Dominic sat across from Celestia with a scowl though it had been hidden by his bandana, it had been his dream to come to this place at one point. Now, however, it was bittersweet. He was here but only after so much violence and bloodshed. Everything he touched seemed to be destroyed in a grotesque way, that made him shudder. So many things could be destroyed by his hands. Celestia noticed the look of deep thought on Dominic’s face and coughed lightly, he looked at her. Neither of them had spoken since she had come to check on him aside from her general greeting.

“My student has told me what she saw….” Celestia finally said, Dominic’s gaze fell on the floor and his fists clenched tightly. His eyes moved about glancing at every inch of the floor, not a single dust particle could escape his gaze. “What I heard was-” She paused as if to think of the proper word. “Disturbing. I wanted to give you a chance to explain your side of the story.” Dominic looked at her, his eyes had turned to steel.

“I hesitated, my family turned, I had to deal with the consequences.” He said flatly, the words held a type of darkness that could rival the power of Sombra. Celestia looked into his eyes, she saw the cracks in the walls he had built were starting to grow. If she pushed him too far she could cause those walls to become impenetrable but if she didn’t push enough he would only distance himself from anyone trying to help him. She decided that she would have to push later on, for now there were still questions to be answered. Dominic answered most of the ones he understood, he left out tidbits like Einstein's theory of relatively. The dark ages were a ‘fun’ subject as well, talking about that really put him in a cheery mood. He and the princess continued to converse, albeit slightly less. Dominic was starting to ease out of his hardened state and beginning to return to the slightly vulnerable teen he should have been, if only for a few sentences at a time

Finally Celestia was comfortable moving on to one of her larger questions. She had asked him more about his technology, Dominic finished his answer to her question about Television. Now was the perfect time to ask him.

“Dominic?” She asked in a more serious tone, this caused Dominic freeze up. “I’ve been meaning to ask you something.” She could practically feel his eyes narrow on her.

“What?” He asked, his tone was still semi relaxed though his body language said that he probably knew what would be her next question.

“You’re patch.” Celestia pointed a hoof at Dominic’s shoulder, there sat Twilight Sparkle’s cutie mark. “How do you know that symbol.” Dominic was quiet for a moment as he mulled the question over in his head

“Well….I guess I ca-” *BANG* Dominic was about to answer when the unmistakable sound of his revolver firing. The bang was followed by a loud cry of pain, Dominic was on his feet within a heartbeat while Celestia was stunned. “Where are my weapons?!” He shouted, Celestia could only mutter one word.

“Twilight.” Dominic threw his hands into the air before delivering a massive kick to the door that lead to the hallway, it flew open and he rushed out.

{♠}

Twilight rocked back and forth, her hoof was burning like nothing she had ever felt before. Dominic’s revolver sat on the floor far away from her, a trail of blood indicated she had scooted away from the death dealing device. She cried out in pain for a second time, for several seconds she stopped moaning in pain to listen for any approaching ponies. Her room was in the new wing of the castle that still had a low guard compliment, to her relief she heard something. Heavy noises against the floor, too heavy to be hoofsteps. She also heard regular hoofsteps and somepony shouting orders, that voice sounded familiar. Her thoughts were cut short as the pain in her leg began to burn even worse, she cried out again. The door was booted open by a large steel toed boot, to her surprise and sheer horror she saw Dominic rush in. His eyes settled on her instantly, his face was hidden by his bandana but she could tell he had a worried look.

He almost looked as if he were on the verge of tears, Twilight could see him blinking the moisture away. He rushed to her side and looked at her wound, he grunted as he looked at the bleeding entrance wound and sighed as he saw the exit wound. He stood up and moved to Twilight’s bed. Several guards rushed in after him, they saw Twilight and immediately began to form a perimeter around her. Dominic pulled several pillowcases from the soft pillows they contained, his head whipped around trying to find something else. It settled on the liquor cabinet, he looked slightly miffed by the prospect of her having a liquor cabinet but shrugged it off.

At this point Celestia galloped in, she saw the perimeter of guards around Twilight and then Dominic rooting through her liquor cabinet with several pillowcases. She didn’t know what he was doing but she didn’t like it, he was still a wild card in her eyes. She used her magic to grab the items in his hands. He let out a surprised growl before turning to look at Celestia, his eyes weren’t angry as she had been expecting however. They were urgent, surprised and in a state of shock.

“What the fuck was that for!?” He shouted in a panicked voice. “I’m trying to help her!” He brought his hands up to the back of his neck and began to untie his bandana. Celestia looked at him for a few seconds, Dominic didn’t wait for her response and took another bottle of alcohol. He Quickly popped the top from it and dumped its contents onto his Bandana, Celestia’s eyes widened as she saw what he was doing.

“Let me help you.” She said walking towards Twilight, Dominic brought his soaked bandana over as well as the bottle of alcohol. It was the first time Twilight had seen the humans face, if it was anything similar to a ponies she thought it looked extremely young. Perhaps eighteen or nineteen. It was hard to believe that he had been through so much more than her even though they were almost the same age.

“Can you cauterize the wound?” Dominic asked, his voice was flat. The guards parted as he and the Princess passed them. Celestia nodded to him before looking at Twilight, she lit her horn but Dominic stopped her for a second. “Hold on.” He walked over to Twilight’s bed stand and ripped one of the legs off before coming back over and sitting next to Twilight. “Bite down on this.” He instructed, Twilight looked at Celestia who was just as confused as she was. “It’s gonna hurt a lot and I don’t want you biting your fucking tongue off, so bite the fucking thing.” Twilight opened her mouth and Dominic put it in. She bit down on the wood, his attention turned to her wounded for leg. He raised the bottle of Alcohol and poured it onto the wound, Twilight gasped and her jaw tightened on the table leg. Tears came to her eyes as Dominic rubbed the alcohol around her leg. “Shh Shh its okay.” He said in an oddly calming voice. Celestia looked at her prised student with sad eyes

“Okay Princess, I need you to stay focused!” Dominic said loudly, at this point the guards were watching in awe. “Cauterize it now.” Small flames danced across Twilight’s fur as the alcohol ignited, to her surprise however it didn’t burn her skin but only her fur. Dominic was also surprised but shrugged it off again, the bleeding stopped and Dominic took his bandana and wrapped it around the wound. “She still needs a real doctor but it should hold for now. At least I think. Been awhile since I last got shot, my skills may be a bit rusty.” Both princesses said nothing, just staring at eachother. “Hey fuckers! Wake the fuck up and help me!” Dominic said in an annoyed, the panic that was there earlier was more suppressed but Twilight could hear it perfectly. The human stood up before hoisting Twilight over his shoulder. The sudden movement made the table leg fall from Twilight's mouth. She suddenly felt tired as the adrenaline began to wear off, her eyes started to close as she felt Dominic begin to carry her.

{♠}

Twilight awoke to the feeling of soft blankets over her and a soft bed beneath her, she could barely make out the sound of a beeping heart moniter and something deeper. A voice, very deep and very tired sounding. Twilight tried to open her eyes but couldn’t, she felt to tired to do anything aside from listen.

“....this is difficult for me to say, I don’t know how you’ll react…” That was Dominic’s voice, who was he talking to? Why did he sound so nervous?

“You have my word, no matter what you say no harm will come to you.” That was Celestia’s voice. “If it weren’t for you Twilight might be in far worse shape than she is now.”

“Okay, here I go.” Dominic’s voice was slightly nervous, as it had been earlier. What had happened earlier? Twilight couldn’t remember much. “I know who all of you are, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Luna, you, and many more. I know about the Element’s of harmony, the invasion on the royal wedding, the reason Twilight is an alicorn and not a unicorn.” One could hear a pin drop, Twilight could imagine the look of shock on Celestia’s face and if she could she would have one as well. For whatever reason she couldn’t seem to move, just breath and listen. “Nightmare Moon, Sombra, Discord.” Dominic paused for a moment as if thinking. “I’m surprised I haven’t seen him yet, he’s been reformed if I remember correctly.” He said to himself. “I know a lot of things, that’s why I thought that this was a dream at first. That’s why I kicked Luna out of my head, that’s why I decided to keep the truth hidden.”

“H-How do you know this?” Celestia’s voice was softer, Twilight could understand why. She had the same feeling, trying to take the information in.

“Do you remember what I said about Television?” Dominic asked, Twilight had know Idea what it was but she had a feeling it was a type of advanced technology. She heard Celestia’s regala move indicating she was nodding. Dominic sighed and remained silent for a few moments before speaking again.

“In my world, Everyone here, even this universe, is fictional. A story created to entertain people and teach valuable lessons. The targeted audience of the TV show that depicts you was directed at younger girls. However, it was so well done that it reached more than that. The Animation was fantastic, the storylines and character development were extremely well done, and it all focused on something that my species loved.” Dominic explained, he still sounded hesitant but was getting more confident.

“What was that?” Celestia asked, the information was starting to sink in. The shock was wearing off and now she began to take the news in stride. Twilight wished she could see the look on her face, she desperately wanted to see that motherly face.

“Despite what you’ve seen, most humans had a primal urge to love things that were deemed ‘cute’ or ‘Adorable’.” Dominic explained. “And honestly, being here in person. I can say without any doubt that you ponies are the most fucking adorable things I’ve ever seen.” Dominic tried to lighten the mood. “The thing is, while some humans were relatively nice and some were downright awesome, most of them were Assholes. The people like me saw the message in the show, treat people fairly, respect other people’s opinions. We also saw the cute things about the show, references to things we understood.”

“I sense a but coming?” Celestia asked, Twilight could tell that Dominic nodded. His helmet clanked ever so slightly.

“But as I said, most humans were assholes. A lot of them hated you, a lot of them hated me, hated the entire thing. The internet became a war zone, pictures, videos, stories. It was total bedlam! Some websites were for our cause, others against us. We began to branch out into the real world. Art and music, conventions, interviews. The world was beginning to understand we were here to stay and that we were not going to be quiet.” Dominic paused, Twilight heard him sigh. “Then Hasbro, the company in charge of the series decided to fuck with us. They created the *gag* Equestria Girls. A feature length film about Twilight getting sent to the world of humans. It was okay but it made it harder for some of us to be a part of the fandom.” Twilight felt she could open her eyes again but she wanted to hear more, she wanted to know more about Dominic’s world.

“All of those things are the tame side of the fandom, there was however, a darker side.” Dominic stated with a dark voice. “It is better that I don’t go into it, it would only cause bad things.” Twilight opened her eyes as he finished, the bright light caused her to cover her eyes.

“Twilight!” Celestia beamed, she rushed over to the side of Twilight’s bed. It was at this point Twilight noticed the pain in her hoof, she looked at her hurt leg and saw that it had been bandaged. “My faithful student!” Celestia hugged Twilight in her forehooves.

“Princess!” Twilight hugged her mentor, losing her shock from what she had heard for only a few seconds. As she hugged Celestia she saw Dominic standing in the shadows with hands behind his back, he stood there with a stoic look though she thought she could see his eyes glistening a bit. His eyes met hers for a brief second, he looked down at the floor afterwards. Celestia let go of her student and sat down on her haunches next to the hospital bed. The lights in the room were out except for the lamp on the table, Luna’s night was out in all of its beauty. Twilight looked back at Dominic, he was still looking at the floor.

“Twilight? Is something wrong?” Celestia asked when she saw Twilight’s gaze was elsewhere, she turned to see Dominic was standing and looking at the floor. “You heard him didn’t you?” Celestia asked looking back at Twilight, her tone a sort of worried intrigue. Dominic shifted slightly and tensed up, at this point Twilight noticed he was wearing his ‘Bandoliers’ and had his weapons.

“Yes Princess.” Twilight said, she had learned long ago lying to the Princess was a bad idea. “I’m confused, I don’t know how to react. I feel somewhat flattered but….”

“Violated?” Celestia finished the sentence for her, Dominic tensed even more. His lack of a bandana made it easy to see his face had gone from stoic to something on the border of nervous and defensive. His gaze was still firmly on the floor, what was he thinking?

“I wouldn’t say that, just…..odd.” Twilight said trying to get the proper words to form on her tongue. “It’s odd having pon- people watch you, even if they are doing it because they like you.” Dominic visibly relaxed though he still remained silent, it was as if he were deep in thought.

“I guess so, be that as it may…. I would recommend we keep this information to ourselves, I’ll tell Luna myself but Twilight. You cannot under any circumstances breath a word of this to anyone, not your friends not you family. NOT even Cadence.” Twilight tensed at this which made Dominic look up from the floor and at Celestia. “At least, not yet.”

The door to the room was knocked on several times causing everyone to look at it, Celestia used her magic and the door swung open. A blur of Pink shot in at immense speeds, Dominic instinctively reached for his sidearm but stopped when he saw who was responsible for the sudden movement. Pinkie Pie, the lord of motor mouths, the bane of all sane beings in the universe.

“TWILIGHT! MY PINKIE SENSE TOLD ME YOU WERE HURT SO I GOT ALL THE GIRLS AND SPIKE AND WE CAME TO SEE YOU BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT YOU TO BE SAD BECAUSE BEING IN THE HOSPITAL ALONE CAN BE SAD! I CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ALL ALONE WITHOUT MY FRIENDS OR PRINCESS CELESTIA. HI PRINCESS! ANY WAY THAT WOULD BE A MEGA BUMMER!”

“SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHUT THE FUCK UP!” Dominic roared, it took all of his willpower not to pull his revolver on the Pink mare.Immediately Pinkie stopped and turned to look at the source of the voice, a loud gasp escaped her mouth.

“WOW! I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE YOU BEFORE! WHAT ARE YOU! ARE YOU A MONST- mmmphhmmmm” Celestia put her hoof over Pinkies mouth before Dominic could pull his revolver.

“Where did Pinkie go?” A voice with a tomboyish tone to it spoke from the hall, Dominic knew that voice. “Wait, lets just follow the trail of confetti.”

“Umm….how do we um...know if Twilight is hurt?” A softer voice asked, Dominic facepalmed. His patients had dropped to zero when Pinkie had burst in, he took in a massive breath.

“IN HERE!” He shouted, all noise in the room and hallway stopped. A pin could be heard hitting the floor, Dominic looked at Celestia and Twilight before shrugging. “I can’t stand anymore annoyances today.” He stated plainly, four sets of hooves were heard outside the door before four ponies walked in. The first was Fluttershy, upon seeing Dominic she bolted right back out the door with an Eep. “Fuck.” Rainbow Dash and Applejack trotted in looking surprised at Fluttershy before looking at Dominic.

“What the hay is that thing?” Applejack asked out loud, Dominic sighed and his hand and had it’s second date with his face.

“Fuck my life.” He groaned, he had just divulged all he knew about the ponies to Celestia, Twilight had been shot with his gun after witnessing him using it to slaughter dozens of infected, and now the rest of the mane six were here to fuck him over. “Why did I open that fucking refrigerator.”

“You sure use funny words? What does fuck mean? I bet it means a really nice thing! I love saying Fuck! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!” Pinkie pulled her mouth off of Celestia’s hoof and began to spout the word ‘Fuck’ so much it would have made the saltiest sailor blush.

“Pinkie! Thats a bad word.” Twilight reprimanded, Pinkie immediately froze and pulled her tongue out of her mouth. Staring at it with a shocked expression, she gasped. Her hair deflated and she lost a shade of pink. Applejack shot Dominic a glare but at this point he didn’t care. Rarity walked through the door pulling Fluttershy along with her magic before closing the door to the small hospital room. Dominic waited for the surprised gasp.

*Gasp*

He sighed, this was starting to turn into one of those fanfics he had read. Celestia sensed his distress and sudden annoyance. She cleared her throat and every pony looked at her.

“Girls, I’m sure you’ve noticed our guest here. His name is Dominic, he was brought into our world by Twilight. You’ve also most likely picked up on his rather crude language.” Celestia began, Dominic sighed again. Celestia went on to explain who Dominic was, where her came from and how he would be permanent addition to Equestria. She left out sensitive subjects such as the apocalypse and by association Dominic’s combat history. Dominic sat down in a chair and waited for the explanation to end, Luna arrived during the middle of the lecture and discretely made her way over to Dominic. All of the girls asked several questions which were either answered or passed up.

Finally Celestia finished explaining, for the girls it was exciting and interesting. Dominic and those who already knew the story were relieved that it was over.

“Twilight will be able to leave tomorrow, I suggest we all have breakfast and discuss things further tomorrow.” Celestia stated, Dominic went from bored to alert in under a second.

“Are you fucking nuts? Twilight took a .357 round to the leg! She’s lucky she still has a leg, how is she going to be able to leave tomorrow?” Dominic facepalmed when Celestia, Luna and Twilight stated.

“Magic” in unison. He growled and the day came to an end, the girls went to their individual rooms while Luna and Celestia retired as well. Dominic was left sitting in Twilight’s hospital room. Someone had to stay and make sure she was taken care of. He and Twilight spoke for a few hours about the fandom before she fell asleep, Dominic’s heart would have exploded if it hadn’t been turned to stone by nearly three years of loneliness and violence.

“So fuckin’ cute.” Dominic stated, before he too sucamb to sleep.

Author's Notes:

Here it is, sorry for the wait.

This chapter was a hard one to write, wasn't sure how I wanted it to go. Lemme know what you think. I'm open to suggestions if anyone has any.

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-Cieli