> A Few More Good Stallions. > by Static Wielder > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Oh not this again! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now I have the chance to really get into this. I will forget about the whole wraith chronicles bullshit. There will more in the "Stallions" stories. It had been a few years since Kay and I woke up. Apparently we were in a bus accident as kids and lived out a portion of our lives. We can hardly remember what happened but the dream we had really fucked us up. I am now 29. I was 17 when I was in the accident. "Kay wake up." I told the woman sleeping on my shoulder. It was a cold night and we were on a romantic date. She was wearing her black dress and my brown coat. "Ugh. What?" "Your drooling." We were sitting outside of the Eiffle Tower watching the fireworks. "I'm sorry. It's just so cold." "I know." I reached into my pocket to grab a box. "There is something I need to ask of you." I told her. "What is it Dusty?" "You have been the only thing I cared about for the past few years. We made it far and even opened companies thanks to Cody being a CEO and all." (Cody is Dustin's brother.) "However... Kay Kronor..." We didn't notice the warm light that surrounded us. Ponyville town square. Static's POV "Alright honey. Your going to meet the man who I was created from." I said to my young filly. Her name was Silver Sage. We called her that due to her shiny silver coat and how she was the smartest kid ever born. Like I am not even fucking with you. This young filly was smarter than Twilight when she was a kid and she can already handle herself in a fight. "I can't wait Dad!" she said hugging my leg. I love it when she calls me dad. Twilight was working on a spell to summon Dustin. In the past this was all a dream but he somehow made it real. I know it's confusing. We could hear voices from the large magic sphere Twilight made. All the ponies from town was watching this. About 2 years ago on this day... Dustin changed everything. Then there were two people standing there in the sphere. "... Will you marry me Kay?" was what we all heard. There was a few Aww's from the audience. Then the bubble disappeared and two ponies sat there looking at each other. "What is...?" said Kay. She was short of a word. "NO! No nonono NO! Not this again!" said Dustin lowering his head down. "Why am I here?" he yelled. "We wanted you here." I told him. "Is this a dream?" they both asked. "No this is the real dimension you created Dustin." said Twilight. Dustin looked at Kay then back at us. "You guys got me at the worst time possible." "I was going to say yes anyways." said Kay. "What really?!" Dustin said getting a hug. There were more Aww's. "Then I have nothing to be angry about." He stood up. The kid grew. He was as tall as Luna. Kay was only a few inches shorter. He had a tan coat and the same eyes as me. His hair and tail were long and brown. He was also wearing a brown vest and cape. The similar version of a trechcoat here in this world. He walked over and gave me and Twilight hugs. "And who is this little girl?" he said picking up Silver Sage. "This is my daughter." I told him. He was throwing her up and down catching her. "Look at you! Look at you. Your the cutest kid I have ever seen." This earned a large blush on her face. D'AAWWW! "Put me down please." Sage said quietly. He did as was asked and looked at every other pony around him. "Guess I'm here to stay." He gave Kay a wink. She looked exactly like she did before when she was Brave Heart. He went back to her and pulled out the black box from his coat pocket. Inside the box was two matching bracelets which he clipped to both of them. "Somepony go tell Celestia!" he yelled. "She will want to know of our return." "I'm on it." said Derpy flying towards Canterlot. "Where are Forest and Sky?" he asked me. "Forest went with Fluttershy to the beach. Sky and Pinkie took their foal to the hospital to get a flu shot." I told him. "Wait did Pinkie have a kid? How long has it been?" "Since you were hear? 2 years." "It's been 5 on Earth." he told me. He did look older but didn't have any bags like me. Guess he's been sleeping good. I would too If I had someone like Kay around. Speaking of Kay she was having a girl talk with Twilight. I just let them be. Dustin went back to Sage. "So in a way I'm your dad?" he asked her. "My dad told me everything about you. In a way yes. He also said you were mentally unstable." she told him. Oh God Dammit! "Unstable huh?" he gave me the silliest look he could muster. He looked over at the Gauntlet. It was a large training ground full of dangerous moving obstacles ready to kill. He put a blind fold on his head and walked inside it. "Dustin No!" I yelled trying to stop him. Then he came out of the other side of the Gauntlet unharmed. How did he? "What do you think of that Silver Sage?" "I think you cheated." she said. He spit out two screws and the entire contraption fell apart leaving us all in awe. He levitated a box out of his pocket and placed a cigarette in his mouth and lit it. "You smoke now?" I asked him. "It keeps my stress down." he told me. He never coughed so I guess that the smoke doesn't harm him as much as the normal person. Kay joined him. "We picked up a few bad hobbies." He said again. "That smells disgusting." said Sage. "Sorry kid you get used to it." He said puffing a ring in her face. Oh snap! "How's life been Static?" he asked. "It's been great. I own my own mail company now." "That's irony." he said. "Well for me that is." He dropped his smoke and stomped it out with his hoof. "So I'm back in Ponyville. I don't know how to use magic anymore. I'm confused. I'm not in a coma and I am all around both happy and pissed. That's my life in a nutshell." He went over to Kay and put a hoof over her. "I'm still offering autographs!" he yelled to everyone else. No one came. "Any pony? No? We'll shit." > If I'm back then I better get comfy > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I actually have no author note to put in this chapter. How fucked up is that? "So Dustin what are you going to do?" I asked him. "I guess make a life here with Kay and not fuck it up this time." He said calmly. "Your awfully calm Mr. Shafer." said Celestia walking up with her sister and guard. "Aw look Static. She brought protection this time." He said loud enough even my daughter looked at him scared. "Welcome back Dustin." "Glad to be back." he said offering a brohoof. "Please tell me I won't go through any more worlds or time itself again." "You probably won't have to." "Oh thank god." He gave a sigh of relief. "Hey Static! How do I use magic again?" "Are you serious!" I yelled. "A little. I can't remember." "Just do it. Like we use to." "Aw forget it. Magic is so lame." And with that statement his unicorn horn disappeared. "There is nothing wrong with magic!" yelled Twilight. "I think using my hooves is a more reliable way to get something done than with magic." "Didn't you have some tattered wings last time?" I asked him. Then on cue some wings popped up that were the same tan as him but with some steel colored blades on top of them. "Keep talking Static! Your making my day better!" "Uh... You have a big tub of jelly!" Nothing happened. "DAMMIT!" we both yelled. "Hahahaha..." Twilight was laughing. "You two are so much alike." I saw Dustin try to fly and fall on his face. When he finished groaning he took off again and this time managed to fly. "Good job their buddy!" I yelled. He swooped down and picked me up. "Whoa! Hahaha Stop it! Your scaring the kid!" I told him. He gave me a chuckle and picked up Silver Sage as well. "Dad! Help I'm scared!" She said. Dustin handed her to me and put us both on his back. "Enjoy the view you two!" he yelled. After a few minutes he went back down and got a smack from Twilight. "Idiot way to traumatize my child!" "Hehehe sorry." was all he said. Kay gave him a kiss on his cheek. "And now it feels better." We spent the next several hours talking about what we have done for a while now. I learned that yes we sabotaged Dustin's wedding plan but we can at least throw it here. He said last year his dad passed away due to cancer and his mom died of the grief. Cody became a CEO of Wal-mart and made it big money wise. Kay's dad is still alive but he's in a retirement home. So it was just these two living and making the best of life. Dustin went through his pockets and all he found was 5 cigarettes, a lighter, and a couple of pictures. "I don't mind being here but... Is their anyway back Twilight?" he asked her. "I don't think so. I'm so sorry for ruining your life again." she said. "Nonono... It's alright. It's alright. I just need to get readjusted to this place." We sat in the library section of the Canterlot Crib as I called it. He was sitting in a human position looking around. "Is it me or is this place... bigger?" he asked us. "We had a few house extensions." I told him. "Hey was their a doctor here?" he asked me again. "What?" "Zephyr. Was he here?" "There was no one else here when you left." "Then I guess he left. Thanks." He stood up and went upstairs. We followed him into the observatory. "Well I see you guys enjoy the place right?" He was going through some books. "We love it! This is the perfect place for a smart kid like Sage." Twilight and I told him. "Oh god I know! That kid is smart! Makes me feel stupid at least." "Then she's doing her job right." I told her. "Hahaha... You said house expansions. What did you mean?" Sage went up to him and said. "4 extra bedrooms, an extra bathroom, 4 additional storage places, and a trophy room." Dustin stared at her for a minute. "So 4 bedrooms and 4 storage places. Is it 8 rooms or..." "It's 4 closets stupid." "Right... Well jeez aren't you smart. Just watch your mouth or people might take offense." "Like when I called you stupid for not being smart like me?" He gave me and Twilight a look of pity. "Uh... Yeah. That's right. Don't say that." I guess he matured. "Okay. I will work on that." "Do you go to school?" "What do you think?" "Well... that's why I asked. Who feels stupid now!" Congratulations Dustin. You made a little girl feel stupid compared to you. "I go to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. Did you go to school?" "Of course I did. I just figured Twilight would teach you some things or two." "Oh she did like this!" Sage's horn glew and Dustin disappeared. We all heard an 'OOF' that sounded like the poor guy. "Dustin! You okay!" I yelled from the window. "No! But that's just life!" he yelled back. "Great Kid! I promise not to hurt her!" We heard him yell again. "Don't you even joke about that!" Twilight yelled at him. "I don't hit kids." he said standing up. He then walked in and had a few burn marks on him which he just wiped off. "Do you have a room available for rent?" He asked me. "I can just give you the spare. The others are taken." I told him. "I see. Forest and Sky?" "Yes. And the kids have their own." "Alright cool cool. If I'm back then I better get comfy." > Surprise and a little angst > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been to busy watching Highschool of the Dead. Great anime. Love the manga. Anyways I got a sequel to my first story up and already have a few chapters in mind. Canterlot Crib Dustin's POV When did I go to bed? I woke up and looked around the room. Kay? Check. My body normal? Check. Don't drink any alcohol? Big X. How much did I drink? "How much did I drink last night?" asked Kay holding her head. Did I not just think that? "I got a hangover." I told her. I opened the door and a small yellow pegasus filly jumped in my face. "SURPRISE!" "Agh!" Kay touched me from behind. "Agh!" "Agh!" "Agh!" We both screamed at the young kid. Didn't mean to frighten him. "Who are you kid?" I asked him. "I'm Surprise!" Wait a minute. Who loves surprises? Pinkie Pie... "Are you Pinkie's kid?" I asked him. "You know my mommy?" "I know too much. Don't eat the cupcakes." I told him. I went downstairs to get some medicine and I didn't see another pony in the building. I heard knocking on the front door. When I opened it I saw Zecora and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They were a little bigger than last time. They were, however, dresses as girl scouts. "Cutie Mark Crusader Girl's Scouts!" They all said. Great. Sweetie walked up to me. "I'm as sweet as can be. Won't you buy some cookies for me?" "Listen kid I haven't got the time. Go... bother someone else with your rhyme." I told her. Like a boss! "Will you eat them with a fox?" said Scootaloo. "If the fox was Courtney Cox. But since that is not the case get that stuff out of my face." I told them. They got my message about not wanting a fucking cookie! "This rhyming stuff is really hurting my tongue." I told Zecora. "Is this Dustin I see? Not a wraith and not a human being." "Great to see you too Zebra lady." Then Static came from behind. "Hey Zecora! What can I get you?" "The young ones wanted my help to sell their cookies. Your friends here is apparently too spooky." "Hey!" I said. "I am not spooky! Ow. I have a headache. But I am not spooky!" I told her off. "Prove it." said Twilight. I grabbed my wallet and noticed all my cash turned to bits. How convenient. "Here's 20 bits." I gave her the money. The kids threw a box of cookies at me and close the door. "Show them who's spooky!" I said getting my seat on the couch. "You just fell for some reverse psychology Dusty." said Twilight. "What? Aw! AW! Dammit!" Static took my cookies and ran away. "Those are my failure cookies Static!" Too late he's gone. "Dustin!" yelled Forest as he came downstairs. He summoned a few plants and pulled me towards him for a hug. "Hey their Forest." Sky came down at that time as well. Pinkie was playing with Surprise. After a group hug I did notice something. "Hey Forest. Where is Fluttershy?" "She's trying to show Terra Blitz around nature." "Who?" "Our kid... Didn't you know that?" When was Fluttershy pregnant! That's it. Kid's if your reading this I shall now replace my favored f- word with a kitten noise. There are children here now. "When the fMEOWk did you have a fMEOWg kid!" I told him. "Was that a cat noise?" he asked. "Don't change the fMEOWg topic!" "About two years ago. God your stupid." "I'm not fMEOWg stupid! I wasn't here asshole!" He laughed. "It's a fucking kitten! Hahaha..." "Is their anyone here who doesn't have a kid beside me?" I asked. "Um... Dustin... about that." said Kay. "I wanted to tell you yesterday that I was... um... pregnant." Static's POV Oh my god... Hahaha... He fainted! That's rich. "Someone can't handle his alcohol." said Sky. "It appears the cat got his tongue." said Forest. "This is gold!" I said trying to pick him up. I was laughing too hard to do it. Then Silver Sage walked down and heard my bad cackle. She saw my position and my hooves around his neck. "Dad did you kill him!" What? "What? Oh Nononono... I didn't kill him. He's just really happy and passed out. Uncle Dusty will be fine." "Why is he happy?" she asked. "Your going to have a new friend kiddo." I told her. I put Dustin on Sky's back and he carried him back upstairs. "What do you mean?" she asked me again. "Your Aunt Kay is pregnant." I told her. "Oh wow." She gave Kay a hug. "Thank you Sage." she said accepting the hug. We all congratulated her on the baby. Sky came back downstairs with Dustin who woke up. "I'm going to be a dad!" he yelled happily. He ran outside. "Do you all hear me! I'm going to be a daddy!" he continued to yell. Didn't I do a similar thing? > I need a bloody job! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I spent the bast 40 or so minutes running around bragging how I was going to be a dad. It took a while for Static to get to me and shut me up. "So Static Wielder." I asked him. "Would you like to explain how much has changed since I was last here?" "Well... besides that just about nothing has changed the only logical one is that Rarity found that special somepony and Rainbow Dash and Heat Blaze are engaged." "Huh. That's different..." I said looking at the carnival. "When the fuck did ponies get amusement parks?" "That's a carnival." "Same thing." "No. It's not. We got that last year. Engineer ponies kick ass." "I am an engineer on Earth. Maybe I could get a job here like that." "You need magic." I just remembered. I should still have that Dead Space gear from my travels. "Did you keep my Dead Space stuff?" I asked him. "We kept it in the Trophy room. Why?" "I'll get the kinesis module." "That's a good idea. If it fits." "You don't remember me do you Static? I can build anything." "Even an entire amusement park?" "Fuck you." we both made our way back to the house. I went to the trophy room and looked around. "What is this Static? You got Swords... Guns even... how did you get knight armor?" "I worked for Celestia a few months ago." "I see. Now you own a mail company?" "Yep. Static Express." "How original." I said. Then there was a room that said keep out. "Guess this is it?" "Yeah it's in their." I opened the door and guess what their it was. Still intact. Even the Stasis module worked. Good. "I see you got it then?" asked Static. "Don't play stupid Wielder." I told him. When I put it on it glowed and made that electric hum. "So you think you can just build stuff now?" I gave him a cynical look and shot him with the stasis. "OOOHHH NNNOOOTTT TTTHHHIIISSSS SSSHHHIIITTT AAAGGGAAAIIINNN." I laughed at how slow his voice was. He tried to dodge it so when I shot him he was in the air falling slowly. "HAhahahaha! This is great! Come on Static. Can you go any slower?" He tried to punch me but it was slow and didn't hurt. "FFFUUUCCCKKK YYYou Dustin! Oh hey it wore off!" "Yeah. Hahaha... Too funny. Let's go get a job." "You. Not let's I already have one." "Well If I don't find one I will come back and give you my resume." "Alright then." I left the house in search for a job. Later at the Restaurant. "So you think you will make a great chef Mr. Shafer?" asked the boss. "I said I will try. Does that count?" Later at the Canterlot Castle. "Do you think you would make a good guard?" asked the princess. "I might. Can I come back to this?" "Yes." I was gone. At Static's Post Office "Hey Static." "Hey Dusty. Want the job huh?" "Yeah." "Did you try other places?" "I don't want to be a chef or guard." "I thought you wanted to be an engineer?" "They made fun of me for not having a horn. So I froze them all." "I see. Yeah I guess you can be a mailman." "Great!" Little did I know this job was going to be hell. He slapped a blue hat on my head. "Ow..." "Welcome to Static Express Dustin! First let's see how good you are." He has that evil smile. My evil smile. This isn't good. 7 hours later "Dustin. Come here." said Static while I waited outside his door. "I'm pooped." I told him. "I got many messages saying you messed up every single delivery." "Aw... man. Really?" "Yeah. Your fired." "Fuck you I quit." I threw my hat down on his desk. "Hey Dustin. How'd it go?" asked Forest as I went outside. "Shitty." "That's a bad word." said a tiny filly on his back. I guess this was his kid. "I guess this is little Terra huh?" I asked him. "It's good to meet you." he said. "He has good manners Forest. That's something to be proud of." I told him. "He's usually kind. That's Fluttershy in him." "It's till sweet." He was a brown pegasus with mossy green hair and had Fluttershy's eyes. Just adorable. "Hey Forest. Why did you name him Terra? Doesn't that mean Earth or something?" His kid stomped on the ground and the ground around me swallowed me up until only my head was sticking out. "Sorry you asked?" said Forest. "*cough cough* Only a lot." I said trying to get out. It took a while but I did. On my own. No help at all... I had help. Later that night "And you need this and this and this and... this one too!" said Twilight giving me a stack of books. Seriously who has this many? "Twilight I don't need help. A baby is like a pet." "No! That's why you do need help!" Maybe she has a point. "Then we start with an easy book." I went to the pile. "2000 ways to burp a baby. No. 100 ways to stop a baby crying. No. Everybody poops. Easy enough." I grabbed the book and opened it. "I don't get it. There's no words. Just pictures of... pooping." "That was Static's idea of learning about babies." she told me. "I understand why now. Speaking of which he fired me." "You got the job?" "Did. I'll go back to Celestia tomaro and apply for the personal guard position." "Can you handle yourself in a fight?" "Twilight... It's me. You know I'm the best street fighter from Virginia." "I know your a looney. But I suppose you'll last long enough." "Thanks for the confidence." Kay walked in with the girls. Guess she's one of them now. Why! "Hay Kay!" I said. "Don't rhyme Dustin. It's a waste of time." she said. "What did you do today?" I asked her. "I got a job being one of Rarity's models." "Green is your color darling!" said Rarity. Oh Dah-r-ling! I'm Rarity! Ooh la la! "That's great. Just don't become a fashion addict like her Kay." "Their is nothing wrong with fashion Dustin. You might come to like it one day as well." "And that's your opinion." I told her. "I'm going to apply for Celestia's personal guard." I told them. "And your not going to let me help you aren't you Dustin?" asked Kay. "You know I'm not going to let you if your pregnant." "And what if you die?" asked Static walking in the house. "Well... since I'm not in a coma this time I think that means I need to be careful." Serious enough. I can't afford to die this time. This isn't a game with lives is it? Hmm... "Where are you going?" asked Pinkie Pie as I went outside. I looked up to see a floating brick box. I jumped up and hit it with my head. *Ding* was the sound we all heard. I got a fucking coin! > First day of the guard > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honestly enough I have gotten more thumbs up with this story than my first story. It's... different. Feels great. Leave some positive feedback in the comments please. "So newbie." said the captain of the guard. "You think you have what it takes to be a soldier?" "Uh... Yes?" I told him. "Do you have what it takes maggot!" "I do." "Are you lean and mean or big and red?" "That doesn't rhyme." "You dare backtalk to me!" "I dare!" "Agh!" "AGH!" We spent the next few minutes yelling at each other. I was the bravest out of all the new recruits. How do I know you ask? I wasn't pissing myself like they were. "*pant pant* I see you have balls." said the captain. "*pant* I like balls." "Dude. I'm getting married." "What? Whoa No! nonono!" Hahaha the captain is a homo... Mwahahaha! "Faggot I am not here to be your new boy scout. I'm here to get my position as the princess private guard." "Don't you have an issue with that?" "What issue?" "No one comes for that job! Are you sure?" "Yes..." They kicked me out of the training barracks. A helmet with a note on it landed on my head. "Meet the princess. ASAP!" was what is said. Then they threw some light onyx black leather armor at me. I like it so much better than plate armor. Why? Because Leather doesn't get as cold as steel in the winter. Then I was teleported to the castle. "Hello Dustin!" said Celestia. "Oh... hello?" I was still getting use to that whole magic thing. Glad I switched to a pegasus. "I received word that you shall be Luna and I's personal guard." "I am. What do I do?" "We just hang out all day and if need be you fight and kill all of our enemies." she said calmly. "Easy enough." Why did I say that? Is this going to suck? Probably! "Glad to hear it. That armor he gave you doesn't look like it's going to help what we need you to do." "What is it exactly that I'm going to do?" 3 hours later I was sneaking around Canterlot. I was wearing a tight black and grey spy suit (similar to splinter cell) and I worked with some of the engineering guys to make a pair of goggles. I had night vision, sonic vision, and thermal vision. My favorite was the sonic one because I could see every pony within a small distance. "This is SHADOW." I said in my earpiece built on the inside of my mask. "I am nearing the target. Orders?" I said stalking a light blue pony with a purple hat and cape with stars on them. "This pony has been harassing Twilight for years. When your clear knock her out and bring her to me." "Understood." I spread my wings and quietly jumped on a rooftop. I may not be super fast like Rainbow but I am the quietest flyer here. I watched her quietly and reached into my pocket to pull out the dossier. 'Name: Trixie, aka The Great and Powerful. Hobbies: being a nuisance and causing issues. Crimes: one too many fibs and harass of a top priority pony. Don't fail us SHADOW. We want her alive. Signed Watcher Dawn.' Watcher was Celestia's information broker. He keeps intact with me via headset and offers me all assistance on the field. "Alright SHADOW. I see you. Wait for me to go green then interrogate her." "Hey Dawn. What did this pony do to Twilight?" I don't remember the show. "She has sent constant death threats. We don't want this on any pony and especially Celestia's student." "Understood. Is my light clear?" "You have the sky." he said. I jumped off the roof and landed on Trixie. "What gives-" she started to say but I kicked her in the face knocking her out. I swept her up and began my flight. "Dawn. It appears the Sad and Weak Trixie has taken a bad fall. I think I should bring her to the castle don't you?" "I don't know. Let's see if we have anymore space... Oh great news! We have plenty of space in the Dungeon. How does that sound?" "Like a dream vacation come true!" I landed at the window of Dawn's office. "What do you think Dawn?" "I think she should brag about how much fun we're going to have later." "Hahaha... Does the branding iron count?" "Hahahahahaha!" I love Dawn's laugh. It's hard to get him to do it but once you do he instantly becomes your best friend. It's the kind of laugh that makes you want to join in and offer him a beer. But your like me and you drank the beer. I took off my mask and goggles and placed them in my locker. After I got out of my suit I put on some dull gray work clothes and an apron. I also grabbed a medical face mask. A few hours went by and our guest woke up. "Where am I? Who dares kidnap the Great and Powerful Trixie!" "I dare." I said in a low monotone voice. We had voice boxes which disguised our voices and made us sound like bad guys. "Why is Trixie here?" "Why does Trixie speak in third person?" Dawn asked her. "Hey WATCHER. Let's give her the old welcome." "You got it SHADOW." We moved the straps and put Trixie in a bent over position. "Are you going to rape me?!" "What? No! God what is with women and fanticising about rape?" I asked Dawn. "I guess she doesn't know what we're going to do then." He threw me a blowtorch. We both put on Archlight helmets and heated up a branding iron. "Tell us Trixie why you are harassing ponies or your going to get the best brand of your life." I said heating it up. "I do it to get my revenge." "But we saw you lose. Your pathetic." "Is this about Twilight Sparkle? Trixie hates her guts!" "Yes we know. We're good friends with her and we don't appreciate that." "Trixie does not care about your excuses. I shall never give my reasons." Dawn and I looked at each other. He put a gag in her mouth and I stuck the hot brand on her left ass cheek. "MMMHHHHMMMM!" she tried to scream. Oh your going to love this. We left the brand of a dick on her ass. HAHAHAHA! "It suit her well!" said Dawn. "What's that Trixie? You want another? Alright." I began to heat it up again. "Mmmhhhmmm. Mmmhhhmmm!" Dawn took the gag out. "Enough Enough! I'll tell you. I got a letter from a friends who said he would help me out with Twilight. I just wanted to get her back. That's all!" "So you get her back by sending her death threats? Why do you want to kill her?" "Because she ruined my life!" "No she didn't. The bear did. And I think you should blame those two kids." said Dawn. Damn he knows more than I do. "Twilight is the only one to blame. Why should Trixie not have her killed?" "Because she has a family now. A beautiful kid and a great husband. Do you want to fuck up their lives also!" I yelled at her. I guess she didn't know that. Also every pony takes offense to my language. Why? I don't give a fuck! "Do what you want to Trixie. My associate is already on his way and I can't stop him." "What's his name Trixie?" I asked her. "Singing Blade." Dawn gave me a scared look. "SHADOW that is the best assassin in the world!" "I'll stop him." "Can Trixie go?" I put on a pair of shades and threw Dawn a pair. We grabbed a oval silver pen. "After this." I shinned a light in her eyes making her forget about everything that happened. Dawn used his magic to teleport her to her wagon. "Oops forgot the hat." he said. "No I want to keep it." I told him. "Why?" "I have a friend who wants to keep this as a trophy." "Fair enough." Celestia walked in. "Ah my informant and my new best spy. What information did you uncover?" "Trixie hired Singing Blade to kill Twilight." Dawn told her. I went to my locker and began to change into my spy armor. "What are you doing?" Celestia yelled at me. "Stopping a murder." I said flying out the window. I have to make sure their okay. > Singing Blade? Meet my size 6 hoof in your face! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm back on track with this story! Having loads of fun writing it! I already have so many great fucking ideas that my head will just explode! ~ Static. I flew home in less than 10 seconds. Suck it Rainbow Dash! "Are you guys okay?" I yelled and scared every pony in the room. "Who are you?" asked Twilight. Oh yeah. Spy armor. "I am... SHADOW. I need to protect you Twilight Sparkle." "From what?" "It appears an old friends of yours, a Trixie, has called an assassin to get her revenge. I'm here to stop Singing Blade from..." "Singing Blade!" Most of the ponies began screaming and panicking "Yes... I'm here to stop him." "Well I appreciate your bravery." said Rarity. "But you'll be destroyed!" "Thanks for the... confidence... who's that?" I pointed to the large hulking pegasus outside. He had many spikes and his wings were that off a bat. Holy Shit! "Uh... Singing Blade?" I asked him. "That's me. What do you want small fry?" "I'm here to stop you from killing my friend Twilight here." "Friend?" she asked. "I don't even know you." "Don't worry Twilight. Celestia sent me." "Hahaha..." Blade laughed at that. "So she thinks you can beet me?" "Actually I came her on my own free will." "Then your dumber than I thought. Come and face me." "Alright then Singing Blade. Meet my size 6 hoof!" I gave him a roundhouse kick throwing him outside of the house. "That was awesome!" said Rainbow Dash. I jumped over his sword thrust. How did someone so fucking big move that fast?! I grabbed his head and pulled myself closer to him and began to punch him as many times as I could. "Your pretty fast." he said. He tried to tackle me into the wall but I flung myself over his head and jumped off. "Damn!" was what he said pulling himself out of the wall. I just realized I had no weapons. He has these two vibrating swords! I know they cut me somehow because I got cut on the neck. Shit! "Your a good opponent. Whats your name?" "I'm not allowed to tell you but you may call me SHADOW." "Alright Shadow. Let's fight for real." He rammed into me like a charger from Left 4 Dead 2. I couldn't dodge it so I grabbed the nearest pipe and did what I do best. Beat him multiple times in the head with a lead pipe till he let's go off me. As soon as he did I ran to get some distance from him. "I just want the girl Shadow." "And I want you to know if you touch one hair on Twilight then Celestia is going to have both our asses laminated and put on display for all of Equestria to see." "I can't just quit a job." "You can! It's that easy! We already put some sense into Trixie." "You did what! You assaulted my client!" "Uh oh." He got bigger. Their was fire in his eyes and when he pulled out his sword a singing noise was heard. Like a chime you bang on the wall. Glad I was wearing a mask which canceled out any of his brain damaging plans! "SHADOW! It's Watcher! I know your not going to back down so I'm sending some men with weapons for you! Survive until their in place!" "Alright. Hey Blade! I met your mom last night!" "GGGRRRRRRRR!" was the only noise he made. "And she was a really nice pony who never did anything to turn me on." Oh god! I'm going to die for reals! "We were working on some weapons for you SHADOW." said Dawn. "We got two scythes in the box behind the building to your right. They should get the job done." I took off and got in an alley. I was basically impossible to see in the dark. When he was going from building to building I made my way to the box. "Damn!" there was two large scythes that had positions for me to place my hooves in them. They go up my arm backwards and so I guess it's built for crowd control. "You can put them together to make a double sided halberd." said Dawn. "Appreciate it!" I took off after Blade. When I found him he was about ready to start killing innocent people to get my attention. "Ah! There you are!" "Sorry Blade! Had to get properly armed." "Then let's do this." We charged each other in the air. I held up my hooves and blocked off both of his swords. When he was struggling to get them free I quickly moved my right hoof up and sliced him across his face. "OW! DAMMIT!" He held his face in pain. I took this time to get up close and personal with him. I gave him about 15 good non-lethal cuts. I didn't want to kill him If I could avoid it. "Shadow head my words. I shall not harm Twilight Sparkle." Phew! That's great news! "I shall hunt you down!" Well... shit. He took off to the sky and disappeared. "Great job Shadow." said Celestia. "You stood up to the best assassin in Equestria." "Wait he's the best? Hahaha!" I took him down like butter on bread. It was that easy! "Thank you!" said Twilight. All the ponies in town cheered. "Hooray!" I felt someone touch my mask so I smacked the hoof. As it turns out I just smacked Rainbow Dash. "Hey what gives!" she said. "Sorry. I can't take this off." I told her. I don't want people to know it was me. I don't need Singing Blade hunting me down. He sounded like he really meant it. "I know you don't like heroes Rainbow Dash. But trust me I don't need you unmasking me just yet." "Uhhuh. And next your going to tell me that Celestia hired you to be her spy or something." "That's exactly right." Celestia said. She was trying to keep everyone distracted so I could get away. When I got to an alley way I began to talk to Dawn. "WATCHER get me to the castle please!" I asked him. "You got it." he said. I was in the armory Celestia set up for me. "Nice job Dustin. Didn't know you had that much guts." "I didn't either Dawn." I took off my scythes and armor. "Thanks for the weapons. You really saved my life their." "No prob. Just be thankful I had those packed up and ready to go." "I'm more than thankful Dawn. Now I'm a god damn hero." "Don't let it go to your head." "I'm not. It's just that their supporting murder. They want me to kill. I'm no saint." "Their isn't anything to be proud of what we do is their?" he asked me. "Yes. It's us. We have to get our hooves dirty for others. This isn't new to me." I told him. "Then we will get through this fine. Dustin I think we need to lay low for a while." "I agree. I don't want Singing Blade to know that I'm SHADOW and kill me." I was spraying some medical aid spray on the cut on my chest. "Come back tomaro. Until then we rest." "Agreed. See ya Dawn." "Bye Shafer." I left the building. I can't tell my friends or my wife to be that I was SHADOW. Or Shadow. I like using all caps because it sounds like a codename but they think it's my actual name. Odd... I saw Trixie over at the market. She still has that brand! Hahahahaha... "Stop staring at Trixie." she told me. "Sorry. Couldn't help but notice the tattoo on your flank." I told her. "What?!" She grabbed two mirrors and looked at it. Her face was of pure shock. She quickly ran home and grabbed her cape. I left before she made it back to yell at me for looking at her ass. When I got near home I noticed the destruction I caused. Not much but their was some collateral damage. A piece of a wall fell on a kid and gave him a concussion was what the chief director told me at the scene. He knew I was Shadow. He was the one who didn't call the SWAT ponies on my ass. "Thanks Chief." I told him. "Keep up the good work Shafer." he told me. We parted ways and I saw a few ponies cheering for Shadow to come back out. Celestia pointed out he was gone. She and I winked at each other and I went home. "So what happened guys?" I asked my friends. "This bad ass spy came here and saved us from the assassin Singing Blade." said Twilight. "Total showoff!" said Rainbow Dash. "What's her problem?" I asked Twilight. "You know how she gets when someone is a better hero than her." she told me. "I guess. Did you see the spy's face?" I asked her. "No he was wearing a body suit with a mask and goggles. A high tech pegasus." she told me. "Good technology? Impressive." I told her as if I didn't have a clue. "What did you do today?" asked Static Wielder. Shit fuck monkeyballs! "I was training this morning..." still trying to come up with a lie. "... and I delivered a message from the Princess to Trixie. Something about harassment I think." I told them. I'm a great lier. Always have been. "Sounds nice." said Sky. He slept during the entire thing. "That was a badass spy!" said Forest. "Aw! And I missed him?" I asked. "And all his fans! I mean come on!" Rainbow was still complaining in the background. Pinkie was trying to cheer her up. I got bored so I went to hang with the kids. meanwhile at Canterlot Elementary Sage's POV I was taking notes in class while paying attention to the teacher. "Can anyone tell me who was the human being that came here and created this dimension?" I raised my hoof. "Yes Sage?" "Is it Dustin?" "Yes! Good job Sage." I smiled. I was the smart kid in class. "Of course she knows it." said Diamond Tiara. She was moved here from Ponyville after her dad got his job repositioned here in Canterlot. "I mean she basically lives with the guy." What a... what was the word dad used? Batch? "Diamond Tiara don't be jealous because Silver Sage is smarter than you and is younger as well." said Terra. "At least my mom doesn't hide when she sees her own shadow." "Leave my mom out of this Tiara." he said going back to his notes. I heard a *tink* noise at the window. I looked outside and saw Dustin waving at us. I waved at him. He looked so joyful. How can anypony be so happy? He held up a sign. 'Would you like me to pick you up from class early?' it said. I shook my head no. He gave me some puppy dog eyes and a sad lip. I shook my head again and he just shrugged it off. He walked away. "Silver Sage? Would you answer this problem?" I looked at the board. It was a half-life problem. "What kind of scientific method is this called?" "Is it a half-life?" I asked her. "Yes! I am so giving you a golden star." She put a star beside my name on the chart to the left of the board. Number of stars: Sage: 34 no wait... 35 Terra: 11 Surprise: 9 Dinky: 9 Silver Spoon: 0 Diamond Tiara: 0 Applebloom: 7 Scootaloo: -5. How is that possible? Sweetie Belle: 9. Now why can't Scoots be like Sweetie? "Your still on the top of the class Sage. Keep up the good work!" said Mr. Cheerilee. She got moved here when Dustin destroyed the Ponyville Elementary by accident. So much better than Ms. Grouch. She was a total grouch. Yesterday "So I just throw this Static?" asked Dustin. He was practicing his aim. "Yes. Be careful though. That's an actual bomb." Dustin threw a grenade out a window but Pinkie stood their for no reason, hit the grenade with her face cutting it on, it bounced off the ground and went into a pneumatic air tube and shot out of the house. We all watched it fly towards Ponyville and the school blow up. Luckily no pony was hurt. "PPPPFFFFTTT!" was Dustin trying to whistle as he walked away. Now Surprise threw me a note. "Hey Sage can you help me?" I wrote 'With what?' and threw it back. He scribbled on it and threw it again. 'I need help setting up to scare Diamond Tiara. She was a total jerk to you a few moments ago.' I laughed. We continued the note throwing. 'What do you need?' 'What is she scared of? I really want to surprise her.' I used my magic to go through her thoughts. She's scared of bad stories... dirt... and anybody better than her. I wrote those down and threw the note to him. 'I'm not sure how to scare her with anything you said except dirt. Guess that's what we get to make due with.' Then the class bell rang. "Okay class! Be careful and have a great day!" said Ms, Cheerilee. We all left and watched as Surprise came down from the air vent behind Diamond and dumped a few buckets of mud and dirt on her. "AAGGHHH! This is so gross! I'm going to get you for this party boy." "Surprise!" He said jumping back into the air vent. It was worth a good laugh. Then Terra and I walked outside. Fluttershy came to meet him outside and same thing with Sky meeting Surprise. Dustin was the parent who came to me. "Hey kiddo! Static wanted me to pick you up today." He told me. "Dad always picks me up. What did you do to him?" "He took Twilight to the castle. Someone tried to kill your mom but one of Celestia's spies saved her and so they have to go talk to the princess." He told me. "Is mom okay?" "Not a single scratch on her. Then again I didn't see the fight." He told me while putting me on his back. "You have fun at school?" he asked. "Yeah! And Diamond Tiara got a Surprise scare." I told him. "Oh I see. Hahaha.... I love you kids. So much fun and energy." He began flying towards home. "I know that Diamond kid. She's a total snob like her daddy." "You know her dad?" "He owes me one. I'm Celestia's personal guard and I helped him." "Wow. Your pretty cool Dustin." "Thanks Sage. Your dad is better than me so don't forget that." he said. "Okay." We got home pretty fast. When we did mom and dad meet us at the door. "Thanks for getting Sage, Dustin." said Twilight. He and dad went outside to talk so it was just me and mom. "What's wrong mommy?" I asked her. "I was almost killed today." "Are you okay?!" Oh no! Someone's trying to kill mom? "I'm perfectly fine. I was saved by a pony named Shadow. He works for Celestia." "Oh okay. As long as your fine right?" "Your right Silver. I'm just still a little scared that's all." "Okay. Is their something we can do?" "We can talk about school!" Here we go again. > Did I disappoint you? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy that I finally got a comment from my man 'a space marine brony' about this story. Yeah I'm calling you out! Thank you! Anyways I am really getting tired of all this spring break shit. All of my fucking friends left me here and didn't fucking offer me a fucking ride! But now I get to write so... that's something. I went outside to talk with Static after I dropped off Silver Sage. She went inside to talk about Twilight. "What do you need?" I asked Static. "I need to know who to thank for saving Twilight. I did nothing about it man!" "Aw Don't say that! You gave her your support and love. Doesn't that sound corny?" "It does." You don't have to agree with me dick! "What did Celestia say?" "She said that she wouldn't reveal Shadow's true identity." "Why the fuck not?" I asked him. "She said that the assassin who failed yesterday is going after him. We don't want to get this guy killed." "Well I know him Static. I won't tell you who it is but I will tell him you said thank you." "Alright. Thanks Dustin. How do you know him?" "Uh... I'm Celestia's guard remember. Now that I think about it I haven't seen much of Luna." "She's been busy. Had to travel all over during her Night Sessions in court. She's more of a warrior princess than a diplomatic one." "Alright Cool! Have you seen Kay?" "She went with Rarity to the fashion show. Photo Shoot wanted her back." "Alright then. I need to go see the princess." I told him "Alright be careful. If someone tried to kill Twilight then they might try to kill the human who gave us life." "I'll watch out Static. Don't worry. Your kid needs you to be strong for your wife." "And you have a kid on the way. I'm serious be careful." "Alright. Brohoof?" I offered my hoof. "Brohoof!" he accepted it. BECAZ WE AWESOME! Alright... that was so not lame! I went to the castle and met with Dawn at the door. We knew that this would cause a diplomatic incident. "How bad is it?" We both walked to the throne room. "Terrible. Their trying to throw Celestia under the royal chariot." "Why?" "Because she has a too advanced fighter. You." "But that's just street fighting." I told him. "Well you stopped Singing Blade. They don't know it's you either so keep you cover." "Alright." I walked into the throne room. Their was a bunch of diplomats yelling at each other and I took my seat on the left with the other guards. "This SHADOW is too advanced for someone as powerful as you too keep to your self Celestia." yelled Prince Bloodmane. "Shadow only fought to protect. Their is nothing advanced with him. He's just a good fighter." She told him. "I agree. We can't get jealous because we don't have as good spies." said Princess Sundance. "Our spies our fine. We always need them. They don't have to be blood thirsty warriors Bloodmane." she said. "I disagree. I want to meet this pony and find out how he got so good." He gave me a look. "You! Where were you earlier when the fight happened?" "I was delivering a message for the Princess." "Did you not protect her?" "She wasn't in danger. Now back down please." He got out of his seat and walked right up to me. He was fairly large for a griffon. "Do you dare?" "I dare you to stand your ground and get out of my face!" I yelled for everyone to here. "How dare you accuse me of something that I haven't done! You have no fucking right to come over here and point fingers for no reason!" "Are you this Shadow we all have heard off?" He asked. I looked over in the crowd and saw a large pony with a hood over his head. Singing Blade... "Me? Shadow? Hahaha! I'm still in training!" Everyone laughed at the griffon. "Fine then. What is your name?" "I'm Shafer. Nice to meet you." "Not so nice to meet you. Head my words Shafer. You have a sharp tongue. Be mindful of who you cut with it." That's actually a pretty wise thing to say. I saluted him. "YES SIR!" After the whole meeting, I waited for everyone to leave. I only had the princesses to talk to. "So Celestia why did he just take offense towards me?" I asked her. "Bloodmane is jealous that I have a far more powerful pony than his entire army." I see. "Luna did you see the pony in the back with the hood?" "I did. He was giving off mixed feelings." "It was Singing Blade." "How do you know?" asked Luna. "I saw his face. There was a cut from when we fought last time." "Understood. Be careful." "Alright. Do you have anything you want me to do?" I asked them. "We want you to spy on the griffon prince." asked Celestia. "And if you can find out his plans. I feel like he wants to overthrow us." added in Luna. "Mission Accepted." I went to the armory and changed. Dawn got in his office and started using his magic to lift up maps and notes. "Get moving Dustin!" he said. I began my silent flying towards the Griffon Mountains. When I got to the bottom I began my conversation. "Alright Dawn. What's the quickest way?" "Fly over the south mountain. It has the least guards." "Makes sense. South faces the sea." "And who brings a boat to fight a bunch of flying birds." I flew over the mountain and quietly I walked around the guards. I made my way into town. Not a single pony in sight. Meaning... No allies. "WATCHER I'm in." I told Watcher Dawn. "Alright SHADOW. Stay in the alleys and don't fly. Too much air traffic." He was right. Every spot was covered by a griffon. Glad I'm better on the ground anyways. I made my way to the castle which was a simple climb. A bunch of poles and shimmies and BOOM here I am! "We're in." I told Dawn. My mask didn't allow any noise to leave. So I could talk quietly and not be heard. They can still here me scream though. "Alright. Their should be a war room on your left. Get in and get to the files." I made my way around like Naked Snake. Not Solid Snake. I mean Big Boss. The greatest one of the many Snakes. Also I don't have a mullet so that's that. I ducked behind plants and dodged around flashlights and search teams. I made my way to the War room and almost woke up the general. "*Snore* Got to... *Snore* Deliver plans..." How sweet. That's right. Tell me what you need. I went to the file cabinets and inside was everything we needed. "Alright. Grab the files that say 'Princess Problem.' 'Equestria Reformation.' and that one! The one that says 'Shadow Threat.'' I grabbed everything then made my way back out. I cut on my thermal vision and saw that all the guards were in the west wing of the castle. Great! I made my way out quietly and got back to the window. I climbed down and stayed in the shadows till I got over the mountain. "Great job SHADOW! Take it home!" "Roger that. Stand by." I quickly made my way back. No one followed me and I didn't leave any signs that I was there. When I got back I gave Dawn the documents and began to read them with him. "Alright Dawn. I'll take Shadow Treat." "I'll take Equestria Reformation. Celestia wants to read this one herself." He gave her the document saying 'Princess Problem' to the princess when she walked in. She closed the door and put a magic barrier around us. So no one could hear us or attack of course. "Let's see here..." I opened mine. "We have a situation. Celestia has a new spy. This one means business. I'm afraid we don't know who it is but all we know is that it's a tall male and a pegasus. He goes by Shadow. I don't think that's his name. He also managed to beat Singing Blade who went to assassinate Twilight Sparkle. Our plan has been ruined. Never should have trusted Trixie. We were going to kill Twilight and while Celestia was weak kill her too. Now we have this Shadow threat and we can't take any chances. Celestia also got a new personal guard recently. His name is Shafer. I know that's not his first name but he didn't tell us. Instead he made a fool out of Bloodmane in public so even if he's not Shadow the Prince still wants him dead. No mistakes." I closed it and laid it down on the desk. "Well... shit." "Alright..." Dawn opened his. "The plans for Equestrian Reformation have been postponed. We can't get a conference with the Princess by herself to kill her then so we need to come up with something. Once we remove the ponies we can go back to our average day lives. It's not that we want to kill them all, some of us do, It's just that we're scared of the ponies. They have far better technology and Celestia's army has improved it's game since that Human Incident 2 years back. Why couldn't he help us. We don't even have any info on the humans. Only that he died and gave us all his humanity. This human spirit is what makes us fight. For domination over others. Griffons for eternity!" "Sounds like this is going to bite me in the ass." I told them. "Now we can back up the conspiracy theory." said Dawn. "Ahem..." said Celestia opening the last document. "The princesses need to be overthrown. We believe their is a way to kill them and take their magic. If we do we can control the sun and moon making the world bend to our will. But we have some minor issues. 1. We can't get close enough to them. 2. They know something's up with us and we can't trick them either. 3. It appears the princess have a new tool up their flanks." "How rude." added in Celestia. "Ahem.... They have a new spy who is a master on the battlefield. He stopped Singing Blade and has stopped the Prince from getting any proper answers. This 'Shadow' needs to be eliminated. Any means necessary. We think it's her new personal guard but the pony is still in training. He didn't look like he was lieing either. No one is that good at telling a lie." "We need to think about this." said Dawn. "I agree. Celestia do you have any thoughts on this?" I asked her. "We send you in to tell the Prince about what wrongs he is doing." she told me. "You want me to beat him diplomatically?" "Yes. You have to sneak in again. I'm sure their guard is up if they noticed we took some files from them." "How do they know it was us?" I asked her again. "Griffon's aren't that sneaky and dragons aren't that small." "Alright then. When do I leave?" "Tomaro. Be ready." "Yes ma'am." I left through the window after I changed back to my normal clothes. "Oh wait Dustin!" said Celestia. "Yes?" "We got your payment." She levitated a sack of money towards me. "4,000." she said. "Wow! Really?" "No it's actually 3,987," "Close enough." I took it and after a few 'Thank yous." I went home. "Their you are!" said Kay when I walked in. She was wearing a tight green dress that Fluttershy helped Rarity come up with. It really spoke to Nature. Oh she was amazing in it! Damn you pony hormones! "What do you think?" she asked. "You l-look amazing!" I stuttered. I only do that when I'm nervous. I'm only nervous around people I find attractive. She knew that. "Thank you sweetie. What's in the sack?" "Almost 4,000 bits." "Wow! How did you get that much?" "Just working." I told her getting a kiss in return. "What did you and Rarity do today?" "Well I did everything she asked for and Photo Shoot loved it so Rarity is making new dresses. It's a lot of fun actually. Except the paparazzi." She whispered the last part in a cold dead serious tone. "I'm also helping Fluttershy with her animals." "Great! What time is it?" I asked her. "It's about 7:30." "I'm starving." When was the last time I ate? I can't remember that's how bad it was. After a half hour of waiting and talking to my friends we all sat down at the table and ate a large buffet of soups, salads, and sandwiches. "So who's ready for a game?" asked Static. I raised my hoof because I don't want to talk with a mouth full of food. "I do." said Sky. "Me!" said Forest. The kids raised their hooves and then the girls did. We spent the next hour playing ponyfied versions of Clue, Twister, and even Scrabble which I lose every fucking time! "Aw! Dang it!" I put my hoof on the table. "How do you get Pie out of Mediocrity?" I asked Static. "Dude you don't use definitions. You spell out the words." "Really?" "Yeah." "Well now I know. And Knowing is half the battle!" then we all heard a large ruckus of noise from outside. We all went outside and saw as Colgate was going to jump off a building. "I'm tired off this life!" she cried. I quickly went around when no one was looking and made my way around the building edge. When she saw me she hung on to the building. "Don't come any closer!" she yelled at me. "Hey hey hey! Take it easy! No one's going to hurt you." I told her. I looked down to see her best friend Berry Punch crying. "I have to do this!" "No you don't." I looked at Vinyl Scratch and mouthed 'Disappoint' to her. (The song lyrics come from 'Disappoint.' by Assemblage 23.) Colgate looked at me and asked "Do you believe in the nobility of suicide?" "No." I told her. When the music started I sang with the beat. Just one more time For the sake of sanity Tell me why Explain the gravity That drove you to this That brought you to this place That pushed you down Into the soil's embrace I moved closer to her Give me the chance I was denied To sit and talk with you For one last time She got away from the edge Did I disappoint you? Did I let you down? Did I stand on the shore And watch you as you drowned? Can you forgive me? I never knew The pain you carried Deep inside of you. She began to cry some more and hug the wall. She was too scared to move. I can't forget Having to see The words that knocked the wind Right out of me It's not enough I've come undone Trying to find sense Where there is none I stopped singing when I was close enough to grab her. When I did grab her I jumped and slowly glided back down. Getting everybody's cheer. The police wrapped a blanket around her and I heard Berry Punch say 'I'm Sorry!' multiple times. "That was great Dustin!" said Twilight. "Didn't know you could sing darling." said Rarity. "Your words sound painful." said Fluttershy. I loved how she was so quiet and was the one to ask that. She might understand me since she is the sweet quiet pony. "They're words from a song but I know the pain of suicide as well." Kay nodded and didn't say anything. "What do you mean?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Remember when I said my mom died of a weak heart?" they all nodded. "She jumped. Couldn't take the pain of my dad's death. That's why I don't believe in the nobility of suicide." I held my tears in. I noticed the kids weren't out here. Guess they were sleeping. I need to get to bed. A good night with Kay will make me feel so much better. I need to sleep well. Tomaro is going to be hell. Hah! I just rhymed again! I'm getting good at that! Thanks Zecora! > Let's settle this thing. One bird down and one still sings. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I finally got into making chapters over 2,000 words again. It has that sense of accomplishment to it. That or I'm writing too much... Yeah accomplishment. I hope. I was having a great night with Kay. After the whole dinner thing and some games, followed by some suicide prevention, we were going to have some fun. I laid on top of her. "Ooh... Someone's feeling lucky." she said. "Can't blame me. I've done some good today." "That you have." She kissed me first. Dammit she keeps beating me to it! We we're really about to go at it then the door opened. "Uncle Dustin?" asked Silver Sage. Oh why now? "Uh... yes?" I asked her. "I had a bad dream." she told us. "Where are Static and Twilight?" asked Kay. "They are visiting a friend." "Want to sleep here?" asked Kay. What? She can sleep with Terra or something! Develop a childhood relationship like mine and Kay's. It's that easy. "Yeah!" Her eyes are shinning. She may have my eye color but she has Twilight's... Sparkle. Hah! "Alright..." She quickly got between us. "Do we finish?" I asked Kay. "What? No! There's a kid right here!" "Are you two going to do the Naughty Hug?" asked Sage. "Uh... No. Where did you hear that?" I asked her. "Aunt Pinkie." "Well there's your problem." She fell asleep on Kay. "Aw... Dustin look!" she whispered. "Just think we're going to have a kid." We got in a hug and fell asleep. We woke up figuring out it's been about 9 hours. I looked down and noticed Sage had left. She was standing at the foot of the bed. "Jeez you two sleep a lot." "I'm old! I get to sleep as long as I want." I told her. "How old are you?" "I'm 29. When I was a kid I use to be full of energy." I told her. "I'm 2!" and she's in school? I asked Celestia about this and she said kids grow up fast. Like how Twilight moved to Ponyville when she was still basically a child herself. Celestia also said most ponies live to their hundreds. Except her. Man I think being immortal sucks. "How old are you?" She asked Kay. "I'm only 26." said Kay. "Wow you look like your 19!" said Sage. "Aw! Thank you!" she gave her a hug. D'aww... "How do I look?" I asked her. "Pretty old." 30 minutes later Kay and I visited Rarity. "Oh Kay! Glad your hear darling! Can I get your assistance?" "Of course. What do you need?" "To dress you up!" She pulled Kay into the room and chaos insured. "Bye Dustin!" was what she said before getting pulled into the room leaving by myself. What the fuck just happened? I went outside and thought to myself. I might die tonight and I haven't seen Heat Blaze since I moved hear. Then speaking of the devil a large fire track appeared across the sky! "Dustin!" it said before landing in front of me. "Lucas!" I said pulling him into a brohug. "It's great to see you. I know that I should have earlier but I've been busy." "No it's cool! Heard you and Rainbow are getting hitched." I know he is. When I was Static and went through his mind... Aw! I remember the sex! Ew! Ew ew EEEWWWW! "Hey Dusty... your eyebrow is twitching." "It does that when I think really hard." He laughed. "Anyways yeah I'm getting hitched. How did you know?" "Static. Hey congrats." "Thanks. Heard the same about you and Kay Kronor. She still hot?" "The hottest." "I'm sure! Sexy Irish girl!" He continued to think about it until a shoe went out an open window and hit him on the head. "Ow! She's working with Rarity? Yikes. Hay I heard that Rarity was with a prince or something like that." "Oh really? What's his name?" "Dream Weaver." "What?!" "You know him?" "Yeah! H-He's really cool!" He flipped me on my ass last time. Then again since White Tulip is alive and Sundance is calm. I'm sure Dream doesn't want revenge or anything like that. Cross my... hooves? "Did you hear Dustin?" "About what?" I asked him. "Their is this really kick ass spy out there. Name's Shadow! Odd I know but he kicked Singing Blade's ass, saved Twilight, and is rumored to be mooching off the princess!" What the fuck kind of rumors do these ponies listen to. "Hey Dusty... Eyebrow's twitching again." "Yeah it does that." Now I have images of fucking Celestia in my head! No not seeing her but literally fucking her! Gah! It Burns! She's too big for me! Not that my dick size has anything to do with it of course. "I got to go and deliver this package for Static." he said taking off at the speed of light. "Okay... Bye!" I yelled. He only waved at me. That was nice. Maybe I'll meet Dream Weaver again and not be threatened. Then a large dark Alicorn walked around the corner. It was him alright. What is with me and coincidences? "Hey Dream!" I said. "Hey Dustin!" he said back. "Sundance told me everything about you." He looked left and right. "Shadow." He whispered. "What?!" "Hey thanks. Rarity was there and she could have been hurt if you didn't stop that assassin. Sundance knows because she and Celestia are best of friends. Good luck with Bloodmane tonight. I shall give you my prayers." He said while bowing. I have never had someone as tall as an alicorn bow down to me. "Thank you Dream. Rarity is dressing Kay for the Photo show." "Your dating Kay?" "Yes." "How do you get a beautiful mare to fall for you like her?" "We're childhood friends. Been through hell with each other you know?" "Yeah I hear you. Treat her right Shafer." He said going inside. He had better not be checking out my girl or I will punch him in the fucking... (needs to think of a word.) Soul! "Hey Dustin!" I head over my shoulder. I turned to see Forest. "Hey Forest! Where's the woman?" "I asked her to go to the market to keep her busy. I'm going into town to buy an engagement ring. I just thought how since we have a kid and everything..." "That's awesome! Let's go!" I grabbed his hoof and pulled him into the Jewelry shops. We saw many off them. "This one?" He looked at the bronze bracelet with a purple orb. "No." "How about this one?" He pointed to the silver one with the blue orb. "Excuse me Miss." I said to the cashier. "Do you make these yourself?" "I do. Is their something wrong?" "No these are great! They are beautiful. Do you do custom one's?" "I do for nice men like yourselves." I looked at Forest who had no idea to get her. The cashier handed me a menu off everything she does. "I want this to be... Gold with an emerald orb. Can you put a pink butterfly behind it?" "That's my specialty." "Great! I want this to say nature lover." When Forest looked away I whispered to her. "My friend want's to marry Fluttershy." "I have just the idea. It'll cost ya though!" "How much?" "700 bits. With tax comes to 725." She said. "That's a great price! You are the best beautiful ma'am. I shall come here for all my friends marriage needs." "I appreciate it!" She left the stand and went to a smithing forge outside. It's going to take a while. We waited about 42 minutes then she came up to us saying 'Done!' It was a golden bracelet with the green orb and butterfly. There were nature vines with leaves going around the edge of it and it had little birds and rabbits on the inside. Their were two of the bracelets for each of them. By that I mean Forest and Fluttershy. "She's going to love it!" squealed Forest. "She is dude. Now don't be afraid." I told him. "But I-I'm..." "Shh shh shh. I have your back." I made him wait in the park. I left and got Fluttershy. When I flew her here (yeah she was nervous about going with me.) She saw Forest and her mood quickly brightened. "Sorry Shy." I said placing her on the ground. "It's okay Dustin. If you told me why you brought me here then I would have been more than wiling." "Your going to find out right now." She turned to Forest who was watching the trees. "Beautiful aren't they?" he asked. "Yes. I'm glad you wanted to see the plants with me." she said. "It's more than that. Fluttershy we have been together for two years now. The best two years of my life. We have a beautiful son. Your beautiful... Jeez how many times have I said that now?" "Your going to break up with me!" She asked panicking. "No never. Actually it's the exact opposite." He tapped his hoof on the ground making a tree vine lower. "Fluttershy... Will you marry me?" He said getting on one knee. She was wordless. Not a word could express how much joy was on her face. "Yes!" she screamed with tears running down her cheeks. This was probably the only time you would ever want to see her cry. I'm serious. If you make her cry tears of sorrow then I shall destroy you! If not me then she'll get her animals to /PARENTERAL WARNING KIDS SHOULD NOT BE HEARING HOW GRAPHIC THIS MAN IS/ and then she'll skull fuck you. Yeah You heard me! Skull fucking! No I'm kidding. That's more of a Pinkie Pie thing. The skull fucking not the part with the animals. "You will!" said Forest accepting her hug and tender loving kiss. It was a sight. Everyone cheered when he put the amazing bracelet on her hoof. It was great. I knew they would want some alone time so I buggered off. Let's see here. Static and Twilight are married. Blaze and Rainbow are about to. I'm about to with Kay. I'm pretty sure Sky and Pinkie have been married. They both have Platinum bracelets. Yeah he afforded Platinum! Like a BAAWS. I know that Dream isn't the kind of guy to just fuck you and leave so that solves the Rarity issue. Who's left... APPLEJACK! *gasp* Oh no! Fuck! I forgot her! I took off flying back to Ponyville and found Sweet Apple Acres. When I landed It took about 2 seconds for AJ to find me. "Dustin! You're back!" She said enjoying the hug. "*Big Cough* Yeah. This time I'm here to stay." She got off me and pulled me up. "Well welcome home pardner. Watcha here for?" "I wanted to visit. See how you've been over the years." "I've been quite good my friend. This farm has been in great luck over the past 2 years now." "Really?" "Business is stormin' like wild fire. Profit's good. And I hear that you asked out the pretty little Redhead." Kay is awesome! Watch you talking about Willis? She's not a ginger if your wondering. She's not a red head that looks orange I mean she has deep red hair and green eyes. And only a few freckles. It's hot! If you think she's a ginger then your wrong. She's pretty tan and has a beautiful soul. Jeez I fell like I've heard Beautiful too many times today. "Excuse me for askin' but your eyebrow is a twitchin." "That happens." I said. "It was great seeing you AJ." I said. "Great seein' you too pardner. You come back now ya hear!" she said waving her hat while I flew away. AJ has freckles. I just now noticed that. So does Big Mac. Guess that's the sign of a hardworking person. I wanted to see Kay in the photo show but the bouncer wouldn't let me in. "Excuse me sir. Can I get through?" "Your not fashionable." He said. "What?" "You don't have a taste of fashion do you?" "I need to see my wife man." I told him. He looked at my fancy golden bracelet and though about it for a moment. "Your the stallion who asked out that hot piece of ass in their?" "Don't flatter her." "Kay is the best display of fashion they've had for years. Since Fluttershy but she'll never come back." I remember that episode. Hahaha.... Spike has a crush on Rarity... Oh god Spike! Forgot about him too! "How does someone like you get to be with someone as pretty as her?" He was drooling about her. Ew... "We've been childhood friends. One day I asked her out and she said yes." "That's great. So If I find my best friend from my filly days and ask her out will she accept me?" "It depends dude. You have to be sweet to her. For example Kay loves sweets. You can't be rude like you were just a few minutes ago." "Yeah sorry about that." He let me in. "Thanks for the advice." He took off for town. I didn't really look at him. He was just this big white pony that was probably a steroid addict. I went in looking around. "Kay! Oof... Excuse me. Kay?" I made my way through all the ponies. Where is she? I found a door that said back stage. "Aha!" "Dustin?" she asked looking at me. "Found you! I did something great today!" "Oh really? What?" "I helped Forest ask Fluttershy to marry him." I said a little bit with attitude. "Great! And to think I'm going to be with you one day..." She was dreaming into the stars again. It was actually pretty cute. "Kay! 2 minutes!" said Rarity walking in. "Let's get this show started." She said. I just now noticed the dress. It was long with brown and green colors in this really frilly fashion. Looked great on her! Can't help but stare now that I think about it. She does have a big flank. "Stop staring!" she said walking into the next room. "Sorry!" I said turning around to leave. "Thanks for checking in on me!" she said. "You betcha!" I left. Today has been good. Now I have to get settled and fight. This is not going to be easy tonight. 6 hours later I was in a blimp with some other ponies. It was now dusk. The only other ponies here were Dawn, Luna, and some off her guards. Also the Chief police commissioner. In case your wandering his name is Gordon Hooffield. Yes, I'm his batman. He has too look after me. He also promised me a nice cup o' joe later. "We're nearing the drop zone!" yelled Dawn. "Dustin I need you in their and ready to get started!" "What are the orders?" I yelled pulling my mask down over my face. He handed me my goggles and gave me a pat on the shoulder. "Sneak in and talk some sense into Bloodmane like we planned. Be careful. We heard rumors that Singing Blade is here and he's probably not to happy to see you." I equipped my scythes. Man I love these things. "Alright! Wish me luck!" "Sun speed!" he said as I ran for the edge of the blimp. When I got their I jumped with out thinking twice and nosedived to build up speed. When I got far enough Dawn contacted me. "Alright take off." I spread my wings and began to fly at Rainbow speed. I didn't leave any signs though and unlike and other pegasus or griffon I didn't make a sound. "Dawn. I'm in." I whispered when I was over the gate. "Great. Air traffic is low. Most griffons sleep during the night." "Alright then." I landed near the bottom of the tower. "Do I climb or fly?" "Climb. You can hear through the walls can't you?" I cut on my night vision goggles and used my scythes to slowly climb up. When I got to the top floor I went in the window. "I'm in." I told Dawn. "Now get to the throne room." I made my way through the halls like before and got the the throne room. I opened the doors and the only person inside was the Prince himself. "Ah! Shadow! Just the man I was thinking of." "I came to talk to you Bloodmane." I said through my mask. "About what?" "Your plans for domination. Please don't do this. We can all live happily together. I see griffons and ponies together a lot. Either as friends or lovers. We are so similar." "We are so different! Why can't you ponies understand that!" "We do! That's why we don't want to fight." "I see. Wise words from a wise man. How did something so good turn so bad?" "Your plan for unification was good. Killing however is never good." "I see. You're right Shadow. Why was I so blind?" "Power does that. You don't control it. You feed the troll." "What does that mean?" "Your aging it on and should expect worst to come." I told him. He looked around for a moment. "Now I see why Celestia trust you. You fight. You even come in here armed and ready to kill yet you show mercy. I wish to learn from this. I shall not take over this beautiful land yet, I shall join Celestia. I won't do anything else to harm you." he said. "I then thank you. I will love to remove my mask and meet you face to face but I'm afraid we have a guest." I looked at the door. "How long have you been there?" asked Bloodmane. Singing Blade walked in the door and had the aura to kill around him. "I have been here for a while. We meet again Shadow." "Blade... What do you expect to gain from this?" "You are the first person I have ever lost to and I shall honor my families code. Kill you or die trying." "Then quit this before you die." I told him. "Bold words from the man who hides in the shadows." He's trying to make me lose my cool. If only their was a way around him then I could escape. He charged at me again but I did a few back flips and I twisted around giving him a hard double bucking. I learned this from watching Applejack. "Ow!" he staggered back and fell down. I jumped over him to escape but he used his teeth to grab my tail and throw me back to the Prince. "Trying to escape huh? Coward!" He stomped with every step he took towards us. "Get back Prince." I pulled my scythes down and combined them making the Reaper Halberd as I dubbed it. "Ooh... Baby's got a new toy." said Blade eying my weapon. "When I kill you. I think I'll keep it." He drew his swords and took his stance. I lifted my goggles and gave him my 'Dead Serious' stare which also gave off mixed feelings of 'I will kill you!'. "You have the eyes of a wolf ready to kill." He said staring at me with those cold dead eyes. "I shall take them from you as well." He charged me and brought down both his swords aiming for my shoulders. I held up my halberd quickly and block him off. "What?" was all he said before I twisted it throwing his weapons across the room and then I turned it giving him a large slice across the chest. He fell down coughing hard. I didn't mean to but I pierce what felt like his lung. "Bastard!" he said with his blood stained teeth. "Stand down." I said kicking the swords away from him. "Your in no condition to move." "Next time! Next time I shall kill you!" "Come after me one more time and I'll kill you. You okay prince?" "I'm fine my good man. You have shown me the errors of my ways, saved my life, and even showed mercy upon this revenge thirsty fool. You have my support and the support of all griffons for Celestia and Luna." "Thank you." I said. I put Singing Blade on his side and cleaned the wound on his chest. "Why?" he said coughing some more blood. "Because you made me pierce a lung. I know good ponies who can fix this. WATCHER I need you to send him to the hospital to be treated and then the Dungeon for interrogation." "Hahaha... You offer kindness in one hoof and arm the other. Wise." He said while passing out. "He's out cold Bloodmane." I closed the door. "Celestia wants to speak with you." I handed him a walkie-talkie. I also watched as Blade was teleported away. "Hello?" "Hello Bloodmane! I want to thank you for stopping your evil ways and helping us keep total peace." "I wouldn't have if it wasn't for your brave soldier here. When can I meet the man who saved my life?" "Right now." I took off the mask. "Shafer?" "It's Dustin, your highness." "Your the human from before?" "Yes." "Now I see why you want peace. You shall have it." He offered a hug of course which I accepted it! "This makes us 'Bro's'' I told him. "You betcha! Meet you tomaro?" "At the castle. And we read the documents. Don't kill Celestia." I told him and he stopped hugging me. "Of course I'm not killing her! Who could kill a flank like that?" He said looking at the stars. "AAAWWWWW YYYEEEAAAAAHHHH!" I said knowing what he was thinking. He put the mask back on my head and handed me my goggles. I put them on and picked up the halberd which I disconnected it and placed the scythes to my side. "Guards. Allow Shadow here to leave!" He yelled on the intercom. Then the doors opened and some of his guards escorted me out of the castle. When I got to the exit everyone cheered. I saw some griffons hugging ponies not in private but in public. I just spared this world of a genocide. I flew away and made my way back home. That's one bird down yet one still 'sings.' > The dawn of a beautiful apple family. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The last chapter I wrote was the first time I made it to 3,000 words! That is a new record for me personally! Didn't know I had it in me.~ Static I began my flight to the blimp to recover and talk about what just happened. "Nice one Dustin!" said Dawn. "Excellent job SHADOW." said Luna. You know you did good when the princess admits it. "Thank you." I landed. "What's the word on Blade?" "Some of the nurses are having trouble cleaning the inside of his lung. It's filled with blood. Amazing how he lived through that." said Dawn. "I didn't mean to. I was just in the zone." "Well keep it up. No one is going to mess this assassin." Luna said. "Hey Dawn!" I asked him. "Do you have a special somepony?" "Odd how you ask that... I don't. Please don't brag about something like that with Kay." "I'm not. You don't have anybody to go home to?" "Not a single pony." "Aw... man. Let's find someone." "Look Dustin." he took off my mask. "I know your good at playing match maker but you can't possibly find anypony that I would like." "What's your type?" I asked him. Luna was paying attention. She didn't have anyone since I caused the whole fucking Time Paradox last time I was here a few years ago. "She's brave." Alright. "She's hardworking." I know some ponies like that. "And she has to be honest!" You have to be kidding! I know the perfect pony! "Hey Dawn. Do you like apples?" Later at SAA "Well howdy again their pardner." said the house welcoming Applejack. "Hay AJ. Can I ask you something?" "What is it sugarcube?" "Can you show my friend." I pulled Dawn from behind a tree. "Dawn here a good time? I'm afraid he doesn't have a date and needs some company." I told her. "Well this is strange but sure thing. Nice to meet ya Dawn." She said offering a hoof. "So your Applejack? Your more beautiful than Dustin said!" He said accepting the hoof shake? "Well shucks. You goning an embarrassin me like that is a good way to pick somepony up." Good job Dustin! I'll just leave these two as they date. As I flew I noticed that it was pretty late. And by that I mean it's 5 in the fucking morning! Kay's going to kill me! I'll just sneak in the window and Shit I forgot to take my suit off! How come Applejack didn't say anything about this? I'll just go to the castle. "Hello Mr. Shafer." said Celestia as I flew into the armory. "Hello there Princess." "Luna told me everything. Thanks for taking care of Dawn. He just hides behind his desk all day long and is too focused on work too enjoy himself." "Oh no prob! Bloodmane wants to get close to you Tia." "I'm sure he does. If we want this whole land to be peaceful then we must combine our towns and let the citizens-" "No Celestia. I mean close close. As in... he wants to... 'plow' you." "Oh my! It's been so long since I've dated anybody." "Was Discord the last?" "How did you know?" "Uh..." Does she not remember the paradox either? "It's just instinct. I see how you look at the statue outside." "Yes he was nice until he went mad with power." "Right..." Yikes. Just avoided a death sentence right their. Oh well speaking of dates I need to really get home. "Look Tia." I changed back into my normal brown coat. "I'm really tired and need to head home. Kay's probably worried sick." "I understand. I'll see you in a few hours." "Yes. Bye." I took off. I still haven't visited Spike yet... I'll ask Twilight. She'll know what happened! Anyways I made it home and opened my window. I tip toed in. Nice... and carefully... "Ahem. Where have you been." The lights flicked on and every pony was in the room. Even the ones who didn't live here. Even Dawn and Applejack! What the fuck? How did they get here so fast? "Uh..." Dawn winked at me. We came up with some good excuses earlier. "You see I help Dawn here get on a date with Applejack because he was SO into work that I took his place for a few hours." "That's right." he said backing me up. God bless you! "It's true. And he was a great date tonight." said Applejack backing him up. God bless you too! "Alright. I'll believe you." said Kay. Oh thank you God! I'm so glad I went to church every Sunday when I was human! And on my own free will! Thank you! "Yes. I also had to help Luna with a few problems. Night court isn't as easy as you think." I said. Then the whole Spike thing popped into my head again. Better ask Twilight now before I forget. "Hey Twilight?" "Yes?" "Where is Spike?" The whole room went quiet. Uh oh. Guess I struck a nerve. "He got bigger and meaner. He left to be with the other dragons." She said wiping away a tear. "Oh no... I'm sorry Twilight. I just haven't talked to the little guy in so long. Remember it's been 5 years for me. 2 for you." "Actually it was last year but your right." she said. "You want to see him?" "I do." "Tomaro we leave. Okay?" "Alright." Now that I think about it. I caused two time paradoxes. First when I killed the zombies and Spike was dating Twilight. Then when I killed the guards. Static was with Twilight again. What the fuck! We all went to sleep but I had troubles. Spike grew up to be an asshole? Singing Blade is still alive and he's hunting me down. I don't know what to do next. I promised myself that I wouldn't kill this time. But that's all I'm good at! I need help. "Un mhm." said Kay who mumbled in her sleep. She was having some issues as well. She opened her eyes and wiped away her drool. "Oh yuck..." She looked at me. "You having troubles sleeping baby?" "Yeah I just-" we both heard this clicking noise. Outside the window was a photographer. Kay was furious and kicked the window knocking him off. "What gives! You guys watch me when I'm sleeping now!" "Your a hit! Give us some more pictures." This is my time to shine. "Stand down paparazzo. I am the Personal Royal Guard. I have the second most authority around here and I order you to stop taking pictures of my girl here. If you don't I will put you in the Dungeon for life." "You can't do that!" "Try me..." I gave him my 'dead serious' stare. All he did was shake like a leaf and run away. Then every other pony hiding in the bushes ran away. "Oh my hero!" She said pulling me in for a kiss. I closed the window and curtains and lifted her on the bed. "I think your hero deserves a reward." "The hero doesn't ask for rewards." "Then make this a favor." We kissed and let our hormones take over for the night. 4 hours later We both finally woke up. We were felling great. Too bad we left a mess. "Best night in a long time." she told me. "You can say that so many times and I will agree." It was true. The last week as been a rushing nightmare. We walked downstairs only to be cut off by Twilight and Static packing up some saddlebags. "You two ready to go?" she asked. "You bet!" I put on the grey bag she handed me and Kay got a green one. We all walked outside and not a single pony was out there. "Where is everyone?" I asked. "It's still pretty early." said Static. Oh well. We all went to the back roads of Canterlot and began our walk. Except me. I was the only one with wings. So I flapped! That sounds dangerously close to fapped. Flap flap flap. Fap fap fap. I see what I did their. Wing Boner! That's what I got from looking at Kay all day so I decided to fly and control it. We'll after a 29 minute hike we made it to the top of a mountain with a cave entrance. We all walked in and saw a dragon community. "Ah! If it isn't little Twilight Sparkle." said a teen cracking voice behind us. We all turned and saw the big purple dragon. "Spyro?... I mean fuck... Spike?" I asked. "I don't know you. How's it hanging Twi?" "It's going good Spike. How have you been?" "It's great! I'm having so much more fun here than I did with you." Ouch. That burns. Twilight had tears in her eyes. "Hey fuck off!" both Static and I said in unison. "Why don't you make me?" Spike asked. I grabbed his claw and flipped him onto his stomach where I got on his back and held him down. "Now tell her your sorry!" I said angrily in his ear. "Ow! Ow! Okay. I'm sorry!" I got off. "Jeez who are you?" "I am just a friend." I told him. He might remember me when I was last here and I don't want that. Kay was quiet the entire time. When he saw her he had that greedy look in his eyes. "Oh hello!" He got behind her and started stroking her face. "What's a pretty little thing like you doing with these losers." She grabbed his claw, twisted it around and threw him against the wall. She was stronger than me! Girl power my ass that was scary! "Don't call my friends losers." Spike hissed at us all and left. "Jeez what a jerk. Hasn't changed at all." said Static. "Where did you learn to fight like that Dustin?" "Just picked it up Static. Like I said we did a lot for the past 5 years. Kay here is a double black belt in many forms of Karate." "It's true." "I hate seeing you cry Twilight." She had her ears down and tears stormed down her eyes. Guess something really bad happened. Best not bring it up. We left the cave and stopped for a picnic. Kay and I ate while Static comforted Twilight. "Hey. Hey." I tried to get her attention. "Eat something. You need to keep your strength up." I said trying to sound mature. "Shut up Dustin. We shouldn't have come here." She said with tears reforming. "Yeah sorr-" "SHUT UP!" she said and teleported. Static was startled but left after her. Kay and I looked at each other and remained quiet. All I could hear was my heart beat. Heavily. Like in some way this was my fault. I know it wasn't but I would rather her blame me for something bad. That's all I ever do. Cause trouble. "I'll see you later." Kay said quietly and her horn glowed. She teleported to god knows where leaving me by myself to rest in my sorrow. "Yeah... See ya..." What did he do to her? Twilight never yelled at me. She never yells unless it's really bad. Damn. I just finished my food and stared off at the sunrise. Kay didn't want to see me either. She could probably hear my heart beat it was so loud. I just think I shouldn't talk to Twilight for a while. I need to get to work so I pulled a head set from my coat pocket. I packed up everything and talked into it. "Dawn. Bring me to base." "Alright." I was teleported into his office. Actually make it our office. During the day I sit behind a desk and work and you know what I do at night. I sat down and began to read the patrol reports. Dawn might know something. "Dustin you okay? Your eyebrow is twitching." "I'm thinking really hard about something. Dawn what happened to Spike?" "Oh man the Sharp Spike incident. Worst thing to ever happen here." "What happened?" You know it's bad if your name is in the title. "Dude it was worse than what you did. He got bigger and angrier as we all know. Here's what else he did. A. He stole a large amount of money from the bank. B. He traumatized over 59 kids. C. and here's the worse. He raped Twilight." What?! "Oh my god..." I put my head in my hooves. No wonder he treated her badly. He was exiled for a reason. He raped her? Sweet little Spikey-Wikey is a monster? What was I thinking... Poor Twilight. No wonder she's mad at me. It was my idea to see him and she didn't want to. God DAMMIT! I punched the desk. "What's wrong man?" He asked me. "Earlier I visited him. Twilight was with me and after a little fight he ran off and she cried and all. I didn't know why but she yelled at me. Her voice pierce my soul. It was just... guilt. Now I know why." "Sorry to hear that. She'll forgive you. But..." "But it's best if I give her a few days to calm down." "Thanks for setting me up with Applejack. Best date I've had since I was a kid." "Kid? You look so young... How old are you?" "I'm only 25. You?" "Almost 30." "Damn. You look great for 29." Silver Sage didn't think so. "You still look like a teen." "It's because of my 'Perfect Skin'." "Alright then." I went back to reading. Not much happened after that. Then a guard came in. "Sirs. Singing Blade has regained consciousness and is in the Dungeon as you requested." "At ease. Good job man." I told him. "Take a break. You've earned it." I feel so angry. Because of the whole Spike thing I may take it out on Blade. Dawn and I got dressed and went down their. "So Celestia's boy toys walk in wanting information." he said while chained to a table. I gave him a hard punch across the face. "OW!" "Shut up Blade. Your in no condition to talk. Our friend Shadow told us what happened. We don't take too kindly to people who hunt us down." I grabbed a hacksaw. "Do you want to know why it's called a hacksaw?" That's right! I'm going all cupcakes on this fucker! "You don't scare me!" he said. Oh really? I flipped the table over and was about to cut his wings off till he talked. "Okay! I'll talk!" good call. I flipped him back over and waited for his answer. "I just want revenge on this Shadow. He's embarrassed me twice and it's my family's honor to kill him. I can do anything to get close to him." "Anything?" "Give me his name and I'll spare you." he said. Did he threaten me? He tried to wiggle out of the table so I flipped it back over and place the hacksaw on his wings. "One more move Blade and you get...(puts on shades) Grounded!" YYYYEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH! "I dare you." "Okay." Dawn turned his head. He's a rather nice pony. Too nice for this business. I began to carve my way through his wing. His screams pierced the air like a bullet. It was something alright. So much pain was in it! I hope so since I'm CARVING my WAY through his WING! ERG! (rip/ blood splatter noises.) There we go. "You Bastard! I'll kill you when this is done!" "You dared me. You can't kill me Blade because I am justified." Oh snap! Killing me will disgrace your honor fucker! "Fuck you!" Oh he's got a mouth on him. How I would love to cut out his tongue. "I'll tell you anything you want!" "Alright. Let's begin with why did you become an assassin?" "Because I love blood! I need it! I crave it!" Alright he's a psycho. He makes me look sane. "Alright then. Who am I?" "Your Dustin Shafer. Ex-human. Celestia's personal guard. Best fighter..." He just realized who I am. "Your Shadow! Now I know whose family to kill when I get out!" He broke the chain on his left forearm so I rammed the hacksaw into his gut. "Sorry Blade. Can't let you hurt my friends or family anymore now can I?" I began to pull back and forth with the saw down his stomach until his guts riddled the floor. It was disgusting. This is probably the only time I have ever enjoyed it though. "Now it's over. Singing Blade it looks like your contract was payed (puts on shades.) in blood." He died right there. Against a dirty wall where countless others have died and by my hands. I was a guilty as him now. "No one's going to mess this sack of shit." Dawn said. "Let's go." He and I left and took off our rain coats. We knew it was going to end bloody. We disposed of it and went back to our desk. I pulled out one of my 5 remaining cigarette and smoked. It got rid of that bad taste in my mouth. "Nothing's better than a smoke to help remind you your alive." I told Dawn. "I guess. They only sell those in the higher class markets." He said. "No these are my last smokes. I'll save one for the day I die." I told him. Celestia walked in and took her seat on the wall. The door closed and we talked. "Tell me why did you kill him Dustin." "He was a freak who deserved it." "Tell me really why." "Too protect my friends and family." "Yes! Even against death you place yourself to fight for a better cause. That's what I admire about you Dustin. You can't make the hardest choice but you make the best ones." "Thank you princess but now I'm as guilty as him. I've got blood on my hooves." "No. This isn't your fault Dustin. You gave him many chances to stand down. And Dawn I must thank you as well for being a great friend to Dustin." "Yes, your highness." She stood up for the door. "Take care of Applejack, Watcher Dawn." "Yes ma'am!" "Dismissed." she said relieving us of duty for the day. I went to the front desk and was payed by a secretary. "Have a good day Mr. Shafer!" "You too!" strangely enough I do feel better. Like all my hate has left. I just need to talk to Twilight and tell her I'm sorry and I'll feel better. Can't believe Spike still did that though. Oh well... I got about 7,000 bucks today so that's something. I saw Dawn teleport and a familiar orange light appear far away at the Apple farm. Guess I know what he's doing. I walked home. I didn't feel like flying. I just needed to walk. "Hey Dustin!" yelled Static as he ran up to me. "What's up?" "It's Twilight. She's still crying but wants to say she's sorry for yelling. She knows it would affect your day." "It's true. I feel like shit. I just found out what happened at work. Why didn't you tell me she was raped!" "I didn't want to worry you." "I understand Static but we could have avoided this day." "It was her choice. Spike could have changed but he didn't." "No he didn't. Twilight doesn't need to apologize though. I should. I'm heading their now. Is she home?" "Yes. Thanks for understanding." "No prob." He went back to delivering his packages. Guess my day seems brightened. I made my way home and got to the door. I felt like opening the door was an roadblock in my path. But... I just opened it. "Dustin!" said the sobbing unicorn. "Shh shh shh. Don't say it Twilight. I wanted to say I am sorry first." "But I-" "You didn't know I didn't knew about what happened. I know. I read the report. I am so sorry for making you go." "It's okay. I just wished he would have changed." "If I tell you a secret will you feel better?" She had that look in her eyes but still she was a little sad. "What kind of *small sniff* secret?" "I am SHADOW." I told her. "What?" "I'm the spy. Think about it. I'm the personal guard and why I keep coming in late." "Your the spy that saved me!" "Yes but listen... Don't tell anypony. Especially not Kay." "Alright then." That's all I'm going to tell her. I don't want to say anything about killing Blade do I? "Do you feel better?" "Yes. You helped us at the cave." "Now I know why he was all touchy-feely with Kay. But yeah I helped you." She stopped crying and gave me a hug. "So we're cool?" "We're cool Dustin." Oh great! I feel a lot better actually! "Alright! Glad to hear it. Come on... let's clean you up." I grabbed a tissue. "You don't want people to see you like this do you?" "No. Your right!" She went to the bathroom. I sat on the couch and sighed. I need Kay right now. We're planning on having the wedding in 2 weeks and she doesn't want me to see her that much in case she's in her wedding dress. That's bad luck. "Thanks for helping me out Shadow." Twilight said walking out of the bathroom. "Hey! Shh! What if someone here's that." "Who would?" "Singing Blade." "Oh right! I'm so sorry!" She quickly stopped talking and got back on her spot on the couch. I used my wing to grab a book. "The art of organizing?! WHO THE FUCK WRITES A STORY ABOUT THIS!" She jumped as my voice scared the shit out of her. > Undercover fashion. Even guys can do it! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I moaned as I waited outside and let my body cook in the sun. "ERG! Where is Kay?! Gawd!" "What's wrong their champ." said a familiar voice. I looked up to see Sky. "Oh I'm just waiting on Kay to get here." "She's at the fashion thing!" "Oh god dammit!" Who knows how long that's going to take. "I need to go undercover. I'm worried about her." "You think she's jerking off people backstage?" Sky asked. I just stared at him. "What?" "That's exactly what I'm worried about!" I ran inside. "Twilight help me!" "With what?" "I need to get undercover at the fashion show." "I have a potion that might help." She showed me this potion which switched from blue to pink. Oh well if it helps right? "How do you feel?" was what Twilight asked after I drank it. I feel... smaller. What did she do to me? "I feel fine." My voice sounds different! It sounds womanly! What did she do to me! "It worked!" she said. What worked. What the fuck did you do to me bitch! I looked in a mirror to see I was more curvy and feminine. I took of my coat and turned around. Guess what was gone... "Oh boy." I said. This is going to suck I just fucking know it! Why Twilight? I thought we were even! "I've always wanted to know what happens." said Twilight. "This isn't funny!" My new voice is uncomfortable. It turns me on! That's the fucked up part. "You have THE cutest blush ever Dustin." I covered my face. "Stop! Let's just get this done with. When does it ware off?" "It says... 3 weeks?!" "Are you shitting me!" I am going to choke a bitch in a second. Wait... Now I can go undercover. This just might work. "Oh well. Now we can get in. Who knows I might enjoy this." I started stretching when Sky came in. He just looked at me in my bent position without any clothes on. "That ass..." He said looking away and trying to block his wing boner. Hahahaha! I can now control the weak minded with my body! Hahahaha! Oh... I'm a slut... Twilight teleported me and her to Rarity's. We went inside to find her and talk about how I don't trust Kay at the shows by herself anymore but no one was home. "What do we do Twilight?" "We go to the show!" she said teleporting us to the show. We waited outside in the line but the bouncer saw us. "We'll you two pretty ladies go right on in." Aw... "Thank you." We said and cut in line. We got in their and went to the back where Rarity and Kay were having a serious talk. In the door across from us Photo Shoot came in. "I need you ready my young actors for the- gah what?" She stopped and just stared at me. "Honey you must be her for the fashion." Kay and Rarity gave me an angry look. They obviously didn't recognize me. "No I'm not here for your fashion. They are though." They both sighed and looked happy. "Don't say that! You art going to be a star!" "I art? That doesn't make any sense." "Stop whining." "I'm not whining. This is whining. OH Why did I have to go to work today or Why did Twilight honestly believe I could be a fashion star!" "You have the spunky attitude and potential to be the biggest star in history!" "You don't understand! Why are you an idiot!" I was still in the whining stage. "You art perfect!" "You did it again! I'm not art!" She dragged me away to another room. Kay and Rarity both stared at what just happened. "You have a great body!" She said bending over on the table. "Rarity get in here and use this actor instead!" "No no... I don't want to be an actor!" I yelled. Rarity came in and put Kay on the table beside me and went between us working like crazy. "Rarity stop! I'm not here for acting I'm here to watch!" "Don't be ridiculous darling!" "It will be fine." Said Kay. "You might just like it." "Listen to me! Do I not remind you of anyone?" "No. Why? Are you hitting on me? How dare you!" What is she talking about! Where's the fucking mirror? Oh... in front of me. I had black hair and long eyelashes. My entire body was built for fashion. I don't want this! All I wanted was to meet with Kay and maybe eat some Ice cream is that too much to ask?! 1 hour later That does it! I am wearing a frilly foo foo dress that totally shows off my body! I may be a guy but I have boundaries! Too much! I am so going to fuck up this show for her. "First we have Rarity's creations." Kay walked up and got on stage. I waited back for my signal. "Now go out their and win!" "Don't tell me what to do!" I barked back at her order. Kay walked back and winked at me. So I went up. I noticed their was a pole in the middle that the actors use to stand on the side of for a pose. Well I'm going to change it. I walked out their and moved my body with the beat. When I got the the end I stroke a pose and prepared myself. "Check me out boys!" I yelled climbing on the pole from upside down. They all gasped as I did every thing I could think off. I stroke it and slid down it. When I got to the bottom I didn't mean too... but I stroke a sexy pose. They all cheered! They liked it?! No! NO! NNNOOOOO!!! I walked back. "That was genius!" said Rarity. "NO it wasn't! I don't want to be here! I want them to hate me!" "But why?" "So I can go home!" I was about to cry. "This is a waste of my first day off in a while!" She was about to cry. "Kay do you seriously not recognize your husband to be?" "Dustin?" "Yes! I ended up drinking a potion and now I'm a mare! I just showed off in front of the entire town!" "When did you learn to pole dance?" I blushed. "Shut up!" Rarity was laughing at me. "What is it?" "You have THE cutest blush." Better hide my head now so I just buried my face in a pillow. How many pictures did they take off me? I swear I saw Princess Molestia in their. She wasn't Celestia because she was all grey and licking her lips and everything! I just had an idea... "Come back!" said Photo Shoot as I flew out the window leaving my dress falling in the air. I'm free! I looked down to see everyone cheering for more of Rarity's work. Well I failed my original mission but I can say this... "Suck it Bitch!" I yelled to everyone and took off for the castle. Inside I saw Celestia (Thank god it wasn't Molestia. I'm just hallucinating.) and Dawn. "Who are you?" asked Dawn. "Dawn, it's me. Dustin." "Your a chick! Hahaha!" "Dude shut up!" "What happened 'Ms.' Shafer." asked Celestia. "I drank one of Twilight's stupid fucking potions. That's all I'm telling you." They both let all of their laughter out. It was funny for a good while. "Yes I'm a mare for about 3 weeks said Twilight." Dawn lost it at this point. "Didn't think it could be so funny." I told him. "Whatever. Go change we have work to do." I went into the armory and started the change. I could feel their watch. I walked over and closed the curtains. "Assholes." When I was done I walked out only for him to whistle. "Damn you look sexy in skin tight black suits." I whipped his face with my tail pretty hard. Hard enough to shut him up. Celestia accepted that I was going to be a girl for 3 weeks. "Alright Shadow." said Celestia. "I need you to check in on the Dragons to the east." We were their this morning. No. Wait. We only went into a cave and left. Never mind. Point withdrawn. "Alright. Any particular dragon or is it a certain goal?" "We have received word that their are a few trouble causing dragons running amok." I had better be careful. I gave Spike my hardest kick and it didn't do much damage. Damn you scales! "Okay. I'm on it." I flew towards the Dragon Kingdom. I wanted to fly above but that risks me being assaulted by any air born dragon. I'll just take that cave from this morning. "Dawn. I found a cave." I cut on my thermal vision hoping to mark my targets but I didn't see anyone so I just cut on my night vision. I made my way in slowly and quietly hoping not to alert anyone. When I made it to the bottom I found a bunch of dragons sleeping. "What the hell... I didn't see them on the thermal." "Dustin. Dragons are cold-blooded." "Right. Sorry." "Find the troublesome kids." "Kids?" "The report says their is a few teens going in and out causing nothing but chaos." "I only see the adults. Wait I heard something." I got against the wall and watched as a group of teens came in holding torches. They were laughing and having a good time. I also saw Spike. He had wings? That's new. "So you saw Twilight this morning?" asked the leader of the group. "Yeah she came here. Probably asking for an apology or something." Dammit I made her look like the problem. "And this new pony kicked your ass?" "Yeah. I've never seen someone fight like him before. Then when I put my arm on his pretty date she beat me too." "You got beat by a girl?! Hahaha!" It was pretty funny. Then they headed for the hall beside the wall I was hiding in. I turned my head to be completely flat. Spike got mad and threw a punch which Red leader here ducked and he hit me in the gut. "Huh. The wall is softer than I thought." Ow! Owie ow ow! Your not suppose to hit a girl meanie! >:'( "It just means your getting tough Spike." said the leader. He was definitely impressed. "Guess so." They walked off leaving only the adults to sleep and me to hold my gut. "SHADOW come in!" "What do you want WATCHER." "Stop those kids. We have an order." "Those kids are teens and they just gave me a good sucker punch without knowing it." "Suck it up. Don't be a woman!" "But I am!" "Right... Sorry about that. Get back to work." So I ran to the kids. When I ran up to them one of them saw me and tripped me with his tail. "Well... It looks like a little girl tried to stop us." said the leader who positioned himself on top of me. "You guys have been causing trouble. I'm here to tell you what wrongs you have done." "We know what we did." He gave me a punch in the head. "That's why were doing it. Because it's fun." "Your not suppose to hit girls." He grabbed my mask and pulled it off along with my goggles and threw it across the room. "Well... your a pretty pony." He said picking me up and slamming me in the wall. "Why do you have to wear that suit?" I gave him a kick in the face sending him far back and then Spike cut me across my right cheek. It was pretty deep. "That's going to scar your pretty little face." He said grabbing the lower half of my suit and ripped it off me. "But this is going to feel so much better." "No you don't!" I kicked him off and rushed between him and his friends fighting them all. I was putting up a good fight till on of them knocked me in the back of the head with a stalagmite. Assfuck! When I went down the red one got in front of me and tried to get his dick in my mouth. "You have a pretty mouth. Do me a favor will you ya slut?" "You put that in my mouth and I bite it off!" "You do that and I will stab you with this stalagmite in the brain." "Then you'll trigger a nervous breakdown forcing my jaw to close down at bone crushing strength. You'll lose that dick of yours." I used this time to kick the dragons off from behind me and tackle the leader down. I grabbed my mask and goggles and ran from them. "Dawn!" I yelled in it. "Get me the fuck out of here!" "Alright!" He teleported me out of the cave and back into the office. *pant pant* "Phew! Almost got raped their." I told him. "Jeez! Your so lucky!" "I did all the work." I looked at Celestia. "They wouldn't listen to me and they attempted rape." "Just be thankful that you weren't." "Yeah yeah." I gave Dawn the tattered remains of my suit. "Need a new suit." "Damn. You are so lucky! They got this far?!" "What do you mean? You sound like you expected this." "When do we send you back out their?" Celestia asked me. "When my suit get's fixed and I feel like it." Dawn threw me the spare suit. "What is with you and making two of everything?" "Can't help it." I put it on and got teleported back. "Well your either brave or stupid." said Spike. I gave him a double dropkick in the face breaking some teeth. "Bastard!" I grabbed the stalagmite and threw it at the leader and pierce his wing nailing him to the wall. I tackled the other two and gave them a series of blows leaving them all incapacitated. "You try to rape me when I try to help you! Fuck you!" I gave one of them a kick. "I follow orders from Celestia. She notified the authority around here so you guys are all fucking screwed! I tried to help but forget it! Just forget it!" I walked out of the gave and flew back to base. "Nice one man. Way to talk some sense into them." "Fuck you asshole!" I said to Dawn while I stripped. "Where were you?!" "Here." "Whatever. Those kids can rot in jail for all I care." Luna walked in. "I received the report. Are you alright Shadow?" "Yes. But those kids aren't. Ow!" I felt the cut on my face. "That Spike asshole. This is going to scar! How to fuck do I explain that to Kay! Oh shit I just thought off something. Twilight said this wears off in 3 weeks. I'm getting married in 2 weeks! Oh fuck me. Why can't my life be so simple. "Bye guys." I said flying out the window. I made my way home as quick as I could. When I got there everyone was finishing their dinner. "Ah woman of the hour." Said Static while snickering. "Hahaha... How does it feel?" I remember I saved some of Twilight's potion and kept it in my pocket. "I don't know you tell me." I said pumping the liquid down his throat (Hehehehe. Oh Sex puns. I love you) and soon enough he turned to a mare. "What the hell?" She said in a voice like mine. "Hahaha!" I was the first to laugh. Everyone else laughed. Even Static. I sat down beside Kay and ate the leftovers of dinner. "So Shadow." said Rarity. "What did you do today?" What?! "Oh god dammit Twilight!" I yelled at the pony with the sheepish smile. "What part of keep one fucking secret don't you understand! Erg! Now I'm pissed!" I banged my hoof on the table. "I can't take you serious with that cute voice." said Forest. "Fuck off! Whatever. Since you all know now might as well not keep anymore secrets huh?" "Nope!" said Static. *sigh* "Alright I went to the Dragon Kingdom to talk some rowdy teens down, almost got raped, and then I beat them all up and called the authority on them. That's all." Static's jaw dropped. "You were almost raped!" "Almost. Got out of their with only a scar." I pointed to my cheek. "Oh darling your appearance is ruined!" said Rarity. Dream wasn't here. I just noticed that. "I think it looks sexy." said Kay. "So do I." I said in return. "Was Spike there?" asked Twilight quietly. I don't want her to know he almost fucked me tonight. "No he wasn't Twilight. I haven't seen him." I am the master at telling lies. "Alright. Good. Maybe he has changed." Oh but he hasn't... Man. "Rarity I know your not a secret keeper so let me ask you something." I asked the unicorn. "How many ponies did you tell that I was Shadow?" "Oh... Tee hee. I uh... Told the whole town." "Ooohhhh...." I put my face in my hooves. "Rarity. Why?" I asked angrily. "I couldn't help myself. My associate is dating the best hero we've had in a long time." I'm not a hero. I killed Blade. I almost killed again tonight. Now that I think about it I might have murdered Blade... FLASHBACK! "Now I know whose family to kill." He said while breaking the chain on his left forearm. I stabbed him with the hacksaw. ...yeah it was definitely self defense. I heard singing outside. I got up and opened the door. "Shadow Shadow he's our man! He'll steal all your plans! He'll stop the assassin! Now no one's missing!" That last part didn't rhyme. I closed the door. "You told them where I lived?" "Sorry." said Rarity. *sigh* I just need some me-time god damn it. "It's okay. Hey Twilight I need you to fix this potion. I need to not be a mare." "Why?" "You said this wares off in 3 weeks. The wedding is in 2 weeks." "Oh. Whoops. *giggle* I'll get right on it Shadow." "Don't call me that." > Fall Weather Stallions. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Twilight you got that cure ready?" I asked the purple pony with the chemistry set. "Right about... now!" There was a small poof of smoke and she held a golden vile. Static and I both took a swig and changed back into our normal forms. "Here we go!" said Static. "This is more like it." I popped my hip in place. "Now that this is over what did you say you signed us up for Twilight?" "The annual Running of the Leaves race! It's in Ponyville!" "I see. Is it fun?" "It's so much fun dude." said Static. "Their are a lot more runners this year as well. Including us good stallions." "I really like that title. It really just sets in." a few hours later We were stretching at the race line. Kay couldn't run. She was a little bigger. The baby started to grow. "Hey guys what's the point of this?" "It's to run and have some good fun." said Forest. "Dude we've done this like twice now. It's a lot of fun unless you end up like Applejack and Rainbow Dash and race each other all the time." "Understood." We saw Pinkie in a blimp with a microphone. "Hello everypony to the annual Running of the Leaves. This year will be the most interesting yet. We have more ponies including Dustin Shafer or known A.k.a as the Shadow!" Everyone cheered. The only other thing you would probably hear was me yelling "Pinkie Pie!!!" "We also have some Griffons in this." A few griffons got in the back of the line with us and made obvious signs that they weren't here to lose. I stood out of the crowd. I was the only one with a large 'x' shaped scar on my left cheek and wearing my battle suit. I had a feeling I might need it. "Let's begin!" Many ponies took off. Especially AJ and RD. I was the last to go. I stayed back and limbered up. "And it appears Shadow is waiting to go last." said Pinkie. I popped my neck and took off after everybody else. I quickly made my way through the large griffons who were better at flying. I was in the back with my friends just chilling. "Hey guys." I said. "*pant pant* Dustin? Why did you wait?" asked Sky. "Limbering up. I'm not even running." I said with a slight chuckle. They looked down to see I was trotting. I'm just fast. "Isn't this fun?" asked Forest. "It really is! It's also very pretty! Fall is one of my favorite seasons. The other is Spring." "Why?" asked Dawn. Like I said everyone was in this race. Except the kids and a lot of other people. Yeah there were only about a hundred runners... so not everyone. I jumped over a few ponies and was right behind Applejack and Rainbow Dash. "Oh oh Applejack and Rainbow Dash had better watch out. Shadow's creeping up on them." Oh that's a good way to put it actually. They both turned to see me. I wasn't even giving it my all. "Hi girls." I said while moving past them. "Get him!" said a bunch off ponies behind me. I wasn't cheating. I'm wearing a 10 pound suit and have my wings tucked away. I'm giving them all an advantage. "I'm on it." said Static using his magic to enter the 'Time Sphere.' as I remember it so clearly. He was like a blur catching up to me. The griffons took off for the air. So for reals I started running. I took off way past them. I was running this time as I knew they were after me. On Earth I was a master escape artist. I don't mean to brag. "Get that pony!" yelled a flying griffon. I stated to hum 'Ride of the Valkyries' for no reason. When he got down I jumped on his back. "Get off - OW!" I gave him a light kick. "Onward! Bum bum ba bum bum bum ba bum ba bum ba bum bum ba ba!" He took off in the air. Every pegasus followed the air arrows and every other pony had to take the ground path. This wasn't in the show... "I got you now!" said Forest who was still breathing quite heavily I might add. Good god It appears my English accent has returned! Hoorah! I must say where did this come from. It's quite random that I learn to speak like everyone here than get my old voice back out of the blue. I miss bacon... :,( *sniff* "Are you crying Dustin?" asked Sky. "I need my goggles." I said wiping my eye. I pulled a fly out. "Eh?" it flew off. We all watched it. "You can fly." said the griffon. "I can but that would decrease my odds of winning when we run again. My body isn't built to switch between flight and ground quickly." "That would be a shame." said Sky who pushed me off the griffon. "Let's leave him in the dust!" Them and all the other pegasai took off past me. "That bloody dick bag." I decided to glide down and run with some pegasus ponies that don't like to fly (Fluttershy) and the earth ponies. "May I run with you ponies?" "Of course Shadow." said Fluttershy. The others giggled at that. "Guess that's my adopted pony name huh?" "Looks like it." We were close to the finish line. There was a road on our left that would combine with this one. The flyers had to get on it. I used all the remaining energy to speed up and win this. "No you don't!" Yelled Rainbow Dash who grabbed my tail and tried to pull me back but I dragged her with me. Applejack jumped on top of me to slow me down but that didn't stop me either. "Your trying to take my girl!" yelled Dawn from behind who zapped at me with a magic bolt. I dogged it with ease. "Whoa! Now hold on their friend. I'm not taking anyone. Actually you have it!" I threw Applejack on Dawn and watched Heat Blaze on my left. "I got one for you too!" I flung Rainbow Dash at him with my tail leaving me in line for first place. Static pulled up beside me, so did Sky, Forest, and Twilight? We were all tied for first. I saw the line only a meter away. "Shadow's going to win!" said Pinkie. But they deserve it more. I shall do the good thing! We all looked at each other and I stopped running for a second and let those 4 past me. Then I won fifth. Now to come up with an excuse. "Oh ow! I tripped on my hoof their for a second! Oh well... Fifth place sounds lovely." I said accepting the small gold medal. "The winner is... Twilight!" Guess the guys had the same idea. "Wow! I won first place? This is awesome!" Actually I looked at the 4 guys and they looked exhausted. I think Twilight won this on her own. Well... Except for me of course. "Great job!" I told her. I wasn't panting at all. "Fifth? I got that for 2 years in a row but I actually won first!" "Enjoy it Twilight. You earned it." I walked off and gave Kay a hug. "I saw it all Dusty. You threw that race." "Couldn't help it." I told her getting a kiss from her. We just hugged and waited for Celestia to congratulate us. She did come but only congratulated Twilight. "Good job my royal student!" she said. I looked back and every tree was missing their leaves. It was beautiful. Celestia walked by me and winked for me to meet her later. I nodded my head. Kay wasn't looking. She was looking at the leaves. "Sorry you didn't get to run." I told her. "It's more than okay sweetie. I don't want to risk the baby do I?" "No... that's why you'll make a great mum." "*giggles* You sound like you got your accent back." "I did. It appeared out of the blue. Too bad we still can't eat meat huh?" "If we could I would have some bacon." "With some eggs and a nice muffin with a side of butter." "English breakfast. We can do the eggs and muffin still." "Yes... but it's not the same." She giggled again. I love that. Twilight was still hopping up and down saying 'Yes!' How precious! I looked down at my medal. Maybe I am a hero. Just in my own sick way. Then again I'm the cynical protagonist of this mature story. I have been putting the past adventures as stories in my head. So If I ever have a dream about what I think then the inside of my mind would be like a library. So not mainstream... "Hey Dustin or... Shadow. Guess that's your adopted pony name." said Kay. "I wanted to ask you what happened to Singing Blade." "You know what happened?" "I heard that he attacked you at the Griffon Mountain." "He did. Then I ended up killing him in the Dungeon." I said lowering my head. I watched a puddle of water on the ground. "Why did you have to kill him?" "To... to protect you... and our friends. He was making an escape attempt and I acted with the only tool I had available. A hacksaw. I rammed it into his gut and ripped up all his innards." "But you did it for the good of us all? I know it doesn't feel good." I didn't notice most of our friends eavesdropping. "It doesn't. He may have been a psycho but he had memories. Maybe a family and I just took that all away." I watched the puddle till a shadow rose above it. I looked up to see Celestia. "Dustin. Shadow. You've been through a lot in the past few weeks. You have become the best spy we have ever had and also killed a madman. Your a hero." She said in Pinkie's microphone. Great... Let's let everyone know. "Yeah!" said everyone. They still support me? Even Rainbow Dash agreed. Wow... I feel like my entire life lead up to this point... Feels good! Plain and simple. That's how I like it. "Thank you everybody!" I said out loud. I looked around me. The kids were playing in the mud. All of my friends and Kay were enjoying a nice cup of cider. On my right was a large pony with a hood. He had a crow on his shoulder and deep red eyes. He stood their and watched me. Time seemed to slow down and I swear we talked telepathically. "Hello there young keeper of time." "Hello there creepy keeper of secrets." "Hahaha... We shall meet again in a few minutes. I have a friend who wants to meet you again." "Wait!" I said out loud. The pony disappeared with the wind gust that happened. Only a few ponies heard me and they all cave me the 'You crazy!' look. Dammit. What friend wants to meet me again? Maybe a dragon... "Hey Dustin! Your talking to yourself again bud!" said Static offering me some cider. "Guess I am." Let's see. He was creepy. Large. Silent. He also had the presence of death like... like... Singing Blade... Oh no! "Dustin?" said Celestia as she saw the worried look on my face. I ran to the microphone. "Everypony get to cover! Find a hiding place! Now!" They did as was told and spread away from me in wide spread panic. Kay shared a tent with all my friends and the princesses. I stood in the middle of the street and closed my eyes. I need to concentrate. "Hello Shadow. Or should I say Shafer?" said a deep cold voice. "Hello Blade. What brings you around these parts?" "Oh I think you know what I'm shopping for." I heard a familiar sheathing noise. He's ready to kill. So am I. I opened my eyes and dodged his attack throwing him onto the stage. I kicked down one of the benches and picked up two legs. They shall act as my weapons for now. "Not bad Shadow!" I just now got a good look at him. He was mostly their. By mostly their were plates, and bone armor. He was too evil for even Death to kill. So leave the job for me. This time I'll cut his head off! "Stand down Blade. If you don't I will kill you again!" "You never killed me before! I faked death so your guards would dispose off my body." Smart. But you need more than a few plates and one wing to beat me. He was still weak. He did charge at me though. Is that his favorite attack? I dashed under him and got to one of his blind sides. I then jumped on him and began beating him in the head with my sticks. "Don't you ever give up?!" How many times did I hit him? Lost count. And he's not being affected at all. Not a good sign. He looked at me with deep red eyes and smiled. He had these Shark teeth that just... Erg! Sends shivers down your spine. I jumped off and stood my ground. The sky changed. The moon moved in front of the sun and made the sky a blood red. "What's wrong Shadow? No technology?" I never used technology. But the scythes did help. "What's wrong Blade?" I saw him start to walk in a non straight pattern. He was still getting use to messing his left wing. "You look a little lop sided." "Fuck you." He tried to stab me but I moved left and dodged it. I kicked the sword out of his hand and hit him in the spot where I stabbed him with the hacksaw. He began to cough and I threw the sticks at him. I grabbed his sword and stood against him. "Come on Blade... Your losing to a small little pegasus like me." "Your no pony! Your that dumb fucking primate called a human!" "Ouch. I'm hurt. I might just have to hurt you for real because of that." "For Real?" I charged him and rammed the sword into his right hoof nailing him to the ground. I gave him a brutal uppercut and while in the air I flipped and brought my two back legs down on his head. While he was dazed I twisted my body on the ground and gave him a double hoof pound in the chest wound sending him flying back and the sword slicing his hoof in two. "AAAAGGGGHH!!!" he screamed while on the ground. "How can someone move like that?" "I told you to stand down Blade! You have made the past few weeks a horror because you just wont quit! Don't you see? Your not going to kill me. And as long as I live you aren't going to kill anyone else." "*cough cough* I'll kill... you. I will rape your wife... kill your friends. Save their children till they are ready to kill! I'll make an army and dedicate it to kill people like you because I know you won't kill me. Then I'll kill everyone else hear." Every pony was scared. Even I was but I was always scared. I just never stopped to think about it. Not enough time in my schedule. I walked over and picked up the sword. "Your going to rape my wife to be?" I asked him. He looked scared. I stood above him blocking out the sun. My silhouette was all he could see with the blood red sky. "Your going to kill my friends, kill all these innocent citizens, and raise a child army?" I held the sword against his head forcing him too look at me. The only color you could see beside the red sky was my blue eyes. "And I can't kill? Do you want to know what I had to do to survive before this?" I raised the sword in the sky. "You c-couldn't do this! Y-your a pony and ponies don't kill." "You said it yourself that I was a dumb primate." I dropped the sword and chopped his head off. I twisted it and planted it in his skull. "I am Dustin Mark Shafer!" I yelled for the gods to hear me. "I am a human and the protector of these ponies and you won't kill anyone else ever again!" The red sky regained it's color. It went back to it's purple shade as the sun set. This time he was dead. For real. "You did it!" said some of the surprised ponies. I didn't move. I just got on my back knees and thought about what I did. This wasn't self defense. This was an execution. I just murdered a murderer. Fucking perfect. He's not even worth me smoking a blunt. "Guards." I said to the two golden armor ponies who came here to check on the princess. "Take his remains and burn them. I don't want him coming back." "Yes, sir!" They put him on a wheelbarrow and carried him to the trash disposal plant. Kay ran over to comfort me while everyone else celebrated. "Hey! Hey! Look at me Dustin!" She said getting in front of me. I looked at her. "I know. This time you really killed him. We're all sorry." "Sorry? Kay their celebrating me for killing a pony. Their not sorry. Not for me. Nor for him." "Don't think that way." she said. The others quieted down. "Their just celebrating because their living. Because you saved them again!" "I don't feel that way!" I yelled. I didn't mean to but I can't keep this all bottled up inside. "I don't feel happy about this! This is suppose to be a good day isn't it? Running of the Leaves? I just killed someone!" They all were completely quiet. "It wasn't self defense! I just executed him! I just... I just..." I let the tears fall. She pulled me in a hug. I fell forward into her chest. "Shh shh. Hey take it easy. It's okay. You didn't execute him. You absolved him." "Thanks Kay." I just couldn't move. Some ponies came by and patted me on the back. "Dustin no one would ever feel good about killing. If we did we would be like Blade. Your a hero and you deserve a break." She rubbed my head. All the ponies thanked me. She was right. I just did what God needed me to do. I finished his evil ways. I saved him and any soul not at rest. "God... I feel pretty stupid. I'm here crying for something bad that never happened." "It is pretty stupid." She said. The smile moved back up on my face. "I am Shadow. That's my pony name." I said for everyone to hear. "I want you all to remember me for that and not the human." Kay gave me a kiss. God I love her. She wiped my tears away. "Come on Dustin. You never cry. If you do it's for bad things. He doesn't deserve your tears." "Thank you Kay." I said. "When was the last time I cried?" "3 years ago when your mom..." "Yeah..." "I don't think their is anyone as brave as you." she said. "Or dumb." "Mostly dumb." "Hahaha... Let's go home." She pulled me in for hug and teleported us home. "So do we continue to party?" asked Pinkie Pie to the rest of the ponies. They all though about it for a moment and yelled "Yeah!" At the Crib Kay and I were the only ponies in the house. Here we are making love and a few minutes ago I killed an assassin. I should get over it. I might kill more in the future. "Just you and me." she said putting herself on top of me. "Yeah. Wait..." I grabbed a piece of paper and began to write a letter on it. I said it out loud for Kay to hear. "Dear Celestia. Can I have the night off?" I wrapped it up and put a seal on it. It was similar to my cutie mark witch was a silver shield with steel wings coming off the side of it and a gold hourglass in the middle. Kay had the same mark except it was a golden shield and no wings with a silver hourglass in the middle. "I'll get that." she took the letter and threw it in the fire from the fireplace. We saw the letter disappear and instantly appear in the air beside us. Kay took it and cleared her throat. "Dearest Shadow. You have been working non stop. Of course you get the day off. Enjoy your night. Tell Kay I said hello and we want the wedding to be a royal wedding here at the castle?" "When did she learn about the wedding?" I asked her. "It is Celestia. She probably read your mind." Oh god! That means she saw everything I saw. She probably saw me at the fashion show and she knows about the dirty thought I had about her! Oh that's messed up! "Probably. Now we're royal." "Isn't Static related to Celestia?" "Oh yeah. Since I am technically a form of Static I'm related right?" "Right... Do you want to be fancy?" "it's not my style babe." I told her. "Would you be fancy?" "For you." "That's all I needed to hear." Oh boy... She really does tickle my fancy. > Do not blame me for this train mystery. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- So okay, I hate to sound a little slow but I just learned about the whole Royal Wedding with Twilight's brother. When the hell did she have a brother?! Why wasn't I informed of this? I could have done a great story in the past! Freaking Hasbro... It was the next day in my life. I had a good sleep and a decent breakfast but now Pinkie wanted us all in Ponyville. By the time Kay and I got their she tore the wall off the train. "Pinkie! What are you doing!" I yelled at the pink pony. "I'm making sure the Cakes' magnificent cake makes it safe to the Canterlot Desert Competition." "And you destroy the train? You do know their is a door right there." "This is a guaranteed way to get the cake inside!" she said happily. I am too tired to complain right now. We all got on the train while Big Macintosh nailed the wall from the outside. I went to the bathroom so I didn't have to listen to all the chefs argue about whose desert is better. God... I hate sweets. I really do. Too much sugar and too sweet. It's just... disgusting. "Shadow! Whose desert do you think is better?" asked Pinkie when I went back inside. "I hate sweets. You can all lose for all I care." I said truthfully. Now Kay on the other hoof loves sweets. "Dustin! Don't say that!" said Kay. "I'll do what I want. Besides I'm too tired." "How can you hate sweets!" started Rainbow Dash. "What kind of pony are you?" "I'm a human you ignoramus!" God I love my accent. "Well don't yell at me bub!" she said in defense. I put my hoof on my eye to rub the sand out of it. "I'm sorry Dash. Just a little cranky. That's what happens when you wake me up at 4 in the morning." "And it took you this long to get here?" "I just wanted to stop for 1 muffin. 1! But Kay wouldn't let me. Then she teleported here without me making me fly." She blew me a raspberry. I stuck my tongue at her. "Do any of you guys have a muffin?" "We have deserts." said the chefs. "And we don't want someone as repulsive as you to eat them." Ouch. That actually hurts. "Repulsive huh? Alright." I turned for the door to the next cabins. "Goodbye!" I slammed the door behind me. What can I do as I wait on a train all night? No muffins. The chefs are douche bags. You know what would be funny... If someone ate all their deserts. Let's see here. We got Pinkie's MMHmm thingy. Got a griffon with eclairs. Got a donkey with a chocolate moose. Then theirs a guy with donuts. Donuts sound good but I don't want any of their food. They offended me. I'll just eavesdrop. "What if one of them tries to sabotage the cake?" asked Pinkie. Everyone else giggled. "Pinkie. No one is going to sabotage your cake." I just might... No! What am I thinking... I'll definitely just let someone else do it. I know someone is. She keeps describing it in a delicious way and everyone else watches it with greedy eyes. The way she brags about it... The poor cake deserves to be sabotaged. I got behind the door when everyone else came in. They went into the second door on the left. Guess that's where I sleep. I walked in. "Where were you?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Talking to the conductor." I lied. "And we should believe you?!" "Rainbow listen to yourself. Your yelling at me for talking to a guy who drives a train." She stopped and realized how big of a fool she was making out of herself. But she didn't stand down. "Or what? Your going to kill us too?!" "Rainbow!" yelled Twilight. "You just had to go their huh?" I asked her. "Thanks Rainbow. Thanks a fucking lot!" I kicked open the door and slammed in behind me. Damn that stupid cunt! Erg! DAMMIT! I need to take this anger out of my system. I walked through the other carts to see Pinkie protecting a cake. She glared at me. "Relax Pinkie. I need someone to talk too." I asked her. "What's wrong?" "Rainbow's just being a nuisance." "She bring up what happened yesterday?" "Yeah." Awkward silence. "What are you doing?" "I'm protecting this cake from any saboteurs!" "Who would do that Pinkie?" I asked her. "You maybe." I thought about it. "The chefs most likely!" "Well I won't. I hate sweets." "You hate them and that's why you'll destroy them!" "Hahahaha! That sounds about right. I'm going to the roof. Call if you need me." I went through the back cabins and flew up to the roof to clear my head. "Let's see. I killed Singing Blade for reals. I get the day off and then I have to help with a cake. I still can't wrap my head around the Spike thing. He wouldn't do that..." I stared up at the sky with the stars just beginning to appear. "Wish someone would come up to talk with me." Then again I need to get used to being alone. I have this feeling that if I keep up this whole spy thing then... I might get stabbed in the back for it. Who knows. Tia and Luna maybe... "Spike wouldn't do what?" asked Twilight from behind me. "Nothing. I was just talking to myself." How long has she been their? "Thanks for coming Shadow. Static was busy with work. He got too many deliveries and he also had to take care of Sage for the day." "It's no problem. Where are Sky and Forest?" "Playing hookey." Those bastards! Leave me here by myself will they? "Sorry about Rainbow. She's just a little jumpy." "I know. Don't worry about me Twilight." "Oh... okay." She quieted down. I know she's worried but I'm not so why is she? "But you were talking about Spike." "Your not going to drop it are you!" Do I have to yell to get it through her head? "Spike was part of the group the day before yesterday! Alright! Yes he's in trouble and yes he tried to get in my pants when I was a mare. Sorry I had to yell but I didn't want to tell you." "It's okay Dustin! I'm fine!" "No your not. I read the report and you went to therapy for months did you not?" "Alright I'm not fine. What did you do to him?" "I taught him a lesson about hitting girls." We both heard a noise from the dessert cabin. "Twilight... How was your wedding?" "It was the best day of my life!" "I see. I hope mine turns out good then!" I couldn't help but smile. "I really do love Kay. Now I'm going to marry my childhood friend and be a dad... It feels great!" "That's kind of how Static felt." "Static Wielder. He's been avoiding me since yesterday." "We're just not used to death in this world Dustin. Not like you." "I grew up with it Twilight. The world I came from was a world full of hate." "Then why would you ever want to go back?" "Because it was my world. My home. Hopefully you won't have to see it. I can't describe how beautiful the Earth is but the destruction blocks it. Make any sense?" "No." "Let's just drop it." The sun completely dropped. I went back to star gazing. "I'm going to go back to bed." "Goodnight then." She went back down. "Nice talking with you." I heard a BONK noise from below. Guess Pinkie's going wild. I went back down to my cabin but couldn't see so I equipped my goggles. Night vision rules! I saw Rarity come in through the Desert car holding her right eye. She do something? I went inside my cabin and saw that all the beds were taken. Rarity grabbed the last one and they were small beds so you couldn't share. I looked inside the other cabins with the chefs in it. They had lots of spare beds but they wouldn't share with a ruffian on me. Guess I'm sleeping on the roof. I got back up to my spot and played with my goggles. I was bored. Awake. Aware. Alone. Lost and far from home. Why did they really bring me back here? I cut my Night vision off. "Guess god has other plans for me." I close my eyes for a second and opened them seeing it was day time. I didn't even get to dream. I haven't dreamed much since that whole comatose thing a few years back. I climbed back down and took off my goggles. I went into the room seeing all the ponies panic. They were all gasping and scared as Pinkie was making these odd accusations. About what? It's not like the cake... Oh. No. There we go. I see it now. Someone got a little hungry huh? "Hey guys. What's going on?" I asked. I also saw the other deserts were ruined. They all stared at me with angry eyes. "What?" 3 minutes later The chefs opened the door of the moving train and most of the girls except Kay and Twilight picked me up and headed for the door. "It wasn't me! I was sleeping on the roof!" "The culprit escaped on the roof!" said Pinkie Pie. "We got you red-hoofed." They all threw me out. I looked to see I was going downhill. "Oh... shit." I hit the ground and rolled down the hill hitting about 9 trees. "Oof! Ah! Dammit!" I finally hit the bottom and landed in a thorn bush. "*cough cough* I didn't do anything..." I climbed out and tried to fly. My right wing was broken. "God dammit *cough cough* fucking ponies." I pulled out the thorns and climbed back uphill. I got to the train tracks in about 40 minutes and looked around. To my left was nothing. To my right was Canterlot about 4 miles away. "Guess I'm hiking it huh?" All because of a stupid muffin! I can't fly! I'm walking with a limp for god's sake! Why didn't Twilight or Kay help me? I saw them. "*cough cough*" I think I broke a rib. No make it all of them... About 4 hours of walking and complaining later... I was bleeding a lot. My nose. My right eye (It's okay. I use my left eye to aim.) and I had a cut above my right eye. I finally made it back to Canterlot. The contest was over and all the ponies were laughing and having a good time. Those motherfucking cunts! I would kill you all if I was a psycho... which you had better be praying to god 'Hallelujah!" because I'm not! "Dustin! You made it!" said Twilight. I lifted my head and showed her my face. I was just a bottle of pure rage right now. "Fuck you!" I yelled at her. "Fuck all of you!" I limped away. I am not in any fucking mood to talk to them. And you know what? I'm not saying sorry. Why should I? They just threw me out of a train going about 50 mph! I had to walk the last 4. "Come back!" yelled Rainbow Dash. "I said Fuck you! That means Screw you and fuck off! Ow! This hurts so fucking bad!" I popped my left hoof back in place making them all flinch. "I hated sweets! Did I not tell you that! I did nothing and you threw me out of a train!" I popped my neck getting them to flinch again. "Where's the hospital! My wing is broke and I am so tired right now..." None of them came to help me. I couldn't see out of my right eye. It was all red. Pinkie hopped over to me. "I'm really really really sorry!" When she touched me I growled like a mad dog. She backed off. "Hey she was only trying to help!" yelled one of the chefs. "Why should I listen to you? I'm a ruffian! You said it yourself!" Kay tried to hold most of them back. "Guys. Trust me he's not in the mood." she so totally knows me. That's why I love hr. She knows when to give you your space. Twilight teleported in front of me to stop me. "Stop right their mister!" "Do not blame me for this train mystery. I have done absolutely nothing wrong and you guys, My fucking friends, just threw me away like trash. That makes me feel so special." Twilight smacked me. She held up her hoof and smacked me. "Oh she shouldn't have done that." said Kay backing off. I bared my teeth at the shaking Twilight who slowly backed away. My left eye was red. I had to keep my right one closed. I held up my head and yelled. I just screamed to the sky as literal black fire came out. Once again I was not in the mood. My left wing got bigger and the blade extruded out of the top. My right one hung to my side since they broke it. My hair was black with smoke coming from it. "I told you to fuck off!" I yelled at her. "No go away now!" She ran to her friends. I really need to poop. If I do I can just get this anger out of me. "Grr! Where is the outhouse!" I yelled. Celestia pointed to her left. "Good!" 5 minutes of good pooping later. I came out back in my normal state. I was trying to whistle but it was just a mixed sound of spit noises. Why can't I whistle? It's the only thing I want to learn how to do. I also can't eat spicy food. Static should have that same problem. I was fine though. The girls... weren't. "I'm fine guys." I said trying to get them to look at me. "*sigh* Come on girls. What's wrong?" "You are." said Rainbow Dash. They all turned to see me. The princesses weren't here and neither was Kay. "Look I'm sorry alright. I just can't keep that much anger built up inside of me." "Your a monster." said Fluttershy quietly. That was... just... the worst thing I have ever heard in my life. I looked in a mirror across from them. The right side of my face was dried up blood and I had cuts and bruises all over me. My wing was broken and I was just a mess. I could see the tears in my one good eye. "*sigh* I guess I am..." I walked away with my head hung low. I'm a monster? But it's their fault. So why am I to blame here? Did I ruin their day? This is all I ever do. I just cause trouble. I'm not going to cry however. They just made me so mad. If only they just listened to Kay. Then Static, Forest, and Sky made their way in front of me. "Look guys. I said I was sorry." "We heard everything." said Forest. "Dude you look like shit." "I was thrown from a fast train down a hill and hit a bunch of trees and thorn bushes... So yeah shit sounds about right." "Thanks for not hurting anyone Dustin." said Static. I looked to see all the girls quiet and just looked at me. When I wasn't looking Static pulled me in for a hug. "Aw... dammit." I gave him a pat on the back. "We're sorry dude." said Sky getting in on the hug. "Don't feel down." said Forest getting in on the love. "You guys... *sigh* I try." The girls all looked sad. They just now thought about what they said. "Apparently I'm a ruffian, I'm a saboteur, and I'm a monster. All in one day." I said it loud enough for everyone to hear. They all came in for a group hug. I didn't fight it. "Do you guys seriously know where the Hospital is?" They all laughed a little. "Guys, I'm serious. This is killing me." I pointed to my wing. "I can help you." said Fluttershy. She's the animal expert and in their eyes... humans are animals. "That's sounds great." "Sorry for hitting you." said Twilight. "I just didn't know you were so stressed." "It's part of my everyday life Twilight. I just never let it out. Apology accepted." All because of a fucking muffin! > Background review. Author to reader thoughts. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This isn't a chapter this is just to clear the story. All right... If you can't read the bold above this then your just... stupid. This is not a chapter. Now In 'A Few Good Stallions' we saw Dustin die and come back as Static. He lived and laughed as it was all good until Kay died. She reminded him off everything. Celestia was giving him fake memories. So with his humanity restored Dustin ended up going back in time due to Discord. He killed zombies, turned out to be a complete badass, and caused a time paradox. He died a few more times and even thought he was a wraith for a good little bit. (Too much Legacy of Kain.) But he realized that's just silly. You silly. As it turns out he was in a coma. It happened before the events of the first chapter and all his friends except Kay are dead. In 'A Few More Good Stallions' Dustin and Kay ended up going back to Equestria. In his dream he actually created this world. He gave everyone life but now he can't go back to Earth and he can't die or he stays dead this time. And I'm sure you have realized what he's going through now. He's hard to trust. He killed an assassin and in this world, well... Death just isn't something these ponies are used too. The story was meant to follow Static Wielder. But it wasn't Static it was Dustin who lived through his eyes. Dustin is more of a self picture of myself in this story. Except he's a little more badass. You can see how Dustin ends up going through this change. He's going to get married and have a kid but then it all goes crazy as he gets brought back to Equestria because his friends messed him. Now he's stuck. He goes through this change as Shadow. He doesn't know it but this character really sticks to him and plays an important role to his future. When I started this story I thought to myself. "What the hell am I going to do? Was a time paradox not enough?" I ended up confusing myself with it. (Note to self: Never do that again!) We as humans aren't exactly something that ponies would get used to. We're destructive animals in their eyes like a... manticorn. I think that's how you spell it. Dustin sort of represents that. He's not your typical pegasus. He changed from unicorn to a pegasus right before everyone's eyes! He can't change back though. It was more of a 'God is messing with me!' karma thing. He's the best fighter they have. I mean it. The best fighter in this land. You see ponies like Applejack and Rainbow Dash who are athletes but in different ways. Rainbow is a racer and Applejack is a worker. Dustin is a fighter. That's all he's good at in this world. He can't even use his Engineering skills to help him anymore. He becomes this spy... this Shadow. A hero. It was a mistake but now everyone knows him for it (Thank you Twilight!) He's also not that bright as we all can see. This story is unlike the first one where he created this universe. This story is about his life. How he must change to survive. He's not a kid anymore. He's an almost middle aged man. Dustin represents humanity. If he was an element then he would be Will or some stupid shit like that. Because that's all he has left. He's not on Earth where he makes lots of money buy building things and stuff like that. This is Equestria. He's a spy now! He just wants to settle down with his friends like Static who has his own Mail Company! When Dustin was Static and Celestia gave him fake memories she made him run away from home and become a soldier and stuff like that. Now Static isn't like that but Dustin is! She really just fucked with him. What she didn't know was that this helped him. In like every possible way. Yeah sure he's a hero now and yeah sure he had a tough life but who hasn't? Hell even the word 'change' pisses off Dustin. Why? Because he's been through so many! I can only say that soon He's the one that will be making the changes. Trust. Now that is a word that can hurt. Dustin doesn't know what to trust. He knows their are multiple dimensions of this world he created. Now when he attacked the castle and died and came back. He... changed the fate of everyone and everything. Spike became a greedy asshole and did 'you know what' to Twilight. His friends all have kids... He's expecting one... just all this shit! Life at one point was just so much more simpler. Singing Blade is another hard thing to understand. Dustin killed him twice! Second time by DECAPITATION! This is Dustin or Shadow's reoccurring rival in a sense. It can only get worse. Now his friends can't even trust him. He spends all day making a fool of himself or working behind a desk and at night becomes this spy. And Spies only cause trouble. The one thing he's good at... > Nightmare Night? I get to scare people? It's a dream coming true! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I read this little comic panel on bronies not to long ago. It was this human with a shirt saying internet laughing at a pony wearing a shirt saying brony on it being all 'Haha! You like My Little Pony.' Then the brony had man tears and was all 'Why can't we love and tolerate.' Then he saw another pony with a white shirt that said 'Clopper.' on it. Then the brony laughs at him and is all 'Haha! You clop to My Little Pony.' I thought it was pretty damn funny. If you read my stories and enjoyed my sex scene from the first story a little too much... Just know that somewhere around the world, I don't care who you are, but I'm laughing at you. ~ Static Wielder. I went to Fluttershy's cottage and allowed her to fix up my wing. It didn't hurt until she tried to fix it. "Shadow! Come back here!" She yelled as I ran away from her cottage. "No!" Guess that name really stuck to my image huh? I'm now Shadow the Brony. Great! And I probably won't have a crappy game that involves me being an android or using guns huh? (If you don't get the Shadow the Hedgehog joke then trust me. Do not get it!) "Then I'll make you!" Fluttershy tackled me and flipped me in the air throwing me to the ground. She put her hooves on my back and began to pop the bones in place. "Ow! Ahhhh...." "You should have come to me earlier Shadow. You have a lot of tension in your shoulder." "You got it..." Oh this is nice. I don't even care if she's going to give me a cast. If I can get a shoulder massage from this cutie then it's all good. "And I'm done." "Thanks Shy." I told her getting up. She bandaged my wing to my side. "Don't fly with that wing for at least 3 weeks." "Alright. Didn't you say there was a holiday coming up?" "Nightmare night. I'm not a fan of it." "What's it about?" "You know about Nightmare Moon right?" "I do." "Then on this day children celebrate her by getting candy and sacrificing it to her." "That's why Luna has so many cavities." Last week. Dentist's office "Alright Luna. Now that those cavities are gone you may leave." said the Dentist. I was in the waiting room with Dawn and her two guards. "How does one get 9 cavities at once?" I asked Dawn while lowering my 'Ponies' magazine. "Very carefully." He said back looking over his 'Hot flanks of 2012.' magazine. I gave him a confused look and went back to reading. Current date. "She said she got them from not eating enough candy. But that's not possible." I said to Fluttershy. "Guess she just loves candy." she told me. "When's Nightmare Night?" "Tomaro. On that day I just stay inside." "Because you get scared?" She nodded her head up and down. I gave her a pat. "Don't worry Shy. I won't scare you tomaro. How does that sound?" "It sounds great." she said quietly. I didn't want to scare her. If she tackled me because I tried to run then think about how she'll get revenge. *gulp* "Alright. Thanks for bandaging me up." "Don't worry about it." She close the door behind me and I went to move my hoof up to feel the stitches she gave me. "Don't touch them." She said in a serious voice out her window. I lowered my hoof and went back to walking. I can still glide with one wing right? "Here we go." I jumped off the hill and used my one good wing to gently make my way down hill. "I can still work then." It's not over yet. I have a feeling I might need to get used to one wing flying quickly. I might get in a fight since everyone knows I'm Shadow. I don't know why Forest and Fluttershy and Terra live in that cottage when Static gave them all a room at the Crib. Guess they don't like the company. Or maybe too much company? "Hey Shadow! Just the guy I was thinking of." Said Sky from above. "I see you can still glide." "That I can man!" I gave him a brohoof. "Alright alright. You ready for tomaro?" "I am. Oh don't scare Fluttershy." "Oh I know. Poor thing... any little thing can break her heart." Any thing? I mean I remember that one scene when the phoenix died and she cried. Oh why! Who would make her cry! My brother Cody strapped me to a chair and made me watch her cry for 10 hours straight. I haven't ever cried so much in my life. "Hey Shadow. Your brow is twitching." "I know! Stop pointing that out! It's a nervous twitch that happens when I think too hard on a subject." "What are you thinking of?" "How much I hate to see Fluttershy cry." "Oh I know. She's the only thing that can make me cry on the spot." "It's too sad!" I said covering my eyes. I was having trouble seeing even though I got all the blood out of my eye. "Hey Sky. Can you do me a solid?" "What is it?" "You see. I'm having troubles seeing and in my room on my drawer their is a glasses case. Can you get my glasses?" "Sure." He took off flying for Canterlot. I just sat down on a close bench beside a brown pony with brown hair and an hourglass. "Well hello their chap." I gave him a look and thought to myself for a bit. "Doctor... Whooves?" I asked him. "You know me?" "I watch Doctor Who dude. I've seen every episode! Even the ones from the 60's." "Ah So you know about the first 10 doctors?" "I do. Your definitely on my top 3 for favorite United Kingdom guys of all time." "The others?" "James Bond and Liam Neeson." "I'm pretty sure James is from Switzerland." "Is he? Damn." Sky came back down and handed me a pair of black glasses with transition lenses. "Hey Doctor, Is the TARDIS around?" I asked him "I have it hidden so no pony shall take it. Do you know where I can get a decent muffin?" "I went to get a muffin and later got thrown out of a train. But anyways I never found a muffin joint. Is it too hard to get a decent breakfast around here?" "I know! I just wanted some Bacon and Eggs but Equestrians are herbivores." "I'm so tempted to go cannibal on some one." Sky just looked back and forth between us and took off. When he left we had a more serious conversation. "So. Your the Shadow I have heard of." "I am." "You created this universe while in a coma?" "Apparently. Isn't that just the darnedest thing?" "You have the makings of a Time Lord." "No that's your job my good Doctor." I showed him my cutie mark. We both had something to due with time. "But I do have an hourglass on my rump." I told him. "As do I. It must have something to do with Time and Particles." "Exactly!" I was just thinking that! Oh he's good. "Well I better head off. Great meeting you." "Great meeting you Doctor. ALLONS-Y!" He nodded and left. In case you were wandering Allons-y is french for 'Let's go.' I made my way home via train. I just now noticed how hard it was to travel without wings. I'm a sufferer of wing withdrawal. And just where I want to fucking be too! A train! But I'm in no condition to complain. The girls all owe me one. I just need to think of an embarrassing act to get my revenge! "Excuse me." said a child. I stopped looking out the window and day dreaming and looked at the small filly. "Uh, Yes?" "Can my family and I sit here?" I looked around. I saw I was the only person in this cabin. I looked over her and saw her small family. I looked back and through the window on the door to see the other cars stuffed. "Yes you may." I said. "Thank you! Thank you kind sir!" said the father. He put his bags up in the storage area and took a seat across from me. "It is rare to see such kindness these days!" His wife took a seat beside him and four kids took the seats on our left. "It's no problem!" I said. Glad to help. "We were scared that you would turn us down." said the mother. "We've been trying to get seats for a half an hour now." "I got on early. That's why I got such good seats." I told her. I lied. Actually I think they were scared of me. I looked back out the window. I wanted to get back to my daydream about Kay. "Are you alright? You look like you were thrown out of a train?!" asked the dad. "Hahahaha! I was! Yesterday in fact." How did he do that? "I am so sorry to hear that!" "I didn't even do anything. Blame the muffin man." I told him. "Excuse me?" "Blame the muffin. It was the whole reason why everything yesterday turned out shitty." I slept at Fluttershy's in case you were wandering. "Besides I need to get home. Tomaro's Nightmare Night!" "Ah! Your a Canterlot pony." "You could say that." He took notice of my black suit and Kevlar vest. Dawn said this would help with the dragon's claws and most other weapons. "You a guard?" "I'm the royal guard. The personal guard of the princesses." They both were amazed by me. They just stared. It was... creepy. "We'll that's awesome!" said one of the kids. "What's your name mister?" "I am... Shadow." They all stopped with the excitement. The dad stood up and grabbed his case. "Sorry to bother you!" He grabbed his kids and the entire family took off. "*sigh* Why do I even bother?" I went back to looking out the window. I forgot what I was dreaming about! Damn them! I wanted to talk now. But they left. Why are they scared of me? I'll ask the princess to spread word so everyone is more... let's say friendly. "Excuse me sir!" said another small filly. I looked down to see Diamond Tiara. "We want those seats." "Well I guess I ca-" her dad came around the corner and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me. He cut me off before I could finish talking. "Diamond! No! Don't bother this pony!" he scooted her to the seats on the left. He was shaking and blocking the filly from my sight. "*sigh* If you have a problem then please tell me now." "Yes Mr. Shafer sir!" he said saluting me. He then quieted down. No problems? "Well... why is everyone scared of me?" He remained quiet. "Please answer me Filthy Rich." "You just scare ponies. You killed that man." "In self defense." "Then freaked out yesterday. "In rage." "And that's why." Diamond just now realized who I was. "Stop looking at me you weird freak!" she yelled. The entire train was quiet. I could hear everyone listening in. "I apologize!" said her dad. "Diamond that's Celestia's personal guard. He has the utmost authority out of all of us! And you just insulted him! Apologize!" She was blown away by her father's statement. "He is the hero we all heard about? What kind of hero has scars and a broken wing!" "A careless one." I said looking back out the window. What a snob. Too bad I don't hit girls. And I will never hit a kid. Except my child. I might beat them like my dad beat me. Who knows. Why could I not get a nice quiet train ride. "My daddy isn't scared of you!" she said. He gave her a small smack on the back of the head. "Ow!" I stopped listening to her a while back. I was thinking about work. Dawn said he was going to take the day off. I might have to work tomaro. I won't even get to enjoy scaring people. Dammit! I closed my heavy eyes for a second and opened it and we were in Canterlot. I slept all night? "All passengers welcome to Canterlot." said the intercom. I got up and left. Their were signs everywhere saying happy Nightmare Night. Kids were buying candy and costumes. I just went home. I opened the door and no one was home. No kids. No friends. No one. Their was a purple note on the kitchen counter. 'Dear Dustin. If you are reading this then we are in Ponyville for the Nightmare Night celebration. Sky told us how he made you get the train home because he told you Kay was their. Sorry about that. Enjoy your night! - Twilight Sparkle.' They're in Ponyville! I was just their! Or I was yesterday... some friends. Guess they are still mad about the whole I freaked out on them because they threw me out of a train thing. *sigh* I'll just go to work. I looked around the house. No lights or anything. It was all darkness. The only light coming in was from the door I left opened and shinned on me. I threw the note away and left closing the door behind me. I walked to the castle. "Dustin? Why aren't you with your friends?" asked Celestia. "They pulled a prank on me making me come here on a train. I can't get back with a broken wing and even If I did... I just... they just pissed me off." I took my seat in the office. She walked in after me. "I understand. This is Luna's favorite day!" "I would be happy if I had a holiday after me Tia." I told her. "*giggle* true true. I only have the Summer Sun Celebration." "It's better than nothing. Every pony is scared of me and treats me like a freak." I told her. I looked in my mail bin. Dawn left a pile. "No one's working today Shadow. It's a holiday." "Then I'll be the first!" "That's the spirit. It's getting late out." she said. I looked outside. She was right. She used her magic and made the sun completely vanish from the sunset. She let out a yawn. "Go get some sleep Celestia. It's probably the only free day you have in a long time." "Yes you are right. *yawn* Thank you." "Goodnight." I grabbed a folder. I was a little sad. I love Halloween! It's my favorite day! They said it themselves. Nightmare Night? I get to scare people! It's a dream come true! Not! I just had it taken away. I don't care if it was a prank on their behalf it was still a dick move. "I'll just read these reports. I'm talking to myself. Lame..." 7 hours of writing "Done! Last report finished!" The entire office was clean and organized. It was sparkling clean. I had neatly stacked piles of notes and files along my desk. Dawn had nothing. I put the stamp on them saying these were my work. Now Celestia said Dawn is taking today off as well. Meaning I get to come back here tonight. Lovely. I cut of my desk lamp and the lights and locked the door behind me. "Have a good day Shadow!" said the secretary who handed me a bag larger than usual. "Here's 20,000. Celestia said you were working hard and working while injured." "Thank you." I said putting it in my saddlebag. I walked out of the castle to see the streets was a mess. The only happy thing I heard was Luna laughing from the castle. Guess I need to put Dentist visit on her schedule for this week. I made my way home. I opened the door to see everyone except the kids sleeping on the floor. They were sugar coated and drunk. "I'm home." I said with a little anger. "Oh *yawn* your back." said Twilight. "Did you enjoy the prank?" This was her idea?! "Yeah Twilight. I did. I missed my favorite fucking holiday and spent all night working!" I yelled at her waking everyone up. "Thanks a fucking lot! Do you know how much work I did? I had to work two hours over due to massive reports off kids getting drunk! Two hours!" They all remained quiet. "I can't get one good fucking day can I!" I put my saddlebag on the table and pulled out my money sack. "I'm going to the bank." I went back outside. "Wait Dustin!" Static was the first to come to me. Kay came out next. "Dude we're sorry!" "Sorry! SORRY! I have heard that so many times and when I accept it you stab me in the back! We'll I'm not sorry! Why? I haven't done 1 bad thing. Not one!" "How much money did you make?" "20,000. Because I worked on a HOLIDAY and while INJURED!" I hate losing my cool. Kay came up to me and walked me to the bank. "Sorry Dusty." "I know. I just want to teach them something. I'm not a kid anymore. I'm getting old Kay and we have matured. I just want them to be mature as well." "I know sweetie. See you in a bit?" "Of course." She gave me a small kiss and went back home. She's the only thing keeping me sane. I made my deposit and walked home lighting a cigarette. I only have 3 left. I just need to get rid off all this stress. "Sorry!" said everyone when I came in the house. I took my seat and smoked quietly. When I was done I took it outside and stomped it to the ground. "It's okay guys. I'm just a little cranky. I had to get on a train again which is just what I want and then I worked later than I usually do. I was the only person working in the entire town. If you just told me that you didn't want me at the Nightmare Night celebration instead of tricking me to go away then we would all feel better." "I know. I'm sorry Shadow." said Twilight. Everyone else said they were sorry. "Guys... I mean come on! If you don't want me around then just say so." "Then I guess we didn't want you around since you yelled at all of us." said Rarity. "I yelled because you threw me out of a train. I read the report. It was you, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash who fucked with the cake. Not me! Yet you threw me out of a train going 50 miles per hour! Now I may be the physics expert here but you can all guess that it was super painful." Rarity backed down. She knew she lost this fight. Kay did warn her as well. Speaking off which why didn't she help me? "I'm mostly offended by you Kay." I told her. "Me?" "You didn't help me when they threw me out. You didn't want me at the party. Now what's next? Please tell me so I don't get hurt physically or emotionally." My voice had finally calmed down. All the anger was gone. "I'm sorry Dustin. It's just that we haven't been spending much time together and I wanted to get to know the girls better." "Alright. See how easy that was?" They were all smiling. "This is how you let a friend down properly. Not with violence or pranks but the truth. What did we learn today?" Twilight raised her hoof as if this was class. "Yes! You!" "We learned that we should lie to our friends in any possible way and we should be more mature as others will be hurt." "Exactly!" "Dustin will you ever forgive us?" Asked Twilight with her big eyes. It took me all of 3 seconds to know exactly what to say. I took in a deep breath and let it all out. "Nope." I said while turning my chair to the fireplace. "No?!" They all shouted. "Yes. N-o... No." "But why?" "Because I'm going to remember this day and hate you guys for it. It's just some guilt you all will have to take to the grave." "Hahaha! Your joking right?" said Rainbow Dash. I turned my chair and went to the table and grabbed my saddlebags and walked heading for the stairs. "Right?" asked Rainbow again. I turned back to them when I was at the top. "No. I'm not joking." I went to my room. I took my glasses off and my suit. I had to get in the bed on my left side since my right side had the wing on it. It's okay anyways. I sleep on my left every night. Or is it day? I work over night most nights. Why does no one say Wizard anymore? Why do they call it a TV set if you only get one? Why am I thinking off paradoxes? I closed my eyes and for the first time in a while I was having a dream! Oh it was great! Their is sunshine and lollipops and rainbows and everything else related to that song. I heard a creek on my bed. I opened my eyes to see Pinkie in my face. "AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!" I fell out of the bed hitting my head pretty hard. "Ow..." "Please Rusty Dusty! Your Crusty!" Is she insulting me to get an apology? "I'm really sorry!" I looked to my right and everyone else was standing in my room. "What? No! Ow! Look I got hurt again..." They all had sheepish smiles. "And you just made fun of my name Pinkie." "I was only trying to rhyme." She gave me puppy dog eyes. "Don't give me that. My heart can't handle anything that sad Pinkie and where I come from Crusty and Rusty aren't good things. Thanks for making my name sound so much better." "Just say you accept my apology!" She said quietly. Aw... Now I'm about to make Pinkie cry? I can't take this anymore. "Fine! I accept your apology!" "YAY!" She threw her arms up nailing my in the right eye reopening my stitches. "OOOWWW!!! Ow! OW OW OW!" My blood was pouring everywhere. I'm serious all they do is hurt me. "Screw your apology! I hate you guys again!" Fluttershy grabbed my first aid kit and began working on me again. "You hate me?" asked the teary eyed Pinkie. "Nooo... Pinkie. I just want to sleep. OW! and you guys keep hurting me. OW! Shy!" "Sorry." She said quietly. "Fine. Apology accepted." She was gentler with the stitching and didn't hurt me anymore. I looked at the blood soaked bed. "Now I can't sleep..." I'm not saying it. I'm not thinking it. If I do then the day will get worse. "I don't think your day can get any worse." said Twilight. "Twilight No! Don't say tha-" The floor below me busted sending me into the kitchen hitting every pan available. "Ow! I'm not okay." "He's fine." said Static. "Theirs a lot of blood!" I yelled. "He's tough." said Rainbow Dash. "BLEEGH!" I threw up a few times and passed out. "Dustin!" yelled Kay running down in tears. She held me in her arms. "Please don't die on me!" "I'm not dead! *sigh* I'm just... resting..." I put my head back down on her lap. Everyone else came down. "Your a mess you know that?" she told me. I didn't respond. This time I really did pass out. > A new foe?! Will our hero beat this monster? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm finally over my Skyrim addiction. I reached level 52 and was just like 'Fuck it!' because I'm done. No more! I also need to get ready. Also it's April 14th. Meaning no new My little pony episode today! Damn you Hasbro. Damn you Royal Wedding. I was in the center of Canterlot. All around me was businesses and people getting on with their averaged day lives. I couldn't hear anybody talk. They were moving at super slow speeds. The one thing that did catch my eye was a large pony with a hood over his head. He took it off and stared at me with blood red eyes. "Hello Shadow." "Ello!" I said back waving my hoof. "Do you know who I am?" His coat was a pale gray and his hair was long and black. "Not a clue!" "Don't sound so smug. I'm the pony who will kill you." "And why would you go and do that?" "You killed my brother. I shall avenge him with blood. Remember me hero. I am Dancing Blade." "Oh... I get it. I see what you did their." "You think I am joking of killing you? Their is an art to killing don't ya know?" "I do know. But I see swordplay as more of a... craft. Than an art anyways." "Bold words from the man who hides in the dark." He said taking off. Well I finally get to have a dream and this asshole comes and ruins it. Well shit. "Listen close. I won't fight you first. I have an old acquaintance who wants to meet you." "Who? WHO!" "You work with her. Yesterday was a famous day for her." I don't understand. Yesterday was Nightmare night so... Luna! Nightmare Moon! SWEET TITS ASS FUCK! I need to wake up now! I woke up in a room not familiar to me. I noticed I had a quilt with butterflies covering my body. The room was small and circular. Fluttershy's! "Oh good your okay." said Forest coming up the stairs. "I took another bad hit didn't I?" "You bet. How did your body heal so quickly?" "What do you mean?" I looked in the mirror. I had scars where the stitches were and my wing was fixed. "Oh dude! How long have I been sleeping!" "12 hours." "Alright. Guess my body is just strong then." Fluttershy walked up and looked at me. "How did you heal so quickly?" she asked handing me a cup of tea. "I don't know. Is that a good thing?" "It can be. But you scarred and it looks really painful." "It's okay. I was ugly to begin with. Now I just look cooler. Can you help me up?" Forest and Fluttershy quickly came to my side and pulled me out of the bed. Then Terra woke up. "Mom dad. Is he okay?" asked the colt. "He's fine son." said Forest. "Wow! You look like a cool guy Shadow!" Even he knows who I am?! GAWD! I grabbed my suit and put it on. "Thanks kid." I tried flying and my wings felt stronger than ever. "What did you do Shy? I feel ten times better!" "I just gave you some home made medicine." She said with a blush. Forest then walked over to me and whispered in my ear. "Hey Dusty. When's the wedding again?" "Oh Shit! The wedding! What day is it?" "It's Monday." "Then we have 6 days. It's on Sunday!" I shall not get hurt 6 days before my wedding! 5 seconds later "Ow!" I fell down the stairs. "You alright?" "No." I went outside and stretched my wings out. I can't help it that I fell. Didn't I just tell myself that I wasn't going to get hurt? Hmm. "Be careful!" yelled Fluttershy as I took off. I need to get to the castle right now! I was flying faster than Rainbow Dash. I took me a while to see the black flames from behind me but no time to enjoy! I need to check on the princess! The castle is in my view. Good now I just need to... "Ow!" I crashed into a force field on the outside of the castle. Their was a large gaping whole in the roof of it so I walked on the force field to look in it. I saw that Belle Blade I think his name was? Something with dancing. It was Dancing. I am so smart! Dawn was unconscious and so was Celestia. Dawn looked fine but Celestia was injured. He was talking to Nightmare Moon in Tia's throne. They both looked up at me. "Their he is. Kill him Nightmare and I will honor our deal." He said. She licked her lips at me and took off in a charge. "Oh shit!" She went through the field and held me in her arms. Every pony below began to panic. "You are the Shadow I have heard off? You killed my friends brother?" "I did. I suggest you stop this Luna." "Hahaha! I am not Luna anymore!" "You are! You are sweet little Luna and this nightmare stuff needs to end." "Who are you?" "I am Dustin Shafer." "Your the human? I hope your blood taste sweet!" I saw her go for a bite so I punched her in the jaw. "Ow! Not a bad hit for someone as small as you." "I'm sure you would like my blood. It's O- by the way." She was drooling. While she was distracted I got out of her arms and flew to the hole in the magic barrier so I could get my scythes. Before I did she closed it. "Ah ah ah! No cheating!" She grabbed me and threw me into the ground. "Ow!" I promised myself I wasn't going to get hurt anymore! I don't think I can hit a girl. "I'm going to enjoy killing you. You're putting up more of a fight than Tia did." "Did you kill her?" "I'm saving her for last. Next I'll kill that hot little redhead you love so much." "Oh no you don't!" I grabbed her by the hoof and broke it. She screamed when she saw the bone sticking out. "AAAAHHHH!!! How dare you hurt me! The future ruler! You're suppose to serve us Shadow!" "In that case." I got in front of her and put both my forearms into her chest. "I quit!" I pulled my arms both left and right separating NM from Luna. She was a large bone horse made out of shadows similar to my Rage mode. "You quit?" asked Luna on my left holding her head. I went over to her and looked at her hoof. It wasn't broken. It was for Nightmare though. "I didn't mean it." I told her. I saw Nightmare rolling on the floor holding her hoof in pain. "This time we can kill the Nightmare." "How dare you! No pony is this powerful!" Nightmare said looking up to me. I stood on two legs and put my right one on the back off her skull. "I'm not a pony!" I yelled curb stomping her. When her skull shattered she screamed and the rest of her body engulfed in flames. After a minute of burning all that stood was a Black soul with flames emitting from it. I wrapped a paper baggie around it and hung it from my side. "I don't want to touch it." I told Luna. "Might catch yer crazy." She was extremely happy. "You did it! You stopped the Nightmare for real! She's not coming back?" "She might. I'm going to take the soul to Celestia to see... what... I... Oh no! Celestia!" I took off for the castle. I got in the throne room and held the bleeding alicorn in my hooves. "Come on stay with me!" I looked back to see Luna. "Luna get every medic you can! Hurry!" She took off and I put my ear against her chest. She had a small heartbeat but it slowly went away. "No!" I put my hooves on her chest and began CPR. After enough time Dawn woke up. "Ugh... Dustin? Where is the Nightmare?!" "I stopped it! Come on Tia!" I stopped pressing on her chest. I cocked her head back and took a deep breath before putting air in her lungs. "*Pffh Pffh* Wake up! *Deep breath.* *Pffh Pffh*" "*cough cough*" Celestia woke up. She tried to move but I stopped her. "Breath in and breath out. Take it easy princess. Help is on the way." "You stopped my sister?" "Better. I separated the nightmare from her." I held the baggie in front of her. "I got her soul!" "Luna's?!" "What? No I sent her to get you some medical aid. This is all that's left of Nightmare Moon. Since we can't destroy her we lock up the soul." I threw it in the metal safe behind a painting of Prince Blueblood. I hate that kid. Why would you want a painting of the smug bastard? "Dawn cast a spell on this safe so nothing gets in or out." He did as was told and put a orange box around the safe. I pulled the painting back down. "Dustin you saved me again." said Celestia. "How can I make it up to you?" "You can help with the marriage. It's on Sunday by the way." "We shall have it *cough cough* here at the castle! It will be a royal wedding." "If it's not too much to ask. Now get some rest. NM did a good number on ya." She closed her eyes and let sleep cover her like a blanket. So I wrapped my vest around her and stopped the bleeding from the claw wound on her ribs. The wounds were bad but they won't scar. Good. "Dawn. I need your help." He quickly ran up to me. "Find out as much as you can about Dancing Blade. He's the pony responsible for this." "Blade? Is he related to Singing?" "Yes. Brothers. And he wants revenge." "Alright. I saw how hard it is for you to keep up with the scythes. I have new weapons in production." He handed me a drawing of what he was talking about. "They wrap around your arms like that Stasis module you had. We link it up to your brain waves and when you think it, they deploy two blades on each arm similar to claws." "These are awesome! And they look easier to conceal than scythes." "Do we keep the scythes?" "Yes. I might need them." "Yay! I mean. Yes sir." He walked away happily. I saw some lipstick on his neck. I sneaked up on him when he was unaware and I smelled it. Yep. Apples. "Do you like bucking apples?" I asked him. "It's a good side job. Big Mac is a handful though." "Hehehe... No Dawn. I mean Bucking Apples. As in Applejack and yo-" "Oh Celestia! Oh jeez. How do you know this?" "You left some signs of rough play on your neck." He wiped the mark away and ran into the offices. I grabbed a bucket and made a cement mix. I picked up as many blocks as I could and climbed up some scaffolding where I began to repair the wall. "Princess!" Yelled a few medical ponies. They picked her up on a stretcher. "Be careful!" I yelled. "And why didn't you do anything to help?!" yelled the nurse. "Hmm. Jeez. I don't know." I went back to fixing the wall. Then they left taking Tia with them and some other ponies ran in. "So this is were you guys work?" asked Kay. I looked back and saw her with Twilight and Rainbow Dash. "Just about." I said. "You going to fix that entire wall by yourself?" asked Rainbow Dash. "I'm going to try." "Dustin!" yelled Twilight. "What happened exactly?" "Well Celestia is on her way to the hospital. I separated the Nightmare from Luna and hid the soul someplace safe." "Soul?" "I killed the Nightmare." They all gasped. "Without the elements?" "Yep. All it took was one good stomp to the noggin and POOF!" "Yeah right." said Rainbow Dash. "Have any proof?" I held my arms out and pointed to the large hole in the ceiling. "Is this not good enough for you?" I flew to the safe. "Dawn. Field." He lowered it and I reached in pulling out a bag. I opened it and let the soul free. "How dare you Shadow! You take away the princess's body, you kill me, and you put my soul in a paper bag?!" "Yep!" I wrapped it back up and put it inside the safe. "Dawn." He put the spell back on it and I pulled the painting down. "Anymore questions?" I asked the ladies who all had their jaws touching the floor. "Well..." started Rainbow Dash. "Fine you win. Come on ladies let's not hang with Scarred and Deadly over here!" "Oi!" I yelled at her. "Let's go!" "But I have so many more questions!" said Twilight. Rainbow Dash pushed her away. Kay gave me a satisfied look. "Good job. You saved us all again." "That I did." I put another brick on the wall. "Want some help with that?" Well... she is a unicorn. "I would love that Kay." She climbed up the scaffolding and we began to work in a synchronous pattern. We fixed the entire left side in 12 minutes. We moved to the right and kept on working. After a while I flew up and began to work on the ceiling in which she would send me cement or bricks. We finished quicker than hiring a construction crew. "Too bad we can't get the windows." said Kay. "They really made this room stand out." "Your right. We can't fix stained glass windows can we?" "We can but we don't know what order they go in or in what shape the pieces are." "Then I guess we have nothing to do." Dawn walked out of the office. "Guys?! You fixed the room! How!" "Teamwork!" We put our hooves in the air dramatically. "Nice. Dustin you did all the files too?" "I did. Since I had to work yesterday." "Sorry about that bro." He said scratching the back of his head. Hey... I would take some time off If I was bucking some apples too. If you know what I mean. Those trees won't kick themselves you know! "No problem. I'm taking a break. Be back tonight for work." "Alright. Bye Shadow." He said as Kay and I walked out the door. "Kay... We are going to have our wedding here at the castle on Sunday. How does that sound?" "That is amazing! How did you do that?!" "Celestia owes me since I saved her life today. She said we should have it here." "Great! I need to get my dress ready!" She took off running. "Right! I need... a suit... oh my god I don't have one. Where's Rarity when you need her?" I looked around and saw the unicorn drinking a cup of tea. I ran up to her. "Rarity! I need you assistance!" "And how may I help you today, Shadow?" "I want you to make me a suit for my wedding." "You want me to make it? *Gasp* Oh boy! Thank you!" "Kay needs help as well." I winked at her. She new why I was talking to Rarity. I know because she got away from a wedding store that was right in front of her. "Since we are having it at the castle I can't just go in my work suit. Can I?" "Oh my! This is going to be big! Does this mean I'm invited?" "Of course! Your a friend after all." "And after everything we did to you... You still trust us as friends." "Yeah! I've been through worse. Like this one time I was on this game show called 'Total Blackout.' I was chased around by big thugs with Night vision goggles and I ate bugs. I also was tied to a rope and flung across the room a few times." "That sounds awful!" "It was fun though. Anyways... yes! You are my friend." She jumped up and gave me a surprise hug. I lightly patted her on the back. "There there." "Where is Kay? I must talk to her about this!" She took off in a dust storm leaving me to eat her dust. "What have I done?" I said to myself watching the excited fashion expert hunt down my to-be wife. Then a waiter walked up. "May I get you a coffee while you wait sir?" "Huh? Oh yes! Black, two sugars and creamer please." He gave me a seat and took off. "Hmm... I need to stop this Dancing Blade before he ruins my big day." The waiter came back out giving me my coffee. "Oh thank you good sir!" I took it and began to sip. He just waited there holding his hoof out. "What?" I asked him. "Oh... Here is a 20 bit tip. Will that do?" I don't know how much to give him. "Thanks a lot good sir! You are most generous!" I looked around and saw a rich family give a waiter 1 bit. Did I give him too much? I don't feel like I did. He was a good waiter after all. *sip* and he got my coffee just right! > To light our darkest hour. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is going to be the chapter when Dustin gets his true powers. Prepare for wicked awesomeness! I finished my coffee and realized I was daydreaming. When I got a good sense of my surroundings I noticed time was slowing down again. Then the hooded pony with bat wings made his way to me. "You have ruined my plans!" "I warned you to bugger off." "Now you are forcing my hoof. I won't be able to kill you but I know what will destroy you from the inside." He teleported. How did he do that? He's a pegasus! What can he do? Kay's POV I was with all the girls getting a dress made. I felt sick in someway though. "What's wrong Kay?" asked Twilight. "You look sick?" "I was just thinking that. I feel like something's about to go wrong." "And who would want to ruin your wedding?" asked Rarity. "Hahaha! I would!" We all turned to see a large pegasus with bat wings flying in the air. "Kay. Come with me." He levitated me in the air and held my in one arm. He used a shadow like spell to put the girls in a sleep. "I need you Kay to kill your husband." Dustin's POV I had this bad feeling in my gut. Like I need to throw up. This only happens when someone I know is about to die. Don't tell me that maniac went after... "Hahaha! Now you will listen to me Shadow!" I turned around to see him holding Kay hostage. "I must kill you. Don't you know that?" "Okay just let her go!" "Oh I can't do that!" Why would you do this? "Can I not just get a week of peace?" "Nope." He levitated me in the air. "Since Celestia can't help you. No one will." The rest of my friends came out and he quickly put them to sleep. "You see. You two are Time Lords." "No. We aren't." "You created this universe and got summoned her. Don't you know human life is going on without you making history." "How do you know all of this?" "Because My master told me this!" He put us both on the ground and summoned a sword which he just kept swinging around. "He said that I have to kill you!" "Who is this master?" I know he's about to do something. He held the sword in front of me like a bow. "I'll won't tell you." He shot it at me. Time slowed down. I couldn't hear a sound except for one distinctive noise. It was like someone was getting impaled. In that half a second.... I learned that I have something to do with time and I also lost my wife. "No!" I screamed seeing the pony in front of me fall. She was coughing blood but still alive. But not for long. "Don't worry Dustin!" said Dancing Blade. "When she dies she'll be returned to Earth and with you hear it's going to be like she never went in a coma. Like you never existed." "That's just wrong! Why would you do this?!" I couldn't hold my tears. I didn't want to. Kay grabbed my by the neck and pulled me in. "I guess we aren't allowed to be together love." "No... Don't say that!" All my friends woke up and ran to my side. "Stay with me! Please! I need you!" "I can't. Listen Dusty you stay here and be the hero you were born to be." She reached into her pocket and handed me a silver locket. It was a present from a few years back on our first date. "Light our darkest hour." She said dieing in my arms. "*sniff* NNNNOOOOO!!! No no nooo..." I cried into her chest. I took the locket and when I did it glowed a light white color. Then her body turned into dust and disappeared. The wind carried her off into time. "Hahaha! That was better than I hoped for!" Yelled Dancing Blade jumping up and clicking his back heels together. "Oh what's wrong Dustin. 'K'at got you tongue! Get it! With a K like Kay!" I gave him a cold dead stare. I stood up and put the necklace on. Then a song played that my friends and I know too well. Play 'Touch' by Stan Bush. It was the song from the old cartoon transformers movie. "Gah!" yelled Blade covering his ears. "What is that noise?" "That's the song of your death!" I pulled out a headset. "Dawn. Scythes." "But Dustin! Kay! She's... she's.." "Dawn! NOW!" He did as was told and my two scythes appeared in my hands. "You just had to do it didn't you Blade. I was about to get married. She had a baby on the way. My baby!" "I-I I killed a-a ..." "An Infant!" I yelled. I jumped in the air and brought my right scythe down cutting off his left wing. Before he could scream I turned and cut off the other one with my other scythe. Then I stuck both of them in the ground and lifted myself up giving him a double kick to the eye sending blood everywhere. "AAAAAHHHHH!" he cried. "You acted so cold and evil just a minute ago. What's wrong Blade?!" I grabbed his face and put it on my scythe blade dragging him back and forth on it leaving a large cut. "You just killed the woman I love! I killed your brother in self defense. You murdered my wife and child." "You were suppose to die! Please don't kill me!" "I was suppose to die but she died instead!" The locket around me glowed some more. "You have taken away the last thing I had left and for that I will kill you!" I took my blades and cut off his one of his front hooves. "AAAAAHHHHH! Why!" He began to crawl away. "Why do you think!" I saw him pick up a pipe that was cut and sharpened due to collateral damage I did. But before I could stop him Rainbow Dash jumped on his back. "Oh no you don't!" she yelled trying to hold him down. He grabbed her as hostage and slammed the pipe into my chest piercing my body. "Fall. Fall!" he screamed as I took a few steps back dropping my blades. The Kevlar vest took most of the blow but I felt it pierce a rib. "I want to hear you scream before you die Shadow." he said throwing Rainbow into my group of friends. I turned my back and let him get close. I took in a few deep breaths and put my front hooves together. When he got close enough I gave him an extremely deadly uppercut. I felt his neck snap. "Never!" I yelled sending his body in to the building. I looked down and pulled the pipe out and looked at the locket. It was hit but didn't show any scratches at all. Not one. "Dustin! Dustin!" yelled my friends coming to help me. They all got me on my feet and I went to the remaining bit of dust from Kay's body. "Twilight. Cast a viewing window spell." She did as was told and made a large TV screen/ portal open up. I threw the dust in it. "Portal. Show me Kay Kronor current date." "Acknowledged." said the portal in a computer voice. We all saw a human Kay on a date in France similar to mine but instead of me was my brother. "Kay Shafer detected. Married to Cody Shafer. All memories of Dustin Shafer have been erased." "I see." I wiped a tear. "How is her life?" "They are a rich and happy family. 3 kids. Big house. A dog." "Then she really has changed. Kay likes cats." I told it. "Did. She's different now." The portal closed and I sat on my back legs to hold my head in my hooves. "Dustin I am so sorry." said Rainbow Dash. "Don't be. You tried to help and I thank you for it. So would Kay." Static came up and put a hoof on my back. "It's going to be okay buddy." "No it's not! I was about to be married and that fucker had to go and ruin it! Everything I had is gone! I was going to be a dad god dammit!" "I know." He used his magic to pull out a cigarette. "You know me so well." I said biting it out of the air. He lit it up and I enjoyed the taste in my mouth. "So now what." "You live." said Twilight. "You taught me never to give up. Why are you now?" "Because Kay-" "Kay died for you!" yelled Twilight. She was right. "Your just going to sit around and let yourself die because she knew you would do good in the future!" "Your right Twilight." I opened the locket around my neck. Their was a picture of her in it and a folded up picture. Twilight took it and opened it up with her magic. It was an old yellow picture that aged. "What is it?" asked Twilight holding it up for all to see. "It's me and her. Theirs Kelly. Brandon. Lucas. and Nathan. I met him before I came here. Lost a lot of weight." Static, Forest, Sky, and Blaze all laughed. "He was a bit chubby wasn't he?" asked Sky. "A bit?!" asked Blaze. I laughed a little at that. Then a wounded Celestia walked up behind me. "So it's over?" she asked me. "Maybe." I went to the building and pulled out Blade's head. "Yep!" "I am so sorry Dustin." "I know. I'm not even Dustin anymore. Now I'm Shadow." I wiped another tear away. "We could have avoided this." "No we couldn't have. Time doesn't work like that Tia." I said standing back up. On the other side of the inside of the locket was a clock. "For example. Kay just died but now she's having a better life married to my brother. If I died then nothing would happen." "But how does that work?" "I don't know how to explain it. So I just won't. Dancing Blade mention a master before he killed her." "He's working for someone?" "That's what I heard." "Are you sure your okay?" asked Pinkie Pie. "Your awfully calm even though Kay just died and got sent to a better life without you." "Thanks Pinkie. Thanks a lot. I'm going for a walk. I need to clear my head. Cry some more. Get drunk." I put out my smoke and walked down the road. "Be back for dinner!" 2 minutes later So that's it? I'm just going to think in my head now? 'I'm sorry.' said a voice in my head. 'I know you want to die but it was my choice.' 'Kay?' I asked her. 'What's left of me. Listen Dustin. I'm so sorry that I did this to you. Now out of all times to boot. How long were we together? 5 years?' 'Yeah sweetie. I saw your new life. Your going to love it so much more than this one.' 'Oh really?' 'Yes really.' 'Then thanks for everything. I love you. I have always loved yooouuu...' The voice disappeared and I was left to think to myself. So now love is gone. I will just be forced to treat this like any other fall. "OH..." it started raining. "That's just lovely." I held the locket in my hoof. "All I have is you. Now I'm treating inanimate objects like people. Fantastic!" 3 hours later I made my way home. I was soaking wet. I had a bruise on my chest. My vest was tattered so I threw it away. At least I have Kay's Locket. It feels warm close to my chest. That's always a weird sign that it has too much sentimental value. I opened the door to see the kids crying and everyone quiet. "Yes?" I asked them. "I'm fine if your all wandering." "So no wedding?" asked Silver Sage before covering her mouth and staring at me. I walked over to her and put my hoof on her head comforting the child. "No Sage. Their won't be a wedding for me." I looked at Static and mouthed 'What did you tell them?' He looked at me and mouthed. 'I said she had to leave and wont ever come back.' I nodded and looked at the kids. "You see kids. Kay had to go and visit family. They don't want her coming back here because she needs to go and *murmer*" I gave them a smile. "I know when somepony dies." said Terra. "She's gone isn't she?" I closed my mouth and looked around me taking in a deep breath. "She's gone." I felt him give me a hug. Then everyone else came in for a hug. "Hey Mr. Shadow." said Surprise. "I read in a story that every hero loses someone important and that makes him stronger. Will you get stronger?" "Your damn right kid! I'm going to find this 'Master' and teach him what it's like to fuck with us. Human style! Twilight sound the battle cry!" "What are you talking about?" I went outside. As soon as I did it stopped raining. "This man had a plan. You see he wanted Tia and Luna out of the picture to start his dark empire. Their is only one person who wanted the princesses dead." They all looked at me and I pointed to the Griffon Mountain. "Bloodmane! He's the bastard responsible. Tomaro I will kill him then I will come back here and have some fun with my friends because you guys are all I have left." The moon pierced the clouds and shinned on me. I took in it's warmth and held my hoof up. "What is it?" asked Static. "I learned I can use magic while not being a unicorn. Watch!" I clapped my hooves together and turned invisible. Then when I turned back I jumped into a shadow and came out a shadow on the other side of the street. "I can also teleport to any shadow in the world!" "But how?! That's not possible!" yelled Twilight. "Because Twilight when you're as dumb as me then anything is possible! Tomaro I shall save the land again. And this time no more ponies will die." > This isn't the end! Tis only the beginning! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is now official that Dustin or Shadow's sanity might be at stake but he realized that he can do just about anything. Bloodmane's POV I was sitting in my throne laughing. I knew that the second Blade brother wouldn't fail me. "Your Highness!" cried one of my subjects running into the room. The tired Griffon could hardly catch his breath. "What is it? Take your time and tell me what's wrong." I said trying to sound like a good ruler. "Dancing Blade is dead. He murdered Shadow's wife." "Oh no..." "Oh no is right my lord! Here's the worst part. He knows it was you." I looked out a window to see the moon shinning on a pony standing out on a mountain top. "Uh oh." Shadow's POV 'I am so going to enjoy this.' I said in my head. I opened my wings and released the Rage mode from before. When I go in their I need to make sure I kill everyone that I want to kill. Only the ones involved. I don't want to cause a whole Deus Ex Machina event where the plot revolves around this one impossible problem that I end up stopping with an unlikely last minute event. No more of that. "Hey Bloodmane!" I yelled. "I just want you to know that I have always loved you!" "Really!" he yelled from his window. "Gotcha!" I said in my best Celestia impersonation. Alright. Here goes. No more screwing around. Time to fly. I spread my wings out and jumped. Meanwhile below "Ms. Cheerilee." said Big Macintosh holding out a ring. "Will you marry me?" "OH Yes! Yes I will!" They hugged then a griffon came out. "Ponies aren't allowed her. Now I get to eat." He said looking at them. 3... 2... 'WWWEEEEEE!' They all heard. Then I landed on the griffon from above and crushed every bone in his body. I looked up at the two. "Hello Cheerilee. Big Mac." I said. "Hello Shadow." They both said. "We heard what happened. Are you okay?" They asked me. I showed them my face. I looked a lot like Twilight in 'Lesson Zero.' My ear twitched and my dilated eyes went crossways. "Never better!" I said creepily before jumping into a shadow and appearing inside the town. I pulled my hood up and put on my goggles. I then contacted Watcher Dawn. "Dawn. Send me my new toys." "I'm on it." I held my hooves out and two circlets appeared on my arm. The one on my left was in the way of my engagement bracelet which I forgot to take off so I ripped it off in rage. My hair was black and leaking shadows like ink blots in water from an octopus. "Now they should be linked to your brain pattern... now. Just think open and you will activate the blades." "Alright." Uh... open oh strange blades. They did open showing 3 blades each going down my arm. They were like claws but you can't bend them and they are much more deadly. I wanted to make a lot of noise so I stabbed them in the wall of the tower and started climbing up. *CHINK* *CHINK* *CHINK* In the tower "Do you hear that sir?" asked one of the butlers. Everyone was listening to the CHINK noises made by yours truly. I got to the window and stopped making noise so everyone could go to the window. I took my mask off as well. "Is a-anybody there?" asked the Prince. "Nope!" I said while in the potted plant behind him. I took the plant off my head and walked to him with my creepy smile and continued to twitch. "Shadow! You look terrible!" "And you look great!" I twitched my head again. As my ear flapped I gave everyone a look with my crossways eyes like a chameleon. "Your going to look better when I rip off your fur and make a coat out of it. I think Kay might agree." I pulled out a griffon skull. "Yes I would agree Dustin. You should make me a coat..." I said in a fake accent and threw the skull. "Of course baby! I would do anything for you since your still alive HAHAHA!" I was the only one laughing. "Your a looney." said one of the guest. I stopped laughing and gave him a dead stare. I got behind him before he could blink and sliced his head off. "Stop this madness! None of this was suppose to happen Shadow! Please take mercy!" I held my arms up waited for his guards to come to me. Before they could grab me I summoned my blades and stabbed them both and killing them instantly. "No can do. I have direct orders from Celestia herself to kill you." I walked over to him and held my hoof in the air. "This is for Kay and everyone else you killed you BITCH!" I yelled before cutting his head off. The other griffons got on the ground and began to pray me. "Thank you for saving us brave Shadow!" said one of the butlers. "Wait, you guys didn't ask to be here?" I stopped with the creepy look. It was starting to hurt. "No. We were forced. Enslaved. Will you spare us?" "Get out of here. I have no quarrel with you." I said to them. I then went to the comm system. Apparently every griffon was under control of this asshole. "Attention everyone! This is your favorite pony hero Shadow speaking. You are all free of the tyrant Bloodmane!" I could hear everyone cheer outside. It appears I have saved many lives today. At the cost of a few guards, and... Kay. But she's happier now with my brother. As much as I would want to complain I just don't care anymore. I lit up one of my last two cigarettes. "Shadow. You did it." said Celestia, Luna, and Dawn teleporting in front of me. "Aye. That I did." I sat down on the throne and just accepted everything that was happening. "I understand what you're feeling Dustin. Both Luna and I felt lost when we lost our parents." "Sorry to hear that." "So are we but now isn't the time to be stuck in the past Shadow." Why can't they just stick to one name? "This isn't the end! Tis only the beginning! Let's rejoice! Kay's sacrifice and all the others who died for this pointless cause will be remembered." "Then we shall erect a monument in town. For ponies to see for centuries." "I would like that very much." Dawn teleported us all to Canterlot. He then came to talk to me. "Are you sure that your okay?" he asked worried. "No. I'm not. But... I'll get over it." "I kept count. You have one smoke left right?" "I'm saving it for when another friend dies or I die." "Let's hope its neither for a long time." We went outside of the castle doors and every pony withing miles was outside cheering for me. They only said "Shadow! Whoo!" or "Have my baby!" of course too soon. I then saw they had a party set up so I waited for them all to hush. "Let's get this party started right!" I popped a bottle of champagne and sprayed it on most of them. I saw the party begin and I felt the stress of relief disappear from my shoulders. I then had a thought. "Hey Celestia?" "Yes Shadow." "Since all of these guys were connected. Isn't that like a conspiracy or something like that which we should right down about." "Yes! So it was all just one big organized crime?" asked Celestia. "So this was just one case!" I told her. "How many more are like that?!" "I wish I could tell you but you were right. This is only the beginning Shadow the hero." Alright. She hasn't said Dustin in a awhile. Shadow it is! This is the end of Act 1. I have several more planned out. I know their was a tragedy last chapter but it all worked out. Except for Shadow. He kind of got stronger so theirs that! > Shadow is the man with the master plan! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shadow is now more... committed to being a pony. I have this great story series planned out for him. "So let me get this straight..." I said to Dawn. "We have nothing to do." "Just about." I went to scratching my stubble "So two months ago I stopped an evil conspiracy. Wouldn't that spark up our jobs?" "I was thinking that. Guess not that many people have been fighting or disturbing the public." "What the fuck!" I kicked the desk in front of me. "I am so bored!" I ruffled my now medium shaggy hair. I changed my appearance to look more like I don't care. "I got it! We need a plan!" I told him. "Oh great... Shadow's the man with the master plan!" "Shh! I'm thinking! How about we offer advice for people." "What kind of advice?" "I don't know! Dating or Health something like that." "Now your sounding desperate. Just wait I'm sure Celestia has something for us to do." "Oh I'm sure." Then she walks in. "Speaking of the queen. Howdy Tia." I said. "I have an assignment for you two. It appears that someone stole the daughter of Sundance." Oh not this shit! I won't let her die this time! "We want to know who did it and for what purpose." "I'm on it!" Dawn and I both said saluting her. "At ease gentlemen. I need to speak to Shadow alone." "Of course." she and I both left. "Shadow I read your mind. I know that in the past I gave you that fake memory of her dieing. I'm sure you don't want that to happen do you?" "Of course not princess." "I have another non related question for you. Did you ever get over Kay?" "I think I did about 7 weeks ago. Why?" "Just checking on you." Great. Now I have 'The' Princess hitting on me. Luna doesn't even get that much respect anymore. It's always Celestia. "Oh I was told by twilight to give you this." She handed me a white scroll and I opened it. "Blah blah blah you are invited blah blah blah Shinning Armor blah blah blah another princess blah blah You are invited to attend this Royal Wedding Shadow. It would mean a lot to me and my brother signed Twilight Sparkle." I gave Celestia a blank stare and thought to myself for a minute. "When did Twilight have a brother?" "For ever." said Celestia. "She never told me about this?!" "Your getting worked up over it." "For Static's sake! I am still part him you know." "I know. You'd make a good husband." Now to get White Tulip... What? "What was that?" "Oh nothing. Just thinking out loud again. Okay so long bye!" She disappeared. Probably to speak to Twilight. "No I'm serious what did you say?" I yelled at the disappearing light. Something about a good mail man? I will never deliver mail again. Not since the Static Express thing. Asshole. "Are you ready?" asked Dawn handing me a green camouflaged suit made of grass. He put it on me and pulled the hood up. He then handed me my goggles and a camera. "Alright the Camera will send photos straight to Celestia and I." I grabbed my binoculars. "That's what the camera is for Shadow. You don't need any sights beside it." "I don't want to take an accidental picture. I'm taking these so I can safely scope out the area." "*sigh* Fine. Do what you must. Remember find out who took her and why. If you can then get her. We need Sundance." "Understood! Teleport when ready!" "Wait I have a question." "What is it?" "Well two months ago how did you know Bloodmane was responsible?" "You bring this up now?" "Don't want to make a mistake Shadow." "Well first he let Singing Blade in to kill me. Then he sent Dancing over here, hit a lady, summoned Nightmare, and was hellbent on killing us all. Anymore questions?" "No." He said while teleporting me. I haven't seen much of Dawn for a week. Something about Apples... Oh... Ew... These are very pretty trees by the way. Look at me. Changing the subject in my own head. I need to get back into dating. "Shadow. Come in." "This is him. How may I help you today?" "Classy. Get to the bay. She was kidnapped around the boats." "What's a kid doing around boats anyways?" "Beats me." "I'll find out. Which way?" "North which is on your left." I went left and through the trees and stopped at the edge of the cliff. I held the camera and took pictures of the boat, some ponies, and a large man at the top of the hill in a cave. He was a big built pony and had a cage behind him with a teenage white unicorn inside with a flower in her hair. There she is! "Dawn. I found the target." "Don't go after her unless you have a clear shot." "Yes mum." I took more pictures. Then I watched as a messenger came up. "Shadow. Activate the directional microphone on the camera." I pushed the button and listened. 'So your telling me that the Princess has a negotiation planned?' said the Leader. 'Yes sir.' said the scroungy messenger. 'She didn't send her spy or put a target on my head?' 'Not that we know of sir.' 'Good. Last thing I want is her blue-eyed dog hunting me down.' They parted ways. "What does that mean Dawn?" "It might be an insult. Or fear most likely." "What do my eyes have to do with anything?" "They're full of life." said Celestia on the com. "Can you save the child?" "I will try. Wish me luck." I jumped into a tree shadow and appeared in the cave. God I love that power. I went to the cage and whispered to the kid. "Shh. Listen to me White Tulip. I'm going to get you out of here?" "Did my mom send you?" she asked me. I didn't get a good look at her in that memory ordeal. She had green eyes like... Kay. Get her out of your head! "Yes. So did Celestia." I stomped the lock and broke it. "Let's go." I grabbed her. "How can we get out?" she whispered. I grabbed her and jumped in the shadow taking her with me to Canterlot. "How did we do that?!" "I'm magic. They call me Shadow." "Your the hero! I'm honored to be in your arms." Now she's hitting on me. "Don't flirt with me kid. I'm out of your age group." "I-I Wasn't Flirting!" "Hahaha! Of course you weren't." She got out of my arms and we walked to the castle. "Mom!" she cried running into the yellow arms of a tall unicorn. Sundance. "Hiya Sunny D!" I said. "Don't do that ever again." she warned me. "Hahaha..." "Thank you for getting my child out safely." She had tears. "You'd make a good dad." My smile quickly vanished. "Glad you think that." "Did I hit a nerve?" "Oh yes." "Sorry. So Celestia. This is Shadow our hero." "He is the one and only." said Celestia. When I wasn't looking Celestia mouthed 'He's mine.' to her. Sundance said out loud 'I'm Married!' They both laughed. "Oh not like that." said Celestia. I don't want to know what they are talking about and I don't want to. I went into the office and took off the ghillie suit and kicked back in my office chair on wheels. I closed my eyes for a minute and opened them to see Dawn slam about 30 folders on my desk. "Read these." he told me. "What for?" "They are about you dude." "Aw... I just can't sleep huh?" I grabbed the one on top. "Shadow is the best. Dawn that's all it says." "I know. Look at the next one." I grabbed it. "Shadow is the coolest. So I have a fan?" "They were full of documents. Your fan sabotaged us." "The only people allowed in here is you, me, the princesses, and that..." I saw the secretary from the counter up front running "... secretary..." We both ran out. "Where are you two running off to?" asked Celestia. We jumped downstairs and went around the corner. We got to the desk and saw that she was gone. "So you gave her access to our office?" I asked him. "I must have." "She's the inside mole. Inform the princess." I grabbed some rope. "I got an animal to hunt." I flew out the window and followed the pony. "Got you now!" I tackled her and wrestled her on the ground. "Get off me freak!" she cried. I looked at her face and saw it was a different pony. No glasses. I looked to my right and saw her smiling and taking her glasses off and standing beside the large pony from earlier that kidnapped Tulip. I looked down and saw the brown pony I was on top of dissolve into a metal skeleton. Like a robot. "Shit!" Ow that shit burns! Like Spitter goo! "See you soon Shadow!" yelled the big pony. I heard beeping. The robot is beeping. Why is it beeping? Should it be beeping? *KABOOM* I was sent flying back and hit my back on a bench. "Oof!" I felt my body go down. I just stayed on my back until I could get up. When I did I was still disoriented. I couldn't hear anything and I felt my hoof broken. I looked down at my left hoof and popped back into place before sitting down on the bench to take a breather. Should have run when I heard beeping. "Dustin!" yelled a female voice from behind. The only woman who still calls me that is Twilight. I turned and saw the purple pony who was teary eyed and helping me. I got my hearing back. "Twilight what's wrong?" I asked her. "You almost died!" "Ah! But I didn't!" I felt another pony come up to me. I looked down to see Silver Sage a little bit bigger. "Oh you grew!" "Yeah. We know." she said. "You tole me that yesterday at the house." "Yes but I never admired it." "You did. Yesterday." "Alright then kid. If you say so." I got up and began to shake my head. "Twilight I need you to help me find out who made this robot." I walked over to it and it was just one little piece of metal in a black smolder on the ground. "Never mind. It's destroyed." "At least your okay." "Teleport me to the castle. Get Sage home. Be careful. These new enemies are here to play." "I don't understand Dustin. Your not making any sense." "Just teleport me." She did as was told and I made my way to the throne room. "She got away." I told Dawn. "Damn. You okay?" "No. Robot blew up in my face. They were using decoys to infiltrate and they were spying on us while we were spying on them." "That's a good plan. Is their anything left to the robot we can trace?" He asked me. "Sorry Dawn. They knew we would trace it so they destroyed everything in it. Except one little piece of scrap metal." I handed it to him. "Think you can trace it?" "I can trace the explosive residue. Then find the shipping records." We both heard an 'Oh Shit!' outside. We poked our heads out a window and right below us against the wall was the secretary who gave us as sheepish smile. I grabbed her and pulled her up. "You a robot or the real deal?" I asked while drawing out one of my claw blades. "Real deal." "Got careless or did you want us to find you." "Well aren't you two smart. Tracing the residue. Didn't think about that." She had a smirk on her face. I saw her reach her hoof back and I smacked it. "Ow." I pulled the tracking beacon from her pocket. "Dawn. Catch." I tossed it to the man and he began examining it. "So you come here hoping to plant this on one of us huh?" "You two aren't shabby at all. Now I know why the princess hired you and constantly hits on you Shadow. Your clever." "Aw... I appreciate that and... what?" "*giggle* nothing." I smacked her on the back of the head. "Ow. What?" "Tell me why you are spying on us." "We want to test you Shadow." "Really? Test me! I'm not in the mood to kill." "We know. Since your precious little Kay died." I gave her a hard hit. "OW! That hurt!" "Don't make me hurt you for real. Tell me your plans. Whose the bigger guy? Why did he kidnap White Tulip?" "I don't answer to you!" She spitted at me. "Guards! Take her to the Dungeon now!" I yelled. When I yell they know I'm serious. "Do whatever it takes to make her talk." I told them. They nodded and carried her off. "How did you get her?" asked Celestia. "She was spying on us. I think she's up to something." "Get some rest Shadow. You need it. You as well Dawn. Applejack is worried sick." "Thanks princess." he said teleporting. Guess he has a date. "Yes, ma'am." I told her. "Wait Shadow..." she was trying to say something. "Yes?" "... nothing. Get some rest." "Alright." I began my flight for home. Since when did Celestia find me attractive? Her and... that... oh sweet big flank! *smack* snap out of it! Ow I just hit myself. I landed home and opened the door to see Static panicking. "Where the hell where you?!" He yelled along with Forest, Sky, and everyone else. "Work. What's up?" "Just worried." said Pinkie Pie. She was calm. "You almost died again." "But I didn't." "What's going on Dustin?" asked Static. "Why can't you just settle the fuck down?" "It's not my call. We had a spy infiltrate us and I just now caught her." "And the explosion?" "It was a robot they set up to kill me." "Who is they?" asked Rainbow Dash. "That's what we need to find out." I told her. "Well..." started Rarity "Isn't Shadow the man with the master plan." "Someone made that joke earlier R." I said. I saw Dream Weaver come out of the bathroom. He took a seat beside Rarity and was still shaking. Bet I know why. "Hey Dream. I saved your little sister today." "What?! You did! Oh thank you Shadow!" He gave me a large hug. "But at what cost?" "Well I almost died and I found out that Celestia has mixed feeling towards me." "What kind of mixed feelings?" asked Twilight "Hate? Anger? I've never seen her truly mad." "The exact opposite. She's definitely not hating me. *Yawn* I'm tired. Need to rest." "You didn't eat dinner!" yelled Forest. "I'll eat it for breakfast." I told him. Fluttershy wrapped up my plate and put it in the fridge. I went into my room. It was all clean. All I had to remember Kay by was her locket and a picture. That's it. I have also been watching her through Shadow portals. She was very happy. Very healthy. She was living with my brother and they were in a mansion. Look at that. She got her dream of living big and without me to boot! How am I suppose to ruin it now? "What are you doing?" asked Twilight who came into my room and closed the door behind her. "Just seeing how she's doing." "Did you get over her?" "Of course I did. She's married to my asshole brother and happier there. That's enough to tell me to stop." "What would you do if you could see her know?" "I would smack the living hell out of her for fucking my brother." "Seriously?" "I'd say congrats. Good job on the family and all." "That's what I thought. So my teacher is hitting on you?" "Am I the only one who does find that odd?" "How is it odd? You saved her a few times and everyone here." "I guess. Isn't she like too old?" "No. She's immortal." "And I'm not." Twilight was quiet after that. "Awkward." I told her. "Hahaha... yeah. Give her a try." she told me. "I'll think about it. I'm just not ready for another relationship you know." She got up and headed for the door. "Goodnight." "Night Dustin. Good luck tomaro." she said closing the door. I need to get some rest. > It's a world full of hate. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well I'm happy. Back in school and everything! Isn't life just grand? Also HOTDIGGETYDEMON just put up his next animation dubbed MAGIC.MOV. You should check it out. Great stuff man! ~ Static I was in my dream standing on a rooftop shooting zombies with a sniper rifle with Cody. "Hey Dustin. 50 points if you hit Burt Reynolds." "You know I can't shoot him! That's like telling you to shoot Jeff Bridges." I argued with him. "That's a low blow. Where is he?" "On that roof with Zombie John Goodman." I told him. "I can't shoot him." "I can." I pulled my rifle up and blew up Jeff's brains. "Bastard!" He yelled trying to push me off the roof. I moved to the side and watched him fall into a crowd of zombies and get eaten. "That's for taking my wife!" I yelled. Then behind me was a woman with red hair and green eyes. "Kay?" "You killed him Dustin. Much like you killed me." "I didn't kill him. I didn't kill you either. He walked right on off." I said watching my brother get torn apart. "I hate you Dustin!" She yelled before disappearing. "Good. Now I can move on." I said waking up. I looked around and noticed I was in my room. I looked around and noticed that everything was fine. I looked at my alarm clock. It said 5:59 before going off at 6. I hit the snooze button and got up. After a few neck pops and stretches I changed into my new suit that Dawn had made for me. It was a black and grey suit built for maneuverability and stealth. It had a purple under suit attached to it. He even gave me a purple scarf to go. I liked it either way. This was my favorite part of the new suit. No goggles. It had a helmet built inside it which folded over my head. There was a black visor built underneath to hide my appearance and act as sunglasses. It had all the visions of my goggles and more than it actually. "Shadow?" asked Rarity as she came in. "What a unique design. I am loving the add of purple." "Thank you kindly." "It really looks good with the darker colors." She walked to my helmet. "And such advanced beauty!" I pushed a button and the helmet refolded into my suit's chest piece and back piece. "Once again thank you." We walked out of the room. "So why are you here?" "I came to wish you the best of luck darling. I want you to find these troublemakers and stop them before they hurt my fashions!" Is that all she cares about? Fashion? "Also I came to drop of a few things. Are you alright?" "What do you mean?" "Since you sleep by yourself now. It's been two months and you haven't really been the same." "I know. She just meant so much to me. At least she's happier now." "Don't say that. I know it's killing you." "It is. I'm getting over it at least." She gave me a wink when I left the door. I don't need anybody's pity right now. I need to get this situation figured out. A spy wanted to get captured. We took her tracking device and locked her in the dungeon. Then the big guy from earlier was their. He didn't kill me. If he was the boss then he would have done it. No. Someone's leading them. But who? "Where are you going? Are you going to kill?!" asked Rainbow Dash from the cloud above me. "Sorry Dash. But that might happen. Just wearing my new battle suit is all." I told her. She let out a sigh and moved her cloud to a quieter place. I saw her go to a hill and then fly behind a tree. Odd. Wait I need to think... Twilight didn't great me this morning. I looked at the tree and saw a dark purple tail with a pink highlight flick out. Yep. They want to watch. Good. I want them to watch actually. "Hey Buddy. You coming to work?" I heard in my ear via headset. "Give me a second. Beam me up Scotty." I told him before he sent me to the office. "Who is Scotty?" "It's a human joke." "I see." He sat down and looked at a file. "Let's see... We need to talk to our friend." I took off the suit and switched to my blue shirt and apron combo. "Let's see her." We went down their putting on mask and goggles. We got to the door and saw the pony against the wall. The worst thing the guards did was use a whip on her a few times. "Let's see here. Your not our secretary by the name of Shinning Counter. It says here you are really Charm Cutter. Let me guess. You use your charm to infiltrate and then kill right?" "Buck you!" she yelled spitting on my face. "I would rather die than tell you my reasons." "That can be arranged Mrs. Cutter. Who is the big guy with you at all times." "He's my... bodyguard." "He didn't wink at you like a bodyguard." I pulled her hoof from the chain and pulled a bracelet from her shirt. "Not a bodyguard at all." She spitted at me and I gave her a backhand smack. "How dare you hit me!" "I can do whatever I want to you. Your an enemy of the state now. Who is he?" "He's Charging Tank." That does not sound good. Then again that's years of Left 4 dead abuse in my head telling me that. "And what does he do?" "He's the strongest soldier in this land. Not even you and your weird powers can stop him." "I don't want to stop him I want answers!" I yelled grabbing a drill. "Tell me your orders." "Never!" I put the drill on her eyelid and bared my teeth. "Tell me or I pop your pretty little eye." "Okay! I'll tell you. I was sent here to be captured. But you took the transmitter before I could plant it on Celestia." "And why do you want her?" asked Dawn dropping his good cop routine which surprised me. "I don't need to tell you that." He grabbed the large hedge trimmers that had the blade removed and put it on her back left hoof. "Tell us!" He yelled. "N-no. I can't." He closed it slowly breaking her hoof in every possible place and so she could feel every bit of pain. "AAAAHHHH! Stop! Please!" I saw the tears drop from her eyes. Looks like we broke her. "We work for a pony that wants control of this land and needs her out of the way! That's all I know! I swear!" He dropped the trimmers and wrapped her hoof. "We didn't have much time." he told me. "Sorry If I lost my cool." "It's cool. Now Cutter. Who do you work for?" "You should know him Shadow. Or should I say Dustin? After all you did save him." "That only leaves... Zephyr. The doctor?!" "Yes. He's on his way and he knows how to stop you." She said before I lost my cool and punched her knocking her out. "Dawn. Erase her memory. Dump her on the street." "How much do I make her forget?" "The past 48 hours will be good. Also put some alcohol in her system. She'll wake up drunk and think she broker her hoof." "Good plan." "I thought so." We walked up changing back into our original outfits. Celestia walked in and gave us all a scared look. "Gentlemen! I need your help!" She said in a hurry. We both stood up and speed walked down the hall with her. "It appears that while we were occupied they organized a plan to kidnap someone else! My sister!" she said in tears when we got to the throne room. "I traced Luna with magic. I need you two's help!" she said. "Yes Princess." Said Dawn. I remained quiet. "Shadow. Please get ready." "Alright." I walked to the door and turned around seeing it get shut behind me. Then a crystal appeared in front of me glowing in gold magic. Celestia made me a map. I grabbed it and opened it showing not a map. But a circular radar pointing me to Luna's location. Cleaver girl. "Are you ready?" asked Dawn. I equipped my helmet and downloaded the diamond to my headset showing the radar on the bottom right corner of my HUD. "I am. It's a world full of hate." "I didn't pick up that last part." "Don't worry about it Watcher. Just watch over me." I flew out the window and went over the tree the girls were hiding at. I landed behind them and shot air out of the two air vents on the bottom of my helmet. They were scared. The visor opened showing my face. "What are you girls doing?" I just noticed that everyone was with them. All my friends came out the bushes. "And guys." "We're here to help." said Twilight. "Help by watching me?" "Yep. We can do some damage from here." said Applejack. "AJ. I appreciate it guys but I don't want any of you involved. It's okay if you are watched but if you get involved they will hunt you like they did to Kay." I told them before closing my helmet. "I'm serious. I can't lose you guys." They all gave me a hug and then I took off following the radar. Down I saw an arrow heading for me with a rope tied to it. I dodged it and pulled it up pulling a pony into the air. He was small and squirmy. "Let me down!" he cried as I held him over some buildings. "Sure thing." I said dropping him into the city. I went back to radar hunting. Huh. It's like Dragon Ball all over! Got to get that Dragon Ball! I looked down to see the large blue pony from the day before. He was sharpening a sword. What better time to attack! I jumped into a shadow and assaulted the unprepared pony. After about a minute of holding him in a choker hold he started to talk. "I'll talk! I'll talk!" he said. I put him down and put some high-tech cuffs on him. If he gets farther than 10 ft from me then he gets zapped with enough energy to kill Discord. "I hope you remember me." I said slamming his head in the wall causing him to bled from the scalp. "Now tell me why you attacked!" "We needed to get you out of the picture so we could get the princess!" Not so tough now are ya? "Where is Zephyr?" I asked him. "I want to pay him an old friend's visit the best way I know how." "He's on the bay in the lighthouse!" "Thank you big guy." I gave him a hard punch knocking him out. "Thought you would be stronger than that." I began to walk away. I heard what sounded like breaking metal and turned to see him out of the hoof cuffs and begin to charge at me. Now I see... Charging Tank... That makes more sense now. I jumped over him and grabbed his tail throwing him back into the shadows. I then used my magic to surround him in it. "Where are we?!" He yelled as we entered the Shadow Realm. "We are in my domain." I said making the shadows cover his face. "Live your worst dream." I said sending him into a nightmare. I pulled him out of the shadows. He was knocked out and shivering. He would cry out and say something every now and then but I tied him up with some chains and headed for the beach. Dr. Z is going to pay for fucking with me. "What are you doing?" asked Dawn. "Go get the princess." "But Dawn! I can stop all of this!" "Think deep down. What is your job and what is right?" "...Just wait Luna." I turned around and began my flight towards the location on the radar. I found a small square building that the Radar highlighted as being her location. "I have a question." asked Dawn. "Their are a lot of dudes in their. How do you see yourself?" he asked me. "I'm more of a... people person." I popped my neck. I stormed through the roof standing between 15 guys. I quickly went back and forth throwing punches. I gave one a double kick. [1] I grabbed another and held his hoof in my shoulder area and gave him a few punches before releasing him and giving him a far kick. [2] I jumped up and grabbed two slamming their heads together and driving them into the ground. [3] I blocked a punch and took one as a shield. A bunch of them began throwing spears and shooting arrows which I used this poor guy to block. [4!] I threw him at the others as a crowd clearer and a couple of them were stuck. I gave them all quick taps to the head. [9!] I looked at the remaining 6 and watched them. "Boo!" I said and 4 of them ran out. 1 of the guys left charged me and I kicked him in the nuts and grabbed his head with my right arm and shoulder and snapped it back killing him. The last one pulled out a turret and aimed it at me. A turret! Guess they did get decent technology. I summoned a Shadow Shield and caught all the bullets before sending each and every one of them back into his head. He gurgled and fell back. "Ehg..." I said to myself looking at the bloody mess. "Dustin!" cried Luna in a dangling cage. She was a mess. I cut the cage down and examined her injured body. Lots of cuts, bruises, and they... they... did something bad to her. "Oh my... Luna! What did they do?!" "They... They..." she tried to tell me but instantly bawled up and cried in my chest. "Shh shh. I'm so sorry. Let's get home. Dawn." He both got covered by the familiar orange light and appeared in the castle throne room. She continued to cry on me until Celestia came to her and pulled her into a motherly hug. I know. Weird. They're sisters aren't they? I looked down at my clothes. "Let's see... Blood... A little glass... tears... and a wonderful white liquid! Dawn!" He came up and scrubbed the suit with a brush and soap bucket. "Thank you." "Welcome. Is she...?" "Yes. They did. Let's just not say anything." We tried to comfort the crying alicorn. She couldn't talk anymore. Her whole body shut down in pain and shame. I nodded to Dawn and we grabbed her my blanket from the office during days I forget to go home. We wrapped her up and left Celestia to comfort her alone. Just to make sure we locked all the doors and we went to the office and talked. "Jeez. How could they do that to her?" he yelled. "I don't know but I killed most of them. Now I'm glad I had a reason to." I looked at her through the wall. We had these one way mirrors beside the door. Poor kid... "Nightmare would have gotten out and killed them all." "She would have. But I killed her. I brought this on that kid." "Kid?" "She has the body of a teen. Why? Because she was a teen when she was sent to the moon." I said to him. He knew I was sad because I didn't protect her like a proper guard. "I don't know how to fix this Dawn! We failed our jobs!" "I know. It's okay. For us I mean... but what can we do to help her?" "We never leave her side again." I said. "Even though that is not possible. Where the hell were her personal guards?" "I haven't seen them since the secretary tried to escape... does that mean...!" "We have more spies! This time they went to far!" I yelled walking out the door. "Where are you going Shadow!" He asked following me. I opened the door to the hallway and saw the two of them laughing out loud. 'She was the best pussy I've ever fucked!' said G1. (guard #1) 'Shh... Shadows over there. *clears throat.*' "Hey Shadow!" he said. I gave him my death stare. "What?" I pointed into the throne room and they listened to the crying from inside. I gave them both a barrage of punches and held them captive. "What are you doing!" yelled the second one coughing some blood. "We know what you did!" I yelled so loud so everyone in the castle could hear. "We trusted you to protect your princess! Instead you had her kidnapped and you raped her! How could you?!" "How would you understand Shadow. Have you been around a woman so long that you would do anything to get with her?" asked guard 1. "I do know! Kay! Remember her? I have known her since I was 5 and now she's gone! I know that feeling much worse than a lowlife like you!" I knocked them both out due to anger. "It's just a world full of hate." I told Dawn. "What?" "I thought this world was different. It's exactly the same as my world. I have seen many crimes. I have committed a fair share of them. I never did anything like rape. No... the worse I did was arson. Murder, maybe. But never this. I hate rape and suicide more than all other forms of pain." "Have you been in that much pain Dustin?" "Worse. I had a sister back on Earth. She died when I was 11. She was... raped. Then murdered." "Oh Celestia that's horrible!" "They never got who did it where as here we caught two of them red handed." "These two weren't the only rapist?" "No... I don't think so. I don't think that 15 guys would stand around and watch this without getting greedy." I told him. "They all helped." said Luna walking in the hallway. "I heard everything." "And you should know that I'm going to find the 4 guys who I didn't kill and teach them a lesson." In case you were wandering when I was tapping people in the head I was stabbing their brains. Can't help it. Bad hobby. "Take a break Shadow. At least take comfort that you saved me." she said quietly. "You did what you could." "If I was quicker than I could have avoided this. Zephyr will pay. I promise." "Who?" she asked. "The doctor I saved in the past. God dammit I trusted him!" I yelled kicking one of the guards on the ground. "I trusted him like I trust these two. Now I regret everything." I just lost some pride. I got stabbed in the back again. Failed my job to protect and to top the cream whip on the ice cream sundae with a cherry the person who I was supposed the protect lost that very same cherry. "I'm sorry Shadow." "About what?" "For making you worry so much." "Don't say that. If anything I'm sorry." Luna gave me a nod and wrapped herself with my blanket while Celestia escorted her to their chambers. "Dawn what's the deal with Cutter." "We erased her memory and put her on the edge of town." Near their H Q I imagine. "Alright." I went outside. Their was snow on the ground which I imagine since we're in the middle of January. The moon was up and full with every star beside it. It was as if the moon itself was crying. It was a beautiful yet heartbreaking sight. Now I'm even sadder. "I will get Zephyr." I said to myself. "Dawn? Did you do as was told?" "Put our tracker signal on her?" "Yes." "I did. Why?" "She's going to take us to her base. If they have anymore advanced technology I imagine door passwords and security." "Alright then. Go get some rest." Did I really spend all day already? "Fine. See you later." I flew off. Now I have to tell my friends how Luna was raped and I know Twilight won't take it well. When I landed and opened the door their was a news broadcast on the TV. God bless these ponies and technology! "What's on?" I asked and they all looked at me and went 'Shh!' so I shut myself up and watched it. 'We have reports that the hero Shadow not only killed 11 ponies today but was also causing trouble at the castle.' "What?!" What the fuck! How can they post that! 'He came in through the building and just went off on us. For no reason!' said a pony with fake bandages on. He was one of the ones who escaped. "That's bullshit! I killed them because they kidnapped Luna!" I muted the TV "How can they lie like that?" "Should we believe you?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Dash. You have known me for a long time now. Are you just going to believe this news report over me?" "I just might. The news is usually right." My Little Bitch! I will kill you! No! Keep it together. "Then fuck it your no help." I cut the volume back on. 'It is also known that Shadow has beaten up his own teammates.' It showed a picture of the two night guards all battered and bruised. 'He also kidnapped people including his own princess.' I muted it again. "Well... Now I know who else to kill." "Tell us what really happened then all mighty hero!" said and angered Pinkie. "15 ponies kidnapped Luna. The two guards I assaulted help them. They tortured and raped her." They all gasped. "I let a few of them go. They worked for an old man I knew named Zephyr so tomaro I'm paying him a little visit." I looked at all my friends who didn't believe me. "I shouldn't have to explain myself to you guys." I went outside and flew to the news room. I came in through the window and talked to her while she was doing the interview. "Shadow!" she basically jumped out of her chair. "Stand up. Tell me why you are spreading lies over the news." "I'm not!" "Don't play coy. I didn't do many of those things" "But but you killed and-" "I killed to rescue the princess. Didn't think about that did ya?" I walked to the camera. "I'm tired of your propaganda." I destroyed it. "How am I suppose to work?" "Your not. They are already getting a new reporter to come in and replace you." I said walking into the shadow. "Wait!" She jumped in it but I was already gone. That was fun. Now I need some sleep. > I'm going to teach you about how I am a rocket man! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well yesterday was April 16th. It was the 5 anniversary of the infamous shootings at Virginia Tech. If anyone is reading this than please remember all of the innocent lives lost on this day. I'd appreciate it. I was trying to sleep but I kept turning and moving in my bed. I could only think about my sister and Luna. Just how similar they were and what similar pain they had to go through. I can't sleep. No matter what I've tried I just can't do it with a guilty mind. So I got up and began preparing myself to get to Zephyr. Let's see here. I need to go over my checklist. Great now I feel like Twi. 1. Check armor for maintenance. Check. 2. Get all weapons ready. Check. 3. Get a good surrounding of the lighthouse. X. I don't know what the area is like or who I'm going to fight. "You awake Watcher?" I said into my headset. No response. Guess I'm doing this solo. I walked out of my room and saw that every light in the house was off. All the ponies were sleeping. I equipped my helmet so I could see and check the time. 1:57? God I am up early. How long have I been trying to sleep now? I cut on my goggles and made my way outside. "Yeah... I'm awake." said a tired voice on my headset. "I can't sleep. I need to see Dr. Z now." I told him. "Dude... It's like 2 in the morning. Can you try again in like 9 hours?" "Once again I can't sleep." I started to fly towards the bay which he adopted as home. And by he I mean the backstabbing son of a bitch who I am going to kill! I made my way to the beach and stopped to scope out the area. There was an army outside. I saw Charging Tank and Charm Cutter at the head of the group making a speech. "We will not lose!" yelled Cutter. "We will not give in to this murderer. This Shadow can't hurt us if we shine the light on him!" Uh... I don't think it works that way. I transferred myself over there via shadow powers and stood behind her. "We learned that he sleeps at night mostly so that gives us plenty of time to prepare to meet him!" She yelled. She turned around and her entire brown coat when white. She was shaking like a leaf. "Boo!" I whispered before taking her hostage. "Alright no one move!" I yelled. They all stopped trying to kill me. "Now get Zephyr down here!" I yelled at a small pony who went inside the building. When he came out he was helping an old pony walk. "It appears we meet again comrade!" he yelled at me. "Zephyr! What the fuck where you thinking!" "I was thinking that we humans deserve our land." "But this is Equestria!" "I know. It's in our nature to destroy Dustin. How's Kay? Oh... too soon?" "You knew about this?" "I helped organized it. I just needed to convince Bloodmane. Which he did a good job and you killed him saving me the trouble." "I will kill you!" I slit the throat of Cutter and threw her body at Charging Tank. I flew past all the other ponies and made my way to him. He then pulled out a familiar metal weapon and pushed a button on his costume. He disappeared and I received a hard punch to the neck. When I went down I felt something tap on the back of my head. I heard a hammer being pulled down. "You weren't much of a fight. How disappointing." I grabbed the gun and flipped him over me. I took it out of his hooves and put it on my hoof where the weapon was adjusted for ponies to shoot. I turned and shot at every pony that was charging at me. Including Tank I saw all their brains get blown out. When I ran out I rushed into the crowd using the empty gun as a blunt weapon. "Take this fucker!" I grabbed one and rammed the barrel into his neck about 3 times crushing his trachea. I flipped it upside down and used it as a pistol whip and knocked out about 5 of them. Then on my left I was a group of 4 ponies. They were the ones that escaped when I was avenging Luna. "You 4 are next. Do that to my princess will you?" "Please mister! We didn't mean it!" One of them cried as I drew out my claws. "Their is only one meaning of rape and you meant it. You reek of the stench of sin." I chopped his head off. I stabbed two of them and tackled the last one not using my weapons. I continued to punch him in the head until he slowly died of brain trauma. I drew my blades again and watched as the entire army disbanded leaving only a Zephyr left. "Dustin stop this madness!" "Agreed. I'll make it quick." "I'm fighting to survive. I read a book on time and how if I kill enough here I save enough in Earth." "But the wasteland never happened! I created you in my dream doctor!" "But that's not possible. I need to sacrifice more to counter balance the death of our worlds." "You've sacrificed too much..." "Only a fool would say that." Guess he truly went mad. I held one of my blades up at him from far away. "I don't see how you can stab me from over there." I smirked and shot all 3 blades into his skull. The bang was loud enough to wake up everyone within miles. I turned away from the dead bodies and began my walk home when I heard laughter behind me. I turned to see him standing back up laughing his lungs out. He was blue or ethereal-ish. He picked up all the dead bodies and began to float in the air. "You have finished my plans Dustin Shafer! You are a true fool!" He absorbed them all and grew into a large blue dragon. "I have the power of the underworld now!" "Uh oh..." Celestia teleported beside me. "What have you done this time?" she yelled at me. "It appears I may have doomed us all." I said. He then threw a punch and sent me into the lighthouse smashing the building. "You can't stop me!" He yelled as I climbed out of the rubble. I gave Celestia a signal to beat it and she escaped the fight. "Oh I can... Just give me a minute." I was still trying to get out. When I climbed out I saw him drinking a glass of tea. "You see Shafer I absorbed all of those dead souls to create a much more powerful body allowing me to use much more powerful magic." He clapped his hands together leaving a rift floating. "I just combined our worlds!" I picked up a pole from the camp and threw it through the rift destroying it. "Stop that." "It's not going to happen Z! I am going to kill you!" "If you can!" I flew up towards his chest. He was ready for me as he blocked it so instead of hitting the area he thought was going to be injured I flew into his eye socket. "AAAGGGGHHHH! Get out!" "I'm not doing it." I went into the back of his head and saw his brain. It looked more like a fountain with souls emitting from it. "Why did you kill me?" asked one of them. "Honest mistake." I told him. "I didn't want to die..." said another. "And I didn't want to come here and lose my wife. Now I'm in some dude's brains. Ugh." "Get out!" yelled Zephyr. I looked over at his brain and saw it had a little plug connecting to the wall. "Oh man... I love cartoons." I said while pulling the plug and watching his body shut down. He fell down on his face covering my eye exit. "I am not going out his ass." I used my one remaining blade arm to cut my way out of the back of his neck. When I got out looking like a bloody mess I saw all my friends, the princess, and a few thousand spectators. "Oh boy." "Dustin! What the hell is wrong with you!" yelled an angered Twilight. "It's okay Twilight! I may have created this monster but I stopped it so we're all good!" "No! No we are not all good! You killed so many ponies!" "Now Twilight..." "Don't interrupt me! This monster was made because of your sins!" Ouch. "What's keeping him from coming back?" she asked. Everyone stared at me. "I'm going to teach you something Twilight Sparkle and I want you all to watch!" I flew under the dragon and lifted him up. "I'm going to teach you about how I am a rocket man!" I started to fly and carry the beast with me all the way to the moon. I equipped my helmet which Dawn fitted with a oxygen converter mask. When I was in orbit I threw his body out into space and decided to stand on the moon. "Huh... It's actually nice up here." I looked to my right and saw a couch, a TV, and a food making machine. Guess I know how Luna survived up here. Maybe I can breath in space. I took my mask off and took in a deep breath before letting it out. "I can breathe in space! Besides I'm probably gonna get banished up here for causing so much trouble down there. Doubt it." 20 minutes later I was standing on Earth listening to Twilight's lecture which I just zoned out of. I could hear her words but they went in one ear and out the other. Why is my hair blowing? Are words really that powerful?! No. "Dustin Shafer!" echoed Celestia in my head. Everyone was quiet and we all looked at her. "You have caused trouble and panic in this land. You are not the same person we thought you were." "And what kind of person am I? What was I supposed to be Celestia? You can't change someone! That is just not possible." "That does it! You are banished to the moon!" Her voice echoed through the world. The only other noise I heard was a glass break. "Uh huh. And for how long?" "A thousand years!" "Celestia I won't live that long." She aimed her horn at me and shot me with a spell. "No this is much worse. I just increased your life span to that of an alicorn." "I thought you were immortal." "I am. So is Luna. All the others aren't. You will live for a few thousand years." Then she zapped me with another spell sending me to the moon. "Until then enjoy your vacation." "Great. I'm on the moon!" Am I going to go insane? I might. "What the fuck. I thought Twilight said that Celestia had a crush on me." I sat on the couch and cut on the TV. Then the robot that makes food started talking. "Hello master Shafer. I have heard of what has happened." "*sigh* What did I do so bad this time?" I asked her. Yes it had a woman's voice. "Well besides almost summoning a monster who wanted to kill all species of this world and repopulate the human race not much." "But I stopped him!" "And cause so much destruction and pain in the way." I stopped talking now. It was right. I guess this was my fault. I slid down in the couch and thought to myself. "What would you like to eat?" "What's good?" "How about a dandelion and hay sandwich?" "Fine." I just now decided to think about what just happened. I just got banished to the moon. Now I'm going to mess all those weddings and be late for work. Then the robot handed me a sandwich. "How did you get this here?" "I made it down there and sent it up here." "Impressive." I took a bit out of it. "Not bad." A thousand years doesn't sound so bad. Right? > Time to Bend my way to my destiny. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am going to need to rely on my futuristic ideas for a while. Its the only way to make this more awesome. 29 years later God I hate being on the moon. I think it's been a few weeks now. Do you know what Tia did? She took away my wings so I couldn't fly and I can't use my shadow powers. Might as well bend me over and fucking rape me now! I'm a fucking alter boy! I was doing some pushups so I could stay in shape when this pony appeared in front of me. "Wow! So this is what the moon is like!" She was impressed by this small rocks strange beauty. "What are you doing here?" I asked her. "Oh Dustin! Your still here!" "Yes. Do I know you?" "It's me! Silver Sage!" What?! Why is she here! "Sage? You look so grown up!" "It's been a long time. I came up here because I just wanted to see what it was like. I'm doing an experiment." I think I may have lost track of time. Then she sat down and started to write in her journal. She was a very cute mare. "What happened to Twilight and Static?" I asked her. "Not much. I'm only going to be here for about another 7 seconds anyways." She started to glow. "Oh here's something cool! My mom is now an..." She was gone. "Twilight is a what? A Bitch? I knew that." I said to myself going back to my exercises. 239 years later I think I've been here for 7 years now. It's so depressing. I now know how Luna feels. I cut my hair short and spiky and kept my stubble. Guess I'm aging a bit as well. I am lucky though as my hair kept it's brown color. "Hello master!" said the robot. "Ello." "What would you like to eat?" "Give me whatever sounds good." I have said that every time she offered my food. I then got a caramel apple. "Here you go!" she said handing it to me. "I love caramel and apples. It's like the only candy I like." I said taking a bit out of it. Then another robot appeared out of nowhere in a blinding light. It stood up like a pony and looked exactly like me. It even got the hair right. How? How did it know what I looked like from down there? "Hello Shafer. I am here to check up on you." It said standing up. "Uh... No comment here." I said to it. He looked at me giving me a scan. Then after a while he disappeared. "Well that was more random than Pinkie Pie. I could really go for one of her songs right about now." 732 years later I was sleeping on the couch. It think I really lost track of time. It's been about 39 years now I think. I'm going to be up here for so long its not even funny! "Dustin Shafer!" yelled a booming voice. Was that Celestia? Sounds different. Than again I haven't heard her talk for 39 years. I was then engulfed by a warm light. "Have a pleasant future!" said the robot. Good riddance. I then felt myself hit something hard. I looked around to see I was in the futuristic Canterlot throne room. "How was your time Dustin?" asked a voice which didn't sound like the princess from behind me. I turned around after standing up and saw a purple pony sitting in the throne. She had dark violet hair with one pink streak in it. "Twilight Sparkle?" I asked her getting a nod in return. "It's been a thousand years already?" I asked looking around. "I know Celestia sent you to the moon to get you out of the way." "Out of the way for what?" "For Equestria to grow and become an age of technology." "She knew I would go against it and put up a fight. Clever." Twilight stood up. She was as tall as Celestia and had large black wings. She was wearing violet shoes like Tia wore hers. She was an alicorn now! How did this happen! "Are you confused Dustin?" she asked. "I thought it was only 39 years. So yeah pretty confused. What do I do now?" "I don't know Dustin. Your a dangerous secret. Anypony would kill you on the spot as it is." "You can say Anybody. I don't see what the point of that is." "I'm serious!" "And I'm still confused. Who wants me dead this time?" "Celestia blamed all of the worlds greatest mistakes on you." "Uh oh. And what mistakes are they?" She stood up and made a motion with her hooves so the guards would leave so it would be just us in the room. "Twilight where is everybody!" "They're all dead Dustin." "Even Sage?" "Yes." "Sorry. Now what mistakes?" "You were blamed for causing: 3 wars, 7 genocides, 1000's of innocent deaths, and the death of the Princess herself." "Well... I can say I didn't cause any of those no matter how much I would have enjoyed the last one." *sigh* "Dustin don't be like that." "I don't have a choice. Humans live for almost 100 years. She made me live through ten human lives. That's torture Twilight." "It does sound bad. I know how you feel." "Why would she blame me for this?" "Because your actions cause the Revolution. Ponies wanted a better leader and before she died she gave me all her powers." she said wiping a tear. Obviously a painful moment for her. "Where am I going to go?" I asked her. "It's the future now and I don't know what to do." "Just stay with me Dustin. I'd hate to lose you as well." She said with what sounded like happiness. Always loved Twilight. Don't know why but I have. I don't want to think that! She hates me obviously. She pressed a button beside her throne and spoke into a speaker. "Ms. Pot. Can you bring some tea for me and my guest please." "Of course Princess." said a voice on the other side. Then a pony with two guards rushed in the door and pushed me into a chair and carried me and Twilight to a table on the balcony. They gave us tea and left. "That was... something." I told her. "You'll get used to it." She said sipping on her tea. "I'm sorry that Celestia did this. She just wanted everyone happy." "And she uses the one dirty pony that isn't afraid of death to get the job done." "Don't think like that Dustin." "How did she die Twilight? I know it's a touchy subject but I have to know." "She was killed during a raid. Discord got out and help with that. We didn't refreeze him though." "You finally put the bastard down." "Yes. Applejack and I weren't really affected. Rainbow hated it. Pinkie... it killed her spirit and Fluttershy had troubles adjusting to it but she was able to move past it." "1..2..3..4..5.. What about Rarity?" I asked her. I know my memory is still in good shape. "She... she killed herself." Twilight put her tea down and lowered her head. "Sorry." I looked at the city. It was a lot bigger with tons of more lights. It was more... Tron than I expected. I'm not even joking it was mostly black with highlights. "Everything has changed huh?" "It has." "And to think that 1000 years ago I was shaking my ass at a fashion show!" "HAHAHA!" Twilight busted out laughing. "I don't know why your laughing. I saw you checking me out." "You did-?!" She stopped and blushed. "Hahaha... I'm sorry Twilight." "About what?" "Not doing anything to stop this. I love technology but it can easily go wrong." "I understand! Accidents happen so much and when someone dies they don't even notice. Anybody is at risk." "You said Anybody." "Oh... *giggle* I guess I did." She kept her cute giggle. Great! Now If only she kept that cute little smile. I watched her move her head down to hide her sheepish smile. She kept it! But something is wrong here. I can just sense it. "Twilight something doesn't feel right." I told her. "You're just not use to it yet." "No it's just that I-" I was cut off when a silver pony walked through the door from the balcony. "Mother!" she cried. She looked just like Silver Sage but had a tattoo of 23 on her neck. "Sage! Bad time!" she said carrying her to the next room and locking the door behind her so I couldn't escape. Shit I knew something was wrong! I can't fly or use magic! God dammit! Celestia you motherfucker! I will kill the shit out of you if I go back in time again. Then Twilight came back out. "Dustin! Listen I know it looks bad but I had too!" she cried. "Twilight you cloned your daughter! That's horrible!" I looked past her and saw a clone of Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Oh god! Oh god! "Says the guy who kills!" yelled the Rainbow clone with a 31 on her neck. "Shut up! Just shut up! Twilight you can't play god!" "I'm not! I'm just preventing the enviable." "Where are the others?" I asked her. "Pinkie and Rarity didn't get cloned in time. Fluttershy is in the gardens. Your friends however..." "Static! Forest and Sky! Your telling me their dead!" "Yes but listen to me! I couldn't dare lose my friends. Now we can control the pony population even if you... you..." "If I kill again." I took a sigh and sat back down putting my face on my right hoof and looked at the town. "I'm hopeless Twilight. I don't have a lover. I don't have a future. I don't have many friends left. It's all leaving." "I understand Dustin. I truly do." She sounded like she meant it. "I believe you of all people would. I was right by the looks of it." I reached into my pocket and pulled out my last cigarette. "I was saving this for the day I die or a close friend dies. It appears I have lost many friends." "Dustin I am so sorry. For everything." "Kay keeps haunting me. Even when I was on the moon and I questioned my sanity everyday she would still haunt my thoughts." "Dustin listen. We or I still care about you." The clones left. She didn't. "So much has happened in the past. What are you thinking about?" "Do you know how bad it was on the moon? No time. I couldn't tell what day it was or what date it was. I'm also thinking about how many Earth years have gone by. If I did my calculations correct it was 30,000 years." "What year was it when we brought you here?" "It was... 2012... I think." "So what happened to the Earth?" "Well there are two guesses. It is either a technological paradise or a wasteland hell." She stopped talking and began to think to herself. "So even if you make it back everyone you know is gone?" "Yes. I don't want to go back. I'll just stay here for the remaining few thousand years your lovely princess cursed on me." "Again I'm sorry. What are you going to do now?" "I put money in the bank and invested in plenty of stocks. I imagine that I should have a lot saved up." She sat down beside me and looked at the city. Then back at me. I was still wondering if I should light up my last cigarette. "Save your smoke Shafer." She only says my last name when she is truly serious. "What if I could send you back in time to correct all of this. Would you change it?" I put my hoof on hers earning a blush on her face. "No. I am already a victim of changes. I also hate changing time. Rewriting History. Changing the future. It's all wrong. I just want to stay with you the last of my friends." "The last?" "Your friends and daughter don't seem found of me." "They are still believing Celestia over me." She didn't say princess. Guess she really burned Twilight. "They are probably arguing in their about the best way to ditch you." "Hahaha! That's sounds about right!" I put up my smoke. "I'm still defenseless." "Explain yourself Dustin! You never doubt yourself." "Celestia took my wings and powers." "That's strange. I still sense lots of power inside of you." Odd... That's highly unlikely. "What could I do?" "You could Bend." "I can bend like this." I bent my body in half in a yoga pose. "See?" "No I mean Bend elements. Their are ponies who have done that for hundred's of years." "Can you tell me where they are?" "Better. I can send you there and when your done I'll bring you back." She said while winking. "I have another question. Where's Luna?" "She was chased out. People thought she was too dangerous and angry since Celestia died." "That's sad. And have you found anybody else to love?" "No. Not since Static died." She stared at me while saying that. "You remind me of him." "I was him. Or he was a part of me." "Yes." She shook her head getting out of her daze. "Tell me when your ready to travel." "I was always ready. Whose first?" "The Water Bending tribe." "And where are they?" "They are in the Arctic to the south." Arctic? Don't you mean Antarctic? No wait. This is Equestria. Alright then. "I'll get my coat." > Water is the new home. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well I've been board so I decided to go back and play my favorite game from last year. Saints Row the Third. Best game ever I shit you not. I was sent to the Equestrian version of the Arctic. Looked exactly the same as Earth. No technology. Just a blizzard. I was standing on top of some short of hill. I looked around and couldn't see a thing except the road ahead of me. Then I was handed a map out of nowhere telling me where I was and which way the road navigates. I zipped up my brown coat and pulled my hood up. I did notice I had change on the moon. I had a snow white coat which I didn't notice before. However it's like I never aged. I only got paler. "Brr... Twilight didn't say anything about a surprise blizzard." I followed the map and stayed on the road until I made it to a small tribal camp. When I got their the large white gates hit me in the face. Or I hit it. Something like that. "Ow." "Halt traveler!" said a voice above. "Do tell us why you are here?" "I have come to learn how to Bend water! Twilight said you could help me!" "Ah... The princess did say of the pony of prophecy from the moon of times hundred's of years back would be here to learn." "Prophecy? Whatever may I come in?" "Yes! Please accept our apologies!" The gates opened to show me a beautiful little village. Their were lots of ponies all happy and free. Each wearing a blue coat with tribal paintings on them. I saw unicorns doing magic and pegasai flying. They were fly fishing. I also saw an Earth pony pick up a water ball! Then a pretty mare walked up to me. "Hello." She said. "You are Dustin?" "I am... Ms?" "I am Snow Blossom. The princess of this land." "Oh my god!" I got on one knee and bowed. "I'm sorry your highness!" "Rise. It is us who should bow to you." "What?" "We know of Celestia's choice to remove you. You didn't deserve it. Yet you keep fighting no matter what bad things have happened." "Your right. I've had 1000 years to forget about the past. I don't even remember the girl I liked. Tea? Sea! No I can't remember her name. Hay? Oh well." The princess was still confused about my rantings. She was very beautiful. She was the perfect snow pony. White fur. Black hair. Blue eyes like mine. Also an Earth pony. Maybe she's like that pony I just saw a minute ago lifting the water. "So the Princess Twilight thinks you have what it takes to bend. Do you know what element you are?" "Wait theirs more than one?" "Yes. Earth. Fire. Wind. and Water. These are the 4 elements that the ponies can use. As you can see we are Water." "And tribal at that. I always wanted to live in a teepee." "And you shall have the chance! I will allow you to occupy my tent with me." "Oh sweet! Wait... what?" She was walking away. "Come on now! Follow me!" I walked with her and looked around. "Their isn't any technology here." "Is that a problem?" "Where I came from their was little but nothing like in the big city. That was crazy." "We disapprove of such things. While some ponies have their electronics we have our Bending. Bending is similar to Magic. Only a few may use it. Ponies with powerful spirits or wills are the only ones who may though." "I see... Can I use it?" "You have so much energy inside of you. I though you already could?" "I can? How?" "Later. Let's show you around." She showed me the tents, the stores, the fishers, and the training grounds. "Alright here we are. Let's see what you got." "How do I do it?" "Rest your mind Shafer. Ease your body. Feel the water and let it be you." I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I stood on my back legs like she did and calmed myself with forearm movements and breathing. "Rest... my mind." I said to myself. I didn't open my eyes. I only tried to feel it. I need to get a mental picture. I thought about making a water ball and throwing it at someone. "Hey!" I opened my eyes and looked to see Snow's face wet. She was wiping of the water. "Watch it!" She pulled all the water from her hair and dried herself up. "I did it?" I tried it again with my eyes open and lifted up a lot of water this time. "Whoa!" said the princess. "Your powerful! You must really be a natural for Twilight to trust you so much." "Does Twilight not trust easily?" "Not since her husband died and since the princess's actions." The thought of Celestia really pissed me off. So much that I turned the water I was holding into a large iceberg. "Jeez!" "Whoa..." I said to myself before moving my hooves back and the ice melting into water. "I guess I'm going to get good at this." "You mean your not good?" "I don't have full control." "You sound mature." "I better be. I had a thousand years to think to myself only." I got on the ground in a meditative position. "Here follow my lead." She did as was told with a giggle. "Alright. You meditate?" "I learned a lot on the moon. Watch." I kept perfectly still with my eyes closed and began to float. "Ease your body and let your spirit take you." "How can I do that?" She asked. "Leave your body and lift yourself up." She tried hard but couldn't move. I got back down and helped her. "Here I'll help. Think about a bamboo fountain." "Okay." "Now think about their being no water. The bamboo is your body and you need to be the water to move the bamboo." She thought really hard and slowly began to rise. "Their we go. Don't panic. Don't move. Slowly open your eyes and carry yourself like I said." She opened her eyes and breathed in slowly and smiled. "I'm doing it! Guess we both learned something." She could talk and float. That's impressive. Took me a while to learn that. "This is the best way to think." I told her. "Well I think." "This is amazing!" She slowly lowered herself down and stood up. "I didn't know I could do that." "Your a natural at keeping your... 'cool'." "Oh ha ha. Let's laugh at the ice pony." "Hey I'm as white as you." She laughed a little at it. "Can I bend other elements?" "It's not possible I'm afraid. Glad you found the right one though." "Right. You said Fire, wind, and earth. Let's try it!" I held a hoof up and pushed hardly. "Come on!" "Dustin please stop. It's not pos-" She was cut off when I shot a fireball out of my hoof and melted a piece an Iceberg at sea. "-sible... Oh my heavens!" Yay she didn't say 'Oh my Celestia' or any bullshit like that. Heavens! "You are just an amazing pony." "So I can do water and fire." "The only way is if you are one with your spiritual and physical sides." "Well I kept in shape over the years even though on the moon it didn't feel like thousands of years. No more like super long days. Also I've been in a coma and I've felt death so many times that I should be a spirit." "We have so much to learn from the pony of the past. How ironic." "Hahaha! I guess so! This is great! I feel alive!" I picked her up for a hug. "Oh! Hahaha... Put me down! Hahaha!" I put her back down and listened to her. "You can teach us all something and we need to teach you. You're right. You lack control." "Then we practice in the morning because I am pooped." I said sitting down. I yawned and felt hungry. "I don't remember the last time I ate. Speaking of which what time is it?" "Your just a bundle of fun Dustin. It's going to be great to have you here. Come on let's go get some food." She took my hoof in her hoof and began to walk. "No seriously what time is it?" 1 hour later I was eating my 7th fish and hearing Ice laugh. "Hahaha... jeez you must really be hungry." "All I ate was artificial food from an annoying robot for a long time. She would only make me sandwiches." Thank god! Ponies who eat meat! When I'm done I'm coming back here! "Well Enjoy." she said taking a bite out of her fish. She is really cute. Definitely makes me forget about that one girl I used to be with. After we ate we went outside and noticed how dark it was getting. "Well Twilight is lowering the sun." "So we better be off." She nodded and we went to her tent. Inside I looked around. Their were pictures and a rack for her to hang clothes. She had a lot of different coats and one dress. She is a princess. "What do you think?" "I am loving it here. Meat! Teepees! This is the coolest place ever. When I'm done learning my Bending and get my name cleared I'm moving here." "That would be very nice. I didn't have time to get a second bed so do you... wanna... share?" "Sure." Just keep it cool. I think I'm too old for her anyways. "How old are you?" she asked me. Oh she's good. "Well I am 1030. But since I haven't aged a day I should just be 30." "Huh. I am only 28." Yes! "How does it feel to know your world has just gone bye past you." "It doesn't feel great. But I don't really know how it feels. I guess guilty is the only factor that affects you." "How so?" "Knowing that everything has changed and is somewhat your fault." "I'm sorry to hear that." "I'm not. I got over it." I sat on the bed next to her taking my coat off. "I just hope I don't get stabbed in the back again." She only stared at my scars. She even touched the x on my cheek. "You look like you've been through hell." "That's the best explanation I could give." Finally someone who understands! She cut the light off beside her and got in the bed right beside me. Here's the best part. It was a quite small bed. Guess who gets to snuggle. "Good night Dustin." She said closing her eyes. She laid her head on my chest and went to sleep. I decided to look over her body. She had a white coat just like mine and not a scar in sight. She was also kinda physical for a mare meaning she can take care of herself. She kept her hair in a tribal ponytail with one big braid on the tail in the back and braids on her sideburns. The only thing maybe out of sight was the tribal tattoo on her right forearm. I want one! She also had a cutie mark of cherry blossoms with snowflakes on them. Snow Blossom. "Good night princess." I told her recovering her body with the blanket. I put my head back and went to sleep. "How could you!" said a voice in my dream. I turned to see Kay. "You killed me!" "I fucking didn't! You jumped in front of the attack! You brought this on yourself and now your fucking my brother! Well Fuck you Kay! Fuck you and fuck your excuses!" "And you think you can just find someone else?" She laughed at me. "I know I can. I know that I don't love you anymore. Do me a favor and get out of my life." I told the ghost and it left my mind. After that I looked around to see I was in the same Water Bending village wearing a blue coat and with a blue armband on my hoof covering what appeared to be a tattoo. Then someone ran up to me. "Their at the gate!" he screamed. "Alright man your positions." I went to the gate and looked out of it. I saw an army with signs saying 'Bending is wrong!' and 'Down with the heretics!' and at the head of the group was Twilight herself. "Surrender now Dustin!" "Why don't you make me?" I asked her. The army charged and I went over the gate to fight them. I used water and earth bending to clear my way to Twilight before making an air blade and jumping at her. Before I collided it with her horn something hit me. I couldn't see anymore than black. Just black. End of dream I guess... I kind of wish I was still Static sometimes. Do that whole enter my memory shit all over again. "Huh..." I said to myself. I looked down to see the sleeping beauty. Her hair was out of the braids and was very long. Long black hair. She was on my chest breathing lightly and healthily. She doesn't snore?! No wonder I slept so good. She is just adorable. Also she has a big flank but best not tell her that. "*mumble*" Aw... she mumbles in her sleep. "I'm sorry... Daddy..." she said to herself. I saw a tear fall. Uh oh. I know where this is going. The tear was gone and she went back to her heavy dream from earlier. She was also drooling a little but not enough to piss me off. I need to get back to sleep. When I did I was in a white room. "Hello?" I asked out loud. I was sitting in a chair with fancy clothes and a top hat on. I also had a tea cup. To my left was a table and God. I think. He was in the form of a pony with short white hair, a short white beard, white hair and similar fancy clothes except the hat and he had shades. "Hello." I went back to sipping tea. "Uh..." "This is your mind Dustin. You are the strangest and most remarkable human I think I have ever created besides my own son." "Nothing can beat Christ." I said. "Glad you believe that. Wow already 1030 huh?" "Yeah. Hey what time is it?" "There... it's about 3:48 a.m." "Thank you." I looked around the white room. "So this is my mind? It's so empty!" God busted out laughing. "Hahahaha! You crack me up son." Well I've known him for about 1 minute now and he's already been better than my dad. "Look out that window over their." I did as was told and it opened and expanded showing me in a bed with Snow on top of me. "That's a beauty." he said. "She is. How's Kay?" "Well she's dead again. On Earth. Died of old age and depression." "Aw... How come?" "Your brother died and she was too old to do anything about it. She just gave up and waited for me." He refilled his tea cup and mine handing it to me. "Don't worry about Kay anymore." "Wasn't it in the bible to never cheat on anyone?" "It is. But! You never were married and she left you." "Thanks for rubbing that in. I have another question." "Shoot!" He shot the top hat of my head. "Jesus! *ahem* How come I can Bend more than one element?" "Because you are the most powerful. Your the Maker, remember? You can use Earth and Air as well. You are going to have the most troubles with Earth." "How come?" "You need to be cool to use Water. You need patience for Air and I know your patient. And you need revenge and hate for Fire." "And Earth?" "You need to be bold and stubborn for Earth. You are very peaceful and your attacks are coordinated. Earth isn't attacking with skill. Just brute strength." "I thought discipline was good?" "It is. For the others. Earth needs you to be as hard and stubborn as the ground itself." "Seems legit." "Oh it's time for you to get up." He pushed me out of the door that said exit. I opened my eyes to see I was still in bed. I looked down and Snow began to wake up. She yawned and moved her hoof. She felt around my stomach for a few seconds before turning her head and looking at me. "Oh my!" she figured out that she slept on me all night. She had a large blush and pulled to blanket over her. "I'm so sorry!" "Don't be. We both enjoyed it." A little too much. She poked her head up like a kitten. "In that case you were better than any pillow I have ever slept on." Sounds hot. I'll try it out. Wait... I can't. Can I? It's a no. "Come on! Let's get up!" I began to stretch. She just stared at my body. I went to my coat and noticed it was still wet. Her's dried in seconds! How the fuck?! "Aw... It's too wet to put on. You don't have a whale coat." "Why do you call it that?" "Because it keeps you cool in the summer. Hot in the winter. It usually isn't wet and it is easy to clean!" She said admiring her blue coat. I poked my head out the tent and noticed the snow stopped. "When is the next blizzard?" "5 months." she said. Guess I came at a bad time. She put her coat on. "Do you have any money?" "I have old time money. Does that count?" I showed her a bit. "Wow! That bit must be worth millions!" Did she just say millions! Cha-Chink! Jackpot baby! "Let's get me a new coat." She pushed me out and we went to the stores. Their was one that was dedicated to these coats. I went inside and sat on the stool. "So you want a coat outsider?" "Oh yes please!" I told him. "Let's measure you then!" He quickly moved around me. "All done. Wait here." He left and in .245 seconds he came back with a coat and he put it on me. "Fits perfect!" "Thanks!" I handed him a bit. "Will this do?" "This will keep me feed for years!" he had stars in his eyes. "It's more than enough!" "Keep the change." I told him putting the hood up. "Wait!" He handed me a blue armband similar to Snow's. "You have been good to me! I welcome you to this tribe!" "Thanks!" I put it on before my arm started to glow. "Whoa! OW! Why is it hurting?!" "Give it a few more seconds." Then it stopped hurting and the glow disappeared. I moved it to show a tattoo like the tribal wave pattern had. "This is so cool! I love this place!" I am so staying here when I retire. Fuck Twilight this is the bomb! Meat! Warm Clothes! Good friends! More members of the Good Stallion family. If only I had fingers I would snap the addams family song. "Do come back now!" he yelled when I left. Snow was outside waiting on me. "Oh wow! Your one of us now! Welcome to our family!" She moved her hoof showing the entire village. Every pony waved at me and cheered. "Dustin I am pleased to be the first to allow you!" "I am honored." I took a knee showing her my respect. I gave the bitch respect. Bitches love respect. "Rise Dustin. Please your embarrassing me." She should be use to it. She's the princess! "Alright!" She was pulling me up. "I'm up! Hahaha... Let's go have some fun." > See no evil be no evil. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first fucking time I have been able to connect in like... fucking days! I fucking lost my signal to the internet because it rained like a bitch and to top it all my labtop crashed! Fuck! Now I can get back to fucking work on this story. I guess. I really want to throw a comment out to Blahblahblah for helping me think of a new story. So uh... thanks. Sight's POV I was sleeping in my apartment in Canterlot. I couldn't stop dreaming about the future. It's my gift by the way. Yesterday Celestia sent that one pony named Shadow to the moon. She changed the course of the future and time itself. I need to fix this. It's my job. I am Hindsight. The pony with the probability alteration of changing the future. 'Beep Beep Beep!' went of my alarm. "Shut up!" I yelled throwing my hoof onto the snooze button. 8 already? Man... I stood up and looked at myself in the bathroom mirror. I was white with blue eyes, brown hair, a matching horn to my coat and a cutie mark of an eyeball with an hourglass for a pupil. I took a quick shower and looked out the window. I could see the castle looking straight down on me and inside is Celestia who is without a doubt the hottest mare around. Who doesn't want a big flank like that?! Too bad she'll never settle for trash like me. "I need to convince her to bring back Shadow. If I don't then a terrible war will begin." I said to myself. I just need to remain calm and talk to her. It can't be that hard. 10 minutes later "No." said Celestia. "Please princess! Their is trouble in the future and it's going to happen because a revolution is going to happen since you banished him!" I told her. "Dustin is a menace. All he's good at is stopping wars or causing them." she told me. I looked down to think to myself. "Listen Hindsight. I know of your gift, but I can't dare bring him back. My subjects are at risk." "And your dead in the future Celestia! How can you protect your subjects if you don't exist!" I told her. She closed her mouth and began to think to herself. "Perhaps you are right. Thank you for the advice Sight." I blushed a little. "Let's talk more later. Too many people around to get a good word in." I looked around and she was right. There were lots of guards and ponies waiting to come in. I wander how Dustin is holding up. Meanwhile on the moon... I was playing the guitar that the robot sent up to me with it's transportation abilities. I'm on the moon. Only one good song for a time like this. "And I think it's going to be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone" Back to Sight. Oh god it has to be torture! I don't think I could be on the moon for a thousand years. I need to talk with the Princess later and clear this all up. A few hours later I was making my way to the castle till the captain of the guards stopped me. "Halt. Celestia is expecting someone." Guess he doesn't know who I am. "I am Hindsight." I told him. "Oh forgive me! We've been on tight security with the lunatic on the moon and all." He said moving his staff. "Please go in." I gave him a smile and made my way to the throne room. "Hello Sight." said Celestia. "Hello, your highness." "Oh please don't be so formal on me." she said blushing. "I don't know how we can control the future. Well you can but I think we can find a way without Dustin." "He doesn't affect it. I just don't want you to die. Their will be a terrible war in a thousand years. I need to stop the bloodshed." I told her. I just don't want to see anymore death. "Then I appreciate your concern for me. Listen Hindsight. I know that you want to make the world a better place but will a man who kills to survive really make it a better place?" asked Celestia. I hadn't really thought of it. What if the future already in plan was better than the one I'm trying to make? "I don't know." I told her. I really don't know anymore. "Fine." She said. "I'll bring him back. But remember... all chaos brought from him is on your head." *gulp* "Thank you." She stood up and her horn began to glow. Then Dustin was seen sitting on the floor holding a guitar in his hooves. "Hello." He said calmly. "It's been a thousand years already?" he asked. "No you were banished yesterday." I told him. "Who are you?" He asked. "I am Hindsight. I brought you back Dustin so the future could be a better place." "You mean you just rewrote the future? It doesn't work that way dude!" he yelled. "What if you cause another Time Paradox!" "That's the plan." I told him. He put his face in his hooves. "But what if-" he started to talk then all of the guards from the castle stormed in. "Halt! How dare you go against your banishment!" yelled the Captain. "Now look Shining Armor..." started Celestia. "Guards arrest him!" he yelled. Dustin stood up and looked at Celestia. "Tia you didn't give me back my wings." he said. "I know. I'm just thinking..." "Celestia this is the time to act and help me out here." he said. He was slowly walking away from the army of ponies. "Guards..." started Celestia. "Put him in the Dungeon." she said. "What?!" I yelled. "You bitch!" yelled Dustin taking off for the window. He jumped into the stained glass and held onto a piece which he used as a board of some kind to make his way down the side of the castle. The pegasus guards flew after him. Dustin's POV Celestia that bitch! I knew she wouldn't forgive me. And for fucking what?! I saved her sister and her land! She should be kneeling to me god dammit! "Stop now!" yelled one of the guards. Hmm... No. I grabbed my guitar and slammed it on his head. "Get in tune!" I yelled at him. Another one appeared on my left. "Strum on this!" I yelled nailing him. The glass I was sliding on was actually really fun. Too bad it was going to destroy the art of Celestia's castle. Oops. I care so fucking little. "Dustin Shafer! What do you think your doing!" yelled a familiar voice behind me. I turned to see Twilight. "I'm escaping!" I yelled to her. "Your lovely princess back stabbed me yet again!" "I can't help that but you need to give up!" she yelled. Let me think about this. The ponies will fear me... and if they fear me... they will want to kill me. I might need to give myself up and let the executioner do his job. Obviously Celestia has no need for me anymore. The glass I was riding started to break as I neared the bottom. I jumped off it and landed in a pile of hay. "Don't move." said Celestia who teleported to me. She was accompanied by her guards. I got out of the pile and held my hooves up. "So this is it? Your going to kill me because your scared off me isn't that right!" I yelled at her. "I just don't want you hurting anyone else." "But I never hurt anyone to begin with! The only person hurt was me... after I lost Kay." I lowered my head so they wouldn't see me cry. I haven't shown any pain for the past months and I need to keep it bottled up. "*sigh* Let him go." Celestia said to her guards. I got back on my 4 hooves. "I'm protecting you Dustin. Think about it... what if the ponies fear you?" "Then they try to kill me." "That's right." "Then I'll watch myself." Hindsight teleported beside Celestia. Huh... those two look like they could date. "Thanks kid." I said patting his head. "I'm not doing this for you." he said. Aw. And I thought I had a new friend. "I'm doing this for the princess." he said. Yep. Pussywhipped. "And your gratitude can never be repaid." said Celestia nodding at him. He was blushing. D'aww. "Alright then." I don't know what's going to happen. This idiot just rewrote the future? He's going to cause a paradox and if I know my stories, and I do, then it's probably going to revolve around my death. "You two love doves done?" I asked them making them both blush. Well at least nothing has happened yet. "HAHAHA!" laughed a maniacal voice. Ah... shit. "I must thank you two." said Discord hugging Celestia and Hindsight. "This paradox has released me from my stone prison. Like you rewrote time." he said walking to me. "And this time I didn't cause the paradox." "Discord. What are you doing man?" I asked him. Everyone else was scared. He stood beside me but we didn't look at each other. "I'm just happy to be out. That's all! Say... how's that little redhead?" "You know the answer to that." "And you know what's going to happen next?" "Are you going to try to get every pony to kill me? or are you going to destroy the entire world?" "I think I'll do something new. What do you think of plan D Celestia?" asked Discord to the princess. How the hell did he get out anyways? "That's a great idea." Oh no. No no no. He's going to change something around me isn't he? Like last time! He snapped his fingers and I felt my self started to get pulled into the vortex that appeared above me. "You fucker!" I yelled. The sign I was holding on to began to slowly break. "No!" I lost my grip and began to fly into my eminent doom. "Damn you guys! Especially you Hindsight!" I yelled at the small white pony. "You couldn't just let me live on the moon could you!" He lowered his head and Celestia defended him. "Your the problem. He's just trying to save us all." "Go Fuck yourself!" And with that I left. I felt myself just flow like time. Oh great. I fell like Ash from the Army of Darkness. You know what? I am! I am the time traveler! Oh fuck yes! Sure I don't have some creepy old bag lady attacking me but I did just tell Princess Celestia to go fuck herself. That's as good as it's going to get. I looked over and saw my guitar floating. "Well... buddy." I said to the inanimate object. "It's been fun." I grabbed it and slammed it on the edge of the blue portal I was in sending hourglasses and clocks everywhere. The guitar and I went through the large crack I left and I found myself falling out of the sky. "Ah fuck me! I hate you guitar!" I yelled throwing it away. I know I'll just l fly and wait I never got my wings back! Bitchtits! As I fell I looked at the world. It was more... tan? Orange? No. Old fashioned. That's it. I'm in the past. I wonder how far. I looked down to see a pool of water so I held my front hooves out to dive. When I landed in it I quickly made about 15 feet depth in the water. I looked around and saw all the fishes. Gob bless cartoons. "Are you okay?" yelled a green pony wearing a bonnet. It's Granny Smith. Or Apple Smith? Hmm. I must be pretty far back. She doesn't look very young though. "I'm fine." I said resurfacing. "Just one of those days." "How did you get yer self up there?" What? Oh right. Earth pony now. Hah. I'm an Earth pony. From Earth. Hah hah. "Very carefully." I told her. > When two worlds collide. I will still ride. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah. That's all I have to say. Yeah. Really. That's it. No that's not all. I went to my school prom and made a complete idiot of myself. I got on stage. Took the mic and explained to people how much I hate grinding or standing in circles when we should be fucking dancing. So I showed them my moves! (thanks Captain Falcon) It's been about an hour since I went to past Ponyville. Things have been so nice. Smith here made me the best pie ever. Pie! PIE! PPPIIIIIEEEE! "What do you think?" she asked. "I love apple pie. But this is by far The... Best... Pie EVER!" I said chewing on another piece. "Well help yourself. Theirs plenty of it." The first food I've had since the moon and it's the best food I've ever had. God bless you Karma system! Bless you! "Thank you." I said wiping a tear. I'm sad because when I eat it all... Their won't be any left! Why cruel Karma system! Why! Then this is what got me. A teenage red pony and a small orange pony walked in. SQUEE! It's Applejack as a filly! Oh my gosh! Yep. I'm still a brony after all these years. "Howdy." said Big or uh... Little Mac. No. I don't want to say Little Macintosh. Isn't that the revolver from Fallout Equestria? "Hello. Big Red." I told him. Yes. Big Red. Like the gum. And if you don't like Big Red then FUCK YOU! "Hiya mister." said AJ. "What are you doin here?" "Oh your Granny is helping me out. You see I just got here and she's being really nice and all..." "I understand." God is she honest. Oh. Now I see. Element detected. She's not wearing her hat. Why? "Your just the cutest little filly." I told her. "You know what will make you cuter?" "What?" she asked me. I took a hat from the wardrobe in the living room. "A Stetson!" I said putting it on her. It fits and *gasp* So CUTE! "Does it look good?" she asked her brother. "Wow. It really does." He doesn't have his monotone in his voice yet. Excellent. "It looks great on you AJ." said Smith. "Keep it. This is a hat from your father." Oh... Oh my. She lost her dad? Oh... "Thanks Granny." she said hugging Smith. Why do I keep bringing up memories? Seriously. Why? I heard what sounded like a performance of some kind outside. I walked out and far across the apple trees I saw a group of ponies at the school. On my way their I looked up and saw a rainbow. Dash maybe? No. Then again I'm in the past. So anythings possible. I made it to the school to see a performance on a stage. Their were ponies in costumes decorated with jewels. D'aww. I just want to eat them up. Why? Because they have food costumes. I saw a young Rarity backstage. I didn't want to talk to her so I decided to make my way to town square. "Phew. I'm out of shape." I said to myself sitting on the bench. I looked around. I must be about 10 or 20 years in the past. I looked over at the building that Sugarcube Corner was going to be and I watched as a younger Mr and Mrs. Cake bought the building from it's previous owner. They said something. Here's what I was able to eavesdrop: "Should we really adopt a pony?" asked Mr. Cake. "I'm not ready to give birth and did you see that pink one?" "The one who lost her family. Your right! She needs one and I think we are the best!" "I was thinking the same thing." She gave him a kiss. "I really do love you." Aw... Young love. Seems like a few months ago I was in the same position. Oh wait. I was. I bought a large piece of bread and looked around me. The sun was shinning beautifully as always and the town was small and quiet. Hmm... I haven't seen Rainbow or Shy but their from Cloudsdale. Twilight's from Canterlot. Shit Canterlot! I need to speak to the past princess! "Sir!" I yelled to the carriage pony. "How long till Canterlot?" I asked him. "Sorry Son." I hate people who treat me younger than I am. "I finished my last contract today. You're going to have to hike it." "How long?" "If you start running now you might make it in about... a half a day." "Alright thanks!" I ran up the road to Canterlot. Yes I remember which one it is. As I made my way I looked at the ponies I met on my way up. I saw a magic caravan with a small blue filly. I saw, get this, a father with a violin cutie mark yelling at his daughter with blue hair and goggles. Vinyl Scratch? "Hey buddy. Take it easy on the kid." I told him. "And who are you to get in my business! She scratched my record!" "And in the future her music will be the best." I told him. "Who are you?" they both looked at me. Shit. I can't tell them I'm Dustin. And I don't want anyone to know my real name. "I am Ash. Burning Ash." I told him offering a hoof. Bless me and my amazing tongue of lies! "Whatever." he didn't accept it? Dick! "Why should I let my daughter continue with this?" "You like money?" "Yes." "She's going to make bags of money!" I said. "I've seen it! I've been there! I love her music." I knelled down to her. "Listen Vinyl. Your going to play your bass and everyone will love you." I pulled her goggles down. "Understand?" "Yeah!" she said enthusiastically. Vinyl is best pony. She brohoofed me. I got a brohoof from the DJ PON3! *gasp* As a kid! "Bye kid." I said making my way back on the road. I really like that name I just came up with. Why? Because I want to light Celestia's ass up! Burning Ash. Fire. Me likey. You know what? If I make it back to normal times I am not going to hang with the mane 6 anymore. I'm going to take the background ponies and start a revolution! Nah. I wouldn't do that again. "Can you spare some change?" asked a homeless pony. "Uh..." I checked my pockets and found a few bits. "Sure here you go." "Thank you! May the Sun watch over you!" He said. Right. Luna's still evil here. "Thanks." I said walking away. On my way up I saw a small white unicorn trying to use magic. It was Hindsight. I'm going to kick his ass and teach him a lesson in the future! No... wait. I can't do that. It wasn't his fault. Celestia is the problem. God is she manipulative. Discord is out and I am going to kill him. Not a stone prison. I mean just jam my hooves into his sockets and watch him slowly die. "Excuse me?" said a familiar elegant voice. I made it to Canterlot by the way. I turned slowly and saw Celestia. Or a younger version of her. She was a little shorter and I think happier. "Your the pony from my dreams!" "Uh... No I'm not." "But your are! I saw you in the future with another me and Discord!" "Oh. Then yes. That's totally me." "Your not even a pony!" "Shh shh hey not so loud will ya?" "Oh I'm sorry. Please excuse me!" I like her better than the future one already. She's more... friendly. "It's okay. I need to get back to the future anyways." "What is your name?" "Its... Burning Ash." "Oh that explains the cutie mark." I looked back to see a Red Eyeball with a Hourglass in it on fire. That's right. My talent is REVENGE! "That's right." Then a small purple pony came out from behind her. *gasp* It's TWILIGHT! Oh my... so cute! "Your from the future. Do you know her?" asked Celestia. "Twilight Sparkle. The best magic user beside yourself and Luna." I told her. Twilight had that sparkle in her eyes but she still remained quiet. Then Cadence walked over and gave Twilight a hug. She must be the foul sitter. I just thought about something... If Celestia watches the Sun and Luna watches the Moon. Does Cadence watch Twilight? "Bye." said Cadence taking Twilight away. Celestia had a D'aww face. "So Princess. What can you do to help me?" "Nothing." "Jeez. Way to be like the magic conch." "The what?" "Nothing." How do you like it! "We can..." we were cut off as a portal opened up. Discord and the past Celestia came in with the mane 6. "I'm surprised you got out of the Time Vortex Dustin." said Discord. "I also learned your true name." "Don't you dare say it. Let me guess. Static?" "Yep. He sided with us to hunt you down." Oh fucking perfect. "Time to die Murphy O'Schavver." "You motherfucker." He began to fly upwards building up a magic charge. I ran towards the mill. It wasn't even that much of a mill. More like a giant wheel. When I climbed on it Discord landed behind me knocking the wheel lose and sending it spinning. "Time to die!" "I will fuck you up for calling me Murphy!" Young Tia ran to the side and threw a sword up to me. "Thanks." "Very well." He summoned a rapier and we began to swing at each other while moving with the wheel. "Engarde!" I swung another blow but he ducked and gave me a hard kick. "Hahaha! You can't defeat me! I'm a god!" "And you can't beat me! Know why?" I asked wiping the blood away from my mouth. "Oh please do tell." "Because I'm pissed off!" I threw the sword at him making him block it and fall down giving me time to jump on him and continuously beat him with my hooves. The wheel hit a bump and we both fell inside the wheel as to which I used it to slam his face in. "Like that?" "Please stop Murphy." "GRRRRR!" I jumped out of the wheel with him and put his face on the sidewalk. "Bite it." I commanded and he opened his mouth and put his teeth on the cement. Time for the best attack ever. "CURB STOMP!" I smashed his face in with my hoof. "Alright Murphy." said the future Celestia. "You win. You beat a god. We surrender." "I never wanted to fight and stop calling me that! It's Dustin okay!" "Why don't you like that name?" asked Twilight. "I was born in Ireland. When we left for America they forced our family to change our name. I've been using Dustin my entire life." "Alright. Do you want to come back?" "I can't." I told them making them all gasp. "If I do time will be rewritten once again. Maybe I won't exist. Maybe you'll all die. I can't risk that." "Please come back!" they all cried. I mean cried. As in physical tears. Even Celestia saw the error in her ways. All I wanted to do was survive. It's basic human nature. "*sigh* fine." I looked at the past Celestia. "Hey. In the future their is a pony named Hindsight. Give him a chance. He totally loves you." I told her. I owe it to the guy. He got me off the moon. He gave me this change to hurt Discord for the other Time Paradox. The guy is nothing but awesome. "Let's go." said Celestia. She opened a portal and we all went through it. Well not really. They did. I was sent flying when I went inside it. "Dustin!" yelled Twilight. "Whoa! I'm fine! Just go!" I tried to catch my self but couldn't do it. "Wait I'm in time! I can change back into a unicorn!" I closed my eyes and tried it. When I opened it I saw the big white horn on my head. "Yes!" I used the magic to hold myself still and make my way to the end of the portal. 1 crash later. Blackness. That's all I saw. Total darkness. I must have fainted. I opened my eyes to look around. I was in a building with a large hole in the roof showing massive collateral damage. I couldn't hear anything. It was like Saving Private Ryan. More or less. I looked over to see a light gray pony with purple eyes yelling at me. Their was a party going on and I just crashed it. I tried to get up but I just now notice the pipe that impaled my left side. Yep. They did it. They took my kidney. "Don't move!" yelled the pale blue pony with multi-shaded blue hair. Vinyl? "Just stay down!" She was brushing the back off my head. Least I can hear again. "Is it bad?" I asked her. "It's horrible! Please don't move!" I closed my eyes one more time and opened them to see I was in a hospital. Really? That fast? "Are you okay?!" yelled the nurse. "I'm fine. Stop yelling." I looked down to see lots of stitches. "Your very lucky. Why were you skydiving to begin with?" "I wasn't. I was going through the portal. Celestia must hate me." "She's never meet you probably." What? "When was this?" "It was... March... 27 2012." "Sugar. It's June 30 2011." "Oh no way! It's my birthday!" "Well congrats. You get to spend it in the hospital." Aw... Then I looked over to see a worried Octavia and Vinyl Scratch. "Sorry guys." I told them. "Are you okay?" they asked me. "No. But I'll recover." Oh god. My eyes are closing again. Going to faint. No! > Time rewritten and A Few More Friends to spare. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes! Back on track! This is going to be so awesome! Dustin is back in the game and this time with a clear conscious. I got out of the hospital early for good behavior. No LOL JK! I had Vinyl and Octavia carry me out in a cello bag. Victory my name is... hold on. I looked down to see my cutie mark changed AGAIN. It shouldn't do that! Now it was a guitar with double quaver note on it. I love the bass guitar! I am now Bass Strings! Yes! "Almost there." whispered the DJ. If I make it out of this I am so hitting on that. Vinyl Scratch is best pony. Maybe we can play some Homage! (If you don't get the fallout equestria joke than that's why you should read this caption.) "Quiet." said Octavia. We made it out of the hospital and they made their way outside. "Hindsight where are you?" asked Octavia to her self. Then the white pony came around with a carriage. "Get in." They did as was said and they put me in beside the window and Vinyl got beside me. "Unzip me please." I asked her. She used her magic to unzip the bag I was in an the carriage took off for some destination unknown. "Thanks for getting me out of there guys." "Welcome." they all said. "Now why were you falling in the sky?" asked Octavia. "Well..." 20 minutes later "That was the most amazing story I have ever heard." said Vinyl. She kept looking at me like she admired me. Sweet! "Yes. Hindsight have you gotten around the princess yet?" I asked him. "No! How do you know about me!" "Like I said I was in the future and past." "So Bass. Tell us more about yourself." said Vinyl. Octavia stopped looking out a window. I am now an official background pony. Wonderful! This is great! Now I'm no longer the star! Hip hip hooray! "Let's see. I am a unicorn who came from far away. I made the princess mad and Hindsight. You caused a time paradox releasing Discord from his stone prison. He sent me back in time in which I defeated him. At a cost. I am still partly in the past so no one knows me and I lost my guitar." I thought to myself for a second. Flashback "Fuck you!" I threw the guitar away. End of Flashback "Yep. Discord did it. He took my guitar away." I let out a breath of relief knowing that everything would end up good. Yep. Not a thing will go wrong. The carriage stopped and we got out to a large flat somewhere in the back of Ponyville. Must be there place. Sweet! "So Bass." asked Octavia. "Do you have anyplace to stay?" "Sure I-" I chocked on my breath and thought to myself. "I-I... I don't." "You can stay here!" said Hindsight. We pushed me inside and closed the door. The place was far bigger than the house I was in. Inside was Derpy Hooves and Doctor Hooves? Huh. Oh... OH! I see! Hooves! Like Mr and Mrs. Cake! Mr. and Mrs... Hooves? OH GOD! "Hello traveler!" said the Doctor. "Hey Doc." "Glad to see you remember me." "Finally someone who remembers me!" Oh thank god. "Well most of you. You do look different since last time." What? Did I change again? Yeah I have white fur and a different cutie mark but what could be so bad? Where's the mirror? "Hey Scratch. Where's the mirror?" "Bathroom down the hall." I ran down to it and looked in the mirror. My eyes were bright red and my hair was spiked black and red. Oh my god... I look like a badass! Shit just got real! Also I wasn't as white before. More... Gray? Or Yellowish white. Something like that. Still I'm pretty cool. "Your right Doc. I do look different." "I might add better." he said. "Thanks." I just noticed something. I have nothing! No suit of armor! No money because I gave what little I had to a hobo and no home! I had better work something out with the girls here. Vinyl is nice... No no no! I can't do that! She is too cute and innocent to be with someone like me and... Wait. I haven't killed anyone yet! Oh shit I'm innocent! I can turn a new leaf! Hallelujah! "You alright Bass?" asked Vinyl. "You look like you just found out the greatest secret of you life or something." "Right... Hehehe... I did nothing wrong is all." "Oookay. We don't have any spare rooms." she said. "Sorry." "Nah don't sweat it. Couches have always treated me right." I jumped on the loveseat and felt my stress leave my back. And side where I had stitches. "Don't sleep there!" said Vinyl "I mean... don't you want a bed?" she said with a blush. Octavia gave her a pat on the back and whispered 'Good Luck.' She blushed some more and pulled her glasses down so I couldn't see her red magenta eyes. "You offering me your bed Vinyl?" I asked her. "I-I uh..." She tried to say something but couldn't so Derpy came over. "She says yes." putting a comforting arm around her. Vinyl closed her mouth and waited for my answer. "Of course I will sleep with you. I owe you anyways." She had this look like I told her the news of her life. Say your in a hospital with cancer. The doctor comes in. He says you'll live a long and healthy life. That was basically her face. Has she never been with anyone before? "Thanks!" she said quickly dashing upstairs. I heard her and Octavia giggle. Girls will be girls. I looked over at Doctor Hooves and made a motion so I could talk with him in private leaving Derpy and Hindsight to have their conversation. "So Doctor. Derpy huh?" "Yes. She is by far the most amazing and bubbly subject I have been with." Well that explains the bubbles on her rump. "Great! So since I'm in the past everything's still the same right?" "Well... Not really." he told me. Oh no. "What? What!" "The other you and your friends here. Static and whoever else... they don't exist now." "What! How is that possible!" "The Paradox erased all things you impacted." "Then why is the world still intact?" "This world was always real. You were just the first to find it." "Okay. So no friends. They didn't have any kids... and what about the Elements?" "They have been living their lives like normal. It's as if you never came here to begin with." I let my body just rest. So now everything's going according to the show. Well... now I have 5 new friends. That's it! We shall now be the main cast! Background ponies here us roar! "Alright. Time for new beginnings?" "That's right." he said. This isn't so bad... you know? *gasp* The mane 6 don't know me! Meaning they don't know what to expect! Perfect revenge ideas being created in my mind as we speak. Excellent. "I'm tired." I told him yawning. "Alright. See you later good pal." I went upstairs. Octavia left her room door open and she was taking her bow tie thing choker off. She turned to see me and squealed while running to close to her door. I then went to the next room which had a blue door and a large record painted on it. Vinyl Scratch here I come. Or should I say Cum? AH! AH! *sigh* I'm not going to fuck her on the first night we met. I opened the door to see her already on the right side of the bed. Her glasses were on the dresser and she was silently sleeping. I quietly made my way over to her and got in the other side of the bed. Not a sound was made that night. This felt familiar. Like... true love? My heart was pounding and my body was quitting on me due to fatigue. Not even Kay made me feel this way. Huh... I've been looking for love in all the wrong places. I closed my eyes for one second and opened them to see Vinyl laid out beside me and snuggling me. She was so adorable! Just one kiss! NO! I need to stop thinking like that. Just let her sleep. *le gasp* She took advantage of me! Clever. Very clever indeed. Time for sleep. I was in a candy land of some kind. Ugh I hate sweets. I looked over to see a bunch of candy people. "Hi I'm Strawberry Tartcake." She was a pop tart? "I'm Randy Raffle." Oh I get it. Black waffle with a lisp. And guess what more of them kept on coming. "Look everyone! Flesh!" said Strawberry with all her candy friends. I kicked a large candy cane knocking it down and picking it up as a weapon. "Back! Back! Back you frosted freaks!" Before I could destroy them and eat their remains I felt something pull me out of my dream. I woke up to see Vinyl's head further up my chest and she was hugging around me. This exactly what I want a woman to do to me when I go to sleep. Guess what Kay never did. Anything as cute as this. Then her alarm clock went off waking us both completely up. "*yawn* Morning." I said. "Morning." "Sleep good?" "Yes! Some of the best sleep in my life actually." "Me as well. Did I make a good pillow?" "What? Oh!" He face went to a fast red. "Don't tell anyone please!" "I won't on one condition." "What is it? Anything?!" She said begging. Time to close the deal. "You let me sleep here again tonight." "Oh yes!" she threw her arms out wanting a hug. Of course I accepted it. I may be a psycho but I never pass on a free hug. "Great." I kind of want to go back to that dream. How many cavities can you get when you eat an entire group of candy people? Let's find out. 1... 2... 3... "Let's get up." she said forcing me out of the comfortable bed. She made the covers and grabbed her glasses. "What are we going to do today?" I asked her. "We're going to see Pinkie Pie. She has a gig available for me." "Oh! That's right! Pinkie is the party master! I need to get a new instrument." "You play Bass guitar right?" she asked. "Yes. Don't forget I can play all guitars! You know... Bass, Acoustic, Electric.. you name it." "That will go great with my jamming." She said jamming! Hahaha! I always wanted to hear someone else beside me say that. "Alright! Let's Jam!" I finally get to say it! Fuck yes! I love you forces of all that is good and righteous. I love you! "Bass your crying." said Vinyl. "I'm just so happy." I was telling the forces how much I love them. Of course I'm going to cry. "Aw... thanks then." She grabbed my hoof and we walked into the hallway slowly. I bumped into Hindsight. "Did things go good?" he mouthed to me. "It went great! Your now my new best-est best friend ever!" I mouthed to him. He smiled and nodded accepting his victory. This is the best thing that has happened to me since I came to this demented world. I picked up a chick in just one day! And I can get back to playing guitar! Or Saxophone! It's a fact that the saxophone is the sexiest instrument ever. I also know drums, tambourine, chimes, and keyboard. It's good to be musically talented like me! > Alpha and Dustin. A mind in pieces. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's see here... 1. All my friends from Earth are gone. 2. The only pony who has remembered me so far is Doctor Hooves. 3. Celestia might not hate me. When I tole her to date Hindsight I must have caused another paradox changing everything. Nice! This might actually turn out better than before! 4. Vinyl Scratch! 5. I'm hitting on #4. 6. Did I mention I'm going to date Vinyl? I am! 7. I'm hungry. "Hey Bass." said Vinyl. "What are you going to do now?" "You know... I don't know." What am I going to do? Sure I could just settle down with Vinyl and play guitar for a living. No way man! I can do my old childhood dream! Be a star! Oh Fuck yes! "You could hang with us for a while." she said. "You know what? I think I will." Oh I can't wait to fuck with Twilight and her friends. They don't know me. Also Celestia had that change of heart right their at the last minute... Why? It was like right after I beat Discord she changed. Pfft! Yeah right. Like Celestia was under a spell. That's not possible. "Hey Vinyl!" said Pinkie as we approached her counter at the Corner. "Ooh. Who's your friend?" "I am... Lothar of the hill people!" I told her. They both looked at me like I was crazy. "Just kidding. I am Bass Strings." I kind of like that name. Bass I mean. Not Lothar. This isn't WOW or anything like that. Well... except for the magic and occasional dragon. Wait! Speaking of dragons Spike must still be here! It's as I thought! Me changing the past must have made the future a better place. Odd... all it took was one sentence. "Hey Bass. What are you doing?" asked Vinyl. "I'm thinking. Why?" "Your eyebrow is twitching." Dammit why does everyone notice that? Oh well. "What are you thinking about?" "Twilight Sparkle. I need to ask her something." I said. I walked towards the library and opened the door. When I got their no one greeted me. I saw the purple unicorn in a pile of books reading and Spike sleeping in a chair. Good. He's still here. "Ahem." I said quietly. They didn't hear me. "AHEM!" They both shot up and stared at me. "Sorry about that. I am Twilight Sparkle. Are you here to check out a book Mr.?" She didn't recognize me. It was as I feared. Eeyup. Guess I'm the lone wolf now. "Strings. Bass Strings." I told her. "I see. Explains the guitar symbol huh?" "Yeah." She is so fucking clever. Who would have guessed that my talent was the guitar due to my cutie mark? Only Twilight Sparkle could figure out the obvious. "I'm just looking around. New to town." "We heard about your crash at the party last night?" "What party?" "Rainbow Dash's birthday party." Oh... fuck. Not going to live that one down will she? *sigh* I'm in the past and I already piss off Rainbow. That's a new record. "Don't know her." I lied! "Right. Well I hope you like your stay." She then turned to speak to Spike. I left the building so I could eavesdrop on them outside. I didn't even get to ask for a book. "I've never seen a pony like that before." she said. I still have my scars. And sure the black and red isn't... normal. But being a goody goody two shoes isn't my style. Also... you want to know what got me? Static was gone. Didn't see him or the others. The Doctor was right. I prevented them from coming here. Meaning no marriages... no kids... and no existence of me. "Relax Twilight. Their are plenty of weirdos like him out their." Oh really? I had better break the ice I like Vinyl to her before this gets out of hand... hoof. I'm sticking with hand. "Well... time to hit the old Dusty trail." I said popping my back and walking away without alerting them. Like a Snake! (See what I did their?) "Hey Bass." said Vinyl as I walked up. If she keeps saying that It might stick. Hey! I could get Sight to make me forget all my memories! But why the hell would I do that? "Hey Scratch." I said patting her on the head. "I finished my talk." "Good good. Oh just a head's up. Rainbow Dash might be pissed at you." "Twilight told me the same thing. Who's Rainbow Dash?" I asked with my fake idiot attitude. "I am!" said a voice behind me. I turned to see the pony herself. "Hello... uh... Rainbow? Is it? Sorry about the whole falling through the ceiling during the party thing. No hard feelings?" I asked her. "Why should I forgive you?" "Because I didn't chose to be sent free falling." That was technically true. I could have just appeared on a bench or a couch but NNNOOO! I had to fall from the sky. "Whatever. Just stay out of my way." Yes! Situation defused! Like a bomb! "Yes ma'am." I said saluting her. She rolled her eyes and took off. I turned back to Vinyl. "Well that went well." I told her. "Yes it did. Pinkie got us a gig!" "Sweet where?" "Get this... Canterlot Castle." I think my heart just skipped a beat. Oh... oh no. Great. Just who I want to talk to. The Princess. I wonder... is Luna back? Twilight's at the library so it must be past the first episode. That's a sign at least. "That's great." I said with a fake smile. Celestia had better have changed. If not... then my new life will be ruined. "You okay?" she asked. No I'm fine. I just need to work on my fibbing skills. "Yeah! I just need to get my instrument." I said. "I'll be back at the house in a little bit." I told her. She smiled and left. Good. She's gone. Now I can think properly. I made my way to the park and took a seat across the lake. The sun was setting and everypony was going to sleep. I breathed slowly and quietly. "Alright. I need to get over it. All of my memories haven't happened. Meaning I can change the world for the better. With music." Then the headstock and neck of a guitar popped out of my chest with purple fire sounding it. Dustin has gained the ability of Acceptance. I'm a Pilgrim! I grabbed the instrument and pulled it out my chest. It was a mystical guitar that was white with black runes and markings surrounding it. Odd... their were no strings. "Hello Dustin." said the guitar. "Shit!" It scared me and I dropped it. "Ow! Watch it!" he sounded like me. "Of course I sound like you. I'm your conscience." Did he read my mind? "I didn't read your mind." "What the fuck! This is so cool! Can anyone else hear you?" I asked it. "Nope. Just you. And if you don't want to look like a freak we should talk with our minds." 'Got it.' I said in my head. I looked down to notice I was wearing a black harness with a slot on the back for me to place the guitar in it. The straps magically moved and strapped it down when I placed it on my back. 'Huh. Why don't you have any strings?' 'Because I can change them. Just think about a Bass or Electric or whatever and I'll change.' 'Nice.' 'That's not all. I'm also a weapon. But we'll go over that another day.' 'Whoa shit! Your a weapon! But I thought I wouldn't have to kill anymore!' 'You might. It's just a precaution.' 'Your right. Thanks.' 'Oh your more than welcome. You die then I die. See?' 'I see. What's your name?' 'I don't really have one. Hey wait... we both know the bible. Let's use code names.' 'I'll name you Clementine.' 'And I'll dub you Eddie Riggs.' said the guitar with a small chuckle. 'This isn't Brutal Legend. Think more... biblical. I want a bible name you idiot.' 'Alpha?' 'Yeah! Alpha sounds badass!' "Hell yeah!" I yelled out loud. I looked at all the ponies I scared. "Oops." I quickly made my way around them and to the back alleys of town. This is so fucking cool. I looked at myself in a window reflection. I looked like a complete hardcore rocker. 'Now Dustin. I know what your thinking.' 'How I have to see the princess?' 'Yes. She shouldn't remember us. That paradox you did worked perfectly.' 'But at what cost?' 'Too big of a cost if you ask me.' 'Right. Well Omega. What do you think of Vinyl?' 'Ah dude! She's so cool. Besides who wants to date the mane 6?' 'Any other brony.' 'Hahaha! True true. Dude she's perfect.' 'Thanks.' 'You pick up chicks pretty quick dude.' 'Far out man.' 'I want a smoke.' 'Me too. But I'll settle for a drink.' 'Sweetness!' I went to this bar in the far back of town. When I got their and took my seat most ponies looked at me. "What?" I said. "Your the cat who crashed the party yesterday huh?" asked the barkeep. "Maybe. Whose asking?" "I am. That was pretty sick dude!" He said making everyone in the bar cheer. "What's your name?" "I'm Bass Strings." "Sick guitar." said some random pony behind me. "You know it!" I said getting more whoops in the air. "Get me the strongest whiskey please Mr...?" "I am Tough Brew." Hah. Hah hah. HAHAHAHAHAHA! My guitar and I were laughing in our heads. He was born to make us beer! That's hilarious! "Good to meet ya." I said taking the glass he poured me and drinking about half of it. "On the house my man. We all hate that bragging rainbow pony. You stood her up on her birthday." "I agree. I love being a Boast Buster." I finished the whiskey. It was the best damn drink I've had in forever! "Another!" I asked him. "Oh so the cool cat things he can handle his drink?" he asked. "The cat thinks he can handle anything! A round for everybody!" I yelled and all the guys got up and cheered and danced. It's Ireland all over again. But with a cool bartender with a great attitude. He's like the one cool black guy you want to be your best-est friend because he's probably had a similar life. Also he called me a cat. That's pretty rad. "Cheers for the new guy!" they all said raising a glass. I raised mine and we all drank to our hearts content. 1 hour later "This is my favorite bar ever!" I said walking outside. "I'll be back again!" "Come back anytime!" said the barmaid. They closed the door and I was only half drunk. That's right. I am the master at drinking. 'Alright Alpha. How did I do?' 'You drank about 3 pitchers and your not drunk. That's pretty good.' 'Can you taste it?' 'Yeah dude! I can't get drunk though.' 'I'm about to.' He laughed and I found my way walking towards my new home. When I got their everyone was at the table about ready to eat. "Hey you made it." said Octavia. I looked over and saw two new ponies in the house. Lyra and Bon-Bon. Right... "Yeah. Had to pick this baby up and then I stopped for a drink." They all smiled and offered me a seat at the table. It was a full table with all of us in it. "So Tavi. You cook?" "Yes. Since no one else here possible can." They all chuckled and scratched their heads. Octavia went to everyone's plate and gave them some eggs, and muffins. But... no bacon. This is a sin! 'Hey Dustin. Pop some eggs in man! I'm starving!' 'How can you be hungry. I'm the one starving... oh. Well... Shut up!' 'BWAHAHAHA!' 'If you don't stop I'll put some wood stain on you.' '*gasp* You wouldn't dare!' 'I hear that stain works great to cover white.' 'You win this time. Now. EAT!' "This is great Octavia." I said stuffing my mouth with an entire egg. She giggled and took her seat at the table quietly eating. The girls took their time eating while the Doctor, Hindsight, and I played an eating challenge. "I'm not gonna lose!" said Sight. "Suck it Bitch!" I told him as I finished off my muffin. "Sorry lads. But I'm the lucky lady tonight." said the Doctor finishing off the last of his plate. I still had a large chunk left and Sight was nearly their. We both closed are eyes and lowered our heads in defeat. "Damn." said Vinyl. I stopped eating for a second to let my stomach do its job and I saw Sight pick up his fork and stab his eggs. "Hey hey. Sight don't do that." "Why shouldn't I?" "You can see in the future. Trust me. Eat that and you'll be in the bathroom all night." "Is their something wrong with my cooking?" asked Octavia. "No. This is great! I'm just telling him that since we ate a lot that if he eats some more than... well... game over." "Whatever." He said putting the fork in his mouth. 2 minutes later "Aah! Ah! Ow ow ow!" said Sight while in the bathroom. We were all laughing outside at his misery. "I did warn him." "Hey Bass." said Derpy. "We haven't gotten to speak a lot." "No we haven't Derpy." I took a seat on the couch. "So how's the Doc and you working out?" "Great!" she held her hoof out to show a golden bracelet. "See?" "Whoa! Getting married!" The Doctor walked over and planted a large kiss on her lips. "That's right. It's next month by the way." He said. "Well Congratulations!" I said standing up and pulling them both in for a hug. "This is great news for me!" 'Love is in the air tonight.' 'It's going to be a good night.' I said in my head. 'It's gonna be a good good night.' 'You know this would be good if our voice didn't sound white and old.' 'That's one way to describe it. And that's your voice. I'm more happier than you.' 'I've noticed. This whole conscious thing is really cool. Are you sure your real?' "Well... that or your crazy." "What does our relationship remind you of Alpha?' 'I'm thinking Bleach.' 'Your not a zanpaktou.' 'Yeah. I'm a real thing.' 'Good point.' I turned to Lyra and Bon-Bon. They are my friends now. "So guys. Who are you dating?" I asked them. "Wait..." started Lyra. "You don't think that we're dating?" she asked pointing to her friend. "Now what kind of guy would I be if I just accused you two of dating." "Most people do. Oh... Uh... yeah. We are dating by the way." said Bon-Bon receiving a sweet loving kiss from Lyra. 'It's like our fanfiction dreams are coming true.' said Alpha. 'What fanfic do you read? I don't read any drama!' 'Dustin. Dude. I'm your thoughts. It's okay to cry.' 'Is it?' 'Not really.' He said finishing our talk. "Hey Bass. I'm getting tired." said Vinyl. "Alright. I'll be up in a minute." She went upstairs. 'Breakfast for dinner and a babe to boot.' I said in my head. 'Whoa. What did we learn from our past relationships?' 'Take it slow?' 'Take it slow.' 'Thanks Alpha.' 'No prob.' I turned to look at the others. "I'm going to bed. Night guys." I walked upstairs and went inside Vinyl's room. She was on her side putting her glasses up and opening the bed sheets. "Hey. Just in time. I need my pillow." I took off Alpha and placed him beside the dresser. "D'aw. Someone actually needs me." I said to myself. I went to my side and got in the bed and laid on my back. "Thanks Bass. Do you like me?" she asked looking at me with puppy dog eyes. "Of course I do. Your being the best friend to me right now." 'You do know she means love right?' asked Alpha. 'I know. I just want to see how far I can go.' "No. Bass I mean... like like... as in..." she couldn't finish. Her blush covered her whole face and she couldn't look me straight in the eye. "Vinyl. If you want to date then you don't need to tell me twice." I told her. "Really!" her face shot up and her emotion went from worry to pure happiness. "OH thank you thank you thank you!" she said pulling in for a hug and laying on my chest. "No problem." I said. She closed her eyes and made her self comfortable. Sweet! Got a date. Oh god she's so soft and warm... I'm gonna pass out. I felt my eyes close and my body loosen up. This is love. > The Castle Crashers. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's see... I'm pretty sure that their should be a season 3 starting late 2012. Honestly this whole Apocalypse thing had better not happen. I need my ponies! 'HAHAHA!' Alpha began laughing again. 'So you find this funny?' I asked him. 'I didn't know a pop tart could die like that.' 'Stupid candy people.' 'I hate sweets.' 'Don't we all?' Then a identical version to me walked out behind a tree from the dream world. 'Just you. Come on! Why don't you eat any?' 'You can. You have a mouth don't you?' He had black fur and hair and the red was brighter. Other than that he looked a lot like me. 'I'm going to try that. Oh hey. Time to get up.' 'Alright.' I left the candy dream and woke up in my bed. Vinyl was still asleep on my chest and looked over at the alarm clock. It went off quickly after I woke up. Good timing. "Morning." said Vinyl rubbing her red eyes. "Is it 8 already?" "It is. I need to get to the bathroom." I got out of the bed and went inside the bathroom so I could... do business with my body. And by that... *sigh* alright there isn't anything funny about telling a lie to cover your poop. When I was done I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror. There was a small me on my right shoulder. 'Hey buddy.' it said. 'Hey Alpha. Did you eat?' 'I did! You were right!' 'Glad you liked it.' Then we both heard this CREEK noise. 'What was that?' I asked him. 'Nothing.' CCCRRRREEEKKK "Shit!" I said out loud as I fell through the floor. I landed in the living room somehow. "Oof!" I crashed right beside the soft couch and landed on the glass coffee table. "Are you alright!" cried Octavia. "I'm fine Tavi. Just... I think this house is old." I pointed to the hole I made. "I didn't do that." "I know. We need to get a new house." 'Great.' I said. "Wait! Alpha! I have an idea!' 'Let me hear it.' 'Alright. Hindsight loves Celestia. Right?' 'Yes.' 'And we need a new house.' 'Oh my god your a genius!' 'Thank you kindly.' "Octavia I have a good idea!" Hindsight's POV I awoke due to a loud crashing noise and what sounded like someone grunting in pain downstairs. I decided to check it out. On my way down I heard talking and what sounded like a couple of giggles. "Alright. I'll do my deal. You do yours." said Bass. "Sure thing." She offered him a brohoof as to which he accepted. "Uh... who fell through the roof?" I asked them. "I did. Now come with me Sight. We're going to see someone." He told me. "Who?" "Consider it a blind date." He told me. With who? "With who?" "It's a blind date." Right. Duh. I knew that. He then ran upstairs and came back down later with his guitar. "Ready?" Dustin's POV 'Alright. Alpha what's the quickest way to Canterlot?' I asked the voice. 'I'd say... teleportation. Don't forget that your a unicorn now.' 'Right.' 'You think this plan with Sight and the Princess is going to work?' 'Nope! But let's hope for the best.' I turned to the white unicorn and put a blindfold on him. "Whoa! Hey what gives!" he yelled. "Just trust me on this one." I grabbed onto him and teleported myself to Canterlot. I just need Octavia and the others to convince Celestia to come to the restaurant. "Alright. Now I'll take you to the place for your date." "Bass I'm confused! Come on! Just take off the fold and tell me where to walk." "I know Canterlot better than you." I told him. I pushed the lucky guy into a building saying 'Best fancy food in town!'. It had better be. I put him in a seat and waited a few minutes. "Bass. Can we go home now?" he asked me. "So you can watch TV? No." Then Vinyl and the girls came in with Celestia. She took a seat across from him and winked at me. I made a motion for her to talk to me later as to which she nodded. "Alright. Hindsight ready to meet your date?" "Who would want to date me *gasp*" He stopped when I took the blindfold off of him. He sat their heart-struck and frozen with excitement. Yes. He was excited. That's seems like the proper word to use. "Celestia? Your here!... but I... Your..." "Shh It's okay Sight. I came here to meet you." Yes! "Your a very nice pony." YES! "I have been thinking about you for a long time." FUCK YES! The girls grabbed me and started to walk outside. "No wait! I want to see what happens!" I tried to get their attention but they were looking in each others eyes. We went outside and took seats at the benches. "So know we just wait?" I asked them. "Yes. You saw how they looked at each other." said Octavia. "Right. Seems like it's going to take a while." I put my head back on Vinyl's shoulder and decided to talk to Alpha. 'Alright Dustin. Let's think. You did just put together yet again another couple.' 'It's what I do.' 'How do we know this is going to work?' 'We don't! That's the best part!' '... Uh...' 'It's okay Alpha. I give it... about... 24 minutes.' 24 minutes later Celestia and Sight came out of the restaurant talking to each other and sharing a laugh. 'CALLED it!' 'Shut it.' 'Aw...' "So when do we get a home?" asked Derpy. "One does not simply get a home." I told her. 'Thanks!' was what Hindsight mouthed to us. Then they teleported away. "No no no no!" I tried to stop them. "That's not part of the plan." "I may have told her a bit too much." said Octavia with a giggle. "I said only tell her to date Sight! What more could you tell her?" "The entire plan. She said some pony in the past told her to date Hindsight and she wasn't going to pass this up." "Jeez. I just hope their going to work out." I began to think to myself. 'Want some lunch?' I asked Alpha. 'Kinda. Let's all grab a bite then go to the castle.' 'Good plan man.' "Hey guys." I told everyone "Let's all get some lunch then visit them." "Sweet." said Derpy. "But who's paying?" Uh oh. I don't have any money. "I have an idea." 1 long walk and lunch later. We finished our food and none of us were capable of paying. I told them all to wait outside while I handled it. "Alright sir." said the Cashier. "That will be 47 bits." What the fuck! "Alright. Hold on..." I pretended to reach for my wallet when I noticed the potions in the room behind him. "Hey can I get a love potion to go?" I asked him. "Sure. Wait here." Oh thank god that worked. He went into the back room and I ran outside leaving a note on the counter. "Come back here you crook!" he yelled behind me. I left him an I. O. U. What more do you want? Well... besides real money. 'Run boy run!' yelled Alpha. I made my way back to my friends and we all took off towards the castle. "Was this your plan!" yelled Octavia. "*pants* Only about half of it." I said. "What do you mean half?" asked Vinyl. Then the royal guard appeared in front of us stopping us. With them... Celestia and Hindsight. "Theirs the other half *pant*" I stopped running. Now that I got their attention we can talk. "Hey Princess." "Hello..." Come on. Use your mind reading powers on me. "Bass." Good job. "Hindsight was just telling me how your group was in need of a better home and jobs." I couldn't help but smile sheepishly. "You know me so well." Maybe she remembers me. Then again me from the past. She winked at Sight (AAAWWW YYYEEEAAAAHHHH!) and teleported us all to the castle. We all landed in the throne room. "Please make yourselves at home." said Celestia only looking at Sight. I waved at her and stomped the floor a few times not getting an answer. 'She's ignoring us!' said Alpha. 'I know! Maybe she won't mind if I do this?' I walked over casually to a vase and knocked it down shattering it. All the guards gasped and looked at me. She, however, didn't move a muscle. "Castle Crashers!" I yelled. No one moved at all. "Bass. I expect you to clean that up." said Celestia. "Yes ma'am." I said going to the closet grabbing a broom and dustpan. 'Nice. Real nice.' said Alpha. 'Shut it!' 'Be careful. Trollestia sees all.' he warned. 'As long as I don't have to go back up to the moon. Was I seriously up their for a thousand years?' 'Are you an idiot?' 'Maybe.' 'I don't know. I think we were.' 'Excellent!' I finished sweeping up the mess and used my magic to put the vase back together. "Good job Bass." said Vinyl. "You really were a top performance." "Ha ha. So funny." I looked over at Celestia and Hindsight. "For the love of all that is holy!" I got on my knees. "Just kiss her already!" They both looked at me finally and back to each other. "Come on..." I said to myself. Sight moved a little closer. 'Come on Sight. Finish it!' said Alpha. 'Do it! Do it! Do it!' Celestia moved a little closer to him as well. They were locked in each others eyes. "Celestia. I have never felt this way before." said Hindsight. What did they do when we weren't around? 'I don't know.' said Alpha. 'What did I say about reading my thoughts?' 'Can't help it.' 'Alright. I think Big Mac is super attractive.' 'NNNOOOO! Stop! Your filling my head with images!' he cried '... you have a head?' "I haven't felt love in a very long time." said Celestia. 'Oh right!' I said in my head. 'She's thousands of years old!' 'She must have found love before!' said Alpha. '...' '... I feel like an asshole now.' 'Please. No one has felt the cold hand of love like us.' While we were stuck in your head conversation we forgot to pay attention to the action right next to us. "Hey what do you guys think of... Oh my..." They were definitely french kissing. "Well... Your a boss Sight!" I yelled before being dragged away by my other friends. "What gives?" "Let them have their fun." said Octavia. "Yeah. Fine. What do we do now?" "We explore!" said Vinyl. ... 'This can't end well.' said Alpha. > The world anew. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well... my life went from shit to one less friend shitty. I just pissed of this one girl who's been a bitch for a long time and now she's ignoring me and getting an entire school against me. Thing is I'm more popular! We shall start a war! This is... Justice! 'Alpha... I have a question.' 'Shoot away.' 'Alright. Your my conscious so you should have an opinion on this. I think Hindsight made our life better.' 'Well... if losing a bunch of friends counts then yes.' 'Please... they were all dicks anyways.' 'True that. Listen. You got me and Vinyl now.' 'Thanks bud.' I looked at the pale white unicorn beside me looking around the castle with all her friends. I didn't need to pay attention since I knew the place inside and backwards. "Hey Vinyl." I asked her. "Do you mind if I go to town? I need to check on something." I asked her. "Sure. Make it back safe." She said. Her friends were to busy eyeballing the castle to notice me leave. I looked around Canterlot. Not as much technology. It was just the peaceful large town from the cartoon. It was... perfect. At least for an old style guy like me. 'Yo Alpha! Since when was everything so...' 'So normal? Look at this shit! Not a single person wants us dead.' 'I know. Is it wrong to mess that?' 'A little. It's just that we're so use to fighting.' 'I think I would be the best gang leader ever.' 'Like the Godfather?' 'Like the Godfather... Only... I would get shit done.' I stopped as I looked at the empty place in front of us. 'Dusty? Wasn't the crib there?' 'It was...' There was nothing! 'there. Alpha. I'm not use to this new life yet.' 'Let's just enjoy it.' 'Thanks buddy.' I decided to look around and see if anything is different. Let's see... 1. No coffee shop! What! Where am I suppose to get my Joe! 2. I didn't see any griffons or stallions. Great. Not even a war for me to take place in. 3. No one recognized me. 'I feel like Ezio right now.' I said to Alpha. 'Tell me about it. I just thought of something.' 'What?' 'We've been here for... a few days. And you just made a move on Vinyl. Hindsight is fucking the princess on day one of their date.' 'Damn! He does move fast!' 'That's what I'm saying! I've never seen fast love.' I stopped walking because this large wagon randomly appeared in front of me. "Watch were your walking!" yelled the blue pony controlling it. The wagon unpacked into a stage of sorts and she came out wearing a hat and cape with stars on it. Yep. Trixie. "Ello." I said calmly. "Whats the big idea? Are you trying to mess with the Great and Powerful Trixie!" "Why do you speak in third person." "Trixie doesn't know what your talking about." "See? Their you go again." "Whatever. Trixie doesn't need to waste her time with an idiot like you." Oh no she didn't! That does it. I walked over to her wagon and saw this one big screw between the wheel axles. She's going to need that. 'Thinking of what I'm thinking?' I asked the voice in my head. 'Do it. I've always hated Trixie.' 'Yeah. I mean she's cool and all but too... boastful.' I grabbed the screw when she wasn't near me and walked away casually. "Enjoy your stay Trixie." I said out loud. "Trixie doesn't need your advice. Humph." She turned her head and got back on her wagon. "All I need is some groceries then I'm of to Ponyville." She said a little out loud. Loud enough for me to hear... How far back in time am I? 'Alpha... I think we're at the beginning of season 1.' 'I can't remember. Too many ponies.' "AAAGGGHHH!" I turned to watch the wagon go flying down hill and make it's way to Ponyville. Then the wheels popped off and it sled down hill. The entire town was quiet. 'PFFFT! BWAHAHAHAHA!' I looked at the laughing black and red pony on my shoulder. "What? That's old humor!' 'Now that I think of it. It is funny... Let's get to the castle. There must be something we can do there.' 'Good plan man.' He said putting his arms behind his head and summoning a floating hammock to lay in. 'You do that.' A few minutes of walking later... Wait... Can't I teleport? God I'm an idiot. Whatever! I went to the castle and made it in time for dinner. I didn't really like it. When I want a dinner... I want a small table with me and my friends in it. Not 20 fucking people I don't know! Also I had to leave Alpha in my room. He still kept the small pony form on my shoulder though. "Bass." said Celestia. "These are guest." "And so are we." I said back moving back in my seat. When I did Luna smacked me in the back of the head. "Ow!" "Sit up and proper." she said. 'I thought she was the nice one.' said Alpha holding his head. There were tears in his cartoon eyes as well as mine. "Sorry." She whispered to Alpha. Well... If they can read my mine than they should be able to see my little... uh... other me. "Whatever." I told her. Then I made eye contact with Prince Blueblood across the table. "Uh... what a ruffian. Auntie why are such country ponies here?" "Are you saying you take insult to my new lover." said Celestia a little harshly to him and patting Sight on the back. "No. Sorry." He went back to eating his soup. I looked down at mine. What was this? It's like... green... piss. That's it. No meat or vegetables. "What is this?" I asked using my spoon playing with it. "Soup." said Vinyl beside me. She was eating it very lady like. I can't eat this! I need real food! "Honestly. What is wrong with you?" asked Blueblood. "Oh so much. So very very much." "Well... I take it that one as ugly as you must eat something ugly as well." The entire room went silent. "Oh no he didn't..." I started to get up but Celestia stopped me. "What are you doing!" "No fighting at the table." She said pushing me back in my seat. 'GGRRRR! ALPHA!' 'I know! Let's teach this fuck a lesson!' I looked down the table as everyone continued to eat their soup. I used my magic to take the spoons they weren't using. Under the table I was building a miniature catapult. I heard Tia and Luna giggle. They know what's up. "Napkin please." I asked Luna and she handed me one. I took it, balled it up, and stuck it in the soup. I used my magic to put all the liquid inside the ball and then load it in the catapult. "Hey Blueblood. Use this to clean up." I said shooting at him and watching it explode on impact. Everyone looked at him. "Hahahahaha!" I was the first to laugh. Then shortly some of the others began to laugh. Then the entire room busted out. "Guards! Attack that freak!" he ordered some of the guards at me. "Uh oh. Clementine!" I yelled holding my hoof out and the guitar came towards me like Thor's hammer did to him. I grabbed it and held it upside down. "Come on guys. Stand down." I said to them. 'Why Clementine?" asked Alpha. 'Well... what if I have more than one conscious? How would he or she feel?' 'Good point.' "Let's see what you got little man." said the Captain. Hey... he was the homo from before. Hehehe... "Fine." The bottom of the V shaped guitar formed into an axe making everyone gasp. "That's right people! My guitar is alive!" One of the guards went for a stab but I parried it and kicked him back. The Captain and two others jumped at me and I turned Alpha into two small swords deflecting them all. 'So Alpha. Your a shape sifting weapon.' 'Yes. But my true form is the guitar.' 'Either way your badass.' 'Really?! Thanks!' I put one of the swords in the ground and lifted my self up kicking the two minor guards in the face. It was just me and the Captain. "Alright homo." I said to him. "How did you know?" "I know everything!" I yelled putting the swords together making a hammer and knocking him upside the head with it. "WHOO! That's right! Oh yeah! I still got it!" I looked over at Blueblood. "You just picked a fight with the best. Ready to give up?" He whimpered and nodded his head up and down. I turned to my friends who didn't move from the table. "Sorry guys." "That was awesome!" they all yelled. I turned to look at Celestia and Hindsight. "Dinner and a show! Marvelous!" said Celestia. Okay. It's official. I like this Tia better than the other. Hindsight couldn't stop laughing at Blueblood who was in a fetal position. "I must say. Where does one learn to fight like that?" asked Luna. "When Tia and I were younger we were warriors but never that good." "It's nothing. I'm just a boy from Ireland." I said calmly. I went to the guards and helped them all up. "Y'all okay?" "Yeah!" they all said happily. "I haven't felt a rush like that in.. forever!" said the youngest one. "Dude! You have to teach us some moves!" said the muscular one. "Alright... alright. I'll teach you guys the moves to become champions." They all threw their heads up and cheered. This is great. I get to see the world anew. Now with more friends. I wonder... what am I going to about the mane 6? 'We could auction them as sex slaves.' said Alpha. 'What what WHAT!' I said back to him. 'Relax. We'll visit them later.' I felt my stomach growl. 'Kinda wish I ate that piss soup by now.' I said to him. I turned to look at my friends again. "Guys. I need real food. If you need me I'll be getting pie." I told them. "From who?" asked Vinyl. "The best." I said closing my eyes and teleported to Ponyville. I looked around to see I was at Sweet Apple Acres. Sorry but this was as far as I could type for a while. It's been... 2 days I think since I could get something uploaded. Sorry. Just wanted to throw this out here. I shall continue the story now. Alright... Now! "Hello." I said to the hard working orange pony on my left. She wiped her brow and then looked at me. "Howdy partner." She said in her accent. Alright. I can handle Applejack's accent. But not Big Mac's. Not at all. I mean I was raised on a farm and all. We'll... not an apple farm. More like... potato farm. Potatoes rule! "Just came by to visit." I told her. "Have we met before? I don't think we have." "Honestly we have. I came here to visit Granny Smith." "You know my granny?" "I know everything." I said walking towards the farm. "I'm Bass by the way." "Applejack. I swear we've never had a Bass here in these parts before." PFFT! Which parts we speaking about? Hehehe... "What's so funny?" she asked. "Nothing. I was here before though. I remember you were young and didn't have your parents around." "You know about that?" "I know everything." I stopped at the door and knocked. Applebloom was the one who greeted me. "Howdy mister." "Howdy kid. Can I speak to Apple Smith?" I asked her. "Who?" "Your grandma." "Oh! Granny Smith!" She took off and came back a half a second later with the old pony. "Do I know you?" she asked. "You should. It's me... Ash. I fell out of the sky one day. You brought me in and gave me pie." "Burning Ash!" she said. "Alright every pony! Supper time!" she started ringing a bell so Big Macintosh would come in. 1 hour later *Burp* Best pie ever. "Thanks Smith." I said. "You didn't tell us why you changed your name though." "We'll I have many names. You see when I came forward in time..." Yes I told them what happened. What? I had to. "Time wasn't the only thing that changed. This time I changed. Then one day I accepted my sins and my guitar here came out of my soul." "What sins?" asked Applejack. "What are sins?" asked Applebloom. "Cover your ears little sis." said Big Mac. Bloom did as was told and covered her small ears. "Let's see. I killed... I'm a little greedy... a tad bit of a glutton... and the last one's a bit personal." "What?" asked Big Mac. "What is it?" "*sigh* In a way I committed adultery." "Why would you do something like that?" asked Applejack. "Well Kay died a long time ago! And I just met someone else." "Then that doesn't count as a sin." said Applejack. Well the ghost of Kay would disagree. I wander what the fuck is she doing now? Oh yeah! Fucking my brother. "Your right. She's the one doing the sinning." I looked at Bloom. "You can take your hooves off." I said. She didn't understand me. I made a motion for her to move them and she followed it. "Oh well. I just thought of something." said Applejack. "What?" I asked her. "If your in the past some way then you didn't commit those sins." "Well... that's true and not true. I did do those. The future me didn't. The only thing I can hope for is that he never comes here." "Why? Was their something different?" asked Applejack. "No." All my friends are dead. Yeah something's different. "Not a thing. We'll it's been good being here... but I need to get home." "You have a place?" asked Apple Bloom. "Yeah. A friend helped me out. By guys." I said teleporting back to the castle. When I got there I was in a hallway of some sort. "Uh..." "There you are!" said Vinyl. "I thought you ran away." "Ran away? It's only been an hour." "Right... but It's almost 11 o'clock. I need some sleep." "Me as well. Full belly. Tired body. 'Nuff said." She used her magic to pick me up and begin walking. "Oh my..." "Shhhh. The others are asleep." We went beside a room showing the Hooves couple in a bed holding each other and another room with Octavia in it. I didn't see Lyra nor Bon-Bon. "Here we are." We made our way into our room. Well... she carried me. "Thanks." "Welcome." "Guess Sight and the princess got a room." "You guessed right." She cut on the light in the bathroom and placed her glasses on the counter. Her red eyes were a little bloodshot but that's because we're tired. "I need some rest." I used my magic to levitate her. "Whoa! Hahaha! Bass!" "How do you like it?" I asked her. "I love it! Oh but put me down! I'm tired!" "Too tired to play?" "Too tired to play." I put her on the bed. "Thank you kindly." She said wrapping herself up in blankets. "No prob." I jumped onto the bed beside her. "Whoa! I haven't had a bed this soft in... like ever!" "It's very *yawn*... nice..." said Vinyl starting to close her eyes. I wrapped myself up and pulled her towards me. "Get some sleep..." "Thanks." She kissed me on the cheek and went to sleep. 'Whoo! First kiss!' said Vinyl. 'I'm just the best at romance.' 'Why didn't you choose Heartthrob as our pony name?" "We'll One: I had a guitar tattooed on my rump. Two: You are a guitar who came out from inside of me. If I was this Heartthrob then guess what would have come out.' 'Why you gotta be like that?' 'Good night Alpha.' I closed my eyes and felt sleep take me away. > A terrible truth. A worse threat. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I woke up in the middle of the night. Alright. I couldn't take it anymore. I have to know what Celestia is doing with Hindsight. 'I bet she's going all Molestia on him.' I said to Alpha. 'Your telling me. I prefer Luna.' 'Are you still holding a grudge about what the other Celestia did to us?' 'Yes! How could you forget that!' 'Forget what?' 'God your an idiot.' 'And your not nice.' 'Yeah. I lost my cool right their. Sorry bro.' 'No hard feelings.' I got out of the bed and made my way out of the window. Let's see... I'm on the right wing of the castle. I need to get to the Middle than go right. I slowly made my way to the other room but I then heard flying behind me. "What are you doing?" asked Luna. "Uh... not checking in on my friend." "He's fine. Real fine..." Did I just hear right? "I mean she's taking care of him." Is she? They already kissed and now their... Oh my... What have I done? "Alright." "Your going to check on him anyways?" "Yeah! Wanna come?" "Sure." She landed behind me. "I didn't hear you at all. If you didn't have a shiny silver coat than I would have never found you." "I used to sneak around." "Wow. How did that turn out?" "Not well." 'Hey Bass.' said Alpha trying not to break my disguise. 'Is Luna speaking correctly?' 'She is.' "Yes Alpha. I have been taking lessons." said Luna. We both stared at her and than back to ourselves. "Okay." We stopped above the room where Celestia and Sight were spending the night. I hung upside down at the window to see what was going on. Let's see here... 1. Candles. 2. Fireplace. 3. A constant noise. I swear to fucking god that If I look right I had better not see them fucking. Oh god... why! The sight will never leave my skull! "Aw!" I pulled myself back up. "Yeah their having fun." I told Luna. "That's always been my sister." said Luna. "Molestia." "What was that?" "Celestia." "Oh..." Nice save. "Alright." Luna took off flying for the lookout tower. She went to the telescope and began to look around. "Okay. Awkward." 'Tell me about it.' said Alpha. "Hmm..." I slowly turned and saw Celestia and Sight wrapped in a blanket. "How did you...?" "Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to." said Sight. "Right... We'll... I need to hit the old dusty trail." I said walking away quietly and not looking back at them. I climbed back in the window and sneaked to the bed. Vinyl didn't move an inch. I lifted her up on my chest like she likes and went back to sleep. "So Dusty." said Alpha. The inside of my head looked exactly like the Tardis. "Alpha what did you do?" "I made our head into the coolest thing ever." "Alpha are you calling me a police phone call box?" "Yes. But... a portable one at that." "Well played." "I've been going through other ponies heads." he said throwing a bunch of documents on the floor. "Tell me what you think." "I think that this is wrong." I said. I grabbed the one on top that said Hindsight. "That's the worst." he said. "What's wrong with it?" I asked him. "You'll see." I opened it and looked into the documents. "Let's see... I came to Equestria when I was... 16 and have... Wait? He's not from Equestria?" "He's not from this world." said Alpha. "But how's that possible?" "When you invented this world you must have brought others here." "How many?" "Look let me put it this way. Whenever someone dies on Earth they come here. When they die here they get reborn there. Understood?" "No! That's not possible!" "IT is possible tough! Look at it! Hindsight is really a human." "Oh my god... and why didn't he tell us?" "Who want's to go around all day saying I'm a human?" asked Alpha. "Good point. What's his name?" "David I think." he said. "Alright. We'll ask David later." "Maybe. I need to show you your mind." We walked to the machine in the middle. "This doesn't let us go back in time but we can still see visions from the future." "Ah... Like our old dreams." "Exactly." He hit a button and a light surrounded both of us and sent the image to our head. The vision was off my perspective. "ARGH-" I heard a grunt and watched what was happening. It looked like I was getting my ass handed to me. There was this large red pony with a machete. I got back up and grabbed the guitar. What I did notice was that my hoof was black. Then when I held the guitar up to block his attack a white light stopped the vision. "What the fuck was that?" I asked Alpha. "I don't know! Who the hell was beating us?" he asked. "Big. Red. Machete. Let's remember these facts." "Alright. Oh get up. It's almost 8." "Alright. Thanks." I walked out of the machine room and awoke in the bed. Vinyl was still holding on to me with a small bit of drool emitting from her mouth. I wiped it away and nudged her so she would wake up. She grumbled and opened her eyes. "Hey..." she said quietly. "Time to get up." the Alarm clock went off. "See?" "Alright alright. Help me up." I got out and pulled the covers off her and helped her on her hooves. "How do you have so much energy in the mornings?" she asked. "I'll tell you my secret later." I said to her. I need to find David. I need to know what's happening. 'Alpha! Sight was here before we went back in time!' 'I didn't think of that. I don't know what's happening.' 'Time to learn.' I walked to Celestia and David's room. I didn't even knock. I just walked right on it. "Bass?" asked Sight looking in a mirror. Celestia was still asleep. "Shh. We're going to have a talk." i said seriously. "What?" I grabbed him and took him to a quiet place in the hall where no one else went. "Tell me how you got here David." I said to him. "What! How do you know that!" "Look I understand you. I'm Dustin by the way." "So I'm not the only human?" "Their are many out their. I came across some information telling me that when people die on Earth they come here. I invented this world in a coma. I also got summoned here." "Well I died when i was 16." "How old are you know?" "25." 9 years? My math must be wrong. I thought he'd be 21. "Well listen closely..." I told him everything. When I talked to the Apple family I left out all major details but I didn't spare any to Sight. "Wow. Just wow." "I know. Now listen. Alpha and I had a vision of a big red pony with a machete fucking me up. I need your help." "Why?" "You can see in the future can't you?" "Oh! Well... shut up!" "Hahaha. Just do it. Also I'll call you Sight still. Okay?" "Alright Bass. We keep this professional." "Agreed. Also 25. Not bad but I thought you would be a little younger." "I died 9 years ago." But how is that possible? I invented this world 5 years ago! Damn paradox. "Huh. I'm 30. Anyways do your thing." He closed his eyes and used his magic to send a signal into me. "I see... tonight.., big red pony... and... you in pain. That's it." "Damn it. That's all I saw in my vision." I walked away. "I'll catch up later Sight." "Alright!" 'Alpha. Come on talk to me.' 'David seemed calm about us being human.' 'The shit we've done. Only a human would do things like us.' 'Good point.' I kept on walking till I made it outside only to hear a voice behind me. "Hey you!" yelled a deep gruff voice. I turned to see a giant hulking red pony approaching me. "Oh no..." "You the one who fucked with my buddy Blueblood?" Did he say fuck? He's not pony. "You human?" I asked him. "How did you know?" "Large, mean, and violent. Yep human." "Whatever little man. I'm going to get my buddies and we're teaching you a lesson." "Ooh. I can't wait." He turned to show, and I shit you not, THE ABSOLUTE BIGGEST PAIR OF WINGS EVER! Yeah. I'm going to get fucked. He disappeared quite quickly. "What was that about?" asked Vinyl. From behind. "I saw the entire thing." "Nothing." "Bass I heard the entire thing. Don't you think you should be worried?" "I am worried. About him." "Don't be like that." "Your right. He comes from the same place that I do." "Where is that?" asked Vinyl. "Another story. Another time." I went inside the castle to eat my breakfast. I didn't want to leave the castle at all. How many guys were going to be there? Where was he going to meet me? So many questions filled my head... "You okay?" asked Celestia breaking the silence. I just now noticed how quiet the room was. "Your-" "Don't you dare say my eyebrow is twitching!" I stopped her. She smiled and went back to eating. I let out a sigh and ate some. "Just thinking." "About what?" asked the Doctor. Sight looked back between him and me. "This large red pony dude wants to kill me later." I said. "Why?" asked Derpy. "I don't want anyone hurting my friends." "He said because I messed with Blueblood." Oh come on! The damn kid deserved every bit of it! "But he deserved that!" said Vinyl. I love you. "I must agree." said Octavia. "I don't know guys but wish me luck in any case if I get ambushed later." Doc patted me on the back. "You'll be fine chap." "Thanks man." A few hours later I left the castle so I could go pick up some supplies like shampoo and a toothpaste. On my way a small blue pony ran towards me. He tried to punch me but I blocked it and punched him in the gut. When he was bent over I brought both of my front hooves down on his head knocking him down. Before I could kick out his teeth another pony hit my arm when I tried to grab the weakened one and then hit me below the chin with it throwing me back. "Ugh..." I laid there and thought about how that sucked. I got up and looked around. I counted 30 ponies. "Welcome Bass. Welcome to hell." said the large red hulk walking behind me. He drew the same rusty machete I saw in my visions. I got up and drew the guitar in my hooves. 'Dustin fuse with me!' said Alpha. 'What?' 'Combine your power with mine.' 'But that's not possible.' 'It is! We just combine our soul wavelengths.' 'Alright. Let's go.' I felt Alpha grab my soul. My fur turned the dark black like his and I felt more powerful than ever. Just hope that's enough for the hulk. "Bring it." I grabbed the guitar and turned it into a large warhammer. I held it up with one hoof and began to spin it around. "Time to bring down the hammer!" I yelled bringing it down on one pony and bucking the one behind me with my legs. "Batter up!" I yelled swinging it like a baseball bat sending about 4 of them in the air like team rocket. I turned the hammer into a spear and aimed it towards the one holding a shield. "What are you going to do with that?" he asked. I grabbed the trigger and shot the spear into the shield and pulled him towards me and I used my free hoof to knock him out. I turned the Clementine back into guitar form and began playing electric guitar. As soon as I did lightning bolts came down knocking out about 8 of them. Alright. That's 14. "Take this!" one yelled punching me across the face. Ow! That hurt more than it usually does. 'Alpha what just happened?' 'Dustin when I fuse with you we become an warrior who focuses only on offense.' 'You mean no defense!' 'No!' I felt a kick in the gut and someone throw me down. "Get up." said the red giant. "I'm not done with you yet." He got on top of me and began to give me blow after blow with his right hook. I kicked him in the nuts twice and got out of the situation. When I was up I putted up a boxer stance and gave about 3 of them concussions with my hooves. I would wait for them to strike, then counter, then counter attack and beat them. I felt what was like a metal pipe hit my back leg and then Big Red kick me in the face sending me back on the floor. "I am Big Red. I am the one who will kill you!" Huh... I totally just called his name. 'Dammit Alpha! No defense and I'm having my ass handed to me.' 'Sorry! This hurts me as much as it hurts you!' 'Well help me out here!' 'I can't!' I managed to get on my back knees and get some air in my lungs. "Not bad. Didn't expect you to be this good." said Big Red. I'm just going to dub him Red. He grabbed his machete and drew it from the sheath on his belt. I grabbed the guitar quickly. He swung at my neck but I used the guitar to block it. "AAAAHHHH!" screamed Alpha in my head. The guitar was cut in half and the machete left a large gaping cut above my right eye. I couldn't see out of it due to the blood. "No Alpha!" I grabbed what was left and dodged more of Red's attacks. "Damn!" The black part of my fur left as I felt Alpha dieing on me. I grabbed the machete when Red swung at me and threw it away from us. I gave him my strongest uppercut knocking him back. "Damn." he said popping his jaw back in place. "Alright men. We back off for now. We'll be back Bass." he said leaving with his last few men. They left and I heard what sounded like the engine of a monster truck would make. I ignored it and grabbed what was left of Alpha. "No no no no! Stick with me!" 'I'm dieing...' 'I'll fix this.' I closed my eyes. If Alpha is a third of my mind than I'll use another third to fix it. I used my magic to do this act. I grabbed all the pieces that were removed. Some how the guitar was cut directly in half. That sucks. I felt another piece of my mind leave. I know because of the headache. Than Alpha stopped moaning and coughing. 'Did it work?' 'It worked.' said Alpha. 'Yes it did.' said another voice. 'Alright. This is getting complicated to keep track off. Give me a sec.' {There. That better?} I asked. said Alpha. [Oh yeah.] said the new voice. {Who are you?} [I'm you dude.] {No I mean your name dude.} [Well if he's Alpha. Than call me... Beta.] {Alright. I can live with that. Welcome to the team.} I looked down on my left shoulder to see a silver pony with black hair with blue stripes in it. That's funny. Beta has my body hair color and Alpha has my actual hair color. I looked down at the Clementine. It was Half white/black with vice verse runes. All in all the only thing still fucked up is my eye. I looked at the unconscious bodies around me and sighed. Should have seen this coming. "Bass!" yelled a voice from the distance. I turned to see Luna and Celestia running towards me. "Hey guys. How are you doing?" "How can you be so calm!" asked Luna. "Look at your eye!" "It's okay. Just a cut above it. Also I see better with my left." "And what are you doing now?" asked Tia. "Just taking a break. Oh Alpha almost died so I used all of my magic to summon another conscious. Meet Beta." I said to them. As on cue the new guy bowed. "That's great and all but we need to get you to a hospital!" "No I'm fine. Really." I got up and dusted my self off. I grabbed the new Clementine and placed it on the magical harness. "See? All I need is a bandage, some witch hazel, and cotton balls and I'm as good as new." "No!" Luna tackled me. "Ow." "Tia help me out." Celestia walked over and teleported us all to the hospital. "Hello Princess." said the Doctor. I sat in the waiting room. The blood continued to drip from my face but I didn't mind. I looked beside my and saw a kid with a scrap on his arm. Then the nurse walked out. "Alright who needs my help?" she asked. I was the only pony she looked at. "I'm okay. This kid here has a really bad scrap and I think you should check on him." I said. I just really don't want anymore stitches. "Come on sir. Make this easy on yourself." "*sigh* Coming." [Pussy-whipped.] {Beta how does that even... no. Just no.} {Because some fucking idiot decides to focus only on offensive capabilities. Beta you had better be good at defense.} [I'm the best.] {Excellent! Alpha you were a good help but I need to switch between you two.} {What?} "Drink this sir." said the Doctor handing me a small cup of a clear liquid. "Ah Anesthesia. How I missed you." I drank it and began to feel woozy. "Wait this isn't Anesthesia..." "Nurse hand me the cleaning kit -" the rest was cut off. I felt my body shut down. {Guys they drugged me.} {You can see?} [Come here.] said Beta pointing to a large TV on the wall. It was them cleaning my wound and closing it. {Aw I can see my brain.} I woke up eventually. How do I know? It was like a giant gust of wind knocked me from the inside of my head and out the door. I was literally carried away. "How's it going doc?" I asked the ponies around me. "Good. You recovered very nicely. However your right eye will have some troubles clearing up for a few days." "Right. Thanks." I got out of the bed and made my way to the waiting room. The princesses left me. Again. I went outside and saw that it was twilight out. By that I mean dusk. Sunset. Whatever the fuck you want to call it. Anyways it was very beautiful. Except I couldn't see out of my right eye. Well I could but... it was so blurry that it seemed like I couldn't see. {Guys how long was I out?} [A few hours.] {Fuck my ass. I'm late. And hungry.} I grabbed my stomach. "Time to go home." I said to myself. I teleported to the castle at the time when everyone was finishing with dinner. "Hey Bass." said Sight. "Forgot to wake you earlier." "Ass." I took a seat and grabbed some leftover salad. "All you left me was salad. Whatever." I stuffed my face with as much as I could. I don't care what I eat. If I'm hungry I'll eat just about anything. Except my waste and things that are alive. Also things that are poisonous... yeah so their are lots of things I wont eat. "You alright?" asked Vinyl. "No. I have a killer headache." "I have some medicine." said Octavia. "It's alright. I just need some rest." I stopped eating once I noticed I was full. The entire dinner was quiet. "Do you guys enjoy making my dinner awkward?" I asked them. "It's just some stitches!" They stopped looking. "Sorry." said Derpy. Doh... "Aw I can't stay mad at you guys." They all stood up waiting for a hug. "No group hug. I'm too sore." They all hugged me anyways. "OW! I wasn't joking!" They stopped immediately. "Alright. I'll be fine in the morning probably. Vinyl carry me to bed." She helped me up and accompanied me to bed. "Night guys!" I said. "Night!" they all said back. Vinyl helped me on the bed when we got there. "Are you sure your alright." asked Vinyl. "Truthfully no. But I'm starting to feel better." she gave me another kiss on the cheek and left to go back to the dinning room. {Very. This time I really want to sleep.} [Alright. Night.] {Thanks Beta. Welcome to the team. Alpha are you sure your alright?} {Good... good...} I started to fall asleep. In about ten seconds I fell asleep. > Time to enter the Beta zone. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I woke up in the middle of the night of the night. I know because of the large red '3:24 a.m.' on the alarm clock. Vinyl wasn't sleeping with me. Why? She's always by my side... [What are you doing?] {I'm waking up.} [Alpha is still sleeping.] {Good. We can practice. You see Beta I fused with Alpha in my fight with Big Red. You know the details. Anyways I want to try and fuse with you and work on my defensive skills.} [That's a good idea but why?] {Something feels bad. I just know it.} [Instinct. Alright I trust you. You know what we need?] {Breakfast?} [A montage.] I went to the bathroom real quick and in their I found Vinyl sleeping in the bathtub. {Aw... she passed out while bathing.} [Ew.] {Whats so bad about it?} [She's been laying in her own filth for a while now.] {... Ew.} I reached down and picked her up out of the water and pulled the plug out of it. I wrapped her in some towels and placed her on the bed wrapping her in the blanket. "Goodnight sweetie." i said kissing her on the cheek. I swear she smiled. [Aw... she so adorable I just want to fu-] {NO! She's mine.} [Jeez. Let's go train.] I went to the gym down the road with all the training equipment inside already set out for public use. It was like they were training ninjas. [Alright. You need to master your surroundings and how to defend against them.] {So don't get hit.} [Basically.] I took in a deep breath and ran into the spinning pole machine getting hit by everything and thrown back. [Alright. Back to step 1.] {Aw come on...} 4 hours later I was dodging everything in the gym. From the poles to the robots. (Yes they had technology. Not as good as it's going to be in one year but still very good.) Did I say robots? Yes. Kung fu robots. It sucked. But I prospered. I felt my connection with Beta growing. [Come on Dustin! You can do this!] {Glad to see your awake sleeping beauty.} [{HAHAHAHA!}] I closed my eyes. I knew I could connect with Alpha on the spot but Beta was completely different. He was always cool on the battlefield and defensive at all times. I felt his soul right beside mine. Then the sparks that went between mine and Alpha's started striking. I felt us become one. (No homo!) [Nice. Very nice.] I looked down to see I was still silver shaded but in the mirror on the wall all the red in my hair turned blue. {Alright boys! We're making progress!} [What?] {I got it. Right now were in the Beta Zone. Alpha. Ours will be the Alpha Wave. Got it?} said Alpha wiping a tear. Beta walked over and put an arm around him. "I'm back!" I yelled out loud. Couldn't help myself. So I left Beta Zone and made my way home. 20 minutes later I was enjoying my walk back to the castle. I saw the world in brighter colors. I swear if it was even more colorful I would do that Sunshine Lollipops song. When I got to the castle the guards quickly opened the door, pushed me in, and closed it behind me. "Uh..." I couldn't see anything. Then the lights came on and every pony (My friends.) was looking angry at me (Except the Doctor and David for some reason. Hmm.) "Welcome home..." said Vinyl. "...Dustin." "What? Oh... AW David!" I said to him. "I swear it wasn't me. It was Celestia." Damn you Tia and your mind powers. 10 minutes later "... and then I just left the gym and came here. That's it. End of my story." I said finishing my speech. The only one moving was the Doctor who was clapping. "Bravo." he said. "Thanks. Now David. You obviously know more than you should. I want to know how you came back wards in time." "I used a time sphere to come back in time since you changed the future." "Aha! I knew it! David your the second smartest pony I know!" "Who's the first?" I pointed to Doc. "Oh. Yeah. True enough." "Sorry for scaring you when you came in." said Celestia. "Guards at ease." What? She was ready to kill me? Why? WHY! "Vinyl." I asked her. "What do you think of this?" "You lied this whole time." "I had no choice. I couldn't just go around saying I was a species from another world." "Yeah..." "I'm sorry Vinyl Scratch. Will you forgive me?" "If you take me out on a date." "Oh deal!" I said pulling her in for a hug. All I heard was awes from the others. "Definitely." David's POV I saw Bass walk away with Vinyl. Before he left though I saw he had two little... Bass's on his shoulder. What the hell? "Hey Doctor..." I asked him. "You saw his consciousness too?" "Is that what they are?" "It appears Dustin's mind is shattered and in order to repair them he made other consciousnesses to handle it." "Impressive." Celestia winked at me. Oh my... I wonder why she was so into me. Does she know my secret power?! Or does she know my past? God I hate it when they read your mind. "Sorry. Bad habit." said Celestia. "It's okay sweetie. Can we communicate with our thoughts?" "We can with a spell." "Do it!" Yes this is so much better! 'I agree.' she said. Excellent. Dustin's POV "So Vinyl. What do you really think about me?" "I still think your a pony. I also really like Bass." "I noticed." "Who was Kay?" "A very good friend of mine." "Was she... close?" "Yes." "So what happened to her?" "She was killed because of me." "I'm so sorry!" "I'm not. If that didn't happen I wouldn't be here." Technically I didn't kill her. Oh well. [Hate.] {Jeez... Uh... yeah... hate.} "Um... this may seem odd but what do I call you?" "Vinyl I have many names. Dustin is only a title now. However I think I'm growing attached to Bass." "Okay. Good. I'm use to that name." "Where do we go out to date?" "I know this great place!" She grabbed my hoof. "Come on!" "Alright!" "Do we have money?" "No but we have two princesses." I said gleefully. Blah blah blah more talking blah blah blah date! I sat down across from Vinyl at a table in some extremely fancy restaurant. She had her hair tied back and was wearing this awesome ass blue dress. The only bad thing was I had to wear this suit. This brown and blue vertically stripped suit. Actually it wasn't bad at all. It was actually really comfortable and Vinyl loves me so much I didn't have to wear a tie! Ties are THE WORST POSSIBLE THING! [Drama queen.] {Suck it. At least I have a date.} [{Damn...}] "You look amazing Vinyl..." I told her quietly. "Thank you. I usually don't get to do this. No one really wants to be with me." "What? Who doesn't want to be with you! I've read- wait... hold that thought." "What?" "Just a human story." "About me?" "Yes." "And what was I doing?" "Do you really want to know?" "That's why asked isn't it?" "Ooh. Got me their. You were just... uh... um..." "Yes?" "Eating waffles!" "Oh I love waffles." Nice save. Then the waiter came up to us. "May I help the beautiful mare and the gentleman today?" "Yes." I started. "I would like... the uh.... Vinyl help me out." "We'll have your finest dandelion sandwiches. Make it double. With tea." "Oh excellent! I'll be right back." He took off quicker than I have to when I need to poop. That's a reasonable excuse. "Nice save." I told her. "Thank you." "And a cup of tea! That hits the spot right it does." Oh god my old tongue is kicking back in. Oh I can't help myself when it comes to tea! "How nice of the princess to get us this place." "I know!" "Tell me. What exactly happened to Kay." "Oh... Well... way to kill the mood." "Sorry." "It's okay. We both came to Equestria and in that time I worked for Celestia. Anyways before I get off topic I made a few enemies and Kay sacrificed herself to save me." "I'm so sorry to hear that!" The waiter came to us when i was talking and gave us our food. "Thanks." I told him and he left. "Vinyl thank you for being so understanding." "Your welcome love. It's just that you sound like your close." "We were. Now she's in my home world fucking my brother." "How dares she!" "Tell me about it." "Did you two... um.. fuck?" "What? No! We weren't lovers." "Oh... good." She had to look away to cover her blush. I levitated my tea and sipped on it looking out the window. "Luna did a great job with the stars tonight." "Yeah she always does! It's so pretty!" "Not as pretty as you." [Way to sound corny.] Vinyl blushed this amazing red shade like her eyes and blinked a lot. [...Yeah you kinda did.] She grabbed a sandwich and began to eat so she could change our topic. I began to eat but I spent the whole time watching her. "Bass. You are the most amazing man I've ever met." "Oh am I? No one else you have ever thought about?" "The only guy I've ever cared about if your asking was my dad and the Doctor and Hindsight. I love my dad even though he's a bit of a jerk..." Tell me about it. "and the others are like family." "Glad to hear. Now where do I fit in that?" "What do you mean?" "A father and a brother. What am I?" "How about neither. Your more like... um..." "A lover..." I finished her sentence. She stopped eating and stared at me with those amazing life like red eyes. It was like watching a sunset during an eclipse. Little did I know it but when we were staring at each other our faces were getting noticeably closer. [Do it!] {Watch and learn boys.} I grabbed her and pulled her in for a kiss. At first she fought it a little but loosened up and embrace it. All I could feel was her lips and her hooves in the back of my hair. This wasn't like Kay's kiss. This was... like... a true kiss of someone who would never leave me. After a minute we stopped to breath. "That was amazing..." She said letting go of my head. "Yes you were." I looked around to see many people looking at us. "Alright! Yeah! Cheer me on people!" They all started clapping and cheering as Vinyl pulled me in for another kiss. "Let's finish eating so I can enjoy my desert." said Vinyl. "I sure hope you mean me." "Well... your an exception." "Aw... Hahahaha!" "Hehehe!" She has a cute laugh. I like it. "Yeah... let's finish this up." I grabbed my last sandwich and began chewing on it. She did the same and we finished that and our tea staring at each other. "Stop your embarrassing me!" "Me stop! Your the one enjoying the eye candy." She blushed again and finished her sandwich before me. "I win." "What? Wha- AW! Tricks? Really!" I put my last piece in and swallowed standing up from the table. "Man... alright. I need to use the men... I mean colt''s room." I walked to find the bathroom only to be turned around by the manager. "Sorry." I said walking past Vinyl. "Wrong way." [AWWWW YYYEEEAAAHHH!] {Liked that did ya?} {Don't say it like that.} {Because if you do... *sniff* than I will never want to go home...} [But Equestria is so much better!] {Yeah it is... Well... Vinyl here I come.} I finished using the latrine and washed my hooves walking outside. Vinyl waited for me and got up to walk away with me. We didn't need to pay since we got a reservation. All I have to do for Celestia in return is make sure David stays in tune. Something about a Cold Iron? I wasn't listening. All I heard was 'Blah Blah Blah He needs you blah blah blah Iron blah blah hates David blah blah don't die blah.' I got every blah on the spot. [] {Blah blah blah okay.} We got home a little late but still we got to see everyone before bed. The Doc gave me a pat and Derpy cheered muffins for some reason. "You two look great together!" said Octavia. "Only if I could find a guy." "Don't say that Tavia." I told her. "If I can get a princess, who's an alicorn, a date I can help you." "Thanks." I grabbed Vinyl and hugged her closely. "Alright. We'll be off." I looked around and didn't see Lyra, Bon Bon, or Hindsight. Hmm... No princesses either. "Night everypony." "Good night!" they all chimed. Creepy. Vinyl put me against the wall and took in another deep kiss this time with tongue. "Thank you Bass. I've never gotten this close to anyone before." "And thank you Vinyl for changing my life for the better." I grabbed her and carried her to the bed. "Do you want to wait?" "Uh..." She had a very heavy blush and her back legs closed. "If you don't mind." "Not at all. I would never rush a relationship." [You liar!] {Okay Bass that was Twilight's fault. Not me.} {It wasn't me! I didn't control Static! I only saw what he saw.} [Right. I remember that. Twilight forced it on us. Is she the problem?] {Usually.} [{Settled!}] "Help me with this..." she said trying to get out of the dress. I pulled it off of her with magic and hung it up in her closet. I took off the suit and hung it up beside it. "... I'm ready for bed." "Me too." I got in beside her. "Goodnight." "Goodnight." She kissed me and laid her head down. {This feels so... right.} [Well... look on the bright side. It can't get worse.] Que heavy dramatic music from the Dark Knight. [The hell was that?] {I don't know. You said it can't get worse.} Que music again. {The fuck?} > Heating the iron part 1. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I thought about it long and hard ( no homo) and I won't do any clopfic any more. Why you ask? Because every time you write clopfiction than Fluttershy cries. That's why! I'll still say things like oh their fucking in the next room but I won't go into any detail. And that's final. Besides my clopfic kinda sucks. ???'s POV "Go my child. Do what I created you to do." "Yes my master." I told it. I got off my knee to look at him. The large menacing werewolf still scares me just a tad bit. "Master Nightmare. Who am I suppose to dispose of besides David?" "A Bass Strings. Also known as a Dustin. He wields some form of a soul weapon and he's extremely dangerous." "Yes master." I told him walking out of the door. "Hah... hah hah.... hahahaha! I'm coming David!" Dustin's POV It was breakfast time and I couldn't ever completely enjoy it. Why? Celestia... "Alright Celestia..." I told her to stop her nagging. "No I didn't see any Cold Iron. Honestly what am I looking for?" "A large pony in black armor. From what I've been told he's the Pony of War." "And you think an old man like me can stop him?" "Your not that old. And only David can stop him." "Than why do you need me?" Just then David walked in. "I need you to help me get in for the kill. This time I take down Iron." "I'm sorry David but... I'm a little lost." "Alright. When I came to this world long ago their was another pony with me. And exact copy of myself. Cold Iron. All he wants is to kill me. Why? I don't know." "David..." "I've been going around time and space so he wouldn't find me. I can't fight him one on one because all I can do is read the future and he can summon any weapon at will." "Listen to me..." "Theirs nothing to listen to! I don't want to leave this time. I really like this world and the princess. But now were all going to die for it." "God dammit David!" He stopped immediately. "I-I... but..." "Just listen. We'll take care of your monster friend/ brother. How much like you does he look like and don't spare any details." "He's a brown pony... red hair... blue eyes... large black iron armor. Has a iron orb and he's a pegasus. Does that help?" I looked out the window. "Well... it narrows down the search." "What?" "Incoming!" I jumped on the ground and covered my head as the large pegasus came flying in through the window. "David!" it yelled. Alright. Guess that's him. [No! Really? You think!] {Fuck you.} [Fuck you!] {Fuck you!} [Fuck you!} Than the odd giant pony decided to stare at me for some creepy reason. "Dustin... you must be... terminated." "Oh god he's the terminator. Dammit David! I said skip no details!" He summoned what looked like harpoons and started stabbing at the floor under me. I moved back and dodged every time. "Whoa! Hey! Quit it!" I gave him a hard kick in the head. The pony stopped and dropped the harpoons. He then just stared at me. "You hit me." "Uh... David?" "YOU HIT ME!" "Run!" he yelled. I got up and ran with him and Celestia out of the back castle door. "Alright man. Tell me how to beet this. Wait... hold on. Clementine!" I held my hoof up and the guitar came out the door as I caught it. "Alright tell me." "We can't get in close for melee attacks." "Dammit." "That armor is also a problem. We need to strip him of it and then hurt him before he uses the bomb." "Bomb? What bomb?" "See that big orb in his chest?" He pointed to it. I nodded in return. "He'll pull it out and channel all his energy into it. The only way to stop the bomb is kill him or he decides to stop it." "You know a lot. How many years has he been haunting you?" "Since I got here." "When you were a tween?" "Uh... yes." "Yikes. Alright." I patted him on the shoulder. "I'll handle this." "I can help. I'll tell you when to strike and where." He handed me a headset. "Celestia doesn't want me in your mind. I don't think Alpha and Beta would approve." "You can see my consciousnesses?" "Yes." "Hmm... Impressive. Alright. Go check on everyone in the castle." I put the headset in. "I'll babysit the abominable freak." Then a royal guard came out to face him. "Listen hear..." started the guard but Cold Iron cut him, literally, into a bunch of pieces. "Alright. Celestia. Go get Luna." She took off. {Guys I need a hand!} [So we can't get close! Big deal.] {Than you transform into the weapon I'm best with.} {Guns.} The Clementine made electrical guitar sounds and transformed into two large caliber pistols. One white and one black. {Don't see why I named you guys Alpha and Beta. Should have gone with Ebony and Ivory." [Don't you even go their.] {Just saying. Black and white...} "Alright. Yo! Hey Iron!" I waved at the large armored pony who was smiling criminally and giving me the creeps. "Come and face me you little bitch!" He spread his large metal wings and began to float a little bit. [Hey Alpha. You know what song we need?] {That's the one!} I told them hearing the song in my head. I did a barrel roll to the right dodging the flying hulk and aiming my guns at him. 'BLAM!' "Jesus! What do these fire!" [Well it fires bullets made out of soul energy. And you have quite possibly the strongest soul ever.] "Gah!" yelled Iron as the bullet nailed him in the ass. Damn. He's wearing that armor. But it looks like it still hurts though. I continued to shoot at weak points in the armor but I was just playing a wild goose chase. I couldn't see where he had any weak point. "You dare mock me!" "Uh... yes! I dare!" I fired a bullet to his face where the helmet didn't cover but he summoned a large shield and deflected it Captain America style. "Oh... your based off of David aren't you?" "Like a captain!" he yelled throwing the shield nailing me in the chest sending me back. "*cough cough* Damn. That's one arm you got their. I bet you masturbate all day long. Not a woman wants you." "Stop talking." "Who was it you work for? Hmm? The Nightmare? That whore?" "STOP IT!" he began stomping. "Alpha Wave!" I merged with Alpha and fired bullets about 20x stronger and took pieces of his armor off. I got most of his arm and torso armor off with only a few shots. "Impressive. That's some good armor you got their buddy." "I'll kill you then kill David. I'll earn my master's respect!" "Why is it that you want to kill David so bad?" "I don't need to tell pathetic scum like you." I shot him in the arm and he winced in pain. "Wrong answer. Please tell me." "We need his power. David is... special." "And your cloned off him. Shouldn't you... ya know... be like best buddies?" "Why would I like him?" "Because in a way your basically brothers. Think about it. Fighting all the time. Yeah sounds like me and my bro." "You don't know anything." "I do know that your master is an evil spirit who focuses on destruction and is obsessed with the night." "Hmm... you sound like you might know a thing or two." He went for a punch and I ducked below it and got behind him. "Listen Iron. We could be friends. Just please settle down. No need to hurt anymore people." "And who have I hurt?" "That young guard I saw you murder a few minutes ago. He had family. Maybe a wife and kids. Did you ever think of that?" "Shut up!" He went for a cheap shot by punching me in the gut. I quickly switched to Beta's power and when he punched me I heard his arm pop. "Beta Zone. Sorry Cold Iron but your attacks can't hurt my defenses." I gave him a hard punch sending him rolling back. I love this. I mean... Alpha is really fast and I can increase my attack output. But I feel like the Hulk right now. {You are Alpha. Think of this... like Viewtiful Joe.} [Except you can do a lot more damage Alpha.] {Exactly.} I looked into the dust storm to see Iron laying their against the rubble of the concrete. "Dustin!" yelled out David. I turned to great him. "Hey buddy. We did it." "Without my help? Your amazing!" He said patting me on the shoulder. "David why was he after your power." "Because... the Nightmare can make an unstoppable army with it." "Then can't you use it?" "It doesn't work that way." "Of course. Theirs always a flaw." He looked depressed. "Don't worry. Your not the flaw. They want to use evil power to harness your good power. Just stick with us and you'll get stronger." "Not as strong as you apparently." "I've been fighting for a long time David. I'll tell you about my Earth days later." "Hahahahaha..." said a cold chilling voice. "I hear laughing." I turned to see Cold Iron standing up. "Why is he laughing?" "Bravo. Bravo. You've given me the feeling I was messing Dustin!" "Gay?" "The Hunt! I love it!" "Yeah he's lost it." said David. Cold Iron wrapped himself up with a large black sphere. "How can he use magic?!" I asked him. All the girls and the Doctor ran up to us. "Get back guys." He told them. "Because Dustin. He's a..." We were cut off when 4 large black hooves came from the bottom of the bubble and large black steel wings sprouted from the top. The bubble left to show us a large black pony with a horn and large black armor with spikes. The red hair turned black and his blue eyes turned red. Blood red. "... an alicorn." finished David. > Heating the iron part 2. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm on a roll and I have so many great simple ideas to use! 1. is no more fucking time paradoxes! I'm starting to confuse myself. 2. Thank you BBB for the wicked nosebleed you gave me with the #46 comment. At first I was thinking "You don't know my weakness." But I was wrong! I was horribly wrong! David's POV I stood beside Dustin who simply watched the large black alicorn. Fuck I forgot to tell him about Nightmare form. [What the hell is that?] I heard Bass say. "Relax guys. How hard could he- OOF!" Iron gave him one good punch and sent him flying into a building. "I'll be back for you David." I felt his hoof touch me cheek. "Sweet sweet David." "Back off jack off." I told him backing up. "Oh but I won't kill you. Your friend made a great point. What's the point of killing you? You would be better alive." He walked towards the house Dustin just went in. "But for now... THE HUNT!" Dustin's POV "Ugh..." Somehow I bounced off the couch and went through the roof landing in the bathroom upstairs. "Eek! Help! Creeper!" Said the white pony with pink hair covering wet body with a towel. "Hello Fleur." "Bass?" "Yeah." In case you were wandering what I do in town? I talk. To everyone. "It's me." Two large black hooves came from the floor below and grabbed my face. "Oh my." Iron pulled me down and kicked me outside. "Oof! OW! Ow! That's going to hurt." I got up slowly so I wouldn't black out. I watched the larger pony walk towards me. "Are you on steroids or something?" I asked him. "Or something seems right." said David helping me up. "Thanks man. Where is this power coming from?" "This power is from my master! The Nightmare!" "Pussy whipped." I told David earning a small chuckle. He obviously wasn't that scared. "Hey David... Do you know what you forgot to tell me?" "About the Nightmare form? Yeah... Sorry." "It's okay." I popped my back. "I just don't think I can win this on my own." [I'm sure we could.] {Do you want to try it? I'm game if that's what your asking.} I did as Alpha said and ran with David towards the castle. "Run all you want! I Dark Steel shall destroy you!" He said appearing before us. "Aw... he's got a name for it. How cute." I said getting a slap. "Ow..." "Look at you. Your nothing." He held his hoof up for a killing blow. "May I take a tea brake?" I asked him. "What?" He lowered it. "It's just tea time and well... I don't want to die without a nice cup of tea. Do you David?" "Uh uh." "Didn't think so. Please Mr. Steel?" I asked like a little kid. "Oh... alright. Have your tea. I may be evil but I have respect." "Thanks. You are David's clone. Only this guy would give me tea before I died." Both he and David laughed the same. "And listen to you two! You sound exactly the same! Honestly Steel. I would consider helping us instead of killing us." I sat a table getting a cup of tea from the waiter. "Yeah yeah." said David sipping on his cup. "Now that I think about it..." started Steel sipping on his cup. "Why am I doing this? Is it because I was left out or that I wanted power." "Oh it's the second one." said David. "You and I were so close and now you just want to 'Kill me and take my power.'' He mimicked that last part and sounded exactly like Steel with the royal canterlot voice. "Alright I'm done with my tea." said Steel. "You die now." He said childishly. I looked at him and my cup of tea. It took a third of a second to decide what my next move would be... "..." "..." [...] <...> "AAAAHHHH!" I threw the scolding hot liquid in his eyes. "Let's go!" We jumped over the guard rail and ran down the street away from the castle. "Dustin we need to get that armor off of him." "What's it made of?" I asked him. "Steel! Duh!" "Only in that form though right?" "Yes. Why?" "Just asking..." I turned the guns back into my Clementine. "Alright boys. Let him have it." I turned around and started strumming the electric strings like the guitar solo from The Final Countdown. Lightning poured out of the sky and struck the alicorn ferociously. "AH! FUCK!" He threw the helmet off in a rage and summoned a shield to repel it. My lightning immediately had no effect on him. "You two are dead!" He grabbed the orb from his chest and put a lot of energy into it. "Shit stop him!" yelled David. We turned and I switched to Alpha Wave mode and Clementine turned into a spear. I held it and pulled the trigger nailing him in what should have been the neck but was deflected with his back left foot. "How did he do that?" "I don't know! But stop the bomb!" We both heard what sounded like a beeping noise begin. "You have 30 seconds till death." said Steel. "Please listen Steel. Don't do this." "Why shouldn't I?" "Because you shouldn't have to do this! No one deserves to take a life. I learned that the hard way. That guard you killed. Us in less than a minute... What your doing is wrong!" "What I'm doing is justice!" "For what?" said David. "I've seen the future! You will be betrayed! Nightmare will kill you and consume you for your power!" "I... I-I don't..." "I just want to be here with Celestia. My friends. Please don't take that away... please..." He said with a tear on his eye. "Dude..." I told him with tears in my eye. "... Manly tears have been shed." I pulled him into a hug and we waited to die. Beep 3 Beep 2 Beeeewwwww.... I knew that sound anywhere. The bomb was stopped? "*sigh* Your right David." He left Dark Steel mode and fell to his knees. "Your right. I'm fighting for nothing. All because I was jealous." "But you have nothing to be jealous about! You have your own life! You had me as a friend! I treated you like a brother for those years and you just left!" "Your going to tell about this later right?" I asked him. "Oh yeah." [Yeah! Story time!] Alpha game me a smack. "Ow..." I closed my eyes and put myself in my head. I crawled out my ear and walked to Alpha. {Idiot am I?!} I held him with my hoof. I dropped him and couldn't help but laugh. {That's basically my life in a nutshell.... AH HAHAHAHA.... HA Hahahahaha...} David and Iron both just watched. "He's... different." said Iron. "Yeah... but he grows on you. Listen Iron. Your always welcome to be here but..." "It's that guard. And all the others I killed isn't it?" "He was just a kid. Like us." "Right. Goodbye David. And I'll spare you this once. Next time... be ready." He was surrounded by that shadow bubble and then vanished. Alpha, Bass, and I just watched. "Uh..." I started to say opening my eyes. "He's not staying?" "With the crimes he's committed? He can't. It just... hurts. You know?" "Too well." I left Alpha Wave mode and sat down on the ground. David followed wiping his brow of sweat. "*sigh* David remember just a moment ago I was thrown through a building?" "Yeah." "Well... the pain is starting to seep in. Can you help me home?" "Sure buddy." He got up and put my arm over his shoulder. "You on?" "Yeah. Let's take it nice and slow..." I hopped with a limp as he would walk normally to counter balance my weight. "We're like apple pie." "What? Oh no! Don't go there!" "Can help it. Your just so easily injured. It's funny." "At least my stitches didn't reopen." Just then a football hit me above the eye and blood made it's way down "Ah! Damn kids!" I yelled shaking my hoof at them. The 5 of them stuck their tongues out and left. Just the 5... It's like my childhood! It was me... Brandon, Kelly, Lucas, Kay, and my best friend Nathan. He didn't come here though. So that's a good sign. He's probably at home right now eating a slim jim and writing some fan fiction! [I miss him.] Alpha was sounding like he's going to cry. "Something wrong?" asked David. "What?" "Your crying. Is your leg hurt that bad?" "No. Just... some memories. Hey can we get some tea?" "Later! Let's go home man!" "Fine." We hobbled all the way home. It was like the three piggies. Except one of them is missing and one of them is wounded. And if their on the road I imagine all houses were blown down. Didn't know a wolf could blow down brick. "Hey David. Do you know where the third piggy is going?" "Excuse me?" "I mean... Where is Cold Iron going?" "If memory serves me right back to Nightmare's hideout. She's going to torture him for showing emotion again." "This isn't the first time?" "He's been with me since I came here." "And he ignored time. Wait! If we went back in time than... we... let Nightmare out." I am such an idiot! [Oh burn! He totally did!] {Aw what? Man...} [Hey. I remember that one sexy picture of Vinyl.] "You mean this?" asked David holding a pic of Vinyl in a maid's outfit. "David! No I need that!" "Come get it!" He left me and took off for the castle. "David! Come back! Seriously! David!" I limped after him. Not my precious picture! No! Iron's POV "ERR!" Nightmare whipped me again with her cat-tail whip. "Aw... look at that." She said looking into a cauldron. "He's got a crush." "You know I don't kill women. AH!" Again with the whip. "No you don't. That's okay. But you showed emotion and lost David right where we had him!" "Sorry. I just..." "You thought about the old times again?" She sighed and lowered me from the torture table. "Iron... What am I going to do with you?" "I don't know." "I show discipline only because I love you. Now when you recover and train harder you'll attack again." "Yes master." "Good. Dismissed." she said sitting on her throne. "So... Dustin is back. I haven't forgotten that torture he did to me with that paper bag." "What?" "He killed me when I wasn't suspecting it. Now he's back and still alive! Your going to fix that!" "When?" "In a few months. I'm going to give you the maximum training." "Yes, master." I bowed to her. "Now get some rest." "But I real-" "NOW!" she yelled in the royal canterlot voice. "Yes ma'am!" I left without a second though. Soon David... soon. > What the fMEOWk? No not again! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is their to talk about... Hmm... Nothing... Honestly? No. But "So David. Tell me about your clone." I asked tucking that picture of Vinyl into my ear and hearing a computer female say 'Download complete.' "Well... he thinks he's a clone. He's actually my best friend's younger brother." "I totally called that he was your twin brother." [He did.] "Yep." I said finishing it. "Really? Hehehehe... I've never noticed." he said sarcastically. "You know I was the younger brother of my family as well." "Really?" "Yeah. But... Cody never died. In fact he's making a name for himself in my world. Let's see... We went back in time about a year so if my math's right... and it usually is, than right now he should be asking Kay to marry him." "I remember Kay. A little bit. So she left you for your bro." "I know. It sucks! And I was expecting a child as well." "You got Vinyl. I mean besides the porn in you head." "How much did you see?" "The bronies dream collection. Actually yours aren't bad. I mean I hate seeing those pictures of guys, humans mostly, fucking the mane 6. And you just think of them in attractive outfits. No sex or messes." "I thank you. You know ponies look... more... uh... naughty in outfits here. I mean since they usually don't wear clothes. A maid outfit is like... lingerie. See?" "Huh... your right. Anyways I've gotten over Iron. He's just a pain." "You said best friend. Why does Iron want you dead?" "He thinks I got him killed. He had this ability to copy someone once and he used it on me to get close to my friends and kill them from behind. I found out, died his hair brown and red and then sent him away." "Because he thought you killed his brother. What a dick!" "I know!" "Whatever. I would have kicked his ass anyways if that whole Dark Steel didn't kick in." We made it to the castle and as soon as David opened the door all the girls ran to my side. "Bass!" cried Octavia and Vinyl lifting me up literally like a doll. "Hello ladies." said David. I remained quiet though and waited for the bad side. *SMACK* was the sound of Vinyl slapping me. "What were you thinking! You almost died!" "But I didn't sweetie! I didn't! Look at me! You hit me even! I'm still here!" She ran up for a hug with tears on her face. I was still weak so I had to lower us to knee levels. "...Still here..." I think I enjoyed this hug. It was a sympathetic hug that I've never received before. "*sniffs* Please don't do that again..." She wouldn't move and I couldn't. "I will try not to. Or next time I might just bring you along." "Ello Dustin." said the Doc. "Ello Doctor." I held a hoof out and he helped me and Vinyl up. "So what do you think of this new threat?" "New for us. Not David." He nodded at the mention of his name. "This clone is working with some bad people. I've fought with Nightmare before and I imagine that somewhere Discord is involved. Is the statue still here?" "It is. Tell me what's damaged." said Luna. Celestia isn't here? "I reopened my stitches and I think I've sprained my hoof and have internal bleeding in my side." "Alright. I can fix most of these wounds except the stitches." She grabbed them and pulled them tight to close the wound. "OW!" "I just fixed it. Stop whining." [OW That really hurt bitch!] Beta was covering his eye. [You can! You can see Alpha! Just use the left eye for now!] {What the fMEOWk is wrong with you two? Aw what?} "FMEOWking jerk." They all giggled. "Aw the kitten noise is back! What the fMEOWk? God!" "Hold still Dustin." said Luna tending my leg. "Dustin. Seriously? Just say fuck." said David. "FMEOWk! FMEOWk fMEOWk fMEOWk FMEOWK!" "Hahahaha... that's too rich." "God damn censors! Who is doing that?" I looked up to see Celestia laughing to her heart's content. "You... this whole time... stupid fMEOWking cunt always making me freak the... ERG! That's really getting on me! Are you giving me a message? Like don't curse as much?" "Say whatever you want. Just it appears that one vulgar term is your favorite." "Actually my favorite is damn but fMEOWk is fun." She giggled and I was lifted by Luna when she was done. "Alright. Everypony! Listen to me! We have an issue!" They all lined up like military cadets and waited for my speech. "Okay. It appears that David's old rival and some old foes of mine have joined forces. I have an idea. Two to be exact." I held out a painting display table and lifted up a sheet showing a kid's drawing of a giant robot on top of the world. "My first idea is that we build a 300 foot robot to defend us all! I dub him Super Hero Global Man!" I held my hooves out in the air and pumped them. [Best drawing ever!] {Don't mock me!} {... Oh... Thank you?} "Such a kid." said Octavia. "What do you use to color even?" "Crayons!" I held up the box. "Dustin. Have you ever painted?" asked Vinyl. "Never! I can build it. My second idea was since we couldn't really do much damage to Cold Iron is that we get more help. Get the princesses and all the elements together." "I thought we did good." said David. "And then he turned to Dark Steel. That Nightmare form of his really changed our plans." "Then that's what we're doing. I shall dub this plan..." started Celestia while building up suspense. "Super Hero Global Man!" She had a slightly better drawing than mine and the robot had her tiara with a large banana on it's chest. "I like bananas." Doc and I said at the same time. "Their good for you!" we said at the same time. "Alright. I can draw Octavia but I need schematic paper and tools." "What? Your an engineer?" asked Vinyl. "Yeah! Well... I was." Hmm... {Guys. Let's do an amplifier!} [What?] [Oh god! That's brilliant!] "I have another idea. I'll build an amplifier." "No. We need the elements." said David. "Aw. Buzz kill. What would you call it?" "What?" "The plan..." "OH. How about Harmonic Retribution." "Alright. Random. I like it." I popped my neck and gave Vinyl a big kiss. "Alright. David how long do we have till Iron comes back?" "If I remember... two months." "Alright. Let's get started." > Harmonic Retribution part 1. Magic's a bitch. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Alright guys. Let's get Twilight first." I said picking up my guitar. [Aw... do we get to fuck Vinyl in front of her?] {No! Why do you keep bringing that up?} {No complaint there. But this time things are different.} I tried to use magic but I couldn't manage it. "Hey Celestia. Where's my magic?" "It appears you just need to rest." "No time!" "We have a few months." added in Derpy. "What? Aw... Derpy's right." I went back inside. "Tomaro I begin operation Harmonic Retribution!" I threw my hooves up and pumped in excitement. I felt a hoof touch my ear. I turned towards Vinyl. "Was that you?" "Yeah. You had a little dirt." "Alright... then..." I ignored David's laughter behind me. What's so funny. I turned to see him giggling quietly and Celestia with a face of shock and awe. "How could you have something like that?" asked Celestia. "Like what?" David turned the picture of Vinyl in the maid's outfit. "Aw! What did I say about touching my head!" Wait... {No homo!} [It's tooooo laaattteeeee.... AHAHAHAAHHA!] {It's not fair.} "Sorry man." "Let me see." asked Vinyl with her puppy dog red eyes. Oh... my heart... [Dustin! Heart levels are rising!] {I can't!} [] "Here..." I said showing it to her. Her jaw dropped and her blush began. "Did you draw that?" "I wish. Sorry. I warned you." "No you didn't." "I'm so sorry!" "I just didn't know I looked that good in a maid outfit." She said scratching her head. Then the Doctor came in from behind. "Aw now I got to see! Well! Someone's foreshadowing his future." "Look what you've started David!" I tried to get the picture back. He passed it to everyone in the room. Aw... dammit. [Let's make the Doctor test out Super Hero Global Man.] {No. Let's do it with David.} [Unanimously.] Well after a few hours it was time for bed and I was surprised beyond any comprehension. You know, I was just laid out in bed like always when Vinyl walked in with that same outfit. "So what do you think?" "Vinyl! Your.... amazing..." I was cut off by her lips forcing their way to mine. "I... need to tell you this..." "What is it?" "I-I... I love you.." She stopped kissing me and looked me exactly in the soul with her red eyes. My red eyes gave her the same glare in return. "Vinyl. You know damn well that I love you so much." I pulled her in for a hug and she pushed me back on the bed. "Time to prove it..." "Oh my..." Here we go again. The next morning. [That was by far the best woman we've slept with.] {Your making it sound like we've been having sex with a lot of people.} "Good morning." I told the sleeping mare on my chest. "Is it morning already? *yawn* Can I get a few more minutes..." She snuggled on my chest. "Of course you can. I need to find the elements. Want to come with me and David?" "Yes!" She instantly woke up and left for the bathroom. "Did she just use us?" [] "Clever girl." I got up and met with David outside. "Hey buddy. How did it go?" "Well if your the one who helped me out again than thank you." "Welcome." "She's coming with us. We need her." "Why is that?" "She's like... the soundboard that helps my guitar. I know I sound great but she makes me so much better. See?" "I guess. Celestia can't come with us. She'll break our cover." "You boys ready?" Said Vinyl walking out. "Yep." [Yep.] "Yes." said David finishing it. We left the castle after breakfast and took a carriage to Ponyville. "So..." I looked around our transport vehicle. "Nice ride. David weren't you worried about our cover?" "It doesn't mean we get to ride in style." said David. "Besides cars don't get invented until April." "Cars? I've heard about those." said Vinyl. "Metal transports on wheels. Right?" "Yeah! I never thought it but your very intelligent Vinyl." said David. "Thank you." "We're here." said the driver. "Already?" we all asked walking out. We were in Ponyville when the carriage left us and headed for Canterlot. "Okay. Time to begin. First let's get Twilight. She can help us with the others." "Who's going to be the hardest?" asked David. "I'd say Rainbow Dash." Both Vinyl and I told him. Right... she was there. "Alright. Twilight here we come." David lead the way and took us to the library. Inside we found only Spike. "Uh... who are you guys?" asked Spike. "We're royal agents here to conduct an interview with Twilight Sparkle." I told Spike frightening him. "Be warned. We're authorized to kill." He almost had an aneurism. "Relax Spike. It's me Bass." "I remember you now. And Vinyl." "Hi Spike." she said happily. I felt her reach into the backpack attached to my harness and pulled out her glasses. "And this is Hindsight." I told him pointing to David. "We need you and your friends help Spike." "My help? All you probably need is the elements. I'm of no use." "Aw... don't say that. Your a good friend Spike. Just don't lose hope. If you do than everyone around you pays for it." "Is it that bad?" he asked. "I need to always hope for them?" "Always. A friend's trust and hope is worth more than any element." David and Vinyl nodded in unison agreeing with me. Then Twilight walked in the door. "Spike! I'm ho- Who are you?" she asked. "How did you get in!" she took a defensive stance and aimed her horn against me. Vinyl and David were too scared to move. I looked around for a few seconds moving only my eyes and than looked at her. "This is a library right?" She instantly backed down and lowered her head. "I'm sorry! Please don't hate me!" [Oh snap!] I heard Alpha begin whisper in my ear. "Hehehe... that's rich." I said out loud by accident. Twilight didn't understand. "Alright. Twilight. We need you and your friends help..." I told her and she took back up her defensive stance. "Will you put that away before you poke out my eye?" She did as was commanded and listened to us. "Sight. If you would." "Yes. Twilight we have a new threat to be worried about. A man who's been haunting me for years has teamed up with forces of pure evil. We need to stop him and we need the elements help doing so." "I don't understand." "Twilight... it would be better if you didn't." said Vinyl. Huh. She's got a point. "It's a pretty bad story. Right?" she asked me. "Twilight I fought with Cold Iron first hand. Never and I mean never have I been in such a difficult fight." "Cold Iron? Princess Celestia told me all about that incident." "Yes. Hindsight is..." "Your that Hindsight?!" she asked. "Celestia told me all about you. Oh I have so many questions!" We all looked at each other and I was the one to break the ice. "Questions? I'll answer them if you help us. I know Applejack already and she'll help us. But we need your other friends as well." "Well that answers question 1. You need the elements don't you? Whose Cold Iron working for?" "Nightmare." said David. "And everyone one of those bastards under her spell." "And we'll stop her Sight. Just take it easy." I patted him on the back. [Hey. I just realized something.] {Hit me.} [You haven't said fuck in a while.] {FMEOWk. Aw in my head too!} "Alright. I'll help you." said Twilight. "Also I have another question." "Yes?" "Are you and Vinyl close?" she asked. I turned and saw that she was outside talking to David. "Very close." Twilight only nodded and I, honestly, expected a worse reaction. "Alright. We'll for our friends I think I have a way to get them." She said while pushing me out of the library. "Meet me here at 3. Okay?" "Sure-" I was cut off by her slamming the door. "There's the reaction I wanted!" [Yes! Plan piss off Twi is in effect!] {No. It was too good to pass on. Also she asked.} "I'll get Rarity. You guys get Fluttershy and Pinkie. AJ is taken care of right?" "Right. And Rainbow is loyal to her friends. If they agree than she'll agree." "Alright. Wish me luck with the marshmallow." said David walking away. I was giggling to myself until Vinyl nudged my arm. "What is so funny about a marshmallow?" "Oh Vinyl. It's a human thing." "Yes. What was your old life like?" "Not good. This life is so much better for me. I'm happier and I feel more... colorful than before. It's just now in Earth technology is so advanced that someone as old as me is inferior and unneeded." "I'm sorry to hear that." "It's not all bad. I have you!" "Tease..." She said with a smile and a turn of her blushing face. "Come on... Let's find the others. Who first?" "I'd say Pinkie. She's the one I know best." "Alright. Let's go." > Harmonic Retribution part 2. Sweet victory. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So Colgate gave you that maid's outfit?" I asked her. "Yep! She thought you and I would like it." "It was great!" "Don't lie. I saw the nosebleed. Was it that good? The outfit I mean?" "... no comment." "Hahahaha!" It's great to hear Vinyl's laugh. [I just thought of something. It's about Cold Iron.] [Well... he's hard on the outside but we beat him with David's speech. So why don't we kill him from the inside?] "Well... You see Beta." said Vinyl. I stopped walking and looked at her. "If he's going through more training than we might not be able to talk him out this time." "How did you do that?" I asked her. "When we connected last night I saw your little angel/devil things going on." "Their my consciousnesses. And their both badass." "Of course they are. I never said they weren't. Theirs Pinkie now!" said Vinyl pointing at the pony entering the kitchen of the Corner. "Do we have a plan?" I asked her. "We don't just go up and talk to her?" "OH... I wanted to be like Snake and sneak in their." "I don't know who that is but try it." I nodded and ducked into the bush and appeared behind a tree. I stuck my head out and looked left and right then climbed the tree jumping off, doing a roll, and landing beside the door when Pinkie stuck her head out. "Hiya!" she said. *long gasp* OH MY GOD!" I fell back into the bushes. All I heard was Vinyl in the back laughing. "Nice one Pinks!" she said getting a hi five from her. "Are you okay Bass?" asked Pinkie. "Oh you remember me. Huh. Alright than. We can get straight to the point. Pinkie we need your help." "With what?" "Let's do this in private." She welcomed us into her home. I took a seat on the couch and was glared at by the Cakes. "Oh sorry! Don't mind me!" "Who are you?" asked Mrs. Cake. "I'm the man whose trying to help." Pinkie and Vinyl came in and sat down beside me. "Alright. Pinkie we have a new threat. Do you remember the Nightmare?" "Who?" "The woman who possessed Luna. Nightmare Moon?" "Oh that nightmare. Silly filly!" She gave me a light tap on the arm and I gave her a dead stare. "Don't call me that ever again." I told her and a frown took over her face. "Anyways. She, a evil warrior named Cold Iron, and others are trying to kill us all!" "*gasp* When?" asked Mr. Cake. "We estimated two months." said Vinyl. "And you know this how?" asked Pinkie. "We're working with the princesses to fix this. I need you, Pinkie. And all your friends to help us. The elements are needed along with the princesses and myself to stop these enemies." "What can you do again?" asked Vinyl. "Besides get injured?" "I can keep Iron busy for a while until the orbital friendship cannon is ready." I told her. "And he use a cheap shot to hurt me. Not very manly at all is he?" "Guess not." she said with a smile. I had my goofball mood back in action. [Is it me or do I feel...] <...Swag?> [That's it... swag...] {I want a banana right now.} "So. Here we are. I have my good buddy Hindsight talking to Rarity and..." Pinkie put her hoof on my mouth. "The Hindsight?! The hero of Canterlot!" Pinkie had a big smile on her face. Vinyl and I looked between each other and her and back again. "Come again?" I asked her. She left and came back in the same second with a paper. It was a picture of David talking to Dark Steel and I was removed from the picture. "Aw... I thought I did better than that." "Next page." said Pinkie. I turned it and read the headline out loud. "Perverts in Canterlot. Reports came in and Fleur-de-lis was peeped on by local idiot. After a fight with the Cold Iron witnesses say that Bass Strings was thrown into Fleur's house and... *sigh* caused trouble. Really?! How can they post this?" I asked them. "Whose the writer... oh..." I turned it around. It said 'Big Red Publishers.' on it. "That's why." I knew that jerk would return. "Who is he?" asked Vinyl. "The asshole who gave me the stitches. All because I launched a wet paper ball at the Prince." "That was so funny!" said Pinkie laughing. "It was... on TV. I recorded it." She put in a tape and we all looked at the large television set displaying the picture. There was no sound but me banging my hoof on the table pointing and yelling at the prince. He made a snide comment and I used magic to build that little spoon-a-pult and throw the ball at him. "BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I busted out laughing. Can't keep it in anymore. "That wasn't funny." said Mr. Cake. "You could have hurt his feelings for all we know." "What?! Did you hear what he said to me!" they all shook their heads no. "Than that's why I look like the jerk." Vinyl put her hoof on my shoulder and I looked at her. Her face was puckering and she was trying not to laugh. "Vinyl was it that funny?" "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she cackled and fell on the floor laughing. "It was! Ha! HAHAHAHA!" "You alright down there?" "Hah hah... hah... yeah..." I held out a hoof. "But I prefer the couch." I pulled her up for a hug. She kindly accepted it and got in her usual hugging position on me. "I wander what Sight is doing..." I asked the sky. Meanwhile... "Rarity I need-" She threw a ribbon at David and he caught it. "No time! I need to finish my work!" "You don't understand! I need your help!" "Like with your friend's fashion? I saw you and Bass earlier. Why does he wear a harness?" "To hold his guitar." "Ah. Well it could use a bit of polish." "Why are we talking about this. I need your help as a Element of Harmony!" She froze and stared at him. "So... for what?" "Theirs an evil threat on it's way and If you don't help us... than we'll all die." David said sadly. His face showed only sadness. "I don't want anyone else getting hurt Rarity. I need you and your friends and the princesses and Bass to help me." "I'm more into fashion and beauty..." said Rarity stroking her mane. "But I'll destroy anyone who hurts my friends!" she yelled at Pinkie volumes. "Sorry about that. Would you like a bit of tea?" "Oh tea sounds great!" David's smile returned. "So you'll help me?" "On one condition. You need-" Pinkie blocked the camera with a sign. 'Sorry' it said 'Odd secret can't be given away. Or it will be spoiled FOREVER!' "I can do that." said David. Meanwhile... Vinyl and I left the Corner with a plate of cookies. "I thought you didn't like sweets." said Vinyl. "Yeah. But I love peanut butter. Oh banana nut! My favorite!" "You'll go ape for bananas." said Vinyl with a smirk. "That's not funny." "Sorry." "No I mean the human race evolved from monkeys." I told her putting another cookie in my mouth. "Oh these are great!" "So you'll go human for bananas?" "Hell yeah I will! No where in the world did David get to?" We looked over and saw him running from the boutique. "Ah speak of the devil." "Guys. I got Rarity." "We got Pinkie." said Vinyl. "Let's get Fluttershy together. And carefully I might add. She's a little..." "Shy?" I asked her. "No. More like scared of everything that could pose as a potential threat. Like you two." We both looked at each other and raised an eyebrow. "David looks nothing like a threat. And how could I be one?" "She's probably read the paper. You know. Peeper in Canterlot on the loose!" "Alright! Let's be nice!" I began walking. "Allons-y!" David grabbed the hair on the back of my neck. "No you don't. Rarity wants to see you." "What sort of deal did you make?" I asked him. "Deal? What deal!" "David... really?" "Just go." I began walking towards the boutique. "Fine. Leave me a banana cookie!" I yelled at them. Rarity better not make me look good. I always look good. Also who makes a deal like that? We just laughed at Pinkie's. Oh. Right. She's the Element of Laughter. So us laughing made her happy. Clever... {Boys your awfully quiet.} [Rarity... she's gonna... Rarity... no...] Beta was in a fetal position. {Really? How?} [We're all different!] {Yikes. Now that is scary. I still have toxiphobia.} [I see the spider queen.] "Where!" I yelled turning 360 degrees. "Don't see her..." {It's not that. My body has this instinct and if I see something venomous than I'll kill it.} [So you can't run?] {Can't run. It sucks. Don't know why I do it.} {So...} [] {In that case. Man up Beta. We're seeing the queen of the thread.} Meanwhile... "So he's a threat?" asked David. "Well... I was in his mind and I saw he has so much power inside and he's not even showing it. Alpha and Beta act like..." "Supports. To control him. That's right... Oh well. Let's see Fluttershy. He'll visit Applejack for us." "Alright. I wander what he's doing?" Meanwhile... again... "Ah! NO!" "Stop squirming!" commanded Rarity. She literally removed the magical harness from my body. How? "You stabbed me!" "Because you moved!" "Alright. I just need to stay... calm..." I sat in the chair when she clamped me down. "Not calm NOT CALM!" [Oh god oh god!] {There's just no point! Leave me!} [We can't! Your a brother to us! We go together!] [{}] "All finished." said Rarity with a large smile on her face. I looked in the mirror to see I was wearing a brown suit with gray stripes and a blue undershirt. Their was a midnight blue tie underneath the brown vest. She also had a fancy brown duster coat. "Very handsome. Now for my next trick!" She grabbed a bottle and dipped a paint brush in it and put it across all of my facial scars. "Ah! That stuff burns! What is it!" "It's a new potion I've been working on. I want to help scar victims like you out." "Aw... ain't that swee- OW SHIT!" She more of it on and than grabbed a towel and wiped my face. "*gasp* You look beautiful!" She handed me a mirror and showed me my scar-less face. "Very nice. Very nice indeed. How did you do that?" "Magic! Also beauty is my specialty." "And this suit is a lot nicer than the harness. What did you do to that?" "I removed it's magic and added it to your clothes." She put the guitar on my back and we watched as it wouldn't fall. "Charm spell. That's what it's called. I hope you don't mind if I take notes?" "Not at all! Vinyl will love this." [I look so handsome! So fucking handsome!] {Explain.} [You just need brown hair and brown eyes.] {I got the hair... oh wait. No I don't. OH well. I like it like this.} "Hey Rarity. Did you meat Hindsight?" "Oh yes! What a wonderful colt. I see why the princess like's him so much." "Yeah?" "He's charming, kind, caring, and selfless. I want my prince to be like that." "He's more like, an um... jumpy bunny. But he's a great friend. And for future notice. Stay away from Blueblood." "Why? He's so handsome and gorgeous!" "Those are the same thing. He's a rude jerk. Trust me on this." "Fine. I'll listen to the handsome stallion in front of me. How is Vinyl and the others? They don't visit much anymore." "She's great! Octavia, Derpy, and the Doctor too. I haven't seen Lyra, Bon-Bon, Colgate, or Berry Punch in a while though." "Oh they all live in Ponyville darling!" [So Lyra and her GF have been just hanging with us for fun?] {Looks like it. Colgate... I remember the suicide thing...} {It was... I don't know actually... Let's ask David.} "Thanks for the suit Rarity." "I want you looking your best when you fight evil!" "Thanks! I want to come here for each of my services involving beauty!" "It would be my pleasure." She opened the door for me. "Ta ta. And take care!" "You too. Bye." I walked out and she gently closed the door behind me. Unlike Twilight on the other... hoof. Hmm. Still not use to that. [Never again!] {Please... there so many others out there like... um...} [Big Mac?] [...] {... Never say that again. Like ever.} Time to get the kindest pony of all to help us! Meanwhile... Yes... again! Seriously! "NNNOOO!" Fluttershy yelled running through her house and gently opening the windows and jumping out of them. She bumped into me on the way out. "Hello my dear Shy!" I said putting a hoof over her and making her walk with me. "Isn't this world just so great and beautiful and peaceful?" "It is! I love it so much!" "Well if you don't help my friends and I... than world goes BOOM..." I said quietly in her face stretching my front hooves out like a bomb. "So what do you say?" "In that case. I'll help. As long as I don't have to fight." "I would never do that to someone like you." Vinyl and David came around the cottage. "Hey guys! I convinced her to help." "Uh... you look... great..." said Vinyl moving her glasses and rubbing her eyes. "Is that you?" "Course it's me! I just look better!" "What did Rarity do to you?" "She fixed my image. The suit matches my accent." "No scars... no harness... just wow." said Vinyl coming for a hug. "Yep. Your real." We all turned to Fluttershy. "Sorry for just barging in and asking you to fight Shy." "It's okay Vinyl. I didn't know it was such a bad threat. Who is it?" "The Nightmare." I told her. "And everyone under her command. She's after Hindsight here." I pointed to him. "He's got the future powers I tells ya!" "Okay than. What of my friends?" "You know the plan already?" asked David. "Well I can't do much good on my own. I need my friends to back me up." "You have them. You also have us and the princesses on your side." I told her. She nodded in joy. "Great! How long?" she asked. "Two months." we all said in unison. "Okay. Does anyone want tea?" she asked. We all looked at each other. "Yeah sure!" I said walking in first. "It'd be great." said Vinyl. "Thank you." said David. It's like one big giant circle of tea. > Harmonic Retribution part 3. Getting it all together. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So..." started Vinyl. "How do you feel?" "What do you mean?" I asked her. "The scars." "Well my face is a little numb but it feels good. I've had those scars for a while now. Ever since I came to Equestria." "So you just fight?" asked David. "No... but I'm good at it. So we still need Applejack and Rainbow. What time is it?" "Almost 2." said Fluttershy. "We're making good time. We need to meet Twilight at 3 right?" "Yeah." "Alright. Let's get some lunch!" [I am so hungry its not even funny.] 30 minutes later "Waiter!" I asked the pony to come over. "Can I get another cider?" "Sir. I think you've had enough to drink." I looked over at the 7 empty glasses. [What? I think *hic* he's calling us drunk.] "Fine. I'll have some Coke." "We don't sell drugs here sir." "No. I mean Coke Cola. You guys must be shitting me." "Psst. Bass." whispered David. "They don't have soda here." "Oh... I'll have some tea please." He sighed and left. "Are you okay?" asked Vinyl. "I just had some food. That's all." "No. You drank 7 glasses of the strongest cider in town. Don't tell me your drunk." "I'm not drunk." "Don't tell me what I want to hear." "Alright. I may be a bit woozy but I'm good... What time is it?" "2:38." said David. "Plenty of time for you to sober up." "Alright. I want my tea and my food." "You already ate it." said Vinyl pointing to the empty plate. "How do you feel?" "Comfortable. And very hungry." 20 minutes later We waited outside of Twilight's library and I had some more to drink. [Hey... want to mess with Twilight?] {You can't drive me.} [But your doing it now...] {Yeah. Your right. Here's the keys.} I handed him some imaginary keys and he took them. "Oh TWILIGHT!" I said like in a higher pitched voice and sang the last word. I went through the door with magic and looked her right in the eye as she was walking to the door. "I'm home... *hic*." "Are you okay Bass?" I opened the door and let Vinyl and David in. "I'm fine. Whoa! Since when did you get books?" I walked into the library. "He's looking different. No scars and nicer clothes." "Tell me about it." said David. "Um... we've always had books Bass." said David mimicking Twilight's voice exactly. "I hate them!" I yelled taking a bite out of a book. "Hmm... This taste like... metal..." Some blood dripped from my mouth and I spitted up the golden necklace with a diamond on it. "Hey... Lookie what I found... it's a hat!" I put it on my head. {HAHAHAHA...} Alpha wheezed out the last word. Hehehe... wheeze. That sounds like a breeze of toxic gas... "Give that back!" yelled Twilight taking the book and necklace. "Okay. I'm a little drunk." "We've noticed." said Vinyl walking me to the couch. "Have a seat sweetie." "Alright dear. Get me some hangover medicine please." I said getting control of my body again. Vinyl looked at Twilight with a questionable look and Twilight went to the kitchen and came back with a pill. I swallowed it without water and she just stared at me. "What? I have a high metabolism. The alcohol is already burning up." I said normally. "So Twilight. After you slammed a door in my face we found most of the others except Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Can you help?" "Sure. We just need to say something like... a pinkie planned picnic..." Twilight said looking at the window when Pinkie Pie stuck her head in. "Picnic! Yay! I'll get it ready!" "I want a pinkie cannon." David smacked my hoof. "No. You'll get one when you behave your self." "But Sight. That's not fair! I'm older than you!" "By how much?" "About 5 years!" "Oh. Okay you can have one." "Yay!" I said clapping my hooves together happily like a kid. [I had my fun.] {Lightweights. Hehehe... The opposite of that is top heavy.} [...Pfft.... HAH! HAH HAH hahahaha...] "Do you have a plan Bass?" asked Twilight. I showed her my picture of SHGM. "Is that crayon?" "Yeah! Do you like it?" "No." she said harshly and lit the picture on fire. "Aw..." "Don't feel down." said Vinyl. "She was doing you a favor anyways. A giant robot wouldn't work." "It would! I could build it out of some schematics and use it to increase the power output of the orbital friendship cannon!" "That's sounds impressive actually." said Twilight. "But now I've lost all hope towards it..." I swear I heard what was like a bell at a boxing game ringing. The room faded to black and white until they started talking again. "It's fine." said Twilight. "I guess we're even..." she said quietly. "What was that?" I asked her. "Nothing." "I didn't hear anything." said David. "It sounded like you said we're even. Even for what?" I asked her raising my eyebrow. "And no lies. If you do... I'll tell the princess!" I said like a threat. "You wouldn't dare!" she backed up into her chair. "No. I wouldn't. I need you alive. Hahahaha!" "Uh..." "Listen Twilight. Since these boys can't spit it out." said Vinyl. "Hey." said David. "Oi." I told her. "I'll have to do it. I don't think Rainbow likes us and no one's seen Applejack. I've been asking around." "So that's where you went. Clever." I said turning to David. "Between you and me... I think Vinyl's been drinking." "Huh. I would have never guessed." replied the white unicorn. "I know. Hey... Sight?" "Yeah?" "I don't think she's drunk. I think it's me." "Oh really? What are you going to do about that?" "I'm never drinking again." I looked over at Twilight. "Where's your restroom?" "Upstairs." I high tailed it out of there and went to the toilet so I could puke up my drinks. "BLEAGH!" I couldn't hold it in anymore. [You alright?] {I'm fine. Alpha how are you still drunk?} {Hehehe... because I'm the... drinker?} "You okay?" asked Vinyl. She was watching through the door. "I'm fine. I just needed to get that out." "You hungover?" "No. See... I'm a good drinker. I just need to do it... over time." "Okay then. Let's go to the picnic." "Picnic?" 20 minutes later All the girls were having fun at their, little picnic. Octavia, Derpy, and some of the others even showed up. I didn't see the Doctor but I did see Rainbow Dash. Yeah. But due to the fact that she still hates me... guess who doesn't get to sit at the picnic. "This sucks." I said to myself. I was over at the tree away from them so I could stay in the shade. I looked over and saw them relaxing and giggling. Why can't I get something productive done today? Wait... I got 4 more elements to help me out. Never mind! [Can we go over there yet?] {She, and by she I mean Rainbow, said that she'll call us over when she feels like it.} I looked over at the bright light and both Tia and Luna were there. Huh. Guess they get invited but not me? "Hi Bass!" said Celestia waving her hoof at me. "Hi Tia." I said a bit depressed. Honestly I don't feel sick from the alcohol. I feel sick because I'm depressed as hell! It will do that to you. It's just... I've been thinking. {Yeah. We saw Vinyl once in that timeline. David said that Iron killed his friends. Does that mean...} [It can't be.] {And Colgate is always so happy! She'd never kill herself! So the Nightmare must have had a part to do with it.} {And we were too blind to see.} [I don't know what to say...] {Then say nothing.} "Is something the matter Bass?" asked Celestia. She was the only one who walked over here. Vinyl tried but every time Rainbow gives her this stare as if she's going to kill her. "Yeah. I just feel... bad." "About what?" "The Nightmare. I've just been thinking." "It was something in a different time Dustin." "No it's not! I came from the future! I know what's happening." "Sister. Let's have some food." Luna said wrapping a wing over Celestia. "Of course. Don't lose hope now Dustin." she said walking away. Luna looked at me and mouthed 'I'll talk to you later about it.' So here I am... under a tree... alone. And I don't get to eat any food... because I'm under a tree... alone. [Your not alone. You have us.] {Alone.} I summoned my guitar and decided to play a song to myself. I played it quietly so no one would hear me. [What song are you feeling?] {I don't know. I just want to play.} I started to strum my guitar to the Dropkick Murphy tune but I played on Acoustic and not Electric so they wouldn't hear me. "Yeh, this one's for the workers who toil night and day By hand and by brain to earn your pay Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread Have bled for your countries and counted your dead" [For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed] [All 3 of me] We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky And we're always the last when the cream is shared out For the worker is working when the fat cat's about "And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore" [] "What are you singing?" asked a familiar voice behind me. All 3 of us immediately closed our mouths and turned to see Vinyl. "Uh... it's the Worker's Song." "Your a worker?" "Was. It's just a song from my world though." "I don't understand what its about." "How much did you hear?" "All of it." "Okay. It's about the workers who get the work done and no one will ever remember them for their help. They fight and die and just get replaced by inhuman objects like robots and are left with nothing in the world." "Uh huh. Alright. So... what happens to the people who don't help them?" "Nothing. Not even guilt can pierce their greedy hearts." "Rainbow said you could come over. Right?" she yelled over at them. "Yeah." said Rainbow. Vinyl helped me up and walked me to the blanket. "Hi guys." they all stayed quiet. I sat down and looked at elements and the others. Octavia gave a clear throat sound and David coughed. "What?" They continued with their game. "Vinyl what's going on?" "*cough*" she faked coughed as well. Vinyl! Of all ponies! I stayed quiet and looked at them and looked over my body to see if something was wrong. I couldn't find a single problem. I looked where I was sitting and nothing was wrong about my spot either. {I don't understand.} [There just being jerks.] {But... *sniff* their my friends.} {Alright.} I didn't move at all. It was as if I received a message from the magic conch. But my stomach got the better of me. I looked down and saw only leftovers. They didn't want to save me anything. Well that's just... rude! I'm not eating any of it mind them. "So Bass." started Rainbow. "I heard you've been through a lot." "What do you mean?" "I didn't know you were sent falling by accident and the fight with Cold Iron." "That wasn't me. Didn't you read the papers? David's the hero!" He smiled a little bit. "Now why is everyone acting... weird." "It's just..." started Rarity. "We... uh..." "We? We what?" I asked her to finish. "I'm asking you girls to help us with the Nightmare. It's fair if you ask me for things in turn." I looked over to my left and just now noticed Applejack. Huh. "Good!" started Twilight. "We need cables to build the fortress around the castle to amplify Shining Armor's magic spell so we..." "Twilight! Please dumb it down for me." "We need you to get spider strings so we can make the strongest cables." "As in cobwebs? How are they the strongest?" "Not a spider spider." said Fluttershy. "The Metal spider queen is the only one who can make the thickest webs." "And these webs are metal? You guys aren't asking me to get them are you?!" Oh no! "Yeah. Your not scared are you?" asked Rainbow. "Yes! Giant poisonous spider and you want me to ransack her lair for her webs!" "She not just poisonous. She's immortal." said Pinkie. "Your making it worse! Why me?! Why not David who can talk it down with his speeches?" "David can't summon lightning with a guitar can he?" asked Vinyl. "You just had to go there." "How bad could it be?" asked Applejack. 5 hour hike later "That bad." I said standing outside the large cave. It was the size for hundreds of adult dragons. I turned to them. "Here." I handed Vinyl my brown over coat. I grabbed a large club like stick and wrapped some metal around it from the webs. "You want to go in alone?" asked Twilight. "I never said that!" I looked up and turned to see they all ran away. "Thanks guys. Great friends! Make me fight one of my biggest fears and by myself!" I lit the torch up. "This had better be some damn amazing fortress!" I rolled my sleeves up and grabbed the torch and began my descent into the belly of the best. FMEOWking perfect. > The Descent. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know it's been a while since I've uploaded things. I'm so sorry for all who have waited. Just working a lot more often than I should have to be that's all. So here I am. About to walk inside a cave and who knows what's going to try and kill me. Oh wait. It's a giant metal spider! "Dustin! Wait!" I turned to see David. "Your coming with me?" "Can't let you go alone now can I, friend?" "Thank you David. Your very kind. Onward. Allons-y!" "What are we looking for?" "If I know bugs right. And I do. It's that the queen should have a lot of webs strung up. We cut them down, instant cables, and we can build that shield." "Alright. What's that?" A large metal spider with 8 blue eyes walked near us. "Okay. It's not that scary." 'SSCCRREEEAACCHH!' "I was wrong!" It's eyes turned red and before it could jump us I turned the guitar into an axe and brought it down cutting off it's head. "Nice one!" said David. I grabbed two of the legs and ripped them off. "Here you go David. Some weapons." I took off a few pieces and tied them around his front hooves making some blades. "It's going to have to do for now." "Alright. Would you believe me if I say I'm not that good at fighting?" "I believe you. Your too kind. Your actually way to kind. Why is that?" "I just like helping." "Well keep it up kid. You might just save the world without having to hurt another in the process." "What does that mean?" "It means keep doing what your doing." We continued our walk down the tunnel and killed about... 23 spiders. Babies included. "You didn't tell me that pod would pop into a bunch of them!" complained David. "I didn't know okay! Look let's pick up the paste and move faster." David stopped moving but I continued to walk forward while looking at him. [Guess he can't handle the spiders.] "David?" I asked him. "What are you... looking... at..." I turned to see the queen herself. "Uh... I guess your not just going to give us some strings so let's get right on down to the ass kicking!" I drew my guitar in it's normal form and played a few notes striking it with lightning. "David! I'll keep the bitch busy! You get those strings!" The queen fell to the ground in pain. "No!" it cried. "Oh god it can talk." [Oh god it can talk.] "Yes I can talk! You idiot! You just slaughtered my children!" "Your children attacked! We would just ask nicely if we could." "You shall die!" She gut up and shot some strings at me. I dodged them mostly but a few nicked me in the side. "Ah... ew... Hey check it out." I held the shiny strings in my hoof and put them on the guitar. "Alright guys! Accept this into the memory!" [Stronger strings! I like that!] {Yes. These would make great bass strings but it would be bad for the others unless we can find some lighter ones.} [Like the ones the babies spin?] "Dustin! Keep her busy for a few more minutes." "David! What are you..." I looked over and saw he already had a pile stacked up that would keep this land busy for a few years. "Keep it up!" "Die!" shouted the queen. "Oh shut up." I turned the guitar into it's bass form. "Ready for the groove?" "No." said the queen. "Suit yourself." I strummed it once and the land below the queen busted open and she feel to her doom. "Damn you pony! I shall have vengeance." "Oh... too bad your stuck in the earth huh?" I strummed the guitar again closing the hole. {You could say I... plugged it up!} [I think this hole is filled.] "Nice one." said David. I looked at his arm blades and saw how dull they were. "You using those to gut the strings?" "Yeah." "Nice. We need to book it." {Do you guys have other forms?} {Oh really?} The guitar left my hooves and turned into a small blue scooter. "I love scooters!" I said out loud. "I personally would rather have a truck. No offense." "It's cool." I took all the parts I could find and a few circular rocks and built a wagon. David and I loaded up all the strings and he climbed on top of the mountain. I attached it to my scooter and revved it up. "Alright guys." I said to them. "Let's do this." "Dustin I don't think a scooter can go very- WHOA!" The scooter took of like nitrous and we rocketed out of the cave faster than a race car in a game of NASCAR. "Whew! Yeah!" "Your crazy!" "And your tense! Lighten up David and have some fun!" He gave a small chuckle and loosened his body up. He looked straight as we were nearing the exit. "Here we go." "Alright! Now were making progress!" [Good kid. I think we should keep him around Dustin.] {Who does he remind me of?} {But we had fun running from the cops!} [So much fun.] "You ran from the cops?!" asked David. "Oh right." I slowed the scooter down a bit. "Forgot you can see my minds. I did some pretty stupid stuff as a kid." "You don't seem like the kind of guy to hire someone to do something for him." "Your right. Best to do it yourself." "What did you use to do?" "I'll tell you later." We exited the cave and stopped at the top. I turned the scooter into the Clementine and looked over the edge of the cliff. "That's a big fall." "What do we do?" asked David still on the wagon. "Hold on!" I pushed the wagon off the cliff and watched it slide down the mountain. "ASSHOLE!!!" he yelled falling to safety. "Hehehe... Your right Alpha. He does grow on you." {Oh like a surfboard!} [Only make it more like... Jak. For Playstation 2. Remember that?" "Oh I remember! Hover board!" I jumped off the cliff and landed on the guitar and watched as it opened up and began to emit blue wings. "Now were talking!" I could control the board like I move my hoof. It's just that easy. I went forward and landed at the bottom where David was. "You okay?" "*pants* That was so much fun..." He said with a smile. Okay. You can't fake a smile like this. "Hehehe... come on." I lifted him up. "That's called adrenaline by the way." "I liked it but it's a little much for a first timer." "You've never been thrown from a cliff by your clone?" "No. He's not that evil." "I had it worse than that. At least we got the strings right?" "Right." I pulled the wagon with him up the mountain and met the girls at the bottom. "Hey girls." said David. "We're alive." I told them. "You killed Arachnia?" asked Luna. "I punched her right in the arachnads. I don't know if she's dead or not. I sent her falling through the planet." "She's dead then. Good job Bass." said Celestia. "You've destroyed our string supply." "No we haven't!" said David backing me up. "You know how bugs work. They get a new leader and continue were they left off from." "That's right." I said happily. Vinyl and Octavia ran up and gave me a group hug. "I missed you!" said Vinyl planting a kiss on my cheek. "Had me worried!" said Octavia crushing my back. "My ba-aah-aah-kkk." "Sorry." she said dropping me. "You got one arm there Tavia." I told her while breathing heavily. "I see why your good at the cielo." She smiled happily and Vinyl stared at me. "I'm fine Vinyl. Look. I got enough strings to last you guys a life time!" "You got some light ones in here by accident." said Luna holding out a few thin strings. "Oh I need those!" I said taking them and giving them to my guitar. [Good call there.] {Hell yeah!} "Now Bass..." started Twilight. "Aw... more already? We have two months! I need a nap!" "Your right." she said giggling. "You did a great job today. Be happy about that!" She said holding her hooves out for a hug. [Oh no. Dustin. Don't you do it.] {I can't turn down a free hug!} I grabbed her and pulled her in but in that same second everyone else jumped in for a group hug. "*gasp* It's a trap!" > The desert and it's secret. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alright. Bass's journal. "Entry 1. I completed my task to infiltrate the spider's lair... and look at that! I'm still talking like Shadow! I need to really go on a vacation that doesn't involve me being a mmmbitch on the moon. Twilight told me her next plan. She needs these crystals. What were they called again? Blood's payment? Yeah how lovely. She said that these are the strongest crystals around. Problem is... their... in... well..." I folded up the journal finishing off the entry. "The desert." I said standing up looking around the dune wasteland. You know... just a few hours ago I was sleeping with the love of my life. Oh Rarity made me a bunch of vest and undershirts! It's like she knows I'm going to be busy getting dirty. [That came out... just wrong!] {Guys! You don't understand me!} [Yes we do! Your grounded young lady until you can control you sexual activities.] {I hate you dad! Ugh!} {Okay. I'm not.} I said that time in my usual male voice. "Bass." I heard in my ear. I pushed the button on the earpiece to hear Celestia's voice. "You need to be careful. This land hasn't been fully explored yet. Just stay in the dunes your in. They should be around there." "Uh... You can see me?" "We have a portal set up at the castle. It's linking you to every television set in Canterlot and all the surrounding towns!" "What?! Where are the others!" "Here with me. Eating popcorn and watching you." "Not cool." I continued walking forward. I regret wearing a black undershirt today. In fact... I regret even wearing clothes. Rarity's going to kill me when she see's the sand stains. "I'm going to kill you!" said Rarity in my ear! "Agh!" It scared the life out of me. "Jesus!" "Listen Bass." said David. "There have been reports of creatures in that area. Do you understand me? We don't know what's after the Blood's payment." I remained quiet and looked at the dune behind me. I think it's moving. "Bass?" David's POV "Why isn't he responding?" I asked turning to watch the portal. "AAAGGGGHHH!!!" screamed Dustin running slowly as a giant worm began to chase him. "No no no no no! Back off!" he yelled when it almost took a bite out of his coat. "Poor guy." Hey. Tried to warn him. 'That you did love.' said Celestia in my head. 'Hope he's having fun at least. I know he likes excitement.' 'I know he will.' The portal showed the warm coming back into view and with Dustin riding it. He had his guitar turned into a large spear and planted deep into the worm's brain. "You like that? I think it's funny! You dig in the ground and I dig in your brain! Take me to the bloody crystal!" he continued to yell and the worm turned right and rammed into a mountain splashing it's brains everywhere. Dustin's POV "Oh! Yuck! I got orange worm blood all over me! Why does it feel so cold?" "Bass." said Twilight in my ear. "I read a book that the worms have cold blood. That's how they can live so long in the desert without being harmed by temperature." "So you basically want me to bath in this stuff? Already been done." I pulled out the spear and changed it to it's default bass appearance. The mountain the worm just head butted looked open. "Jackpot! Torch mode!" I said turning the guitar into a torch. Yeah. I put a copy of that torch from the spider cave in my guitar. U jelly? "Be careful." said both Vinyl and David. Well... at least I have two people that want me to come back in one piece. [Was that a dune worm?!] {We stopped after the second series of it came since Brian Herbert slaughtered the story.} [But the original was so good! If we do go back to Earth we should read it again!] {Yeah! Or since I'm a unicorn I'll just work on a spell to transport things here.} [{Yeah why?}] I turned my attention to the ominously glowing rock. "Hmm..." I began to scan my environment. I need to double check my surroundings. "What are you doing?" asked Twilight. "This is obviously a trap." "Can't you just grab it and run?" asked Celestia. I felt a cold barrel touch the back of my head. "Turn around slowly." said a gruff voice. I turned slowly to see Big Red. "Hello Big Red. Honestly can you not come up with a better pony name?" "Just use Niko." "Ah... human name. What do you expect to gain from this Niko?" "Not much. I just like to mess with you." "So you followed me into a desert with human technology and all because you want to mess with me?" "Yes." "What did I do to you?" "You hurt my friend." "How could your friend be someone like Blueblood?" "I'll tell you later. First step away from the crystal." He put the gun in my face. I turned the white half of the torch into a gun and put it against his. "Mine's bigger." "Mine's loaded." I cocked the hammer back. "Drop it." He put the pistol down. "Now get out of here before I set off the trap in this room." "What?" I turned and ran to the crystal. When I grabbed it I was face to face with the queen of the worms. "Why do you want this sacred crystal brave soul?" "To protect my friends from the Nightmare." "Ah... the Nightmare. This crystal is the only thing keeping her away from us." "So if I take this crystal... I kill an entire species." [We can't do genocide can we?] "We could help you soul." said the worm. Her face was older than the other worm we killed and her teeth weren't showing. Why do worms have so many teeth? Oh well. She did have these beautiful sky blue eyes that showed how she only wanted the best for her children. "We can help your army fight. As long as this crystal remains here though. It is connect to our spirits by this cave." "I... uh... I can't kill an entire civilization. Alright. Looks like we got some new soldiers!" "Thank you soul for your kindness." I turned to see Niko still scared shit less. "Oh your still here! Niko meet..." "Queen Wyeth." said the worm. "Wyeth. Isn't she grand?" He could barely move. "Oh come on. Were you not chased by a large worm on your way here as well?" "No. I wasn't. I was actually lost." "Ah... well. Stick with me and I'll get you home." He nodded and I put my hoof on the earpiece. "Celestia. Beam me up." "What?" she replied. "Bring me home." "OH. Alright. Please wait." I turned to the queen. "Bye Wyeth. Take care!" "You as well traveler with no home. You are always welcome here. You and your friends. All ponies." I gave her a smile and waved as Niko and I were sent back to the castle. "Thanks guys." I told them. I got a hug from Vinyl. Shes always so... worried. "I'm getting out of here!" said Niko turning around. "Wait! Don't you want to stay and meet everyone?" I asked him while meeting him at the door. It was hard getting out of Vinyl's hug. "Why would I do that? I hate this world anyways!" "Your here because you died a bad death and God thinks everyone deserves a second chance. I hope you know that." "No... I didn't know... I'm sorry." He said. "I've just been angry and... hateful and Blueblood helped me out when I needed it." "And that's why you fought for his honor. And for that I respect you." I offered him a bro-hoof. Do you know what he did? He accepted it. Niko of all people. He calmed down and his appearance changed. He was as tall as me and had a maroon coat and bright red hair and brown eyes. "Thanks... Bass." "It's Dustin. But in public let's stick with the pony names okay Red?" "Alright. See you around." He left the castle and I turned to talk with the others. "So now we got an army or a stronger little group at least. The spiders wouldn't help us. That's for sure." I told Celestia. "Let's ask Hindsight." said Twilight. "Sight do you see anything?" "No." said David. "I haven't had a vision in a while now." "Is that a bad thing?" asked Rainbow Dash. "It's a good thing. I didn't want to tell anyone but my visions were of us all being killed. But now I don't see that. Meaning we're making progress on preventing the inevitable." "But we're not done yet." I told him. "We need more than spider strings and giant worms to fight Nightmare and her armies." "If what I remember is true she's going after the griffons first." said David. "Than we bet her to it." I took a seat. "But first a shower and some tea." "We have 7 and a half weeks left." said Luna walking in. "We need to keep moral up. I don't want you overworking yourself Bass Strings." "Yes ma'am." I held my arms out for a hug from Vinyl and she accepted. "So I can talk now?" she asked. "Yes." I told her. "You could always talk." "We haven't had some... time in a while now. Your always so busy and it's... depressing." "I'm sorry! I don't mean to hurt you! Tomaro we go out. Okay?" "Yeah!" She gave me a large kiss on the lips. [Well... *sniff* love is in the air tonight.] {There's nothing wrong with crying. *sniffles.*} [I can't help it. Vinyl is just so sweet.] [We've never had a love like her before.] {Alpha. It's not your fault.} [It's not your fault.] he cried in his arms. Beta walked over and gave him a bro hug. [Shh it's okay.] {You guys are like two seals fighting over a grape.} "Sight." I asked David. "Don't.... think to hard on the future. I'm here now and Nightmare won't destroy this world again." "Thanks Bass. Thanks for being a good friend." "Anytime buddy." Celestia and Luna walked over to comfort David. Both of them? Why? Oh no... the images in my head! AW NO! [You are so immature.] {I had most of my age locked away in a coma!} [Then keep acting like a kid then!] "So Vinyl. Where are we going?" "We are going to... uh... I don't know. How about shopping?" Let's see. I've been paid a bit by Celestia. I don't know how much she put in my bank account though. Do I have a bank account even? "Sure. We need to stop by the bank first and I need a shower." "Oh of course. I need to talk to Octavia anyways." "Alright. Meet you at the gate in ten minutes." [Hurry up and wash off this orange shit!] {...} [...You tasted it?] > As cold as a thief. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iron's POV "Break give me a report." I asked my lieutenant. "Sir. It appears that the one known as Bass has been putting together an army to prepare for us." "Understood. Let's talk more of this over lunch." Hard Break got up and she followed me. We looked at the new base Nightmare put together. It was like a technology heaven for the everyday nerd. We had griffons, robots, and the ponies who volunteered were the leaders in charge of this organization. That's how Break got in. She trusted me with her life. "Iron." said Nightmare on the radio. "Are you on your lunch break yet?" "Am now." "Alright. I was contacting to say you need some time off. I want to join you for a word." "Yes ma'am." Break remained silent though and we made our way to the cafeteria. We took a seat as the griffon cook waited for our orders. After we all ordered sandwiches Nightmare was the first to break the silent. "Iron. It appears that Bass or Dustin is proving to be quite the threat. He killed Arachnia and recruited Wyeth. He is more than likely to keep doing things like this and destroy us." "Ma'am. I won't allow this to continue." "Well if you brought David we could take his power and have a never ending army." "May I have a word?" asked Break. "Yes Lt. Break." said Nightmare. "Your highness what if we infiltrate their base. Before they set up the shield our spies told us about." "But who?" I asked. They both looked at me. "Uh..." David's POV I was looking out the window where Dustin and Vinyl met up at the gate and went on a date. Hah. That rhymed. "Celestia. What else are you going to do to him?" I asked her. "What do you mean?" "We only have Dustin doing all the work. He's the only one taking this seriously." "And you want to show more kindness and take his place." said Luna. "David. Please understand we are doing this for you." "I do understand. You both care deeply about me and I love you both. But can we win this?" "You know we can." said Celestia. "It's as your friend says. Don't lose hope." "Right." Then a guard walked into the room. "Your highness! The new soldiers are here!" New soldiers? 'We have some new ponies coming in. So we could have some extra defense while Dustin is out.' said Celestia in my head. "Alright. Please take us to them." said Luna and Celestia. We all followed the guard and went to the train station. There were a few small new guys who look like they had no experience at all. Then in the next cart there were large more built soldiers with armor that seemed to know what they are doing. "Soldiers." said Celestia. "Comrades. Friends. We are in grave danger. An old foe who has forever held a grudge against us is making another push for domination. We are counting on you to make sure that never happens and that all are civilians and allies are safe." The guards all cheered 'Hoorah!' and marched to the barracks. There was one I did notice though. In the middle, he was bigger than the rest. His armor was silver and red and he had midnight blue fur. He definitely stuck out of the crowd. "Luna. Celestia. When did you ask these guys to come? And where?" "We hired them from surrounding villages." said Celestia. "Is something bothering you?" asked Luna. "That big blue one. He has this... aura about him." "He is quite the soldier." replied the night princess. "I think your just stressed and you see big ponies like him and think they are after you." "Your right. Let's take a break. I need to clear my mind." Now I can't stop thinking about that one soldier. He reminds me of something. But what? *sigh* I'm just being cautious. Maybe Luna and Dustin are right. I need to stop freaking out about this stuff. Just lighten up. Iron's POV I looked around inside the guard barracks and noticed that each bed was special made and there was plenty of space for every soldier and their belongings. It's like they actually care. Nightmare cares too but her methods are better I think. They build character. "Hey. What's your name?" asked this happy kid behind me. "Oh! I'm Heat Steel." I told him. I just feel this fire... to fight! Yes! The hunt is back in my system! But I must keep my cover. Come on Iron. Think. "That's cool. I'm Dark Night." said the small kid. He had black fur and short white hair. So young and full of hope. He would make a great soldier to Nightmare. Nice job me! Here for a few minutes and already making a friend. "What do you think of Nightmare?" "I think she has a strong hatred for the princess. Even I don't know." "You know her?" "The princess? Yeah." I need to play it cool! "Huh. I think Nightmare could be a good person but she has too much hatred in her heart. No one should have to hate something. Right?" "Right..." Great. Now I have that sad feeling in my heart again. Damn it David! If I ever find you I will probably... not kill you... See?! I'm getting soft! Jesus! "No one should have to hate something without a reason." "You seem to know a lot. Is it cool if I hang with you?" "What do you mean?" "I don't like how the others treat me. The entire ride over was them teasing me and about how I'm cannon fodder." "Don't say that. I met this young soldier once. He was younger and smaller than you. And he was braver than anyone I have ever met. Even though he soon lost his life... he should be known as a hero." "What was his name?" "I never got to ask. That poor kid." I haven't forgotten that. What I did was... murder. I never killed in cold blood before that moment. Always in defense. But that kid came to me and I was just so angry. Nightmare is right. I need to control it. Only then can I redeem myself. "Who is messing with you?" I asked him. "Those guys." He pointed to the large gray ponies with bat wings. Obviously Luna's guards. "Hey. You guys!" I called them over. "Do you have something to say to my friend here?" "Yeah. He's small, weak, and won't stand a chance against Nightmare. Hell, even a girl like Fluttershy could kill him." I walked over to the one of the three ponies and I grabbed his head and brought it down on my back knee. I felt his nose break. One went for a punch and I grabbed his arm with one of my hooves and positioned myself to throw him out the window. After I did I looked at the last one. "You got something to say?" He whimpered and left the building. "Good." I knelt beside the one on the floor with the bloody nose. "Listen. Soldier or not every one could fight for a good cause. I know this better than anyone." Like David for example. That kind young man would fight for his friends even if it killed him and he's a descent fighter himself. "Fight together or die alone." I got up and walked to Dark Night. "You alright?" "Your the best friend I've ever had man!" I take it he was fine. David's POV I was eating some lunch in the castle. Luna in the big chair at the left end. Celestia on the right. Why are they so... apart? "Why are you guys so far from each other?" I asked them. "What do you mean?" asked Luna. She and Celestia both looked at the table and noticed this. "Oh... my. Your right! Sorry!" She grabbed her book and sandwich and took a seat across from me beside Celestia. "I've never noticed." said Celestia. "I guess if you think about it this room has... gotten bigger." "We do have more guest living here." I said. I heard a conversation from the hall and the Whooves walked in. Doctor and Derpy. Shouldn't they get hitched soon? "Hey guys! We have the wedding planned for next week." said Derpy. She looked extremely happy. I don't know why people tease her for her eyes. There beautiful and unique. That's something to love. "I say. Where are the others?" asked the Doctor. "I know Octavia is practicing in her room and that Dustin took Vinyl for a date." "Let's see... We're here and I think Lyra and Bon-Bon should be visiting next week." If I remember correctly. "Alright. Mind if we have a seat? Thanks." said the Doctor answering his own question. "This is nice. Wish I had a decent..." "Muffin?" asked Derpy. "Yes! Let's go for muffins! Anyone want muffins?" he asked. I felt my magic messaging system start vibrating. It was like a phone but it was a scroll. I opened it and it said. 'Tell Doc I want a Banana Nut muffin. ~ Bass.' "Uh... Bass wants a Banana nut muffin." said Derpy. How did she do that?! "Oh I love those!" He grabbed Derpy. "We'll be of now. Bye." "Bye guys." said Derpy. She is rather intelligent if you couldn't guess. It's like she see's all. That's it! Her eyes are magical! But how did Dustin know they were offering muffins? *gasp* The Twilight Zone! "No David." said Celestia. Than a guard came in. "Princesses and Hindsight!" Aw... I don't get a title? "We had a problem with our soldiers." "I'll check it out." said Luna. She got up and closed her book leaving it on the table. I watched her walk away leaving me only with my love. "Want to play a game?" I asked her. "Sure. What could it possibly be?" she asked moving closer. "It's guess what I want to do." "Oh my..." She moved her face closer to mine. "Only if a certain pony could guess what I need." "Is it a spa day?" I guessed. "I could go for one." She gave me her loving kiss and teleported us to the Ponyville Spa. Yeah. That's right. I like getting a massage. Is that so wrong? We saw the two spa sisters make their way to us. "Can we give you our services princess and Sight?" Yes... they know me. Why? Because I'm a regular here. "Yes please." we both said. Oh about ten minutes after a steam room season and Celestia's hooficure we finally got to the massage. "Oh this is my favorite part." I told her as they began rubbing our backs and patting us. "You like being patted down?" asked Celestia. "What? No! Hahaha... It's just so nice." "You like it! Admit it!" "I do!" And just as we were getting comfortable the royal guard came in. Son of a bitch. "Your highness! We had an intruder!" "Explain yourself!" demanded Celestia. "One of our soldiers was a spy for Nightmare. He is escaping with Luna as a hostage!" "Oh no! Tia!" "I know!" She teleported all three of us to Canterlot. I saw that big blue pony change into a red shade. Iron! "Iron come back!" yelled Dustin. He ran from the market booths and chased him down the road. Iron had Luna tied up and laid on his back. He also had a smaller soldier with him. He was wearing Celestia's guard armor. "Back off Bass! I shall return for you!" He spread his steel wings and looked at the smaller pony. "Dark Night? Do you want to come with me to Nightmare's army?" "Yes! I do!" "Good choice!" They both spread out their wings and began to fly. Dustin threw a small black ball and it landed under Iron's wing. "Sight! Tia!" He said looking at us. "I was too late." "Guys!" said Vinyl catching up. "What happened?" "They took Luna..." cried Celestia on my shoulder. She just lost her sister again. "Don't worry Celestia. I threw a transmitter on him. It should reveal Nightmare's base and it even has a microphone." said Dustin holding a small black mic. 'Nightmare. I'm coming in.' It opened up and displayed a map showing our location as a triforce and their location as a big red dot. "We are the triforce right?" I asked him. "Yeah. I thought it would be cool. I have a plan." He said with a smirk. > My name is Cold Iron. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "This is the worst plan you've ever had." complained David. "What's not to like? I'll be disguised as Iron and infiltrate the dormant volcano they call a base." "What are you going to do when you infiltrate the volcano?" asked Niko. "You see. I'm going to show them my prisoners and then they will escort me to the cells, I get Luna, and leave." "Prisoners?" asked David. "Yeah. You and Niko." "Oh hell no! I can't do that!" said David. "Showtime." I said tapping his shoulder and walking to the door where the doctor ponies where making the fake costume that would cover my appearance. It was a magical outfit that even the face showed emotion. All I had to do was put on some fake black armor and put on a voice changer and BLAM instant Cold Iron. 40 minutes later We met up outside of the castle for a carriage to take us to the outskirts of the base where no one would see us. "What do you guys think?" I asked them. "Considering I want to stab your ass... pretty good." said Niko. "Don't talk to your commander that way!" I yelled at him. "How do you know he's a commander?" asked David. "Didn't you see the white and red stamp on his armor?" "No." "It meant commander. I know. I was a mercenary once." We got in the carriage and it took a good 10 minutes till we stopped. The mic/ map I had displayed that Cold Iron just left the base. "Alright guys." I said still in my new voice. "Hooves out. I need to cuff you." "Aw... not cool." "Stop whining David." said Niko. "It's only a potential death. Nothing more." "Uh..." We both stopped to think about it. I couldn't move the fake steel wings I had on my back so we had to walk it. Outside a large group of griffon and pony soldiers greeted us. They spread out left and right and formed a path for us to walk in. I pulled my 'prisoners' till we got to the entrance. [This is so fucking rad.] {I want to kick a puppy now because I'm a sophisticated evil assfMEOWk.} [Ooh! Look! A bitch who thinks he's tough! Well not when we kick his ass for taking Luna!] {I'll keep an eye out.} "Commander." said a pony who meet us outside. Mare by the sound. She had a grey coat and short military cut hair. Kinda pretty though... hmm... the oddest things you think of when your undercover. "Wassup?" I asked her. "Uh..." she responded. "I see you got more prisoners. We'll escort them to the jail cells." Two guards came up and grabbed the cuffs on David and Niko. "You asshole!" cried David. A guard smacked him and yelled "Don't look at the commander!" I shrugged my shoulders and mouthed 'Sorry.' "Come with me Iron. I need to show you something." she said escorting me inside. When we walked in I was just blown away by how organized they were. They had a futuristic base on the inside of a volcano! This is so cool! It'd be a shame to blow up. "Permission to speak?" she asked. "Uh... uh... Permission acknowledged." "I really need to speak with you in private." We continued walking around the base. "Don't be nervous around me. What happened that night should continue my love." {I know just what to say to ruin his reputation.} "I like men." I told her. "Oh..." Her mouth immediately shuttered up and closed. "Have you broken the prisoner yet?" I asked her. "She hasn't spoken sir." "Good girl." "Excuse me?" "Huh?" "Did you say good girl?" "Oh... uh... Yeah I want to talk to her myself." "Understood sir." We walked upstairs. "How did you capture those 2?" "I found them spying so I took the measures upon myself to... uphold them." "Excellent job... sir." I don't feel sorry worth a damn Iron is a douche! I hope she dumps his ass. [Tell me about it. Iron is a total dick.] {Oh snap! Oh... Beta! You had better pick it up man. Alpha just set a new low.} [I'll think of one.] We made our way outside of the prison blocks and she pressed her hoof against the scanner to open it. Before we went in she got a call and a hologram appeared from the wall. "Break. I'm on my way home. Meet me later okay? Love ya." It sounded like Iron. "So that's your name." She pulled a gun on me and fired lasers at me. "Lasers? Really! I need to step my game up!" I twisted and gave her a back smack. When she was down I grabbed her and picked her up to carry with me. [Yeah let's hit a bitch. Great plan.] {Shut up and scan her gun! We could use lasers!} I summoned the guitar and I turned Beta into a trench knife and kept him in my pocket. I turned Alpha into a laser pistol and made my way into the prison cells. "Turn yourself in!" commanded a griffon at the end of the hall. I stuck my head out to see and he fired at me. I twisted around and shot him in the head. "That's 1." I walked in deeper and found Niko in a cell. I took the unconscious mare's hoof and pressed it against the scanner releasing him. "About damn time." said Niko walking to the dead griffon and taking the rifle. "Let's get the others." We walked further in and one tried to ambush me. I quickly drew Beta and stabbed him in the upper part of his head. "Damn!" said Niko. "How about you do something?" I asked him. He twisted around and started gunning down an army. I saw about 17 fall dead. "Oh shit... You got this!" I left him and found David in another cell. I put Break's hoof on the scanner and freed him. "Thank god your here Dustin. They were about to figure out who I was." "Do you know where Luna is?" "Upstairs in the torture room." he said. "Do you have an idea or do we kill all these fuckers?" "That is my idea." Only us humans dare to get our hands dirty. For a better future. [Didn't we read Fallout: Equestria?] {Yeah we did. Are you comparing me to Little Pip?} I made my way upstairs and found the large room where Luna was waiting by herself in. She looked fine. I used the scanner and dropped Break of so I could move around some more. "You again?" she asked. "I told you once I'm not saying anything." "Luna it's me! Niko, David, and I came in to get you out." "Oh thank the moon its you Dustin." "Yeah now let's get you out of there." She ran out and we all regrouped. 'Warning. Warning. We have an intruder.' said the intercom. 'The intruder is disguised as commander Cold Iron. Repeat shoot Cold Iron on sight. Except the real Iron. Let's keep him alive please. Thank you.' It sounded like Nightmare. "Let's kill her now while we're here." said Niko. "We didn't come here for that. We got what we did come here for though so let's leave." said David. "He's right Niko. Let's go home!" We ran into the garage and locked the door behind us so they couldn't come in. I looked around and saw a bunch of human vehicles built for ponies and griffons. "No way..." we were all surprised. "Scan some stuff guys!" [Like what?] {Like the motorcycle and the jet.} "What do we take?" asked David. "How about this one?" asked Luna. She pointed to the large jet with a large back for holding many troops. "Alright! Good eye!" I got in the cockpit with Niko. David got in the back with Luna. "You know how to fly this?" asked David. "Yeah!" both Niko and I said. He had control of the guns and I had the jet. "Alright Niko! Blow those doors down!" I pointed to the hanger doors. He shot the cannon ripping the entire wall out. "Okay. Not the door. But it will do." he said. "They have this much firepower?!" I asked grabbing the throttle stick. I flew out of the building and we looked at the screen on our right that showed what was behind us. I saw a bunch of soldiers, Break, Iron, and Nightmare running and stopping cold in our tracks. Niko handed me the speaker microphone. "Suck on that you bastards! FMEOWk you!" "Did you just meow like a kitten?" asked Niko. "Don't want to talk about it. David hows it going back there?" I asked. No respond. "We did close the door back there right?" "Yeah. Don't worry. We got a camera." I switched between the different screens and we stopped on the one of both of them making out in the back. "Oh!" "Jeez! Isn't he already dating her sister?!" "Oh my god!" I grabbed the microphone. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" "Ah!" they both jumped. "Don't tell my sister please!" "She can read minds!" Niko said in it. "I know. She's done it before." "Me too. She gave me a curse so when ever I say the f-word I... you know... fMEOWk." "That is too cute to be a curse." said David. "Your in no position to flatter me mister." I told him. Then I cut off the radio and watched as they went right on back to making out. [What if he marries both Luna and Celestia?] {Don't tell me they do... incest...} "Dustin." said Niko tapping me no the shoulder. "What if the sisters do incest?" "I was just thinking that. There's no way that would happen." "Wanna bet?" "No. If I do bet it's going to be that they do." "I bet 40 bits that they don't." "Your on." [Vinyl spent most of our money!] {No she didn't! We didn't have much to begin with and all she got was some materials to build a new sound board.} {She had hers repaired. She just picked them up.} [Let's hope we win this bet first.] "Passengers..." said Niko on the intercom "We are landing in Canterlot. Please make sure all your belongings are with you when you leave. Thank you." "How do I cut this off?" I asked him. "How did you cut it on?" "I just flicked switches up." "Flick them down." I did as was told and the engine stopped. "Was that hard?" "Yeah... it's still on." We looked around and noticed that all the lights were still on. "Here we go. Off button." I pushed it and the engine died. "Whatever." We left and were surrounded by a crowd of people. "Whoa!" "Easy easy." I pushed them away gently and walked to the back. I opened it and let David and Luna out. Still can't believe what I saw though... "Great job David!" said Celestia. Niko and I stood their without getting noticed by anybody. We did all the work! "We did all the work!" said Niko. "I know!" "Now boys. Calm down." said Twilight. "What?" we asked in unison. [] "Don't be jealous." said Applejack. "Fine..." We both crossed our arms and looked between David and Luna. "We still can blackmail them." "Aw yeah." He said offering a bro-hoof. "You two... can you keep the secret to yourselves?" asked David turning away from the cameras. "I don't know... How about you Red?" We still have to keep our identity in public. "Anything could happen Bass. Anything." "We might end up putting it in Red's paper." "Great idea! Wouldn't you agree Luna?" "No..." "Yes? Okay. You said so." Niko and I chuckled silently. "What do you want?" asked Celestia. "I'm already aware of what happened." "Your pretty rude.for a princess. Always digging in people's heads." "I don't have a problem sharing Sight with my sister. Right Luna?" "Not at all Tia." We both remained quiet. I held my left hoof out and he placed 40 bits in it. I put it in my pocket and noticed why the crowd kept on staring at me awkwardly. "Oh yeah!" I grabbed the mask and ripped it off. "It's me!" They all smiled and took pictures of me. "Bass!" yelled Vinyl. "What were you doing!" "Saving the princess sweetie." She pinned me against the jet. "My my... what a hero." "Does the hero get a reward?" "Yes, love." She said pressing her lips against mine. It was a victory kiss! Whoo! "I need a girl." said Niko. I pointed to Octavia. "What? Why would someone as nice and fancy as her go out with a monster like me?" I pointed to her again still not breaking the kiss. "Should I try?" I pointed again. "Alright." He walked over and started talking to her. Brave fella. [Oh yeah. Gonna make some music!] {Yeah? Just like that?} [...] <...ass...> Vinyl and I turned to see Celestia and Luna leave. Soon the crowd left and a bunch of pegasus guards wrapped chains around the jet and took it to engineering to be taken apart and scanned. "Hey Vinyl. Wanna try something out?" "What?" I turned the guitar into a futuristic motorcycle without wheels. I got on it and she sat on my lap. "I also scanned a jet." The cycle started flying and we went up above the castle. "Whoa!" "You ever fly before?" "Yeah but not like this!" "Just kiss me." She smiled and wrapped around me. I felt her ripping all the armor off of me and opening the suit. "Can't stand to see you dressed like him." she said. "Neither can I. Wanna go home?" "It's cold up here." "Hahaha.... Alright. To bed!" I grabbed the handlebars and flew to our window. She used her magic to open it from the inside and we got off the cycle and went in. I turned Clementine back into the guitar and placed it against the wall. "Ready?" "Ready." One last kiss till I killed the lamp light. Hell of a night. Right? See what I did there? I rhymed like... 3 times! Yeah! > A much needed upgrade. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I sat up in bed looking around me. I didn't dream... again. All I could think about was how fucked up it was how David gets two princesses?! Did anyone else hear them besides me and Niko? Celestia's cool with it! I thought this was Equestria not... West Virginia! "Are you okay?" asked Vinyl. "I'm fine. Just thinking hard." "About what?" The entire castle had a more... technological sense to it... "Did the castle get upgrades?" I asked her. "Yeah! The ponies in the engineering fields have put up computers everywhere and holograms and..." I put my hoof on her mouth. "Alright. When was this?" "Yesterday." It must be related to that jet we hijacked. "Want to check it out?" "Yeah." I got up and didn't change out of my pajamas. Yep. I'm the only guy walking around in white and blue striped pj's. "Hello Bass." said one of the scientist ponies. She was a redhead and had glasses. Nerd... [Nerd!] yelled Beta. {Oh god... I hope Vinyl doesn't cheat on me with a nerd.} [Aren't we nerds?] {No. We're geeks. Their is a difference.} "Hello..." "Dr. Gigabyte." "I'm gonna call you Giga. What's going on?" "We made so many discoveries with the technology you brought from Nightmare's Lair." Aw... That's cute. They came up with the perfect name for a bitch! "Cool. So just computers?" "No. We got weapons and vehicles and..." "Keep it simple." "We got more things." "Thank you." I left the room with Vinyl. "What do you think?" she asked. "I've seen enough technology from Earth." "Is it that similar?" "Yeah but less destruction. Hey Vinyl... want to check out something with me?" "Sure! What is it?" I grabbed her hoof and went to Octavia's room. She was sleeping on her bed and we tip-toed to her closet. Inside was a hidden button which opened a back room. "Whisper. I built a secret back room." "When was this?" "Last week." We went inside and closed the door behind us. "We can speak louder now. Soundproof and it has a magic cloaking spell so the princesses can't tell where we are." "The princesses?" "That's where we are going. I need to check on something." We walked down the tunnel into we got to a one way mirror. I replaced the dressing mirror with this. [Oh... Sneaky a duh monkey.] {Dede mow!} [What's that?] {It's Vietnamese for 'Get lost.'} "What are we looking for... Oh my lord!" cried Vinyl. We watched as David had a little... three-way going on. "Oh no! It's true!" [My eyes! They can't look away!] [It's too late for me... I'm losing it...] {Just hold on. I'm getting us out of here.} [What has been seen can not be unseen.] "That's Macbeth." said Vinyl. If you don't remember she can see Alpha and Beta. "It is. Let's go!" We went up the hall unto a blue door with a double quaver on it. "Here we go. Our room." "Jeez... What did we see?" "Nothing. Absolutely nothing!" I opened the door and we both fell from the roof onto our beds. "Forgot to move it behind the closet." "That was fun!" She closed the door with her magic. "Well... mostly anyways." Meanwhile... Octavia didn't move from her bed but her eyes were wide awake. "I think their is someone in my room..." she said quietly. David's POV I sat in bed with my two beautiful woman at my side. "Did he think we wouldn't find out about his tunnel?" asked Luna. "Let him have his fun." said Celestia. "I want him to watch." I told them. "It totally messes with him. Or... Beta at least." "Hmm... Well played." said Celestia. Dustin's POV I spent the bast 5 hours having a bad dream. The dream was that Beta went into shock so Alpha and I were doctors and we had to bring him back. "Scalpel." I asked Alpha. "Here." He handed it to me. "Hammer and nails." "Take this." "Drill." "Plugged in." "Well... nurse. It's official. We made it worse." We both looked at the mutated body on the table. "How did he go into shock anyways?" "He saw the princesses and a friend all having sex at the same time." "Ah... then why didn't we use a forget me spell?" "That's a good question." We both remained quiet. "Alright. Nurse Jackie! Another dead body!" Niko walked in wearing a dress and carried the body to the morgue. I woke up and stretched. Alpha did the same. Beta was... rocking back and forth in the fetal position. He stared at both of us like we wanted to murder him. [NO! Dustin! Don't make me go!] {Than forget what we saw!} [Do it before David goes back in our head. I don't want that happening again.} I lifted Vinyl off of me and went the restroom. I hope today ends up... better than before. 40 minutes later We all, and be we I mean me and my friends and all the guards, waited outside. "So this new vehicle." said Celestia describing the carrier jet "Will be used for the guards who can't fly or want the drop on the enemy. Our very own Bass shall test it out." [Oh fuck... What did I tell you?!] {What did you tell me?} [Uh... shut up!] We got in the cockpit and Niko got in the back. "All right. Go high and then I'll test out dropping." He said. I keep forgetting... Niko is a pegasus. Why are there no Earth ponies from Earth? Honestly. What's wrong with Earth ponies? I mean... I'm happier as a unicorn but... seriously. We went in the air and Niko opened the back door. "Keep it steady." As soon as he said that he jinxed us. The helicopter started spinning in circles and losing control. "What the fuck did you do?!" "I don't fMEOWking know!" "Learn to fly!" We crashed in the woods and crawled out. "God dammit!" "What happened back their?" I felt the magic scroll in my pocket start vibrating. I opened it and read it out loud. "Cheers! ~ Hard Break." "That bitch! When we upgraded she must have gotten in the system!" "We got to stop her before it gets out of hand." Niko flew and I summoned my guitar and turned it to the motorcycle, this time with wheels, and drove back. [How did she get in?] {The tech we stole! She must still have access to it!} We went to the lab. "Gigabyte! I need help!" "What did you do? We lost control of everything!" cried a redheaded pony on my left. Another redhead walked towards me on my right. "Sorry about Megabyte. She's a little... high strung." "Answer me. What do we do to stop Break?" "Someone gets inside and stops her program from the inside." "Oh... that's not good." 3 minutes later "No! Let me go!" Niko and David strapped me down on a chair. "You need to fix this." said Niko. "Why me?" "Because your the best with technology." said David. "Yeah! That's a reason to keep me alive!" "Whatever." Niko hit me upside the head with a hammer making me see only 1's and 0's. They circle around me and sent me inside the world. "Whoa! It's so... tron?" We watched all the memory flow through the system. [Uh... this is new?] I looked to my shoulders and saw that Beta had a white suit with blue highlights and Alpha had a black suit with red highlights. I had a white suit with red. How adorable! "This is... sweet actually." "Why can't I summon my guitar?" On the outside The Clementine went through the wall and knocked down Niko. "Uh oh. He's trying to summon it inside the computer." said David. "Quick... Byte. Get download a weapon." "I'll try." she ran to her computer. inside "What's happening?" [I don't know! They must have blasted our sub-consciousnesses into the computer.] {That's just great! So if we die in here...} "Hold your hoof out." said Byte in an echo-y voice. "Why? Whoa!" I had a blue cannon on my arm. "Is this a mega buster?" "A what?" They don't know what Megaman is? Oh... IT... IS... ON! "Nothing Byte. Tell me where to go." "Go to the firewall. It's blocking the system where Break should be in." "What does it look like?" "See the big orange wall on fire?" "Oh... yeah?" "There you go dumb nuts." "Aw..." I ran forward unto a group of Shadow programs came at me. They looked like griffons and ponies. "Stop him!" said Break. "Where did you get this technology Break?" I asked her. "From home." "Your a human?" One of the programs shot at me but I took cover. "Oh so you know more about me than I do you Dustin." "And yet here I am!" I took a few shots and killed the Shadows. "Look at that! I'm shooting yellow lemons like in the old Megaman X games!" "Your so old-fashioned." said David and Niko on the intercom. "Damn kids and their new current games." I ran around some corners and looked at the long narrow hall. "If this is tron than can I just use a light cycle?" "No. We don't have those." said David. "Fine. Look's like I'm booking it." I continued walking until an old pony appeared directly ahead of me with a bridge. "Let's see you beat the gate keeper!" yelled Break with a manacle laugh. "To pass the bridge and you three you must answer my questions three." said the old hermit. He can see Alpha and Beta? "First. What... is your name?" "Dustin." [Beta.] "Good. Second... what... is your quest?" "To stop Break from controlling all of our systems inside the castle." "Excellent. Third... what... is your favorite color?" [Blue!] "Green." "Oh... okay you can pass." "Huh... thank you very much." I walked past him on made my way across the old wooden bridge. INTERMISSION! I continued walking across until I got to the end. "Yay! I did it!" "You haven't won yet!" yelled a younger male. "Who is this?" "This is Dark Night!" "Oh! Your that little guy who ran away with Iron right?" "Don't call me little!" He summoned a large black demonic figure in front of me. When it turned and looked at me it glowed red. "Fffuuu-" [Fffuuu-] "Yes you are fucked!" We all jumped. "Shit out of luck! I am complete and my cock you will suck! This world is will be mine! And your first in line! You came to this realm and you must now die!" "Sorry bud. I've listened to every Tenacious D song out there and I know your weakness!" I charged the mega buster and shot of his horn. "Ow! My fucking horn! Oh no!" "Return to where you came! Until you are complete again!" "Nnnoooo!" He stated falling into the abyss he crawled out of. "Fuck you Dustin! And fuck you Megaman! I'll get you ponies!" The hole closed leaving us in awe. [We killed the devil?] I walked to the firewall and was intercepted by a large fire program. It took the from of an alicorn eating nachos. "Who in the bloody hell are you?" "Uh... I'm that one guy... can I get some nachos?" "Wank of. These are mine." "Aw you sorry excuse for a nutter. Do you know who your talking to?" "Your that Dustin right?" "Yeah." "Good to meat you. I'm Eternal Light. These Nightmare assholes put me inside the computer and make me upgrade there systems." "How about you come work for us?" "Sounds good and all but I can't leave till Break is taken care of." "Drop the firewall and I'll kill her." "Deal! Good luck man!" He disappeared with the firewall leaving a box of nachos on the floor with me. "*sniff* It's beautiful." I sat down to take a break and munch on the chips. Cheesy goodness. [Sounds cheesy to me.] {Hey Alpha. What do you call cheese that isn't yours?} {... Party pooper.} "Why haven't you face me yet?" asked Break. "Because I'm enjoying myself!" "Well hurry up." I ate the nachos as slow as I could. "Your just a jerk." the box blew up in front of me. "My nachos!" "Face me!" "Fine!" I ran up the ramp. "Alright Bass." said Byte on the intercom. "Those tubes are sending all the memory to the area ahead of you. It's definitely a trap." "You don't know how to comfort people do you?" I asked. "Okay. I know you'll win... I hope." "There you go again." I made my way up and met Break and Night head on. "So the brave idiot finally makes his way to his death." said Break. "What? You mad bro?" "That you made me hate Iron!" She shot a series of spikes at me. "Beta Zone!" The arm cannon shot out a giant shield which evaporated her spikes. "Nice reflexes." said Night. "But in here we can do what we want." He flew up in the sky and a large light filled the air. "Uh oh..." "Now die!" He came down in the appearance of a dragon with a sword. I dodged to my left and grabbed Break as a human shield. "Now back off before she gets it!" I held the cannon to her head and she left. In the top left corner of my eye it said 'Heavy Break has left the game.' "Where were we?" asked Night. "Guys! Wanna help?" "I'm trying! It's a lot harder than it looks." said Niko. "Just type in the konami code!" "What?" "↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A!" "Okay... nothing happened." "You probably did it wrong." "No!" "Do it again. ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A!" I yelled ducking the sword swipe. "Nothing's happening!" "You can't cheat in this world!" yelled Night. "I know every inch of this domain and you are just a virus. I can kill you right now." "That's fine. In the real world your just a bitch with a keyboard." He raised his sword high and brought it down. I stepped left and the sword got stuck in the floor. "Damn." I jumped on his arm. "What are you doing?" I got on his back and shot him in the head a few times with the buster. When I was done all the circuitry was showing. I reached in hoping to find his memory chip. "Hold still damn it!" I yelled at him. "Don't touch that! No! Stop!" I grabbed the back wires and pulled them out sending him onto the floor unconscious. "Damn you!" "Aha! Got the chip! With this I can find out your bug's location and destroy it." 'Dark Night has left the game.' was what appeared. "Byte what can you do with this chip?" "So much! I can terminate our transmission with Nightmare's army and I can destroy the bug. Or we could turn the bug onto our side and send it to their system." "Do it." I felt a warm light surround my body and I awoke in the real world. "God... What the..." I held my hooves out and tried to squint my eyes. It was... harder to see. "Why can't I see so well?" "Hibernation sickness." said Gigabyte. "Well that's perfect. Sight I have a pair of glasses in my room-" I was cut off when he teleported them right in front of me. "Or just give them to me now." "You had us worried their..." said Celestia. "Don't be. You have full control again." I looked in my right hoof. "Well there's my guitar. Where were you when I needed you?" [Hey... we tried.] {Don't think like that. We haven't had to fight someone that's super strong yet so be thankful.} Meanwhile... "Damn!" cried Nightmare slamming her fist on the table. "One pony. Just one!" "We're sorry ma'am." said Night. He was beside Break bowing on the floor. Nightmare threw a book at him. "I didn't say you could speak! You couldn't beat one pony inside a virtual reality. Think about the army they've built up!" "Ma'am." said Iron. "We have it under control." "Look. We watch our resources and we build up our army. Are the dragons ready to go?" "Yes ma'am." said Break. "Good. We have one good thing to think about. Dismissed." The three leaders walked out of the room. "*sigh" What to do. What to do. Hmm..." > Heat of the moment part 1. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who's ready for something stupid? I'm not since it's about me. So this whole time I have been putting 'Tomaro' in my stories. The auto correct didn't tell me it was spelled 'Tomorrow.' Yeah. This whole time. Isn't that fucked up? "Wake up." said an outside voice. Guess I blacked out. "Huh?" "Bass wake up." said Vinyl. I looked around to see where I was. Our room. "What happened?" "You blacked out and have been sleeping for 15 hours. Time to rise and shine." "Okay." I got up and felt all my organs were moving again. "Ow." "Come on. Do you know what day it is?" "Is it... Let me sleep all day... day?" "No. It's mare's day." "Oh! That's cool! What happens?" "All the mares go into heat and force stallions into hiding." "... What?" "Yeah! Didn't you know that?" [Oh god... we're gonna get raped.] {Yeah we're getting raped.} "Look. As long as you don't come out of hiding for the next 3 days you wont ever get raped. Okay?" "Alright Vinyl. When does it begin?" "Well... I'd say about 12 minutes. My bladder's about to blow!" she ran into the bathroom. {Alright! Let's go go go!} [Wanna switch out of pajamas?] {No time!} {We did build a secret tunnel.} [I think the others know about it.] {Right. We were volunteered for copter pilots.} {It's not really volunteering if you choose someone you know?} [Alright! Hi ho Dustin! Away!] I neighed and ran into the hall. It was chaos. Mare's all over were going into heat. This never happened before! Well... we weren't in Equestria for a May before. So... I guess that makes sense. Still this is pretty messed up. "Help!" I heard a cry from Octavia's room. I ran and opened the door only to see Niko behind tied down by her. "Let her go Octavia." "You want some of this?" she asked. Her face was full of lust and seduction. "In that case... keep doing whatever." "Dustin help!" he cried. "Fine." I went to the kitchen and came back. "Who wants a piece of candy?" I asked her holding it up. "That's right. You do. You want a piece of candy. Get out of here!" I yelled at Niko. "You want it? You want it? I said run!" He untied himself and ran past me in the hall. I gave Octavia the bag of candy I found and booked it. [How did you know she likes candy?] {I didn't. I just wanted some.} "Hmm hmhmhmhm..." I laughed with my mouth closed. I was chewing on some of the candy I 'borrowed.' "Thanks for getting me out." "No prob. This is my first mare's day." "Oh... than watch out. We need to get to the shelter." He grabbed my hoof and held me close taking cover behind a wall. All the royal maids were chasing the guards in the hall and... well... basically fMEOWking them. Aw what? Even my commentary is blocked! Damn curse. This is getting old! "Dustin. Can you teleport us?" asked Niko. "To where?" "The bunker. It's outside the castle gardens." "I'll try." I closed my eyes and sent us outside the labyrinth. "Alright. Nice. It should be over... AHA! There!" He pointed to the hidden steel house. We ran and tried to open the doors but it wouldn't budge. "Is there anyone in their?" I asked. No reply. "Come here." said Niko picking me up and holding me like a spear or something heavy like that. "Watch it." "Shut up and light up your horn." I used my magic to heat up my horn (Hehehe) [{It's the perfect time!}] Anyways... He used me as a blowtorch. (Hehehe... blow.) [Hahaha...] Whatever. We got in the door and sealed it behind us. "Nice. We made it." He cut the light on and what I saw was pretty cool. It was a house built inside a small round metal bin. They had enough food and supplies in here to last me through the Apocalypse. I saw a bathroom, a few bedrooms, a living room, and a game room in case we get bored. "I don't think we should help anyone else." I said cutting the TV on. It showed an army of women chasing a group of about 8 men. They had a chance to get out but... I can't say they will. "We could try." We heard a small bang outside. "Shh!" I told him cutting the light off. I glowed my horn like a flashlight and we went to the door to look out the one way windows. I didn't know they even made these. Outside we saw David running from both the princesses. "Oh... hahaha!" [BWAHAHAHA!] "HAhahaha!" Niko went off. "He deserves that. Two princesses. What do you expect?" "I don't know... oh... I can't breath..." "Well... we're safe. This bunker is magic proof. The only thing they can do is touch it." "They can't teleport inside?" "No. Isn't that awesome!" "It is!" [What are we going to do for 3 days.] {Look. We're going to make it through this. We aren't getting raped.} "If we teleport David in here will they know?" I asked Niko. "I doubt it. Give it a try." I closed my eyes and brought the lucky guy into the building. "No! Ah! Oh... thank you guys...*heavy pants*" "You okay there?" I asked him. "Yeah. Just peachy. Forgot what today was and didn't prepare." "This happened to you guys before?" I asked them. They both nodded. "So that... oh... I"m sorry. What about kids?" "There fine. Unless they reach the 12 year border. Than they usually... turn. Same problem with boys." said Niko. "Yikes. Let's see who else I can save." "There's no point." said David. "What?" "I was the last one to leave the castle..." "Oh no... so just us 3." I looked out the window where Celestia and Luna were both arguing about how he disappeared with out a trace. We all put out ears against the wall to listen to them. "Did you see the aura around him? It was purple and green. Dustin's nearby!" said Celestia. "Oh goodie. I want payback on him. Oh how I would rather stay with David." "Relax." said Celestia. "We'll get them out. I know Dustin's weakness at least." We all stood back. I cut the light on since they can't find us. "Alright. We stay quiet. We divide up the supplies, and we pray for all the others." said David. "Oh yeah! We got a plan going on!" I said. Niko sighed and took a seat by the table. "What's the matter big guy?" asked David. "It's Octavia. She... I don't know what she's going to do." "Relax Niko. I gave her some candy." I said. "Oh right." started David. "She loves to play with her food and organize it. Don't know why. Anyways it will keep her busy for the most part." "Alright. Thanks for comforting me." "I can't say the same about Vinyl." I said. "Don't worry. I tried to open your door a few minutes ago and it was locked. She doesn't want to mount on anybody I guess." "That's good!" [Bless her.] {What?} "Oh man." said Niko. "You can see them?" I asked. He nodded. "Huh. Alright. How long does this last again?" "3 days." said David. "Uh... oh boy." > Heat of the moment part 2. Things end well for one of us. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Video Log 3' "Alright. Bass's video log." I said into the camera. I heard a scream on my right and looked around the alley I was in. "Our plan backfired. It's only about 5'o clock in the evening on the second day. Let's recap shall we... 1. Guess who upgraded the safe house with the new system. Gigabyte. So Celestia got the master code and destroyed our little save haven. 2. Uh... all my friends have been taken away. I'm still trying to get to them but... it's not gonna change anything. "And let's see what else. I've been hiding in this alleyway for the past... hmm 11 hours. My bum is numb. Hehehe..." [Tell them about the castle!] "Oh right! This is a messed up story..." Flashback time! I was under some of the rubble when the mares blew up the wall. You'd think with the master code that they would... open the door. But instead they disabled the magic and destroyed it. FMEOWk you do. "Help!" cried David getting dragged away by both princesses. I couldn't get out though. Niko high tailed it and ran. Where? I don't know! Anyways... After about 40 minutes and they all left I finally got out and had to sneak to the castle. I saw Red and Octavia... yeah... well he was enjoying it at least. I couldn't get near the princesses quarters. It was literally surrounded by an army of sex crazed mares. "Well I set off the trap." I told the camera. "It wasn't me walking or sneezing. It was me... sighing in relief. How they heard that and not the clopping of my hooves I will never know." So... I ran away as fast as I could. I used my guitar to do the jet bike but that seemed to attract more of them. I crashed in Ponyville where there are more mares and I've been hiding behind this dumpster ever since! "Yay! End of story!" I clapped my hooves together for the camera. "I'm thinking about just turning myself in. It's better than starving and waiting to get raped. I mean honestly, free sex! If I had no dignity I would be out there right now." I tried to get up from the dumpster while still talking to the camera. "If you are watching this... than remember that... I tried and-" Pinkie jumped on my back. "GET THE FMEOWK OFF OF ME!" "No way silly filly!" "GOD!" I slammed her against the wall and started climbing the building. Aw... I left my camera. {I can't run more than 22 mph!} [You can in Alpha Wave!] {} "Alpha Wave!" I started out running Pinkie and every mare I attracted. "Suck on that you meanly mouthed bastards!" I yelled while still running on the rooftops. "Oh shit!" I feel down and landed on my face. "Ah... damn... face plant." [Get up!] {I can't! I'm all disoriented.} I began running again as Beta and Alpha moved my body. "Sorry!" I yelled to every mare they pushed down. I made my way into the Everfree Forest so they wouldn't find me. [They stopped running!] {Let's go deeper.} I switched back to normal mode and began my journey to the center of the Everfree Forest! David's POV I tried to get out of the chair I was strapped in. All I had was Celestia and Luna looking at me with seductive eyes. "Can I help you?" I asked them politely. "Just us? Oh I'm so happy!" said Luna. Oh no... 'Oh yes.' 'This isn't really comfortable. If you let me go-' 'We can't let you go David! Not yet.' They both jumped on top of the chair I was in and started getting closer. "No! No no no no nonononono!" Niko's POV "Octavia can we take a break?" I asked her. I heard a whip crack. "No no let's continue." "That's a great idea." "This would be better if I wasn't tied up." "But the last time I untied you, you tried to run!" "That doesn't mean I will do it this time." Dustin's POV Oh god oh god oh no... "ROAR!" screamed the manticorn behind me. "Stop following me!" I yelled at it. He obviously wants some food. "I'm not edible!" I yelled at it. I started to climb the rocky cliff. This must keep it busy... or not. It appears that he can climb. This reminds me of the lion king. "Sorry." I told it before kicking him in the face. When he feel back and landed a bunch of female manticorns jumped on him. {I thought this place would be safer!} [Now the moon. That was safe.] {Don't tempt me to go back.} [We were about to but David stopped our banishment.] {Look. Maybe later but first let's get out of here.} I teleported to the top of the largest tree to get a better view of my surroundings. I turned my head to the right to see I was in a nest with a momma bird and her babies. "Uh... What's up?" "SQUAWK!" "Oh Christ! AH!" I jumped over the edge and turned my guitar to it's jet bike form again. "That sucked." [Oh your telling me. We left our friends and here we are running from rapist birds!] {Alpha's right on this one. We tried.} [Well... Niko's enjoying himself.] "What's that?" I asked pointing to this random chest. I walked over like an adorable little warrior and bravely opened it until a swarm of bats scared the shit out of me. "AAAAHHH!" [Brave warrior. HAhahaha.] Inside the chest was a map! A compass! and a skeleton of a dead pony wearing a familiar green tunic. {He won't mind?} [No no... *sniff* he's pretty dead.] Dustin equipped green tunic of awesomeness! You gain +5 Adventurer points! [Open the map.] I opened it and it showed a layout of the forest followed with dashed markings and a big 'x'. Dustin got the Cartographer's hat. It gives you a +20 sight and awesomeness! You don't need glasses anymore! said Alpha rubbing his hooves together awkwardly. I stood on the guitar as it hovered in the air. We looked around and saw the same dashed markings with a big 'x' on the ground. "Huh. The map was an exact copy." [X marks the spot.] We flew over and landed on the 'X'. All we found was a pebble. [A rock?!] {That's it! We use the rock to knock out the princesses and whoever else and save our friends!} [A ROCK!] You kept the rock in your inventory. +5 to your... pack rat skills. The floor started to rumble and a large menacing pony came out. "Who dares take the rock of the awesome?" asked the warrior. "I dare! Me! Bass of the awesome!" "Than come my brother! Let us dine like kings!" [Yeah! I love rocks!] > Heat of the moment part 3. Better times man. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I walked out of the portal to the magic realm with a full belly. [That was great.] "Thanks Bartholomew!" I yelled at the viking pony who greeted me earlier. "Good bye young traveler! You are always welcome here! And we will fight for you!" "Are you sure you'll take on Nightmare?" "We need a good challenge!" "I love you guys!" I ran up and gave the big pony a hug. He accepted it and all 30 other Vikings came out to hug me. "Men must hug!" said the group. "If they don't than there queer!" I said finishing the sentence. They went inside the portal and closed it. {I love vikings.} [Me too. Did we forget anything?] "Nope." I said out loud while playing with the rock. "So I bite this and they'll come to help?" [] "It'd be easier if I just... rubbed it wouldn't it?" [It wouldn't be awesome.] {In that case. I shall bite this with the might of a manly man!} I walked down the forest path happily. I got to keep some muffins with me. Banana Nut! Those guys know me so well! "Pfft! FMEOWk! What time is it?" [It's been... 8 hours. We're on day 3.] {Uh oh... let's get them out.} I closed my eyes and teleported outside the castle. I looked around... and saw pure chaos. That's the only way to describe it. I looked down the street to see Cold Iron sprinting through town. Behind him was Break, an army of griffons, and Nightmare! Oh whoopee! Guess she's goes in heat as well. {Ooh... you don't want to do that. With all those griffons on your tail?} [I agree. It's best to keep low and stay alert.] [Yeah. I did say that didn't I?] I went to the wall of the castle witch all the veins grew up on and climbed it. I made my way up about... 3... 4 stories and was at the window of Niko and Octavia. She was passed out and sleeping. He laid there with a cigarette in his hoof. "Psst. Niko." I said getting his attention. "Well there you are! What's that on your head?" "It's my Cartographer's Cap!" "It's stupid." {My feelings.} [Hey fuck you Niko! We came to help!] "Your a day late ass. Besides I'm enjoying this." "Your enjoying taking advantage of her?" I asked. "Actually I'm the bitch in this problem." "I see. Have fun." "Alright. Good luck with David." I pulled the window closed and climbed up the edge of the roof and shimmied to the side where I could use my back legs to climb up. I pulled my body up and quietly tip-toed to the Royal bedroom. "Alright... easy... easy does it..." I said to myself climbing down to the window. I lifted my hooves up and opened it calmly like Fluttershy only to be blasted by the Royal Canterlot Speaking Voice. "OH YES! THAT'S RIGHT! FUCK ME HARDER!" cried Celestia. I felt my hair blow backwards and I used my right hoof to catch my map hat. "KEEP IT UP! OH YES! YES YES!" said Luna in pleasure. Me and myself and I watched in horror thinking of what she could do to us. After about... 12 minutes they both passed out. David wasn't tied down to the chair. He did see me and sneak to the window. "Dustin can you help me?" He had 'Feel Boss' and 'Boy Toy' written on his chest and face. His hair was a mess and his eyes were bloodshot. "Hey... what's wrong?" I only blinked a few times. All I could hear was "BBBBBEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!" like Saving Private Ryan all over again. "Huh?" I asked him. [He said he wants a muffin.] "You want a muffin?" I asked him. He grabbed my arms and pulled me in. I placed my hat on my head and slowly got my hearing back. "Can you get me out of here? It's been... a little too much for me to handle." "I'm sure I can David. I did build that back entrance." "They know about that." "Oh... Well how about-" I was cut off when a pillow hit me in the face. "David? Want to come over here? Oh bring your friend." "Help me." said David turning to me. I did a backwards roll and shot myself into the air vent. "How the hell WHOA!" I reached down and grabbed him. "Let's go faster!" I said going through the vents like Spider-man. He was... a little slow. "Whats wrong bud? Little soar?" "Like a motherfucker. My hip is going to kill me and my kidneys are aching." "Be thankful you have 2 kidneys." [David is willing to give up one I bet.] "Well David?" "No! Mine! Get your own!" "Aw... that's..." The vent started creaking "cold? Uh..." The vent broke and feel down a floor. We both looked around the hallway we were in. Niko walked out and greeted us. "Yeah... I'm done. Let's get you two out of here." We all got up and sneaked around the castle. Well... I did. Niko's too big and David won't stop complaining. "Hey Dustin." asked Niko. "How come you weren't raped?" "Oh I booked it for the Everfree forest! I made a bunch of friends with the Awesome Vikings." "That's nice." said David. "So how you met some Vikings?" "No. The Awesome Vikings. It was a tribe. They helped me and fed me. I got all the root beer I could handle!" [The king of sodas.] {Ah... What I would do for a coke.} [How about a Pepsi?] {NO!!!} {They aren't! One's delicious and the other is shit!} We went around the corner and the princesses and all the maids were waiting for us. "You did it you little raggamuffin!" said Luna touching my face with her hooves. "You rescued your friends. Aren't you just reliable?" "Sure Luna. Isn't that right..." I turned my head to see two clouds that were the shape of Niko and David. I quickly ran over to it and brushed my arms through it and both of the clouds left. "Hehehe... Yeah... reliable..." 14 minutes later I was running down the street of Canterlot in what seemed like slow motion. It was mostly foggy and dusty. (Hah. That's my name.) {Comedic relief is the best way out of a situation Alpha!} Behind me was all the mares from the surrounding towns and villages. All of them. The good news... I saved my friends and most other stallions. Bad news... I'm next. "Your mine!" screamed Pinkie jumping from the rooftops. "Oh not again!" I stopped running and watched as she face planted the road in front of me. I stepped over her and continued my run. "Bass!" cried all the girls. "I would enjoy this more if they wanted an encore from a music show." "Encore!" they all yelled. "Your just saying that!" They all cheered and picked up there speed. No... I was getting slower! "Alpha Wave!" [See Alpha? Your a great help!] {Guys...} [I'm only good a defense.] {GUYS!} [] We were at a cliff edge. I turned around slowly to see all the ponies approaching us. This feels like Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. Where the guy gets chased off the cliff bye topless women. That's a good way to go. "No where left to run." said Luna. I switched back to normal form. "That's right. Surrender." I jumped off the cliff with my hat in my hooves. I used my magic to turn it into a glider and fly down. {Not enough time to summon the Clementine.} [I think we don't even need it. Your that good with your fist.] {It's true. But don't forget we have it for a reason.} I slowly made my way to the bottom and enjoyed the fall. "I'm free! I'm free-" [Balling!] "Hahahaha!" Time to land gracefully on the sand. "Oof!" or with my face. I got up and brushed all the sand off my face and looked at the sky. The sun was almost set. Meaning only 12 more hours! Oh I'm so close to home plate! [So what do we do?] {Well I have a solution. We take the tunic of awesomeness and turn it to a blanket. Than we sleep adorably on it.} "Is he still alive?" I heard above me. "I'm still detecting life signs." said another pony. "Guys let's find someplace safe first." The walk to the nearest town was out of mind. We could just stay here. From what I've heard not many ponies can swim. That's an advantage we shouldn't look over. {Let's build one of those tropical paradise villages with the monkey butlers and water powered technology.} [And your going to build all those and get monkeys in 12 hours?] {*sniff sniff* No...} {Yes sir!} I saluted the air. Man I feel stupid. 1 hour later I was eating one of my muffins. The Doctor never gave me my Banana nut muffin now that I think about it... Another hour later I opened the magic scroll and read all of my messages. 'Message 1. I'm coming after you. ~ Anonymous.' 'Message 2. You dead yet? You better be. ~ Anonymous.' 'Message 3. Sorry about not giving you your muffin. I had to use it to stop a black hole. ~ The Doctor.' Aw... that was sweet of him. "I'm done reading messages!" 2 hours later "I think I'll grow a beard." I said to myself scratching my 5 o'clock shadow. 1 extremely painful hour later "I'm not crazy. Who said I was crazy? HEhehehe..." [I think he's losing it.] He started slapping the shit out of me. "Your right! Besides I have Rocky! The magical island rock!" "Your friends left you." said Rocky. "That's kinda... mean Rocky." [Oh my god it talks.] [All hail the magic conch!] "Don't listen to him!" said the rock of awesomeness from my pocket. "Your right Awesomesauce!" That's what I named him. I gave my pocket a light tap and smiled to myself. "I hate you!" "Why are you so mean Rocky?!" "No one ever liked you!" "Rocky... *sniff* Your hurting me Rocky!" "Your parents are dead!" "FMEOWk you Rocky." One long nap later I woke up and looked at my surroundings. I took my hat and rolled it into a telescope and looked around my area. I saw a small float coming up the river. On it was David and Niko. "Hey! Dustin! Hey!" they both waved. We all had ridiculously long Grizzly Adams Beards. "Hi guys. How's it going?" I asked them. "Not good. But hey... only 1 hour left." The water carried their boat further down the river. "Well see you later!" "Alright bye!" I waved to them. "What a nice girl." I said to my consciousnesses. "I hope she has fun at the dance." [Uh... stop now! I'm catching your crazy!] said Alpha walking inside my head and slamming a door. I did was told. [So what do we do for an hour?] "Sand angels!" I threw myself on the sand and started laughing. "Yeah! Whoo! I'm an angel!" I got up and looked down at it. "Aw..." We both looked at the sand devil. It had horns and a tail with a little pitchfork. "Not again." [Your hallucinating. Maybe you should stop drinking salt water.] {Good point!} I took a quick step for the nearest town and tripped on a vein. I fell down face first and passed out. Several hours later. I awoke with the sun's beauty shinning on the ocean. The trees provided excellent shade from where I fell.