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// 16) Worried about Betty 
// Story: The Ghost of Cozy Glow the Third Story 
// by SapphireRose87 
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{Betty}

I went down the passageway, which really wasn’t much to look at. It was a brick hallway ,dimly lit by torches. As soon as I got to the library, I couldn’t see anything.

Now I know I’m in the right place. Where’s that candle? I jumped when I saw candlelight behind me.

“Took you long enough,” Norman laughed.

“If you’re trying to scare me,” I said, “Nightmare Night has already passed you know.”

“It’s funny,” said Norman,  “you and I got together four weeks before your birthday. You and Dae got together three weeks before your birthday right before you defeated Tirek.”

“Huh, interesting,” I didn’t think about that until Norman said something about it. I didn’t think that detail was important, but I guess it is. I smiled.

Norman nodded. “Uh-huh.”

Another thing I didn’t think of freaked me out. I realized that we weren’t back at the Castle in Canterlot. So Mr. Giggles could pop up at any time.

“I know what you’re thinking because of that look on your face,” Norman said. “No, Mr. Giggles won’t be able to pop up here either.”

“How do you know?” I asked.

“This place already has a magical barrier set up,” said Norman. “According to the books Discord was able to find, Luna and Celestia dealt with Mr. Giggles before. They were able to send him to the cave in the Afterlife but, unfortunately, Mr. Giggles won’t stay in the cave for very long because he gets summoned every once and a while. He does his best to cause as much terror as he can. For some reason, he also has to eat, and he can only do that for ten years before he has to go back to his cave in the Afterlife until his next summons.” 

I frowned. "But if Celestia or Luna couldn't kill him... Then what chance do we have?"

"We do have a chance! We're Death Walkers and we're more powerful than them," Norman replied. "With the three of us fighting him along with you, there's a good chance we'll be able to kill him."

Even though Norman was trying to comfort me, I didn't want to believe it. If Norman, Cozy Glow, or Dae got into the same trouble I did with Mr. Giggles then I didn't know what I would do. 

I looked away. "Oh."

 Norman grabbed my hand and he picked a chair in the library, sat down, and made me sit on his lap. "Do you want to when I realized I had feelings for you? To tell the truth, I never thought I'd fall for my older sister. But I did."

"When?" I asked.

"Right after you fought Mr. Giggles at the Equestria Day Festival," Norman answered. "I just couldn't get you out of my head after that. I kept reading your history book over and over again. Honestly, I don't know how many times I read it." 

I laughed. "It's funny because I realized I had feelings for you until after I talked to Dae about how I was feeling. According to Dae, it's acceptable to sleep with your siblings in Hell. I wasn't sure if it was acceptable in Equestria."

"I looked up the laws about it and it is," Norman said. "You can sleep with your siblings, you just can't marry them. which makes sense. Of course, Jasper, Sunset and Robert teased me about my feelings for you. They finally stopped teasing me after I told you how I felt. At least they didn't lock us in a room, like they did with me and Jasper."

"I still can't believe they did that," I said.

I guess Norman decided that story time was over because he hugged me and kissed me. 

"Let's not think about that right now," He said. 

After that, I did exactly what Norman wanted me to do. I straddled him on his lap and when we started making love to each other, I stopped worrying about things like Mr. Giggles, at least for the time being.



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{Norman} 

Even though I had been trying to comfort Betty about Mr. Giggles, I couldn't help but worry about her. It seemed to me that comforting her wasn't helping much. Now, when I worry about Betty, Jasper seems to be able to pick up on it, and he usually encourages me to stay at the watchtower with him for the night. 

So I stayed with Jasper tonight because I was worried about Betty. I smiled as I watched Jasper sleeping. I just can't get over how cute he is asleep. Jasper must have been helping someone deal with their nightmare because the Dreamwalker tool was glowing. The Dreamwalker tool is a simple device. It's a blue wand with a crescent moon attached to it, which glows when it’s in use. Once the Dreamwalker tool stopped glowing, Jasper woke up.

Jasper yawned and stretched. "One would think that jumping into someone's dream would make you think you're still asleep, but I guess not."

I smiled. "Yeah, too bad demons don't need to sleep, unless they go to the Church of Satan to recharge." 

I've been wondering lately if demons dream, and if they dream when they're asleep what do they dream about? I think Jasper can read minds like Betty and Dae can because he always seems to know what I'm thinking about. 

"I know what you're thinking," Jasper said. "Even if demons dream, I'm not really sure if I could enter into their dream because they're already dead. Even if I could, why would I need to help them? I mean they're demons, so…"

I frowned and looked down at the covers. "I just can't stop worrying about Betty. She's learning the Mirror Technique, but I guess it's a good thing she's already dead or she would give herself a heart attack worrying about things so much. The last time I saw her train on the arrow obstacle course, I lost count on how many arrows she took to the chest---one went right through her heart! Every other time I've seen her, her ears have dropped because she's so frustrated right now. The fact that Dae's brother, Max, keeps bothering her doesn't help matters either."

Before Jasper could answer, there was a loud knock on the door.

"Prince Jasper!" Wild Ace shouted. "I would like to speak to you, right now!"

Jasper groaned and shook his head. "Headache Two strikes again! I swear Wild Ace is going to give this family a migraine!"

The knocking continued, and so did the shouting.

"Maybe we should ignore him?" I suggested. "I know exactly what he wants to talk to you about. I walked past him when I came here."

"Yeah, no, I know how Wild Ace is," said Jasper, "and he probably won't stop knocking anytime soon."

Jasper got out of bed, grabbed his pants, put them on, and went downstairs.

"My, my, Jasper," said Wild Ace, "aren't you looking sexy with your shirt off!"

"What are you doing here, Wild Ace?" Jasper growled.

"I know Prince Norman is in there," said Wild Ace. "I saw him come in here earlier."

"And, your point?" Jasper snapped. "That's none of your business, so stop poking your snout in places where it doesn't belong!"

"What?" Wild Ace said. "I was just wondering if you two would be up for a threesome?"

That was a question that Wild Ace shouldn't have been asking because he already knows the answer to it. I could tell by the sound of Jasper's voice how pissed he was that Wild Ace had the nerve to ask that question.

"How dare you ask that question!" Jasper roared. "You know for a fact that Norman doesn't sleep with the second branch of the family, and that's his choice! Harassing him about it isn't going to give you any chances to be with him! When are you going to learn that you're not entitled to things just because you're family? Honestly, Wild Ace, you were the biggest mistake I ever made!"

"But-" Wild Ace started. 

"I'm going to tell Norman about this, and hopefully you'll be thrown out of the royal family!" Jasper sneered. 

"You can't do that!" Wild Ace shrieked. 

"I can," Jasper growled, "and I will! Don't bother me again! Goodnight!"

I almost fell out of the bed when Jasper slammed the door so hard that the whole watchtower shook. My jaw dropped when Jasper came back into the room. He started laughing when he looked at me. Finally, he stopped laughing. "Why so shocked Norman?"

"I've never seen you that angry before," I said, "not even at me!"

"That's because I can't stay mad at you, you're too adorable to stay mad at," Jasper said.

"Well, at least you don't have daggers to throw at me like Betty does," I said.

Jasper flinched. "Yeah, I still would rather get slapped by Sunset. What was her target this time?"

"Dae's brother, Max," I said, "it's all over the news in Hell when she does it."

Jasper snorted. "Wow, I would love to read that news article. I'm sure that would provide some comic relief." 

That thought made me smile because I did have the latest news article on Max's stupidity. Dae gave it to me and I couldn't stop laughing just by reading the title of it. "Actually, I have the latest one. Dae gave it to me. I brought it with me to show you. I already showed Sunset and Robert, and they couldn't stop laughing about it."

I got out of bed and went over to my bag and fished out the news article. When I showed it to Jasper, he had tears in his eyes. He was laughing so hard. The title of the news article was: Prince Max Gets Nailed Again! Queen Betty's Dagger Hit the Mark! 

Jasper stopped laughing enough to speak. "Yup! That's comic relief alright! Okay, I'm done laughing, for now."

Jasper handed the news article back to me and I put it away. Once I went back to bed, Jasper started laughing again and this time I joined in. 

"My question is," said Jasper, "why does the guy keep coming around if he knows what's going to happen next?"

I shrugged. "I have no idea. In any case, I'm glad Ruby's married now. I was getting worried for Junior's safety there for a bit. She won't be at family dinner's much now."

"I would feel sorry for him, but he should've known not to chase after someone that doesn't like him," Jasper said. 

"Hey, I talked to him about it several times," I said. "So, he needs to take it in stride and move on now."  

"Yeah," said Jasper, "now if Wild Ace and Elise would learn to stop asking to have sex with you, that would be great."

I sighed. "I guess I'll have to talk to the Royal Court about divorce proceedings tomorrow after I take care of Day Court. Good thing the Royal Family can't make complaints at Day Court, or Wild Ace and Elise would get on my nerves."

"Yeah," Jasper said.

He whispered into my ear words that he wrote in the love letter he sent me and I moaned when he got on top of me. Every time he does that, I just melt into his arms. I knew Jasper was trying to help me out as much as he could. Unfortunately, I knew that the next day, I would go right back to worrying about Betty.


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The very next night, I was confused as to why Dae would summon me to the swimming area that was behind the castle in Hell. I wondered what he was up to when I saw the mischievous look on his face. 

"Okay, why have you summoned me here?" I asked.

"Don't you want to look at her again?" Dae chuckled.

I blinked. "Excuse me?"

Dae pointed behind me and my eyes went wide. I hid behind a nearby tree so Betty couldn't see me. Dae laughed as if he had just played a joke on me, and it sure looked like he had.

"That's not funny, Dae!" I hissed.

"Oh?" Dae said. "I think it is. I find it funny that the ruler of Equestria doesn't know how to initiate sex."
 
I knew Dae was right, and I felt my face turn red, so I looked away. "How did you know about that?"

"Everyone that you're married to in the main branch of the family told me about it," Dae answered. "Apparently, you're too hard to resist." 

"I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that," I said. 

Dae looked like he was trying to keep a straight face. "I think it's time you work on getting past that. I know a Death Walker can't stay away from their body for more than two days tops. I can keep track of the time for you if you want. If you want her, then you should get her."

"Exactly how would I begin to do that?" I asked.

"Well, you could start by getting undressed and sitting in the swimming area," Dae suggested.

"I'm not getting undressed in front of you." 

Dae laughed. "Don't worry, I don't want to see you naked. I'm leaving now, so the rest is up to you."

After Dae left, I just stood there watching Betty swim and debating about whether or not I should go to her. Finally, I decided to go get her, so I got undressed and sat down on the edge of the swimming area and waited for Betty to notice me.


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{Betty}

I met with Sawyer a day ago and it still felt like I wasn't getting anywhere learning the second step to the Mirror Technique. I tried my best not to overdo it on practicing and I decided to take a break for once and go to the swimming area. 

As usual, I don't really swim, I just use my wings to balance myself on the water. I wasn't using my tracking powers when I saw him. Norman was sitting at the edge of the swimming area with a smile on his face. I fell over into the water when I saw him.

"Norman?" I said after I swam up to him. "What are you doing here?"

"Um...I, uh…" Norman said.

Just by looking at him, he wanted something and he was trying to figure out how to get it. I thought about listening in on his thoughts but I decided that if he wanted something he was going to have to figure out how to get it.

"I was wondering, can you do what you were doing before?" he asked. 

"What?" I said. "You mean the whole walking on water thing? Sure." 

I did what I was doing before I saw Norman sitting there. He looked at me in awe and smiled. 

I looked at him. "What?"

"You know . . ." Norman stammered. "You're . . . Beautiful."

I lowered myself down into the water and sat down in the sitting area across from Norman. I thought the nervous look on his face was adorable, although I still had no idea what he wanted from me. 

After a while, it seemed like he figured out how to get what he wanted from me. I looked at him in curiosity at what he was going to do next. I found myself unable to move and Norman gave me a flirting look.

"Can't move?" Norman teased.

I rolled my eyes and then smiled. "I know the spell you're doing, Norman. You do realize I can break out of this in under a minute right?"

Norman swam over to me and sat on my lap. I noticed that he was naked, unlike me because I had a swimsuit on. At that moment, I knew exactly what he was after. 

That's not the way this normally happens, but it's about time he took charge! I thought. 

I forced myself to stay under Norman's spell as much as possible, but it was proving to be difficult. 

"Um, I don't normally do things this way," Norman said. 

I giggled. "Yeah, I know, usually I'm the one that takes the lead."

"All I know at the moment is that I really want to see you naked." Norman took off my swimsuit and started kissing me. I moaned when he thrust into me. He wanted to see me naked and he got exactly what he wanted.