted a soft kiss on him.
"It doesn't matter. Being around my husband is a most pressing matter," she cooed to him.
Up in the tall tower, Philomena cawed unhappily. Her guards were stiff and mean, ignoring the proud phoenix as she tried to play with them. She missed that one guard who had played with her, that one with really big golden eyes. Philomena was almost a thousand years old, but that didn't mean she didn't like to play. Being in a stuffy tower, stuck on a perch for days was really boring, not to mention Celestia was almost always too busy to see her phoenix. Philomena pecked at the perch she stood on and scanned the room again. Same guards, same place, same faces they had for the past four hours. She cawed loudly in frustration, hoping that guard would return soon.
As for Valyrie and Comet, the two sat down at a table and Valyrie made the attempt to teach Comet how to play Prodder. He was a quick learner, but he often forgot what the hooves were. He held out four nines and two princes and smiled proudly. "Straight flush!" he stated proudly and Valyrie buried her face into her claw.
"That's a Full House, and you're supposed to have only five cards," she repeated for the tenth time.
Comet looked back to his hoof scowled. "This game is too complicated," he mumbled to himself. He thought he was learning the game, but all he was really doing was annoying Valyrie. Cards were not Comet's strong suit since he had played board games when he was a colt. In fact...
"I've got it!" Comet shouted abruptly, startling the gryffon. He jumped up and dashed off to find something, leaving a bewildered looking Valyrie alone. She sighed and started gathering up the cards, humming a song to herself.
It took Comet a couple minutes, but he returned happily with a box in his mouth. He set it down on the table and Valyrie peered at it. "Checkers?" she asked out loud and Comet beamed.
"Yup! It's a fun game. It uses a lot of strategy and requires some trickery, like Prodder!" he said with a smile. Valyrie looked up at the oddball stallion and found herself starting to blush. She looked away and agreed to play.
After about half an hour, Valyrie was staring at the multicolored board of alternating red and black squares, intent on winning. Comet had two kings and three regular pieces left, but Valyrie had a single king of her own and five regular pieces. This game was intense as Valyrie thought of possible moves and their outcomes. Her king was back against Comet's side of the board, blocked by two of his normal pieces. His kings were in prime location to take most of her five remaining pieces, but she moved one anyway. Comet promptly jumped her piece, then another and another.
"Hey, that's not fair!" Valyrie shouted.
"As a king, I can take multiple pieces if they are within jumping distance from each other," Comet stated proudly. He had explained the rules beforehoof, but Valyrie must've not been paying attention. Valyrie grumbled to herself and looked back to the board. She was now down to one king and two normal pieces, but they were too far away from each other. Comet's pieces, however, had formed a nice line with her king near the far side. Valyrie studied the formation for a minute while Comet leaned back, stretching his spine. He was sure he was going to win.
Valyrie suddenly saw a pattern to his pieces and grinned to herself. She reached out, took her king and jumped one of the blocking pieces, then one of his kings, then another normal piece and then his other king.
She looked up and grinned evily to Comet and said, "Gotcha."
Comet looked down to see her make her move and watched as his pieces were wiped off the board. His eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as she removed his black tokens and he was left with one lone one on his side of the board. Valyrie leaned back as well and clicked her claws together, smiling smugly to Comet. Comet, for his part, was rendered speechless by her move.
It really didn't matter though, since Angel busted through the door and jumped around on the table, singing happily about an important assignment. After five minutes of that, she noticed Comet and Valyrie's game and wanted to play. The final score was Valyrie winning with seven victories, Angel with five and Comet with two. He sat there dejectedly as Angel and Valyrie rambled on about their victories. He was slightly mad at losing so much, but he wasn't going to be a poor sport. In fact, he was actually impressed both Valyrie and Angel had beaten him like that. They both were smart, really smart. Comet liked that in mares and found himself debating in his mind about who was cuter on his scale. Angel, the ever loving bat pony who spent a nice day snuggled up next to him, or Valyrie, the gryffon who was kind enough to apologize about being foolish and had a great personality.
Honestly, Comet thought they both had nice features. Angel had those eyes and the figure to match, since he had stolen a glance back in Basic he never forgave himself for doing. She was also his friend and had even opened up some of her personal information to him. Valyrie, on the other hand, was like a puzzle he had to solve. She revealed very little about herself, but that wasn't a bad thing. It kept him guessing about her. With his mind at war with itself about the two sitting at the table with him, he barely noticed a letter magically appear in front of him. Angel and Valyrie, though, did.
They both grabbed for it and soon Comet was trying to pry his own letter from a black claw and a gray hoof. It took some time, but he eventually did. He opened the letter and read it to himself. Valyrie and Angel watched with mild interest as his face grew from a stoic look to one of shock.
"MY PARENTS ARE COMING HERE?!" he shouted.
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TAKE A BREAK!!
Response at 1 min 10 to 1 min 20.
Angel is going to leave such an impression, one way or another, on Comet's parents.
Wow. That won't go well.
Silly Angel, everypony knows the best ninja ponies always work alone.
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BREAKS ARE FOR THE WEAK. KEEP WRITING WRITER MAN! KEEP ON KEEPING ON!
it said "intesne" at one point, instead of "intense"
also, MY PARENT'S doesn't need an apostrophe
Nice chapter, though. It's great that you keep churning them out.
2042215 Just for the record, I think your avatar is better than Wanderer D's.
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I'm inclined to agree. Latios is such a boss.
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I resolutely stay on my own team: 6781, in which Comet tries to choose both, and they scorn him for it, then a fight breaks out somewhere, and the two girls get involved, and one dies, and the other gets sent away in tears when he flips out, and he ends up dying a lonely, bitter old stallion. Anypony can join, but I doubt you will.
Also, nice chapter. I almost facepalmed at the ninja part, but when she revealed it all to be a fantasy, I couldn't help but think 'Oh, wow! Another person/pony with delusions of grandeur on a scale like mine!'
Better get ready for some awkwardness Comet!
"Comet looked back to his hand scowled."
What kind of black magic is this????
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Man, I can't wait for the next chapter now!
Keep up the good work!
Ah Parents, My one weakness
Holy shit dude
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Great story, Great characters, subtle romance and great comedy. I am falling in love with this story!
You update so quickly! Almost too quickly... You're spoiling us!
You got me good with the ninja ponies.
I was just sitting here thinking: 'There's is no way he's actually doing this. Throwing ninja ponies randomly this far into the story.'
Well...it appears I just got...
...
IS GOOD! :D
Come on Comet Angel is sooo the cuter one of the two.
Oh dear.... I have a feeling I know what his mom is like....
But in all seriousness, if he chooses Valyrie, can I pretty please have Angel?
(Also, Ninja ponies must be canon!)
Comet, you have gotten yourself into, both of them like you, and you like them both...and now your parents are coming to visit.
DUN DUN DAAA! Oh parental conflict!
Through the entirety of the ninja pony section I was mentally yeling "Damnit Burst. what're you doing?!?". I then saw the end of the segment and realized I just got got.
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Hardly subtle romance. The pace of the romance is better than many fics though.
Even with this I can't help but feel this kind of love triangle is slightly overused; it's still a very enjoyable read though.
I have the feeling Angel is too amazing. Especially in comparison with Comet. While Comet is a very agile flyer and can stand guard without moving for hours, Angel is a very good fighter, agile on the ground, fast in straight lines, sociable and knows no shame. I expected Comet would be the thinker of the 2. But the moment they really have to work together (catching Philomena), Angel is still the one who thinks of a plan while Comet is the one who has to do it.
I'm certain Comet is a very good guard, but Angel steals the light away. Also Comet is the but of every joke, and even now with Valyrie he is always the worst of the three even when he should be better (like with checkers, a game he knows). I just realize Angel is just like Pinkie, obnoxiously happy, wild and sometimes irritating but just cute enough that nobody could possible hurt or hate her.
There will be a moment in this fic where Comet finally has enough (cause the moment always comes). He will become angry at Angel and he yells at her. Angel begins to cry and flies/run away. Everybody feels sad for Angel and Comet is told he f*#ked up. And I know that I will feel sorry for Angel, even when I know deep down she deserves it...
MOAR!! But not too quickly. Otherwise some people might get bored of this series. Just a warning.
Dum dum duuummmmm...
This will get awkward with Angel around.
Too much to pay attention to! The ninja ponies were, er, interesting, but wouldn't anypony have noticed the fight, like Cadence or Shining Armor, perhaps? It's interesting, I would choose Angel in a heartbeat without giving Valyrie a second though, though here we are, parents coming and all. I like the pace of the romance though. It's not immediate, like how some other writers write.
Comet, there's one thing that doesn't make sense. She enters Shining Armor's office, where she fights the ninja ponies. Then she enters Shining Armor's office again! Sorry, but since when does Shining Armor have two offices? XD
I feel Angel will make Comet's parents extremely uncomfortable.
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The ninja ponies were a figment of her imagination. That fight was all in her mind.
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I lol'd. A lot.
on the second paragraph, i couldn't help but notice that you spelled shuriken wrong, you used shurikan instead. and as a person who studies japanese, i cannot allow this!
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Fixed.
Excellent simply excellent
I mean what could possibly go wrong?
Well you mistyped 'shuriken'
Also; cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24896900.jpg
Great work! You're building up the characters well, the you may need to give Comet a moment of awesome soon.
also: "Her king was back against Comet's side of the board, blocked by teo of his normal pieces.
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Don't worry. His moment is approaching.
2042765 Imagination? NOPE! Shining has a office inside a office. OFFICECEPTION
(?)
Ninja Ponies are cool.
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I'm cooler than one of the FIMFic mods? Alright. Now I feel extra special
Comet... You're doomed...
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I did get rid of the apostrophe
2043087 Then the previous comment has no more reason to exist.
G'day
Just a small error I noticed.
2042214"Smoke if ya' got 'em"
Hum... ninjas?
"His desk sat all along, covered in papers" That along should be alone.
This is an alright story.