I was sitting on the couch with my family and I was going to tell them all about what was going to be going on. I took a deep breath “Well, I went to Canterlot and talked to Celestia about the griffons coming to Ponyville looking for me. I told her that they would probably be looking for mom as well, but I figured that I was their top priority. I told her that they were going to do a public execution of me right in the center of town if they found me, so I went to her with a very crude plan.” I looked at them and they were just listening intently.

“Get on with it” Rainbow Dash said to me.

Fine, geez don’t be so pushy! “Ok ok! When I was talking to her I told her of a possibility of me faking my own death and them seeing it, that way they would leave and never come back. When they left I would wake up sometime later and everything would be honey dorey, and we would all be happy. Celestia thought the idea would work and has one spell that would do such a thing. She sent it to Twilight along with instructions and an explanation of what is going on, it will take 3 days to prepare, but if it is used beforehand there will be dire consequences. Then I left to come back and be with you both” I said with a smile. I….AM….BRILLIANT!!!! That plan is just stupid enough to work!!!

Stratus crawled over to me and sat on my lap “Dad, what do you mean fake your own death? Do you mean like die and then cheat your way back into life?” He was looking at me with confusion waiting for my answer.

I gave a mixture of a poker face and a smile “Well, think of it more as Twilight hits me with a spell and I go into a sleep state where I do not breathe or show any sign of life for a selected period of time. Back where I came from there were movies that had that kind of thing in it” I said to him.”

“Wow, are you going to be able to talk to other dead ponies when you are like that?” Stratus said as he stared at me wide eyed.

Gah, where is his mind at right now…..the kingdom of everlasting trolling? “I don’t even know how to answer that one myself right now. Who knows, maybe I will be able to talk to ponies that have passed away, wouldn’t that be cool?” I said to him in reply while tickling his belly with one of my hands.

“Yeah, that would be so cool!” Stratus said to me. A few moments later his face turned serious, something I very rarely see. Oh sweet mother of god that may not be good! “Dad, I don’t want anything bad to happen to you anymore, I don’t like it. You are treated so badly when you leave this town, I want everypony…or any other creature to be nice to you, you are not bad, and they just don’t know you.”

I shed a man tear, I am in a glass case of emotion right now and I can’t hold all of these feels! My son is THAT worried about me!? Only my friend home boy Jesus knows how much I love this kid right now! I pulled him in close and hugged him tightly “I know you don’t. It’s just that not everypony is as nice as the ones in this town. Maybe one day I will be welcomed everywhere, but for right now I am content with just being accepted by you two and the town, I wouldn’t trade that for the world” I said to him as he hugged me. “And there will always be something bad that happens every now and again, I just happen to be a magnet for it. Don’t worry though, I will never get in enough trouble to ever leave you, you can count on that!”

“Thanks dad, I love you” Stratus said to me as he pulled away.

“I love you too” I said to him before I bumped my fist with his hoof. BROHOOF FOR THE EPIC WIN!!!

Dash looked at me and smiled “You seem very confident about all of this. Just remember that I will freak out on you again if anything happens to you. I also don’t want to have to save you again, so you better stay safe.”

“One does not simply stay safe when they are being searched for by griffons” I said as I mimicked the Boromir meme. I love my family more than I love taffy….and I am a man who loves his taffy…MMM.

We sat there on the couch for a while, and then we decided that it was time to eat dinner. I made us a big pot of vegetable stew and it was all around delicious. Har, I am getting better at cooking, just call me Chef Gusta….Chef Me Gusta!

We were about to turn it in early but Twilight teleported into the room. I frowned at her for a split second before pulling out a smile to see her. GOD, what does everypony want from me!? Can’t I go upstairs and cuddle with my marefriend in piece for a change….ah forget it, I don’t care anymore! “Hi Twilight, let me guess….you want to talk about the letter Celestia sent you right?” I said to her with my best trollface.

“Well aren’t you the smart one. Now this is serious and you are acting like nothing is wrong! You have the Grydon high order sending out bounties for you and ponies are starting to take interest! What is going on!?” Twilight asked me with panic.

Kill her panic with fiery acid! “I am taking it like everything else bad that happened to me. I went to speak to Celestia about a plan to be rid of the griffons for good and we came up with a solution. Do you have the spell she sent you?” I said to her with interest.

“Yeah, but that doesn’t explain to me what is going on around here! You are being hunted by them; they already checked Pinkie Pie’s bakery, Rarity’s boutique and my library looking for you. I asked why and the griffon said that you are going to be executed if they find you! I was shocked when he offered a bounty that I could claim if I found you and killed you myself, and I made up a lie. I told them that I would do it!” Twilight said to me, she was extremely scary right now.

Rainbow Dash watched as they talked. She cold see where they both were coming from, but she had to agree with Kyle a little more on this topic.He knows what he is doing, he got into trouble before and got out of it, he can do it again. She glanced over at Twilight and she looked a mess, she was shaking she was so overcome by stress. Twilight needs to calm down a little. She should trust Kyle, he is smart and can get himself out of problems. She needs to quit worrying. She just watched as their conversation got more and more heated with interest. This is getting juicy, who will win the argument...my bet is on Kyle, he is really stubborn.

“OK, you need to calm down right meow! I know what I am doing and you need to just take a leap of faith for me ok?” I said to her with irritation rising in my voice. Do you see what I did there? “If you read the letter she sent you, you should also be aware of the spell faking death for a period of time! We want you to study the spell and prepare it for use three days from now, and you are going to get that bounty” I said to her.

“But, you don’t seem to get it! I trust you and all, but when she wrote down that if it was used when it was not ready, there would be dire consequences I thought of the last time that happened. She wrote one possible consequence and that was that when you woke up after the spell wore off, you would just end up dying quickly after, and I don’t know if I could prevent that! Do you see why I am upset!?” Twilight continued.

“Yes, I see where you are coming from, but you are a very smart and talented unicorn. You can overcome anything that comes in your way; I trust that if anything bad DOES happen, you would be able to fix it. I trust you just like you trust me; you just have to calm down. Now Celestia said that it takes three days to prepare, I can hold out three days and after that we can get this over with, and if you need to use it before it is ready, I trust you to do so” I said to her with a smile.

“Ok, you are extremely hard to reason with. I am going to go home and start to prepare, see you soon” Twilight said to me before teleporting out of the room.

“Kyle, are you really going to let her use the spell before it is ready, if you get into trouble? I don’t want the possibility of you dying again over my head” Rainbow Dash said to me with worry.

I walked over and hugged her tightly “Yes, but like I said, she is very smart and she can fix what happens. It might not even come to that, we just have to wait and see. I also told you that I would never leave you, I am strong and will overcome whatever happens myself to stay with you two, you are my family now” I said to her with a smile and a kiss on the lips. I guess I will have a story to tell my mom when I see her next, oh boy!

“You better not” Rainbow Dash said to me in reply.

“Come on, let’s go to bed” I said to her and Stratus. I picked up Stratus and took him up to his room and tucked him in and he was out quick. I walked into our bedroom and got in with Dash. We cuddled in close to each other and soon fell asleep for the night.

A/N: Do you think it is getting better already? It is only the second chapter and I am getting pretty sure that it is going to be one of the best yet! I am going to begin work on another! Expect the next update sometime later today!

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