New Beginnings

by Black Alicorn

Chapter 31:Finally together...

The walk home had been exhausting, to say the least. Even more so on an injured leg. But he was never one to give up. As he reached the top of the hill, he gave a sigh of content as he glimpsed a waking Ponyville. As if it wasn't beuatiful enough already, the sunrise painted everything in a golden light. He focused his gaze on one certain spot. He cracked a smile as he saw the tree in the middle of the town, and he knew what was waiting for him there. Filled with new found strength, he began his slow descent into town. The morning breeze brought with it the distinct smell of Spring. As he approached the town he came across the creek. The running water was music to his ears. Such peace, such tranquility...It was hard to enjoy when you've got projectiles buzzing past your head and bugs trying to kill you. He crossed the bridge slowly, trying to savor the running water as much as he could. He looked off the side into the crystal blue water below. He then realized he hadn't had something to drink for a few hours. He got off the bridge and knelt along the creek bank. The water was cold on his hand. It was actually a bit refreshing. He brought it up to his lips. Water never tasted like that before. Might have been the fact that it was fresh from a mountain, but he had tasted fresh mountain water before...Under heavy fire of course. No, this was due to his newfound freedom. Everything was better now that he let go. He took a few more drinks and then restarted his way back. As he drew closer to the library however, his confidence began to slowly sink. It was a lot easier in his head...But in reality, he knew exactly what he had done. He had left in the middle of the night, no note, no hint of where he was going, took his gun (which was definitely something she would notice...), caused all sorts of commotion on the edge of the forest, and didn't come back until early next morning. A recipe for disaster in short.

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The door was so close, yet so far. He stood within feet of it, yet it felt like miles. His confidence had nearly dissapeared by now, and waiting in front of the door wasn't doing anything to help. Slowly but surely, he reached his hand forward. His fingers began to twitch as the wood came closer and closer. He had faced down armies before and he had never felt so terrified in a long time. With every ounce of courage he had left, he gently knocked on the door. He immediately regretted it. But no response came from within. A bit of his confidence returning, he knocked on the door, harder this time. His heart sank to rock bottom when a voice from within asked
"Who is it?" as the door slowly opened.
He would have jumped to the side, but the combination of his injured leg and his sheer terror left him paralyzed in front of the yawning lavender unicorn. His heart rate increased dramatically as her heavy eyes slowly opened, still not fully awake.
His troubled life flashed before his eyes as hers opened and adjusted to the light setting. Her eyes focused on the large silhoutte in the door. As the blur finally cleared, she just froze. They both stared into each others eyes for what seemed like an eternity to the both of them. It took him long enough to finally muster the courage to try to talk.
"I..."
Immediately he was pulled inside and the door shut behind him. As soon as the door shut, she jumped him, wrapping her hooves around him in a tight embrace. She burried her muzzle into his shoulder. He couldn't help but hug her back as he rested his head on hers. He fought to hold back a tear. He was back...he was home. Hopefully he would just be left alone now. All of a sudden he couldn't feel Twilight on his shoulder anymore. He opened his eyes to be met with the sight of her not two inches away from his face.
"Where the hell were you?!!"
He stammered a bit as an enraged Twilight continued right in front of him.
"Do you have any idea how scared I was?! All of a sudden you running off into the night and causing all sorts of trouble out there?!! I barely heard all those explosions, all the gunfire and the screaming over my beating heart!!"
He choked back a tear. She was right. He could have at least told her something, given her a sign, anything, instead of just leaving her in the dark. He couldn't even imagine how scared she was.
"Am I really that bad?! Do you really want to get rid of me like this?! You'd rather die than to be here with me?"
And with that, she collapsed back onto his shoulder, tears streaming freely down her face. Wolf could swear that for a moment, his heartbeat stopped, only to resume shortly after. He once again rested his head on Twilight's, a tear dripping from his left eye onto her mane. He closed them both tightly as he shortened the gap between his chin and the top of Twilights head, intent on bringing her in as close as possible. Thoughts crept like rats in his battered head. Did he really want to leave her? Did he really feel more at home in the the thick of battle? Did he prefer the sudden cram of fight or flight chemicals in the belly over Twilights warm embrace? Had those damn doctors really turned him completely into a weapon?
Was there no turning back for him, no hope of salvation from the jagged edges of his worst memories? He summed it all up, in one quick answer within his head.
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"NO."
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"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."
Twilight reared her head up to listen. Her irregular breathing stabilized.
"I don't know what's going on...I don't know why I'm such a fucking mess, and I don't think I can change. I'm not a normal person, but God damn it I didn't think I was this bad!"
Twilight left his shoulder and looked into his gleaming blue eyes. Such beauty, a shell of light over the darkness within.
"I don't know why I do what I do, I don't know if it's because I'm scared, because after all this time being on the front lines it's become home to me...I just don't know, and I'm sorry, so fucking sorry..."
He sniffed a bit as his eyes turned red a bit. He squinted as his breathing became more and more irregular. Twilight didn't know what to do. She just stared into his blue eyes. Then, doing the one thing that seemed...right to her, she slowly closed the gap between her lips and his. Hesitantly at first, she didn't dare move past his lips. He didn't react. He obviously needed this as much as she did. As far as she could tell, he was enjoying a moment of sheer hapiness. Newfound courage flowing within her, she slowly but surely pressed her tongue forward. As it met his lips, he reared back. She was terrified. Did she go too far? Had she ruined what she had just done? He gave off a pained sigh, as if he regretted breaking the kiss.
"Please..." His voice broke.
"Please...just...I need a little more time..."
Her head dropped as he finished his statement. She let go of him. He got up, showing almost no emotion. He walked away towards the door. He opened it, and with one last long look at the mare staring at him, he left once more.

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Wolf walked silently into the town square, hands in his pockets, showing no response to outside stimuli. At first glance, he looked like a corpse walking, no emotion, no movement besides that of his legs. The sun all of a sudden shined in his eyes, causing him to turn his head in annoyance. He was deep in thought at the time, pondering as to what the hell he should finally do. He mocked himself for even having to think. He knew damn well he could never live with himself leaving her, but if something were to happen to her...He thought he could move on, but it turned out to be a lot harder than he thought it would. At least...it was easier to be around her now. His thoughts drifted to the kiss. While it lasted, he finally felt happy for one the few times in his life. He had fallen for her, and he knew it. But the sheer dread of loss still remained within him like a cancer, infecting all of his thoughts. He knew it was against some moral rule for normal humans, but he wasn't normal, not in the least. Frankly, he didn't give a damn that she wasn't human. And she obviously didn't care that he wasn't a pony. He loved her, and she loved him. Is it really wrong in that case?
A voice from above interrupted him all of a sudden.
"Look out below!!!"
He jumped a few feet back as a 2 x 4 fell out of the sky and buried itself into the ground. He looked up to see that he had reached Town Hall. A rainbow maned Pegasus looked from over a platform on the top floors.
"Everypony okay down there?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Oh, it's you."
"Yeah, it is."
An awkward silence ruled for a few moments, occasionally broken by the sound of hammering. Rainbow Dash bit her lip as he looked behind her, to her left and to her right. She finally looked back down to Wolf.
"Hey, why don't you make yourself useful and help us out over here?"
"Wha-?"
"You heard me, now come on, get up here and help repair some of the damage you caused."
"I did all that?"
He pointed at the top of the building. Well, the top of what was left of the buidling. He only know noticed that most of it had been completely torn off.
"By bringing an Ursa Major into the middle of town, yes! Now get your lazy flank up here before I get it up here for you!"
He smiled at the end of her statement. Stubborn, confident, little to no respect for the rules, and above all else loyal. He liked her.

12 hours later, close to sunset...
Wolf wiped the sweat off his brow as he admired the new roof of the building. After a hard days work together, he was finally accepted back into the community, despite everything that he had caused and done. He got up. Something heavy hit his foot for a brief moment, before dissapearing completely. He looked down, to where the hammer he had used to be.
"HEADS UP!!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs as he looked to the ground in terror. A blue streak from out of nowhere followed by a rainbow contrail flew into the path of the hammer. All of a sudden, behind him Rainbow Dash appeared, holding a hammer.
"Getting a little clumsy, are we?" She spoke mockingly, sticking her tongue out.
"I guess so."
She gave him a respectful nod as she looked onto the finished roof.
"Nice work. All that's left is the painting I guess. I'll get a crew together to work on that tommorow. This is a lot faster than I expected. Normally it'd take us about a week to fix it up."
"I aim to please."
"We're done for the day, you can get going now."
"See you tommorow then?"
"Only if you want to spend a few hours painting this thing."
"Then I probably won't be seeing you tommorow..."
Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and huffed while shaking her head. As she opened them again, she realised Wolf was gone. Even she was impressed at how fast he was.

On the ground...
Wolf chukled as he reached the bottom of the building, effectively giving Rainbow Dash the slip. As he refocused his attention in front of him, he saw Twilight in front of him, levitating a picnic basket and a towel while Nyx was hopping along behind her.
"Hey...What are you doing?"
She shied away from him at first.
"We're gonna go watch the sunset...It's gonna be even more beautiful than usual today..."
"You wanna come with us?" Nyx happily chimed in, after hopping over to the two.
"Pleeeeease?" Nyx added, staring right at Wolf.
After a few moments thought and a quick smile, he replied:
"Of course I'll come with."
He winced as a loud 'yay' ripped through the air into his eardrums. Yep, she was happy.

46 minutes later, on top of a hill overlooking the beautiful sunset...

The towel was laid perfectly over the grass, the scraps of the meal neatly organised on top of it. Nyx was asleep on the ground, gently snoring after a full belly. Wolf and Twilight had moved further away from the towel, sitting on the edge of the summit, admiring the sky before them. Wolf turned around and smiled at the sight of Nyx asleep.
"Out like a light..."
"She had a full day of crusading with her friends, of course she's tired..."
"What about you? Are you okay?" He asked, obviously concerned.
"Yes..."
"I know that tone."
He sighed as he lifted up a bit, intent on enjoying the celestial show before him. His mind drifted to this morning...

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"Am I really that bad?! Do you really want to get rid of me like this?! You'd rather die than to be here with me?"
- - - - -
"You're wrong you know."
"What?" She asked, confused by his sudden statement.
"About what you said this morning. About me rather dying than being with you..."
She turned away from him, blushing only slightly.
"Okay..."
"The truth is..."
He looked straight at her. He then took a deep breath, then finally said what he had wanted to say all day.
"The truth is...I'd rather spend the rest of my life repeating everything I've been through, over and over again, than to not be with you."
She looked right back at him, dumbstruck.
"Because I love you, Twilight Sparkle, more than you could ever know."
A single tear dropped from her eye, not of sorrow, but of hapiness. Both of them, together, inched closer towards one another, intent on doing this right. Their lips met in a storm of emotion from both of them. They both had no regret about this, there was nothing holding them back this time. They stayed together for waht seemed like an eternity, their lips locked together as if they didn't belong to separate bodies.

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Behind them, Nyx cracked open her eyes slightly. As she glimpsed them both kissing as the sun set behind them, she couldn't help but crack a small smile as she drifted back to blissful sleep.

End chapter 31.

Comments

[Gaz1997]

D'AW

[Mother3Forever]

......Great Chapter, but now I've gotta reread the story....I completely forget what happened leading up to this.

EDIT

Actually, me having to reread this isn't a bad thing. I've been SOOOO bored all day! You just gave me something to do!

[Xaldon Ajide]

ok so you decided tyo ship for now. ok till next chapter alonsy

[The sad mare]

553897 I must reread too dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/sillyfilly_Sweetie_Belle.png why can i just remember

[TacoTown]

epic.

[High_Wind]

Things that make you go

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[Evocator]

oh....REALLY?
YOU MADE ME
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[demonoid47]

dawwwwwwwwWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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...when do they fuck?

[Sulliman]

For once, he actually had a pretty normal day. Good chapter. Glad to finally see all that tension between them dissipate. Well, not all of it. If you know what im saying

[Zephyr]

This last scene was planned more than half year ago...
Wow...

[Greasebrony]

554833 That line.

[Captain Grim]

SO FUCKING CUTE!!!! RAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH! *Slams fist into the ground*

[ninonybox]

And now we prepare ourselves for the inevitable tragedy.

[EvilEnchantress]

people daw at such things wow I really am abnormal I think thats the rght word well I trully don't care half the time I add a meaning to a word such as smitten I use it like be smitten by lighting youu know smiting my favorite part of godly powers

[Black Alicorn]

Due to mild food poisoning ("No, not baked goods, baked bads...) , I will have to put off writing the next chapter until tommorow.

[Woodrow Wilson]

SSSNNNOOOOOGGGGGG!
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The spartan is wolf in battle armour
TOTALLY not implying this is a halo cross...