Can't Be Too Happy

24

No One's P.O.V

Upon arrival at Springfields, both Abohaty and Glitz looked down to see the homes. Some were still left in their original condition, and some seemed to be getting repaired which put a smile on the Princess's face.

"Where do you think all the ponies went? The ones whose home was destroyed," Abohaty asked Glitz. Glitz continued to look down while saying,

"Probably a place in Canterlot or Ponyville or something. We don't have any of those places where ponies can stay temporarily."

"Maybe that can be something I can request, or just-" Glitz laughed, cutting off the pink mare. "What's so funny about that? I'm trying!"

"No, no, no it's just...Abohaty, you are the princess now. I mean, you were before, but I'm saying that no one is stopping you from doing what you have to do. All you have to do is present your orders to the high commission and they'll find a way to make it possible."

"Oh yeah..."

Abohaty and Glitz started to feel the carriage come closer to the ground. So she looked back up to see that they had landed outside of a newly built castle that looked nothing like the old. In fact, the castle looked to be her style. The first color she saw was pink.

"Oh wow," Glitz commented. "I don't know if I should be more shocked with how fast they rebuilt this or how different it looks..."

The doors of the carriage opened and Abohaty was the first to walk out, then after was Glitz. In front of them was a large gate that surrounded the full castle. That was never there before. Two of the guards were on each side of the gate entrance. One of them was Onyx. He bowed down as the gates of the door slowly opened.

"No need for that Onyx," Abohaty said. Onyx got up on his four hooves quickly and looked the Princess in the eye. "And...that too." Onyx tilted his head.

"Huh?"

"A simple wave would be better, and it actually feels friendlier if you ask me." She nudged him on his side. "Besides, I'm Princess Abohaty. Not Celestia, not Cadence, not Luna, or Twilight." Abohaty began to walk away to explore more as Glitz followed alongside her. They hadn't gotten inside the castle yet because there was a small garden place separating the gate and the door to the castle. "Ooo, these are pretty!" She looked over at Glitz who was also observing his surroundings. "Look at how pretty these flowers are! I see lilies, I see tulips..." Abohaty trailed off when she finally noticed the constant tapping on her body. She turned around to face Glitz, but he was looking at something ahead. Abohaty decided that she also should do that, and when she did, her jaw dropped. "No way!! Is that a statue of me?!" Abohaty ran over to it to get a better look at it.

The statue was large, and it had Abohaty in a posture where it looked to be like her giggling. Her hoof was up to her mouth, her eyes were closed and she was laughing. A few feet behind the statue was a brick wall. On the walls were three different murals but they all were connected in a way, just split slightly. It looked to be just one big mural if you placed the three closer together. In the middle part, the glass captured the moment Abohaty had defeated Amirah in the Internal darkness. Abohaty was on the right and Amirah was on the left. The side mural closest to Amirah showed the large damage she caused to the kingdom. The glass closest to Abohaty showed something more positive. It was vanishing the damage that had been caused by Queen Amirah and seemed more pleasant to look at. "Wow..." Abohaty muttered. "This is really beautiful..." The Princess made her way back to her royal guard who stood in front of the castle's door where there was another set of guards protecting the entrance.

The entrance door came down slower than those gates that had opened earlier for them. It was one of those doors that were attached to strings so that when it came down to let ponies in, it would be able to come up. But the door came down over the small river that was placed there.