Chris opened his eyes and smiled at the warmth he felt nuzzling his chest. He looked down and smiled at her, his lover, his one and only Princess Celestia. Said Princess smiled up at him and began to kiss her way to his face, smirking as she felt him shudder with pleasure before she climbed on top of him and stared down at his eyes.

Chris grinned as he felt her start to grind into his lower area and responded by pulling her head down for a fiery morning kiss. Celestia moaned happily and deepened it enthusiastically, putting more force into her grinding and grinning as she felt his arousal respond accordingly.

She drew back from him and bit her lip, looking out through her window at the moon and then back at him. She looked contemplative, as if she was deciding an Earth shattering decision…or Equestria shattering I suppose.

"Mhmm I don't know Chris…The sun needs to rise in around the next few minutes…but I just simply cannot leave my beloved in such a desperate state." She put a hoof to her head dramatically which prompted Chris into raising an eyebrow.

"Well no offense Tia but you're not exactly…dry at the moment are you?" He replied teasingly, smirking when Celestia grinned and licked his cheek.

"No I'm not. it's such a shame that nopony can…help me with that." She said seductively.

Chris grinned and flipped them around, changing their positions so that Celestia was underneath him. Said Alicorn looked up at him with mock contempt…before she lunged up and forced him into a possessive kiss, wrapping her forehooves around his neck and holding him to herself tightly. Chris blinked in surprise at this but smirked all the same and responded just as desperately, leaning down on her as she put her back hooves around him and pushed his arousal into her.

"Oh Chris…"

This had become something of a ritual between the two for the past month. And what a month it had been.

So much had occurred since Chris's birthday.

Cadance had stayed for a few more days before she eventually went back to the Crystal kingdom, saying that she couldn't keep away from her Shiny anymore. Chris had started taking up arms and practicing with not only Firefly as was intended but almost the entire Guard. Said Guard had come to respect the Human, not only for being friendly and amusing to talk with but also due to some recent minor memories that had plagued his dreams, and had thus started to affect his personality just a touch.

It made him act more like how he used to be, something that Celestia had found happiness with as well.

His training had also helped to increase his physical fitness. No longer was he the malnourished stick insect he had been upon his arrival. He had become somepony they tended to look up to for orders. Being Celestia's lover helped with this a bit, but the way he easily adopted an authorative yet somehow casual attitude practically radiated in the leader type of role he had taken on without really realizing it.

He and Firefly had also gotten closer. Their snippy attitudes with some of the more lazy guards and especially the Captain, somepony Chris had yet to meet, along with their almost equal skill with the sword had brought them to what the guard's called an "I watch your back and you watch mine" type of friendship.

Even though she knew that she was Chris's Armatus, Firefly couldn't help but see Chris as somepony she would give her life for anyway. He was pleasant with almost everypony, kind to a fault sometimes and an obvious born leader. Some ponies were even starting to jokingly call him Celestial, the male counterpart to its female, Celestia.

He had taken it in his stride as per usual.

But unfortunately for Chris it hadn't all been a good month. Horrible nightmares had begun to haunt his sleep, leaving him a quivering mess for Celestia to cradle when he awoke.

The memory…the nightmare…It was his death, or at least what lead up to it. He would be lying with his back to Celestia's bedroom wall, gasping for air as a burning sensation filled his veins. Celestia could be clearly seen holding onto him, clinging so desperately as she spoke to him, telling him, pleading him to hang on, to wait for the healers.

The nightmare would skip a few scenes, leading up to the point where his sight became dulled and his hearing near abandoned him. He could see the blurs of two great figures standing in front of him, arguing with their daughter about…something. The deal had already been made to send him away…so what this argument was, was beyond him. And yet with each nightmare, with each flash that came to him during his waking hours, the words become clearer.

"Celestia are…sure…he…despise…for it."

"Please!...love him…understand…Mother."

"It'll…your head…will comply…demand…he finds…not love you…"

That was all he could hear, all he could get for now. More words were revealed each time he had this particular flash and so he hoped to eventually understand what could have had his lover to be so…demanding with her parents. He had told her of this of course and had asked what had happened that day. But Celestia didn't want to talk about it, saying it was all in the past now and remembering that day was hard enough.

If he pressed any harder he ended up getting the silent treatment...which lasted up until bed. Said silent treatment was hard to keep up the moment their eyes met and their bodies touched.

Such was their love for each other.

There had also been another bout of bad news.

Princess Luna had become comatose and nopony knew how or why. Celestia herself didn't even know. She had tried to enter her sisters' mind but had been forced out by the sheer mental defense's her sister had put up, no doubt to stop any other dark forces from corrupting her. It had happened not two days after Chris's birthday. A maid had entered to clean up and had found Princess Luna on the floor next to her bed. She wasn't hurt however and that had kept Celestia's spirits up. She was even more thankful that Chris was with her, supporting her in her time of distress.

It had been a fair few hours since Chris's and Celestia's little session, which had unfortunately made her a few minutes late raising the sun. Celestia had to go and visit Manehattan for most of the day to address yet another portal opening. Said portals had been popping up every few days and yet nothing ever came out of them anymore. The biggest one so far had opened up a day after Luna's accident. It had opened in the castle within the Everfree forest, which Zecora had noticed during her herb gathering. And yet by the time Celestia had gotten there it had already closed.

While Celestia was gone for a few hours, Chris had yet again gone into the training grounds with Firefly. But you see today was important, for Chris and his Armatus were going to settle a bet that the guards had long since started.

Who could best the other in single combat?

And so it was that Chris found himself standing within a large circle, facing Firefly with his sword held casually. His armor materialized whenever he held his sword, which had a rather fancy way of being withdrawn. It didn't have a holster but rather appeared out of thin air with a flick of Chris's wrist, where it would drop into his hand and automatically set him up with the rest of his gear. His hood was up and over his head, obscuring and shadowing his appearance without obstructing his sight.

Firefly had donned her own custom made armor. A thick black leather that fit her like spandex, sticking to her athletic form like a second skin. It had a hood with it like Chris's but unlike him she kept hers down. She was hovering a few inches above the ground, her basic silver longsword clutched in her hooves tightly.

"You ready master?" Firefly asked teasingly, prompting the other guards to chuckle between themselves. Just as he had come to nickname her, she had taken the same liberty into calling him her master. Something that unnerved him…a lot.

Chris just narrowed his eyes mischievously and swung his sword around in an arc casually.

"I was born ready toots." He replied just as teasingly, getting an even louder chuckle from the guards and some giggles from the mares.

Firefly hated that nickname with a passion, having been called it rather loudly by a drunk stallion as the two of them had walked around Canterlot some Friday night. And so Chris being the lovely, courteous gentlecolt that he was decided to affectionately call her "toots" for the foreseeable future.

And it was in this state of annoyance that she charged over to Chris quickly and thrust her sword at his stomach. Chris grinned and blocked it, twirling her sword to knock her off balance before charging into her with his shoulder and knocking her out of the air. She landed on her hooves however and swung her sword at him again, aiming this time for his knee caps. Chris grit his teeth as he jumped up in the air and landed on her sword, his weight which had increased due to his increased muscle mass making him a lot heavier than he was a month back. Firefly's hooves struggled to keep a hold of her weapon for a second or two before she grinned and dropped it to the ground, surprising Chris so much that he fell onto his back and let go of his sword. The mare then jumped on him and the two proceeded to wrestle to the delight of the guards.

Chris easily pinned the mare on her back which to her dismay she found herself unable to fight her way out of. His weight on her body restricted the use of her hooves and her wings weren't much use when she couldn't get off of the ground. The Guard's quickly noticed this and held their breath as they awaited the yield from Firefly.

"So Armatus…do you give up?" Chris asked, a smirk on his face as he assumed victory.

To his dismay however the mare grinned up at him before she licked his mouth affectionately, stunning him and the guards into a stupor. The Lieutenant felt his grip on her weaken and took advantage of the moment, using all her strength to roll over and pin him on his back. She stared down at the now pinned Human with a smug look on her features. Her face was a little flushed but Chris dubbed all of that to the rolling around and general exercise.

"So master, do you give up?" She asked playfully, still smirking at the incredulous look on his face.

His expression changed immediately to a rather devious once, making the mare wary instantly.

"Well if you wanna play dirty then I'm all but ready to oblige toots."

The next thing Firefly knew she was being tickled harshly by the Human. Her eyes bulged slightly before she burst into a massive fit of giggles and rambunctious laughter. The Guards had all but begun to explode with laughter themselves as they watched their Lieutenant being more or less tickle-tortured into submission.

"You can give up anytime toots." Chris said amusedly.

Firefly glared at him as best she could before her expression twisted back into its uncontrollable happiness.

"Okay, okay please stop!" She cried, unable to take it any longer.

Chris smirked and stopped tickling her, letting her fall onto her hooves as she panted and rubbed her sides.

"You know I didn't hear a yield in that sentence." Chris remarked warningly, wiggling his fingers dangerously.

Firefly looked at him apprehensively for a few seconds…before she quickly pulled out her dagger and thrust it at him. Chris's eyes widened as just about dodged it, rolling on the ground and grabbing his sword as he sprang to his feet. The Guards had gone silent as they watched this final stand between the two.

Chris watched her movements warily and froze as she grinned up at him in mock amusement. She suddenly lunged at him and thrust her dagger at his stomach. Chris went to block it but was suddenly taken by a rapid image.

A pony in a cloak, a dagger thrust into his stomach, the pain, the feelings, the agony of Celestia's cries for him. To hold on, to wait, to just stay awake for her…

The scene changed. He was against the wall, barely able to hear Celestia talking to her parents. Everything was blurred however, and he could not see or hear anything clearly thus he couldn't identify who was saying what.

"Mother, Father please do this for me, for us!"

"Celestia are…sure about this? Deliberately…his life on his new…Why… despise you for it."

"Please! I need him. If he became…this world he would never…he came back. If…loved another during his…there I'd…insane."

"I love him! Please…Mother!" .

"It'll be on your head daughter, if this happens it will all be because of you and you alone."

"We'll comply with this demand of yours however, even if it seems too much like…your Human's life. But…out he will…you for it. He…loving you anymore."

"He'll still love me, I've made sure of it."

"Tia…"

Chris felt somepony kiss his cheek yet for some reason he couldn't help but feel afraid.

"S-Shhh m-my love. It's f-for us. You understand don't you? W-we'll be together a-again Crystal…I love you so much my heart…forgive me."

Darkness swarmed around him…and the abyss swallowed him whole.

The next thing Chris knew, he was lying on his back with a worried Firefly and a number of guards looking down at him.

"Crystal are you alright?" Firefly asked worriedly.

Chris felt the words in that memory lingering within his mind and held a hand to his temple, shaking his head as he tried to grasp what he had half remembered. Celestia had asked her parents something as he lay there dying. Something that disturbed them greatly by their tones. And yet her voice, her own tone was still loving and yet was so…possessive, so sure of what she was asking…as well as knowing that his love for her would be remaining a certainty.

"I-I'm fine Firefly. I just had another flash…nothing to worry about." He replied assuredly.

Firefly narrowed her eyes in suspicion and looked at the guards, who looked at each other with the same amount of suspicion. In truth they were all just worried for the Human, seeing as his flashes had become more common with him having at least one every two days.

Chris stood back up with some help from all of them and smiled down at them appreciatively. Suddenly a male Pegasus came through the large doors and flew over to him urgently.

"My Prince! Princess Celestia requests that you meet her in her chambers. She wants to speak to you right away."

Chris cocked an eyebrow at the urgency in his tone and wondered what could have riled Celestia up so much.

"Well it's been seven hours at the least since Tia left for Manehattan and so we have at least twenty more minutes until the aching sets in…So what's with the urgency?"

The aching being that heart wrenching problem that had affected them on his birthday. They had both tested its limitations albeit reluctantly and had discovered they had a time limit of around seven to eight hours until it really started to hurt. And oh boy did it hurt. Not only did it reduce them to shivering wrecks by the time it was fully enveloping them but it also tended to affect Chris physically for some reason. Celestia was affected this way too but nowhere near as savagely.

A couple of weeks back Chris had been sparring with Firefly and had been trying to ignore the aching that was settling in. Eventually it got to a point where his ears had started to bleed and his eyes had become bloodshot. When he had stumbled back into Celestia's hooves it rapidly vanished but not before he noticed her eyes had become bloodshot too, the bleeding however remained with him alone.

Celestia had deduced that since Chris had been trying to ignore it, their bond had punished him accordingly. She had apologised profusely for it but Chris just shushed her with a kiss and apologised himself. One thing lead to the other and an hour later they were embracing the other and panting shallowly.

Now however Chris was walking to his and Celestia's shared chambers, Celestia having invited him to stay permanently after they made love. He knocked on the door anyway and entered quickly. Celestia was sitting down next a table topped with notes and stacked neatly with Twilights friendship reports. She looked at Chris as he entered and smiled at him lovingly. She then made to walk over to him but stopped and frowned as she looked at him studiously.

"Is something wrong Chris?" She asked worriedly. "You seem…troubled by something."

Chris shook his head and remained focused on wanting to know why she had asked for him so urgently. Celestia's frown deepened at this but she remained where she was and began to speak to him.

"I'm sorry for the haste in which I asked for you my love but there has been a…complication of sorts that I wish to discuss with you."

"Like what?" Chris asked curiously.

"Not what sweetie but whom." She replied softly. "Lulu was mumbling words in her sleep again, but one of the doctors' actually managed to deduce something from her rambling. A name to be more precise."

"A name? Who's?" Chris asked questioningly.

Celestia's small muzzle wrinkled uncomfortably for a few moments, something that Chris thought was insanely cute, before she looked at him and sighed.

"She kept calling for somepony…or someone as I suspect called Tony."

Chris cocked an eyebrow skeptically at this which Celestia couldn't help but agree with.

"Tony? That's a Human name Tia…Maybe she's just a little addled by whatever has trapped her in this coma of hers." He guessed.

Celestia sighed and rolled up the note she had been looked at with her magic. She stacked it neatly with some of the others and sat down again, looking at her beloved with kind eyes.

"That has been my guess as well." She admitted tiredly.

Chris rubbed his forehead as he felt her frustration slide into his own emotions briefly, such was possible by their bond. Her added frustration mixed with his own however and by an unfortunate consequence stained his thoughts with the questions his recent flash had brought him. Celestia blinked as she felt this and frowned at her lover, giving off a rather annoyed emotion which he felt right away.

"Chris please stop thinking about that." Celestia asked in irritation. "Whenever you think about it so do I…and I don't want to remember that day." She finished sadly…and was that shame as well?

Chris felt the tiniest spike of withheld shame and frowned himself.

"Why do you feel ashamed about it though?" He asked. "Whenever this topic is brought up I always sense your shame and it makes no sense...until recently."

Celestia snapped her attention back onto him and walked over to him slowly. She stopped just in front of him and regarded him warily.

"And why is that?" She asked…worry in her tone.

Chris looked at her eyes and allowed himself to remember what he had just seen. The broken memory flashed behind Celestia's eyes and within a few seconds she blinked and bit her lip worriedly.

"Chris I…that day. When you were sent away I…made a decision. That decision ended up being exactly what brought us together…what kept us together." She said, beginning to pace as she rambled quickly.

"What do you mean it kept us together?" Chris asked, unsure of how to take that particular phrasing.

Celestia stopped her pacing and shook her head, a smile coming back onto her face.

"It doesn't matter now. We're together, it worked and that's all that matters." She said decisively.

Chris felt the sudden spike of possessiveness that suddenly mixed into their bond and shivered uncomfortably. Celestia noticed this and was about to make her way over to him, but stopped when she felt the annoyance and slight anger in his emotions.

"Don't give me that Tia." Chris said sternly. "What did you do? What did you ask of your parents that made even them uncomfortable?"

The Alicorn looked down at the ground sadly before snapping her head up angrily and walked away from him to stare outside of her balcony window.

"It doesn't matter anymore Chris!" She said with finality. "It's in the past now, all of it is in the past and so there is no need to relive it."

Chris narrowed his eyes angrily at this and exhaled with frustration.

"Look Tia, either way I'm going to remember what happened that day. The memory gets clearer every time I see it and eventually I'll understand what you asked your parents to do. But wouldn't you rather tell me yourself then have me discover it myself?"

He got no response from this and growled angrily as a result. The frustrated Human was just about to leave when the tattoo on his forehead glowed brightly, startling Celestia into turning around.

Chris felt his eyes sting like mad before the room around him changed, warped even as it appeared to him like he had gone back in time.

The walls were still the same color of cyan and pink. The fireplace and bed were still in the same place even though the bed did look a little different. It was then that Chris realized that unlike all of the other times where he was sitting up against the wall, this time he was looking down at himself. But the real shocker here wasn't that.

It was that somehow…he was in the body of Princess Celestia.

Said Princess was looking at her parent's, both of them. But for Chris…this was the first time he had even seen them as he was now.

Her Mother had a pale white coat of fur like Celestia and her eyes were the same intelligent blue as well, but her mane and tail seemed to take on the appearance of a floating shadow, blowing in non-existent breeze. Her Cutie Mark was something that Chris had only seen a few times during science when he went to school a few years ago. It was the Milky Way.

Her Father had a midnight black coat of fur which was followed up by very dark purple eyes. His mane and tail contradicted his dark fur by taking on the appearance of fire. His Cutie Mark was a picture of the sun and moon eclipsing each other.

"Mother, Father please do this for me, for us!" Celestia cried desperately, tears in her eyes.

"Celestia are you really sure about this? Deliberately ruining his life on his new world…Why? He will despise you for it." Her Mother asked, concern and sadness radiating off her eyes…something that Chris recognised all too well in Celestia.

"Please! I need him. If he became too attached to that world he would never stay if he came back and if he loved another during his time there I'd go insane." Celestia blinked away tears and looked down at her dying lover, who was dimly looking back up at her.

"I love him! Please understand Mother!" Celestia pleaded.

Her Mother looked at her Father and sighed sadly. The King closed his eyes and muttered something incoherent, before looking down at his daughter.

"It'll be on your head daughter, if this happens it will all be because of you and you alone." He said sternly. "We'll comply with this demand of yours however, even if it seems too much like playing creator with your Human's life. But you must know that if he finds out he will hate you for it. He may even come to not loving you anymore."

Celestia swallowed at this but held her stance firmly. Neither parent missed the possessiveness in her voice next either.

"He'll still love me, I've made sure of it."

"Tia…"

Celestia jumped slightly at Chris's voice and hurried over to him. She saw the refusal and almost frightened look in his eye and knew that somehow he had still managed to hear her, despite all the poison in his blood.

Celestia felt horrible for doing this to him…but she had to make sure he stayed with her when he came back. She had to make him feel miserable in his new life, make everything he ever had going right for him…go terribly wrong. And so she had to beg her parents…her all powerful parents to keep an eye on his new life…and make sure he was never too happy.

Her affection and love for him would be like a breath of fresh air when he came back to her. From a horrible life with no love…to one with love and happiness. One where she would find a way to make him her Prince and finally show all of Equestria just what a wonderful being they had for the most part scorned.

She kissed his cheek and rubbed his arms…although she had no idea if he even feel her.

"S-Shhh m-my love. It's f-for us. You understand don't you? W-we'll be together a-again Crystal. I just can't risk anything stopping that. I love you so much my heart…forgive me."

Chris blinked and staggered from the sheer sensation of exhaustion he got from leaving the memory. He had no idea how he had seen it through Celestia's eyes but then again that wasn't really the main thought going through his mind.

Celestia's eyes were regarding him with a scared expression as she slowly walked her way over to him. She stopped however when he looked at her…and the emotion in his eyes. She had only ever seen it once before and had wished fervently that she never saw it again.

Fury. Pure unadulterated fury.

"Chris please let me expl-" She tried to say.

"Explain?!" Chris interrupted angrily. "Is that what you were going to say?

He let out a rather malicious laugh and put a hand to his forehead, rubbing it exasperatedly as he paced side to side.

"Oh this should be good." He continued sarcastically. "Well come on then, explain away how you had a completely justified reason for ruining my life."

Celestia was watching his moments and had to refrain from flinching as she saw his fingers curling into fists.

"It was a long time ago Chris. I was desperate and scared and I didn't know how to handle the situation." She explained shakily.

Chris stopped his pacing and clenched his fists, gritting his teeth and forcing himself to try and stay calm.

"And you think that justifies you ruining my life? Hmm? So was it your fault that I slept on the streets sometimes because the orphanage refused to let me in simply out of spite? Was it your fault that any friend I made ended up leaving me eventually. Because well you know, who ever wanted to stick around with a lonely seven year old or a depressed teenager or an adult that is just plain mad at the world that he simply hated everything about it? Oh wait, I had actually managed to make some friends in college but would they have left me as well? Well?"

"Chris please…" Celestia pleaded quietly.

Chris ignored her however and continued on his rant.

"And of course what about Sophie? We actually had a good relationship you know, it lasted a far few months and I had never felt happier."

Celestia flinched at this and tried to speak…but Chris's cold gaze stopped her before she could.

"Oh yeah she cheated on me because for some reason I shouted out your name when we were about to have sex." He continued mock cheerfully. "And I bet that was your parent's making sure I didn't betray you despite the fact that I'd never met you before. I mean God forbid I dare to try and have a decent love life without you in it." He finished scathingly, not caring the slightest as Celestia's lower lip trembled.

"Oh and of course Shawn Higgott. The caretaker who was kind enough to offer me food and shelter whenever I was without it. He ended up having a heart attack in a thunderstorm, I wonder who made sure that he was never found in time hmm?"

"My love please stop! Just listen to me ple-" Celestia attempted yet again to say, walking over to him quickly.

She never made it more than a few steps.

Chris flicked his wrist and grabbed his sword out of thin air…and held it threateningly in Celestia's face. The Alicorn's eyes widened in shock and looked at him fearfully, tears starting to reach the corner of her eyes.

"Chris…" She whimpered pitifully, too frightened of his reaction to even summon an ounce of magic to defend herself.

"I loved you Tia. More than anything else I loved you and you betrayed me like everyone else."

Chris was breathing so hard that it took him a few seconds to realize what he was doing. When he did however he merely snarled and stormed out of the room angrily, ignoring Celestia's cries for him to stop.

He stormed past a number of guards, most of which were looking at him worriedly as they all heard Celestia's voice while the other few regarded him with an almost threatening stare. He could vaguely hear somepony calling his name but with rage influencing his every thought he just ignored it.

He reached the main doors to the royal palace and tried to open them…but they didn't budge an inch. Now fuming he turned around to see Celestia looking at him desperately, her horn glowing brightly as her magic kept the doors sealed.

"Let…me…out." He said dangerously, his hand gripping his sword dangerously as he pointed it at her threateningly. Celestia visibly flinched at this and her horn flickered as she lost concentration. The door gave way to Chris's leaning which he quickly took advantage of, walking through it quickly and slamming it behind him.

The guards that stood in front of the Palace were looking up at him with wide eyes, having never seen him this angry before. Chris saw this and just gritted his teeth, snapping his fingers and letting his sword disappear back into nothingness.

He rushed past all of them and continued his way into Canterlot, walking quickly past the snobs and simpering nobles who regarded him like one would regard a hungry manticore and stayed out of his way. Chris saw the train station a short distance in front of him and made his way over to it quickly, breaking out into a little jog as he did so.

He reached it and saw the ticket booth in front of him with a bored looking stallion behind it. The stallion became anything but bored when Chris rapped on the window to get his attention.

"Prince! I'm sorry, I should h-have paid more attention-"

"It doesn't matter." Chris interrupted. "Where's the furthest place away from here this thing goes?" He asked quickly.

"I-It only goes to Ponyville today Prince. M-Maybe you could catch a carriage from their…but can't you get the Princess to give you a carriage of her own?"

The ticket pony shied away when Chris glared murderously at him and quickly gave him a ticket.

"You're the Prince, it's free." He stammered fearfully.

"Much obliged." Chris muttered scathingly.

The Human quickly got on the train which had just been about to depart…but somepony had delayed them to Chris's luck. And so he sat moodily on a seat getting looked at and whispered about by the massive number of ponies filling the carriage. But this was good for him. The more ponies there were, the harder it was for Celestia to pinpoint his exact location.

"Why would she do this to me? She's manipulated my entire life up until I came through the portal without knowing if I was ever going to come back in the first place. It was a guess that I would, she told me herself…but was that just another lie? To keep me happy like a well looked after pet!"

Chris shook his head and walked out of the train. He walked into Ponyville and had to refrain from snarling angrily at the whispering and stares from the pony folk. He didn't want to lash out at them because of his anger…that was something he would never do. And so he continued to walk through the village, storming past the ponies and not even stopping when he practically flew past Twilight who was reading a book next to a restaurant.

He walked and walked and walked. He was out of the village within minutes and past Sweet Apple Acres a few more minutes after that. He was aware that he hadn't actually touched Celestia when he was shouting and had felt the aching about halfway on the way to Ponyville.

Chris suddenly flinched as he felt the aching hit him like a truck and staggered to his left. It took all his sheer willpower and determination to keep himself steady, but he did so. And so he continued on, not knowing where he was going but as long as he was as far away from Celestia as possible then he didn't care.

He suddenly felt something wet and sticky dripping down his face and touched it gingerly.

"Blood? My eyes are bleeding?" He thought bewilderedly.

It wasn't only his eyes that were bleeding however. The further away he walked from Canterlot the worse he felt and the more he bled. His ears had quickly joined suit with his eyes and had started to drip blood like a leaky tap.

He continued on however, walking through a field and slowly climbing his way up a hill. Then it hit him again, more powerful and terrible than before…ever before.

"Oh God! Help me!" He cried pitifully.

Chris quickly lost all feeling in his legs as they became numb from the pain. He fell down and rolled down the hill, landing on his side and coughing into the recently cut grass.

Suddenly there was a flash of light a short distance ahead of him which made him look up automatically. Celestia stood where the flash had appeared yet she didn't look well at all. Her eyes were dripping with tears that matted her sleek fur and she had dribbles of blood coming out of her left ear.

Chris's eyes widened at the sight but he quickly regained his senses and shakily stood up. He attempted to climb back up the hill but was quickly stopped as a white blur tackled him to the ground and pinned him down with her body.

"Get off of me!" Chris screamed angrily. He attempted to try and push her away but was quickly stopped by her hooves holding his arms down. Despite his efforts to try otherwise he couldn't move them, her strength being far greater than his own.

"Chris please stop!" She cried desperately, her eyes holding back more tears that threatened to spill.

"Go fuck yourself Princess, now get off of me!" He replied furiously, not caring in the slightest what he had just said.

Celestia just shook her head rapidly as if to rid herself of an annoying insect and stared down at his angry expression pleadingly.

"Please stop Chris! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for what I did! I love you so much, just stop!"

Chris just snarled up at her and used all of his strength to finally push the Alicorn off of him. He quickly jumped to his feet and ran as fast as he could from her, not caring to notice that he was still aching and bleeding. He didn't make it very far as he quickly found himself being tackled yet again and enveloped by large white wings.

He tried with all his might to force them off of him but Celestia's wing muscles were surprisingly strong. Their iron hold kept him trapped and pressed against her body on the ground. To anypony else it would had looked like they were spooning.

"Dammit Princess just let go of me! We're through, we're not going out and we're not anything! Now let me go!" He yelled defiantly.

He continued to struggle for a few more minutes until he ended up being face to face with the Princess. Eventually he stopped moving and just glared at her furiously whilst she regarded him despairingly.

"I love you Chris." She whimpered pitifully.

"Well I don't love you anymore. So why don't you just accept that and leave me alone." He replied angrily.

Celestia just shook her head and wrapped her hooves around him as if to tighten her hold on him.

"You're just angry at me Chris. You don't really mean any of it." She said consolingly, nuzzling his cheek which he found himself unable to actually move away from.

"I mean every word Princess, so just accept it and leave me be."

The Alicorn just looked at him with a trembling lip and wide teary eyes. Chris stared back at her but after a few seconds closed his eyes to stop the sadness that was invading his soul.

"If you don't love me Chris…then you won't feel anything when I do this." He heard her whimper pitifully.

Chris knew what was coming and braced himself mentally. To his surprise however he felt something wet cleaning the blood off of his cheek tenderly, causing him to open his eyes instinctively. Celestia was slowly and gently cleaning his face with her tongue, something that despite his current anger towards her he couldn't help but find enjoyable.

"Tia please…stop. I don't want this." He begged pleadingly.

Celestia ignored him and continued to clean his face until all of the blood had been cleaned. She then looked at him lovingly and brushed her lips against his.

"Don't Tia…please."

"Shhh." She replied softly, before proceeding to kiss him gently…tenderly…lovingly.

Chris pulled away from her but was quickly brought back to her lips as her wings tightened around him, making it so he could barely move a muscle. He wrenched his lips from hers and used all his strength to try and resist her strong wings trying to turn him back around.

"Stop this Tia. Just let me go, I don't want you anymphh-"

Chris's head was pushed back around and his lips were quickly claimed again by the Alicorn. Said Alicorn left his lips and went onto his neck, kissing and licking its sensitive hollow area. There was a sudden flash as Chris's armour changed back into his usual attire of trenchcoat, t-shirt, jeans and trainers.

Celestia drew her head back from his neck and regarded him lovingly, tightening her grip on him as he struggled to move his numb arms. She brought her right forehoof from around him and pressed it to his chest, smiling when she felt his heartbeat.

"You enjoyed that didn't you?" She asked softly, looking at his face as he panted shallowly.

The Human shook his head as best he could and tried yet again to break out of her iron hold.

"NO! It's not ending like this!" He cried defiantly. "I hate you, you ruined my entire life! I don't love you anymore, I won't love you anymore so let me go!"

Celestia just smiled at him and nuzzled her face into his neck comfortingly. Chris grit his teeth and tried his hardest to just ignore everything. To ignore how warm she was, how nice she felt against him, how her nuzzling against his neck made him feel loved. But most of all he tried to ignore…wanted to ignore how despite everything…his heart still raced at her touch and his skin felt like it was on fire.

"I love you so much Chris." Celestia crooned soothingly. "I know what I did was wrong…I've known for a long time and I've always felt awful about it. But please don't push me away. I know how angry you are…but please don't deny your love for me."

"I don't love you." Chris muttered feebly, closing his eyes as the Alicorn kissed his neck in response.

"Of course you do." She replied softly. "I feel your every emotion Chris…and you've always been a bad liar. You're just angry at me and I'll spend however long it takes to make it up to you…but still."

Celestia moved her head so that she was face to face with her bitter Human and gazed at him lovingly.

"Isn't your life better now than it was back on Earth? I know it's because of my request that it was so horrible and I never really realized how bad it would be for you…I never expected that you wouldn't be fed. But on the other hoof you were born here, you were raised on Equestrian soil. No other world would have been your world but this one."

She nuzzled his cheek tenderly and smiled at his instinctive blissful expression.

"And no other being will ever love you like I do. You're my Human, my love…all mine. And I'm yours…I always have been."

Chris shuddered at the sheer possessiveness in her voice, having only really heard a shadow of it whenever they made love.

"I don't want this…Why couldn't you just let me go." He asked pitifully. "Why can't you just find somepony else and let me hate you for the rest of my immortal life."

Celestia just smiled at his question and pulled him closer until he was securely snuggled on her chest.

"Because I promised that I would never let you leave me Chris. Because there is nopony else I would ever love but you…and because no matter how much you want to hate me Chris. You know I'll always be there to burn that hate out of you whether you like it or not."

Chris remained silent for a couple of moments until he attempted feebly to escape her prison of wings and hooves.

"Chris."

The Human stopped struggling and sighed deeply.

"What?"

"Do you love me?" She asked softly, awaiting his answer patiently.

"No." He replied quietly…without looking at her.

"You're a bad liar Chris…just say it. Tell me and I promise that I'll let you do whatever you want. Just tell me the truth…"

She waited a few seconds before she heard him sigh again and look up at her.

"You know I do." He admitted bitterly.

Celestia smiled at him and drew her wings back, folding them in. She then stood up and watched as he did the same.

"You can go if you want." She said. "I won't stop you."

Chris looked down at the ground and couldn't help but let a few tears drip from his eyes. Not a moment later he felt Celestia kissing them before they could fall from his cheeks.

"Tia…why?" He whispered tearfully, only to get shushed by a gentle hoof

"I'm here for you my love…I always will be." She consoled, kissing her way gently until she reached his lips and merely held her own next to his.

"I'm sorry Tia, I shouldn't have have said the things I did…I shouldn't have lost control." He said quietly.

"It's okay, you were angry." She replied softly. "It's my fault…an error I made long ago. Even if I can't say I would ever change it my love…I'm sorry."

Chris looked at her face and couldn't help but frown as he took in her pleading expression.

"You manipulated my entire life...made it so that every happy moment never lasted...every friendship felt lacking...Even the caretaker who looked after me...It was your actions that stopped me from feeling anything."

Celestia looked down at the ground dejectedly, not choosing to deny his claims.

After all...they were not false.

"But when I came back here..." His eyes widened as a realization suddenly came to him. "Comfort Mane...I instantly felt so close, as if she had been the first being to have ever cared for me. The loneliness of my life...only to find somepony that treats me like her own...makes me feel like her own."

The Princess looked up at him and bit her lip as his gaze became accusing.

"Your parents...or maybe you...You made it so I could never truly bond with someone unless they were on Equestria...a Pony."

Celestia tried to speak...but closed her mouth as she saw his eyes sadden so much...

"Why would you do such a thing?" He asked, despair so terrible on his tongue.

What could she say? The truth? The truth being that she had to make sure...HAD to make sure that he loved Equestria, loved it so much that he would never want to leave...leave her...

"So you wouldn't have a reason to go back." She admitted quietly, remorse so evident on her face.

They were both suddenly interrupted by the sound of flapping wings and panting. Both looked up to see Firefly land on the ground in front of them, gasping like a surfaced fish.

"Princess Celestia …Crystal. There's been a situation…or a couple of them actually." She gasped out, sucking in so much air it was a wonder she didn't inflate like a balloon.

Celestia shook her head to clear it of what had just happened between her and her lover, instantly taking on her authorative stance.

"What do you mean Lieutenant? What's happened?" She asked quickly.

Firefly let out a deep breath and quickly explained herself.

"Well good news first. Princess Luna has woke up." She said cheerfully.

Celestia smiled widely at this but motioned for Firefly to continue.

"Oh but um…she was sort of…kissing another Human…in her hospital bed."

At this Celestia's smiled disappeared and changed into utter confusion.

"Yeah and that's not all either." Firefly continued. "A really large portal opened in the throne room."

"Has anything come out of it?" Celestia asked urgently, lighting her horn up and encasing herself and Chris in its golden glow.

"Nothing yet." Firefly replied quickly. "But I'm going to go and rally up the guards just in case."

The Pegasus looked at Crystal sympathetically for some reason before she took off and flew back to Canterlot at a rapid speed.

"She could have just asked me to teleport her you know." Celestia muttered quietly. She looked at Chris and suddenly realized that she had prepared for him to teleport with her.

"Chris…I, do you want to-"

"Yes." He interrupted bitterly. "There's another Human and Luna has woken up, that's interesting in itself." He looked at the Alicorn with a blank expression, not wanting to show her just how much hurt he was feeling...even if she could feel it.

"But...we can talk later...about this?" She asked timidly, her expression becoming slightly happier when Chris nodded curtly.

Celestia smiled at him and quickly teleported them back into the throne room. She panted at the exertion she felt from the sheer distance but quickly shook it off as she noticed a rather incredible purple swirl in the center of her throne room.

"Tia!"

Celestia turned around and smiled widely at her sister. She quickly noticed that there was indeed another Human running beside her but all that was quickly stolen as the portal produced a loud snapping sound, before it vanished and left nothing but black smoke billowing where it once was.

Chris had flicked his wrist and immediately donned his armor and sword, holding it warily as he noticed a figured kneeling in the smoke.

"Celestia there's somepony there." He said quietly, getting a nod in return as Celestia saw it too.

Suddenly the figure stood up…and it was clear as day to Chris that this wasn't a pony.

"Tia the shadow!" Luna cried fearfully, her body shaking as she pointed at the wall.

Everybody and everypony looked at where she was pointing and had mixed reactions. Chris and the new Human just looked at it in confusion. But Celestia and some of the guards gasped in surprise.

"Impossible…it couldn't be."

The shadow on the wall was one that not many ponies would forget…or could forget. It was the shadow of a svelte, tall pony…with a billowing mane and tail.

The smoke cleared and everypony's eyes widened at what they saw.

Not a pony.

But another Human.

"Oh we're in so much trouble Moony."

Author's Notes:

OH NO, I CHANGED THE FINAL CHAPTER A LITTLE BIT!!!!

Well hold down on the hate my fellow fans, for I have a reason.

A few of my fanfiction fans have mentioned that the way I wrote this Chris's and Celestia's conflict was concluded to quickly. And although I did say it was going to be explored upon when I wrote Immortal Lovers, I decided to bring the conflict in a little quicker.

Anyway I'm awaiting the horde of Captain Obvious's to come and point out ALL THE THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE...EVEN WHEN I SAY THEY WILL BE EXPLAINED!!! AHHHHH!

Ahem! Hope you enjoyed it, now if you don't mind me, I'm off to go and update this story on Fanfiction :)