Children of the Guardian Chap1

The Equestrian Guardian
Children of the Guardian
Chapter 1
17 years later….

David awoke to the sun shining directly in his face.

"Ugh… up with the morning sun again." He grunted as he slipped out of bed.

He shook his head and stretched out his legs. He looked over to the mirror hanging on the side of the room and stared at the stallion muzzle looking back at him. His reflection stared back at him, the silver eyes unblinking as he walked closer.

He slowly put his front right hoof against the mirror to make sure it was really him. Even after being turned into a stallion and marrying Twilight he still couldn't believe that it was really him in the mirror.

"17 years… you'd think I would have worked it through my thick skull by now." He said smiling.

His eyes looked over his stallion form once again. He had not only been giving the gift of a unicorn horn, but he had kept his original hair color. Dark black strands of hair covered his eyes along with a silver streak that passed through it, along with a tail that did the same thing. The strangest thing in his mind was the cutie mark on his dark green flank. It was two crossed swords; One white, one black. They represented his Guardian and Darkness blades.

"Who would have ever thought that being the Guardian would actually be a good cutie mark?" He mumbled as he walked out the door to the room and into the hallway of Canterlot Castle.

He was immediately bombarded by a group of servants that galloped up to him.

"Good Morning Mr. David" they all said happily.

"Good Morning ladies." He said kindly.

They all sighed as he passed by. (Can't help being hot.) He thought as he walked past them and headed down the hallway toward the throne room. As he expected the castle was very quiet at sunrise.

(It's cause everyone's asleep) He thought as he continued to walk.

His eyes looked around at the familiar sights around him. The once white and blue banners that had belonged to Princess Celestia and Luna had been taken down and replaced with bright lavender colored banners that bore Twilight's cutie mark. David sighed at the changes that had occurred in a 13 years' time as his mind flashed back to the past. It had happened only a few weeks after he had married Twilight. Princess Celestia and Luna had stepped off the throne and handed control to Twilight.

It was by their own choice of course, but the true reason was kept a secret from the pony public. Both of them had lost their alicorn powers to bring him back from the dead. Only Twilight had the magical prowess to take the throne in their place. Months were spent training her to raise the sun and the moon on her own. Often her body would not be able to take the stress and she would fall ill, but David was always at her side and got her to push through her pain. Soon after their 6 month anniversary she had mastered raising both the sun and moon and she was crowned Princess Twilight Sparkle.

David had cried at her crowing ceremony but he wasn't alone. All of Ponyville and Canterlot were in attendance and it wasn't just tears for Twi. It was also a farewell to the wonderful princesses that had protected all of them for so long.

Princess Luna fulfilled her long standing dream to marry Captain Bio. He accepted of course and they were happily married. Bio had then tried to retire from the Equestrian Military but David had been able to talk him out of it. He returned to the military but now with the title of: General of Equestria's Armies. He was still David's closet friend and ally whenever he needed advice.

Princess Celestia on the other hand fell in love with Primary Colors the traveling artist. At first this shocked many ponies, but not David. He knew that Primary's attention for detail and love for his work would attract Celestia who loved paintings. They were quietly married a few months after Bio and Luna. This wedding was followed by a surge of budding romances.

Applejack had gotten together with Commander Devin, who then left AJ on a journey across Equestria despite pleas from David and Twilight not to go. Even so he did leave, but he soon returned a year later and he and AJ now ran the farm better than ever.

Fluttershy had gotten together with Blank Canvas the other traveling artist pony and they were happily married.

Rainbow Dash had gone on to join the Wonderbolts and she was quickly made Captain of the team which hadn't surprised David. She made sure to send Twilight and he tickets to all of her shows and they had never missed one.

Pinkie Pie had gone back to running Sugar Cube Corner. She still throws parties but Twilight makes sure to let Pinkie know if she ever needs a party planned and wants it BIG.

Rarity hadn't been able to fulfill her dream of designing for Celstia, but she got the next best thing. Designing for David and Twilight which made her extremely happy, and she made sure to always grace the Princess and her husband with the BEST clothes. She didn't do alone though, Spike had finally gotten through to her and she had taken him on as an apprentice. He didn't know anything about clothes but as he grew older he learned and grew closer to Rarity. They still haven't married but David knew that day would come at some point.

As for he and Twilight they're love and only grew and grew with each passing day, as did Twilight! Since she had become an alicorn it was only natural for her to take on an alicorn's stature. After only a year however she was bigger than David. He hadn't been bothered by it but it did cause him some slight irritation. However Celestia came to the rescue again and had enchanted David with a magic spell that made it so he would always be equal to Twilight in size. This had not only made him happy, but it also gave him the edge in important arguments. Many ponies didn't want to argue with an alicorn sized unicorn that could crush them with one hoof. The biggest shock he had gotten had been from King Gryphonas the leader of the griffins who was SURE he had been dreaming when he saw David.

Gryphonas, along with King Stallonis the leader of the Western Stallions, and King Draconis the leader of the Dragons had aided David in the Eclipse War. The Eclipse War had been the battle against Nightmare Moon's evil spirit, and after the war David created an alliance with the three kings and their lands all merged together. This new land was called the Equestrian Alliance and stood as a shining beacon to free all those oppressed by evil.

However recently the Alliance had suffered a horrible loss, King Draconis had died of old age. There had been a massive ceremony honoring the fallen hero in Ponyville and David had dedicated a statue of his fallen ally in Canterlot. What hurt him the most was that Draconis had not lived long enough to see the dragons receive the land that David had promised them. When David did give them the land Draconis's son Dragos made a vow that the land would always be dragon. As time passed the leaders of the land changed.

King Gryphos was now a strong, wise leader who always voiced his opinion. Stallonis had become quieter but always spoke up when he disagreed. King Dragos had a fiery temper, but he was extremely loyal to David when it came to discussions. The leaders always met every year to discuss things. It always made David smile to see the golden griffin, the black stallion, and the massive red and black dragon that he called his friends.

Many anti-David ponies believed that David was the one leading Equestria since he was always the one making decisions at the alliance meetings. He denied these claims completely, he did lead the alliance debates but when it came to Equestrian policy Twilight always had the final say.

Twilight…

David's mind drifted as he thought of the beautiful mare that he had married. She had always been a book worm when she was younger but he had been amazed at how fast she grew up once she was made Princess. She had grown so mature in such a short period of time that he was sure she was Celestia in disguise. His mind returned to the present as he opened the door to the throne room and walked inside.

"You're up early David." Twilight's voice said cheerfully as he entered.

"Yeah well it's kinda hard to sleep when the sun basically rises in your face!" He said jokingly.

Twilight laughed as David walked up the steps and sat next to her. He looked at the beautiful face of the Princess he loved sitting on her throne. Her long hair didn't flow freely like Celestia's but it was still long enough to show off its beauty to any who saw it. Her lavender body and eyes were reflected beautifully in the rising sun. The royal crown and plate hung on her head and body as she sat facing the entrance to the throne room.

"What are you looking at?" She said playfully as one of her wings brushed David's muzzle. "See something you like?"

"I like everything about the mare next to me." He replied. Twilight giggled and levitated a scroll up to her that a servant had delivered. "Well let's see… nothing important on the schedule today…" She said quietly as the scroll levitated in front of her, glowing from her magic holding it up. "Oh wait… you're supposed to visit the Canterlot Military Academy today at noon." She said rolling the scroll up.

David groaned, he ALWAYS had to visit Military Academies across Equestria. Stallions hoping to join the military needed to learn from the best, and who was better than the Guardian? "I HATE going to those academies." David grunted.

"I thought you told me you loved talking about your battles and tactics." Twilight said playfully scolding him for lying to her.

"I DID like doing it. Now it's just so repetitive. It's go in, introduce yourself, talk about a battle, answer questions, and then leave. I don't see why Bio can't go to these." He sighed.

Twilight's wing reached out and picked his head up. "Please go to this one. For me?" She said batting her eyelashes at him.

"Oh fine." David said kissing her cheek "But only cause you asked nicely" he said. They both laughed. David knew that a little laugh always made Twilight feel happy, after all the stress she had to go through she needed every bit of fun she could get.

A sudden noise caught David's attention as a guard pony galloped in at full speed. "Your Majesty, Guardian... I have news for you." The soldier gasped as he bowed before them. "Speak man!" David said as the stallion rose. "You're children are arguing again and it's beginning to get violent." The stallion said quickly.

David rose and dashed past the stallion and ran toward the gardens. If the children were getting violent, then it wouldn't be long before the spells started flying and if that happened… David shook his head at the thought as he dashed past servants and royal guards. (Please kids… keep yourselves under control until I get there.)