Loyal Defender

“Sure. I’m down for a sweet treat! ….still need to work on how to gain bits so nopony has to pay for me as MUCH, though..” (I feel like she was doing something important with how she said that.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“So, uh….might as well clarify, I didn’t interrupt anything too important, did I?” _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Says the new shipper of Star and Trix.) “Pleasure to meet you.” I greeted, getting up and dusting myself off ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .

“Uhm...” I couldn’t tell her now...not when somepony else was around. “Cause friendship deserves acknowledgement and I figured I could get some fresh air? Also cuz I heard you were with someone and I could befriend them.” ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Oww...I...I came to see you cause I had nothing else to do.” (Speaking of rhymes lol) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(actually, I was gonna have a funnier entrance.) Eventually I found Starlight out in the park, with a pony with a grayish-blue mane, and a slightly dark blue coat with purple eyes. Catching a few seconds of a glimpse of Starlight, I wasn’t looking where I was going, and slammed into a tree. I seemingly ‘rolled’ down the side painfully, tumbling down to the bottom, landing on my back with my head seeing the world upside down. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Why? XD) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“..I best go see her.” I flew out the window and back outside to go look for her. (omg you’re right. I-I was going to plan for Loyal to….heh, fall for her, but knowing she has a close friend will fuel jealousy! Let’s hope jealousy doesn’t fuel Layol.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Eh, she can’t be that bad, but alright.” (If this goes on a certain path, Trixie's gonna wind up being JEALOUS of Loy.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(And powerful :D) “You sound...unsure.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Trixie sounds like a good pony.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Trixie? Who’s she? And...Maud?” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Hmmm…..well, I’ve met all six of your friends, hung out with each, had a special party, fended off Evil Layol – which is Loyal backwards since he’s like a mirror of myself – and...that’s about it. I dunno. There’s still an opportunity to bond with Starlight.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

"I have never eaten so much immensely delicious food in my life. It's charming how AJ calls other ponies 'sugarcube' without calling herself one, cause she deserves to, for bringing all of this...in a magical blanket. She really was prepared!" (Also, interesting fact, I do like apples, I hate applesauce. My mom used to put medicine in it for me, which made me gag every time.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(lol no worries. But this does remind me of the magic blanket who would provide food who cared for it well.) Graciously accepting the food, I thanked Applejack and dug in. I had to say, this was AMAZING. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Aww, I was hoping you'd go, 'Apple Brown Betty! uh, the dessert, not my auntie.' XD) “I’ll go with the….apple tart and dumplings.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“That’s….actually really good advice. what’s there to offer?” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“H-How did you..” How on Earth did she pull off a magic trick like that? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Uhm….sure, but...perhaps it’s best we don’t feed on castle Hors d'oeuvres. Do you have a place to eat at?” (We’re at the castle, ‘member? :3) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shortly awaking from my slumber soon after, I felt better about the whole thing, but knew time was still running out. For now, though….all was fine. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(I guess that's true...) "Well...we'll figure something out. We should head back, though." _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Ill be honest, that totally ruined the sentimental moment. xD) "You'll get used to it. Trust me, I've only been here three days and I've been hugged more than three times." _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Well, these things happen naturally...it might be because I’m one of the only ones who have been this spiritually close to you.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Well, I’m gonna get back to gaming for a little while again, and let you do your thing. I don’t know what came over me next, but I was glad it happened. I turned and pushed myself into an embrace with Luna. I really don’t know why, but I felt….I felt like there was a spiritual bond between us. I wasn’t ashamed, though. Not one bit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Ah. Ask The Mane Six forum?) “I know you’re usually busy doing royal duties, but...I figured it’d be nice for you to know there’s somepony out there who appreciates every single thing you do for us, even if I’m unable to tell you myself at times.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________