Unforeseen Consequences - The chaos carnival (pt1)

>You spent the rest of the day with Celestia and subsequently with Luna too after she joined for lunch. The time went talking and laughing, sometimes the both of your moms had to focus on their work.
>Celestia would sign papers and send letters to different (but very important as both Luna and Celestia remaked) addressees. Luna would read tons of documents, legal forms and such, with the occasional complaint about how bothersome bureaucracy is in this time and age.
>When they were busy working, you finally used the time that you had to read some of the books that Moon Dancer gave you.  You even manage to pull out a couple of minor spells like heating up Celestia’s coffee and freezing Luna’s ice tea.
>The hardest part or at least the thing that you thought would be difficult from an emotional stand point was to tell Cherrywood that you had to go away for a couple days. Thank god that “Mr. Discord” had already sugar coated her about the whole chaos carnival thing.
>Besides, even if you stayed, you wouldn’t be able to see her anyways. Since Moonlight had to be deployed to Ponyville that night, Cherrywood had to stay with her father and “lame and dumb cousins”. She also explained you that Discord did something to the radios “to make sure that you didn’t miss your little prince” as he told her.
>Everything was in place, it was impossible to turn back now. The chaos carnival was just around the corner. And everyone was nervous, especially Luna and Celestia. You? Kinda, but it had more to do that you didn’t know Ponyville, you were sure that Discord wouldn’t fail on his promise in keeping you safe.
>Night finally comes, and you head to bed. But your mothers? They stay up because of their work. Celestia still had to make some final arrangements regarding the carnival and other stuff about economic treaties that you didn’t want to know about. Luna had to help with that too, and also with the paperwork of Cloudsdale climate factory repairs and she still had to do her duties on keeping everyone’s dreams safe.
>And so, the next day comes, and you are woken up by an unfamiliar voice
>”Anon… Anon… time to wake up mon petit” The voice was definitely female had a soft timber, but tonally it was like pure ice….kinda sexy to be honest
“Hnnnng…. Five more minutes…”
>”I’m so sorry mon petit, but we need to get you ready for ze chaos carnival. We have so many zings to do and so little time, so excuse moi for doing zis…”
>An icy and wet sensation overwhelms you and makes you jump outside your bed by reflex. Whoever that mare was, she already got your hatred
“What the f…fudges was that? Who are you?”
>Standing in front of you was a female pegasi with a completely serious expression. She definitely had a cold and emotionless aura around her, same that was complimented by her white coat, and that bleu de France color that her mane and eyes had. The huge scars that ran across her muzzle and left eye certainly didn’t help to inspire you confidence in her.
>The mare puts the now emptied glass on your tea table and makes a military turn to face you. She gives you a small bow and a salute
>”My name is Aegia. I’m the leader of ze first division of ze equestrian secret service. A pleasure to meet you my prince… ah” The mare closes her eyes and clears her throat “I beg your pardons for such a baffling mistake. I was informed by Princess Celestia zat you don’t like to be addressed by your title. Zat won’t happen again, mon petit”
>Aegia? What the hell was going on? Oooooooh… that’s right… Celestia did tell you yesterday that the pony that would accompany you would be a special guard. But still…
“So you are my bodyguard… but seriously? The Secret service? I didn’t know that Equestria had that. And where are my mothers anyways?”
>”Well mon petit, it’s quite logical zat you didn’t know about us. We are supposed to be ze secret service after all. Zis is just a security measure implemented by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to ensure zat zeir son doesn’t run any risk during ze events zat will transpire for ze following two days. Zey wanted only le crème of le crème to protect zeir most loved pony”
>You now remember that Celestia briefly mentioned that this special guard could be stiff. But man, this was on another level. She talked more like this was a military debriefing than an introduction. Jesus fuck man, this brought you boring memories from when the military personal had to train everyone in evacuation protocols.
“You know, I get that this is your work, and that you must belong to some kind of elite guard…”
>”Zat is correct and incorrect. Zis is MY work. But elite guard doesn’t properly fit the secret service. We are far better zan any guard, and I’m ze best. Zat’s why I was tasked with zis operation”
>You groan and rub your temples. This fucking mare was already giving you a headache
“I appreciate the correction but seriously… SERIOUSLY… you don’t need to be that formal, or better yet, you don’t need to be formal at all. I really, really hate that”
>Aegia nods and… doesn’t change her emotionless face “I was told zat too. But I’m afraid zat I won’t be able to comply with zat order. Zis is a high profile operation zat requires me to be completely professional.”
>You groan again… goddamn, you seriously miss Moonlight now.
“Fiiine…ugh…okay, I’ll go and take a shower… you can do whatever…”
>And once again, she nods ”I shall wait for you zen. I assume zat you already prepared your luggage, right?”
>You open the door to your bathroom and star walking towards it. You let out a sigh and reply to her without turning to face her
“Yes, it’s the saddlebag that has the cute moon and sun symbols on it. It’s by the tea table…whatever”
>Aegia again nods and gives you a military salute. You take your shower and after that you eat the breakfast that Aegia brought to you. Eugh, it was a goddamn milk glass, toast with marmalade and nothing else. Jesus Christ, this is intern food, not even when you were poor as a stage play actor during HS you had intern food.
>After you finish your breakfast you take your saddlebag and Aegia brings her own, which was a gigantic military bag pack.
“What’s up with your bag? It looks more like you are moving out than going on a two day trip”
>“Zis is equipment related to ze operation. I’m also carrying belongings related to personal matters. Just a friendly advice mon petit: It is not very polite to ask a lady what she’s bringing to a trip” You see a small hint of sarcasm in Aegia’s face before returning to her usual emotionless self
>Well, that answer was pretty generic.
“Sorry, won’t happen again. I just got surprised by you know… eh forget it. Where do we go next?”
>”We need to head to ze castle barracks. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are waiting for you zere. Zen after we leave Canterlot and reach Ponyville outskirts, we need to report that you arrived safely to the headquarters zat ze Royal and Night Guards have established zere.”
>You stop for a moment and look at Aegis with concern. This was completely new for you
“Headquarters? I knew that this whole thing was supposed to be a big event. But I thought that both Guards were dispatched just as some sort of protocol that Discord agreed to. Just how big is this thing going to be?”
>”Oui, Ponyville has received an overwhelming influx of ponies from all across Equestria. All of zem wanting to see zis event that monsieur Discord has prepared. You have a sharp mind mon petit. Zat is good, it makes my job easier.”
>Goddamn Discord, this sounds like a ticking bomb. Please, don’t let that the confidence that you have on him fall flat. It would suck to be kidnapped.
>You follow Aegia through the hallways until you reach the barracks hat were located on the backside of the Castle…. And holy mother of god, this was bigger than what you already thought.
>There were hundreds, no, thousands of guards prepared to take off. All of them organized into platoons who were in turn organized into squadrons. And standing above them all was a medium sized podium where Luna awaited for you. This was weird, Celestia wasn’t there. Where the hell could she be?
>”Now, please follow me, Mon Petit. Your mozers are eagerly waiting for you.” Aegia gives you a salute and then commands to the nearby guards to make way, so the two of you could go to where Luna was.
>It certainly felt weird, and annoying to have this much attention on you, especially since every guard saluted you and Aegia when you walked in front of them.
>But Luna doesn’t seem to care too much about any of this military protocol as she doesn’t hesitates to jump off from the podium so she could meet you with a tight hug
“H-Hi m-moooom-“
>It felt more like she was squeezing you rather than giving you a hug, but eh, at least Luna started to nuzzle onto your mane like she always has done “Oh! My child! You are finally here! Are you sure that you don’t want to stay? W-We could do other things instead! I-I was told of this beautiful garden near Canterlot’s historical center that we could spend the day on and… and…”
“T-That sounds nice mom but, what do you say if instead you, me and Celestia go there when I come back? We could even go to the Canterlot Market. I know that I saw some stuff that you would like and… mom, where’s Celestia?”
>”She had to do some last minute arrangements… I know how it sounds… but…” Luna gives a murderous glare to Aegia before returning to her nuzzling.
>You feel teardrops falling on your head. You look to Luna and… aww man, now you were starting to have your doubts. Her mane was a complete mess, her coat had lost some color, she had massive eye bags and her eyes were red from lack sleeping… or at least that’s what you hoped. Your heart couldn’t stand if she had been crying this hard about your safety.
>”Excuse moi madam, but we have to part to Ponyville in a few moments. I can empazize with your concerns. But I can guarantee that…”
>”YOU BETTER GUARD SILENCE BEFORE I FORCE YOU TO!” Luna’s voice echoes through the entire barracks making everyone except for Aegia flinch and take cover under their hooves.
>”I don’t care that Tia might have given permit to my little star to go to that awful event. I don’t care that somehow I got convinced that this was a good idea! I’m still his mother, and if I feel that this isn’t safe then he simply won’t go!”
>Aegia doesn’t say one more thing. She limits to bow and to give Luna a profound salute.
>Luna glares at the white mare before turning back to you with a soft smile and glassy eyes “Do you really have to go?”
>Now, THAT was a great question. You certainly didn’t, but you had this feeling. This powerful and overwhelming sensation that was calling you to go to Ponyville. Maybe Discord drugged you, that’s certainly something that you will probably never know, but for some reason… you couldn’t shrug off this feeling.
>You close your eyes, sigh and slowly nod
“Yes… listen mom, I know that this will sound weird but… I have this feeling… that I really, REALLY need to go there…I don’t know why… but…I’m sorry, but the answer is yes, I’m going. But don’t worry okay? I’m sure that everything will be okay…”
>Luna’s horn lights up at your answer and she pulls a black necklace with the engraving of the sun and the moon. The sun was an engraving made of pure gold with gems to simulate the rays that it cast, while the moon was probably the most beautiful pearl that you’ve ever seen and surrounding it were tons of really small gems that represented the stars.
>Luna’s closes her eyes to prevent more tears from coming, but she only manages to make a flow of tears run down her cheeks “Tia is always talking about destiny and how it guide us all in mysterious ways…. And maybe what you are talking about its destiny calling for you. I can’t stop you from answering destiny’s call, but please take this little gift, my little star…” Luna puts the necklace on you “I hope that it makes you remember home when you are away. And if anything goes wrong, just give the pearl a tap. It will tell Moonlight and me that you are in trouble, she will come for you and bring you home with me, to safety… “
>You look at the necklace, then to Luna. You couldn’t resist to give her one last hug
>Luna starts to caress your mane with her hoof while still holding you in her gentle embrace ”Promise me that you will be safe. I could easily bear another thousand years trapped in the moon if that means that it will guarantee that you are going to be okay…”
>You nuzzle into Luna’s chest. You knew that this was a little too much, but you couldn’t stop the tears that were flowing across your face.
“I promise that I will return safe and sound. And when I do, we’ll go to that garden that you mentioned…”
>Luna breaks the hug and gives you a tender kiss on your forehead “I can’t wait for that… now go, before this gets more difficult for the both of us…”
>You take one last hug before nodding to Aegia. For a moment you see a soft smile form in her face, but that doesn’t last long. Aegia shows you the way to a golden chariot that was pulled by two stallion pegasi.
>You climb up and wave your farewells to Luna who replies with a smile and her own farewells. The two of you continue doing that even when the chariot takes off and you were up into the sky, even when Luna and Canterlot Castle get lost from your sight thanks to the sea of clouds.
>The trip to Ponyville was spent in silence at first. You were contemplating the massive formations that the pegasi guards were doing all around your chariot. As if this wasn’t enough, you continue to see more and more guards coming from the clouds, joining the already big convoy that was heading towards the chaos carnival.
>When you finally recover from your little depression, you take notice that it wasn’t just pegasi that made up the giant convoy. You could see that tons of earth and unicorns were joining too. Only that they were being transported on bigger chariots that looked more like giant golden boxes than anything else.
>The ones that were closer to your chariot were a group of pegasi in goofy blue and yellow outfits who were flying on a V-like formation around your chariot. They wore goggles and their “uniform” had these cheesy thunder patterns all over it.
>You sigh and decide to ask Aegia about that bunch.
“Hey… who are those guys? Why are they the closest to us?”
>”Zose, mon petit are ze wonderbolts. Ze best group of flying ponies that Equestria has to offer. Le crème of le crème in terms of aerial security too. Oh and do you see that mare over zere?”
>Aegia points at one pegasi that was at one of last spots of their “V” formation. It doesn’t take you too long to spot the pony that she was pointing at since she probably was the first pony that had such a ridiculous mane color, well… colors.
“Yeah, what about her?”
>”Zat is one of ze best elements zat the wonderbolts has. A young mare zat has showed time and time again her unmatched potential. Pardon this, but I zink that I need to talk to her….” She flaps her wings and flies towards the pegasi, keeping with their speed with little to no effort.
>You can see that Aegia was telling that odd looking mare something. She nods and gives Aegia a salute. The both of them comes flying and land on the chariot with no effort.
>Aegia lands between you and the confused looking mare ”I’ll make ze introductions. Rainbow Dash, zis is Prince Anon. Prince Anon zis is Rainbow Dash. One of ze elements of harmony. Ze element of loyalty to be precise….”
>The mares take her goggles off, revealing a pair of dark pink colored eyes. Despite the uniform covering most of her body, based on her muzzle you could deduce that her coat was cyan ”Uuuuh… Hiya, nice to meet ya! I’m Rainbow Dash! But heheheh… I guess that she already told you that…so uuuuhm… nice to meet ya… again…”
>Well, she doesn’t seem to be the brightest pony around. But you get the feeling that her heart is in the right place
“A pleasure to meet you Rainbow Dash, and please I know that you haven’t called me prince… but seriously, don’t do it. I hate being called by titles, my name is Anon and I like to be called like that”
>You glare at Aegia before turning to Rainbow Dash with a polite smile.
“Anyways, you are an element of harmony so that must mean that you are friends with Twilight, right?”
>”Yyyyyup! Kind of an egghead if ya ask me… but eeeeh, she’s actually an incredibly awesome friend despite that” Rainbow Dash rubs the back of her neck and chuckles “Well, thinking about it. She kinda needs to, considering that she’s the Princess of Friendship and all that stuff…Oh! And just call me RD or Dash, it sounds much more awesome”
>Egghead? Oh, so she’s a jock… great. It doesn’t matter, just play it cool, maybe this Rainbow Dash is not like the pink one…you hope.
“Well RD. I doubt that she’s as big of an egghead as me. I mean, the things that I’m into the most are math, magic and physics…”
>RD cringes physically at this answer “Sheeeesh… no offence dude, but that…kinda sounds super lame…I know that you told me to not mention titles and all that junk but, you are really lucky that your moms are the Princesses… that kinda of stuff always attracts bullies and other kind of jerks”
>You raise an eyebrow and give her a cocky smile
“Oh please, even if I wasn’t a prince, they wouldn’t try anything on me. I’m not only the best at everything that they throw at me at school, buuut I’m also quite good at magic… even if I still have a lot to learn.”
>You see RD making a cocky smile on her own, she pulls you closer and gives you a small “punch” on your chest “Heheheh I like that attitude. I can definitely relate to that…Maybe you are not that big of an egghead as you think” RD rubs her hoof on her chest and turns her head in a smug fashion “I mean, as the most awesome flyer in Equestria, I understand when somepony is aware of their own skills, you know? That shows confidence! And confidence it’s always important!”
“But of course!  I mean, don’t get me wrong, it is obvious that I still have a LOT to learn, and I mean a lot. I kinda can’t control the amount of magic I use per spell, and I just know like five of them but….”
>”But you are awesome! And you know it! Just celebrate your awesomeness, because if you don’t-“
>”Crash! What the hay are you doing here! We are supposed to be escorting the Prince’s chariot, not making idle chat with him!” A pegasi with red and orange mane and yellow coat came from out of nowhere; barking orders that made RD instantly stand still and salute at her.
>The grumpy mare starts to scold RD who just keeps nodding and yelling “Yes, sir! Yes, I understand!”
>”A-hem” Aegia clears her throat, making the grumpy pony to stop her ranting and focus her attention on her.
>”Yes?” the yellow pegasi asks with an annoyed tone
>”I appreciate your concerns wiz ze order in your unit, Madame Spitfire. But I was the one who asked Rainbow Dash to come here. It is only appropriate zat ze prince meets all of ze elements of harmony after all.”
>”And who are you?” The pegasi asks threatengly to Aegia
>”You don’t need to know my name. Only my rank will be necessary” Aegia pulls out a couple of papers from her saddlebag and shows them to Spitfire
>And just like that, the yellow mare goes white “S-Secret Service?”
>Aegia nods “Oui, zat is correct. Now please, leave and continue your wonderful job of escorting us to ze Royal Guard HQ. It’s of very bad manners to interrupt a private conversation. And I’m not one zat tolerate bad manners”
>Spitfire nods and salutes her and you before taking off. RD was just relieved that she wasn’t getting shat on anymore. There’s a short moment of silence before RD realizes something
>”Heeey, now that I remember… Twi hasn’t shut up about you. She’s always complaining that she deserved to teach you eggheads stuff… Oh! And now that I remember another thing…” RD lowers her head and whispers on your ear “Pinkie Pie also doesn’t shut her mouth about you either… something about you evading her super-duper surprise party or whatever, so just between us, you better keep that creepy mare close… I don’t want to remember the last time that Pinkie threw a party because she felt that her honor was at stake”
>Oh god, oh god, oh god… please, please god. Don’t let that pink pony to come near you. And if she does, please grant Aegia a license to kill or something like that.
>”Well, I’m sorry to inform zat your friend’s plans won’t be possible zis time. Zat will be too dangerous for Anon. And I was assigned to zis operation to prevent any danger…”
>THANK YOU BASED FRENCH PONY.
>”Yeaaah…” RD rubs the back of her neck and lets out an awkward chuckle” I wouldn’t count on that… Pinkie has this weird talent of throwing parties for anypony… and it doesn’t matter if they want them or not”
>Before you can come up with a plan to evade or neutralize the pink menace, you hear a stallion voice yelling ”Sir! We are arriving to Ponyville’s outskirts, we need to drop altitude!”
>And in perfect coordination, the hundreds or even thousands of Guards that were making your convoy start to do just that. Revealing what was probably one of the most spectacular and terrifying sights that you have ever witnessed...
“… Aegia… You weren’t kidding that this whole thing would be big…”
>”I told you, Mon Petit”
>The first thing that was immediately noticeable was the massive purple and pink cloud that covered the entirety of Ponyville. Hell, it looked more like a barrier than an actual cloud. But what was that for?
>The answer could be deduced from the gigantic amalgamation of ponies that surrounded Ponyville. It was like a colorful sea, ever moving and ever changing.  The noise that it came from it was also impressive.
>A lot of that had to do with the fact that across the sea of ponies, there were gigantic stages with what you assume had different performers, musicians, and entertainers. Each one had a different spectacle going on, but every stage shared the similarity of having Discord's face plastered in bright neon lights all over them.
>You squint your eyes a little to see better and see something familiar…
“Hey… are those…”
>The giant screens that the AOSR had for when the cheap bastards of the administration wanted to show off. They usually only dusted them out and used them during the presentations of the airforce base that was located nearby, or to show off a spectacle near Black Mesa… just how much shit did Discord stole from your world?
>But if something was true, was that Discord really went the full mile with this whole thing. And it showed. You have never seen something like this, except for the time that you, Catherine and the boys went to that hippie festival…
>Speaking of Catherine. Where was she? What happened to her? Was she okay? Did she take better than you the fact that she’s now a little pony? You had to ask Discord when you finally see him.
>But all of those thoughts would need to be put aside for the time being, as every guard start to drop altitude so they could land on a giant but improvised fortress. No doubt that this was the HQ… oooh boy, here we come