A group of pony radicals try to summon a demon to overthrow the princesses. Instead they got a human. They don't know what a human is.

((Pre Princess Twilight))

((Edit: Featured 5/11/2020. Didn't expect this to go over so well!))
((Edit2: Ch.8 featured 10/1/2020))
((Edit3: Featured 10/22/2020))
((Final Edit: Featured 3/25/2021))

A cutie mark. For most foals, gaining theirs is a joyous day. One they look forward too for the first part of their lives, and remember fondly for the rest. For Cherrywood however, she believed it to be the worst day in her life.

Nightmare Moon has been defeated, the long-lost Princess Luna has returned, and everyone is happy. Well, Princess Celestia is. The castle staff is still rather unnerved by everything the sudden disappearance of their monarch, and are still wary of this situation.

One guard is particularly unhappy with this new arrival. Which is why he's staying as close to her as possible.

A story as old as time: the star-crossed lovers finding meaning in each other's embrace.
But this time only one sees it that way. For the other?

A means to an end.