//------------------------------// // (50) Life: Light rain // Story: The nature of the beast. // by Kintra //------------------------------// After breakfast both Light and myself had begun walking around town, He felt like a lot of things were familiar so there still was sort of recognition, Maybe a physical memory or some shit, I never did any research on stuff like this! I mean, when could someone say they needed to research Genetic memories because it was going to be important when they had a kid? Either way, I ended up carrying light on my shoulder like yesterday; he said it “Almost makes me feel like a Pegasus!” Which is cool, he still hates the fact that he’s all…earth ponie-ie eventually we made it around to Misty’s shop. “Hey kiddo, can we stop in here for a bit? I… Kinda need to apologize to misty.” He nodded and I entered the store, He decided to stay outside for whatever reason. When I got inside misty gave me a seriously concerned look, I just wanted to hug her and say it would all be alright. I mean, It IS going to be alright, but still. “Hey Misty, sorry about bailing on you yesterday, I wasn’t lying when I said my kid was going to explode. He did, He’s okay now though. He’s a tough lil squirt.” She smiled as I said that and sighed in relief when I finished. “Oh thank goodness. I was really worried yesterday; you left in such a hurry I thought something bad happened.” I laughed. “Well, if you consider light losing all of his memories good? Then nothing bad happened.” I walked to the counter and pulled out a gold bit placing it on the counter. “What this for?” “For making you pay for lunch.” She laughed. I wasn’t kidding. “I’m serious you know, I made you pay for lunch, so I’m reimbursing plus interest.” She looked at me a moment. “So you’re paying me back and showing interest?” She’s screwing with me. I LOVE IT! “Well miss mist. If you want me to show more interest I would be happy to oblige.” She smiled and blushed. “Okay, you win.” Aha! Victory! “So how about your son? Is he…Okay?” I laughed. “You know, maybe he should be in here too.” I walked outside again to find light playing tic tac toe with himself…And somehow losing. “Kiddo, wanna know about who you are?” He looked at me and nodded. “Come on in.” I held the door open as he walked into the store. After a moment of getting comfortable on her counter and hoisting Light up as well, I was ready to tell misty everything. “Okay... Misty, You know how you asked if I at one point had leechwood in my system?” She nodded. “Well… There you go.” I pointed to Light. He looked at me like I was stupid. “I’m not leechwood.” I laughed. “See? It’s pretty cool right? He is literally my son, in a way no other could be. He has half my soul. But he is his own being.” Misty just looked shocked. Light looked like a light came on in his head. “OH OKAY! That makes a lot of sense! I was wondering how I knew all these things about souls and stuff, but if I’m a pony copy of you, then…Wow. I really am your son.” Seriously, this kid never ceases to amaze me! Misty looked at me again. “What made you need leechwood anyway?” I looked to Light. Then I picked him up and placed him on my lap. I just pet his mane as I thought of the best way to word it. “Well, you remember the fist fighting the manticore thing?” Again she nodded. “Well, about that time is when I got it. The manticore, after I had…Disabled it, Struck me in my chest.” I tapped my chest where it hit. “And so I had leechwood implanted. But I have this thing called a ‘Spark’ you heard of it?” She nodded again not wanting to interrupt me. “Well the leechwood, feeding off the spark had an insane amount of growth in just a few months. About the time I moved to Ponyville, or more accurately, a little before my house started being built, the leechwood had grown into my brain, so it could speak to me.” She gasped at the brain growing part. Light just listened. It was his birth after all. “After a few conversations, light, was what the leechwood became known as. After a while, we figured out a way to separate him and I while offering us both chances at survival. So we took it. Light here started off as a stallion almost as tall as me, and way bigger.” He laughed. He liked that outcome. “But the downside is that his magical body was made to base his body off his mind, and his big stallion form, was based off of mine. Eventually it adapted to him and shrank, followed by his mind dumping all his memories. Or as him and I called it, He Popped.” Light was standing and looking up at me. Fucking adorable. I don’t even care. “And now I have a son who has taken every single piece of news about his birth in stride, and doesn’t appear to hate me. So, so far so good.” He smiled and tried hugging me; I ended up having to pick him up so he could reach my neck. “Thanks Eclipse.” “Any time little man.” I started hearing sniffles, Both Light and I turned to see misty was now tearing up a tissue floating next to her. “T-T-That is s-s-s-so b-b-beautiful!!” Light face-hoofed. I face-palmed. When we saw each other do the same thing. We bro-hoofed. Hell yea, my son is the shit. But I set light down and moved around to misty. I gave her a hug, and Light did too. “Thanks for being sad for us misty, but I think we got it.” Well-spoken light. Well-spoken indeed. Light misty and myself ended up spending a good hour and a half together before we left her to tend the store. This time he was riding on my head keeping himself there with his legs. I had a pony-crown. “So, those girls I was with yesterday…uh... Scootaloo, Sweetie...Belle? And Apple Bloom. Do you think they would want to be my friend?” I laughed. “Dude, one thing you never need to worry about here is friends. Just be yourself. They will like you for who you are. Speaking of which, I just saw those three run into Sugarcube corner, See that big cupcake looking building there?” He nodded and I set him on the ground. “You remember where the house is?” He nodded and smiled. “Back before dark right?” I laughed. He definitely remembered something. “Yea light. Back before dark.” I watched him run off. I never thought I was father material. But shit. So far? I don’t think I’m doing too bad. Now I just need to do some paperwork, and then maybe back to misty. Misty…Yea. I like her. I headed up the few remaining steps to the mayor’s office and knocked. After the familiar “Come in!” I entered much to the mayor’s glee. “Oh thank goodness you’re here, we just got swamped yesterday! Huge amounts of shipments going everywhere! And I jus…” I cut her off “Go get a coffee mayor, Cool off, I’ll take it from here. Just be ready to sign a lot of papers when you get back.” She sighed and stood. She walked up to me and nuzzled my leg. “Thank you Eclipse. You really are one of the best things to happen to me in a very long time.” Wow, depressing. “Maybe you should find a nice stallion, then I would be second best and I could start dusting this pedestal you won’t let me off of.” She laughed and headed into the daylight. I went and sat behind her desk… I really need to get my own. *Sigh* A good four hours into work and I begin to see why the mayor was freaking, this would have backed her up years if not for me. There were so many incoming and outgoing shipments, I actually had to focus! At least till I finished. At this point I’m just sorting them, checking for mistakes shit like that. Then I get a surprise visit from AJ! YAY! “Hello applejack, Nice day out huh?” She laughs as she comes and sits in front of the desk “It’s good ta see ya too eclipse. I didn’t realize what the pony folks” YES! “Were saying was true. Ya really are workin fer tha mayor.” Ho ho ho… “Yes, yes I am, hey Aj, this is going to sound really weird. But can you say ‘Helping the pony folks and stuff’ like you’re really tired?” She raised an eyebrow at me. “Say what?” “Helping the pony folks and stuff’ Just once, in a really tired voice.” She gave me the weird eyes again but shrugged. “Uh, okay. I guess. Ah like helpin the pony folks *Yawn* `nd stuff.” I lost it I started laughing; she started giving me the stink eye. Was it worth it? Oh HELL yes. “Now ah don’t really see what was so funny `bout that.” I just laughed more. And beckoned her over. She did albeit slowly. And I just swept her into a hug. “Oh Aj, I don’t think you ever will understand why that meant so much to me, just as long as you know you made my day 20% cooler by saying it.” She smiled and coughed. So I let her go and started sorting my paperwork again. A lot of freaking paper these ponies use. “Well, ya certainly are right when ya say I don’t get it but that’s alright, I wanted to come and ask about this Moon Mist mare ya been hanging with.” OH PLEASE GOD don’t let aj try and make me break it off. “I want you to move faster.” … “What?” “Ah mean, Ah don’t know if you noticed. But yall have been doin great together. Ah`ve seen ya with her fer the past couple days, and ya always leave all full a smiles. So I want ya ta move faster. `afore anypony else gets an idea.” OH WOW. “Ya know AJ, I appreciate you trying to give me advice on moon mist, I do. But this time? I’m doing things on my own. You’re certainly the second to approve of my coupling with her, but none the less. I would like if you back off the subject.” She nodded her head. “Ah understand, ya don’t wanna rush things. Ah can `ppreciate that. After all, Be sorta pounced me. And when she started on mah ear….” …Is…Is she purring? “Applejack?” she broke her trance and looked at me a moment. “Ah think ah better go... thinking about that woman does some bad things to my hindquarters.” “A J! Too much!” She chuckled started walking out the door. She knew I was watching too. *Sigh* I’m a horrible person…Or just a pervert! I like that. After finishing with the filing and shit I headed back out into the day. I had apparently wasted more time than I thought because the mayor’s clock read 8:34 PM. The mayor was actually headed back in the door when I walked by. “Oh, eclipse dear, you had better hurry, the pegasi are set to make it rain any time…never mind, sorry dear.” Dimmit… So now I have to run all the way across town, in heavy rain just to get home… “Three…Two…One…GO” I took off running as fast as I could, the rain was pelting my face and it felt like icy needles. I managed to make it home in just under three minutes, but I was soaked and shivering. When I got inside moon mist was waiting with thorn and Light. They all saw me panting and shivering and all but light went “Aww” Light just laughed. Good boy. After a very hot shower and change of clothes I headed out to the living room. “And so Eclipse goes into this big fancy restaurant and sits down. When the waiter came over he ordered three thousand éclairs! The poor dear nearly fainted! He didn’t know they were for a party!” Moon mist laughed even though it wasn’t that funny. Light was giving me the “Oh please god tell me you’re here to Whisk me away to safety” Stare, so I did just that. “Light, to bed man. Opposite my door. You got school in the morning.” Suddenly he hated me. “Awww man!” He hopped down and ran upstairs. I heard his door close, so at least he listens. “Eclipse, are any of the stories that thorn tells about your royal escapades true? Did you really cause THAT much trouble?” I just laughed. “You heard about the time I caught the dinner table on fire?” she gawked at me as Thorn busted out laughing. “How about when I tricked princess Celestia into hitting on a nobleman?” Again thorn doubled over. Mists eyes went wider. “Or, another good one was when Brew and I set up these little makeshift rain hoses all around during a party. Halfway through a fantastic slow dance we rained on them. Everypony was soaking and pissed. But no one ever caught us. Then again, Celestia always made sure they didn’t look too hard. She enjoyed the pranks too.” At this point thorn was actually starting to cough because she was laughing so hard, and if mists eyes could get any bigger she could be a crusader. “You did NOT do those things.” I laughed. “I did them, my shenanigans made parties in the royal castle feared events.” “She started laughing as I picked up Thorn and started stroking her mane, trying to calm her down. For such a quiet pony she sure can laugh. “That is horrible… But I digress; we can talk about this some other time. I really need to head home.” I shook my head. “You’re not going anywhere, not in this weather. We have a few guest rooms available, Feel free to use one. And I’m not taking no for an answer young lady.” She pouted at me. “Oh fine. I think thorns okay now.” She had stopped coughing a bit ago. “She is, I just really like her mane.” Thorn giggled. Then she crawled out of my lap and went upstairs, most likely to bed. You ever do that? Laugh so hard it makes you tired? “As for you mist, the only rooms unavailable are the one across from me, and at the very end of the hall.” She thought about that. “You said those are the only rooms that are off limits?” I nodded “I’m heading to bed myself. See you in the morning.” She nodded and followed me into my room. When I laid down she hopped onto the bed next to me. Like I would complain. “You really want to sleep in my bed with me misty?” She just smiled at me. “Sharing a bed with a human… I’ve done worse.” I laughed and moved further in, there was plenty of room. “You’re gonna have to tell me all about it.” She nodded as I yawned. I hadn’t bothered covering up so she ended up just moving my arm and curling up next to me, Her head on my chest as my arm held her in place. Although one of her hooves was pressing into my sides, it wasn’t enough to bother me. Plus her mane smelled like rain. I mean shit. That’s awesome. “Night misty.” “Good night Eclipse.” My last conscious thought was “This is too fast isn’t it?”