//------------------------------// // Answers not by science. By Mythology. // Story: Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust. // by FoxofRarity //------------------------------// Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust By. FoxofRarity Chapter. 79 Disclaimer- My Little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. Arthur's note at end. Also my dearest readers I suggest you read this chapter from my other story just so you won't be confused. Of War, Of Nurture, and Of Failure. “They cannot be bargained with, I can’t reason with them. They will not feel pity nor remorse and they have no fear. And they will not stop until they have me and who knows what my nephew’s personal guards will do to me since I cannot die.” Luna goes back to the memories when she first met the stallion. “I remember after witnessing him eating that stag he…wait…that word!” Luna shoots out her wings which unintentionally launches Delta Scorch to the ground. “Ow…” Delta Scorch rubs his nose. “That word!” Luna declares like she found the magical bowl of cereal from that cheeky son of a wretch who does not share his cereal and who’s hiding somewhere in Equestria. Yeah he’s out there…that son of a wretch jacking all the bottles of two percent milk. “What word?” Delta Scorch asks as he sits next to his mother. “Xenomorphs! He said he’ll show me them with his telepathy but he never got around to it but he did mention they are very deadly!” Luna thinks they are the personal guards who are not ponies or even any sort of creature she has knowledge of. “Xenomorphs?” Delta Scorch wonders if mother is just making things up or maybe mispronounced the name of whatever she’s trying to name. When attempting to answer her son’s question Luna finds she knows nothing about the Xenomorphs. “Well I guess a trip to Twilight Sparkle will shed light on my mystery to find out what they are.” “Yes mother.” *** Alone in her throne room Princess Celestia being prone to mixing bits of her humor with seriousness acts upon it by throwing up nine spheres and with her magic makes them revolve around her. “That’s why my son came to me that day and hugged me for one whole hour but wouldn’t tell me why he did what he did even to the point of blocking me out of his mind with his telepathy. His wife committed infidelity yet he stays with her. Why!? He had to be shown what loving a partner is before he fell in love with that mere mortal. Humph, a mare who experienced her mother destroying her father will naturally make herself promise to never be like her terrible mother.” One spheres orbiting her switches orbit with another sphere. “Though it isn’t common for mares to be suddenly infected by their hypergamy when they feel they deserve something but is denied. Still she feels guilty for hurting her husband the same way her mother harmed her father. But what I don’t understand is my son keeping this a secret from me…he knew I will react the way I reacted. I would have scolded him for marrying that mare and probably get in between them so she will not get close to him then…then mention that if he wishes to divorce her which is only justifiable when there’s infidelity he’ll say no and forgive her.” Princess Celestia comes to see why her son didn’t tell her about what Octavia did to him. “Mares…my son…I wanted the best mare for him but I had to accept his decision…if I could go back in time then I will prevent him from ever meeting that mere well she’s not mortal anymore but I will do what I can do but sadly I can’t now. An innocent baby will cease to exist and it will make me no better than her.” The nine orbiting spheres halt. “If only he can show me the strength he had when he forgave his dear Octavia. And I wish I can stop thinking that he’ll be better off marrying a Toltecian Cobra mare or lady whatever they call their mares, given how those Reptiles are forever loyal to their mates and how she has arms & hands it will make things easier for him plus it will be funny seeing her wrap herself around him during winter nights. Still a Reptile and a Mammal marrying? Well I will give her my blessing also they can stand upright. Hmmm I should have accepted Sonia’s proposal to have her daughter marry my son. Unifying the Kingdom of the Toltecs and Equestria...their flickering tongues are cute. I know he’ll love seeing her flick her tongue all day plus having his scent tasted.” The nine spheres resume orbiting her. “Cadance wouldn’t like seeing him marrying that Toltecian Cobra because she wouldn’t have the opportunity to screen her first.” *** *knock, knock* “Yes? Oh Octavia it’s nice to see you.” Twilight Sparkle greets. “What brings you here today?” “I’m wondering if you can come with me, I-I’m going to see my mother and you know I will like your company.” Octavia asks. Twilight of course will say yes and likes observing Octavia trying to connect with her mother. “Sure let’s go.” Spike on the other hand or hoof. “Alright I have the library all to myself! Ha! Time to catch up on Power Girl (Kara Zor-l/Karen Starr) and Captain Equestria.” So Spike hunkers down on his bean bag sack and catches up on his favorite super heroes. “So how are things going Octavia?” Twilight starts conversation with the gray mare. Octavia doing a short tilting action of her head does not know where to start given how so much happened today. “Well for one Princess Celestia is furious at me and does not want to talk to me ever until I give birth.” “WHAT!” Twilight nearly gasps in surprise. “What did you do to make her mad at you!? I mean from personal experience it takes a lot to make her mad.” “I will like to tell you now but I think you will find out when I’m talking to my mother, any who today has been kind of slow for me, I only practiced my cello for half an hour instead of my unusual three hours, spent an hour in bed rubbing my belly, avoided socializing because I felt I’ll go through some mood swings if you get what I mean, and lastly I didn’t feel like visiting Rarity today uhhh she may be busy today.” Then. “So I thought why not pay my mother a visit then maybe you and I can have a bite somewhere.” “Huh what a day you had say did you go up to the west tower?” Twilight asks. “The west tower, what’s up there Twilight?” Something that only Twilight found out though it has been a long time ago but perhaps she is still right. “Music archives that has music starting from the establishment of Canterlot thousands of years ago and I think the notes of Bach should be in there too, like four hundred pages I think.” Octavia screeches to a complete halt upon hearing about the famous notes of Bach the composer to which each piece of music he wrote took him months for he wanted it to be perfect that even the Great Spirit will take time to hear it. “Bach’s notes…h-his notes…one of the legendary composers in the history of this earth left his notes…I-I-I need to see to them! I-I have to see them! I WANT TO SEE THEM!!” Octavia is almost jumping up for joy to pretty much having the notes practically in her grasp. “HIS NOTES!!!” Twilight seeing how happy Octavia is feels a bit of her good side return to use her mind for something good instead of you know trying to get rid of the weakling and get Rarity for herself. “Yes we can see all the notes AFTER you visit your mother.” Twilight reminds the gray mare. “Oh.” Octavia puts out the thought of reading every page of Bach’s notes. “You’re right Twilight, let’s go.” In Harmonic Breeze’s dwelling. “So I’m going to be a grandmother well I’m sure her first thought was when she found out was Allegro Note…I wonder how hard it was for her to gain the power to forgive me.” The old mare thinks about the picture her daughter showed her. “The stallion she married must have been the dream stallion she said she once dreamed about when she was a child and I still feel terrible calling him scum, huh??” Someone’s knocking. “I wonder who’s here?” Outside. “If there’s any part I hate it’s this one.” “Why Octavia?” *Groan* “I don’t like visiting because in a normal relationship a daughter will visit her mother but I don’t have a normal relationship with that mare.” “I guess if you stop being so pessimistic then maybe a relationship can form between you two.” Twilight passive aggressively scolds. Just before Octavia can say anything back to Twilight, the door is opened and Octavia is face to face with her mother. “Hello mother.” Hey all that practice allowed for the hello mother to glide into the air as a smooth flow in a small brook. “I and company well quiet company came here to visit you.” Harmonic Breeze is quite relieved to see her daughter but isn’t quite open to having Twilight here again. “Does she have to be here?” “Okay I’m leaving then.” Octavia turns around to leave. “What!?” Harmonic Breeze whimpers. “Hey, hey don’t even think about it now get back there.” Twilight whispers. Almost rolling her eyes at the lavender mare but luckily stops herself from performing the disrespectful act at the well-meaning mare. “She will be here and can I come in?” “Of course.” The old mare steps out of the duo’s way. “Make yourself comfortable you two and I’ll brew some coffee.” Twilight taking a content deep breath lightly taps Octavia’s shoulder. “I’ll take my place. You do your thing and remember if you ever feel uncomfortable then we can leave alright.” Octavia gives Twilight a nod. “Thank goodness, I brought her with me.” “So.” Harmonic Breeze starts. “Have you already started to build the crib for your son yet?” “Not quite. The home I used to live in has been demolished now I’m staying in the palace thanks to Princess Celestia so it won’t be no surprise that she’ll give the mother of her grandson a grand room.” Octavia is quite taken aback to this sudden uninterrupted conversation with mother. “I guess when I talk about my future child I don’t feel hostile towards Harmonic Breeze.” “Well that’s quite nice for your future son and he might go to that gifted school for those gifted Unicorns or in his case a gifted Alicorn. And are you planning to teach him how to play the cello or any other stringed instrument? Sort of to keep music running in the family…your family.” Twilight observing everything like a Hawk catches Harmonic Breeze’s correction as if to say the old mare does not want to press things too far by saying that her daughter and grandson are in a pleasant relationship with her. “She catches her words pretty well.” “Yes mother, on the part of keeping music in the family. I think I’ll stick to the cello while my son will learn to play the viola, oh that’ll be nice seeing the both of us perform duets.” Octavia zones out to hear the music of her cello combining with the soft melodies of the viola. “Yeah I can already hear my son performing his first piece before being ready to play at the tempo I set.” Harmonic Breeze lightly smiles. “I can see you teaching him Octavia…Octavia there is something I want to tell you.” The mare rubs her chair before continuing speaking. “I’m sorry for what I said about your dear husband back in the restaurant. I wish I had the opportunity to know well at least known him. Have you even spoken to him about me?” “No. In the decade I’ve been married to my husband I never once spoken to him about you. Nor did I ever thought I had to speak to him about you because you see if I ever spoken to him about you and told him everything, like how you betrayed my dear father, abandoned us, and never in the years made the effort to find me. He will make it his life mission to help you and me reconnect and the last thing I wanted was him using his psychology degree on me. So I never spoken to him about you and I didn’t care since you were at that time dead to me. However…” *long sigh* Octavia looks over to Twilight to let the Unicorn decipher through her gaze she’ll be talking about what she did to upset Princess Celestia. “I never had to talk to him about you…Because in the words of my father but rephrased, the daughter becomes the mother and the mother the daughter. I, like you, harmed the stallion who loved me with all his heart. I became hypergamous I became what bad mares are. I-I had everything yet I wanted more just like you wanted spice in your life by having sex with other stallions I wanted a child.” Octavia once more looks to Twilight who in return gives her a nod. In Twilight’s mind. “She cheated on him. Princess Celestia couldn’t bear to be in front of the mare that harmed her son.” “Oh no…” Even worse to say the husband is scum when her daughter truly is the scum. “You did what I did!? Why!?” “I couldn’t be patient; I mean I’m immortal so I’ll always be fertile and I never have to worry about my biological clock well you know. I already had everything prepared for a child but I just needed him to do his part. He didn’t. So I became blind to my desires like you, I found another stallion like you, except I realized what I was doing unlike you, and I got caught like you. I realized that I became part of a statistic I read in on one of his psychology textbooks that said that mares like stallions commit infidelity either as much or twice more and unlike stallions mares are better at hiding it.” Octavia snorts steam out of her nostrils. “We weren’t apparently.” Harmonic Breeze covers her face with her hooves and feels like what she has done washed on Octavia. “Did you…?” “No. I realized my grave mistake but what I didn’t expect is my husband’s keeping his rage from taking complete control him. He deserved to be furious at me and I never saw him mad before so you can imagine how afraid I was but instead he stopped talking to me and kicked me out of the bed. So for mouths I slept alone on the couch wondering if he’s going to kick me out of his life. Which he has every right to when before I committed infidelity there was a pretty pink Pegasus with blond hair uhh Meadow Flower is her name I think Anyway she will flirt with him trying to get him for her own in fact she said he is the only stallion she wants in this world so she did everything to have him even to the point of tricking him to drink some kind of Love potion she got from the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Humorously, he passed out due to its hideous taste which wasn’t part of her plan but he was knocked out luckily I caught her trying to drag him to her house. Who knows what she’ll do to him if I didn’t catch her in time okay in the end despite being hit on by her and a bunch of other mares he always tells them no. He always reminded them he has a lovely wife. Humph, he forgave me…” Harmonic Breeze sighs in relief to hear about her daughter’s husband being so forgiving. “Why did you go humph?” “I don’t deserve a stallion him, he deserves better…after he forgave me he made me repaint the room I made for the child I wanted, had me disassemble the crib and take it to a thrift store, and told me we will have the discussion once I master self-control.” Octavia pauses to sigh. Twilight hearing about Meadow Flower has another plan to piece together. “He will be craving a mare’s touch so I better find her when I’m done here. Imagine all the things she’ll do to him.” “Octavia.” Harmonic Breeze begins. “I’m glad you are nothing like me despite your one major mistake. I’m glad your father is an infinitely better parent than me and how far you have come in life, I’m sure there is much for you to travel. At least you’re here talking to me you’re giving me something. Thank you.” “You’re welcome mother.” With that said Octavia reaches out and gently taps Harmonic Breeze’s left hoof. “Can I have some more coffee please?” *** “Blast she isn’t here!?” Luna pounds the ground in front of the tree library. “How do you know mother? You didn’t even knock.” Delta raises his hoof to knock for her. Luna taps her forehead. “Oh! Yes you have your telepathy, so do I still knock?” “Yeah why not my son. While Twilight is not here to help me find what I’m looking much faster I will still find what I’m looking for nonetheless, plus I think you should check out a Power Girl comic book no wait not Power Girl instead check out WE3 graphic novel and the book Atlas Shrugged.” “Atlas Shrugged? Is it about the Hellenic titan?” Luna chuckles bringing some light heartedness in the picture. “No it is about a mare who during a time where the world has gone kaput is in charge of a massive company given how her brother is a complete utter twit any who what I really like about the book is the fact the main character uses her merit and wit as her strength and not her sex. In fact her sex is the last thing she takes into consideration when making decisions though she isn’t a perfect character as you will see with Francisco…uhhhh that’s enough from me. I don’t want to spoil it for you my son. Now let’s go inside.” Hearing hoofsteps Spike looks up from his comic book. “Huh?” He can’t believe Twilight is back so early. “Who can that be?” Jumping off his bean bag Spike makes his way down to see who’s here. “Ahh hello dear Spike.” Princess Luna greets before elbowing her son. “What? OH! Hello Spike.” Delta Scorch greets to be respectful to the purple dragon. “Princess Luna and guard? What brings you here?” Truly Spike can’t wrap his mind around Luna dropping in especially without sending proper notification first. “I was here to ask Twilight Sparkle if she can help me find a book but since she isn’t here I’ll do it myself and can you please find the books WE3 and Atlas Shrugged for my dear Delta Scorch. He’ll like to read them.” “All right sure.” Spike goes to get the two books for Delta Scorch. Meanwhile Luna shifting through the library file cabinet tries to figure under what category Xenomorphs will fit under. “Bloody, I didn’t take into consideration what category these creatures will fit under. Zoology perhaps let me keep this card. Astrobiology?? Oh as if.” Luna puts the card back. “I should check Ecology maybe ethology wait? Why am I thinking the Xenomorphs are animals? Maybe the word Xenomorph is the name these mares choose to call themselves sort of like the Amazons from mythology or perhaps these mares are Griffons since Griffons age real slowly it allows them to become deadly fighters if they train hard enough. But then again knowing my nephew he isn’t very conventional in combat so I also have to factor in the Toltecian Cobras who are very stealthy and the mares are unforgiving against wrongs committed to anypony they’re loyal to. Then again Xenomorphs can be anything! I mean anything or anyone, Gold Sky is capable of finding allies that are like him.” Luna sighs then leans forward resting her head on the library file cabinet. “Xenomorph, Xenomorph, Xenomorph, Xenomorph, what is it, who are they, what are they. Oh this is getting me nowhere.” Luna gently hits the cabinets causing the drawer marked X to open and a card to pop out. “Xenology humph totally ridiculous like that can…” *TING* “Xeno! That word means foreigner or different but different in the sense that I shouldn’t be looking to the science that covers everything we know or covered by the scientific method! Xenomorph sounds like a word anypony will find in a legend, mythology, or in a mind that can create a perfect comic book! Science is objective and subjective but what I seek is singularity subjective so despite all that can be found in the shelfs in front of me I should look to the shelves in the back where there is somethings based on subjective matter!” Luna opens the drawer marked C. “Cryptozoology!” If only Luna thought of that pseudoscience much sooner. Spike stamping the return date on Delta Scorchs WE3 graphic novel looks up to make eye contact with the stallion. “I gotta say this one is really good I mean so good I can’t believe nopony has made it into a movie yet. Hey perhaps we should write letters to Hideaki Anno so he can direct it.” Wanting to be in tune with the dragon’s glee Delta Scorch holds up his hoof. “Word.” *Hoof bump* “So.” Spike points at Luna. “What exact is her majesty looking for?” Delta Scorch looks back to see mother sit down with four books in front of her. “She said she’s looking for information about something called Xenomrphs. Do you know anything about whatever that is.” “Xenomorphs?” Spike tilts his head in confusion. “That sounds like something out of a science fiction novel or a psychological thriller film. Hmmmm, I think she should check the mythical creature section, she may find what she’s looking for in there because some things while at first are thought to be fiction may turn out to be real.” “Hey that sounds pretty legitimate.” Delta Scorch thanks Spike and heads to the section where Luna once was. “I need to find a mythical creature book.” Delta tells himself. “No this one is about finding the two snakes that killed a mighty crocodile to build the land we live in. How is this even related to cryptozoology!?” Luna tosses the first book. “This one is about collecting eight glass balls to summon a green dragon what??” She tosses that book griping at how stupid cryptozoology is starting to look now. “Hmm oh great this is about a long neck dinosaur living in a big lake.” Luna throws that book with the rest before opening the last. *Long groan* “Why is this one about a giant elephant eating bird.” Seeing this is the last book in the cryptozoology section, Luna covers her face with her hooves and officially calls cryptozoology the most idiotic wannabe field of science. “Cryptozoology is as useful as many scientists wasting their time trying to convince others their theory is truth while their theory is still a theory.” “Here mother.” Delta Scorch drops a book in front of the Alicorn. “I think this is the book you’re looking for.” “Mother?” Spike clearly heard Delta calling Luna mother. “Well I knew she’ll eventually have a child.” He smiles at seeing how hopeful Delta looks after presenting the book. “Mythical creatures?” Luna reads the title with an arched eyebrow. “My son thank you for your help but what I’m looking for will not be in there.” “Are you sure?” Delta opens the book to the page that has the word XENOMORPH right in the middle. “WHAT!?” Luna takes the book and turns the page. “It says this creature can’t be looked upon for more than five seconds otherwise the one looking at it will become insane. Hey my nephew said he was insane for sixteen years but it wasn’t from the Xenomorphs it was from something else. Anyway, from glances a picture of one was drawn, hmm they have a long head, metallic teeth? Say that’s gives a new meaning to strong teeth. Six to seven feet tall well then I wonder how he can control them? They operate with a hive mind, wait a minute a hive operates with the Queen being the center then how is he controlling them?” Luna pauses to look at Delta demanding an answer from him. Delta just shrugs in return. “These creatures hunt for they cannot be hunted, they cannot be maimed or subdued, much less wounded severely for their blood is highly acidic and can eat through flesh in a matter of seconds.” Luna looks at her skin before continuing reading out loud. “Their tails can pierce metal damn it. Okay, okay that, that very quiet, can camouflage, use parasitic reproduction killing the host frak! Uh oh…” Luna finds a part that really convinces her that Gold Sky truly has the ultimate personal guard. “They do not need light to see, they see through an enhanced sonar like senses enabling them to travel in pitch darkness and cannot be detected by infrared, heat, or sound.” “Wait a minute.” Delta finally figures out the urgency in mother’s voice. “Mother you are not saying that these creatures are real? I mean this is a mythical creature book right?? These creatures are not real…right??” Luna hates to put her son in uneasiness but she has to in order to prepare him for the future where she will come face to face with these creatures. “They’re real my son. My nephew always being so secretive as these creatures under his command just like I have you and the Elite Commandoes under my command. I never took into consideration what he’s capable of not by his strength but by his connections, I should have thought what he found in his two hundred year journey. For being a strong soldier he knows he can’t always fight every battle alone, he knows he can’t be everywhere to protect the ones he loves, and he knows that there will be a time he will have to face those he trusts. Well the third part is out of the picture but even when he’s dead his doing still remains in the form of his Xenomorphs hunting me to avenge their master. Humph, his loving nature can turn these creatures away from their Queen. He made them ignore their primal instincts which is something amazing if you think about it my son.” Delta Scorch scratches his head in part about the dead Alicorn being able to make primal creatures ignore their obedience to their Queen which is like seeing a bunch of fire ants ignore their queen and follow a black running ant. “So his love can make these deadly creatures follow him and now they developed a fierce loyalty to him but how can we fight them if we can’t hear or see them plus their blood is acidic so do we have to cover ourselves in baking soda to protect us from their acidic blood. You know a base neutralizes an acid.” Luna tries to smile at her son’s fighting spirit plus his idea to use baking soda to protect himself from the Xenomorph’s acidic blood. “Yes my son these Xenomorphs follow him now you wanting to fight them? Absolutely not my son! I will face them myself for I cannot die but you can my son. I think they will torture me by doing whatever they want to me and using me as a host for their reproduction…” Suddenly. “I am still going to die anyway mother. I still age every day and so does my dear Cloud Kicker.” Silent, Luna just reaches out and commences stroking her son’s face. “I will find a way my son trust me if the dead Alicorn can make his wife immortal then I as your mother will make you my son along with wife immortal. I will, still just stay out of the Xenomorph’s way alright.” “Very we…” *TING* “Mother! If you can’t see the see the Xenomorph’s through using infrared, heat, sight given how they move only in night, and hearing, I suggest using motion sensing.” “Motion sensing? How is that supposed to track them?” “They have an enhanced sonar sense so they can see and they move. They move, movement is their weapon be it slow or fast so by using our own kind of sonar like sense we can see them by their movement. Motion sensing them.” Amazed by her son’s suddenly brilliant idea Luna feels her hope rise from the grave it once was buried in. “Of course they move! They have to, they can’t fly, they have no magic, and they can’t teleport. I just need to learn a motion sensing spell, thank you my son!” Luna takes hold of her dear son and squeezes the daylights out of him. “Hey pretty clever.” Spike tells himself. “Finding them through motion. Wish I could have thought of that.” Being the kind dragon he is he prepares peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for them. Meanwhile in Luna’s mind. “I will make my son and wife immortal just need to ask Octavia how she became immortal before the Xenomorph’s find me.” *** In Ponyville. “Gilda my dear.” Rarity starts by gently nudging the Griffon on the shoulder. “You’ve been quiet for a bit; will you like to tell me what is wrong my dear.” Gilda is quiet for reason. She can’t understand how protective Rarity is of her and how fast the white Unicorn moved to stop her from attacking Princess Luna along with reminding how her life is connected to father. Though be it one way not two way. “You care very much for me Rarity uhmm I’m sorry if I’m speaking to you uh so cold heartily I have no right to do so when you act infinitely better than I.” Rarity stops and placing a hoof on the Griffon’s shoulder stopping her as well. “Gilda, I’m still getting to know you my dear and being loving to you is what I’ll still be even you weren’t my niece. Oh Gilda it’s alright if you speak to me with a bit of razor edge in your voice, your voice is kind of raspy and you are still trying to be who you really are plus once more your voice is kind of raspy. Just remember it isn’t your words that show me the effect of your emotions it’s your actions my dear. For actions speak louder than words and your ability to see reason after I explained everything to you tells me…” Rarity stops on purpose. Eager to hear the rest. “Tell you what??” “You’re good at heart.” Rarity ends the cliffhanger. A strong silence beholds them as both just stand there looking at each other and Gilda still being silent like the Eagle part of herself starts smiling at the beautiful Unicorn. This Unicorn is first pony apart from her father is the first to truly understand her and by that it isn’t by surface level many others grasp all forms of material from, Rarity has ventured into the inner layer where few go into and sees Gilda as a being who desires a live where she has her foundation always with her and wishes to be strong as the house built on rock when the times comes to go her way in the world. Adulthood will show the world who Gilda really is and Rarity knows this thus every bit of love can change the course of Gilda’s almost near completion development…change the course to the right way. “Thank you Rarity. Can I?” Gilda holds her hand in front of Rarity. “Of course and you’re very welcome.” Rarity leans forward thinking Gilda wants to scratch her chin. Gilda places her hand behind Rarity’s head and moves it closer so the Unicorn’s forehead can touch her forehead. “You’re one of a kind Rarity.” Happy to being subject to Gilda’s affection Rarity spots something she knows Gilda will enjoy. “Gilda will you like to join me for a milkshake at the Sugarcube Corner?” “Sure I groove on a good milkshake, thank you.” Gilda follows Rarity towards the Sugarcube Corner and just then from the corner of her eye she notices a little gray filly gasping at her. “Rarity is it alright if she can join us?” Gilda asks while pointing at Silver Spoon. “Who?” Rarity turns to the pony Gilda points to. “Silver Spoon?” Yes Rarity knows this is the filly that is mean to her little sister but seeing how wide eyes the filly is well for Gilda Rarity will say yes. “Uhhh yes, yes of course.” Silver Spoon. “Gilda!” The gray filly runs over to the Griffon overjoyed to see her once again. “Can I walk with you?” “No.” Gilda replies. “Why!?” Silver Spoon nearly frowns. “Because I’m not going to walk around, I’m going to have a milkshake now come I’m sure you’re going to enjoy a nice cold treat.” With her wing Gilda nudges Silver Spoon forward. “Plus we’re be joining Rarity.” “Awesome!” Silver Spoon squeals in delight. Inside and as expected by Rarity and Silver Spoon, Pinkie Pie pops up in front of the trio hugging the daylights out of Rarity and Silver Spoon. “HI you two I’m happy you look happy to make me happy by being happy!” Then Pinkie in her spinny act stops right in front of Gilda. “Oh Gilda, you’re here…okay…do you want me to rap? My rap name is che cosa, my name is wer, my name is chicka, chicka, Slim Pinko!” “A hug will do Pinkie Pie.” Gilda makes the first move and embraces the pink pony. “It’s good to see you.” Quite at a loss of words for a change Pinkie Pie can get used to Gilda’s big hugs. “Good to see you too Gilda. So what’s your sweet tooth craving?” “Just milkshakes for the three of us.” “Okie dokie!” Pushing the trio off the “screen”all three of them land right in their seats. “Ooh can I sit next to Gilda!!” Silver Spoon asks Rarity. “Sure.” Rarity trades seats with the filly only to then be flabbergasted by Silver Spoon reaching out and rubbing Gilda’s feathery chest. “I never knew Silver Spoon will have such admiration for Gilda and I never knew Gilda will be so receptive to anypony rubbing her feathers? Well I guess Gilda enjoys the kindness.” “Oh Gilda I’m so happy to see you today!” Silver Spoon exclaims. “I mean today so far hasn’t been so pleasant with a lot of homework, Diamond Tiara’s constant complaining about not being able to finish a crossword puzzle, and Apple Bloom almost spilled her apple sauce on me during lunch time.” Gilda places a hand on the filly’s head as a gesture of understanding. “My you had quite the day Silver Spoon so you can use a milkshake.” “Milkshake huh. I like the sound of that.” Silver Spoon licks her chops. “Can I get strawberry?” Gilda nods in response so Rarity inserts her question for Silver Spoon. “Silver Spoon, do you really admire Gilda?” “YES!” Almost answered in the same enthusiasm Pinkie always has when she says yes. “She’s a Griffon and I remember a long time ago my mother read me a story about a Griffon journeying into the highest mountain of the Earth in order to eat from the Tree of Life.” “Oooh I like this story already!” Gilda leans forward while quickly turning to thank Pinkie for the milkshakes along with realizing Pinkie got her favorite flavor correct, peach mango. “Thank you, Pinkie.” “A story is what gave birth to Silver Spoon’s curiosity for Griffons just like the story Gold Sky told Gilda gave birth to her attachment to Rainbow Dash.” Rarity dots down in her mind. Any who Silver Spoon carries on. “The brave Griffon does not find the Tree of Life instead the Griffon absorbs the soul of winter turning its fur and feathers as white as snow, her wings become ice, and with every breath she takes she exhales winds of winter.” “Wow she become an Ice Griffon, after that story did you instantly become curious of Griffons?” Rarity inquires. “More or less, at first I began with my imagination riding on the back of the ice griffon then I went with my father to the Canterlot library so I can find whatever books that talk about Griffons and from there reading how they’re loyal, fierce, strong, soft, honorable, and loving my curiosity is set free. Then after having dreams, drawing them, and always thinking of them then the Alicorn Stallion umm Gold Sky yes that’s his name gave me a plush Griffon that was once his when he was a child uhh told me the name of the griffon is Griffie.” Gilda’s eyebrows arch up when Silver Spoon mentions Father. “Gold Sky.” Feels weird saying father’s name. “He gave you a plush griffon named Griffie that was once his when he was a child?” “Yes, he told me Griffie will love to be appreciated with somepony who’ll love her very much…hey, wait a minute!” Silver Spoon realizes something thanks to having Griffie in mind. “You look just like Griffie!” “I what??” Gilda says in near bewilderment. “Like who?” Now Rarity joins in Gilda’s mix. Silver Spoon giggles in delight first. “Griffe has the same color pattern you do, white feather front and brown colored fur behind.” Then Silver Spoon points at Gilda’s eyes. “Around the eyes she has the same purple shading you have plus the purple spots on the chest and I think more importantly the feathers on the head have purple tips just like you.” Silver Spoon gently touches the purple tipped feathers. Very surprised Rarity and Gilda share a quick glance into each other’s eyes as if saying they both need no have to talk to Gold Sky when he comes back from wherever he is. “Wow…coincidence…pure coincidence.” Gilda decides to hide the fact the Alicorn Stallion is her father from Silver Spoon out of fear that Luna may find out. “Yeah maybe you’re right Gilda.” Silver Spoon agrees before taking a quick enjoyment of her strawberry milkshake. “Can I?” Gilda knowing what Silver Spoon wants to do nods yes while being ready to record the astonishment that’ll suddenly form on Rarity’s face. “Yay!” Silver Spoon starts rubbing Gilda’s sweet spot with sheer anticipation to hear Gilda… *Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* “What!” Rarity falls off her chair. “Gilda you purr!!?” “Rarity are you alright!” Gilda rushes over to help Rarity up from the dreaded floor. “You didn’t hit your head did you?” Ignoring Gilda’s worry while brushing the dust off of her, Rarity places a hoof on Gilda’s chest. “You purr! Serious did you just purr!?” “Yes…” Gilda blushes in embarrassment but yet feels kind of free of allowing some more ponies know she purrs. “I am half lion after all.” “I love it when you do that Gilda!” Silver Spoon hugs the Griffon feeling the lovely feathers rub against her cheek. “I’m glad I met you.” “Me too.” Gilda Replies while passing her hand through the fillies beautiful silver hair. Rarity back in her seat starts drinking her vanilla milkshake while being quite pleased how Gilda is really admired by Silver Spoon along with discovering something she never thought Gilda is capable of doing. “Gilda, I’m happy your happy my dear niece and I so have to figure out how to make you purr. I need to spend more time with you.” Gilda shifting her eyes to look at Rarity sees the loving face Rarity has. “Rarity is happy for me and loves me very much.” Pinkie Pie who also caught ear of Gilda purring managed to record it with a 8mm camera. “Oh this is sweet! Wait…” Pinkie looks at her camera. “I have no film…great…just great…well I can still hear it in my head!” Good enough. *** “Octavia, if you knew that you’ll hurt your husband will you go back in time to stop yourself or will stop yourself from ever meeting him?” Octavia’s mother asks. “If I stop myself from hurting him he’ll be happy but I may never learn the greatest power called self-control and if I stop myself from ever meeting him then what’s to keep me from being taken over by the unending sadness of losing father and being completely overtaken by the hatred I had for you which will make me look for you so I can physically make you feel the pain I felt when I lost father. A partner, companion, my love, my dearest, my husband, my friend, my Gold Sky, I can’t be alone. I need a partner, my quest to seek Immortality through my musical talent will eventuality come to its end, I will become Immortal but then what? I fulfilled what I wanted thus my purpose has reached its completion. Purpose always end but the love from a husband has none.” Octavia takes a drink of her coffee. “You know mother, one of the last ahem good memories I have of you was I laying down on your bed watching you brush your hair so I can listen to you sing about the winds of spring. Oh I will always go out of my way to be there when you’ll brush your hair everyday…now I will ask you this mother.” “Ask her what?” Twilight picks up something in Octavia’s voice while telepathy will tell her what Octavia wants to ask amazement from listening will be more savoring. Harmonic Breeze too picks up something in Octavia’s voice. “What did you do with your other children?” “What!” Twilight suppresses herself from letting expression getting the best of her. Harmonic Breeze drops her cup to the floor to be asked this question from her firstborn; it was only a matter of time if one puts it that way. “You have a brother and a sister Octavia. I do not know their names for I gave them to couples that’ll provide them a future I can never provide. They were unexpected but know that your brother and sister are in better places in Las Pegasus and Manehattan. Just how did you know that I gave birth to two more children?” Octavia points to her head. “I just deduced that since you were terrible at hiding your deeds you’ll be terrible at keeping yourself from getting pregnant. But please, mother don’t ever, ever call them my brother and sister. I will never know them and I will never care for the only brothers and sisters I’ll know will be the ones that call my father their father.” Twilight is more amazed than she’ll ever be by Octavia’s resolve to cast out her half-brother and half-sister right here and even though her resolve is just said by her words the lavender mare can be certain that Octavia will never make contact with her half-brother or half-sister for she will never look upon the results of her mother’s heartless mistakes. “Her mother is more than enough.” “B-but I have the contact information of the two couples…” “No you’re more than enough mother besides why did you keep their contact information?” Harmonic Breeze shrugs at first then decides to explain herself. “I thought that maybe one day I will see you again and I can have you meet your b…siblings, half siblings and connect with them.” “Ha!” Octavia snickers. “Never, besides all of you will die while I won’t so why engage in something pointless like connect with your children when you never made the opportunity to ask for father’s forgiveness. Still, you will do and I feel like I’ve discussed all that needed to be discussed with you mother. Tomorrow please come to the palace so you, I, and Twilight can have lunch together.” Once more just touching her mother’s hoof as her way of saying goodbye gets and heads to the door. “Thank you for your time mother.” “Thank you Octavia.” Harmonic Breeze waves goodbye. “I think she’s starting to warm up to me.” Though her thought can be perceived as a thought she is correct. Outside, Octavia looks to Twilight figuring out the lavender mare wants to ask a question. “Twilight, I know you want to ask me a question so please do.” “Are you for real about never wanting to meet your half bro err I-I mean half siblings!?” Octavia nods. “Yes my dear Twilight I am for real.” “Why!? They’re your family…” “Correction. My family used to be me and my father then me and Gold Sky, now it’s just me and my son. They are not my family, they are just my mother’s unexpected mistakes, I mean don’t you see it Twilight even after she harmed my father she continued having relations with other stallions.” *sigh* “Twilight, my father meant the world to me, you don’t know how much I loved him…I literary screamed when Redheart told me my lungs were not compatible with his body so I couldn’t donate them then when Gold Sky found out his blood has regenerative capabilities, I screamed in pain once more. If those siblings were to come from my father’s flesh & blood then they will be my brothers and sisters but they didn’t. Look my mother said they’re with good ponies so that’s all that matters case closed. So where we should we eat, I’m starving.” Twilight wanted to shrug but then remembers something her palate craves and there’s only one place that can satisfy it. “Hey how we go to the place that has the singing ponies.” “Ooooh that’s the place my mother sings at…well just for you we’ll go and have ourselves a feast.” Octavia nudges the lavender mare to get her moving forward. “Are you sure you want to go?” Twilight nonetheless asks out of consideration for dear Octavia. “Hey my mother isn’t working today so it will be all good for me.” Again Octavia nudges Twilight forward. At the restaurant Twilight opens the door for Octavia so the gray won’t over exert herself, however, a very unthoughtful mare speeds by and shoves Octavia to the side causing her to nearly fall on her belly but luckily Twilight caught her with magic. “Oh my Octavia are you hurt!?” Afraid, Twilight passes a magical beam over Octavia to scan for any damage be it external or internal. “Well nothing wrong at least.” “I’m okay Twilight.” Now angry at that rude mare Twilight snorts breath out of her nostrils ready to deliver well deserved pain thanks to having the strength to do so. “That wretch!” “No Twilight.” Taken by surprise Twilight asks Octavia if she really said no. “What do you mean by no? Sh-she almost made you fall your baby! You could have miscarried!” “But I didn’t so don’t worry.” Octavia gives Twilight a quick hug to calm her down. Once in front of the hostess, Octavia is recognized as Harmonic Breeze’s daughter so instead of waiting five minutes to be seated both mares are seated instantly. “Hey Twilight, why did you want to come here?” Twilight points on the menu so Octavia can see what the lavender mare’s palate craves. “I enjoy this fancy grilled eggplant skillentini with alfredo sauce on top hmmmmmmmm I just love it and I wish I can eat it every day.” “Order two plates then oh.” Their waiter arrives thus both place their orders and smile when their cream sodas are gracefully placed in front of them. “Cheers?” Twilight mumbles. Without wasting a second Octavia raises her glass. “Cheers!” *Cling* In amidst of their laughter Twilight spots the rude Unicorn mare two tables away sitting with a Earth Pony stallion. “That wretch will pay.” Pay they will but first Twilight connects to the mare’s mind. “Order coffee fresh from the pot. NOW!” “Uh excuse me waiter can I please have a cup of coffee?” “Huh?” The stallion she’s sitting with wonders. “Victorious, you don’t drink coffee in the afternoon?” Victorious tilts her head in utter confusion to her request. “I-I don’t know why I’ll ordered that?? Weird…touch my forehead Augustus, check if I’m sick.” “Yes my dear.” Augustus touches her forehead. Once the coffee arrives, Twilight does her ultra-satisfactory smirk which is the smirk she usually does when she’s going to pleasure herself with Rarity of course at Rarity’s expense. “Pick up your coffee you frakken stupid wretch.” Victorious picks up her cup of coffee with her magic. Here comes the best part for Twilight’s coming intentions. “Now throw it on your face.” “AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!” Victorious screams as the coffee burns her face. “What the heck!” The sudden scream startles Octavia making turn around to gaze upon the hastily congregated group of ponies around Victorious Ayla. “Twilight what happened?” Still with the smirk on her face Twilight shrugs her shoulders. “I think somepony spilled their coffee on their lap.” Inside Twilight laughs at hurting the wretch who almost harmed her dear Octavia. Yes to Twilight Sparkle, Octavia is dear to her and even in a twisted, foul, vile, and conniving mare like Twilight has a sense of Justice. And Justice has been served… Literally. *** In the Palace, Princess Luna and Delta Scorch finally therefore, Iron Cloud takes a quick breath before approaching her majesty. “Your majesty.” “Yes Iron Cloud.” “Fleur-de-Lis, needs three days free from her duty your majesty.” Iron Cloud requests for Fleur. Luna raises her head before snorting in repulse. “If she wants three days free then she can ask me herself instead of sending you here before me.” With that said Luna continues walking away. So when his action seems to be to no anvil. “She just found out she’s infertile your majesty surely as a mare you can sympathize with her.” Luna comes to a complete stop. “If you found out you were infertile will she be here asking me to give you three days?” “Knowing her and how she is a very honorable mare then yes she will.” Luna waves her right arm at the stallion. “Very well, tell her she has three days but only three days and next time she better come to me herself otherwise I’ll discharge her without honors is that clear, Iron Cloud.” Iron Cloud bows before her majesty and leaves to inform Fleur of her majesty’s words. “Delta Scorch, please leave me, I’m going to have a discussion with my sister.” Luna just gives him a quick kiss on the head before sending him off to his dear Cloud Kicker. In Princess Celestia’s study the white mare senses Luna approaching so in anticipation Celestia puts away a sketch book Gold Sky was once working on. “I think I can finish Power Girl Prime, later.” “Sister.” Luna comes in without giving the proper notice of a knock first. “There’s something I need to talk to you about.” Celestia places a cushion for Luna. “What happened with knocking dear sister?” Straight to the point after sitting down. “Sister I have grave news.” Celestia sighs for when it now comes to Luna having grave news it isn’t almost very surprising. “Spill it.” “Your son, I found out has personal guards called Xenomorphs, I now know what they are sister and they are from seeds of nightmares.” Luna throws the Mythical creatures book at Celesita. Celestia’s eyebrows rise. “My Great Spirit these terrifying creatures are under are my son’s command, how did you find out about them?” “Cadance told me about but what makes me fear them the most is the fact they cannot be bargained with, they cannot be reasoned with, they don’t feel pity, remorse, or fear. And they will not stop ever, until I am dead. Which is not possible given how we’re immune to death.” So with that said about the Xenomorphs, Luna expects Celli to provide some sort of comfort or in the very least provide some kind of worry. Instead Celli shuts the book. “You brought it upon yourself Luna.” “What…?” “Oh you heard me right sister, did you honestly think that for one second I’ll side with you due to the coming consequence from killing my SON! You deserve this because at this moment I can finally tell you my thoughts for before I haven’t in order to keep the lukewarm climate between us, now, oh now, now, now sister you will pay the debt you owe me for killing my son. I want you to suffer, I want you to scream, I want you to be afraid at every corner you turn, I want you to bleed. I will never take your side Luna; I will let my son’s Xenomorphs hunt you down to the very ends of the earth if they have to in fact the thought of having you feel the pain I felt passed through my mind.” Alarmed Luna starts charging her magic. “You wouldn’t touch my son!” Celestia being the oldest of the Pure Immortal trinity can always be so cool in her facial expressions. “You think I’ll stoop down to your level Luna, ha! I will not stand by you I will stand against Luna just know that. You killed my child who we both know is incapable of doing what’s he accused of and I wouldn’t be surprised if his Xenomorphs wipe your entire Elite Commando guard as if you to proof that his forte in combat is inherited by his personal guards.” The Princess of the Sun stands on all fours with her wings extended to their full span. “You deserve this Luna just think of it as Father punishing you for spilling innocent because what’s that saying you know so well, uhmmm it’s on the tip on my tongue so please tell me. I’m waiting, please, please tell me dear sister that saying you know full well.” “Innocent blood always gets avenged.” “WONDERFUL!” Celestia cheers. “Why?” Luna shuts down her magic and frowns. “Because it calls out to the Great Spirit demanding justice.” Celestia claps for Luna’s response. “Oh you make me proud sister just like you disappointed me when you killed my son. I wish I can buy you a set of steak knives as a reward but you will have no use for such a reward instead the reward is my son’s guard coming for you! Oh that is so much better if you think about.” Celestia commences circling Luna while maintaining her cheery voice. “Luna sister you know I love very much but in the grand scheme of things when you make a mistake it tends to come back in various degrees of severity. Hehehehe apparently the severity is going to be well severe. I will stand by and enjoy seeing you being punished because as an adult you knew what’ll happen if your actions proved to be fatal so as adults I won’t shield you for the coming results. However, to show I’m not like you, I’m willing to take your son under my wing to keep him safe from the Xenomorphs.” Luna sighs in displeasure. “I never knew I’ll be talking the mother instead to my sister and my sister is turning my back on me.” “Yes I am now leave me please our little talk is over Luna and I think the Xenomorphs are playing mind games with you.” “What makes you say that?” Celestia points at a clock. “They’re taking their sweet time Luna and when an enemy takes their sweet time it means they are breaking you down mentally which renders you defenseless when they finally make their move.” “Since when did you become very insightful in strategic military moves or more specifically psychological warfare?” “Just like my son I yearn to learn what makes the mind tick, I want to know what happens if the core of the mind collapses or better yet can extreme uncertainty make the core collapse. Thus you are the perfect specimen to observe for my curiosity and yes you still deserve this for spilling innocent blood so don’t get confused between the two.” Celestia gives Luna a slow wave of her right hoof. Obeying Luna leaves feeling even more afraid of the coming Xenomorphs so perhaps some company with Rainbow Dash can help. “Rainbow Dash my Rainbow.” Clearly picking up the disdain in Luna’s voice Rainbow asks what’s wrong so being straight forward Luna lays everything before the cyan Pegasus. Remembering the shriek of the Xenomorphs from year five of the six year Republic-Fasci war which Gold Sky showed her with his telepathy when they became friends and Rainbow heartbreakingly fell for him. “She now knows of them I guess he’s getting his revenge through them.” Rainbow tells herself. “Luna come and sleep I’ll be with you the whole night.” Thus getting into bed Luna presses her head against Rainbow’s chest feeling some reassurance giving the Princess of the Moon a respite from her tremendous worry. “I with my Rainbow Dash.” Luna softly nuzzles Rainbow’s chin before falling asleep. “I’m glad to comfort you Luna but I think your worry is more misplaced than ever.” Rainbow fells Gold Sky even when dead is simply playing mind games with Luna. He excels at such things. *** In the Boutique under the light of the moon. “I must ask you Gilda are you pretty excited to be excited to be invited to Silver Spoon’s house tomorrow for dinner.” Rarity asks in the comfort of her work room where she can affectionately don a silk shawl on Gilda. Feeling the utter smoothness of the silk shawl Gilda wraps it tighter around her shoulders then looks at herself in the mirror to admire how great she looks. “I am Rarity but this uhhh what is it called?” “A shawl.” “Yes this shawl is amazing!” “Oh don’t be so flattering Gilda it’s only a shawl Gilda it’s not like you can compare it to my other works where I’ve put much more effort.” Nonetheless, Gilda can’t help but just admire the beauty of the shawl. “Still it’s amazing Rarity and I can’t wait to meet Silver Spoon again she’s so nice along with meeting her parents too.” “Nice is word that only you can say my dear niece.” Rarity says in her mind. “I wonder if what!” Gilda senses something. “Rarity I feel something weird no wait I feel something dark…NO!” *knock, knock* Stopping the white mare from inquiring about the darkness Gilda feels Rarity heads to the front door to see who it is feeling in her senses that it isn’t Twilight Sparkle. “Rarity wait!” Gilda tries to stop Rarity but magic can’t be stopped by grabbing an arm thus the door is opened revealing to the Griffon her father. “Father!” Rarity about to feel the same joy her niece suddenly notices that little brother isn’t standing at all fours in fact little brother is being carried by something with hands black as night and with five fingers in each hand. “What is that!!” Rarity falls to her back but freezes when she feels her muscles won’t respond to the command of moving away from whatever is hold little brother. “Rarity wha…” Now in sync with Rarity’s visual awareness sees the thing holding father. “XENOMORPH!!” “No Gilda, her name is Weytani.” --- My dearest readers as I stated before the coming chapters will be shorter and as always thank you for your patience. Chapter. 80- Title. ???- "You ask me how I became Immortal yet you have not yet realized you killed the source." Chapter. 81- Title. ???- In the loving whispers of Master's voice. "Sensors online. Weapons systems online. All functioning systems nominal."- In the last of whispers. "Systems Failing." (Coming after chapter. 17 of Octavia and the Alicorn's Peace however.)