Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust.

by FoxofRarity

A future set in Stone

Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust.

By. FoxofRarity

Chapter. 80

Disclaimer- My Little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. Arthur's note at end

“Master, your daughter is afraid of me and the white pony is looking at me like she isn’t afraid of me instead she looks she’s trying to figure out if she knows me.” Weytani mews to her master.

Rarity hearing the mewing and hearing Gold Sky respond to her sounds gasps in amazement to witness her brother understanding the creature Lauren told her about. “You understand her!”

“What!?” Gilda turns to Rarity as she trembles at this very moment to see the Xenomorph holding her father. “Are you not afraid of it!?”

Surprising while at first being a bit startled from the initial sight of Weytani, Rarity quickly motions Weytani to come inside before anypony sees them. “Gilda this is Weytani I was told of her by Lauren the Archangel.”

“Put me down please Weytani.” Once down Gold Sky while in pain sits down on his rump. “Gilda don’t be afraid of Weytani.”

Obviously afraid Gilda focuses entirely on her Father knowing he’ll protect her from the Xenomorph. “That’s a Xenomorph father, I-I-I, they use hosts to reproduce h-how can I trust it an-an-and you said they’re loose cannons when there’s fresh hosts around.”

Gold Sky sighs but refrains his composure for Gilda to keep her looking straight at him rather at Weytani. “Gilda, Weytani should never be distrusted for she like you can feel. She can think, imagine, protect, and care. Weytani’s mind is cognitive and she will never, never, ever harm you! In fact even though she is my most loyal guard she will not be protecting me she will be protecting you.”

“Whaaaaaaaaaaa…” The Xenomorph now approaches Gilda though at her master’s beckon first. “It’s…”

“She.” Gold Sky corrects his daughter.

“She’s coming towards me!” Gilda loses focus of her father and if her trembling wasn’t apparent then it sure is now. “Please protect me daddy!” Thanks to the sudden invasion of her survival instinct Gilda takes cover under father’s wing.

“I never seen her so scared before.” Rarity tells herself. “Thanks to Lauren I don’t fear brother’s personal guards and Weytani from I can see from her body language she wants to be accepted by Gilda.”

“I will always protect you Gilda and she will too. Weytani is now your personal guard, now Gilda please do as I say and look at her please.” With his telepathy. “Weytani please kneel down.”

“Yes master.” Weytani replies.

Obeying her father given he’s next to her, Gilda slowly opens her eyes to look upon the kneeling Xenomorph, and some reason by looking at Weytani Gilda senses this Xenomorph is completely different from the one she fought. “It’s a she.”

“They are all mares Gilda.”

Pulling father’s wing over herself like a blanket Gilda extends her left hand to Weytani. “You won’t hurt me will you?”

Weytani shakes her head.

*Gasp!*Gilda can’t believe this Xenomorph responds her with a head shake it’s like it completely understood her question. “Sh-she shook her head! She understands me!”

“She does Gilda.” Gold Sky nuzzles Gilda to keep her calm. “Please extend your hand.”

Doing so Gilda places her left hand in front of Weytani and Weytani follows suit with her right hand. “Weytani…” Gilda finally says the Xenomorph’s name. “You protect my father right?”

Weytani nods.

Then to father. “Only you can understand her but she can understand me so she want harvest me?”

“No Gilda she will not harm you EVER.” Gold Sky even though once more his muscles will roar in pain gets up so he can have Gilda be alone with Weytani while he of course stays close to keep her reassured.

No longer feeling father’s covering her, Gilda becomes alarmed but hearing father tell Weytani means no harm, seeing Rarity is no longer being afraid, and finally witnessing this Xenomporph unlike the one she fought able to have reason. Reason for without it one can only be a heartless animal. “I…I …think only you can be close to me.”

Well despite sounding a bit harsh to a certain degree Weytani nevertheless, has respect for the Griffon for only Weytani can see evidence that Gilda had a run in with one of her sisters and survived. “She has fought one of my sisters and lived, well that’s almost unbelievable.” Indeed, for no one survives an encounter with a Xenomorph until now of course. Back to Gilda’s words Weytani nods telling the Griffon the spoken words are true.

“You have a soft hand…” Gilda stops talking when Weytani’s claws shine brightly before her eyes reminding a still tense but nevertheless calm Gilda keeps in mind that Weytani’s claw can no will be used but not on her. “T-that’s nice that your hands are soft.”

Rarity sits by Gold Sky presenting to him a cream to help with his sore muscles. “How did you know I’m really sore sister??”

Rarity could say oh you know my eye to detail brother instead Rarity with her head points to Weytani. “I took the hint from her brother. You will let no one carry you no one for you will always carry me, Gilda, Sweetie Belle, and maybe if the time comes Weytani too. So by connecting the dots when you arrived with Weytani I figured out your sore trust me I know how that feels.”
Leaning over to his dear sister, Gold Sky passes his right cheek over head to thank her for the cream. “A favor please sister.”

“Apply it on you?” With the cap being magically unscrewed the white mare scoops out a good chunk.

“Yes please.”

Smiling the white mare uses her magic bringing the comfy couch in front of her brother and lies him belly down to have complete access to his sore muscles. “Alright Gold Sky I’ll be starting with your quads oh the cream has a cold touch so prepare yourself.”

What? “A cold touch what do mean OH! Tha-tha-that’s cold really co-cold.” Gold Sky shudders to cold touch grazing over his leg muscles.

“Huh?” Gilda hears father gasping to the cream being applied to his lower back so giving Weytani one last graze. “What is Rarity doing father?” Closes to father Gilda grabs his hoof but looks over her shoulder when she felt a chill run down her spine indicating Weytani is right behind her…nobody is supposed to sense to them for Yashua made them to undetectable while the only eventual flaw is someone creating a way to detect them through their movement.

Weytani freezes in place trying to piece together if what she just saw just happened. “She felt me coming, she sensed me without the use of telepathy while master uses it to stop me from sneaking up on him before master placed me in cryo sleep.” Therefore, a new emotion is born in Weytani’s mind. Fear. “If she can sense then can anybody else sense me as well? Can my use as the Apex predator where my stealth is my ultimate weapon be brought to its end and I cannot be of upmost use to master when I can’t protect his daughter.” Weytani lowers her head in shame but when her mind interprets the soundwaves bouncing off of master’s face she feels hope rise for as long as master is here then there is always a way for her to remain the Apex predator. “My dear master is ever so loving.”

Gold Sky shudders again when Rarity applies more cream on his right shoulder. “Applying cream because I’m quite sore.”

“Why are you sore father?”

“I…I…” Should he tell Gilda of the fight between him and Twilight Sparkle or will he lie to her? “I…was sparring with Weytani to keep my reflexes sharp.”

“Really?”
“No you weren’t.” Weytani mews.

“SHH!” The stallion hisses at his trusty guard forgetting only he can understand her.

“Huh?” Gilda nevertheless zips it.

“No Gilda I’m sorry I was just reacting to the coldness of the cream an-any way yes I was sparring with Weytani to keep my reflexes sharp, Gilda. She really kept me on the edge so that’s why she had to carry me here.”

Gilda smiles to hear father training himself to remain a good fighter then asks Rarity for the cream so she can help apply it on his left side.

However, the prospect of his daughter touching his hindquarters does not sit quite well with him and he will feel upmost uncomfortable to feel her hand rub against his flank. “No Gilda. You don’t have to help your aunt she can do fine by herself.”

What did he just say? “Father what?”

“He thinks it is completely inappropriate that’ll be touching his hindquarters Gilda so he does not want you to help me and before you try to think of a response know that I am his sister while you are is daughter.” Rarity speaks for Gold Sky to prevent him from feeling bad to say those words to Gilda.

“Oh…” Gilda understands her father’s wish and realizes that asking Rarity to pass her the cream will be her touching her father in a place is normally beyond the boundaries to everyone including her though Gilda can guess only Redheart and Rarity are the sole exceptions. “Are you hungry father?”

“Yes sweetheart thank you and please prepare food for everyone else.”

Leaving to the dining room Gilda starts preparing something for everyone while keeping in mind to give father the biggest potions. “I can’t believe Rarity spoke father’s thoughts either he communicated telepathically or she said that herself like she knew what he was thinking. Either way I will not disobey father.”

Meanwhile Weytani sits down on the floor in front of master while he’s still being treated by Rarity’s touch. “Master why did keep the truth from your daughter?” The Xenomorph mews her question

“I had to.” Gold Sky answers.

“What? OH! Never mind me you two.” Rarity continues doing what she’s doing after remembering only Gold Sky can understand Weytani.

“Why master? I think if you told her that I saved you from that pony that was hurting you? She’ll be more comfortable around me.”

Gold Sky shakes his head. “She cannot know Weytani but if I do start telling her the truth then I’ll end up telling her the whole truth and I don’t want her to know that I and Rarity in a major conflict with that mare. You now know she can heal.”

Weytani nods. “It surprised me master but now I’ll be protecting your daughter while you and your sister go after that pony.”

“Exactly Weytani.”
But Weytani isn’t the very bit satisfied with her master’s intentions. “But master, I can go and take care of her myself. Just give me the word and I’ll go give her a painless death.”

“No ah cold!” Gold Sky shudders. “You will not kill her Weytani, we need her alive so she can pay what she’s done. You as I asked of you will protect Gilda for if she dies I die.”

Almost done applying the cream Rarity arches her right eyebrow. “I am right after all.”

Now being taken by surprise once more Weytani almost reacts in a negative matter but manages to control her raw emotions. “Master.” Weytani make her left hand into a fist and places it over her beating heart. “I will protect your daughter master and I swear with my life to never fail you.”

Gold Sky gives Weytani a nod. “Thank you Weytani.”

Inside Rarity’s mind. “Whatever they talked about must have been about Twilight and Weytani will be protecting Gilda. So that will allow Gold Sky to have his mind clear during combat hmmm I don’t know why he still hasn’t asked me the obvious?”

*Ting* As if in tune with Rarity’s thought process Gold Sky feels a shiver run down his spine. “Rarity…sister a-a-are you thinking straight?”

Now done with the cream application Rarity looks straight at Weytani for more than five seconds while the galaxy of her mind continues revolving for nothing is altering it or touching the core. “I am not going insane brother don’t worry, I think Lauren’s presence provided me with an immunity to the insanity looking upon a Xenomorph will bring.”

“Phew…” Gold Sky loses all control of his muscles bringing his body to become a lumpy pile of rubber on Rarity’s couch. “Ooooh I love you Lauren, thank you for touching sister with your divinity.” Hey he feels something different about his body. “Wait a minute I don’t feel sore anymore.” Gold Sky picks up one of his hind legs to make sure the pain won’t come back. “Rarity whatever cream you used thank you.”

“Oh dear brother you’re welcome.” She comes over and kisses him on the cheek.

“Okay everyone the food is ready hurry father get over here!” Gilda calls out but mostly to father.
With Gold Sky, Rarity, and Gilda now seated Weytani approaches her seat to join master in the breaking of bread. “Wait why…” Gilda scoots her chair back ready to either leave or stay in her place.

Not even lifting his eyes off his plate. “She eats at the table Gilda.”
“Father?”
Once again but even more serious. “I said she eats at the table with us.”
“Yes father.” Gilda scoots forward.

In the silence of the four of them eating Rarity and Gilda look up at the feasting Xenomorph seeing something well they never thought will be possible with a creature like Weytani.

“She’s an omnivore.”

Both say
But none of them even Gold Sky notice how Weytani makes no intention to grab the honey in fact she makes all intentions to keep it away from her.

***
“Here you go Weytani, a room just for you. Uhh you do like it don’t you?”

The Xenomorph nods thanking Rarity and just drops herself on the bed. Humorlessly even though Weytani isn’t moving Rarity can’t tell if she is asleep or not given how no eyes can be seen but to the lingering question yes Weytani is asleep even after being in a long cryo sleep. “Well she’s tucked herself in quite well.” Rarity tells herself then heads towards to her bead where she’ll have brother sleep and once having him in her sights she stops in her steps to first tell herself that she needs to tell him about the time she loved or still loves him as her father. “Gold Sky.”

“Yes Rarity.”

Getting his attention is one thing the white mare has done perfectly but maintaining her unflinching composure in what she wants to about is going to be pretty hard or she can imagine Rainbow Dash being here saying it’s going to be hard then she says that Rainbow makes it sound hard. Well Rarity just tells herself to be calm and all will go sail smooth. “Gold Sky, do you love me?”

Gold Sky comes over and embraces the lovely mare. “You know I love you Rarity just why do you ask?”

“Well, brother inside my mind there is a conflict, no please let me tell you everything first. When Twilight turned me into a child and you took the role I unintentionally forced upon you. I loved you so much as my father Gold Sky in fact even when I came back to my normal adult self that love still lingers in my mind making me still love you as father instead of brother. I…was lucky I guess.”

“Lucky?” From the word guess being said at the end Gold Sky found his cue to speak.

“Yes I experienced a side to my brother that only Gilda, I, your future wait I mean a side to my brother that only Gilda and I only experienced. I felt the love where it is infinite, pure, and filling, oh Gold Sky I maybe can’t help it if my tongue slips and I call you father. I am still getting a hold of myself, brother but know even what Twilight did to gain a victory and you took it away from her. In the end something good came out of it…I got to feel love in its purest form from love itself.” Rarity grabs Gold Sky’s head and presses it against her chest. “I love you brother.”

Gold Sky who while yes is quite glad to see Rarity happy will nonetheless put down the jovial feeling. “Rarity, don’t let what you experienced detract you from the fact that I was at first very much reluctant to be your father figure and I failed Gilda. Don’t embrace the experience ever sister, for remember while yes I enjoyed it I couldn’t fully give you everything for it will not be fair to Gilda.”

“Oh…” Quickly in the topic regarding Gilda, Rarity decided to play her hand err hoof in this. “Brother what I’m going to ask you is very private and I want to know why you never had a child with Octavia?”

Outside the room and with her hand already on the doorknob Gilda stops herself from entering to hear everything about what father did when he was away from her during the decade. “Why did father not have children with that nice mare he married? Wait a minute why hasn’t he made any contact with her?”

Gold Sky still having his head pressed against Rarity’s chest taps her shoulder to get free before explaining everything to his dear sister. “I failed Gilda, oh I failed her ever so greatly and nothing that can be said will take away the words I say sister. I failed her sister and as I walked in the heavy rain I, I looked back at the Republic. I told myself I wouldn’t look back to look at Gilda but looking back at the Capital isn’t the same thing at to some form degree I can tell myself. I swore upon the life I’m living, living before my death that is, I swore to never again have a child be it biological or adoptive I dishonored the word father which Gilda always called me.”

Hearing everything in the current occurring time Gilda frowns when at the mentioning of the word adoptive leaves father’s mouth. “He made a promise. A promise to never give another child the live the life I lived before the decade.”

“I believe in fairness Rarity, so I believe it will be most unfair to have a child be it a he or her with…a wife and be with he or her from birth, kiss he or her in their infancy, carry he or her on my back in their childhood, guide he or her in their adolescence, and finally hug he or her in their first day of adulthood. I only was there in her birth, I kissed her in her infancy, carried her on my back in her childhood, and guided her in her adolescence then silence…if I had child and walked it through all the steps of life I just spoken it will be a unforgiveable slap to Gilda.” *Sigh* “I castrated myself twice to prevent my uhh seed from being planted but even they count as tissue thus my tissue regeneration grew them back. Sister you know I never speak of the private most intimate duties I performed with her.” Gold Sky stops, telling Rarity he wants her to speak.

Gilda on the other hand or hoof has a thick line of red streaking across her face. “Should I continue listening??” Well what’s the worst that can happen if she continues listening?

*ting* It clicks on Rarity. “Oh of course you will never talk of your sex life brother.”

Gold Sky continues. “If my castration attempts failed then I had to resort to pulling out to fully prevent her from getting pregnant.” By her he means Octavia for he does not have the power to say the name of the mare that has his heart. “She never noticed, in fact she never bothered asking me why I always washed the sheets which I did to hide the evidence of my actions also I did the same with that Queen Chrysalis. I could never become a father ever again for I failed, rendering me undeserving of that name.” Gold Sky places both hooves on his forehead then slides them through his hair not only ruining it but preparing him to tell Rarity of his second failure. “But Rarity that was first failure I committed against Gilda the second one it’s hard for me to tell you but I will because I can’t hold it in me for much longer, somepony has to know sister and you are the best one right now to fully understand what I did given you have now basically come to know me more than anypony else.”

Gilda covers her mouth when her mind fully processes how regretful her father is and his extraordinary efforts to keep himself from having another child. “Wait there is more to his failures?”

Going back. “Rarity I not only failed Gilda as a father but I failed in providing her with a mother.”

“What!?” Funny she was talking about mother figure earlier with Aunt Cadance.

“I wished I found a mother for my dear Gilda, Rarity. I mean as a single father I can’t give her everything just like a single mother can’t give her child everything. I wanted her to have a mother, a mare she’ll love as much as she loves me and for me a partner…I felt a longing for a wife sometimes but I ignored my feelings to give Gilda everything she wanted. Humorlessly I wanted to marry a Griffon so she can be Gilda’s mother and I can have a partner but the Griffon mares didn’t want anything to do with a stallion however, there were…many Griffon mares who just wanted to have sex with me just to satisfy some exploratory adventure. Weird I guess…I just wanted my Gilda to have a mommy. I wanted her to be part of a nuclear family. Oooooooh I failed her so much Rarity that I can’t understand how she still loves me now…”

Gilda with her mouth still covered begins blinking her eyes rapidly to clear them of the tears. “Father wanted me to have a mommy and I didn’t know he felt a longing for a wife while he was raising me yet I didn’t feel the need for a mommy…"

“Oh Gold Sky.” Wait a minute something just doesn’t sound quite right here when it comes to the Griffon mares. “Wait a minute Gold Sky; you were willing to marry a Griffon so you can have a companion and provide Gilda with a mother so I’m more than sure there was a Griffon or two who were more than welling to marry you.”

Wow Gold Sky can’t believe sister’s eye to detail not only surfaces in her eyes but in her ears as well. “Truth be told I didn’t have you and Rainbow Dash to help me figure out what love was I mean sure I was good if I say it like that at giving Gilda fatherly love but I didn’t know how to love a partner…there was a Griffon who fell in love me in fact she was a Griffon I hired to be Gilda’s tutor in language arts and more importantly be her mother figure.”

“She! In love with Father!!” Now more tears form in Gilda’s eyes.

Gold Sky continues. “I-I-I remember she took Gilda to the library to help her learn how to read then afterwards she took Gilda to have some ice cream so Gilda can bond with her. When both of them came back, I decided to have some tea with Gilda’s tutor to thank her for everything she’s done for Gilda. While we talked she…she, she suddenly put down her tea and reached over to grab my hoof. Grasping it like she never wanted to let go. It was right there I saw she fell in love with me, I wanted to say something but she placed her finger over my lips smiling like I’m being taken over by amazement to be showed I’m loved, after her little flirt she got up and left. Look skipping forward, the time came when she finally admitting in her own words she loved me and as a sign of her emotions she began reaching up to lay her hand on my cheek but I stopped her hand before she can touch my cheek. In that one action she fully understood…I broke her heart Rarity but more importantly I took away the only chance of providing Gilda with a mother. I look back now asking myself why did I deny her love, why was I such a, a…frakken incompetent coward! I should have accepted her love providing myself a partner and Gilda a mother. I made a mistake a grave mistake Rarity...” *sigh* “She never returned after I broke her heart so time passed and after the great famine I decided to look for her only to find out she died of hunger because with broken heart it can make a lovely mare ignore her survival instinct.”

Gilda frowns. Hearing of her dear mother figure from long ago die because of father’s act is almost as real as father stabbing her in the heart. “I can’t blame him.”

Rarity absorbing this new information from brother shows he just a normal stallion who simply wants the warmth of having a nuclear family for his offspring. “You label yourself a failure brother a failure in two fronts for being unable to provide Gilda with a mother which was out of your control. It isn’t your fault brother; you did not know how to love a mare and even when a love you longed was within your grasp you did not know how to accept it. Look brother I can only accept your failure against Gilda, because you want me to but regarding her mother that failure I will not accept for better is a mother figure than to have none. You did everything to provide Gilda with a mother figure and her falling in love with you was something out of your control besides you are a father above everything it’s something you were born to be brother. I mean who here can basically deny themselves the will live if their child dies who can tell me? Who can? Just you brother, for in the history of our species.” Then under her breath. “I think.” Rarity can’t be too sure but those words will give her a quick pass. “No stallion has been born with their paternal instinct running through their blood! Normally that instinct is learned just like mares have eleven months during their pregnancy to develop their maternal instinct. Gilda loves you brother, she wants to be with you her father, and to the point she will deny the fact that she is adopted because your love is just so strong! Strong enough it gave her everything where now that she’s back to her real self, she’s a direct reflection of you and I think she is starting to notice stallions…”

“What!?” Gold Sky interrupts.

Gilda’s tails shoots straight up in fright. “How does she know I’m starting to notice stallions and why will she tell father!”

“Oh.” Rarity realizes what she just said and seeing there is no point of safe return she continues while already through her eye in detail can tell how saddened brother has become. “Uhmm I noticed Gilda’s eyes wondering around like trying to find the most enticing thing she can lay her eyes on and next thing I know she’s eyeing Brauburn from top to bottom uhm she almost tripped three times until I snapped her out of it.”

*Long sigh* “I still regret not providing Gilda with a mother Rarity but if you say that she is a becoming reflective of me due to the love I’ve given her during her growth then I’ll take your word. Because if I’m to full heartedly take the word of any mare it will be you sister, now please rest I think I have to teach you everything I know in combat so we can finally defeat Twilight Sparkle.”

“You’re going to teach me how to fight?”

Gold Sky nods. “Well of course sister, for I felt something powerful inside of you the question is. Can you master the ability to use it…” Interrupted.

“I want no holds barred training brother! I mean it! You will make me stronger no matter what now good night. Muah!” Rarity kisses his cheek then leaves before Gold Sky can say anything convincing to change her mind. “Oh Lauren may my brother help me figure out how to use the power residing in my heart and I hope the bruises don’t last too long.” Thank goodness Rarity fully understands what no holds barred training means. “What!” Rarity almost walks into Gilda. “Gilda darling sorry for bumping into you wait what’s wrong my dear? Your eyes look you were crying.”

Gilda looks away from Rarity but not in a sign of disrespect but as a sign that Gilda cannot bear to be looked upon by someone understanding. “I heard everything.”

“Even the…”

“Yes even the part where he talked about having sexual intercourse with his wife.” Well had to get that out of the way first. “Do you really think it was of his control when he couldn’t provide me with a mother?”

“Yes.” Rarity precisely answers as Gilda expected.
“He’s all I need but at least as you said better is a mother figure than no mother, thank you Rarity for being here for him.” In a complete imitation of what Rarity did to Gold Sky, Gilda kisses Rarity’s cheek and leaves before the white mare can say anything. “Rarity is so meaningful.”

Just as Gold Sky is about to blow out the candle Gilda enters the room motioning with her left hand for him to scoot over. “Father, I heard everything and I don’t blame you for not providing me with a mother. I never knew you felt a deep longing for a wife, father but I have to thank you or I have to thank the Great Spirit for having you born with your paternal instinct running through your veins. Without you I know I will be dead and I hope you can get over your failure because now we’re together you and me father.” Once on the bed Gilda places some pillows behind her for she will not be lying down but sitting up as for the last pillow she puts it on her lap and happily pats it.

Gold Sky just looks at the pillow on top of his daughter’s lap. “I guess the tables will be turned for once.” He lays his head on Gilda’s lap ready to fall asleep. “Tell me Gilda, what do you seek in a stallion?”

With her hand just inches above father’s neck Gilda feels a bit nervous to finally have this talk with father but Gilda has the chance to safe it for a much better time for right now she just wants father to sleep soundly on her lap. “Can we talk about it later father, please?”

“Of course my dear daughter.” With that said Gold Sky closes his eyes to drift into sleep. “Thank you for letting me sleep on your lap Gilda.”

Gilda puts her hand down on father’s neck beginning to lovingly stroke him. “No need to thank me father and blonde hair.”

“Blonde hair?” Gold Sky repeats just to double check what he heard.

“Yes blonde hair.”

“Well you have good taste sweetheart wish I can say the same of a mare with blonde hair.” A quick chill reminds him of that love potion he drank awhile back.

“Huh? Oh well I’ll wait till morning.” Gilda lightly glides her razor sharp talons over his neck then shifts to just passing her hand over his hair.

One hour under the light of the shining moon has passed and Gilda is still stroking her father’s neck worried about what tomorrow will bring, like will Luna find father or will something like time erase the eight remaining months she has. It’s quite funny that something as mere as time itself can put the worry in Gilda when time is something her father told her in his words forever becomes a reality. Sure when Gilda returned to her old true self she thought once Immortal she can spend every minute with father but no, that thought can only be thought by a mind that is not fully mature…a child’s dream, a daughter’s dream, a Griffon’s dream, an Immortal’s dream. Maturity tells her she cannot spend forever with father she will spend the first half of her forever with her husband and lastly the second half with her children. Love is the reason father gave her Immortality so Gilda the Daughter will become the father and the father the daughter. “Father you want me to love my child just like you loved me, I guess that’s why you didn’t show any shock when Rarity told you I’m starting to notice stallions.”

“Indeed Gilda.” A heavenly voice clarifies.

“What!” Gilda nearly jumps up in bewilderment to the lovely motherly voice. “Am I hearing things?”

“No you are not hearing things Gilda.” Lauren the Archangel appears in front of the dumbfounded Griffon.

*Gasp!* There is no halo hovering above Lauren’s head but judging from how the beautiful white mare appeared in a beam of white light then this mare isn’t a mortal. “Lauren!”

“I am Laur well! You know who I am Gilda daughter of Gold Sky.”
Gilda just nods.
“Don’t be afraid my dear, I’m here to answer your questions and don’t worry about your father he can’t hear me nor smell me.”

So of all the questions Gilda can ask the first one will be. “Did you watch over my father when he was in the heavenly paradise?”

“Yes.”

“Thank you, hmmmm…” Gilda’s mind skydives into the question that will so be a question of one that has the tenacity of a gambler. “Show me what the future has for I can say you know what I want to know.”

Lauren nods with a small smirk. “You are a mare that knows what she wants, alright if that is what you want Gilda then I will show what the future holds and trust me what I show you cannot be changed by anything that will happen in the present. The future you will see is final.” Laying a hoof on the Griffon, Lauren uses her divine power and takes Gilda to the future.

“Behold Gilda the future.”
Gilda slides to a complete stop at one end of a hallway while on the other end Princess Luna too slides to complete stop laying eyes on each other for one second passes and both charge engaging one another in fierce close quarter combat.
Gilda’s tail grasps Luna’s left arms stopping the mare from delivering a mighty blow and creating an opening for Gilda to punish Luna’s side but Luna pulls back striking Gilda with a strong front kick to the center of the chest. “You think you can fight me!?” The Mare asks.

“I don’t think Luna. I can and I WILL!” Gilda rolls in time avoiding Luna’s marble floor shattering hit.
“AUGH!!” Gilda thrown through a wall struggles to get back up on her feet all while Luna rapidly approaches. “I have no immunity to fire but I have the ability to use father’s most powerful weapon.”
Coming to finish off the Griffon, Luna dashes forward the same way Rainbow Dash does to put an end to this astonishingly resilient opponent.
“TÁTE!” A F4 tornado erupts out of Gilda’s palm and zooms in on the enemy Alicorn.
“What!” Luna gasps with mind consuming surprise. “HOW!” Her infection of surprise causes the mare to freeze in front of the tornado.

*TIRAH!*

Eyes glow red.
Gilda buries her faster than sound moving fist into Luna’s stomach. “Tell me! How much can you bleed!” The Griffon asks as Luna’s blood lands on her face.

The end of the future being shown.
“In all the recorded history of the Ponies you shall be the first ever to make her bleed.” Lauren reveals to the Griffon. “No one has ever made her bleed. Now before you ask Gilda it isn’t when you will fight her or who will come out victorious, the question is why you will fight her. Because you will fight her not out of choice, nor freak accident of just running into her and your emotions get the best of you. You will fight Princess Luna the mare who murdered your father because you have to…there is no way out at all.” With that said that Lauren comes down and gently kisses the sleeping stallion’s forehead. “Take care of your father Gilda and if you have more questions go to the Zebra. She will show you what Yahshua wants you to see. Good bye.”

Lauren goes back to the heavenly paradise.

“Never got to ask her if that is her true form.” Gilda tells herself. “Thank you, Lauren now I must prepare myself for the fight of my life.”

***

The moon sets and Princess Celestia flies out to raise the sun.

***

Octavia rising quite early for a change does not bother to put on her bow much less fix her hair and ignore her Alicorn self in the mirror. “I’ve should have done this sooner but at least better now than never.” Forgoing breakfast the gray mare leaves the palace sensing she has been seen by the Princess of the Sun. “It will be difficult to start a conversation with her.” Nonetheless Octavia speeds up her gait to get where she wants to go sooner. “Oh it has been so long since I stepped foot into my music academy.” The gray mare passes her hoof over the plaque by the entrance. “If it weren’t for you my dear husband this building will have never been built.” Inside Octavia goes straight to her office amazed by the thick layer dust over her desk while surprisingly not a single speck of dust lies on the frame holding a picture of her dear dead husband. “Well good thing I took list of all the ponies who signed up.” With a stack of envelopes and a big sack of bits retrieved from the safe behind her filing cabinet, Octavia decides to return dues she had been paid given how she hasn’t been providing lessons to her students and the right thing to do of course is return the money. It’s not like she needs it anyway but the mortals insisted in paying her for her legendary talent is worth every bit. At licking the second to last letter, Octavia’s left ear twitches when a string is plucked. “Huh??” Strange. “Somepony is here?” So with some effort Octavia gets up from her chair and makes her way to the sudden flow of music being sung from stings. “A harp?”

No not a harp being played.
“Lyra?? Lyra Heartstrings what are you doing here?”

The Unicorn stops playing when her barely opened eyes make out the gray mare is the one who said her name. “Octavia…? Oh Octavia it has been so long since we said each other’s name wouldn’t you say?” With her lyre set on the music stand Lyra extends her right hoof to greet Octavia. “I come here, to practice my music because this is where I feel most comfortable but you my dear rival whom always the draws the admiration of everyone no matter what she does. Humph, I mean I gave them my best yet all they wanted was you…”

“Oh get over yourself Lyra it isn’t my fault the audience prefers me over you besides my strings are better than yours.” Octavia chides the Unicorn. “And don’t forget who’s the one that got you into music.”

Lyra snorts in response. “I see Octavia…if you say so. Anyway what has kept you away from the teaching business? I sort of miss hearing the kiddos trying their best.”

Octavia motions Lyra to follow her to the office. “I lost him…”

Instantly by hearing Octavia say him Lyra sympathizes with her for at least in losing someone both of them lost someone. Still Lyra will retain her tiny scorn for the gray mare. “Let me guess he left you because you were too high of yourself.”

“No you dumb wretch, he was murdered.”

Dannnnnnng Lyra just made herself look bad. “Oh…uhm are you preggers?” Lyra points at Octavia’s bulging belly.

“What?”

“Err I mean are you pregnant or going through some constipation?”

Octavia almost laughs. “Pregnant Lyra and it’s a boy. Look we have our differences Lyra, I’m better than you in music and you are…good at something I think. Can we just be civil to each other I mean what is the reason you’re so scornful towards me? At least give me the benefit of knowing the reason?”

Lyra sighs and for a few seconds rubs the back of her head as if her words inside her head are quite back breaking. “Well you not only have magnificent talent with the cello and long shiny hair. You have or had the stallion any mare can dream of…not me but an Alicorn as a spouse. A beautiful immortal that gave your its heart while you gain your own immortality like the magnificent composers of old times past while I even when a few consider my music beautiful shall be forgotten within days or minutes but your music will last through the ages. Your listeners when they die will not be remembered just like my listeners will not be remembered when they die. Thus when I die I will not be remembered at all while you if, if, IF you die then you will be remembered. You have things I wished I can have. I don’t know if my dear mate will return to me because I abused her and despite getting better at playing the lyre my music will die with me. I’m jealous of you Octavia because you have it all…I and others don’t. That’s why I have some scorn for you.”

Now Octavia can fully understand why she had a rough relation with Lyra starting the minute they first met and Octavia now being well seasoned in life along with realizing that mares at the first chance will be willing to hate one better than themselves but still have a smile on their face. “Lyra.” Octavia will just bring the hammer down. “Grow up.”

“What did you just say to me!?” Lyra refuses to believe the cold response she received from the gray mare.

Octavia steps out of her office while holding the door open for Lyra. “I said grow up. I am where I am because I worked hard not only for me but for my father so I can collect enough money to buy him a new home. Yes Lyra, I came to the cello so I can buy my father a new home and in the process of practicing three hours a day I am at the top of the music world. If you followed my example then you will be at the top of the world as well.” Octavia stops to clear her throat. “In life you can only fail or succeed that’s how it is in REALITY you know the thing we’re living in right now. I succeed you didn’t, I had a husband you never did err wait, wait, wait you said you abused your mate…you are a wife beater oh yeah you never said wife just mate oh poor you Lyra! You failed twice in life and you’re being mean to me just because I worked hard!? You’re stupid.”

Lyra’s anger starts manifesting inside her mind yet a bulging belly provides Octavia with an unbreakable shield. “If it weren't for that baby of yours I will so be beating you up right now.”

Suddenly the gray mare approaches the Unicorn with a silent seriousness and takes a stop in front of Lyra. “Wrong Lyra.”

“AUGH!!!” Lyra is punched square in the face and falls down on the floor trying not to burst into tears and unleashing cries.

“Thrice Lyra. You utterly failed three times in life, now pick yourself up and get out but look on the bright side I will play a song from Bach at your funeral. I’m immortal too by the way.”

“Fra-fra-frak y-you!” Lyra starts crying right there in front of the Gray.

“Humph.” Octavia scoffs in disgust. “I’m going through one bloody mess Lyra and the last thing I’m willing to put up with is some mare being catty just because she failed to be something. Like I said Lyra I worked hard and you did not.”
Lyra still crying like the hopeless mare she is doesn’t try to say anything to the gray mare so Octavia decides to leave her here just so the Unicorn can think her life over. “Pathetic.”

***
Back in the palace.

“I must be going mad if I’m going to ask Octavia how my…dear nephew made her Immortal but if I want to avoid the agony of losing my son then I have no other choice. And I might as well ask her given she can sense whenever anypony is using their telepathy on her…even if I use a age delaying spell on my son well not be able to have a child just like Redheart.” Luna stands upon the highest tower to await the gray when she comes back. “I have to do something before those Xenomorphs find me.”

Nearby Princess Celestia rolls her eyes until… “Wait a minute not even I know how to make somepony immortal. I guess Luna will be at Octavia’s mercy.”

“Change my mind, jounetsu tayasazu ni takanaru mirai e te wo nobaseba kagayakeru hazu sa it’s wonder Ah!” Octavia arrives and even with Luna being uncertain she nonetheless feels a warm glow inside her chest to see the gray mare. “She’s here…wonderful.”

“I feel kind of bad hitting Lyra, I should go and apologize but maybe she won’t forgive me ehh it’s the thought that counts.” Octavia thanks the palace guards as they open the palace doors for her. “I’m very hungry; I pray while I eat in the dining room Princess Celestia does not enter for that’ll be awkward.”

*Poof* Luna appears in front of the gray mare ready to ask the question of the bloody century. “Octavia please tell me how did Gold Sky make you Immortal? I want to know please so I can make my son immortal. I’m sure as coming mother you will understand what future will come to me if I lose him. Please I’ll do anything you wish but just tell me how Gold Sky made you immortal.” To prove her words Luna removes her crown, places it at Octavia’s hooves, and bows down before the Earth pony. “I’ll do anything you wish just say the word Octavia.”

Seeing everything through telepathy Celestia is impressed by Luna’s desperateness. “Octavia has Luna in her grasp.”

Octavia being at a loss of words reaches out and touches Princess Luna making sure this isn’t some magical construct by the dark blue mare and then then looks down at the shiny crown. “Hmmm I wore one crown, might as well try on the other or I may never have the chance ever again.” Carefully but nonetheless, keeping an eye on Luna to make sure the mare won’t do anything sudden. Octavia picks up the crown and puts it on.

In Celestia’s mind. “Guess out of curiosity Octavia dons sister’s crown but due to her black hair it’s hard to see and hard to notice.”

Octavia feeling this crown is much smaller than Celli’s takes it off and while she does have the evil intent of throwing the crown out the window, Octavia taking the high road puts it back on Luna’s head. “Luna.”

“Yes!?” The warmth in the chest spreads throughout her body anticipating the words that will allow her to make Delta Scorch immortal.

“You do realize that even when I forgave you I said I am still adjusting to you now somehow, you just muster up the will to ask me a question to save the life of someone you love dearly…if you were there and I said to you everything you said to me will you spare his life?”

“How can Luna not see this!?” Celestia growls. “I saw what Octavia said from a mile away yet Luna didn’t!? Is she really this despite to seek the ability to make somepony immortal?”
Indeed Luna in her desperateness has not seen the obvious. “No…”

Octavia takes five steps back from the Princess of the Moon paving the road for her answer. “Luna, you ask me how I became Immortal yet you have not yet realized you killed the source of Immortality. He never told me how he made me immortal all I know is that he made me immortal I guess out of fear that if anypony were to know his secret then the beings who don’t deserve immortality will gain it. Like you.”

“Why are you doing this to me Octavia. I want to save my son, I don’t want to see him die before my eyes, please tell me the secret. Please help this mother save her son!”

Princess Celestia shakes her head in disappointment. “Luna don’t say that to Octavia!”

“Oh boo hoo, mommy here can’t save her son despite having many years to figure out something before being here begging me a mere mortal err immortal for the secret of immortality. I don’t care about your son Luna that is your problem not mine and if my Gold Sky figured out how to make me immortal then you can too. Good bye.” Octavia gaits away from Luna. “I don’t mean to be harsh Luna but truly if you never cared about my family then why should I care about yours.”

Luna hearing what her ears clearly heard from Octavia’s lips freezes in place to her failure and starts thinking of having to put her son plus wife through a painful age delaying spell. “You can’t do this to me…you can’t do this to ME!” Luna dashes and sets herself in front of the gray mare. “You will tell me how Gold Sky made you immortal Octavia! You will tell me or…”

“Or else what!” Octavia challenges by pressing her face against Luna’s face. “You think I’m afraid of you! Do you think you can intimidate me into giving you something you don’t deserve especially when you had the chance to figure it out yourself!” She snorts out steam and pushes forward forcing the Princess of the Moon to take a step back. “If you want to do something then put your money where your bloody mouth is AND DO IT!” Normally Octavia would not be so daring but a mood swing can make that happen.

Princess Celestia feeling her protective instinct arise for her grandchild readies herself to intervene and subdue Luna. “Wait a minute is Luna relenting?”

Luna shocked by seeing Octavia’s anger backs away and accepts immortality is out of her grasp. “If it weren’t for your chi AAHH!”

Princess Celestia’s jaw drops to the mighty strike delivered upon Luna.

“Second time somepony tells me that!” Octavia shouts. “Why does everyone want to ruin my day! I just want to go through this day without having to think about the future without him and not run into Princess Celestia who maybe now hates me.”

Luna rubbing her left cheek gets back up and realizes how fortunate Octavia is that no Elite Commando guards are here. “Leave while I still allow it.”

“Oh piss off.” Octavia slaps Luna’s chin with her tail and causally strolls past the Alicorn like nothing ever happened in the first place.

“Bloody hormones.” Luna growls to herself

Gating yet still feeling no sense of slight recoil for basically striking Princess of the Moon, Octavia decides it high time to pay Twilight another for perhaps the bookworm can salvage what’s left of today and make it good.
“Since when are you reckless Octavia?” Princess Celestia asks from behind.

Octavia grinds to complete halt to the voice saying her name. “You’re talking to me? For real??”

Celestia sighs at first as a sign she wanted to leave it at that but changes her mind to remind Octavia of something. “Well I have to when the vessel holding my son’s child is putting the child in harm’s way.”

*Ting* “Vessel? D-di-di you just call me a vessel holding your son’s child? I’m a vessel? I’m not a mare to you anymore!?”

“Yes.” Celestia responds with her head being held high. “All that matters to me in this world is my son’s child and you just acting so reckless! Why will put yourself in a position that can harm the child especially when Luna is going through a brief period of emotional instability.”

“Well nothing happened!” Octavia snaps to the regal mare. “And why are you the one questioning me when I should be the one questioning you!”

“What do you mean?”

The gray mare snorts out more steam. “You let my husband die Celestia by standing about and doing nothing when he was accused of raping Rarity…”

“I STOOD ABOUT AND DID NOTHING!?” Celestia roars silencing the gray mare in mid-sentence.

“Uhhhhhh…” Wow now being speechless can be thanked by the fire engulfing Celestia.

“Listen well Octavia for I will lay it bare in the most simple of terms so that a imbecilic mind like yours can fully understand.” Magic forces the gray mare to sit down on her rump. “Yes I may have scolded him a bit when he declared to me he is willing to take his punishment but do you honestly think I’ll let him die. No, I will have taken him and you to the kingdom of the Toltecian Cobras where my friend Sonia will take care of you and the only thing you’ll have to worry about is G…” The Princess stops to see if she misspoken somewhere. “OH! I meant Gilda not G, you only have to worry about Gilda. Sonia’s daughter for she took a deep likening to him.”

“Gilda the Griffon??” Octavia is now confused about the Gilda Celli is referring to.

“Griffon? No Gilda is a Toltecian Cobra the daughter of Sonia who enjoyed calling Gold Sky the young prince even though he told her he isn’t a prince at all and convinced her to allow him to call her G so he’ll be more comfortable for some reason. Anyway that’s is what I will have done to ensure his life and then erase everything in the Royal court’s mind by using my telepathy. Afterwards, I’ll bring my son back so he can hunt down the pony who harmed his sister.”

Oddly this is the first time Octavia has heard of the Toltecian Cobras but when she wants to ask what are they but Celestia continues.
“I had more in mind to protect my son than you had in mind to protect your husband…wait…you are quite cunning. After all, my sister has taught you how to fight like an Elite Commando guard and you will have done anything to be by his side during that uncertainty.”

Octavia lightly gasps and feels sweat running down her temples when Celestia expresses curiosity where it should not be rounding its nose.

“You know, as a vessel I can do this so stay still and let me see if you really stood by your side given you just said that I let him die.” So placing a hoof on Octavia’s head Celestia’s enters the gray mare’s mind. “Unbelievable.” Celestia just ends it there. “You who broke your marriage vows willingly! Had the audacity to hit my son when he confessed the thing he’ll never do willingly by will do only under the curse of a magic spell! You struck him over and over like you felt justified to do so while he just took it solely out of his guilt of harming you but yet have you bothered to look upon yourself Octavia! I mean if you can hit you husband like that and act like a hypocrite do you really think you’re worthy of being a mother to my son’s CHILD! You are just a typical mare! You’re nothing special or even worth to be thought about by Immortals! I mean how can you think you have the moral right to unleash your anger upon him when he confessed to you while he caught you. Do you see difference here Octavia, I bet while you saw the error of your ways you didn’t have the intention of telling him what you’ve done...” *ting* “Why am I saying this like it’s a if, I see in your mind you never had the intention of telling him.” Celestia stops to laugh at the gray mare. “You’re pathetic!”

Being called pathetic, Octavia frowns to hear the anger in Celli’s voice and once more sensing the Alicorn going about her mind to dig up more dirt. “I…”

“Oh you want to say something to defend yourself Octavia. HA! Please try to amuse me Octavia because in the end I was right about you!”

“Right…?” Octavia shuts her eyes tight. “Ri-right about me?” She painfully whispers.

“Yes Right!” The flames shining from Celestia die down while a smirk rises. “You will hurt him, you will hit him, and you will abandonment him when he needs you the most. And I thought this in the back of my mind while you were walking down the aisle, while Cadance and Luna continued trying to convince me that I shouldn’t be worried about you. Humph, if only I can show them how I right I was WAIT I can and I WILL!”

“No!” Octavia transitions from a whisper to a scream. “Please don’t! You can hate me, insult me, and see me as a mere mare but please don’t tell them!”

“I will and there is nothing you can do about it Octavia, I have grown tired at being told I am wrong by those who are blind and saddened that my son despite being able to read mares like words on a book couldn’t read you because you gave him peace.”
“Please don’t I beg you!”

“I WILL! The ones who saw you as the best for him will now regret doing so but more importantly I can hold my head high and look down upon the vessel carrying my son’s child and say.” Celestia gets close to properly deliver the message. “Your father will forever frown upon you.”

“Noooooooo…” Octavia moans while falling to her rump. “Daddy please don’t oh my Great Spirit why, stop…” Octavia begins sobbing like she lost the will to even retain the lowest denominator of dignity. “I-I-I am not hypergamous, I am a mother.”

Oh that is it for Princess Celestia. “Enough! Look at you Octavia, a grown mare acting like a utter child! I mean you’re an adult ACT LIKE IT! Take responsibly for what’ve you done and don’t give fact to the belief that some mares like the benefits of being an adult but do not want the responsibility of one while stallions are completely held to it just like you held him up to his wedding vows. Seeing you like this really raises the question if you are really fit to be a mother because I can always you know after the child is born take he or her under my care while for you the vessel wipe your mind completely clean.”

*GASP!*

“Now GET UP, STOP CRYING, CHIN UP, AND SHOW ME YOU ARE FIT TO BE A MOTHER! BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T THEN I WILL TAKE THE CHILD FROM YOU AND RAISE IT AS MY OWN! Trust me for the sole sake that you were my son’s wife I don’t want to do that but I will if I have to because a mare should never just fall down and be taken over by emotions like Luna. You are an adult Octavia now act it otherwise that’s all you be when I deny you motherhood.”

Octavia gets up, wipes away her tears, and makes her way to see Twilight while feeling helpless about the moment Cadance confronts her about infidelity. “I have to tell Rarity myself at least I have to do that.”

Celestia connecting to Cadance’s and Luna’s mind to let them in on the news that should have be delivered the moment Octavia told her. “Hear this from Octavia’s own mouth you two because in the end I was always right.”

***
In the Crystal Palace.
“Not possible…” Cadance recoils in disbelief.
“It is Cadance and it is partially your fault for the pain your brother went through.” Celestia gleefully chides.

“I-I” Cadance ties to find words but the fact her anger and shame are rising inside of her.

“Don’t worry, just knowing you know I was always right is more than enough for me. Now go apologize to G err I mean Gilda and her mother Sonia. Don’t worry, Luna will be joining you as well.”

*Poof*
Luna appears in front of Cadance and with the same face of bewilderment as the Princess of Love. “I can’t believe it Cadance uhm are you okay?”

Being okay and asking the cerise mare if that word has her under its umbrella well doesn’t fit kindly for the Princess of Love. “She committed infidelity, he, my brother had his heart broken by the mare I vehemently defended when I will stop Tia from trying to arrange Gold Sky to either be with Twilight Sparkle or with err uhhh Gilda…the Toltecian Cobra, yes the Toltecian Cobra.” Kind of awkward for Cadance to say Gilda for obvious reasons. “What have I done Luna!” Cadance asks while covering her face with her hooves. “A mare I trusted with the heart of my brother and I thinking she is the right one for him…OOOOOOH what have I done! This is my entire fault! I was so blinded by Tia’s fervent attempts to arrange his marriage that I didn’t take the chance to fully screen Octavia with my telepathy in order to see if hypergamy was alive inside of her…”

Luna on the other hand or hoof just lays a hoof on Cadance’s right shoulder. “You didn’t know thus it’s not your fault so don’t blame yourself too much for this, because not all mares can be so honorable like you, Celli, not me given I’ve been an herbivore mare for a long time, and like that pink Pegasus.”

“Don’t forget Rarity.” Cadance adds since now she can deduce where Luna is going.

With a bad taste greeting itself on Luna’s tongue she nonetheless. “And Rarity too. You and all of them are examples of what honorable mares are. Besides some of the blame resides with me as well, for I too encouraged him to be with her so give me twelve percent of the blame now c’mon we have a apology to give.”

“Twelve percent huh.” Cadance gains back most of her composure. “Thanks Luna.”

“You’re welcome.” So with a thought placed on the Kingdom of the Toltecs.” Jump.”

*Poof*

To the magnificent Pyramids and birth place of the Hero Twins.

***
In the Carousel boutique Rarity and Weytani are up and awake while taking the precautions to make sure they can understand each other to prevent themselves from just sinking into a deep annoying, problematic, blimey, kind of expected, and hellish misunderstanding. “Okay are we supposed to communicate clearly between us?” Rarity asks.

Weytani points to the room where Gold Sky and Gilda are.

*ting* Ah yes Rarity almost forgot. “You can communicate through brother who is the only one that can understand you but still how can we communicate when he isn’t around?”

Good question thrown upon the Xenomorph thus the answer to that question is ultimately answered by a simple shrug of the shoulders.
“Oh I figured as much, oh dear way to take the biscuit.” Rarity says while pushing her hair back.
With the sun shining through the window both father and daughter are wide awake and as soon as soon can start Gilda first kisses her father’s cheek before letting his head rise from her lap. “So father now can we talk about stallions!?” Gilda eagerly asks

Wanting to groan for bearing witness to Gilda preparing herself to fly from his wing thanks to blond hair stallions. “Yes just first let me tell Rarity through my telepathy.” Connecting to Rarity’s mind. “Sister please prepare some food for Weytani and in return I’ll cook you a nice dinner if all is well with you know who.”

“With Gilda?” Rarity asks.

“No Rarity you know who I’m talking about.” Gold Sky hints then transmits a telepathic ping to let Rarity know what he’ll do to make sure all is well.
“Oh.” Quickly as to not displease the Xenomorph Rarity begins preparing breakfast. “Hope you like what I’m making Weytani.”

In response Weytani just mews and sits at the table while once more pushing away the honey this time with a napkin covering her hand to prevent skin contact with the massive genetic altering jelly.

Back to Gilda and Gold Sky.
“Father when I was flying about in Ponyville, I-I, well my eye got caught by a very handsome stallion. He is red, has a yoke around his neck, and more importantly has dark blond hair!”
“B-Big McIntosh.” Oh the name of dear stallion is finally ushered from Gold Sky’s lips and given how saying that name provides him with a soothing warmth called trust for Big Macintosh is the only stallion Gold Sky will allow near him, he does feel maybe he should allow Gilda to perhaps talk to the stallion.

“Big Macintosh!” Gilda nearly gasps in joy to hear the name of that attractive bathing stallion. “You know him father!” Gilda jumps into the air and begins hovering in front of father sort of in the same manner Rainbow Dash does when the Pegasus finds something interesting.

“Yes I know him and he’s a very ,very honorable stallion along with being very strong like he can probably cause an earth quake if he punched the ground.” Hmmmm like Octavia’s father Gold Sky found that if any stallion is going to be the either the receiver of Gilda’s emotions or the giver of emotions to Gilda then it will sure as shoot be someone he’s au fait with. “And he’s very caring for his sister, little sister, and grandmother.”

Oh my! All this good news about the handsome red stallion makes her quite confident to think of something. “But father before anything how do you feel about me…having no not having uhmm wanting err uhhmmmmm damn it I can’t think of the right word.”

However, Gold Sky stops her think by gently pushing her down unto the bed while he repositions himself to be sitting on his rump. “You think I’ll find something odd about you having not thinking but having genuine feelings for a stallion of my species or should I say for any stallions with blond hair of my species.” Gold Sky says in a calm monotone tone. “But I don’t Gilda and never will. If you want to love a stallion of my species then please do so, I want you to be happy Gilda while I stand by and see if you will find the right stallion…because if you don’t and he does something to you I’ll kill him. Yes I’ll kill him.” Or a harvest may be order.

Luckily the kill him part completely flies over Gilda’s head when father said something way more important than killing someone. “Father, I can love a stallion!?”

A nod stops a crack in his voice from being heard.

Oh Gilda squeals in joy for a matter of fact talking to father about stallion is going much smoother than she expected. “Father, tell me what should I seek in a stallion? I don’t want to pick the wrong one and I don’t want to disappoint one.”

Gold Sky reaching out to place a hoof on his daughter’s left cheek smiles weakly at her to conceal his pain that luckily only Rarity can see through her eye to detail. “Never use me as a standard that stallions you seek must fit.”

“What!?” Gilda almost shouts in sheer surprise.

“Remember what I’ve done to you.”

“Oh…”

Any who the stallion continues. “The things you should seek in stallions Gilda is their honor, love, and conviction. With honor a stallion will never leave you and fight himself when temptation presents itself to him. Love, the stallion will protect you and lead you in times of uncertainty. Conviction, he will guide your future child with his paternal instinct and never, ever lose faith in you. However, what he presents to you, you must present in return. For a stallion desires the assurance that his wife will be there for him.”

“I can!” Gilda replies puffing up her chest feathers making herself look much more bigger.

“I believe you my daughter, though I think you shouldn’t concern yourself about what I think…” Before he can finish Gilda interrupts him.

“Father.” Now Gilda places her hand on his left cheek. “You think that just because you were away from me for a decade you have no right to provide me with the counsel I need. Well, you do and you will provide me with the counsel I need father. Because if anybody is going to tell me if a stallion is right for me it will be you father, for you showed me what the Love inside a stallion is and your love for me your child. Can show what love inside the stallion that I may be with will have for my future child.”

“Well I see you’re thinking about the future Gilda and yes while it is necessary to seek a stallion like that you should focus first on completely knowing what you seek. Otherwise you may find a stallion that is very charming but completely lacking the things that’ll make him a good partner for you. Still if you are to begin your journey finding a partner then know that I trust your judgement.” Gold Sky looks away for a quick second. “I trust you know what you seek Gilda because you are a diamond. A beautiful, shining, and unbreakable diamond, oh I remember when you were just a little piece of carbon.”

“Now father is the using the diamond analogy just like Aunt Cadance. Weird!” Gilda tells herself.
“You have proven to me that you are capable of being very controlling of yourself given you were the only mare in the Griffon Republic’s military and you didn’t react like some love struck skunk when you first laid eyes on Big Macintosh instead you came me…oh Gilda, as your father I’ve dreaded this day and I wish you were my little baby again but as your grew I knew you will become someone great…please promise me you will find a good stallion, please Gilda, please promise me that my daughter my heart beating outside my body and the thing I love more than anything else…” *Long Breath* “Promise me you will find the right stallion and if you by any chance face rejection just flick it off and continue your search. Please promise me you will find the love you deserve.”

Touched but at the same time saddened by the painful tone in father’s voice despite his attempts to liven it up Gilda muscles up the will to ask father one more question. “Father, do you think a stallion will fall in love with me?”

Gold Sky placing his left hoof over his heart looks down to elude eye contact with his daughter’s golden eyes. “I should have said this earlier, never ever be with a beta stallion because a beta stallion brings out the worse of a mare for they lack honor, conviction, and a have a twisted sense of love. Because betas have no honor you will see that he will either betray you or forget about you causing you to get and then bitter. Without conviction he will not guide your future child nor take a caring in its psychological upbringing. And with the twisted sense of love he will have no faith in you and may perhaps encourage you to bring out the worse in you. An Alpha mare like you must never be with a beta stallion just like an Alpha stallion must never be with beta mare.”

“Why is that father?”

“Because the betas give Love a bad name, now go Gilda please leave me be for bit and as a little hint start with Big Macintosh but don’t tell him about me at all.” With that said a wave his hoof tells Gilda they’re done here.

But Gilda isn’t done yet. “Father, I have two more questions. The first being do I have my femininity father, tell me do I?”

Gold Sky though wanting to be alone so he can sob to the fact his daughter is preparing to look for love, suppresses it to erase whatever questioning lingering in Gilda. “Rarity gave you a vague answer didn’t she?”

With a few seconds passing Gilda finally nods while inside her head. “Perhaps I can add in Aunt Cadance just to be fair to Rarity.”

“Look Gilda a mare’s femininity isn’t her ability to talk so wonderfully, ability to dress so beautifully, or ability to wonderfully display their talent. A mare’s femininity is the fact that she accepts and loves herself. Accepting who you are makes you a strong mare, and loving who you are truly allows you to be in tune with your femininity. You don’t have to be girly, girly or tough, tough just to tell yourself you’re a mare. Accepting who you are and loving who you are is how you have your femininity. Let no one tell you otherwise or you can go Holly Homes on them if you want so you can show what a real mare is.”

“You too with the Holly Homes thing, man you and Rarity must think alike.” Gilda says to herself now to the last question. “Father were you a good husband to that mare you married?”

Gold Sky sighs to be asked that by his daughter. “I don’t know Gilda but it doesn’t matter anymore.” Now Gold Sky waves his hoof at the Griffon telling her to leave him be.

Of course Gilda didn’t want leave however, the tone in father’s voice compels her otherwise so without saying a word but says one through giving father a kiss on the cheek she leaves him and heads down to be with Rarity. “Father, I won’t let you down and thank you for telling me the name of that handsome red stallion.”

At the table Rarity is still trying to figure out how to communicate with Weytani but luckily Gilda comes in to get her mind clear of the occurring misfortunate. “Gilda, darling how was your morning!”
Weytani mews something.
Gilda hugs Rarity first out of respect to the white mare then says hi to the still eating Xenomorph. “Rarity I think hurt my father.”
“What!?” Rarity gasps while Weytani mews something once more.

“I spoke to him about stallions and he gave me some advice before asking me to leave him be.”

“Oh.” Rarity says. “Gilda don’t worry. Your father is just adjusting to seeing you grow he’ll be alright and will be back to his loving self in no time.”

“Hope you’re right Rarity.”

***
In the Griffon Republic.
General Oliver puts a paper given to him by Sec Def. “Oh General Shingi Crockett and Deborah…” Oliver looks up to Ronald, Kate, Sec Def, and the oldest griffon of congress. “I’m more than sure the enemy is occupying the fort and expecting us. Because we can frakken attack only from one side and they know it! FRAK! Our artillery will be used against us, they are sinking in their heels, and we can’t have the element of surprise!”

“General Oliver is right about the not having the element of surprise.” Voice the oldest member of congress. “And heavenly paradise knows how many troops we’ll lose if we attempt to retake the fort from the enemy.”

Ronald, Kate, and Sec Def nod in agreement. “What can we do then? Every scenario leads to high losses and bombarding the fort will result in not only destroying the fort but taking years to rebuild it.” Kate points out.

*TING*
Oh the only thing Oliver can think of is the thing he never wanted to think of ever again. “I have a solution but I regret having to utilize it.”

“What solution Oliver?” Ronald asks with hope in his voice.

Opening a nearby window to allow the wind to rush in, Oliver sighs a wary sigh. “Forgive me Father…

Táte K’ola.”

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My dearest readers thank you for your infinite patience and I deeply appreciate it deeply. And as expected I will take a respite to write Chapter. 17 for Octavia and the Alicorn's peace. As for the reason for the long wait is studying electrolytes in the human body...thrice. First time was long, second time was longer, and now its much more longer....potassium levels high or low always expect or anticipate heart dysrhythmias.

Please stay healthy my dearest readers.

Chapter. 81 Title ???- "Gilda isn't here my two dear Princesses. She went to Equestria to find the young prince." Sonia reveals to the two Alicorn's.

"NOT GOOD! Cadance screams in her mind.
In the loving whispers of master's voice. "Sensors online. Weapon systems online. All functioning systems nominal. Nessie ready in position! Reports the Xenomorph.

Once again thank you for your patience my dearest readers.