Chapter 11- Meeting the King and Queen

The next morning the maid called out to Wrangler “Your bath is ready.” “I’m not getting out of bed.” she called back.
“B-but........The Princess has requested...”
“I don’t care what the Princess wants!” she pulled the covers over her head.
“Hmpf!” the maid walked out of the room and down the hall.
Wrangler felt something cold touch her chest and she placed her hoof on it. “Bird Star” she sighed.
She heard someone come into the room and stop at the foot of her bed.
“I said I’m not getting out of bed!”
The next thing she knew the covers were striped off of her and Morning Star was standing there.
“I beg to differ.” she gave her a stern look.
“Morning Star please leave me alone.”
“No! I will not let you wholly in self pity. Get up!”
“No!” Wrangler told her.
“Fine!” Morning Star’s horn glowed and Wrangler was smacked in the back of the head with a pillow.
“Hey! Stop that!”
Morning Star hit her again “I said get up!”
Wrangler grabbed the pillow and threw it at her smacking her in the face.
“Ooo now you’ve done it!”
Morning Star picked the pillow up and started swinging it at Wrangler. Wrangler grabbed another pillow from the bed and defended herself. The girls started giggling and beating each other with the pillows, they didn’t notice they had broken them open and feathers were flying around them.

“Oh my Morning Star!” a feminine voice.
Morning Star looked over to find her mother standing in the doorway. “Morning mom, this is my new friend Wrangler, I was going to do a more formal introduction this morning at breakfast. Wrangler this is my mother Queen Rainsong.”

“Dear, have you noticed you have destroyed the room?”
The girls looked to see that they had emptied their pillows of feathers and the bed was completely stripped from their moving on the bed. They fell onto the bed laughing and pointing at each other.

Rainsong shook her head and smiled “See you girls at breakfast.” she turned and walked off.
Morning Star stood up and shook the feather’s out of her hair. “Please go take your bath, I’ll come get you in a little bit.”
“Okay.” Wrangler walked into the bathroom to find a bubble bath waiting for her. She quickly was her hair and body, after rinsing the conditioner out of her hair she dried off. When Morning Star came back Wrangler was at the vanity braiding her hair.

“I brought you something, close your eyes and hold your hooves out.”
Wrangler closed her eyes and put her hooves out, Morning Star placed something heavy in them.”
“Okay open them.”

Wrangler looked down to see a small black box with a Sapphire and Emerald on the top with a silver swirl connecting the two gems. There was beautiful blue velvet fabric inside the box, it felt like silk.

“Oh Morning Star, I cant take this is.”
“Of course you can, I get tons of them all the time. This one came from some King and Queen I don’t even know.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. Why don’t you put Bird Star’s necklace in it?”
Wrangler took the necklace from around her neck and placed it in the box.
“Should we head to breakfast?” Morning Star asked.
“Yes I am famished.” Wrangler smiled.

After the girls left the maid came in and started sweeping the room up, she didn’t notice the glow from the box on the vanity.

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When they arrived downstairs Morning Star stopped outside of the royal dining room doors. “Now don’t be afraid of my dad is looks tough but he is really not that bad.”

Wrangler shallowed “Okay”
Morning Star nodded to the guards and they opened the doors. “Good Morning Mother, Father.”
“Good Morning sweetheart” her mother smiled.
“Morning Star what’s this I hear you destroyed some pillows this morning?” her father looked at her.
“Daddy I want you to meet someone.” she moved to the side so Wrangler could be seen. “This is Wrangler, the pony I was telling you about.”
“Nice to meet you, your majesty.”
“I’ve seen you before.” the King stated.
“Yes your highness, I was here the other day with Bird Star.”
“That’s right, How is he doing?”
Wrangler hung her head and sighed.
Rainsong spoke up “Wrangler why don’t you sit by Morning Star this morning.”
Morning Star looked at her mom and whispered “Thank you.”

Once the girls were settled and their food was on their plates the King cleared his throat.

“Where are you from Wrangler?”
Wrangler looked at Morning Star quickly.
“Daddy didn’t you promise me you wouldn’t probe her like a criminal?” Morning Star asked.
“I am only trying to get to know her dear.” he smiled.
“It’s okay Princess, I understand.” Wrangler told her. “Your highness, I am from a foreign country far from here.”
Morning Star giggled “Wrangler please call my parents by their names, Silverwind and Rainsong, just like you should call me Morning Star.”
Wrangler blushed “Only if its okay with them.”
Rainsong smiled sweetly at her “Of course my dear.”

After the dishes had been cleared they all headed into the Royal Private Headquarters. Once inside Rainsong turned to Wrangler and smiled.

“Don’t be afraid dear.” she smiled at her.
“Now Wrangler Morning Star has told us everything you told her but I am curious about this Legend. I never heard of it and I am sure the royal family would have known.” Silverwind stated.
“I don’t know Oracle told me about it, if I could tell you more I would.” Wrangler sighed.
“If Oracle told you about this we can be sure its not a scam, I trust her after she stood on my side in the battle. From what I am told she has extraordinary powers, I have never seen them myself though.”
“Dad is there someone we can ask about this?” Morning Star asked.
“The only person who knows is Oracle herself, I can send someone to find her and bring her here.” He called to the guards to fetch Flameblade, after a short while he entered the room.
“You called your highness?”
“Yes I need you to find Oracle and bring her back here, tell her it is extremely important that she comes with you.”
“Yes your highness, I will leave immediately.” he turned and left.
“As soon as they get back we will all sit down and figure out what is going on.”
“In the mean time why don’t you girls go enjoy yourselves” smiled Rainsong.
“I actually need to teach you to fly. Let’s head out into the garden.”
Wrangler smiled “Sounds good to me.”

The girls headed out the door chatting away about what they were going to do. Once they were gone Silverwind turned to his wife.

“Is there any reason that I should be worried about Wrangler?”
Raingsong walked over to Silverwind and nuzzled his neck “I trust our daughter, she would know if there was something wrong with her new friend. Let’s just trust her judgement.”
Silverwind nuzzled her back “Okay but if for any reason I need to she will be guarded at all times.”