"Of course, you'll have to obey the laws. While upholding them."
I shifted my weight from one leg to the other, crossing my arms as I hoped she wouldn't say a certain something.
"You must treat ponies with respect."
"Of course. You have my word."
Celestia blinked away a soft stare as a devilish smile crawled on her face.
"And you'll have to share any and all technology with us, and reveal how you regenerate."
She waved her hoof in the air to emphasize her point. Her smile had turned into a full on grin as she thought she had me beat.
I groaned as I brought my hand to my face. Of course she had to ask that question. That damn question.
"No, Celestia, I won't put that on your ponies."
"Good, now you hubbawha?!"
She fumbled with her words, her face one of shock. This expression quickly morphed into one of anger. She planted her face right into mine as she poked my chest with a hoof.
"AND WHY NOT? THAT COULD SAVE THOUSANDS OF PONIES AND YOU WON'T SHARE IT? WHY SHOULDN'T I LEAVE YOU LOCKED IN HERE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?"
That was the last straw, blown away by her raging winds. I swatted her hoof away as I connected our foreheads together and began to powerhouse my way to the door, backing her up with me.
"BECAUSE CELESTIA, THAT 'TRICK' WOULD NOT SAVE YOUR PONIES, IT WOULD DAMN THEM! THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF US! ALL PERFECT CANDIDATES FOR THE RE-GENESIS PROGRAM! TEN THOUSAND OF US! IT WAS WEEKS OF PAIN, IT WAS SO BAD THAT MANY OF US KILLED OURSELVES BECAUSE OF IT! TEN THOUSAND OF US CELESTIA! TEN THOUSAND! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF US ACTUALLY SURVIVED THE PROCEDURE?"
She had been backed into a corner, her face contorted in fear as tears rolled down her cheeks. "H-H-How M-M-Many?"
"FIVE OF US! JUST FIVE! IT WAS JACKELYNN, ANNA, ROSE, NATASHA, JACK, AND ME! JUST FIVE OF US CELESTIA! JUST FIVE!"
I began to back away into the adjacent wall, tears began sliding down my face as I sank to my knee's. My hands covered my face as I wept. Muffled sobs escaping my mouth. Celestia blinked her tears away as she crept closer to me, laying her hoof on my shoulder.
"And now I'm the only one left....I'm so sorry Jack, I'm so, so, sorry. I'm so sorry Jack. I'm so sorry..."
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GUARDS P.O.V
Steelhoof escorted the blubbering creature down the hall, and into the banquet room. Celestia had decreed that this thing was no longer a threat to us, and was now a fully fledged citizen. He felt a pang of sadness as he kept hearing the creature mutter the same phrase.
"I'm so sorry, Jack, I'm so sorry. You were my only friend Jack, the only one. The others just saw me as a mate, someone to help breed the next generation. You were the only one, you helped me through thick and thin, you were always there for me."
Steelhoof felt a tear escape out of his eye, the warm fluid streaking down his cheek.
"And they made me kill you."
He couldn't take anymore as he burst into the banquet hall, he finally had enough as he burst into tears. His heart pinging with sadness for this creature. After a few minutes, they had both calmed down. The creature slowly gnawing on an apple.
The look of sadness was in its eyes. They shone with a brilliance that said they had seen too much. His hands were scarred and calloused, saying they too had done too much. Steelhoof finally noticed the small tubes of metal that rose out of its skin like a worm before returning inside. Its head was shaved, a thin mohawk adorning it. Tribal tattoos covered one hand, he assumed they covered its arm as well. The creature turned the orange, showing him its wrist.
A strange tattoo, made of simple lines, thickening and thinning made it up.
He wore a long black coat, and what seemed to be a shirt made up of a strange material, ribbed in metal.
When it spoke, it's voice was mildly deep, but full of anger and hatred
"I'm so sorry Jack, I should have ripped out my heart instead."
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I gnawed on an apple, my tongue testing it for any toxins. the scene of Jack's death replayed in my head. Me grabbing his heart, stopping it, then ripping it out of him. I should have died that day. Me. I didn't deserve to live.
I played around in my head, shutting off the organs that made me regenerate, and gathering all of my nanites to my brain.
I dropped the apple, hearing it clunk against the floor. I stood up and and walked towards a balcony, the sun was just rising over the horizon, and I could see Princess Celestia up in a tower, when she looked at me, a smile adorned her face.
I walked to the edge of the balcony, looking down, I noticed it was a long way down. At least a thousand feet. I smiled, this height would surely kill me. I spread my arms wide as Celestia's smile slowly turned into a frown. I yelled my final words as I prepared to jump.
"I'M SO SORRY JACK!"
Then I jumped.