Grading system by Nomine

(11/12/2017)

https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/31472117/#q31518262

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"Thorax, I am no going to pull any punches here. You are an absolutely pathetic example of a ruler. I understand that your hive is small, but as the only known friendly changeling King, you have a lot of weight on your shoulders when it comes to the other nations." Celestia said, her eyes kind, but filled with iron as well.

"I am not the only one who noticed your wallflower tendencies at these conclaves either. Princess Twilight also pointed it out to me, and so I have tasked her to come up with a system by which I can help you....A grading system."

Thorax breathed a small sigh of relief as the princess started to speak again. She was going to help him! Maybe...wait, a grading system?! "Princess, surely you don't mean...as if I were back in school?" he asked, only to be met with a solemn nod.

"Indeed I do, Thorax. If you are going to bear the crown, then you need to learn how to bear it properly. To that end, my spies will be watching you closely, grading you as a ruler. And I warn you...any grade of less than an A will be met with the same penalty my faithful student would have received: A good sound spanking on your hindquarters."

For a moment, all Thorax could do was sit there, stunned. She...she wouldn't! Would she...? This was the Princess...and he was a KING!

"And before you say anything about being a King." she started, echoing his own thoughts, "You should know I not only can, but will be doing this. Rulership is one of the most important jobs in the world, and if I have to roast your bottom to make sure you learn how to do it right, then I will. In front of the other rulers, if necessary."