I told Luna and Celestia that I was going to my room and that I did not want to be disturbed. I walked over to the room I had never used that Luna had prepared for me a few nights ago. I walked in to find a desk, a bed, a closet, and a bathroom with a shower and sink. It wasn't very big, but it wasn't small either. It was just the right size. I looked around, I walked over to a mirror that hung above the desk and sat down at it. I looked at myself. My jacket was ripped and it was covered in blood. I would have to get it dropped off at Rarity's place to get fixed. I pulled off my jacket and shirt and inspected the wound. It was three long claw marks running across my chest. They were almost fully healed and was not bleeding at all. I stood up from the desk and walked to the bathroom. I walked in and closed the door behind me. I stripped down a turned the shower on. I stepped in and let all the pain and suffering from the day wash away down the drain. I got a shower and stepped back out. I opened the door and froze when I saw Celestia sitting on my bed waiting for me. Good thing I had a towel around my waist.
"Oh my, deeply sorry, Alex. I did not know you were in the shower." she said not looking away from my scars.
"Its fine. You just kind of surprised me." I replied.
"Well, I was worried about you. The wound looked serious and I wanted to make sure you didn't die on us. I would have been devastated if you did." she said tears forming in her eyes with the thought of me dead.
"Is the genuine concern or is this some twisted way for you to convince me to marry you." I said.
"I can't believe you, Alex! If I was going to try and marry you I would do it head on, no tricks." she said, offended.
"Sorry, back when I lived with the other humans, not a lot of people gave me genuine concern. I was the youngest of six brothers and sisters, my mother and father were always focusing on them. If I wanted anything, I had to get it myself. I pretty much taught myself all of the things I needed to know. I made my own meals when I got old enough and went to school by riding the bus or walking. I lived with very little love in my life. I would have to get it where I could." I told her with all the painful memories started coming back.
"I never new, Alex." she said.
I told her to turn around for a minuet and grabbed a pair of pants and shirt from a drawer(more from Rarity I suppose.). I put them on and told her it was fine to look. She opened her eyes and told me to lay down with her. I moved over to her laying down next to her. The bed was big enough for the both of us and we still had plenty of leg room. She scooted over next to me and laid her head on my lap. She closed her eyes and her breathing slowed down. She was asleep within a minuet. I did not want to disturb her so I laid back and stared up at the ceiling. After all the things I went through my eyes refused to close and let me sleep. I just laid there, blinking up at the ceiling. Most people would be so tired they would be knocked out but I was fine. I herd Celestia whisper in her sleep. I looked down at her. Her eyes slowly opened. She looked up at me. She lifted her head up and leaned in close to me. I was not surprised when our lips met, it wasn't the first time. But something was different. Something strange was happening. I felt true love in her, not just lust. I could feel her hair in my hands. It was soft and sparkly. She moved over on top of me and the kiss continued. I felt something slip down my throat. I pushed her off of me for a second. She asked what was wrong. All of a sudden my vision got blurry.
"Oh yes, I know what happened. You swallowed the pill I gave you. You will finally be mine, and Equestria can finally have a king." she said.
I tried to get up but could not move. Celestia moved in and began to lick my neck. I was a fool. I was a fool for trusting her. I was a fool for believing she would ever be genuinely in love with me. Then I stopped. She did love me. That's why she was doing all of this. She was determined to love me and when she knew I was in love with Luna she was jealous. My mind began to slip away. I was passing out. I fought back the medicine with all my strength. I finally got enough consciousness to pull her off of me. I stood up and told her one thing that I would absolutely regret later:
"If your trying to get me to love you, do it the normal way." I said.
I walked over to the door and walked out. I stumbled around for a minuet but finally the drugs wore off. I got my balance and began to walk to Luna's room. One of the guards stopped me and told me Luna wanted to see me. I told him that's where I was going and I sent him on his way. I walked up the tower stairs and arrived at her room. I knocked twice and it quietly opened. It was dark inside. The curtains were pulled shut and the room was completely dark. I slowly stepped in. I herd the door close behind me. I looked around. I could not see a thing, my eyes were still not adjusted to the darkness. I squinted through the black. I looked over where the bed was and was able to make out a figure laying there.
"Luna?" I asked the figure.
It got up and disappeared into the darkness. I looked around for it but saw nothing. I felt something brush against me from behind. I spun around and tried to grab what touched me but there was nothing there. Something brushed up against my leg, I spun around again and still had no luck. I moved over to a corner. Now the only way this thing could get me was from head on. My heart was pounding in my ears. Beads of sweat formed on my cheeks. I focused in front of me and saw the form again. There was no way it could sneak up on me now. It moved towards me. My heart picked up the pace. I thought it was going to burst out of my chest. Soon the figure was right in front of me. Then it spoke, it was Luna's voice:
"I always herd a male kissed better when his heart was thumping." she said
"What?" I asked.
"Its okay, Alex. Just be still, you don't have to worry about a thing." Luna replied.
She leaned forward, our lips met and my lips burned. I pushed her away and jumped behind her to get away from her.
"What is wrong with you, Luna?" I asked.
"Nothing is wrong, Alex. I just wanted to see how you would react. I herd words around the castle that my sister it trying even harder to take you from me. I'm upping my game a step or two." she replied.
"Is this all this is? Is this just some giant competition to see who gets me?" I asked.
"No, Alex. You see, unlike my sister, I actually love you. She just wants you so that this country has a king and she can finally get married." she said.
She moved towards me again. I backed up. This was escalating quickly and I had no idea what to do. I had two pony princesses bent over backwards in love with me and I could not live with myself knowing I broke one of their hearts. My brain was trying to process all it was taking in. My eyes were finally adjusting to the dark. I could see Luna's face now. She was determined to let me know that she loved me in one way or another.
"Luna, you don't have to do what you are doing. I know how much you care about me and I do not need a demonstration to know that." I told her.
She stopped, her facial expression changed. She told me okay. I told her she had scared me with the whole brushing up against me idea. She told me she had read that it was creepy in a book and wanted to try it out. We both laughed and walked back out into the sun.
I found myself with some free time so I decided to walk around the castle. I explored many places and met lots of ponies while I was exploring. While I was walking I was stopped by two of the guards.
"Alex, I am going to have to ask you to come with us. Something very important has happened and the princess requires your assistance." he said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You will have to see for yourself." the other said.
I ran down to the throne room. I opened the door and found a horrible sight. Celestia was standing over a bloody, beaten and bruised man. She looked over at me and said that she found him snooping close to where they found me. I walked over to him and made Celestia back off of him.
"Hey, Alex. Its good to see that you are unharmed." he said.
My eyes grew wide. I took a step back, I could have known that voice anywhere. It was my eldest brother, Dalton McGrath.
"How did you get here?" I asked him.
"I followed the river at the base off the cliff near our house it led into a cave, I followed the cave and came out here. I was looking around for you and was jumped by these, things." he said sitting up and motioning to Celestia.
"Do you know this human, Alex?" she asked.
"Yea, he is my older brother." I said.
"I have been looking for you, Alex. Mother and father were devastated when they found out you had gone missing. Mother called all of us to tell us. I came as soon as I could. The rest did not want to show themselves." he said.
"You lie! All of you never cared about me. I was just the extra. The last of your horrible bloodline. I wish I would have never been born to mom and dad." I said, anger beginning to rise in my voice.
"That's not true. Mom and Dad cared for you out of their children. You were their favorite." he said.
"They had a funny way of showing it though." I said.
"I came here to bring you back, Alex. We can live together and be a real family for once." he proposed.
"No, I wont go back. I have built a life here. I have friends that care for me here, not a bunch of lying siblings and two parents who don't even care about me." I said.
"But brother-"
"As far as I am concerned you are no longer my brother. As far as I am concerned I have no brothers or sisters." I told him.
"I see. You obviously do not want to go home, and I respect your decision." he said.
I told him to go back home and never to return. He got up and began to walk away. Then he spoke one more time:
"She hates herself you know." he said.
"Who?" I asked.
"Maria, after she found out what happened she fell into depression. She refuses to eat anything and is slowly dieing. I thought you would want to know." Dalton said before he left.
"Oh yea? GOOD! She deserves to die. All of you! Feeding me your lies for so long. None of you cared about me. You never have and you never will!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.
"You have changed, Alex, or should I call you that, you are not the Alex I once knew." he said, looking at me with sad eyes.
I turned away from him, tears forming in my eyes. I told him to just leave. And he did. I thought that would be the last time I ever saw him, or any of my family. I was wrong...