//------------------------------// // Frankly doc, I don't give a damn! // Story: Desire's Truth // by The Joeker //------------------------------// So you had to go to hospital? mortal hospital nonetheless? and you collapsed? Yes, I got blasted by the sun for Council's sake! like I said I've had worse but I still had to be patched up by the Watchers. So you were rescued by the ponies after being blasted by the sun after saving them after a spur of the moment decision to do so? Yes, and it was the best decision I've made believe it or not. Very well, lets continue... Oh! I think one the mortals has croaked... no he's sleeping, someone wake him up. I will continue regardless of his state of consciousness. As he shoot up again I gasped for breath, apparently the sun also burned some of my internal organs... shit... 'I'm still in hospital, balls!' I thought. I went to get up, but again forgot my new Equine nature and tripped, hurting myself and hitting the burn wounds. "Ah dammit!" I cursed as silently as he could. Suddenly the 5 mares and 4 Princesses ran in. "You guys must have x-ray vision or something," I chuckled with a wince as he got up. "We heard you fall and assumed the worst," said Celestia. "Your assumptions are your windows on the world, scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in," I said. "I see" smiled Celestia, I found her smile... mesmerizing... I caught myself staring and snapped myself out of it. "Right, where's the fire? cause I'm heading to wherever the excitement is," I said as I got up and walked to the door, ignoring my legs pleas for me to limp "You should be resting now back on the bed!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash, I woke up once before, where we exchanged introductions(they told me their names and they have yet to find out mine) and I passed out again. "I'm sorry. where's your medical degree?" I chuckled, but complied and sat on the bd as best I could. "What is your name?" asked Celestia, if I remember correctly all Alicorns are royalty here. "Prince Caedes" I answered. "Where do you rule?" asked Celestia. "Somewhere very far away from here, err where is here exactly? I didn't really have my bearings," I rubbed the back of neck with a hoof, and it felt weird. "You are in Equestria, Prince Caedes," said Celestia, Caedes was my old name, 'Slaughter' it translated to. "You can all call me... Desire," I said, relieved at using my real name. "Very well Desire, how did you get here?" asked Celestia. "The sky, oddly enough," I answered. "Itotallyhavetothrowyouthebest 'I fell out of the sky and am a Prince party and saved Equestria' partyever!" said Pinkie Pie "What just happened? I'm confused... am i Dead? am I alive? what is life?" I asked. "That'd be Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie, Pinkie, leave him be, he's had a tough time," said AJ "That explains the crater in Ponyville and the Everfree, but how did you get to Canterlot and not remember?" asked Twilight. "If I knew I wouldn't be asking," I mumbled. "Anyway, we'd be happy to accommodate for now, wouldn't we sister?" asked Luna. "No, not at all," smiled Celestia. "Better than staying in a hospital," I said and hopped off the bed. When we exited there were mostly guards getting treated and a few civilians. "So... Changelings..." I said as we walked past. "Indeed... they are so... uncouth," said Luna. "Yeah, at least you didn't have to clean the mess up and they dissolved," I smiled. "Yes, the cleaners would've cast an itching spell on you I imagine," laughed Celestia. "Yeah... itching..." I mumbled as I remembered the time the other Horsemen put itching powder on my saddle when I first started riding Guilt, speaking of which I sense he is nestled comfortably underneath Equestria, quite snug in it's core. Eventually the doc saw us. "Wait! you shouldn't be out of bed!" he exclaimed. "Sorry, thanks for everything you've done for me but frankly doc, I don't give a damn!" I said and walked out of the clinic. Suddenly I was beset upon by a net, which enclosed around me. "Yeah! Cutie Mark Crusader life savers!" yelled a group of young voices. I panicked, the last time I was in a net I was being tortured, the Demons did it to within an inch of my life before leaving me to recover, only to do it all over again, they used a special and rare material in the net to do it, which I destroyed every bit off in the Realms, I stormed into Hell and caused a massacre before destroying blueprints and anything that resembled a net. I used my magic to get my blade out and swung wildly, cutting the net up, at this point anything was fair game for kill, my veins were pulsing green, threatening to break out into The Headless Horseman form, I backed into a wall as they all attempted to calm me, trying to ignore the voice telling me to kill out of fear and adrenaline. I calmed after a minute and looked up. "What in the Seven Bloody Hells was that?!" I asked. Suddenly from the back of the mares 3 heads popped out, there was a white Unicorn with a rather nice mane, a cream white Earth pony ith a red mane and bow and an orange Pegasus with purple hair and very small wings. "Now Sweetie Belle! apologise to Prince Caedes!" exclaimed Rarity. "Yeah Scoots, that wasn't cool, from the way he reacted, I'd say he was scared, from a past bad experience maybe," said Rainbow, she was actually quite smart when she tried. "Applebloom! that ain't Apple Family behaviour there!" scolded Applejack. "Gee, we're sorry Mr. Prince Caedes," said Applebloom. "We were just trying to get our Cutie Marks," said Scoots as Rainbow called her, they showed me their flanks, which were blank. "Can you forgive us?" asked Sweetie Belle. "Sure, it was just a shock, thats all, shall we adjourn?" I asked. The Princesses nodded and we continued walking. "So, how'd you get your Cutie Mark?" asked Sweetie Belle, a seemingly innocent question but it brought back memories, I slaughtered and almost annihilated a race of sentient beings to earn my title, and by extension, this 'Cutie Mark'. "You don't wanna know," I replied a little more darkly than I'd of liked, Scootaloo as I found out her name was, opened her mouth to speak, but a glare from Rainbow shut her up. We came to the Throne Room eventually and walked past it into the living quarters. "This is where you'll be staying Prince Caedes" said Celestia. I nodded to Celestia and entered the room, picking up the key on the table next to the drawer, the room was spartan in furniture but intricately decorated, one the side of the room with the sun next to it, the left side were yellow banners with a white blank pony (no discernable features that marks an individual, apart from a horn, it is obviously an Alicorn) And on the right it was blue like Luna, with navy blue banners and a black blank pony these two obviously represented Luna and Celestia, in the middle of the room was a bed, split in two colours, the left side was white and the right was blue as if splitting the room down the middle, on the left were golden dressers and light furniture, on the right were black wooden storage cupboards. Facing the window and in the middle of the room was a desk, the left side made from again, bright wood but the right was black wood, yet again seemingly splitting the room down the middle, the fact the room was mirrored suggested this room represented the differences and similarities of the two sisters. "This is perfect, I'll go to sleep for a while, see you girls later," I said. We said our farewells and I shut and locked the door, reverting to my natural form, if you're wondering how I can morph here's the scholar's explanation: In the early days of Creation, the laws of existence were less defined, and the separation between animate and inanimate objects was less distinct. As I reverted the cracking of bones and the tearing of flesh was heard as I managed to hold in pained shouts. I left the wings on my back however. I fell into the bed and fell asleep, wondering what awaited me in this world.