Boreas sat on the ground as Celestia, Luna, and the Mane Six talked about his display of power in Ponyville, when he fought Discord like a wild animal and pulled a gruesome fatality on him, literally tearing the chaotic being in half with his bare claws.
"I can't believe you would side with him still, even after that display of mindless brutality! We are beyond that, Luna!" Shouted Celestia furiously.
"He did what was necessary! The Element of laughter is gone; if Boreas showed any mercy, Discord would still be causing chaos!" Retorted Luna.
"The Element of Laughter is Gone? Did something happen?" Asked Twilight.
"Yes, that oversized monkey destroyed it, just to get back at me!" Cried Celestia. Boreas's headache increased in intensity every time she spoke, and he was now seething with pure anger, though none could tell, since in all fairness, he always looked angry.
"Boreas is not an animal, Celestia! You need to learn that not everything needs to be small and harmless to be useful! If you did, the Element of Laughter wouldn't be destroyed in the first place, and Boreas would still be living happily in the forest, or maybe with his family, or maybe not even around, because you didn't make him immortal and torture him for 7 years like a bitch!!!" Everyone, including Boreas, stared at Luna as she finished her rant, and Boreas felt a twinge of pity for Celestia, but it soon faded, replaced by sheer Hysterics. Soon, Boreas found himself Laughing harder than he had in many years due to Luna's rather timely use of the word 'bitch', and Everypony was now staring at him as he continued his laughing fit. It wasn't that he was laughing that startled them, though, it was how remarkably deep and rich his voice was. Finally, he stopped laughing, finally wiping a tear from his eye, and The Mane Six turned their gazes to Celestia.
"You... You tortured him?" Fluttershy asked sadly.
"I know he smells and lacks hygiene, but even that's a bit much..." Agreed Rarity.
"Celestia... Why? What did he ever do to you?" Asked Twilight, shocked and confused by the claim of her own teacher being so cruel to another living thing. Celestia sighed.
"I understand what you must feel, Twilight, but the extinction of his race was important for the development of this world. As for why I did that to him... well... you would have done the same if it was you who was there, if you had to put up with the violence, and murder, and depravity... Twilight, He killed ponies! He was dangerous, and I was young... Something would have happened, it was just a matter of who'd do it first." Celestia explained.
"That doesn't give you the right, Princess! What happened to friendship?! What happened to "love and tolerance"?" Twilight cried, furious at Celestia, for obvious reasons. "And even now, you still treat him like an animal, though he protected this town with his full strength, ignoring what species we were! He did what was right, and you should be thanking him, not being such a jerk to him just because you didn't like his race!" Twilight finished.
"Yeah, what he did was cool, Awesome, even! He fought Discord like a boss, and all you did was watch! What kind of leader doesn't even move to help their own people, let alone the ones helping them for her?" Demanded Rainbow Dash. Celestia tried to explain, but kept getting interrupted by everyone. Everyone, that is, except for Boreas, who just sat there, staring smugly at Celestia. Finally, she had enough.
"Enough! I am Celestia, Princess of Equestria, and I will NOT be talked down to! Celestia shouted in her royal Canterlot voice, causing everypony to shut up.
"I have endured many long years of this creature's presence, and I will not endure another, not because you all want to feel sorry for the past, instead of focusing on the future! I don't care what you six or Luna says, the human leaves, now!" Celestia demanded, rage and passion in her voice. Everyone stared at her, then at Boreas as he got up, his face hidden behind his skull-helmet.
"Go crawl back into your cave, human, and never return!" Commanded Celestia. Boreas endured the ridicule of this bitch for many thousands of long, agonizing years, and now he was through. Boreas looked up, staring hatefully at Celestia through his burning hazel eyes, which burned with a passion only Damien ever possessed, and, for the first time in countless centuries, Boreas spoke:
"No." Boreas said simply, his voice deep as a rumbling volcano, yet calm as a flowing stream, and personifying the very strength and independence of the wild itself. Long after that word left his mouth, everypony was still staring, especially Luna and Celestia.
"Woah." Commented the Mane Six and Luna at the same, awestruck by the human's voice after having never heard him speak to anyone since meeting him. Nopony else paid any attention, though, as Boreas soon spoke again, his voice even more powerful than before:
"Celestia, Long has this world suffered your influence, and the blood you have spilled upon our soil must be reconciled. I will not fight you, Celestia, but I will defend this world from your sins with all my might, and the might of the wilderness that has fed and sheltered me. I have no quarrel with your ponies, Celestia. But if you fight me, you face the full might of the world I am sworn to defend."
"Stop trying to make yourself look innocent, Damien! You spilled as much blood as I did, if not more!" Celestia retorted.
"That is true, but I did it for the world I loved, and sought to defend. My only sin, Celestia, is that I did not take your life instead of theirs." Celestia became infuriated, and retorted:
"Enough! You aren't the victim here! If you will not leave, then I will destroy you!"
"As I said before, your highness, I do not serve you, and neither should anyone else. This may not reconcile me, but it will do for now." Boreas said, walking up to Celestia.
"What? Stay back! I'll-" Celestia could not finish her sentence before Boreas raised his fist, and punched her in the face, knocking her out cold. Wordlessly, Boreas picked Celestia up, and walked to the castle, to put her back in her room. He no longer wanted to kill her; Her own shock at being sucker-punched by a 'lowly human' would likely do that for him.
Later, at the castle
Boreas had put Celestia in her bed, and walked to the main room, where he sat on a couch until Luna came over to him.
"Boreas, I'm so sorry about that..." She said softly.
"None of it was your fault. In the end, none of us can be to blame for our actions. The mind and heart are complex things, Luna. No one being can change them easily, and in the end, it is they who decide our fate. You are lucky, Luna: You care too much, while Celestia cared too little. She could not see what you did, but that is not why you were better than her this day." Boreas explained, And Luna's face filled with realization.
"Is the reason because I showed my caring without violence, Boreas?" She asked. Boreas chuckled, and his voice still kept catching her off guard.
"No, Luna, you were better than her for many more reasons than that, but the most important thing that made you better... Was the fact you didn't piss me off!" Boreas laughed at his own joke, and Luna laughed a little, too.
"I'm sorry, Boreas, it's just so weird to hear you speak after all the time you've been here..." Luna laughed some more, then they both were quiet. Then, Luna asked a question she had been dying to ask him since he arrived:
"Boreas, do you ever get tired of being immortal?" She asked. Boreas paused, the replied:
"No. I don't like it sometimes, but the journey I've led thanks to this curse has made me a better person, and I will always be grateful for that." Luna pondered, then asked another question:
"So, do I call you Damien from now on?" Boreas smiled.
"No."