Chapter 11:Don't Give Up On Life

"Uh... Yes... Why?"Celestia suddenly asked The Neighbor Jack Rogers as they were discussing what happened earlier between them and Zack Benson.

"So he did go inside with his gun?! How upset did Dylan look?!"Jack asked with a bit of fear now.

"He was really upset, he kept asking himself why it wasn't him that died and... He just went back inside crying, why are you asking me these things...?"Celestia asked back.

"Ah hell... Whatever do... Do not leave him alone, you may not know this, but Dylan is suicidal,"Jack warned.

"WHAT...! How do you know that?!"Celestia asked with great fear.

"Ah actually caught him a few times trying to kill himself, all of which were with the gun, he tried it several times but I was able to stop him before he could do it,"Jack explained.

Celestia put a hoof to her mouth in fear, her and Luna knew that Dylan had a fragile mind, but they didn't know he was suicidal.

"Well... Luckily I sent Luna in to check up on him, I'm sure she'll-"Celestia was then suddenly cut off by a scream.

"DYLAN NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"The voice of Luna suddenly shouted as it suddenly happened.

*BOOM*

As the sudden explosion sound crashed through the entire house, Celestia and Jack turned their heads to the house and gasp as they suddenly heard screaming.

"TIA...! TIA HELP! HE'S TRYING TO KILL HIMSELF! HELP...!"Luna suddenly screamed from the bedroom.

Celestia and Jack immediately took off in the house, swinging open the door as they raced through the living room and down the hall. They came to Dylan's bedroom door and Jack immediately kicked the door open, and they both saw Luna trying to wrestle Dylan for control of the weapon, she had managed to stop the first shot from hitting Dylan's head and it only struck the top of the ceiling, but she was no match for the hulking human.

"LET ME GO GODDAMMIT...! LET ME JUST DIE SO CAN BE WITH FAMILY!"Dylan cried as he slowly put the smoking muzzle of the gun to his head once again.

Luna did her best to grab his arm and pull the gun from his head, but Dylan was too strong for her to stop. Celestia then suddenly jumped on the bed and began to help Luna restrain Dylan while using both back hooves to slowly push the gun away from Dylan's head.

"LET GO OF ME RIGHT NOW!"Dylan cried furiously.

Jack quickly moved in and help them hold down Dylan's arm, and managed to wrestle the gun out of Dylan's grasp. The mares then got on top of him and did their best to pin him, but he was fighting, and he was fighting hard. Jack quickly put the gun on the dresser far from Dylan's reach and helped the mares restrain him by grabbing Dylan's shoulders and holding him firmly down on the bed.

"It ain't worth it son, I'm telling you... It ain't worth it!"Jack pleaded as Dylan.

"Everyone... Just...leave me alone!"Dylan cried more quietly as he put his hands over his face and began to silently weep.

Both sisters were feeling the pain that was growing from Dylan as tears stung their eyes greatly as they tried to sneak their hooves under his hands and uncover his face. They slowly managed to peel away Dylan's hands to see his face completely red and broken, his tears flowed as he sobbed quietly. Jack finally let go of Dylan knowing that he was calm now and sat on the floor completely exhausted by the struggle, he slowly got up and quickly took the gun.

"I'm gonna hide this some where he can't find it, you two just stay with him and keep him calm,"Jack said as he left with the gun.

"Thank you Jack..."Celestia said as her and Luna turned back to their broken love.

"Every one I love...always dies,"Dylan whimpered out.

His words were hurting their hearts and they both placed their heads on Dylan's forehead and quietly cried with him as they laid there, never even thinking of leaving his side.

"You won't lose us Dylan... We love you... and we never wanna see you in such pain... Please don't give up on life,"Luna begged as they held Dylan close.

"Dylan look at us...please, remember... Your family loves you, and...they don't want to see you give up and die... Please Dylan...just...stay with us, don't...give up,"Celestia also begged.

Dylan slowly opened his eyes and saw the sincerity in the eyes of the mares that he had come to love, but still his tears flowed as he put his hands to his head in pain.

"Celestia... Luna... I'm so sorry...you both had to see me like this,"Dylan choked out through his sobs as he gently held them close in his arms as he laid back continued to cry.

A whole hour went by and the house was suddenly peaceful and undisturbed, inside the house, Jack Rogers had made a phone call to the police and told them of the events that transpired, except for the part about Celestia and Luna. He then noticed that things were awfully quiet back in Dylan's room and decided to go check up on things, he quickly walked back to the bedroom and saw a relieving sight. Celestia and Luna now had their wing around Dylan and were gently rubbing his back as they did their best to comfort him. They both saw some tears streaming down Dylan's face and quickly licked them off his face before giving him a soft nuzzle to his cheeks. Dylan only sighed as he turned to them with a blank look and caressed their cheeks, but he did not say a word.

"*sigh*... You alright there son?"Jack asked.

"Yeah... I'm fine..."Dylan said in almost a whisper.

"That's good I suppose... Well... The boys in blue are coming, and ah told them what happened, they just need yer statement,"Jack explained with another sigh."Look... Once the police are all taken care of... If you want, we can bury yer cat and say a little something for him if you want."

"I think that would be a wonderful idea Jack... Thank you,"Celestia said with a small smile.

"Don't mention it..."Jack said before leaving Dylan to Celestia and Luna.

Luna began rubbing Dylan's chest as she kissed him on the cheek, but they could barely get a response out of him, all they could do was hear his thoughts that kept repeating what he had said before.

'Why wasn't it me?'He kept thinking.

"Dylan...? We're here for you, you know that right?"Luna asked, making Dylan turn his head to her and gaining a small nod.

"And we promise that we will never leave you, we will never die, and you shouldn't either, fate brought us to you for a reason Dylan,"Celestia added.

Dylan just turned from Luna and looked up at the ceiling with a blank look before sighing and looking to Celestia with the same look.

"And what was that?"Dylan questioned in a low voice.

"To find you Dylan, ever since we started to fall in love with you, we realized that you may have been the one that saved us, but fate brought us here... To save you from your pain, and your loneliness, that's why we will never die, and we will never leave your side,"Celestia explained as her and Luna then got on top of Dylan and began to take turns kissing him.

It started with Celestia sharing a long and passionate kiss with Celestia, they even gave each other a bit of tongue as they felt their love burning once again. They then switched and Luna gave him the same treatment, they both explored each others mouth and felt great love burning inside of Dylan, but there was still heart ache as well. As Dylan parted lips with Luna, he held his heart and was still feeling the pain of his loss, but the mares held onto small smiles and placed their heads on his chest, warming his heart as he then smiled lightly as he laid back with a little more comfort.

"Thank you... My loves,"Dylan quietly said.

"Your welcome..."Both mares replied as they rested on his chest.

Suddenly they saw a flash of red and blue lights flashing through the window above them, Dylan slowly rose up and looked out the window. He watched as a cop car drove up his drive way while an ambulance was right behind it, Dylan sighed as he slowly crawled out of the princesses grasp and got out of his bed. He then started to walk out the bedroom with both mares right behind him, he managed to make it out to the living room before he saw the cop at the door knocking at it, he then sighed one more time.

"Alright... You two stay here, I just need to tell them what happened and they will handle the rest,"Dylan said as he was about to open the door.

"Dylan...? Everything will be alright,"Celestia encouraged as he kissed him on the hand.

As Dylan ventured outside to meet the cop, the mares stood back and decided to spy on them through a living room window. Dylan stood face to face with a cop that was almost as tall as him, but he was a bit chubby around the midsection for obvious reasons.

"Good afternoon officer Mackey,"Dylan said as he shook the cops hand.

"Good afternoon Mr Stone, its been awhile since I last saw you, I arrested those kids when they smashed out one of your windows a year ago,"The officer said as he pulled a pen and note pad out, and prepared to take notes.

"Yeah... But I have a feeling I won't be dealing with them anymore,"Dylan said in a solemn tone.

"Yeah I know... Jack told me everything, so that Benson kid finally pushed his luck to far, that's a shame too, the kid had his whole life ahead of him, but instead he chose to play thug and ended up getting killed like one,"The cop said with a big sigh.

Dylan then turned his head as he then saw to a man and a woman in EMT outfits carrying what was left of Zack's body in a black body bag on a gurney. They put the body into the ambulance and closed up the doors as they went back to their seats to leave.

"So tell me what happen Mr Stone,"Officer Mackey said, making Dylan turn from the ambulance and look back to the officer.

"Well... It's like Jack said, I was on my way to work, but I came home because i forgot something, and... When i came home... That's when I found my cat butchered by those kids,"Dylan explained.

"Mmmhmm... I did see the cat, Jack told me that you and him were going to bury him,"Officer Mackey pointed out.

"Yes sir, but we wanted to get this over with before anything else,"Dylan replied.

"Of course sir... Anyway... What happened next?"The cop questioned.

"Well... I was really upset, and next thing I know... The boys showed up,"Dylan started again."They stepped on my property and confessed that they were the ones who killed my cat and that's when I just lost it."

"And you went inside to get your gun to scare them, but Zack Benson was waiting for you with his switch blade correct?"Mackey guessed.

"Yes sir... and then I shot him, the other boys took off,"Dylan concluded.

"Okay... Well the way I see it... The boy came onto your property with a deadly weapon, he tried to come at you with the weapon, you defended yourself, even as rich as Daniel Benson, he won't be able to sue you, nor could you be charged,"Officer Mackey explained as he shook Dylan's hand again.

"Yes officer Mackey... Thank you,"Dylan said solemnly.

"No problem, you take care now Mr Stone,"Officer Mackey said as he finished his notes and went back to his car.

Dylan waved good-bye as the Officer followed the ambulance out of the drive way and rode off to tell a certain two parents that their son won't be coming back. Dylan sighed as he started to come to grips with what he had done as he put his hands over his face in grief at his actions, he never thought that he could feel this bad for a kid that gave him nothing but hell for ten years. He felt like he was going to cry again before he suddenly heard the voices of Celestia and Luna calling to him.

"Dylan...? Is everything okay?"Luna said as Dylan turned around and saw both Celestia and Luna exiting the house.

"I'm fine... I just..."Dylan mumbled out.

"We know your still upset, and we're here for you,"Celestia said as her and Luna brushed up against him.

"Jack is waiting for us in the back yard, do you want to go and lay Fluffy to rest?"Luna said in a gentle voice.

Dylan continued to sigh as he tried not to think too much of it, he then put his arms around both mares and did his best to be strong.

"Please... Just stay with me through this please,"Dylan said in a low voice.

"We will..."Both mares said as they slowly started to guide Dylan towards the back yard.

As they walked out into the back yard, they all saw Jack with a shovel and a hole already dug. They began to approach the hole and they all saw Fluffy laying on his side peacefully in the hole, Dylan shed a tear as Jack began to say a few words.

"We are here today... To say goodbye to another piece of very strong family, Fluffy was a good cat, he was actually really smart for a cat, Dylan told me of how the cat would sometimes wake him up before he is late for work, he would even attack them boys whenever they would try to enter the house,"Jack said as he managed to gain a small chuckle from Dylan and the sisters."Fluffy was a big piece of the Stone family, but I believe that Fluffy was in the Stone family to take care and keep the largest piece of the Stone family going."

Jack and the mares all looked at Dylan as if they were saying that Dylan was the largest piece while Dylan didn't take his eyes off Fluffy. Celestia and Luna then stepped forward and decided to say something as well.

"Fluffy... You were very important to Dylan, he took great care of you, and you took care of him, you were the one piece of family he had left that was there for him to keep him from giving up, and I wish we could have had a little more time to tell you... Thank you for keeping such a good man going,"Celestia explained as she magically made a small daisy flower appear and set it next to Fluffy.

"Fluffy... I wish we could have seen you one last time before you died, but like Tia... I want to thank you for taking care of Dylan... And now... We promise that we will take care of Dylan for you as you rest peacefully, rest in peace...our little friend,"Luna said as she also magically made a daisy flower appear and set it next to the cat.

Dylan was next to step up, he took up the shovel as he wiped a tear from his cheek before saying his last words.

"I'm sorry I failed to protect you Fluffy, I wish I could have been there for you, but... I just... I couldn't,"Dylan started as he began to bury the cat in dirt."I hope that you will rest easy knowing that you no longer have to live in a world filled with pain now... Daddy loves you Fluffy."

Dylan shook a bit as he finished covering Fluffy up with dirt, Jack did a small prayer before sighing and turning to Dylan as he held Celestia and Luna.

"Alright... Dylan...? I know its hard, but you got to live on for all of them now, yer the biggest piece of the Stone family... Remember that,"Jack said before turning to Celestia and Luna."And... Please watch over him, you two are showing me that he is very important to both of ya, please take good care of him, I really don't want to lose this young man."

"We promise... We will watch over him and give him the love he needs... We don't won't to lose him either,"Celestia said as her and Luna stayed right at Dylan's side.

"Thank you for your help Jack... You've been...a real good friend, and I'm sorry I never even noticed you,"Dylan suddenly said.

"No problem son, you just keep living yer life, and never give up,"Jack said as he turned and began to walk back to his house.

Dylan then slowly looked down at the two mares as they gave him soft and gentle smiles as they nuzzled him.

"Come on Dylan... Let us take you back inside, you need to rest,"Luna suggested as her and Celestia slowly started to help Dylan back towards the house.

They slowly walked with Dylan as they could feel his mixture of emotions rushing through him like tidal waves, they then smiled as they could feel his love slowly start to surface through all the pain. They turned to see him trying his best to smile as they made it to the house.

"Celestia...? Luna...? Thank you"Dylan quietly said as they went back inside.

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