Twilight stirred in place, looking at the moderately glowing body.
"You sure he's going to be better?" She said quietly, looking with a hurt look towards Luna.
"Yes, he'll be fine. At this point, I've rid his brain of the cloud the virus was holding over him, and restored his memories. Unfortunately, he still has the virus. Now all we can do is wait..." A tear came to her eye.
"But...How? He was dead... How could you bring him back to life? Or better yet, how did you restore his memories?"
Luna looked at her, and chuckled a little. Luckily, she had gotten a bad feeling about Alex fighting a full-grown dragon on his own, so she and her sister quickly rushed there in time to see him hit the ground, wheezing his last dying breath. Luna quickly touched her horn lightly to his forehead, and they both began to glow. She had caught him just before his body tipped over the edge of death.
"Death owed me one. And..." She trailed off, looking down softly. She then turned her head to Celestia, who raised an eyebrow. "I have a confession to make... I... I traveled to this human's universe." Twilight gasped. Celestia simply eyed her quietly, her eyebrow not dropping. "And... I watched him through his sister's eyes.I was with her originally to survey the human race, but she caught a deadly disease. On her dying bed, I showed her my true form, and her dying wish was for me to watch over her brother in case he came back." She sighed and looked back to Alex. "He really is a nice person. He was simply put through a lot for no reason..."
Celestia took this break to chime in. "I know, Luna. Did you really think i didn't notice you disappearing randomly?" Luna gave a sheepish smile. Before anyone could say anything, Alex groaned and began to sit up. Luna quickly changed forms to look like Dana, and she stood in front of him, waiting for him to fully wake up.
"Alex, are you ok?" She said lightly. Alex's eyes shot open like rockets were strapped to his eyes.
"Dana?!" He sat up, and looked around, and saw Celestia and Twilight. "I'm not dead, but I was dead... and I have my conscience... What..." He looked at what he thought was his sister. "What happened?" He watch Dana stand up, and walk back.
Alex watched in horror as his beloved sister morphed back into the night-colored mare. He sat up quickly, and summoned his claws, armor, and wings all at once. His wings were 3 times the size they used to be. He was about to rush her when he was halted mid-jump.
"YOU KILLED MY SISTER!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. He felt a heat build up in his stomach. He turned his head to her, and a fire built in his eyes. He let out the most primal yell his body could muster.
"YOU KILLED HER!!!!!!!" And with this yell, the fire in his stomach ran up his throat, and out his mouth. Producing a pitch-black fire. That soon engulfed everything he saw. He continued his yell, not even close to running out of breath.
The rage inside of him was building. Who was she to impersonate his sister? The only family he had left. He twisted against his magical restraints, slowly pulling away from them. He saw a light in front of him, and he found the mare's horn directly in front of his forehead. His whole vision went black.
Alex was noticing he was watching another memory. One that the unicorn-pegasus mix must have been putting into his mind. What he saw would change his whole outlook on life. He was watching in third person, watching as the blue mare was talking to his sister, lying on her deathbed.
"Dana, are you sure you want this?" Luna said quietly. All Dana did was nod, and her voice came out weakly.
"I need someone to watch out for my brother. He has lead a painful life, and sometimes needs help with things... All I ask is that you take care of him, Luna."
A single tear ran down Luna's face. "Yes, Dana. I'll watch out for him."
Dana held out a hand, and Luna put out her horn. Dana grasped it with what little strength she had left. A wave of memories came over Luna, and she instantly knew everything Dana knew, friends, family, job, skills, everything. Luna shape-shifted, and she looked just like Dana. The real Dana looked up to her.
"Thank you... So much, Luna... Watch...for...him..." Her monitor flat-lined, and Luna teleported out of the room, and back to Dana's apartment. She was crying quietly.
The world went black again, and the next slideshow of memories was of her and Alex, talking, her helping him, and ultimately, her in her normal form, watching Alex from the sky.
Alex's vision returned, and he was released from his grip. He knelt on the ground, and looked up to Luna.
"It...It was you the whole time?" He squeaked out, a tear welling in his eye. The virus in his mind was now gone, and he could think clear with the mind he had before he became the infected. His human conscious was wracking at him, berating him for everything he did while infected. He de-morphed everything, now noticing he had his...powers out?! He had never used more than one... But, if he had his powers, how was his mind back? He looked up to Luna, who had tears of her own.
"I know, Alex.. I'm sorry. But I had to do what I could. For you. For my kingdom."
Celestia and Twilight simply watched in true curiosity. They didn't even know what to say or how to react, so they simply backed up a few steps, and sat and watched. Celestia pulled a bag of popcorn out of nowhere, and began munching on them rigorously, watching the events unfold. She offered a small amount to Twilight, who equally began eating them, focused on the drama occurring in front of her.
"But... you... You lied to me!" Alex drew upon all his powers again, only to be stopped by Luna's hoof on his shoulder.
"Alex, I'm sorry. But it was for your own good. And the good of my kingdom."
Alex saw as a tear dropped onto his head, and he returned to his normal form again. He had tears of his own, but he refused to let them run. He had to be strong, for his own mentality's sake. Another tear stuck his his head, and that nearly caused him to go overboard, but he looked up to see Luna smiling down to him.
"I-I'll send you back. It'll be like nothing ever happened... I can return you to what you were like before, like nothing eve-" She was stopped by a finger tapping lightly on her muzzle. Her face turned a bright red.
"I understand. But if I have the opportunity to stay here, and not go back to that hellhole, I'll take it." Then it hit Alex. One day ago, he would have been itching to go back, and use his wings to berate and kill every blacklight in sight. But now, that seemed like the most inhumane thing to him.
"B-but... What did you do to my brain? I have a whole new mindset on everything..."
"I returned your mind to the state it was before you were infected. Before everything went wrong. You still have your powers, I could not rid those, but your brain is cleansed."
Alex had a look of surprise plastered across his face. His eyes were wide, and his mouth was slightly agape. he brought his arms back to his sides, and looked at her.
"Then what now?" He asked, shrugging his shoulders.
"You live and do what you want. You could be a guard here. I'm sure nopony would dare question you."
Alex smiled. On the right side of the law? This is going to be a good twist. He noticed he had gone silent, and he looked at her with a stern face.
"I'll consider it..." He coughed, hard. A large puff of smoke erupted from his mouth. Then it crossed his mind. He had absorbed a dragon, and died. He turned and looked to the princess, who had rejoined her sister. A grin crossed his face, and he began to shapeshift.
He felt his neck become very long, and his limbs very big. Soon he found himself towering over the horrified looking ponies. He was not as big as the original dragon, but he was a dragon nontheless. He switched back.
He saw how he had activated multiple powers when he was enraged. He summoned his claws, then his wings, then his horn, then his armor. He then felt a fire grow in his stomach again. He looked at the sisters, and Luna was smiling, crying, and hugging her sister. They looked back at him. He noticed Twilight was gone, but he thought nothing of it. He turned his head to an open window, and let a pillar of fire erupt from his mouth.
Multiple powers, fire, giant wings, turning into a dragon, being on the top of the law... This could be good.
He retracted his powers, and walked calmly over to Luna.
"I'll take that job." Luna smiled at him, then removed her pendant off her chest, and floated it over to Alex. She wrapped it around his neck.
"Then keep that." She said, with a steady, firm tone. She was smiling with a wide smile, and Alex accepted the offer.
"If you say so." Maybe it was having his human mind-set back, but he final was being happy here, regardless of his past.
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Seven years later.
Alex sat up groggily in his bed. He put a hand to his head, he had a serious headache, and no recollection of what happened last night. Shit, too much to drink? Only one way to really tell... He clapped his hands rather loudly, and it rang in his ears, wracking his brain. Yup, hungover. He stood up slowly, and walked over to his armor. He had managed to put the virus to his will, and he was able to turn his body back to normal. He could dress up in other clothes, and now he had his armor. In the last seven years, he had reached the top ranks of the palace guards. Today was his day off. He smiled at the armor, impressed with he craftsmanship. Celestia's sun had just crested, and he walked out of his room.
His path to the kitchen was cut off when he accidentally ran into Luna.
"Oh, hello Alex." She said, blushing lightly. "Today is a special day for you. Seven years ago today, you fought off a dragon, keeping this kingdom, your home, safe."
"Oh, I remember." He stuck out his wings. The infection truly did bear to his will. All of his powers were no longer black and red, but any color he wanted. his wings were a graceful black, with brighter feathers. He loved them, they were gigantic. He looked to see Luna smiling, blushing slightly.
Alex raised an eyebrow. "What are you looking at?" He said, rather blatantly.
Luna's reply was quiet, but audible. "you know what they say about big wings..."
Celestia cut in from the other room.
"SISTER! I CAN HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS FROM HERE!"
Luna turned a very unholy shade of red, before she quickly ran out of the room. Alex shrugged the gesture off, as he walked calmly toward the kitchen, going over and over again how this happened.
(A/N That's all, folks! I kinda had to rush the end of this, so there is no editing. Look over those please. Hope you enjoyed!)