Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust
By. FoxofRarity
Chapter. 84
Disclaimer- My Little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. Arthur's note at end
In the Everfree forest the Xenomorphs are enjoying the feast they hunted down and gathered. Well they continue eating their stag and apples all except Hera and Manda who let’s just say after having good food in the Griffon Republic want more good food instead of this bland tasting stag and not so soft apples. Yet both know what master and Weytani has ordered them to do. They both know they can’t go into the town nearby to get some good food so they decide to go into the castle on the side of the mountain. Thus both get up but upon doing so, Phasma asks them where they’re going.
“Buscar comida wey.” Hera replies.
Phasma tilts her head in confusion. “We have food right here?”
“Du brauchst deine ganze kraft, den de zulunft der welt liegt in deiner hand!” Manda points out by having Phasma try the stag.
“I don’t know what you said but you have a point.”Phasma admits thus the Xenomorph only reminds Hera and Manda to avoid the town at all costs and to bring something back if they can.
“Hehehehe.” Hera cackles while rubbing her hands. “Comida wey!”
”Nani??” Manda inquires
“Uhhh bien comida.”
“Ja!” Manda gets it now.
So with some big cloth sacks tied to their tails both Xenomorphs scale up the mountain already drooling at the thought of filling their sacks with yummy food. It’s funny that Gold Sky hasn’t thought about the event when his Xenomorphs consume a tremendous amount of sugar.
In the Palace.
“Luna, why won’t you talk to me about your seizure? You had me worried sick back there and Delta is yapping in my ear, and now he’s knocking every five minutes!”
The last thing Luna wants is having the Cobra find out about Rainbow Dash and another last thing Luna wants is explaining herself to Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow I just had a seizure that’s all also did you see a large reptile?”
“A large reptile?” Rainbow repeats. “No, I haven’t.”
In Luna’s mind. “Oh thank goodness, Rainbow didn’t see that Cobra and I don’t have to worry about that Cobra doing anything to Rainbow. After all she punched and poisoned me with her venom.”
“Well look Rainbow my lovely Rainbow Dash, let’s just go to bed, kiss each other, and tomorrow we’ll do something together. In fact check that, we’ll do whatever you want tomorrow!”
Rainbow Dash’s rose eyes widen to Luna’s suggestion. “Can we race through the Wonderbolts training grounds!!?”
Luna softly smiles and responds by nuzzling Rainbow. “Go to sleep.” With that Luna opens the door to allow son to come in and tell him goodnight.
“Good night, mother.” The stallion kisses her cheek.
However, from out of nowhere. “Ahem, are you not going to wish me a good night.”
Perplexed Delta does what many will do. “Why?”
“Why what?” Rainbow asks.
“Why do I have to kiss you good night?”
Rainbow comes and stands by Luna . “Well I am your mother’s lov…”
“Rainbow bed now or I’ll change my mind!” Luna instantly interrupts.
*GASP!* “Okay!” Rainbow goes to bed.
“Mother is this going to be a normal thing?”
“I hope not but anyway are you ready to help me create the motion tracker spell we discussed?” Luna whispers.
But Delta motions his head at Rainbow Dash. “What about her? Is she still awake??”
In response a loud snore from the cyan Pegasus confirms to Luna and Delta that Rainbow is totally asleep. “Well in that case let’s get down to business.”
Luna smirks. “Rainbow can drift asleep ever so easily, now let’s go.” Using her left wing Luna lovingly nudges the stallion to get him moving while her chest drops in temperature to be thinking of the Xenomorphs and being with her son. “I know they’re out there and they were scouting me to check on my reaction time. Hmmm I think they don’t know the layout of the palace but it should only be a matter of time before they do. So I better make sure I create this motion tracker spell correctly and it’s accurate for even if one gets near me that is more than enough to give me the fight of my life.”
Inside Luna’s study Delta opens up a book discussing the mechanics of sonar. “Okay if we’re going to track them by their movement we need to figure out how to even detect them in the first place. Hmm we know infrared will be useless so do you any other ways in mind mother?”
The Princess of the Moon places a hoof under her chin to narrow down the methods she may utilize. “Sonar is the most surefire way hmmmmmm…” *TING* “Sound!”
“Uhh I don’t think your nephew’s guards make much of that until they’re within the killing blow.”
Luna shakes her head. “No my son, Sound! Sound frequencies such as uhhhh bloody it was at the tip of my tongue ultrasound!! Yeah, yeah that, that ultrasound frequencies!”
“You mean like the thing they use to check the babies inside pregnant mares?” Delta asks.
The Pure Immortal ruffles up her son’s hair first. “Yes and no my son. We will not be using the devices Nurse Redheart uses but the frequencies used in ultrasound will be used. Create a ultrasound ping with a medium range say at four hundred yards!”
Adding to Luna’s ideas. “The ping must be able to pass through objects, also have a display to decipher what’s being detected, and the range can be adjusted.”
“Yes.” Luna is pleased with the ideas her son presents and regarding having a display she realizes one will be needed to monitor if a Xenomorph is approaching. “Okay the ultrasound waves will have to go through walls and objects, adjustable range, ultrasound frequencies, and I think if I should call the display this ahem a heads up display to show us what the frequencies detect.”
Delta Scorch smiles to the hear the hope in mother’s voice, and it’s amazing mother glossing over the fact he uttered the word babies and didn’t well obviously do what any mother will do…ask when he’s going to have children. But it’s better if she doesn’t and kind of albeit unintentional wise persuade him to marry Cloud Kicker and have kids in a rapid pace. “Okay I’ll design the heads up display and you can use the book to help you develop the ultrasound frequencies mother.”
“Got it.” Luna scans the book gathering all the knowledge while Delta with a protractor designs the motion tracker’s field of view by giving it a view of 180 degrees. “Hmmm.” Luna concentrates to make the waves have the ability to pass through walls. “I will have the waves be emitting at a extremely fast rate so I can keep track of every detail of the Xenomorph’s movement. Making it real time tracking.”
In Delta’s mind. “With a 180 degree field of view our eyes so to speak will be limited drastically but I feel a 180 degree field of view provides the most accurate readings for the waves are most concentrated in one general direction and we can turn to a different direction to pick up readings of approaching Xenomorphs. Perfect got the origin point down now to give it to mother so we can develop the motion tracker spell.” Thus after giving Luna his designs for the spell Luna tilts her head in both admiration and question.
“My son is this design you want me to use?”
“Mother I know our eyes so to speak will be limited but overall it offers a way more accurate reading also it can adjusted in whichever direction you face.” Delta points out.
“Oh.” Luna figures out the logic behind Delta’s method of designing the heads up display. “Well if you feel this what you consider effective then I trust you my son.”
“Thank you mother.” Delta feels in awe to hear mother say she trusts him.
“Okay let’s do this my son.” Both horns glow and magic emits joining together creating the motion tracking spell.
“This is will help me against nephew’s deadly personal guards.” Luna thinks to herself.
Meanwhile.
Two Xenomorphs effortlessly make their way into the rather large kitchen in the palace and devilishly rub the palms of their hands together for they know they’re surrounded by ‘the good stuff’.
“Andale wey!!” Hera and Manda without a hint of hesitation start filling their sacks with cake, cupcakes, chocolate, pears, muffins, zebra pastries, and whatever else they can lay their greedy hands on.
Well this is quite amazing.” Luna ushers in awe to the hologram motion tracker functioning before her and her son. “Also the ultrasound waves ping grows on you. Berp, berp, berp, berp.”
Still packing food into her sack and that is after having a cake or two…well three to be exact Manda briefly stops to say something to Hera.“Boku to odotte kurenai ka!”
Hera nods. “Okay.” And responds with the most universal word. “Mi comida.” The Xenomorph tells herself as she carefully transverses the ceiling while making herself as quiet as the word silent itself. But her deep desire for good food and the coming act of indulging herself with the good food. Her senses are cast aside but she is nonetheless silent however, she will not pick up two upcoming signatures
And the same will be said for Manda who will much rather go about her bipedal ways while indulging herself with zebra pasties.
*berp, berp, berp, berp, berp.* The motion tracker hologram pings while Luna and Delta Scorch walk about the palace corridors putting it to the test in regards of measuring the adjusting field of view. “I can’t believe I am ready to spot any approaching Xenomorph.”
“Good to hear the confidence in your voi…” *BEEP!* Delta Scorch goes absolutely quiet to the sound of the motion tracker picking up a signature.
Luna instantly freezes upon realizing she’s doing the Xenomorph’s work for them by being alone, tight yet at the same time open space, night, and being practically still. “My son get out of here!!”
“NO!” Despite his knowledge of the Xenomorph’s lethality Delta’s defies his mother’s order.
Growling to Delta sudden surge of bravery. “I don’t have time for this!! Huh??” A blue dot shows itself on the hologram and its moving straight for them.
Back to Manda.
The Xenomorph makes her way out of the kitchen whose senses too are cast aside thanks to good food.
Of course the motion tracker hologram beeps again now in a rhythm. “Uhhhhh how far is it?” Delta asks like well like there’s nothing wrong happening at this very moment.
“Oh.” Luna almost forgot Delta added a target distance indicator at the bottom. “20 meters!!”
Meters just what are meters? Delta asks himself. “Meters??”
*TING* “Meters I meant yards! 20 yards!”
Both pairs of eyes focus entirely on the slow moving blue dot and their ears insanely twitch to the beeping becoming faster and faster. “Mother can you see it!!?”
Beads of sweat stampedes down their brows as the yards between them and the Xenomorph lessen with each passing second. “Wait of course!!” Shifting her vision, Luna’s pupils glow gray indicating she’s utilizing her x-ray vision. “Huh what!!” Luna can’t believe she is unable to see the Xenomorph even when she’s practically seeing through walls. “I can’t see it with my x-ray vision! How, how, how is this possible and why was this not in the book.”
At the very moment the blue dot is halfway past the motion trackers field yet both ponies look to their sides instead of looking up. “10 YARDS!!” Luna looks to her son realizing for the first time he is bearing witness to the fear that’s brought upon by a lone Xenomorph.
“9 yards!” Delta inches closer to mother as his horn glows to prepare himself for perhaps what can be a last stand against one creature that literally brought the Princess of the Moon to her knees. “8 yards!” The beeping is only thing they hear. “7 yards!” Luna’s horn glows as well. “6 yards.” Delta finds himself pressed up against Luna who covers him with her wing. “5 yards!” Luna jerks her head left and right. “4 yards!” Delta thinks of Cloud Kicker. “3 yards!” Luna thinks of Rainbow Dash. “2 yards!” Both are ready.
But suddenly at hitting zero nothing happens… “PHEW!!” Both ponies sigh in upmost relief.
*BEEP!* A new signature is picked up and somehow it’s closer than the possibly false signature seconds ago.
“ANOTHER ONE!!!?” Delta cries while Luna…
“I wan-want to cha-change the world…” Luna sings as if to tell her son she’s trying to calm herself down.
Finally coming to her senses. “Huh?” Hera realizes she’s directly above two ponies who looking at some glowing thing. “Uh oh!” Her sonar senses shows Manda coming about the corner.
“Contact!!” Delta yells and pretty much Manda comes around the corner and dragging her tail too if being seen isn’t bad enough.
“Oh…”Manda can’t believe how careless she is to be standing before two ponies and she’s dragging her sack of food on the floor.
*GASP!* Standing before her, Luna’s eyes widen to see the full glory of the Xenomorph. “Jet black shiny skin, metal teeth…you’re finally here for me…” Sadly Luna has no will to fight for if she does then the chance of her son getting hurt in the process runs high.
From above Hera makes the first move upon noticing there’s a big window next to her. “Vamos wey!!” She crashes through the window with Manda on her tail. “Comida!!” Hera cheers!
”Hai!!” Manda cheers in tune with her sister.
Back to Luna and Delta Scorch…”Uhhhh…” The stallion looks down on the floor. “I can’t tell if it’s mine or hers…but it’s best if she doesn’t step on it.” Delta softly nudges Luna prompting the Immortal Mare to move to the left a bit. “Mother are we safe…” Call it a miracle that Delta nearly passed out otherwise he would be insane right now. “Mother? Are you alright?”
Feeling the wind strike her sweat covered cheek the Princess of the Moon without warning takes her son into her arms. “My son oh my son, all that matters is your safety!” After showering him with a few kisses and nuzzles Luna lets go of him and looks down. “Uhh is that my pee or your pee…?”
In a brief silence of five seconds Delta sighs. “I think it’s ours…That thing was it, was it your nephew’s biggest guard because it.”
“She.” Luna corrects.
“Uhm yes she, uhm she the biggest guard? Because she looks big!”
*ting* With that question Luna comes to her senses allowing to piece the pieces together. “No…that is not my nephew’s most fearsome Xenomorph, she has yet to reveal itself to me but I not WE will know when she shows herself. My son the next time I say leave YOU LEAVE is that clear!” Luna ends with the Royal Canterlot voice.
Cowering to mother’s usage of the mighty roar Delta nods. “I won’t disobey you next time mother. I-I-I promise but are we safe??”
The Princess of the Moon does not know how to answer this question but given what Celli told her about the Xenomorphs playing psychological warfare on her then Luna sees its okay to answer Delta’s question in a manner that’ll calm him down. “For now they won’t come back, they’re just doing their psychological warfare and I think their battle for today has been fought. So please my son, come with me, for I want you to be by side tonight.” Leading him to her room Luna hands him a pillow of his own.
Being given a pillow Delta knows Luna wants him to sleep under her wing in order for her to protect him from the Xenomorph or in this case Xenomorphs and to say no will be striking her maternal instinct but at the same time…Delta feels very uncomfortable when he’s close to Rainbow Dash and by close…it’s being close to her when Luna is near him. For Delta, he’s older than Rainbow Dash and he has to see her be with his mother and he found out her age by asking Nurse Redheart. And deep down he believes Rainbow is too immature for Luna and is too emotional more or less. “Uhhh I’ll sleep on the couch.”
“What??” Using her magic Luna pushes the couch far from Delta Scorch. “My son I know you saw what I saw and you know it can kill you before you know you’re going to die. And I told you not to ever disobey me again so right now you will sleep under my wing while I will stay awake to keep watch over you.”
Delta shakes his head.
Getting upset at Delta’s sudden defiance Luna yet controls herself then manages takes a deep breath and asks him what’s wrong. “Why?”
Instead of saying what’s on his mind Delta simply points at Rainbow Dash.
“Oh…” Luna gets it now. “You don’t want her to be close to you while you’re close to me.”
Delta nods.
“In that case I understand and I will not force you to feel comfortable around Rainbow Dash when she’s close to me. Just hold on.” With her magic, Luna carefully levitates Rainbow Dash and gently puts her on the couch. “There. Better.” All the more credence that’s she a mother first and everything else second.
Now under her wing and finally able to relax given how nothing can penetrate Luna’s wing. Delta closes his eyes but can’t go to sleep for the reasons are quite obvious. “That darker than night creature is after mother and I just froze upon seeing it instead of performing my duty as Son and Elite Commando Guard then pissing all over the floor when both of them crashed through the window. I mean if I can’t protect mother then I can’t protect my dear Cloud Kicker and my future children! That Xenomorph looked right at me and I felt it…I never felt so scared in my life…I, the Captain of mother’s Elite Commando Guard froze at the sight at some bony anorexic looking bipedal creature. Thank the Great Spirit I did not look at it for more than five seconds otherwise I’ll be insane right now.” But once more deep down is he insane for only an insane pony will say they’re not insane but insanity is developed by weakness to accept reality or in this case it’s created by looking upon like a Xenomorph so what is it!!? Delta does not know if he’s going insane, afraid, shaken up, or its relief finally coming upon him so whatever it is he knows he will not be feeling this if he never looked upon that Xenomorph. “I just want to sleep, just want to sleep, want to sleep, to sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, coming, coming, coming, coming, coming, coming, coming, SIGNATURE CONTACT!!” Delta gasps…
“My son, are you alright!!?” Luna clearly feels her son trembling under her wing. “Delta Scorch?”
“NO!! NOOOOOOOOOO!” A panic attack consumes the stallion.
Without thought Luna engulfs both of them with a noise canceling bubble to prevent Rainbow from waking up and laying eyes on Delta Scorch. “He must have looked upon the Xenomorph for more than five seconds!!” So using her telepathy Luna enters the core of Delta’s mind. “Ah yes I’m back where I am.” So using every ounce of her maternal instinct, Luna embraces the core of the galaxy of Delta’s mind and speaks to him in her most loving voice. “Okay I think he’s calming down.” But as one can mistake the sudden coming of calmness during a hurricane as the end instead of just being in the eye, Delta looks at Luna and instead of seeing her he sees the Xenomorph looking at him with its lips curling up revealing metallic teeth. “AAHHH!” Out of the sudden overtaking of his survival instinct Delta delivers the most powerful blow his strength can muster unto Luna sending her flying across the room while Rainbow continues snoring like a baby.
Surprised but not by the act of getting punched by her son but more by the power behind the punch and Rainbow Dash sleeping like nothing going on. “Well I don’t think he ever struck somebody that hard. I’m impressed!” Indeed. “Ahh he’s having a severe panic attack, so what is it about these Xenomorphs!!? They can make one insane and drive others who are not into a complete fear stricken state.” Shaking up off the blow, Luna teleports back to Delta and takes hold of him. “Calm down my son! Calm down, calm down nothing is going to hurt you OW!” Delta hits her with the back of his head. “Oh c’mon now you’re headbutting me not that I mind though, ow! Stop it ow!” Nevertheless, Luna continues holding Delta for each head butt she gets is softer than the previous. “Delta it’s okay. Listen to your mother, you’re safe.”
At last calming down Delta faints in his mother’s arms and just goes completely limp. “Phew...I will have to wait till morning to gain a complete picture of his mental state but for now I can say it was only a panic attack and not insanity.” With that, Luna covers him with her wing and waits for dawn while taking a glance at Rainbow Dash. “Nothing will wake you my dear, nothing will wake you.”
***
In the Everfree forest.
“Hey what’s that?” Jupiter points at a zebra patterned pastry.
“Hai!” Manda hands her a pastry.
The Xenomorph eats it and instantly relishes the taste of this new food. “This tastes better than that stag!”
Manda nods her head in delight.
“Hmmmm?” Phasma comes along and tries a slice of cake that’s in a box with a sun printed on it. “This tastes good!”
So each Xenomorph gets a piece of good food. “Where did you find all this good food, Hera and Manda?” Phasma asks
Hera points at the castle on the side of the mountain. “Por allá wey.”
“Hmmmm.” Phasma takes one last bite of her pastry before grabbing two more pastries and handing them to Newt and Nessie. “You two got to try this.”
But the twins look at each other displaying some uneasiness to eating the delicious pastries. “Won’t master get mad?” Newt asks.
Phasma snorts at the youngest Xenomorph’s question. “Master won’t get mad Newt. He said the both of you can eat before departing so eat this delicious thing Hera and Manda brought for us.”
So Newt and Nessie eat the pastries and find it to be absolutely delightful!!
But when the rest of the Xenomorphs go for seconds… “IIE!” Manda growls!
“I guess we don’t get seconds then.” Mink laments and goes back the campfire to roast some tasteless stag. “I wonder how Master can enjoy eating this tasteless stuff.”
Coming by, Leia sits down next to her. “I am so craving a nice bowl of Ramen…”
“Well don’t worry!” Cynder speaks up. “Master will bring us good food, I mean how many times has he let us down!”
All the Xenomorphs minus Hera and Manda go into deep thought. “Cynder is right!” Jupiter shouts. “Master will give us good food!”
“YEAH!!” Cheer the rest.
While in Pan’s mind. “I wonder what Weytani will think?”
***
Among the snow covered mountains a creature traverses through the snow to fulfill the urges of it instincts that has guided it from the tar pit it arose from. The creature momentarily stops to shake off the snow on it’s scales and let out a deep breath to see how cold it is. “Something…ahem…” The creature realizes it’s speaking in its mind so it shifts to verbal. “Something tells me I should be here and wait for whatever that will me why I have this instinct in me.” The creature lies down on the ground and looks at the beautiful glow emitting from the Crystal Empire.
***
“You shouldn’t trust my judgement brother for is what caused this to happen to you. But yes, the Crystal Empire is the safest place for that is the last place Twilight will think we’ll go given how she knows how much you fear her majesty Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, uhhhh but don’t worry I will be by your side when she approaches us.” Indeed Rarity is right, for Twilight has in mind that Canterlot or Manehattain will be the places her and Gold Sky will retreat to.
Silent but nonetheless, now curious about the Young Prince’s apprehension of Princess Cadance whom she knows is his biological sister while this beautiful white mare well...Gilda will take the other path and find out for herself. Now flicking her tongue Gilda tastes a scent that’s heavily identical to Gold Sky’s and is covered with his Love. “Huh?? Somebody else has a scent similar to his?? But the Mistress isn’t here, I-I-I don’t understand. Who else can have his scent?” The Lady Cobra flickers her tongue to taste the scent once more just to be sure she tasted what she tasted.
Meanwhile, Gold Sky takes a quick sniff. “Oh dear she’s coming…” As before he goes completely pale.
Rarity knows whom he’s talking about, Weytani figures it out, Sweetie Belle is long gone, and the Lady Cobra becomes worried about this she the Young Prince is talking about as in...can it be...another mare who’s interesting in him.
Gold Sky takes a deep breath to prepare himself for the coming moment of speaking to his daughter whom he knows is disappointed in him for having sex outside of marriage. *sigh*
Coming down the stairs Gilda the Griffon focuses solely on her father.
“Gilda.” Gold Sky gently declares upon making eye contact.
“What?” Gilda the Toltecian Cobra responds. “Huh?” She feels a hoof on her shoulder.
Rarity brings her close for a whisper. “Not you.”
Back to the Griffon. “Father.”
“Huh!!” The Lady Cobra’s jaw drops and looks straight at Griffon. “I-I-I don’t understand...what?” Again she feels Rarity’s hoof on her shoulder.
“Uhmmm just, just watch an-and ask him later.” Rarity fills in.
“I know what you did and I am very ashamed of you. The beliefs I developed thanks to your honor when you told me that sex is between a husband and wife collapsed. But know I will never make the same mistake like you. My Integrity is strong and thank you for pointing me towards Big McIntosh.” With that Gilda rushes forward and tightly hugs her father. “Oh father, I’m just happy to see you right now and I want to tell you to please be close to me.” Now Gilda having a brief episode of going back to her past, rubs her head against father’s neck. *ting* She feels a new presence here and no it isn’t Weytani. “Wha…” Gilda’s golden eyes gaze upon the very beautiful bronze Toltecian Cobra causing her to suddenly let go of her father and makes her way to the Cobra. “Incredible...a large Cobra. Very, very, very pleasing to the eye…” Gilda reaches up and touches the Cobra’s left arm. “Smooth, warm wait warm! HAHAHA, you produce your own body heat. A feminine figure, huh are you a mare?” Gilda asks.
“This Griffon calls Gold Sky her father. What!!! Did he engage...with a Griffon…?” Luckily despite going cold to the notion of the Young Prince having a child from a Griffon manages to nod.
Gilda smiles to get a response from this beautiful Cobra. “You’re very beautiful and can I know why you’re here?”
Unable to raise a finger, the Lady Cobra uses her tail to point at Gold Sky.
“Who else does father know? Anyway, father are you hungry? I’ll cook you something to eat.” Departing to the kitchen and of course followed by Weytani who’s drooling all over the nice floor that is obviously much to Rarity’s dismay.
Gold Sky sighs in relief given how this went smoother than he expected and Gilda is not mad at him for what he did with Meadow Flower but what he didn’t take into account is Gilda the Tolecian Cobra finding out about Gilda his daughter and the implications that’ll give rise in mind of the faithful mare. “Gold Sky!” The Lady Cobra wraps her tail around the stallion and drops him in front of her. “Please tell me...did you mate with a Griffon an-and are you a widower?” In her eyes tears are forming and scales become cooler due to her body temperature lowering.
“Uh oh!” Gold Sky realizes what the Lady Cobra is thinking. “Uhm G it isn’t what you think! I-i-it isn’t what you think! Please listen uhhhh.” First he looks over the Cobra’s shoulder to make sure Gilda is cooking up a storm. “Come.” He motions her to get close to enable her to hear his whisper but still he feels Gilda will hear what he’ll say so he taps his head indicating telepathic communication. “I did not mate with a Griffon, G. I adopted her. Let me show you.” He shows her the moment he found the freshly hatched Gilda in the Fascist headquarters, taking her in as his flesh & blood, and making her immortal so he won’t go through the pain of having to bury his daughter.
Feeling a weight being taken off her shoulders, the Toltecian Cobra smiles to know the Young Prince didn’t marry a Griffon, had a child with it, and then became a widower. “She is…” *ting* Something doesn’t seem right. “Wait, she’s almost full grown and Griffons age slowly. When we first met she was not around and from the way you two interacted...you are very, very close. Tell me where was she ten years ago.”
“Hmmm.” His feelings for the Toltecian Cobra are quite parallel to the one for his ‘former’ spouse. Thus for the first time other than Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Redheart whom are very close to him along with having some sort of relation to Gilda, he will tell somepony of his daughter. “Not now, not here, but I will tell when the time is right, G. I will tell you and I will see your faithfulness be put to the test.”
Hearing the Young Prince say he will put her faithfulness to him to the test when he tells her about his daughter. “Oh Gold Sky.” G comes over and lays her forehead against his. “Thousands of years of faithfulness cannot be broken so easily.” She looks deep into his eyes and blushes on her part to be this close to the stallion she waiting thousands of years for.
Coming out of the kitchen with Weytani already eating in the dining room, Gilda wipes her hands clean and right when she’s about to call father to eat she looks up seeing how close her father and the Lady Cobra. “Father?” She feels quite weird seeing father being very close to a mare and sure while she was present at his wedding that was quite different because at a wedding the couple always kisses. But here, father is extremely close to this mare, in fact this could be the first time she sees him being affectionate to someone else. “Uhmm, nevermind.” She doesn’t bother interrupting affectionate moment between the two but feels a strong urge to...well, interrupt or once she’s done having him take him into an embrace and tell him she loves him very much. Pretty much she is being possessive given how in Griffons once they reach adulthood they automatically leave the ‘nest’ and do not return to see their parent once their own ‘nest’ is established. Which sometimes can take years. However, Gilda thinks she has the that instinct even though she does not thanks to the Love from her father’s spirit granting her immortality but she won’t find out until she reaches adulthood.
“I should feel happy to see a mare care deeply for father. I mean he cares so much for me so there should be somebody who cares so much for him. Yet I feel like I want to tell her he’s mine.”
But just as Rarity was about to say something to the Griffon, Gold Sky clears his throat. “We’re going to the Crystal Empire. Now. Let’s go.”
“Huh!??” Weytani didn’t even get a chance to finish eating the good food Gilda made for her. “Master I didn’t even get the chance to finish!”
Now with some distance from the Lady Cobra but still within the distance of her long tail of which he receives a stroke under his chin. “You can eat it on the go Weytani.”
“WHAT!!” Weytani’s mind is blown! “You can do that!! You can eat your food on the go! Incredible!” Nonetheless, the Xenomorph points at her food prompting the Griffon to wrap it up with aluminum foil.
“Where are we going?” Asks the Lady Cobra.
“I’ll tell you later. Oh Rarity can you make a cloak for Weytani very quick?”
The White Mare nods and works her magic for the Xenomorph.
*ting* G remembers the orbs she bought from home and the last thing she wants is to leave them here. “Ummm Gold Sky can you teleport me to the palace very quick!” With coordinates in mind, the Cobra is careful not to think about the Gray Mare or Princess Celestia.
“Very well.” He teleports her to the coordinates she gave him.
“Father where are we going?”
“To the Crystal Empire, why? I won’t tell you but just know we’re going there.”
Gilda overall is happy to go to the Crystal Empire but feels uneasy knowing father is afraid of Aunt Cadance. Thus Gilda won’t press the issue and use this chance to get Aunt Cadance to introduce her to Uncle Shining Armor.
“Bring me back.” G requests.
*poof*
With her orbs in tow the Cobra is ready to follow the stallion, Weytani now covered up with a gray cloak is ready and of course hungry, Rarity is ready, the other Xenomorphs are alerted. Then from out of nowhere Redheart appears and as expected the white mare cannot fathom the sight of the beautiful Toltecian Cobra. “No time to explain but you’re coming too!” But then. “OH! Rarity can you please get G a fur coat.”
“Why?” Both Gilda and G say at the same time. “Huh??” Both now look at each other in confusion.
Now witnessing the first of many coming misunderstandings Gold Sky pushes it aside by pointing at his daughter first. “Not you.” Then points at the lovely Lady Cobra. “It gets really cold where we’re going.” Once Rarity gets G a nice fur coat and after everyone has a hand and hoof on him, Gold Sky thinks of the train station. “Jump!”
*Poof*
***
In the palace, Octavia knocks on the door of the Lady Cobra’s room desiring to speak to the kind Immortal but after five knocks the gray mare simply goes in and lets out a small groan to see the Lady Cobra isn’t here. “Where is she?”
“At a place that is none of your concern, vessel.” Celestia answers.
Seeing the both of them are alone Octavia will use this opportunity to speak Princess Celestia. “Why are you like this? I will understand your anger towards me but why do you have to refer to me as vessel?”
Princess Celestia points at a mirror. “The only thing this mirror reflects is you. A mare that through her own actions changed the world through music, achieved immortality before gaining it through love, had an impact upon me plus Luna, and of course the most obvious and important you captured the heart of my son...then you stabbed it!” Celestia’s horn glows. “I believe well once believed that one day I can ignore the feeling in the back of my mind. I thought maybe he knows something I don’t about you and for once I as his mother does not always know what’s best. But you proved me right. Oh Vessel what is it with you and your entitlement complex where you think just because your biological components still function you can get what you want at the expense at my own son’s heartbreak. It’s mares like you that give good mares a bad name and introduce the thought to the minds of stallions of saying no to mares in order to avoid the pain of heartbreak and going to their own way. It’s a reasonable response and what’s worse is your actions cementing the concept of nihilism into the mind of an IMMORTAL!! I look upon you ashamed that my son’s flesh & blood comes from your womb, comes from a mare who knows nothing of faithfulness, and showed no regret much less the decency to come forward and tell me what you’ve done while he was still alive. Humph, why do I have to constantly fight myself to keep from going back in time and tell him that you’ll betray…” Celestia suddenly stops in midsentence. “Tsh!” Celestia sharply expires her breath between her teeth when she realizes something that didn’t cross her mind before. “Tell me vessel. Why did my son stay with you after you betrayed him.”
“Well Gold Sky.” Octavia nearly stammers. “He forgave me and recited our marriage vows.”
Celestia shakes her head. “I see it now, I now understand why he stayed with you. He did so out of pity.”
“Pity??” Octavia repeats. “I know he lost faith in me but his for love for me was still there otherwise why will he stay with me.”
Celestia points again at the mirror. “You can take a mortal out of mortality but you can’t take the mortal out of the Immortal. It’s out of pity he stayed with you because he made you immortal and the thought of leaving the mare he once loved cursed with immortality was too much for him to handle. He could not let you go insane due to being alone and once after accomplishing everything what more can you do? Nothing but just accept that you are forever alone, accept that you squandered your chance of having forever happiness, accept while you may be fertile and have the ability to reproduce you need an Immortal spouse to have a immortal child, and lastly you will forever know you are no different than your mother. Humph! His pity for you overtook him, thus that’s the only reason why he kept that wedding band on his horn!”
Being hit with this sudden and most credible description of a reality that most perfectly seems to fit her husband. “What…” Despite the numerous times he told her he loves her. “You’re making me question his love!!” And one thing she knew is his love is always true, a luxury she had and can never lose.
Seeing this rise of Octavia’s anger, Celestia is unphased by this and in fact wants more of it to rise before CRUSHING it with one swift stroke. “A pity that I know he never questioned yours Octavia. Yet you get so offended when I make you question his. Ahem, there’s a reason why you’re so antsy above questioning his love.” And for the one swift stroke.
“Hubris.”
“Hubris?” Octavia knows the meaning of that word but does not understand the implication Celestia is thrusting upon her.
Celestia shatters the mirror with a simple gaze. “Being on the receiving end of the affection from an immortal can have an effect on an mortal. For why will a Immortal fall in love with a mortal? The mortal will die and the immortal will be saddened and I’m pretty sure you thought about your own mortality the moment you found out he was immortal but then being made immortal well you found the belief that since you enticed an immortal...you will always have his heart no matter what you do. You can hurt him but no matter, you can break his heart here & there but no matter, you can hit him but no matter, you can do whatever you want and no matter WHAT! You will always believe that you’re the only mare from him because you captured his heart but little do you know is that captured hearts can be set free and yokes can be broken. Trust me I know my son well, he would have divorced you but his pity for you got the best of him. You are never going to be best despite what you think and accomplished, your pride in being the mate of an Immortal drove you to be what gives us mares a bad name.” Then Celestia places a hoof on Octavia’s forehead. “A mare who had everything but threw it all away just because she couldn’t get what she wanted humph and you say that I’m acting like a child by referring to you as the vessel.”
*ting* “I didn’t sense you reading my mind!! You found a way to enter my mind without me knowing!”
“Vessel if I put my mind to it I can solve anything such as bypassing your ability to sense whenever somepony uses their telepathy on you. You are nothing but just a vessel. No one will ever look to you for companionship, no one will look to you for love, not even for pleasure. Octavia just knowing you thought yourself the best of the best and Gold Sky will always stay with you no matter what you do, well you have to go and bow down before Cadance for I saw what Gold Sky did when he told Gilda he’s in love with you.”
Now that she’s about to be exposed to the sadness the lovely Toltecian Cobra went through Octavia breaks eye contact with the Princess of the Sun. “Wha-what di-di-did he do??”
“He committed seppuku.”
Octavia falls to her knees when she realizes Gold Sky has deep feelings for the Toltecian Cobra. “You’re right....” The gray mare admits upon seeing the utter truth behind Celestia’s words. “He only stayed with me out of pity when he knew he can always find love with the lovely Cobra. He...loves her very much perhaps as much as he loves me but he choose me though by how narrow a margin I don’t know. He could have gone to her after I betrayed him…” That is more than enough for Octavia to conceive before finally reestablishing eye contact with Celestia. “Take my son...take him. Raise him, love him, guide him, protect him, and always remind him of his father. So that one day he will continue Gold Sky’s legacy and yours.”
To hear this, any heart will be touched but not Celestia’s, however, she is nonetheless pleased with the mare. “I love it when a mortal opens their eyes. For they finally stopped attempting to remove the twig in my eye and remove the ever present log in their eye. In this case your eye. Just remember with so little time between now and the birth of your child be lucky that my perception of time has drastically slowed down. Meaning...it’s just taking too long for the child to develop. Also as long as that child is in your womb you’re allowed to stay here in the palace and once the cord is cut along with your mind being telepathically wiped. I’ll give you a decent sized home in uhhhh Manehatten for it’s the least I can do for the vessel holding the son of my Son.” But then Celestia realizes she isn’t done with the gray mare. “Honestly do you believe you are mother material when your ears are so attuned to the very notes that immortalized you? Can they tolerate the cries that will never be singular to any of the immortalizing notes you only know in organized singularity.”
With that Princess Celestia leaves very pleased that she crushed Octavia’s anger with one swift stroke.
Octavia sighs and nods seeing how this went better than she expected. “At least Celestia will perform one last nice deed.” The gray mare walks out of the Lady Cobra’s room to prep for her tour but little does she know is that Princess Celestia ran into Rainbow Dash and...tells Rainbow Dash everything.
One only has to imagine the emotions erupting inside the Element and her confronting nature. “WHERE IS SHE!” Demands the cyan pegasus.
In her room, Octavia looks at a map to decide which city she should perform in first. “Hmmm maybe the Crystal Empire will be a good place to start. Huh?” Her sharp hearing picks up Rainbow’s steps. “Oh Rainbow Dash.” Remembering Rainbow Dash, Octavia is overjoyed to find see somepony can bring her to peace in a time like this.
Oh but peace isn’t what Rainbow Dash is going to deliver upon the gray mare it’s far from it thus upon laying eyes on the gray mare Rainbow exhales a solid stream of steam. “YOU! How dare you betray Gold Sky!”
*GASP!!* Rainbow Dash knows! But how can she find out about her infidelity? “Unless Celestia told her!” Shocked to see Celestia’s hand err hoof in all of this Octavia frowns to see Rainbow will be severing ties with her. “I won’t bother defending myself Rainbow.”
“GOOD! You of all mares out there he picked you to fall in love with and you cheat on him just because you couldn’t have a little baby!!! Man if I was married to him I’ll be more than happy just for the sole fact of being with him and I will never betray him! AUGH! I’m just mad at you!”
Octavia nods. “I know. You care deeply for him and I don’t blame you Rainbow Dash for being mad at me. I just never thought that I...I...I’m losing ones I can lean on for support. Please at least teach…” Octavia pauses to choose her next words. “I think Celestia will tell you later Rainbow Dash. Goodbye, I wish I never had to say goodbye to you but ultimately Rainbow Dash with the way you’re feeling right now I have to.” Octavia extends her right hoof. “Let’s us de...depart in good terms nonetheless.”
“HUMPH! Loyalty means a lot to me Octavia and I will not look past it with shake of the hoof.” With that Rainbow leaves.
*sigh* “I’ll be seeing mother and get rid of her hopes of having a grandson.” Octavia gives her hair a quick brush and heads out unaware she’s being tracked by Meadow Flower.
***
At the train station, Gold Sky uses his telepathy to make himself, Gilda, Rarity, G, Weytani, and Redheart invisible to the mortals. “Hmmm we just have to wait for the next train for the Crystal Empire.” He telepathically communicates.
“Why are we going to the Crystal Empire.” Redheart asks.
“Why not.” The stallion replies.
Rarity being one who knows the train schedule informs her brother the next train for the Crystal Empire will be arriving in the morning luckily the mare catches sight of another train. “Oh my!! The Ghan! Oh I always wanted to get on that train!”
“Is it going to the Crystal Empire?” Gold Sky asks.
Rarity nods. “It passes by the Crystal Empire.”
“Good! We’re boarding that train.” Thus they all get aboard the beautiful streamlined train, bypassing the need for tickets thanks to his telepathy, taking the entire first class car for themselves which is a double decker railway carriage, the only downside is there's only enough beds for everypony else and his guards whom thanks to his telepathy are on board. “Okay all of you sit down and get ready to eat.”
“AHA!” Cynder cheers. “I knew Master will provide us with good food!”
“HEAR, HEAR, SI WEY, JA!” The other thirteen Xenomorphs agree as they see the food being set before them on on the table.
*sigh* Plopping down on a comfortable armchair, Gold Sky looks out the window to remember he’s going to the place that the mare he fears most in this world lives. “I never thought I’ll be a gambler. Huh?” A hoof on his shoulder takes him out of his chain of thoughts.
“My son I think the details for all of this can come later and right now I want to sit next to you and just talk for bit.”
Hearing the words coming from the white mare’s mouth G is about to ask the obvious until Rarity clearing her throat stops the Lovely Cobra from doing so. “She loves him as her son just so you know.”
“Oh.” G flickers her tongue while exhaling her breath. “Thank you for telling me that, heh, who know in ten years so much will change.”
Meanwhile Gilda sits next to her father as he talks to Redheart but eyes the lovely Cobra ‘standing’ next the most Lovely Unicorn. “I don’t know if I should trust her but father trusts her and she looks at him like he’s most dear to her. Perhaps I can get to know her while we’re in the Crystal Em OH YEAH!!!” Gilda clears her mind. “Aunt Cadance we’re coming to the Crystal Empire.”
In the Crystal Empire Cadance is or better yet was trying to figure out if the uranium inside Gold Sky’s knife can have another use other than just being a knife. “What do you mean by we’re coming, Gilda??”
“Rarity, Redheart, a lovely looking Lady Cobra, and Father.”
“WHAT!!!” Cadance shouts. “Are you telling me your father is coming here on his own free will!?”
“Yes.”
“Hmmmm.” Cadance carefully silences her telepathic link for a bit. “If he’s coming here then he won’t be coming alone, he isn’t that careless. He’ll be bringing every Xenomorph to protect himself from me if he has to. That and maybe use the empire as a staging ground for his coming war with Luna.” Now unsilencing her telepathic link. “I’ll be waiting for all of you at the station and please be by your father’s side when you arrive. It may lessen his trembling abit.”
“Yes Aunt Cadance.”
Now disconnected from Gilda’s mind, Cadance smiles. “My brother is coming! At last I can have the endless opportunities to at least talk to him and start something from there. And he’s with the lovely Lady Cobra at last my mistake will be rectified.” Cadance wants Gold Sky to fall in love with Toltecian Cobra. “Please brother fall in love with the lovely Toltecian Cobra.”
On the Ghan.
“My son why are we going to the Crystal Empire if you don’t mind me asking?” Redheart asks much more gently this time.
“Before a war can be waged against a Pure Immortal a staging ground is needed to prepare and gather needed supplies. Nonetheless the war I shall wage will be short and glorious with a couple of deaths coming from the royal court becoming hosts for my Xenomorphs.” Gold Sky is of course telling half the truth but what Redheart doesn’t know won’t frighten her.
“Oh…”Redheart swallows her saliva before moving on to a different subject. “Well my son there is something you need to know.”
Something surprising coming from Redheart? Well Gold Sky has to know and it could be something important. “What is it Redheart?”
A thin line streaks across Redheart’s face and giggles like a teenager. “I think I'm falling for somebody my son.”
Gold Sky goes silent and looks down but when it seems like he’s sad he is instead overjoyed for Redheart finding something that will possibly make her happy. “Oh Redheart! You’re falling in love, finally at last you’re gaining the happiness you deserve!” He takes hold of her and kisses her forehead. “Once my war with Luna is won just give me the word and I will have mother remove the age delaying spell and I will grant you and the stallion you love with immortality...I don’t want a future without you and I want to see you smile when you walk down the aisle. I just want to see you happy Redheart so I will make sure it lasts forever.”
Redheart smiles to hear her son is accepting of the stallion she is falling for and will do what he did to Octavia for her and perhaps her future spouse. However, Gold Sky can only share his immortality with his child...children now and...well perhaps it may be trivial given how the Lady Cobra is immortal but nonetheless with his wife too. So how can Gold Sky make Redheart and the stallion she loves immortal? The answer came when Twilight switched their consciousness and he got caught a glimpse of Twilight having a vial containing DNA that can give anypony Immortality. In fact the vial containing the DNA is more than enough to provide immortality to up to three ponies but more importantly he now knows the combination to bypass Twilight’s magical lock. “I have to call upon an old friend. Hehe that wise trickster is going to enjoy this.”
A eight legged wise trickster that is.
“Thank you my son.” Redheart kisses his cheek. “Anywho the name of the stallion I’m falling for is Shock Velvet a fresh out of nursing school stallion who is getting his first look at what can desensitize him or strengthen him. Heh I always thought I’ll just dedicate my life to medicine and of course you but I guess like you said my son, my time for happiness has finally come.” *ting* A sudden realization struck the well seasoned in life mare like a slap to the face. “The age delaying spell has froze my body cycles…it prevented me from ovulating and starting a family of my own.” Her eyes begin tearing up to finally being have the natural ability to feel the warmth of ovulation and give birth to a child. “My son, my dear son is giving me the chance to be a complete mare at last. I couldn’t have been blessed with a better son.” Just then the nurse’s stomach growls. “Oh dear I’m famished, say I think I’ll be joining your guards in their little feast ta ta.” Redheart nuzzles Gold Sky behind the ear and departs to join the Xenomorphs. “I am so going to be fighting for my food.” She tells herself.
Gilda suppresses her smile to see how happy grandmother got when father said he’ll make the white mare and future spouse immortal but brushing that aside. The Griffon nudges the stallion on the shoulder to get his attention. “Father, so you’re finally going to start your war with Luna.”
Gold Sky looks at Gilda and covers her with his wing. “Before a war can start Gilda, one needs to have a staging ground and a sound state of mind. Especially when one still hears the cries of a friend they loved as a brother.”
*Gasp* Gilda can’t believe father knows of the pain she faces in her PTSD. “H-h-how-how did you know!”
Gold Sky lightly exhales his breath. “Do you honestly think that I your loving father cannot sense what troubles my daughter, I knew from the beginning the war you fought in will scar you, But instead of I taking the first step I wanted you to accept the fact that you have PTSD then upon you deciding the right time you will come to me. But since I have the opportunity right now, let my love heal you.” With his telepathy both he and Gilda find themselves in the heavenly paradise. “The best way to find closure is to see your brother one last time. For I have seen him during my time in the heavenly paradise.”
Gilda seeing what the heavenly paradise looks like goes quiet until her eyes are laid upon the one Griffon she cared ever so deeply for. “Jun-Park...” Gilda slowly goes up to the deceased Griffon and touches his shoulder. “You always had a beautiful smile…” Gilda looks away from Jun-Park. “Father has he always been smiling since he went to th-the heavenly paradise.”
“Yes.”
Gilda takes another look at the still Jun-Park. “Him smiling in the heavenly paradise means he’s happy right?”
“Yes.”
Grabbing Jun-Park’s hand, Gilda squeezes it the same she did just minutes before he perished. “His mind is a clean slate now isn’t it.”
“Yes.” Gold Sky replies.
Now from out of this, Gilda smiles. “Just knowing he’s happy and in the heavenly paradise gives me the motivation to come to you.” The Griffon takes a deep breath signifying she’s done seeing Jun-Park. “He’s alright, oh my dearest brother is alright, he’s at peace, and happy…”
“Huh??” The Toltecian Cobra tilts her head to hear Gold Sky’s daughter say brother and just when she’s about to ask, Rarity comes in to stop the lovely Cobra.
“Brother as in Brother in Arms.” However, Rarity does not realize Gilda meant brother as in brother not brother in the brotherhood shared between soldiers.
“Oh...I-I didn’t know she was a soldier.”
Her small smile disappears when at last Gilda can finally let out the pain she kept inside of her. “It’s all my fault…”
“Wait.” With his telepathy Gold Sky makes both him and Gilda invisible to hearing and vision.
Of course G freaks out to witnessing Gold Sky and his daughter just disappear from her vision. “What happened! Where is he err I mean where are they!! HE I mean THEY WERE RIGHT THERE…! Wait!” G flickers her tongue. “I can still taste his scent! But I don’t see him.”
Rarity blinks a few times just to make sure she too can’t see Gold Sky and Gilda. “I think Gold Sky doesn’t want us to see what is going on with Gilda.”
“Huh? There is nothing going on with me?”
“Oh uhhhhh.” Now it's Rarity’s turn to see the first of many misunderstandings. “His daughter! He doesn’t want his daughter to be seen if she’s going through emotional pain and I think right now he’s helping her deal with her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She just recently fought a war.”
Just like the father the daughter too is also a fighter. “Even his children fight.”
“It’s all my fault father!” Gilda cries. “I should have ordered Jun to stay by my side and he would’ve lived to marry his dearest Lyca, have a family, and be happy. I wish I could change all of that…”
“You can’t Gilda. War takes what it wants from us. For you it took the griffon you loved as your brother for me it took away my constant attempts to ensure as many Republic soldiers got back home to their families especially those with children. Hmm there is a memory I cannot get myself to forget. After the Battle in Antietam mountains during the first Republic-Fasci war uhm a few years before your birth, General Sherman ordered a drop of hellenise fire but the commander of the 101st Airborne got the coordinates wrong and dropped the fire upon our own troops. I was only able to save one troop out from the raging fire but he had third degree burns all over his body, wings burned leaving only bone behind, the skin covering his lion hide peeled off, and his feathers all burned away. Now keep in mind this was before I discovered my blood can heal anyway, I carried him to the medical zeppelin and as soon as I laid him on the stretcher. He seized me and told to me to tell his wife and children he loves them then he died. No matter how much I tried I could not save as many as I wanted. War takes what it wants and it took Jun-Park. It isn’t your fault. it will never be your fault and he yes he will never blame you for his death. He knew how much you cared about him and your brothers in arms knew too. War can take whatever it wants from us but what it can’t take is our Will to keep moving forward.”
Wiping her tears away on father’s shoulder Gilda sniffles before asking how moving forward can help her overcome her grief.
“Like I said war takes what it wants from us thus in simple terms you can be conquered by refusing to let go of your guilt or you can prevail over war by accepting that you had no responsibility in Jun-Park’s death and embrace the happiness you have in seeing your brother smile in the heavenly paradise.”
Gilda understands the power of war. “Father if I move forward will that be the first step in dealing with my PTSD.”
“Yes, Gilda for remember you will not face this alone, I’m here, I will never leave you, and you will look up...to see the sun rise marking a new beginning where you will hear the sound of marching and you will stand firm with mighty fortitude.”
*sigh* Gilda accepts the death Jun-Park. “May you rest in peace my brother for even if you don’t remember me I will always remember you.” The Griffon wraps her arms around her father and rests her chin on his shoulder. “Let me hear the marching of my brothers.”
Gold Sky is happy to see this progress occurring in Gilda but he not bring her to her knees without her first learning how to get up. “I think it is still a bit too my dearest daughter.” Nonetheless, she is only months away from being her own mare if she wants this then he shall grant it. “But if this is what you want then very well, just please don’t let go of me.”
Gilda hugs him tighter. “I won’t father.”
And so with his telepathy the sound of her brothers in arms marching echo throughout her psyche. “NO!” However, Gold Sky ceases the marching. “This has to come naturally not intentionally. Given how I know how the mind ticks, uhm your pain must come unexpectedly as it should.”
“But…” Just then it hits Gilda. “Oh! You’re right. I took one step and I must take the next when the opportunity presents itself.”
Smiling to himself Gold Sky has something else to say. “I never wanted you to be a soldier my dearest daughter. I never wanted you to pick up a sword and shield, takes lives, save lives, and see things you can never forget, and witness what a being can do to another being when everything boils down to survival. I never wanted you to fight. Ha.” Gold Sky chuckles. “But as the saying goes the Daughter becomes the Father and the Father becomes the Daughter. I fought in a war, I took lives, protected lives, and did things the Republic soldiers can never forget. I am the fighter who has no equal. So it was only natural for you to fight in a war as well and I got to say you impressed me. You took lives, protected lives, and I’m sure you did things others can never forget. Oh sweetheart, we were always meant to be fighters. Father and Daughter my dearest Gilda...heh, still I wish you can understand the capacity of my words, When I say you are what means the most me in this world.”
Truth be told, Gilda really knows the capacity behind his words and hearing him say that she feels guilt for something else. “Father, I’m sorry for strangling you after my memories came back to me.”
The stallion softly snorts. “There's no need to apologize Gilda…”
“No father I mean it!” Gilda interrupts. “I had no right to do that to my own father. Yes I was angry and yes you may say it's only a natural response given you left me behind but still. I was wrong. Please forgive me father.”
“I forgive you Gilda.” And thus to seal the meaning of this words Gold Sky lovingly kisses her head.
Forgiven, Gilda just briefly squeezes him before letting go of him. “Thank you father and I think I’ll be joining grandmother and your guards for a bite.”
“Ah!” G squeals joyfully at finally being able to see the Stallion. “At last!” She whispers to herself as she rubs her palms in preparation of slithering towards him. “Now it can be me and him.”
But hey let a wrench be thrown at her plans. “Sister, please join me in the observation level.”
“Yes brother.” Before walking Rarity takes a look at the Lady Cobra getting a combination of a sigh and nod in response.
“Have to wait just a bit longer.” G tells herself then slithers about until she finds a minibar and grabs her a bottle of rum. “Hmmm this will be my last drink.” She opens up the mini-fridge, grabs a cold soda, and pours it in a cup. “I know he doesn’t drink and I know he won’t say anything if I drink in front of him well he’ll just tell me not to drink too much. Still I don’t want him to see me drinking.” So once pouring the rum into her soda, G tips her cup. “I have to make it last.”
Under the windows of the observation level, Gold Sky plops down on his rump and motions Rarity to join him. “I saw Sweetie Belle, Rarity, she came to see me and of course I was happy to see little sister but she was not so reflective. Look I’m just going to cut to the chase...Sweetie Belle disowned me sister.”
“Huh??” Rarity gasps in confusion. “What do you mean she disowned you?”
“I am no longer her brother much less family. She casted me out of her life Rarity after what she saw me do when all of you saw my memories.”
“Sweetie Belle! How dare she!!” Rarity growls in anger.
“Rarity don’t get angry about what Sweetie Belle did. She’s still a child and once she comes of age she will understand the depth of her decision. Just don’t get angry with her, what.”
From out of nowhere the loudspeaker comes on announcing due to a broken down train blocking the main route to the Crystal Empire they will have to take an alternate route thus instead of this ride being six hours it will now take a day. Therefore prolonging Gold Sky’s agonizing wait. until he bows before Princess Cadance.
Now once the announcement is done Rarity has questions of own that only she can ask and get answers. “Brother what Twilight uuhhh...tell me please.”
Instantly Gold Sky passes his hooves over his waist for out of all things he’s experienced under Twilight’s vile act he remembers how she wrapped her arms around his waist as she proceeded to damage him. “The way she looked into my eyes and kissed me...she went from violating me to making to love me. All I can remember most is how she wrapped her arms around my waist and of course she...she...she climaxed...I-I thought she impregnated me but I was in her body so why would she do such a thing. She did something I never thought she’ll do in order to cast me out of her sights. I don’t want her to turn me into a mare.” Gold Sky swallows his saliva. “She will impregnate me and if she does what will I tell my dearest daughter?”
Rarity scoots close to him. “I shouldn’t have asked you to aid me brother but please I need you. I need you to train me, train me with no intentions of holding back and mercy. I know only you can make me stronger while yes you know I’m strong but make me stronger! I don’t care if I bleed, bruise, break bones, cry in pain, loose teeth, or loose my hair train me just train me brother.” *ting* “By training me Twilight will pay for what she did to you.”
“I already said I’ll train you sister the only question is where can I train you?”
Rarity meekly smiles and carefully brings him close to deliver upon him a loving kiss on his forehead.
Meanwhile.
“Aunt Cadance, the train is taking a detour so I think we’ll arrive in the afternoon tomorrow. I think.”
Cadance groans in discontent but she can wait. “Okay, I can wait my dearest niece.” Problem is...Cadance ran out of ice cream and a mean dude closed down the only ice cream parlor in the entire Crystal Empire in order to open up a sandwich shop, a thing so simple it can be made at home so why would anybody pay seven bits to have someone else make one. “Stupid sandwich shop! Now I have to ask Shining Armor if he can teleport to the ice cream parlor in Canterlot, hmmm I don’t want to do that but I really want some ice cream. I should ask him first.” So Cadance asks her husband if he’ll kindly buy some ice cream.
“Ehh sure why not, I have a feeling Phyllis is going to come and talk about the pronunciation of aluminium again.”
“Oh.” Cadance has never dealt with that but why not experience it for once if it comes of course. “Don’t worry Shiny, I’ll deal with it if she comes.”
“Thank you. Jump!” Shining Armor teleports to Canterlot to pick up a six month supply of ice cream.
Soon enough as Shining Armor once said, a crystal guard delivers a message. “Your majesty Phyllis requests your presence in regards to pronouncing the word aluminium.”
“Ah she came faster than I thought. Send her in.” Cadance takes her place on the throne and inches her crown a little to the left.
“Your majesty! My ahem friend here keep mispronouncing the aluminium! Can you please correct her.”
“Okay.” First before anything else is the clearing of the throat. “Right. Stop it, get some help and think your life over.”
Phyllis tilts her head in utter confusion to be told well that by the Princess of Love. “Now that you say it...I think I should.” From out of nowhere Phyllis takes out a tourniquet, tightens it around around her right forearm above the elbow, and takes out a syringe filled with a yellow liquid.
“Uhh what are you doing?” Both Cadance and Phyllis’s friend ask at the same time.
“I’m thinking my life over.” After a few taps on her brachial vein, Phyllis injects herself with the yellow liquid and drifts off into a world of living dreams. “Ooooooh frak yeah.”
“She’s doing drugs wow just wow. Doing drugs in front me, right here in the throneroom. Where did she get those drugs?”
Phyllis lying flat on her back starts laughing. “Oh crawl all over me you beautiful scorpions, crawl all over me!!”
One of the Crystal guards levitates the used syringe and squints at the remaining drop. “Hmmm I think she made this herself, I mean it smells like.” *sniff, sniff* “Fabric softener.”
“Whaaat??” Gives a whole new meaning to home made. “Well this is why she she’s so concerned with the pronunciation of aluminum. Guards throw her out please.”
“Yes your majesty.” Taking hold of the drugged up mare with super dilated pupils the Crystal guards swing open the palace doors.
“WEEEEEEEEEE!” Phyllis howls in delights as she soars through the psychedelic rainbow with the purple scorpions. “OOF!” The hard lava greets her and engulfs her. “AAAHHHHHHHHH!”
“Oh this is funny.” Says one of the Crystal guards.
“Yeah OH! I’m going to toss her some steel wool and she what she does with it.” Tossing her the steel wool, the drugged up mare grabs the steel wool and starts rubbing it on her teeth. “Well that quite weird eh let’s go before her majesty asks us how she’s doing.”
Back to Rarity and Gold Sky.
“Brother I have to confess. It takes me a lot thought to call you brother when naturally I want to call you father. I have these memories where the light that surrounds you is fatherly and my other memories the light is brotherly, hmmm but in the end it was extraordinary to experience the fatherly love you give my dear niece. I saw a side of you I will never see again.”
Gold Sky covers Rarity with his wing, bringing her close, and minding the tone of his voice so it won’t sound too fatherly to her. “Nonetheless, know it wasn’t hard for me to be what you saw me as but yes it what hard for me see you back in your normal form. I enjoyed having you sleep under my wing but all things come to an end eventually. Still know I love you dearly but remember this may or may not present an issue for the both of us. For you will find it during your training you may be fighting your father and I obviously will hesitate for I once loved you as my daughter.”
Realizing this Rarity, will have to first prepare herself before she starts training and knows Gold Sky is thinking the same thing too. “We will overcome this dilemma together, I know we can.” Now to something important in Rarity’s point of view. “Brother, Gilda well I know just moments ago I called her my dearest niece but now how she sees me I cannot call her niece anymore. For to her I am no longer her aunt in any form instead I am the mare she sees as mother.”
*long sigh* “At last, my daughter has someone to call mother and there is no better mare whom I will trust with that title in regards to my daughter. Thank you Rarity for whatever you did, allowed Gilda to see you as mother and you accepting her. Thank you sister.” Gold Sky begins tearing up. “In all the darkness that has come over us there is light to shine, at last my dearest Gilda has what I’ve been trying to provide her for decades. Something good has come.”
Flicking her tongue, G peeks her head from the stairs that lead to the observation level for believe it or not her patience is wearing thin. Having him in her arms just a while ago isn’t good enough she wants to coil herself around him gently that is and feel his love radiate into her. But more importantly she wants to feel every inch of his body because by the instincts of Toltecian Cobras they fear going blind and of course the ability of either sex(male and female) to emit pheromones can result in infidelity which is greatly looked down upon in Toltecian society so it’s natural for the Toltecian Cobras to feel every inch of their mates body so they know they’re with their spouse and not some other Toltecian Cobra who’s emitting their strong pheromones. “I want to feel every inch of my love and just for fun I want to see the look on his face when I emit my pheromones. Beating hearts will replace his eyes.”
Now Rarity being just like Octavia has a curiosity about the lovely looking Cobra albeit at lesser degree. “Brother that lovely...Cobra.” Good to see Rarity got it right the first time. “Her name is Gilda, sooooooo did you name Gilda your daughter after the lovely Cobra?”
“No.” Gold Sky answers. “My dearest Gilda came before I met G. I met G after I, I left my dearest Gilda behind. It just complete utter coincidence that they share the same name and I pray my Gilda can warm up to G.”
“Ahh so when you say Gilda you’re referring to your daughter and when you say G you’re referring to the lovely Cobra.”
“You are absolutely correct sister.”
Rarity couldn’t help but chuckle. “Once again you and Rainbow Dash share something in common. Heh, anyway, I think G likes you.”
Gold Sky looks at Rarity like he obviously knows she’s attempting to make a joke but will ultimately fail. “I know even you know what she feels for me is vastly beyond the word like. But to summarize, and of course from what I know. She waited for me.”
“Waited for you?” By wait Rarity wonders if G knew anything about him before he was even born. “How long did she wait for you?”
“Thousands of years. She won’t specify I guess because she doesn’t want me to feel guilty but for thousands of years she knew of me and she waited. It says a lot about her faithfulness, you know faithfulness Rarity. She didn’t know how I will look like, sound like, be, and smell and overall she waited for me because of her faithfulness...wish I can connect that word to Octa uhm!!” Nearly a slip of his tongue. “I care about her and please don’t ask me about me Meadow Flower…” He pauses for five seconds. “She told you hasn’t she.”
Rarity gasps in astonishment. “Thousands of years! She waited for you that long…! That’s amazing!” Indeed Rarity is overtaken by awe for never has she ever thought that a mare or just any mare for that reason can wait for him. “Many winters, many summers, many full and new moons, and sunsets. She waited on the cliff overlooking the sea awaiting for the ship carrying the one she loves to return. so to speak.” Remembering what the Archangel has told her Rarity can’t herself when she says. “Be with her brother!” And completely glosses over Meadow Flower’s coming pregnancy.
Watching them G couldn’t help but smile at hearing the mare Gold Sky calls sister say that. “Yes, yes! I knew from the moment I saw her I’ll take a great liking to her!”
“Huh?”
Rarity repeats herself. “I said be with her brother. If there’s any mare that worthy of your big heart it’s her and only…” However, as quickly as the words of the Archangel came so did the reminder of a pregnant gray mare. “I’m hungry, I-I can use a good meal so I can all the energy I need when our training begins.”
Now if G had cute ears they will be drooping slightly right about now to see this sudden change of heart in the mare Gold Sky calls sister. “Hmmm something made her stop in mid-sentence but she hasn’t changed her mind about I being the only mare worthy of his heart. Well at least he wants his daughter to warm up to me and he hasn’t said anything about having me meet her. I don’t want to meet her so soon for I’m more than sure Gold Sky loves his daughter more than anything in the world and if I make a bad impression then farewell to any prospect of ever being with him. Not even his sister can persuade him if his daughter says no. Huh.” Seeing them getting up on all fours G dashes down and starts coming up the stair as if she was doing that in the first place. “OH!” G puts on her best surprised expression. “Gold Sky and Rarity, I didn’t know I’ll find you here.”
“Uhhh I’ll go on ahead.” Rarity trots away to leave the two alone and allow her conscious to clear by allowing either one of them to make any move onto each other without any involvement. “Oh this is just great, I have a moral dilemma staring at me in the face. Tell him about Octavia’s pregnancy which can end any prospect of brother being with the lovely Cobra or not tell him and watch a relationship blossom between them as it is destined. Oooh what will Lauren will do?”
“Don’t get me involved.” Warns the Archangel.
“Uh oh! Uhmm I mean what should I do?” Rarity thinks to herself as she heads to join the feasting Xenomorphs.
Finally alone with the stallion, the Lady Cobra slithers forward a bit to speak softly and make this just like the visualizations she’s created countless times in her mind. “Your daughter.” G starts. “Is her name the same as mine?”
Gold Sky nods.
“So that's why you prefer to came me G instead of my full name, but say where was she when we first met?”
The stallion frowns. “If I tell you will you still love me?”
Confused G lifts up his head, establishing eye contact and keeps her right hand under his chin. “Is it really that bad?”
“Beyond bad. Look I am very happy you're here and I don't want say something that will hurt you or worse drive you away from me. G...I” Looking into the beautiful pools that are her eyes, the stallion loses the will to speak for truly...his buried feelings for the Lady Cobra are breaking out of their coffin and taking over him. “I want to be close to you.”
“Close to me.” G repeats as she becomes at a loss of words upon staring into the magenta eyes she once seen as teal. “Never thought I’ll hear those words so soon.”
Gold Sky slowly nods. “Come let us eat just you and I. We are in a luxurious train after all.”
Oh this is just some of the things she’s always wanted to hear from the stallion but for her, eating with him when there are too many of his loved ones nearby will present a problem especially his daughter. Given how they have a tendency of showing up out of nowhere and whisking him away. “Uhhh how about we join the others, they will be very pleased to see you there.”
“But…” Gold Sky protests.
“I much rather eat in a steady environment not in a rocking train.” Truth be, G wants to dine with him when his daughter isn’t around.
“Oh.” Gold Sky understands. “I guess if that is what you want.”
Nevertheless, G has all the intentions in to make him happy and what can make him happy then satisfying his sense of smell. “First before anything else I just want you to smile a bit first.” Releasing her pheromones the clarity around G becomes distorted just like the clarity around a faire.
*Sniff, Sniff* The pheromones greets his sense of smell with a angelic chorus of euphoria and gusto. “G…!” Instantly smitten with the Lady Cobra, Gold Sky begins rubbing his head against her neck. “You’re amazing! You’re beautiful! You’re Lovely!”
“OH THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY!” G tells herself as she feels her entire body going warm to being bathed by Gold Sky’s affection.. “I want this to continue but after many years I developed a sense of restraint. Still it’s good to know he’s enjoying the scent of my pheromones and they have a massive effect on him.” Thus in tune with her thoughts, she stops emitting her pheromones.
“Huh??” Snapping out of the trance, Gold Sky goes completely red at noticing how intimately close he is to G. “Uhhhh….”
“Don’t worry, let’s go eat.” Slithering off G can’t help but rub his chin with her tail.
In response. “You’re lovely.”
*Ting* Coming to a complete halt, G turns to look at him but stops halfway showing only half of the side of her face given how her hood is somewhat obscuring. “Y-you-you mean that?”
“Yes.”
Touched G reaches out with a open hand. All she wants, even it's for just a second is hold the hoof of the stallion she loves ever so dearly and make that moment into a memory that will show a future between them. “I know you will never lie to me. Thank you, my dearest love.”
Pleased to know he has made her happy, Gold Sky fulfills her wish by presenting his hoof and watches her take it into her grasp. “She completes me.”
Now moving and at last arriving in the dining room, Gold Sky is quite appalled to see the havoc being wreaked as he spots Redheart looking upset as Leia took her bowl of freshly chopped peaches, Rarity has a magical shield around her plate with so many pings going about, and Gilda is flaring her talons at the twins to keep them from grabbing her medium rare stag also the Xenomorphs are being quite messy like they were when they feasted in the Griffon Republic. “Oh…” This is not what he wants a lovely Lady such as G to see. “Ahem!”
*GASP!* Master is here and is displeased!
“My dear guards we have a LADY errr I-I mean two uhhh three no wait four LADIES among US! So please show them your proper etiquette!!”
“YES MASTER!!” Before everyone knew it the mess that once was is gone, napkins somehow appear, silverware is in place, no one is attempting to grab Gilda’s, Rarity’s and Redheart’s food, and some quant violin music is playing in the background.
“Ahhh wonderful, thank you very much my dear guards now you can eat.”
Thus under the watchful eye of Rarity all the Xenomorphs pick up their forks and knives and eat like normal...well normal eaters. “This is quite enlightening.” Beams the beautiful mare.
“Here.” Gold Sky pulls back for the Lady Cobra and then takes his place next to his daughter. “Now that I think about it I haven’t eaten anything for awhile.”
In tune with his voice G lays a hand on his left hoof and Gilda looking at her father to smile at him catches sight of the cobra having her hand over his left hoof. “Huh.” Her eyes shift upwards just in the right opportunity to seal contact with the Lady Cobra’s eyes.
“Oh.” G immediately removes her hand and instead seizes her fork. “Please don’t be possessive.”
Everyone eats and Cynder for some reason has her pinky out as holds her coffee mug.
***
“So this is what they call a king sized bed a king sized bed...IT’S MY SIZE!” Weytani stretches and falls asleep. *yawn* The other Xenomorphs fall asleep in their beds while Redheart says goodnight, Gilda joins Rarity on a comfy bunk on the wall given how all the beds are taken but just now notices Gold Sky has nowhere to sleep.
“Gold Sky I’ll be more than happy to share my bed with you.” G tells him while amazingly maintaining a straight face.
“Thank you.” Gold Sky joins her in her bed. “It’s very kind of you, good night.” On his side, Gold Sky falls asleep.
“Ho, ho, ho, ho!” G quietly laughs to herself. “Bit by bit.” The Lady Cobra inches closer to the sleeping stallion to place a arm over him to have a moment she can use as a time to think back to when she and Gold Sky slept in the same bed for the first time.
Of course Gilda just can’t have a blind eye to any sort of action the Lady Cobra performs because Gilda is not catching whatever the Lady Cobra does intentionally but catches her simply by chance. “Ahem.”
*Gasp* G retracts her arm. “Must make a good impression with the daughter .”
Inside Gilda’s mind. “I shouldn’t be stopping the Cobra whenever she tries to do something loving with Father, she seems to care a lot about him and I never seen Father smile the way he’s smiling right now. Hmmm this is the first time I see a mare doing whatever mares do around a stallion they care about.”
Thus sleep finally overcomes all the souls residing inside the carriage but for Gold Sky his mind wakes up to think about what is to happen between him and Gilda the Toltecian Cobra. “I have something else to hold dear to me. G is here...she fills in the void death has created when it took me from Octavia. Oh Octavia my once dearest Octavia how is she doing now with a mind clean of me. Well at least her talent in music will keep her busy for all the years to come and I can enjoy one of them as I watch her and from time to time smell her scent. Heh, I always thought I’ll only be wearing one wedding band, guess now I better prepare myself for one to be given to me by G. No doubt she already has one for me so I better turn one of my blood diamonds into a nice ring...still...Octavia she is the first mare I fell in love with. I just can’t start anew with someone else wait! I can! G is faithful, she won’t betray me and I should never forget that! Immortals can start anew. The era with Octavia has come to an end, the era with G will begin.” However, the sound of his voice is reeked with tremendous uncertainty.
*A few hours into the night*
*yawn* Gold Sky is suddenly awakened by some strange chattering noise that’s quite close. “What’s that noise?”
“Huh?” Believe it or not Gilda is also awakened by the strange chattering noise that’s coming from the bed Father is sharing with the Lovely Lady Cobra.
Gold Sky rolls over to face G. “Hey G are you awake??”
“Ye-ye-ye-yes! It, it’s cold my love, I-I’m!” In fact G has all the blanket for herself which even then is doing little to keep her warm from the cold that’s characteristic of the region the Crystal Empire resides in.
“What happened to the nice fur coat Rarity has lent you?” He asks.
“I thought I had to put on when we arrived not while I’m in b-b-bed. Also I don’t know where I placed it!”
Gold Sky groans to G’s tiny lapse of judgement. “Oooooh G, don’t worry, I’ll keep you warm. Come get close.” The stallion moves in close to her, placing a arm over her to keep her close, in fact she’s so close her back is making contact with his skin. “My wing will add more warmth.”
“Thank you!” The Lady Cobra knowing her face will be unseen by the stallion while being seen by the daughter if she’s awake, grins like she’s holding the earth in the palm of her hand. “He has his hoof on my belly! He has his arm over me, I-I’m close to him!” *Ting* After a joyful flicker of her tongue it dawns on her the daughter is awake so what else can be done but shift her yes to make eye contact with the daughter.
Gilda golden colored eyes look straight into the Cobra’s brown. “Fine.” With a nod, Gilda approves.
“Thank you oh Daughter of my one true Love!” Now comfy and most importantly warm, G goes back to sleep.
***
Into the well hours of dawn, the Xenomorphs are well fed, Gilda reports to Cadance they’re be arriving within the hour, and Gold Sky & G are still sound asleep.
Redheart standing with Weytani and Gilda look at the sleeping duo. “Should we wake them up?” Gilda asks.
Unexpected, Weytani shrugs, Redheart shakes her head while asking Gilda who the Cobra is. “I’m in the dark as much as you are grandmother Redheart, but what I do know is that she cares deeply for him and wants him.”
“Wants him??” Redheart asks.
Gilda nods in response.
“Well that’s quite something, uhm she’s a Cobra...just how can she want him??” *sigh* “Oh my boy, you attract a mare a Lady Cobra mare to be exact...yet she is very beautiful, caring which I saw in her eyes when she was eating, and the way she hangs on to every word he said. Well she is a mare I would never hold any kind of suspicion for. She won’t hurt him.”
“That’s good to know Redheart.” Says Rarity as the she’s the three overlooking the sleeping duo. “She is the type of mare that a mother will gasp in disbelief for and a father will be pleased for. Thus both accept that their son found the best mare. Oh, in case you’re wondering I approve of my brother a pony being with Gil err G a cobra for I, Rarity a pony am in Love with a Spike a dragon.”
Now hearing Rarity declare approval of any sort of relationship between Father and the Lady Cobra, Gilda decides she should have a more open mind and perhaps have either a small or long conversation when the opportunity arises.
“You sound confident with your words Rarity and I like that. It fills me with confidence.” Redheart admits.
“Well if none of you are going to wake him then I will.” Weytani speaks.
“What did she say??” Gilda asks with a scratch to her head.
“I don’t know.” Rarity replies.
So just as Weytani’s hand is about to touch the stallion, the Cobra’s tail wraps around the wrist stopping the Xenomorph’s hand midway.
“Wait she’s awake!” Gilda gasps in disbelief. “She doesn’t want Father to wake up because she doesn’t want him to let go of her.”
The Lady Cobra does a small groan indicating Gilda is right and is fearing the inevitable action of the Griffon waking up the stallion.
“Can you blame her?” Asks the flawless Unicorn. “Imagine if you were sitting next to Big McIntosh and he falls asleep on your shoulder I’m sure you wouldn’t want anypony to wake him up.”
Hey that makes sense. “Hmmm I think I understand your reasoning Rarity. I can cut her some sla…” Just then.
*yawn*
G groans again. “He’s waking up isn’t he?”
“Mh-hmm.” Everypony replies.
“Right.” Before the stallion wakes up G wiggles out of Gold Sky’s arms but instantly regrets when the cold hits her once more. “Oh my! Co-co-cold!”
“You’re cold blooded?” Redheart inquires.
“No! I-I can pro-produce my own body heat but I-I-I’m not used to the co-cold! How come you are!” G wraps her arms around her body.
“Because we have fur and feathers, you just have scales.” Answers Redheart.
“Well if you put it that way it makes total sense.”
“What!” Gold Sky is disturbed to wake up and see no lovely Toltecian Cobra before. “G where are Oh! There you are!” The stallion jumps off the bed to be in front of G. “Oh G you're shivering. Now turn around please and spread out your arms.”
“But I’m cold!”
Again Gold Sky repeats himself. “Turn around please.”
Seeing he won't take no for a answer, the Lady Cobra turns around and spreads out her arms while shivering nonetheless.
“Here you go G, I found your fur coat.” He dons the fur coat onto the lovely Lady Cobra. “Now face me please.” With G now facing him his magic buttons up her fur coat. “There you go, nice and warm wouldn't you say.” And just when he was about to hug the Cobra his attention is caught by Gilda. “Gilda.” He goes over to his daughter, hugs her tightly, and kisses her cheek. “Good morning my dearest daughter.”
Seeing how Gold Sky went to his daughter without a second thought, G is pleased rather than displeased. “This shows me how much he’ll care about our future offspring. Our children will have a wonderful father in their lives.”
At last arriving at the Crystal Empire, Gold Sky orders his Xenomorphs to be out of sight, tells Weytani to cover up and watch where she swings her tail, asks Redheart to let her hair down, and of course he his on his right side, G on his left side, lastly Weytani behind him. As for Redheart and Rarity, the flawless mare is with Gilda while Redheart is next to the cobra.
“My she holds herself with such poise and majesty. I wonder how old she is??” Numbers will sure surprise this mare.
*
*TING*
The creature that’s waiting for whatever it was waiting for awakens from its sleep. “It’s here!! I sense it! It’s coming!” Without haste the creature makes its way to the train station.
*
“In just moments I’ll be bowing before the mare that’s waiting until the right moment to kill me. Though the plate of valyrian steel protecting my heart may give a chance to escape.” Drops of sweat run down his brow and his tail is now in between his hind legs.
In Gilda’s mind.
“Gilda’s my niece please come to the palace OH tell your father ummmm just start making your way to the palace and he’ll follow.” Cadance relays to the Griffon. “I know your father will use his telepathy to make all of you invisible to the Crystal subjects.”
*TING* “Master!” Weytani senses something approaching.
“I feel it too.”
“There!” Speaks the creature at seeing what causes its senses to become lively. “What are you!”
“Whoa is that a Triceratops!” G never thought she’ll see another one. “I remember seeing one with my brother when we journeyed to the the island called the centre that’s in the middle of the Atky ocean! That island with dinosaurs! But why is this Triceratops small?” The height of this small Triceratops is a yard with seven inches.
“A dinosaur? What’s that??” Redheart asks.
“A big reptile that either eats meat or plants.” G responds.
Rarity couldn’t help but smile at seeing the dinosaur. “Ooooh that Triceratops looks adorable!!”
“It’s color is sort of cool. Midnight blue is its main color with hints of orchid pink on its uhhhhhh…” Gilda can’t find the right word to describe where the hints of orchid pink reside.
“Frill.” The Lady Cobra helps out.
Gilda thanks the Cobra. “Yes thank you, ahem with the hints of orchid pinks on its frill.”
But among the amazement shared by all only Gold Sky says the most logical thing. “She can talk. Clearly that is. All of you can understand her but failed to do so when you saw her and Gilda she is a she not a it.”
However Gilda, highly doubts the Triceratop is a she even if it has orchid pink hues on its frill.
*sigh* “Weytani please pick up the Triceratops and lift up the tail.”
“Oh! Please be gentle.” Says the Triceratops as it’s being picked up by Weytani. “Huh?” The Triceratops feels its tail being lifted up.
“See Gilda, nothing hanging. So she sees a she...WAIT! Is she a Xenomorph?” With his magic he levitates the small Triceratops. “You found me, because your instincts told you to but if you’re a Xenomorph, then your head should look like Weytani? Huuuh you’re a Dinosaur but Weytani sensed you as if you were a Xenomorph…?”
“Wait father are you saying that Triceratops is a Xenomorph? Because it I mean she sure as hell doesn’t look like one!”
“I know, I know sweetheart but nonetheless it is a Xenomorph.” Now holding the small Triceratops Gold Sky looks at the horns. “Wait!! Of course! It makes sense! Say did you emerge from a tar pit!”
The Triceratops thinks for bit. “Why yes! When I wake up I emerged from tar pit well I wasn’t stuck in one if that is what you’re wondering.”
Redheart, Gilda, Rarity, and G finally hear the voice of the Triceratops and they all look at each other to realize yes they understand the little dinosaur or Xenomorph.
“I now remember that during my two hundred year journey I stumbled upon a Triceratops stuck in a tar pit the only problem was I didn’t know it was a Triceratops until G said it right now. Hmmmmm.”
“But how can it I mean she speak!! I don’t understand Weytani when she speaks so how can this Triceratops be a Xenomorph yet not look like one and if it is one it can speak!”
Gold Sky nods while waving his right hoof in the air. “I know, I know, I know, just let me think for bit!” He deeply thinks how this little speaking Triceratops is a Xenomorph. “WAIT, pfft what I thought before was sure but I just realized no Xenomorph starts off as one. The embryo implanter!” First some detail. “The embryo implanter is one that finds a fresh host to implant the embryo in so the Xenomorph can gestate inside before bursting out of the chest killing the host.” Now back to the main topic. “The embryo implanter must have been near the end of its cycle before deciding to simply jump onto the body of the Triceratops and implanted the embryo in the dinosaur but not through the mouth as it normally does but by a molecular level...it became one with the dying trapped Triceratops. It broke apart the intact embryo, secreted the DNA of the embryo into the dinosaurs and inside the embryo implanter the Triceratops developed. However, it must have developed slowly and given it genetically combined with the dinosaur rather than just salvage it to build its own genetic code, it allowed for the ability to speak and have what seems like a mind of its own. Then what can be years the Triceratops Xenomorph emerged from the embryo implanter. With the ability to speak, to think, and a Xenomorph.” To test his thoughts, Gold Sky levitates the dinosaur and thrusts his right forearm into one of her horns. “I thought so. Instead of having a sharp tail that can pierce through just about anything she can do the same with her horns. Redheart I know you carry a syringe everywhere you go, can I borrow it please.”
“Yes my son.” The white mare hands him a syringe.
Now looking back to the Triceratops. “I can also say your blood is acidic.”
“Ow!” The Triceratops feels a small sting.
“Yes, I thought so. Your blood is acidic given how the needle melted and I can say you have enhanced senses. So with all I said, you are not a dinosaur nor a Xenomorph rather you are a…
Triceramorph.”
The Tricermorph tilts her head in being called what she is. “I suppose what you say is quite reasonable now can you please put me down. It feels weird not having my feet firm on the ground.”
Putting the Triceramorph down Gold Sky notices something. “Wait you have no name!”
“OOOOOOOH!” Rarity, G, Redheart, Weytani, and Gilda have more than enough to pipe up and say a name.
“Name her Lovely, no name her Spikey, what no not Spikey instead name her Layla, no Jeannie, how about Ripley I think Ripley sounds nice.” All five mares voice hoping their choices will be picked but the Triceramorph shakes her head to each one that is until Gold Sky provides his suggestion.
“How about Vetra?”
*Ting* “Vetra? I like that name!! Thank you!” Vetra bows before Gold Sky as a show of reverence. “Now I know why I have this instinct to find you. You lead the Xenomorphs, my sisters, I will serve you...master...to the very end.”
“Oh not you too.” Gold Sky groans. “I tried many times to convince my dear guards to stop calling me master and just refer to me by my name but now with you saying that willingly, I don’t think I’ll be able to convince the rest of your sister now nonetheless, we’re back to fifthteen.” *sigh* “I want it to stay like that from now on.”
So with the Triceramorph joining them, Gilda continues making her way to the palace not noticing the Crystal ponies they pass by shine gloriously due to Gold Sky being the physical manifestation of Love. And what’s more amusing are Crystal Ponies themselves becoming totally dumbfounded at glowing for a tiny while before reverting back to their normal shine. Such things for them may be never revealed but they’re okay with that.
“I am leading father to his biological sister whom he fears but if it somehow leads to Aunt Cadance finally being able to bond with him and he with her. Then I’ve done something nice for father. As for the Cobra I think I shouldn’t mind her too much, she seems like a nice lady and cares a lot about him. I just hope I mean I just pray she doesn’t take up too much of his time in my last eight months before I finally fly from his wing.” Now like Father, Gilda is becoming antsy but that's mostly due to being able to sense father's rising anxiety.
Sensing him coming Cadance orders all the Crystal guards to leave their posts and go take some R&R for the rest of the day. “Shiny we’re having a important guest so please do not tell anybody at all! Just keep it to yourself.”
Minutes pass for the Princess of Love until the sounds of approaching hoofsteps end with Gold Sky standing in front of her, with a drop of sweat running into his left eye, nostrils slightly flaring, tail between his legs, and very still tremble.
In Gilda’s mind. “Uncle Shining Armor is here!! I wish I had the chance to speak to him when Aunt Cadance brought me here the first time thankfully I do now.” The Griffon smiles to see that Shining Armor is looking.
“Pri-Pri-Princess Mi Amore Cadenza.” Gold Sky bows before the Princess of Love and with magic he forces everyone else to do so including Vetra. “I-I-I am hon-honored to be in your presence.”
Meanwhile in Shining Armor’s head. “Hey what about me!? Eh oh well, though I do wonder who is that nice looking Cobra Lady and what is that tall cloaked up figure kneeling behind him?”
Cadance smiles to lay her eyes on her brother yet is quite displeased to be bowed to by her own flesh & blood but from a displeased posture her lips are in, they rearrange into a smirk when her eye are now laid on the Lovely Lady Cobra. “Destined for Life. Unlike Romeo & Juliet. They will be together and I will smile when he places a ring on her finger. My sin will be forgiven.”
“Sin?” Her Father repeats from Above. “Don’t exaggerate.”
Stepping forward with ever graceful caution Cadance extends her hoof at the bowing stallion. “Please rise Gold Sky.”
Looking up at the waiting hoof before looking up at the Princess’s of Love face. “Yes your highness.”
“Finally!” Rarity smiles.
Gold Sky reaches out and places his hoof upon Cadance’s hoof.
“Brother you are now found.”
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My Dearest Readers I thank you for your patience.
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"Mother!" Gilda cries out as she runs to Rarity's aid.
"FATHER!" Gilda scream as Father's blood splashes onto her face.
"Stop." The Lady Cobra refrains the Griffon from tackling Rarity. "Let your father train her."