//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: A Nightly Conversation (edited) // Story: The Golden Child // by Fusionflare374 //------------------------------// It was now midnight and every pony was already fast asleep, all except one human. Austin kept tossing and turning, his mind not allowing him to sleep. He then open his eyes and raised his body off of the bed. He looked at the moon out of the balcony door and decided to get some fresh air. He went outside in the cold night without socks and shoes on. He climbed the rail for him to see the view and stared at the night sky. As he was watching the night sky, he heard hooves from the balcony and turned to see Celestia with a small blanket in her magic. “Austin sweetie it’s quite cold out, you can catch a cold.” Celestia said as she wraps the child with the blanket. “Thank y-you Celestia.” Austin said quietly to her. “Is something bothering you sweetie?” Celestia asked Austin in a soft tone. “Yeah something is b-bothering me.” Austin said to Celestia. “I’m always here for you, so don’t be shy to tell me.” Celestia said in her soft tone. Austin looked at her and back at the night sky and said one word. “Why?” Austin asked Celestia. “Why what?” Celestia asked Austin sounding confused. “Why are taking care of me? You didn’t really know who I was or what I was capable of.” Austin said to Celestia. “Because you were falling out of the sky and I had to do something before you got yourself hurt.” Celestia said to Austin. “But why didn’t you let me go afterwards? Why did you want me to stay with you?” Austin asked Celestia. “Because you didn’t have a place to stay and danger lurks everywhere. I wanted you to be safe with Luna and I.” Celestia said to Austin while putting a hoof on Austin’s back, rubbing it back and forth. “But why? I’m just a freak with bad luck.” Austin said to Celestia with tears stinging his eyes. “You are no freak sweetie. Why would you say something like that to yourself?” Celestia asked Austin with a worried tone. “Because everyone knew my secrets the moment I tried to impress a girl.” Austin said to Celestia. “Ohhh you tried to impress a girl.” Celestia said with a smirk. “Yeah she was nice and pretty, but I couldn’t talk to her because I was really nervous. I eventually build up my confidence and went to talk to her. We had a nice conversation for a while, I asked her if she wanted to hang out and go for lunch, b-but she refused and told me that I was nice but I wasn’t her type. I got a little desperate a-and told her that I can do this and transformed into something, but I forgot who. When s-she saw me do this, she backed away from me and I changed back to tell her what’s wrong. As I got close to her she slapped me and said “Get away from me you freak!” and ran off. I felt such a fool that I did that, but then I heard whispers from other kids and two of them came up to me. They told me that I will never find anyone to love because I was a freak and... they were right.” Austin said to Celestia with tears running down his face. Celestia had some tears running down her face as well. “Oh Austin I’m so sorry that happened to you. If I saw those kids did that to you, I would’ve sent them to the moon without magic supporting them.” Celestia said to Austin in a angry tone. “It’s fine Celestia, besides their right I am a freak. A human who is also a-a shapeshifter? It doesn’t work o-on my world, they say that people with more abilities are the dangerous ones.” Austin said in a sad tone. “But you shouldn’t call yourself that, you are a kind, sweet, and purest human we have met and the others should be ashamed of calling a cute little guy these names.” Celestia said as she hugged him a little. Austin scooted back away from Celestia a bit and started taking. “Yeah but they are right, I am dangerous around others a-and around you.” Austin said to Celestia while tears were running down his cheek. “But have you hurt me or any pony around you?” Celestia asked Austin. “... No I g-guess not.” Austin said to Celestia. “Then their is no need to call yourself a freak. We all love you dear and we will take care you. We will never call you those names, never ever.” Celestia said to Austin while having two hooves on each side of his shoulder and their eyes locking on each other. “But what is still my question, why are you keeping me safe and taking care of me even though I’m a n-new species to you?” Austin asked Celestia. Celestia looked at him for a few seconds before turning back at the sky and taking a deep breath. “When you were falling out of the sky, something inside me snapped and told me to save you. When I did save you, the thing that snapped... was my mother instincts.” Celestia said to Austin. “Your mother instincts?” Austin asked curiously. “Yes and when I saw you for the first time, I felt like I ... I could be a mom.” Celestia said softly to the child. “You wanted t-to be a mom?” Austin asked Celestia. “Yes but I couldn’t. For you see Austin I was very lonely, I wanted to find love and someday be a mom, but the stallions only dated me for their status and brag about dating a princess. I have dated many ponies and I dumped many ponies. When all was lost, one stallion came to me and we had a nice conversation and we went on many dates.” Celestia said to Austin. “Who was he?” Austin said Intrigued of the story. “His name was Silverwing, he was a retired royal guard captain. He treated me like Celestia, not princess Celestia, just Celestia. We got along very well that we thought it was time to go to the next level, have a filly.” Celestia said to Austin. “What happens n-next?” Austin said eagerly. “Well, we went to the doctors and the doctor said that I was pregnant, but 20 weeks later, the doctor said I had a miscarriage.” Celestia said to Austin in a sad tone. “A miscarriage?” Austin asked curiously but with a sad tone. “Yes it’s when the fetus dies and you can’t have a filly.” Celestia said in a sad tone with tears running down her cheeks. “I’m so sorry to h-hear that.” Austin said in a sad tone. “Thank you dear, but it wasn’t your fault, it was my luck to be blamed. But after the miscarriage Silverwing and I still loved each other... until he died of a heart attack.” Celestia said to Austin as tears started to drown her vision. “Oh n-no...” Austin said looking down at the floor looking sad “He died before we even arrived at the hospital.” Celestia said to Austin. She couldn’t hold the tears any longer and she started sobbing her heart out. Austin looked at her with tears in his eyes too and he went to hug her neck. When he was hugging her neck, Celestia cried on Austin’s shoulder, drenching this clothes and the blanket. He stroked her hair and tried to calm her down for a few minutes. After a few minutes her crying died down and felt more calm. “Thank you sweetie, oh my I drenched your blanket and your shirt.” Celestia said to Austin as she examined his clothes. “It’s alright. Are you okay?” Austin asked Celestia in a soft voice. “I’m fine thank you dear. But after he died I thought I was never going to have an opportunity to have a filly of my own, but then... you came along. That is why I kept treating you like a baby because I wanted you to stay with me and feel safe around me. I wanted you to feel safe around the other ponies that I know and I knew they will care for you.” Celestia said to Austin as she nuzzled his cheek. Austin looked at Celestia and back at the sky once again and spoke. “Celestia can I ask you a question?” Austin asked Celestia, still looking at the sky. “Of course, what do you want to tell me?” Celestia said curiously. “Can I call you momma?” Austin asked Celestia. Celestia was completely caught off guard because she thought he was going to call her Celestia for now on. “A-are you sure? You don’t have to if you want, I don’t want you to feel sad about your mom and dad.” Celestia said to Austin sounding worried. “It’s okay, I f-feel like they are in a better place now and I should move o-on, for their sake.” Austin said to Celestia and looked up at the sky. “If you want to call me mom or momma, I’m fine with it.” Celestia said happily. “Okay... momma.” Austin said to Celestia. Celestia’s eyes sparkled when he call her momma and gave him a big hug. “Do you t-think Luna wouldn’t m-mind if I called her m-momma too?” Austin asked Celestia. “I’m sure she wouldn’t mind sweetie.” Celestia said with a giggle. They both looked at the sky for 10 more minutes before Austin started to yawn. Celestia giggled at him yawning before she started to yawn as well. “I think it is time to go back to sleep, you have a big day tomorrow and you don’t want to feel sleepy.” Celestia said to the child. “Okay momma.” Austin said to Celestia. Celestia levitated Austin up on her back and trotted back into her room. She then levitated him again on her bed and tucked him in. “Goodnight sweetie, I love you.” Celestia said to Austin softly. “I love y-you too momma, g-goodnight.” Austin said and his eyes began to close and he fell asleep. “Goodnight... my son.” Celestia said as she gave him a kiss on the forehead. Celestia went back to her side of the bed and wrapped Austin in a warm hug and fell asleep too. “Face it G were lost and it looks like it’s getting darker out.” Sans said to Gaster. “We are not lost my son, if we follow the GPS to the nearest town, the quicker we find Austin.” Gaster said to Sans. “Ugh... why did I come along again and why can’t we use our magic?” Sans asked Gaster. “Because he’ll need all the help he can get and warn him that she is coming. We also can’t use our magic to teleport to him because the time machine had a little side effect that disabled our magic for 24 hours.” Gaster said to Sans. “Great we’re defenceless and we’re in a middle of this stupid forest.” Sans grumbled. “Don’t you worry brother, we will find Austin, but first we need to get out of this creepy forest.” Papyrus said to Sans while carrying Frisk, sleeping comfortably. “Your right Paps, but this forest isn’t that scary, heh it looks pretty Barkly out.” Sans said to Papyrus. “Sans that one was your worst one yet.” Papyrus deadpanned. “I know it was pretty sappy.” Sans said to Papyrus. “Please stop.” Papyrus begged. “Oh alright your no fun.” Sans said to Papyrus. “Make sure you two spot any danger, we wouldn’t want to be dust before we reach Austin.” Gaster said to the two skeletons. “Relax G this forest looks harmless what could possibly-” Sans began to speak before he heard rustling in the bushes and out came a wolf but made of twigs and leaves. It’s eyes were glowing green and had a bad smell coming out of its mouth. “Aww it’s a cute puppy.” Papyrus said happily. “I don’t think it’s cute Paps and it smells bad.” Sans said to Papyrus. “Sans you will hurt it’s feelings.” Papyrus said to Sans. The three of them heard more rustling and two more came out, their teeth's bared. “...Run?” Sans suggested to the two. “Run.” Gaster said to Sans. The three of them were sprinting away from the wolves, but the wolves won’t quit so easily. The wolves were in pursuit of the skeletons and the human. “WHY DID I AGREE TO THIS!!!” Sans yelled out loud as he was running away from the wolves. To Be Continued...