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- =Helios 17=
- >The halls of the Canterlot royal palace echoed as you walked down them.
- >It seemed that they adjusted your boots for your first real day back on the job, they fit snuggly on your feet.
- >You stopped outside Celestia's door.
- "Hey Brawny, Diamond. She in?"
- >Both of your fellow guards eyebrows arch.
- >"Anonymous, why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?"
- >They had you there, Celestia rarely left her room without you.
- >You stepped into the room cautiously, wanting to maintain appearance.
- "Princess?"
- >"In here!" Came a voice from the power room.
- >You shut the door behind you and waited by the beauty desk.
- >Celestia came walking into the bedroom applying a towel to her head, steam billowing out from the room behind her.
- >She wordlessly walks up to you and puts a tender pair of lips against your own.
- >"Good morning Anon."
- "Good morning Tia."
- >The two of you stand there for a time, foreheads pressed together and taking in the simple joy of being able to do this.
- >"Quite different from the normal start of the day, wouldn't you say?"
- "This past week has been a strange one, yes."
- >Celestia levitates her crown and raiment onto herself. "But enjoyable all the same, no?"
- >You chuckle.
- "More than a bit, yes."
- >Celestia leads a brush through her hair. "Is everything ready?"
- "We just have to be there at sundown."
- >Celestia wordlessly smiles back to you.
- >The warm kind of smile that makes her eyes glisten.
- >She quickly recomposes herself. "Well, we must first make it through the day. Shall we?"
- "Lead the way Celestia."
- >You and Celestia were finally able to get back to your old routine.
- >The city rounds.
- >Neither of you had partaken in the simple joy of seeing the city in the week you had been back.
- >Most of your time had been put to fixing the mess you made when you walked out.
- >As well as certain...other matters. Matters far more enjoyable.
- >This was also the first time you walked next to Celestia as opposed to behind her, making conversation much easier.
- "The city looks well for what happened last time I was here..."
- >"Yes. We were lucky that what transpired with my nephew was contained to his estate."
- "How's he doing?"
- >Celestia sighs. "As well as can be hoped with what happened. He has his good days and his bad."
- "...Maybe I should stop by and see him."
- >Celestia lowers her head. "Perhaps in time...But enough of depressing things, Tell me about how much different life is in the Mild West."
- >Heh.
- "Well. Guarding an entire town is fairly easy when I can shout from one end to the other, and crime is less of an issue when everyp0ny knows each other."
- >"Ah...that small town feeling."
- "Certainly a positive aspect of my sabbatical."
- >"How did you take care of your responsibilities there after you left?"
- "I mailed all my things back along with a letter explaining the situation. Braeburn is the sheriff now."
- >Celestia glances down at you. "Do you trust him to do well?"
- "Implicitly."
- >Later in the day you and Celestia were sitting eating lunch.
- >It seemed that Celestia was feeling nostalgic, she took you to the same fountain where you kissed her cheek.
- >The water gently babbled down from a relief of what seemed to be Starswirl the Bearded and lapped gently against the edge next to you.
- >Celestia stared ahead as you bit into your food.
- >"Have you thought about it?"
- >You swallow your food and join her in her far off stare.
- "...A bit."
- >"Everything changes after this..."
- "Yeah..."
- >The full weight of your discussion was dawning on you for the millionth time.
- "I'm...a bit worried."
- >Celestia's head turns to you so fast you hear the sonic boom.
- >Her eyes are wide. "If you want to stop or slow dow-"
- >You shake your head.
- "No...No I want this."
- >You feel Celestia calm down immediately through the link.
- "I want this more than anything right now..."
- >The momentary biting fear from Celestia's side of the link was replaced with the warm feeling of anticipation that spread throughout your entire body.
- >You finish your meal as the sun inches its way across the sky.
- >Rising to your feet, you turn to Celestia.
- "We should get going, we probably have some things to do beforehand."
- >Celestia smiles and rises to her feet as well, eager to get things taken care of.
- >You are Sunshine Smiles, only constant guard to Her Majesty Princess Luna.
- >You currently stood watch over the Royal Dining Hall as Her Majesty eats on the opposite side of the table from you.
- >Your eyes shifted to the windows near the ceiling as you watched for any possible threats.
- >Hmm...nothing. No silhouettes or mysterious shadows.
- >One could never be too careful with a pony who was the night incarnate.
- >Princess Luna had awoken early for today.
- >Your duty was to follow her as she saw to some errands in various locals.
- >It was not your place to ask what they were, but they seemed important.
- >Princess Luna had always been opposed to the idea of personal guards, it was only through some miracle that you were allowed this station.
- >You accomplished this through the Shadow Stalking technique used by the Ibex empire.
- >She seemed to find it less objectionable when she couldn't see you.
- >The Princess stops eating and looks around the room.
- >"Guard. Where is my sister?"
- "I cannot say Your Majesty."
- >She grunted. "Celestia is always present at the evening meal...The only explanation is that Anonymous stole her away again."
- "Who knows Your Majesty?
- >"I had thought we were rid of him...evidently not." She said as she rose from her seat.
- >Princess Luna exited the dining hall and you melted into the shadows.
- >She was right though, what in the world could they be doing?
- >The two of you were both in the catacombs below the city.
- >You were both facing each other in front of the crystal cage that held Grogar.
- >The Ram sat inside as motionless as ever, a wide grin on his face however.
- >"I am truly honored to be performing this ritual. And it is with great humility that I do so." Grogar said.
- >Grogar wasn't your first choice so much as your only choice, the two of you needed to keep this a secret.
- >The week between your return and now had been one of emotional talks and planning.
- >You both agreed: You loved one another.
- >The weeks you were gone had made you acutely away of how much you missed just seeing Celestia's happy face in the morning.
- >You never wanted what happened before you left to happen again.
- >And so here you stood.
- >Grogar cleared his dead throat.
- >"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today..."
- >Yes, this was sudden and possibly reckless.
- >But it was also something the two of you had wanted since you returned to Canterlot.
- >Just the time you had spent together, amplified by the link had felt like a lifetime together.
- >You knew Celestia's hopes and desires, her fears and dreams and her most personal feelings.
- >She in turn knew everything you worried over and wanted out of life, as well all of your memories of your life before you came here.
- >Your first kiss, your first great success, everything that followed.
- >You were as much a part of her as she was you.
- >And this was the most official definition the two of you could come up with.
- >Grogar clears his throat beneath you and brings you out of the space your head was in.
- "Huh?"
- >"I said. "You may kiss the bride." Grogar said with a shit eating grin.
- >You pull Celestia close and lock your lips, sealing the marital pact and embracing the wave of emotion that the link is sending between the two of you.
- >You don't care what the civilians think, Celestia was as much a person as any of them and had a right to be happy.
- >Celestia was the most important person in the world to you right now.
- >And you were going to be as close to her as fate would allow.
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