//------------------------------// // The Bond // Story: A Romantic Story // by JustDing //------------------------------// Princess Celestia sat in her throne, thinking about what just transpired an hour ago. Her human has returned after that long time... finally, she can feel the touch of her human in a while. But before that could happen, he has to be caught. Thanks to her sister, it was currently under process. Suddenly, her horn began to vibrate and a jingle was heard. She sighed and tapped the base of her horn, to take the call. Some Royal Guards turned to her in confusion, but she quickly threw them through the windows before they could stare at her any longer. She is such a generous princess, always having new jobs ready for her subjects. "Hello?" "Bodhi's Pool Repair... no, it's Luna, who else? We are the only species who can do phone calls with our minds." Said a voice into her mind. Celestia sighed. "Anything new?" "I have good news and bad news... what do you want to hear first?" "The good one, please. I always like good news." "We found your Chris." "And the bad one?" "He left a lot of destruction in his wake... sixteen death manticores, hundreds of death timberwolves and a dead sea serpent..." "So he killed most of the fauna in the Everfree Forest?" Princess Celestia was stunned. "Yes...but..." "That's awesome! Now we can take over the old palace once more!" "Wait, what... whatever, but now it seemed that he went into the direction of a village..." "What is the name?" "Foalsville..." "There? Okay, I will be there in a few minutes or so." she said as she hung up the psychic call. Foalsville. This nice little town has been destroyed in a war which occurred two thousand years ago, but after a long time, it was rebuilt and now a moderate-sized town, even a little larger than Ponyville. The town did not run a train station, but it was located near the Everfree Forest and thus it made to a very good trading partner for companies because the town had rare things to sell. "Welcome stranger! I've got some rare things on sale!" "I'll take the molotovs." "Stranger, stranger! Do you want to burn down a house?" "No, of course not..." In Foalsville: "Poor little thing..." Comfort muttered as she looked at the sorry form of the creature she found near the forest. She then left the guest as she heard somepony knocking at the entrance of her house and she trotted downstairs. She opened, revealing her husband Hard Labour. "Hey, Honey! I'm back!" he kissed his wife on the cheek and Comfort returned the kiss. After they separated, Comfort coughed. "It's good to see you... you know what? I have found a strange creature at the entrance of the town. It... He is something I never saw before..." "What? Where is he? How is he?" Labour said worriedly. "He's upstairs in our guestroom, sleeping peacefully. His body is exhausted and he is wounded... some animals were after him. I think he came from the forest." she said after a few moments of thinking. "Can I examine his wounds?" he asked. "Sure, just be careful. Don't wake him up." "Does he have a name?" he asked as he went upstairs to the guest room. "Maybe... if he has one, he didn't tell me yet. He was unconscious when I found him." "Ah ok..." She heard the door to the guest room opening and closing... The mare chuckled to herself. Since they were young, Hard Labour always liked to help wounded living beings. It did not matter, animal or pony, he even helped griffons without hesitation. This is one of the reasons why she loved him so much. He did not cared much about himself, but he cared about everypony around him. Suddenly, there was the chattering of glass and Labour's scream of agony, before he ran out of the room and downstairs. His whole body was on fire and he ignited everything in his wake. Then he hit his head on the table in the kitchen, knocking him out and the fire feasted on his body like a greedy manticore. The guest room was already on fire and the guest trashed around in his burning bed, screaming in pain. Then more glass chattered as wine bottles came through every window, their alcoholic content set everything on fire. Comfort Mane could only scream as the scene enfolded around her and not a few seconds after, the whole house was on fire, and the little lovely mare was in the middle of hell... Dan stood outside, with a six pack of Molotov cocktails in front of his feet. He has bought them at the local supermarket and now he was throwing one after the other at the house. The first one smashed through the window of the first floor and after he heard a scream, he threw more through each window of the house. "Hey, what are you doing, pal?" he heard someone saying. Chris stood next to him, a questionable expression was written on his face. "WHAT? I thought you were in... Ah never mind." Dan said defeated as he lowered the last Molotov, before he removed its tissue and took a long gulp from the bottle. "Anyway, how did you get here?" Chris asked as they began to walk through the streets without a concrete destination. "Well, I don’t know... but did you saw that strange unconscious creatures near the forest?" "Yes, I saw it lying on the ground... looked like a frigging mix of a lion and a desert eagle..." Chris replied. "It's called griffon, and it was male." Dan said. "Ah ok... how did you know about its gender?" "Here, drink some." he offered his bottle to him, ignoring his question. Chris shrugged, took the bottle and a good gulp, too. At first, he coughed at the taste, but he decided not to question it. "Chris!" Princess Celestia flew down from the sky and landed gracefully next to him by tripping and falling on her belly. Before Chris could run away again, she quickly caught her breath and said "Please, don't run away... I.. I...am sorry for scaring you, but please do not run away from me. I'm willing to give you a temporary home..." He hesitated at first, but then Chris said "Ok, but please keep at least your horn away from my face." "No problem." she said, thinking about other places where she can stick her horn into. "And my buddy Dan comes with me. His parents died when they were still children." he said, patting Dan's shoulder in pity. Dan hung his head in sorrow, he could never forget their scared faces as they were sucked into a kindergarten... "Also no problem." she answered, taking Dan's life-story absolutely serious, "Poor thing." After a while, they took the next chariot to Canterlot, to the castle. But Foalsville, thanks of having not firefighters at the ready, burned down again. And thus opened new places for worker. Later: As the doors to the dining hall opened, he was regarded with a sight that brought him a smile to his face. Michael and Lee were sitting at the dining table, eating their favorite meals. As they noticed Chris, they waved to him friendly. Princess Celestia stepped up next to him and said "I've found them strolling through my royal garden. One acted like he was reaping the grass..." "That was an act of stealth!" Michael said, mouth filled with noodles. "And the other one was drawing dicks on Discord's statue." Princess Celestia said sighing. "An act of distraction!" Lee said, drinking some orange juice. "Go, you two, enjoy your meals." Princess Celestia said. Chris and Dan sat down next to their friends and began to eat their meals. As Princess Celestia watched Chris eating chips, she then remembered the first time they met... Princess Celestia was seventeen when she galloped through her royal garden and ate every bug she could find when she spotted a bipedal creature roping down from the wall. He wore some sort of tactical gear, with a lot of tactical ammo pouches on his tactical  bullet proof vest and a tactical camera, which was mounted on his tactical helmet. He carried a Remington 870 express tactical shotgun on his back and a full auto Glock 18 with suppressor in his holster. Just kidding, he was only wearing a pair of pants. And he fell clumsily to the ground as he tried to climb down. But to his luck, the Queen's royal bush stopped most of his fall. She watched him making his way to behind a tree, where he unzipped his pants and... He sighed "Wow, I didn't know I held back up so much..." Whatever the creature was, it did not belong to Equestria for sure. She sneaked up behind him slowly and... ...she tripped on a twig, snapping it. She looked up to the creature fearfully, who resumed to whatever it is doing. As she sneaked up again on him, she felt the sand beneath her rumbling. She whispered a curse before a large green four legged bug crawled out of the sand. She quickly killed it by throwing a toilet at it, it's brownish green blood splattered everywhere. The creature hummed an unknown song, he did not notice what happened... She sneaked further on him and... ...she stepped on an anti-personnel mine from the first equestrian war, its explosion threw her high in the air. But thanks to her immortality, she suffered no damage. But the creature was still minding his own business... And she began to sneak again... and finally, she was right behind the creature. She shook her head at the creature's behavior and whispered "You could shoot cannons and he wouldn't hear it..." "WHAT? WHO'S THERE?" the creature whirled around, forgetting to put on his pants. And  young Celestia fell in love... "Hey Celestia. Your cheeks are flushed and your nose is bleeding. Are you okay?" Lee asked the princess, who wore a sheepish smile on her face. She then shook her head to get back to reality. "Yes, I'm fine..." she looked at Chris, who was still wolfing down his chips. Since that time they got separated, she wanted to feel his presence again. To hold him, to take care of him. Doing all the things they tended to do two thousand years ago. And she only needed to open the bond... "Chris." she said, and the human turned his head to her "Yes?" "Do you know our bond?" she asked tenderly. "Eh?" he said after he swallowed the last chip. "Our soul bond?" "A whatbond?" Chris raised an eyebrow. "Soul bond." "What is that?" "A eternal bond between souls who are caring for each other." "I don't get it..." Chris said, slowly shaking his head in confusion. Celestia knew at that point that Chris would not understand at all what a soul bond is, so she tried to explain it as much as simple. "Mind Wi-Fi." she said simply. "Oh, I understand now. No, I don't know about our bond." "Should I open our bond?" she asked. "Sure, what should go wrong. But... maybe you could show me how bonding souls works." Chris said smiling. He still did not get that thing with soulbonds, but it sounds good to him. "Soul bonding? You want to see how it works?" she asked. Chris nodded. "Well, then... I will show you." she said understanding, as she walked over to Dan, who looked rather confused at her. She stood in front of him, looking with her blue pools which were her eyes into Dan's, like she wanted to stare into his very soul. Then she quickly kissed his forehead. Dan recoiled at the action, kissed by a horse is way more gross than eating spinach for a whole week. Before he could respond, Celestia grabbed Dan's head with both forehooves and held his head still. Then she literally rammed her horn through Dan's forehead, piercing his skull bone. He elicited a squeak, which quickly silenced. Blood ran down from his cheeks and his eyes rolled back into their sockets. It looked like Celestia's horn sucked his brain out like a Combine Advisor. "HOLY BALLS!" Michael fell from his chair in shock, then he fainted. "OH FUCK!" Lee's face went pale before he also fainted. Chris just stared in terror at the scene. After a while, Celestia removed herself from Dan. He fell down to the floor, unmoving. She turned to Chris. Her horn was bloodstained, crimson ran down her face which was not her own and her expression was crazed, with wide-open eyes. "Now it's your turn!" she said smiling as she walked to him...