A Few Good Stallions
Chapter 22: ... and then there was one.
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThis shall be the end of Dustin's chapter. Static shall return and everything that was part of Dustin's plan shall be set in motion. Anything could happen though.
I woke up in my house at Canterlot. I still couldn't figure out why Celestia would just come out and offer to change my life again. I just don't get it. I have been hiding myself under a mask. One that not even Celestia could read. It's true. I have lost my sanity. I was just afraid to show it but I have no more reason to hide it. Think about it... I was seeing my life through the eyes of someone else. Now I'm back. She said it would all be okay but nothing is the same. I'm not on Earth enjoying my days with my family. I'm not trying to get a job for an engineering company. I can't even use my skills anymore. Kelly and Brandon are dead. I'm hooking up with Kay. None of this is right but I'm not changing it.
"Portal." I said. When I was in the WR I ignored all the photos except the one most noticeable one in front of me. When I touched it I was in a room. All black. I was sitting at a desk with a journal, a candle, and a quill with ink. I began to write everything I wanted for Static. I have a felling that one day he will be here.
"Dear Static Wielder...
If you are reading this then I have died. And hopefully stayed dead this time. I shall change the fate of every one and every thing in your world. No more of what the stupid fucking princess wants. This isn't what any of us wants but its what we need. I know things have been weird so allow me to explain. I was you. When Kay returned I felt terrible like I was missing something and truth be told I was right. I was missing my humanity. I have spent the past 3 years believing that. I still do to this day but only by causing violence can I do this. It's in human nature. This is land is too peaceful for its own good and I am afraid I am done with it. I want nothing more to do with life because I have only taken it away from others. I'm evil and a psychopath and its taken this long to notice it. I don't belong here. I need to get back to Earth. It's where I was born to live and survive. I'm not you. I'm not peaceful. I'm not happy. I only want to do what the good lord brought me on this hell of a planet to do and that's fight for the greater good. Don't worry about me. If anything then please forget about me. I am no Angle. Angle's don't kill. I am your Saint. For better or worse.
Signed, by yours truly
Dustin Mark Shafer. Survivor and proud to call myself human."
"Exit." I said. I was standing in the bathroom. Who am I? Do I get to truly call myself one of a Few Good Men. That's not me. It's that Static Wielder. My story ended the day that bomb fell. Why should I change his? That's why I didn't want Celestia to change the world again. This is something that needs to be seen out. If anything Discord did me a favor. He reminded me what it truly means to be human.
"Goodbye." I said to the sleeping woman on my bed. I put on my duster over my black sweater. For some reason I felt cold. I said "Portal." to myself and went to an armory universe.
"Need this and this and this. Definitely need this." I grabbed an AK-47, a SIG P226, 2 grenades, some c4 which can be detonated by remote, and plenty of clips. I knew that I could change my body to a weapon but that would make me feel worse about myself. Was it not bad enough that I will be killing the living? I don't want anyone I kill to suffer. I only want to stop my pain. I told Kay about my plan yesterday. She of course yelled at me and went against me. We then went to bed and I just recently woke up. "Exit." I said to be in front of the castle.
"Excuse me! Princess!" one of the guards yelled. "The human is back and armed." Princess Celestia walked down in gold plated armor.
"Hello Dustin! Do you think your plan will work?" She yelled at me.
"No! But standing here waiting won't help." I slid the AK of my shoulder and placed it in my hands. "No more lies princess. This ends today."
"And what do you do if you make it back to Earth huh?" Yelled Kay who teleported beside Celestia. She was wearing battle armor and only had her katana with her.
"I'll do what it takes Kay. Don't stand in my way. Join me!" I yelled at her hoping she would come to her senses. The only way to get back is if I die here in the castle and the same supernatural force sends me back. Hope is all I need. But I am not going down in a fight. Behind me stood a group of ponies. I saw Static, Twilight, everybody. So I put up a protective bubble.
"Do you think that your merciful and feared God will help you again you strange little man?"
"I do. He appears to be the only one I can trust." I yelled towards Kay. "And I'm not little. I'm only 5' 10"." I slammed a clip from a bandolier into my gun and pulled the slide back.
"Let's end this with a fucking bang!" I yelled storming into the castle. All the ponies from behind me were trying to get in but my magic was too strong. Even for Twilight. I ran and began shooting. I took down about 4 guards and forced myself into cover to dodge magic. What am I feeling? This is just weird. I feel like fighting is the right thing to do. I'm fighting for a selfish purpose but yeah it feels pretty good.
"End this now!" Yelled Kay jumping through the air and bringing her sword down on me. I used my AK to block and she and I had our standoff.
"Dustin why are you doing this?"
"Because I don't belong here. I need to get back home!"
"But home is gone! And you've killed. What about your fucking morals which you always talk about?" She pushed me down and knocked the AK away from me. When she tried to stab me I kicked her in the gut and rolled to the side. This was all her fault. If she hadn't come here I would have still been Static. But I'm not complaining. I'm in a stupid fucking cartoon world aren't I?
"Fuck those morals and honestly I thought you would understand."
"I don't understand how selfish you can be? If you wanted to die then you had plenty of chances to do that."
"And what makes you perfect? I know I'm not!" She began swinging in all directions. The only damage she did was cut of my bandolier holding my AK rounds. I pulled out a grenade and tossed it at the guards still shooting at me.
"Who do you think you are walking into my castle? You think that this dimension is similar to the others that the other bronies went too well your wrong Shafer!" Yelled Celestia. She threw more magic at me but the explosion from the grenade frightened her. I could have killed her but I took this opportunity to get to better cover.
"This is your dimension Dustin! If you die we all die!" She yelled loud enough for everyone to hear. "Uh... Whoopsies."
"I knew it! HAHAHA! I bloody knew it! Everything has been about me! This is why I'm fighting!" I pulled out my SIG. I popped 5 rounds and took down 5 guards trying to jump me. "I'm fighting to give everyone their own life!" The only two people who weren't stunned by my reason was me and Kay. We walked in a circle only facing ourselves. I lowered my force field so everyone could come and see this.
"So as it turns out you were being selfless. You wanted everyone to live and be happy."
"And I will do that if it costs me my life. This is why I wanted you to believe me Kay Kronor. I needed you."
"And now you don't."
"I still do. We end this now!" We rushed each other. I used my pistol to fight her sword blows and I shot a few rounds at her. She kicked me in my knee and stabbed my left shoulder.
"Erg! Dammit!" I kicked her off of me and she jumped back. Her left foot standing on my pistol. I pulled her sword out and placed it on the floor.
"I love you Dustin."
"I love you too Kay. Let's end this." We kicked our weapons to each other and picked them up. She swung her sword across my chest cutting all of my innards. I shot her once in the head. She fell down. Dead. I dropped my gun and walked to Celestia.
"I am giving this dimension life. For ponies like Static and my friends. So you don't have to." She was still frightened by me. I turned around to all other ponies. Not a single eye was off of me. They just watched as the boy who cheated death and lived a life of hate just gave their lives meaning. I moved my left arm to let the blood flow from my wound. I held my right hand out and aimed it right at Twilight like it was a gun.
"BANG!" I said putting my thumb down as if it was a gun hammer. Then I felt all life leave my body. I fell to the floor. I do believe I died with a smile. I closed my eyes. After a few minutes I opened them to see I was laying on some sand. I looked around me and saw I was in a desert. My wounds were healed and Kay was dead. It was just me. There was only one. I was on Earth.
"I did it!" I made it back. I then thought to myself. "Portal." I said and I was in the WR. Everything was still their. "Exit." I then tried shape shifting. I turned my right arm into a large blade.
"I am Dustin Shafer. The merciful god of death. The apocalypse is my home." I heard an Ugh from behind me. I turned to see Kay.
"Kay! Kay! Wake up!" she looked at me.
"What happened?"
"We killed each other. Believe me now?" she looked around then at me.
"*gasp* Dustin what happened to you!" I looked down and saw that I was extremely thin. As if all my muscle and organs were gone. I had deep blue skin and my hand was bigger. It was a thumb and two fingers in what appeared to be claws. My feet looked like griffon feat but were as pale as my hands.
"Whoa what the fuck!" I reached for my face and noticed my bottom jaw was gone.
"How am I talking?" I asked Kay. She still had her shape shifting powers as well. She formed a large cape/cloak and wrapped it around my face.
"I'm so sorry Dustin. I don't know what came over me." I gave her a good look as well. She was skinnier and a lot paler. No claws but still menacing. Her jaw was missing as well.
"You know I forgive you. So what happened?"
"We created a dimension for our other selves that doesn't strive on the influence of the princess. We can travel trough time and dimensions. We are wraiths now."
"That we did." We hugged. Since we couldn't kiss anymore we just hugged.
"Can't I just shape shift?" I asked her.
"You should." I turned back to me and gave her a kiss.
"Much better." she said.
Equestria
Static's POV
"What the hell just happened?" I yelled to the crying Princess. "What did you mean we would all die if he died?"
"There are many dimensions as I told you Static. This was intended to keep Dustin in order."
"Why?"
"So we could count on God for mercy."
"I don't understand."
"I don't think you will but I shall explain this in a single manner. Dustin was a wraith who managed to regain his humanity and knowledge while being you Static. At this same time he found love and survived. There were zombies as you called them here 2 days ago and they stopped them. But by doing this they caused a time paradox. Now your here and God's plan is in effect."
"Which is?" I asked.
"For you to all live. Freely and happily without my influence."
"We still want you though princess!" said all the ponies.
"Thank you My Little Ponies. If only I listened to him I could have avoided this bloodshed."
"So it's like he never existed?" asked Twilight.
"Kinda but He also helped create us all." said Celestia.
"I'm too confused." I said holding my head. Then a note fell from the sky. It landed near us.
"Dear Static Wielder and friends and whoever the fuck I don't feel like saying hi too.
I made it back to Earth. Kay's here. It's all okay. I don't know how she's here. I guess she was redeemed. I'll pay you guys a visit soon to check up on ya. Keep my friends safe. Keep Twilight safe. I know your confused about what the fuck has been going on the past 3 days but I recommend you don't think about it. I don't know what happened. Congrats on the baby as well. Also I want you to have my house. It's a perfect home for you and Twilight. Ask Celestia to show you where it is.
Signed
Dustin the Wraith.
P.S. When I visit you I will look different. A lot different. Just a head's up.
P.S.S. Their is a journal hidden in the White Room. The only way there is with a spell and I left a book and how to get their."
"Well that's interesting." I said.
That ends the Dustin chapter. Now whenever I want him in the story that will be about him I shall put 'The Wraith Chronicles.' in the chapter title. Back to Static. This was my idea from the start. Everything was fake in Dustin's dimension but he made it all real. Now he's dead and everypony should get on with their lives. For now.
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