Chapter Eight: Meeting The Twins, Plague & Amnesia
{Dan's POV}
As I headed back to my cave, I could feel Plague and Amnesia, or the twins for short, stir in my mind. They soon wake up, and start talking.
"Daddy?" Plague asked.
"Yes young one?" I asked in return.
"Where are we going?" Amnesia was the one to ask this time.
"We are heading back home young ones," I replied with a smile. Finally, after waiting for a few minuets, my symbiote children spoke their first words. They were both very young, and they had the expected voices of three-year olds. However, it seemed that they already had great grammar speech wise. That would make this a bit easier, seeing as I wouldn't have to teach them how to speak.
"Home?" asked Plague. "Where's that?"
"In a cave in the mountains," I replied, "just above the city of Canterlot, which is straight ahead."
"A city?" Amnesia asked. "A city for who?"
"A city for creatures known a ponies," I said. My they were curious, but that wasn't a bad thing. In fact, curiosity leads to a strive to learn, and that was almost never bad. "One day, possibly today, I will introduce you both to the princesses."
"Really?" asked Plague excitedly. It's a good thing they weren't exactly shy. They wanted to meet new people, but they were still shy about it. Eh, they'll grow out of it. We finished our trek home, and I landed in the cave. As we did so, I let out a large, showy flame, that would notify Celestia that I wished to speak with her. I didn't have to wait to long as she arrived only after a few minuets and, surprisingly, she was accompanied by Luna and Twilight. I smiled seeing them all here, now I wouldn't have to call them all later so Plague and Amnesia could be introduced again.
"You wished to speak with us Alduiin?" Celestia asked with a smile.
"If it's about the Dova... whoever it was, I already told them." Twilight said.
"Well I was going to talk about him but since I no longer need to I can show you all the real reason I called you here," I replied with a smile. I shut my eyes and said, "You can come out now little ones." The princesses looked at me with confusion, which turned to shocked when black webs suddenly appeared on my body. The webbing then started to seep out into two different blobs of black slime, one was black in the center but started turning green as you looked to it's outline, same with the second one but it was purple. The webbing on me eventually seeped off completely, and the two blobs landed on the ground.
The princesses had took fighting stances, ready to attack the potential threats. The blobs quickly changed shape, and turned into two baby versions of me, but they're eyes were like Lee's, or Venom's. They saw the princesses and they backed up and hid under my wings, peeking out every few seconds, but quickly hiding again. The princesses got out of their fighting stances and all of them muttered 'aww' at the two. I smiled and began the introductions.
"Princesses, I would like you all to meet my children, Plague and Amnesia," I said. When I introduced them, the twins walked out from the cover of my wings with their heads down as to avoid showing how shy they were.
"He-Hello," Plague muttered shyly.
"H-Hi," Amnesia said shyly as well. They looked up and I introduced the princesses.
"Plague, Amnesia, this is princesses Celestia, princess Luna, and princess Twilight Sparkle," I said.
"Hello little ones," Celestia said softly. "It is a pleasure to meet you."
"My Alduiin, I had no idea you were a father," Luna said.
"Well after my most recent battle with the Dovakiin, the one that I called for help gave me these two as a parting gift," I said. "I'll tell you about him later."
"Daddy?" Amnesia asked. "Are these the princesses you said you would introduce us to?"
"Yes they are Amnesia," I replied. "Princess Celestia and Luna rule over all of Equestria, the realm we live in. Their castle is in the city below. Twilight is the princess of friendship and her castle is in Ponyvile, which I will show you someday later."
"So, what are they?" Twilight asked. "That is, if you don't mind me asking."
"They are part of a species known as Klytar, or Symbiotes," I replied. "They can fuse with others to make them stronger, and can be out on their own, but only for three hours."
"Oh my god they are so adorable!" Twilight shrieked. She calmly approached and then laid own on the ground to seem less intimidating. "Hey there guys."
"He-Hello," Plague replied sheepishly. He looked up at her with curiosity. "Are you a pony?"
"Why yes I am," Twilight said. "Can you guess what type?"
"Umm... a pegicorn?" Plague said questionably.
Twilight giggled, "No, I'm an Alicorn. That means that I'm a combination of a Unicorn, Earth Pony, and a Pegasus."
"Oh," Plague said. "Cool!"
"It is pretty cool huh?" Twilight said with a smile. I thought this was cute. They were already bonding so well.
"Well if you'll excuse me," I said, "I would like to speak to the princesses privately."
"Twilight nodded, knowing that I was going to ask her to distract the twins. "Come on guys," she said. "Why don't I show you some cool tricks?" The twins cheered and followed Twilight as she went to the mouth of the cave. She then started to show them some magic, entertaining the two as I spoke with the princesses.
We went to the back of the cave and Celestia asked "So what happened after Twilight evacuated the town?" I proceeded to tell them of the events after the evacuation, not leaving out a single detail. They sat silently and listen to the tale. They seemed most surprised when I told them about when Lee and I fused to make Valduiin. Once I was done Celestia stood.
"Well, the Dovakiin seems to be quite the threat," Celestia said with worry.
"More than you know," I replied. "He is a threat to every life here in Equestria. I also believe he had something to do with Sombra coming back for the third time around."
"Does he really have such magic?" Luna asked.
"He does indeed," I said. "In where he originally came from, reviving dead corpses into undead minions only requires a simple spell. Once revived, he could have given it Sombra's memories, and sent him off. I don't know who else he will revive, but one thing is certain. He will not stop until everypony in Equestria is dead."
"This is truly bad news," Celestia said solemnly. "If he is not defeated, he could destroy our way of life"
"Indeed," I said in a serious tone. "For now though, we must wait until he shows himself once again. When he does, I will be ready."
Celestia nodded her head, "Well we best be off. It was a pleasure meeting your children."
I smiled and nodded. As we headed back to the mouth of the cave, I heard Twilight talking with the twins. I stopped the princesses. "Lets listen in, shall we?" I asked. The princesses smiled and nodded, and we began to listen in on their conversation.
{Twilight's POV}
"-and that's how I earned my castle," I finished telling the twins my story of how I almost lost to Tirek, but then their father came in and saved me. After he saved me, the chest of harmony had floated up and gave me my castle. It was a shame that Tirek had managed to hold off against the ultimate harmony forms of me and my friends and then take away the power, but their dad still saved the day.
"Wow," Amnesia said. "Did dad really beat that huge Tirek guy?"
"Yes he did, and that was the first time I ever saw your dad," I replied. "He's saved the lives of me and my friends twice again after he saved us from Tirek."
"That's so cool!" Plague said. "I wish I could have seen dad in action!" I chuckled at his excitement.
"Hey Twilight?" asked Amnesia.
"Yes?" I said.
"Are you our mama?" Amnesia asked. I blushed heavily. This was unexpected. I wonder where this came from.
"Why do you ask?" I said still, blushing heavily.
"Well, whenever you talk about dad, you get this sparkle in your eye, almost like you fall into a daydream at the mention of him," Amnesia said. I blushed even more so. Well, that was kind of true. I mean, he was kind, smart, and had saved my life three times. The more I thought about it, the more I came to realize. I-I loved him. But that couldn't work, could it? No. He was a dragon, and I was an Alicorn. Our species were to different. But, you know? I've learned love works in mysterious ways. I don't know if it could work, but, maybe it could.
Dan's POV
When Amnesia asked Twilight if she was their mother, I also blushed heavily. Celestia and Luna turned to me with shocked looks. But they quickly chuckled at the site of my face and turned back to their student who was deep in thought. She then looked at Amnesia and said. "I don't know, maybe someday, but don't tell your dad I said that." She giggled and so did the twins. I decided to interrupt this conversation.
"Don't tell me you said what?" I asked even though I already knew.
"Oh, nothing." said Amnesia smiling.
"Well Twilight, we best be going," Celestia said. "It was a pleasure meeting you Plague and Amnesia."
"Bye everypony!" Plague said.
"Bye princesses! Amnesia said.
"Until next time," I said with a nod. Twilight blushed and waved goodbye. The princesses then took off and the twin leaped at me and refused with me. I was tired after all that, it had been a big day. I went to the back of the cave, and lied down.
"Good night daddy," Amnesia said.
"Night daddy," Plague said.
"Good night my little ones," I said. I then yawned, and fell asleep.