{Norman}
When I heard that Princess Twilight broadcasted Betty’s fight to the death with her Mom, I was pissed. I was at work around that time and didn't know what happened until after the fact. Not to mention, my boss had no idea what happened either. There were only a select few ponies and people there watching the fight. Trust me, my boss was just as angry about it as I was.
From what I was told, Dae and the others couldn't intervene, unless Betty got into real trouble and Betty fought her mom just fine. On the other hand, I was happy that Betty finally got to kill the witch. The fact that Betty did that, confirms that she is the Child of Prophecy to me and everyone else. The prophecy did mention she would kill her mother with her Death Walker tool and from what I found out, that's exactly what she did. So, Betty must be the Child of Prophecy, whether she likes it or not!
As soon as I got home, I went to see how Betty was. She was lying on the couch, passed out and she looked very banged up. The fact that she looked banged up didn't surprise me, since she did just fight for her life. Dae was sitting on the couch with Betty as she rested her head on the pillow in his lap.
"Hey Dae," I said, "how's she doing?"
Dae sighed as he looked down and played with a strand of Betty's hair, "She's just asleep for now. I don't know when she'll wake up. I've already informed Celestia about the situation and it's been agreed that Betty will not be summoned until she recovers."
I nodded. "I'm going to go change and I'll come back downstairs."
"Sure." Dae said with a somber tone to his voice. I could tell he was having some sort of grief about what happened with Betty and I really don't blame him.
* * *
{Betty}
The next time I woke up, I was being held by Dae in my bed. All I remember was dreaming about dealing Mom that fatal blow and telling her to never say my name again. That was actually a pleasant dream. Then, I remembered the other last words she said to me. That she loved me and that she should've said it before everything. Talk about delusional! She kept calling me, my little halfbreed. Yeah, lots of love there, I’m sure!
Dae chuckled, "Yup, I agree yes daughter, mommy loves her little halfbreed!"
I snorted. "No kidding."
"By the way, it almost looked like you were playing a game of ping pong with your mother when you were scolding her," Dae said.
"Oh, you mean kicking her in the stomach and then in the back? I had to get through to her somehow," I said. "And as you can plainly see, it really didn't work."
Dae chuckled, “Oh yeah! I noticed!"
I tried to move, but when I did, I felt a sharp pain in my back.
"No, you're not under the Terror Paralyze spell. You should probably just move around a bit?" Dae said. "And you should probably go and stretch your wings out too."
I nodded and then I got out of bed and walked around for a bit. I stretched out my wings and after I did, I got back in bed and snuggled up close to Dae. While it was plain to see that he had no shirt on, that part didn’t bother me. That was fine by me at this point…
"Better?" Dae asked.
I nodded. "Yup."
Then I remembered something else, it was something that Dae said before he knocked Princess Twilight up against a wall.
"What?" Dae asked.
"You said something to the effect of that was part one of Princess Twilight's punishment," I said. "What was that all about?"
Dae laughed, "You'll see, I'm not saying anything other than that."
I gave him a wary look. "Uh-huh, as I said before, I don't want to know. It's a good thing you're not saying anything and it's also a good thing that I can't read minds."
Then I remembered something else, it was something that I saw in the corner of my eye after I had killed Mother and I wondered if it was still there.
Dae tilted his head. "What's still there Betty?"
"I just remembered something and I'm going to go check it out," I said.
"Seriously?" Dae asked. "You just woke up Betty, can't you just relax for a change?"
I shook my head. "Not if I want to check something out."
I decided to just go ahead and get up, since I was already in my pajamas, I put my socks and shoes on. Then, I opened up the balcony and did a running jump and was soon up in the air. I flew as fast as I could to the Castle of the Two Sisters, but when I got to the bridge that led to the castle, I paused.
I heard Dae trying to catch his breath as he caught up to me. "You know you could give a guy a warning before you do that! I mean, I know I can fly but I'm not that fast!"
I chuckled, "You really need to work out more."
Dae rolled his eyes. "Very funny Betty."
I hesitated as I stared forward. Normally, I fly over the bridge, but I suddenly wasn't sure if I wanted to. I wasn't sure if I wanted to walk across the bridge either just yet.
"You know you don't have to do this right?" Dae said.
I nodded. "I know, but I think I should. Like I said, there's something that I want to check out."
After a moment, I brought myself to at least walk across the bridge. Dae followed closely behind me as I paced across it, one foot after the other. I paused when I saw the pool of blood where my Mother's body was, that had since then been removed for autopsy. I don't see why that's needed, because I know what killed her. My Death Walker weapon did. I also added to it a fatal punch to the chest.
I scanned the area and used my tracking abilities until I found it. I went over and picked it up. "There you are!"
"What is it?" Dae asked.
I smirked when I picked up what looked like Mother's calling card. It was a playing card. An Ace to be exact. There was a bloody fingerprint on the bottom left of it, as well as the words, 'Mom kills Betty' written on it. Honestly, I'm surprised it didn't say, 'Mom kills my little halfbreed' instead. "Ha! I guess I get the last laugh this time! Wow, Ms. Strange Woman that I met at birth! You were psycho up until the very end! Yeah, mommy loves you my butt!"
Dae laughed, "Okay, I know this is supposed to be serious and all but that's funny!"
"Yup," I said, "and I'm keeping it!"
Dae paused and raised an eyebrow. "Say what now?"
"You heard me correctly," I said, "I'm keeping it."
"Alrighty then," said Dae, "if it were me, I would throw it in the furnace."
I shrugged and put The Strange Woman I met at birth's calling card in my pants pocket. "Okay, I'm satisfied, I found exactly what I wanted to find. Let's go home."
Dae nodded and we headed back to the cottage.
* * *
There was no way that I was going to The Strange Woman I met at birth's funeral. Nope, I wasn't going to do it. Norman and the others understood why I wasn't going to go. I mean, who would go to their abusers funeral, even if they didn't kill them? Unless you're a crazy person. After The Strange Woman I met at my birth's funeral I had been thinking long and hard about things. There's an unspoken rule that sooner or later, a Death Walker must make their decision to live or to die. I was also thinking about it during the fight to the death with The Strange Woman I met at birth. I was leaning toward my decision to die, and I had talked to Dae about it also, and he said it was my choice. Dae also said whatever I chose to do was fine. But since my birthday was coming up in a few weeks, I decided to hold off on my Death Walker choice until then.
It was the day of my birthday and right when I was going out to celebrate Nightmare Night, I heard thundering footsteps come running up to the cottage. I knew whose footsteps they were, because of how loud they were… They belonged to Spike. I opened the door before he could even knock.
"What's up Spike?" I asked.
Spike looked up at me, "I… Have… A message… For you…" before panting to catch his breath. When he finally managed to compose himself, he said, "Dae and Twilight want you to come to the Castle in Canterlot! They've been planning a surprise for you and Twilight seems awfully excited about it!"
I paused. "Wait, what? Why would Dae be planning a surprise for me with Princess Twilight? That doesn't make any sense at-" I stopped myself from finishing my sentence and stared up blankly when I realized that the only reason Dae would be planning something for me with Princess Twilight, probably had something to do with his special punishment part two. I looked down to the baby dragon, "Okay fine, I'll go," I nodded, "as long as Dae's there, I should be safe from that spoiled brat of a ruler and why didn't you fly here Spike? You know you have wings right?"
"Oh I did fly here," said Spike, "I just ran the rest of the way."
I stared up at him, "Alright then," I nodded, "let's go."
Spike nodded and I soon took to air with Spike flying right behind me.
* * *
Once I got to the castle, Spike told me to follow him down to the throne room. I followed him and when we got there I hesitated.
"Don't worry Betty," said Spike reassuringly while looking up at me from the left, "just go on in and everything will be fine, if need be I can protect you from Twilight."
I chuckled, "Okay Spike, I'll take your word for it."
When I opened the doors to the throne room, it was dark at first. The lights flipped on and there was a chorus of the word 'surprise' that erupted all throughout the room. It was very surprising, that's for sure. Instead of jumping a foot in the air, I flew a foot in the air when it happened.
I saw Pinkie hopping up and down excitedly. "That was my best surprise yet!"
"No kidding." I felt someone yank on my tail and pull me back down to the floor. "Ow! That's my stupid tail you know!"
Everyone laughed at my reaction to my tail being yanked on.
You always say that when someone yanks on your tail. Dae thought.
Yeah, because it hurts and it's attached! How many times do I have to keep telling people that? I thought.
I think people do it just to hear that reaction out of you! If you would stop reacting that way, then maybe people would stop doing it! Oh, and it was me that yanked on your tail this time. Dae thought.
Okay, exactly what surprise were you planning with Princess Twilight? I thought.
You'll see… Dae thought.
As soon as Dae thought that, I instantly regretted asking.
"It's about time I get to be in your presence, Betty and I hope this will be an environment where it's not so tense between us." Princess Twilight said. When I saw her I bowed to her and she shook her head. "Don't bow to me at this moment Betty. I'm still on house arrest and won't be off it for a couple more years and since I left the castle unauthorized, I got another year added to my punishment and rightfully so since I put you in danger. Anyway, let's change the subject, you're twenty-two years old right on the dot and I have a special surprise for you! Actually, two special surprises."
"If it's an engagement ring," I said, "I don't want it."
"I know that Betty," said Princess Twilight, "it's not an engagement ring, I promise."
I gave Princess Twilight a wary look. "Uh-huh…"
"It's okay Betty," said Dae, "I'm right here in case she pulls something."
Princess Twilight blushed and looked away, she lit up her horn and floated over to me in her magic, what looked like some sort of certificate. It said that I was an honorary rookie adult next to my age.
"Okay," I said after raising an eyebrow. "what's this all about?"
"Well, you see Betty," said Princess Twilight, "I know you won't accept my apology or marriage proposal. Or at least, not at the moment…” she blinked, “So I figured you would at least take this from me. With this certificate attached to your birth certificate, it shows you're a rookie adult in the eyes of the law, so you have the full rights that a rookie adult has. Especially since it's been given to you by the ruler of Equestria it's valid everywhere you go in the country. Please accept this from me."
I nodded. "Yes, this is something I accept from you."
Princess Twilight looked overjoyed by this and she clapped her hooves together. "Wonderful! And here's your second surprise!"
I gave Dae a look and he shrugged. It was clear that Dae had nothing to do with this, judging by the look of surprise on his face. Once again, Princess Twilight lit up her horn and pulled out of thin air a red sash that had both of my medals on it. The first medal I won was at the top of it and the second medal was below it.
Princess Twilight took the sash and tied it around me from my left shoulder to my waist. She smiled. "There! Now you look like the warrior you are!"
Dae smiled at me. "It looks good on you."
He pulled me into his arms and kissed me. Of course, that led to the chorus of the word 'awe' around the room. So the party got started from there and when it was dying down later and most of the guests were gone, Dae wanted to go somewhere in the Castle with me. I wasn't quite sure where we were going, but curiosity made me follow him.
I stopped short when I saw where we were at. We were in a room in the castle and it wasn’t a guest room either. It looked a lot like a room where the ruler of Equestria might stay.
No, this isn't the Princesses room, Dae thought, It's a room where different rulers from different countries would stay when visiting Equestria. I had to use this room when Lucifer set me up on that stupid arranged marriage date with Princess Twilight. In case you're wondering, yes, this is part two of Princess Twilight's punishment for harming you. I have her locked up in a cage already and she's ready to be punished.
Are you sure this is a good idea? I thought.
Yup! Dae thought.
Dae went and sat on the bed that was in the center of the room and motioned for me to sit next to him. Then it dawned on me, Dae's idea of a punishment was to have sex with me right in front of Princess Twilight.
Are you nuts Dae? Seriously? And in front of the Princess? I thought.
"Hey!" I heard Princess Twilight shout. I looked to see her locked up in a cage just like Dae said.
"Exactly how is this punishment for her?" I asked. "This might turn her on if you know what I mean."
Dae chuckled, "Yeah no, you wanna know why?"
"I'm afraid to ask this, but why?" I asked.
"Because she'll get a nice little electric shock every five minutes while we enjoy ourselves." Dae said. "And, it adds to the torture, because she can't join in. If she doesn't know how to take no for an answer after this, I have no idea what to do."
"Hey, Dae, I thought we were friends now!" Princess Twilight whined. "Why can't I join in?"
Dae gagged. "First of all the very thought of having sex with you, makes me want to gag. Second, I doubt Betty wants to have sex with you either."
I nodded. "You got that right!"
"Third, just because you helped me plan Betty's birthday party along with Pinkie," said Dae, "doesn't make us friends."
"Fine." Princess Twilight mumbled.
Dae and I got underneath the covers and took each other's clothes off. I didn't pay attention to Princess Twilight screaming in pain every five minutes because of her electric shock therapy. I just enjoyed making love to Dae.