Author's Notes:

Hey everyone! at long last the next chapter is up! I'm feeling much much better and I think it shows...man I've been slowly working on this and now I think I'm back into the writing game.

on a side note, the reason why this took so long is also because I've started my own YouTube Channel, to play games and whatever.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXtwPO8wEfb0UtL1BAp2Mag

So far I made a little reward thing on the channel. if I get 50 people, I play the Outlast 1 in a full lets play, 75 I do the dlc, and 100 when it comes on ps4 the outlast 2 reason why I say reward...I hate horror games...like realllllly hate! so if I don't update here, I mostly will update daily or weekly on there!

ether way...I really hope you all enjoy this long awaited chapter!

"The hell do you want, Rapist?" I said with such clear venom in my voice, to which I can remember. "Come here to offer more threats, to try and make me say sorry for saying everything that was right about you?" He looked away from me, as if the words I used, harmed him, good, because that's all he was. a whiny little brat, that thinks just because he has all this money and title he could do whatever he wished. "Well out with it!"

"I'm...sorry..." when he said those words, to say I was without words...well that wasn't true ether.

"Sorry...sorry that's all you can say?!" I like to think it was the drinks I had early that made me do more yelling then anything. "Is that all you can really say? is that you are sorry, for what huh? that you raped a mare, because you can't get anyone to willing bend over for you? that you denied your own son, a product of what you did with Angel, or the fact as well; that everyone should just take care of shit, clean up after everything you do?!" I saw him flinch away, as he was looking down. "You said I should, we should speak; stallion to stallion...well I can't. you are not a stallion, you are nothing but a coward, and I don't speak to cowards!"

I was half expecting him to call the guards, to order them to throw me in jail, hell it was what he tried to do last time. And at this point, I really didn't care if he did or not; I would simply use that as ammo for when the next time we met. however, I watched as he looked away once more, this time looking outside the large windows before sighing softly. "I am all those things you called me, hu...Brandon," once more leaving me struck with confusion. who was this stallion standing before me...he couldn't be Blue Blood. "For as long as I can remember...I have used my power as Prince to do whatever I wish, and my Aunt...she allowed me to. I was never punished for my actions, and I believe that this caused me to keep going on the way I was."

"Believed?" I questioned him.

"Alright...I thought it did," he corrected as I only looked at him all the more as I made my way over toward the bed.

"Just tell me what you want...I've no time to deal with you...I have stuff of my own to deal with."

Back before the whole, Luna blasting me into a wall thing, she told me a rather...interesting story. Of course she and her sister had lovers in the past, and even married a few times, why they never kept the term of Queen, when married, they kept the titles of Princesses so that neither could have full control. Even though back then, Celestia did have a bit more ground when it came to what would be best for the kingdom; from what she told me. It had to do with her last husband, Celestia's I should say. This was before the time when Luna was sent to the moon after she became Nightmare Moon. Luna wouldn't give me a name, who this stallion was; but her sister loved him very much, he was the captain of the guards, and it seemed such a cliché thing; but they married and such. This husband had family of course brothers, sisters who scattered around after Equestria started to expand, to take land and make a new life.

She and this stallion didn't have children, Luna explained that yes, Alicorn were powerful, but they were not immortal, and nether were their parts of having foals. Both their times had passed to have children. What did this have to do with Blue Blood...well, it seemed Blue Blood looked much like her long lost husband.

It wasn't a good excuse, from what I heard from and even what Luna explained to me. But when Celestia went about different cities and found him in the street...alone, shivering and hungry, she took him in, and adopted him and well...spoiled him, horribly so. Luna thought that she couldn't bare to punish him, and hoped that one day he would become much like his ancestor of old, but from what I saw before, what he said about Silver...seemed that did not work out.

I didn't care about the reason, he should've been taught by her that just because you are powerful, that doesn't give you the right to walk over anyone, abused your power over others and such. I can openly say that I do blame her for the way he came out, she pretty much would just sweep everything under the rug, and he knew, after so many years, that Aunty Celestia would take care of things.

It's no surprised of the way he turned out to be, a spoiled rotten power prince thinking he could do whatever, whenever he wanted. Ruining the lives of many, while also still trying to keep a good image for the public. Luna told me stories of how he would treat the staff, and how ether she or her sister, would give the target of his anger a much bigger pay for the next time. Perhaps this is the reason a lot of ponies here just take that he says. And perhaps the other reason he hasn't been invited to big time royal meetings.

I still meant what I said about him, and even more, he was a coward, he sighed away Silver as if he didn't care, to which he didn't; heartless bastard.

"I wish...to meet Silver, for real this time."

This...I'll admit, caught me off guard, why, why did he want to see Silver, after everything that he said to him, spit on both his job as a father, to own up to what he did...and spit of Angel's grave by mouthing off as if it was her fault? It took a bit...but I started to laugh. "And what pray tell is so amusing?" he demanded as I was kneeling over laughing, was it the drinking that was making me laugh, or was just because I saw this to be funny?

"First of all," I said after I slowly calmed down from all the laughing. "You first said that he wasn't your son, and then, when the truth comes out, you claimed to be the victim when really...you raped Angel." I held up a third finger to get to point three. "And three...it's not my choice if you see him or not, that's all on Silver."

"But...your caring for him."

"Doesn't mean that I'm just going to force him to meet a deadbeat father who, no doubt just wants to 'patch things up' with him, just because a certain pony no doubt cut him from some money...what's the matter Rapist," I then leaned forward a bit. "Not fun being a Commoner."

"Would've thought someone like you wouldn't resort to low tactic such as this..."

"Oh cry me a river," I said turning my back to him. "And leave will ya? I'm tired and I really don't want to deal with someone like you at the moment"

"Quite passionate about all of this," once more I heard him speak as I only groaned a bit as I rubbed my eyes, I was really starting to tired out...in more ways than one, having to deal with this asshole. "Why is that?"

"Because," I simply answered as I went over toward the bed. "I've a asshole of a deadbeat father in my room, who for some reason wants to have a relationship with his son. After he spat on his dead mother grave, who he raped, and then tried to play as the victim here." I was getting really sick and tired of having to repeat myself...and I was just tired, both sleep wised, and also mentally. "And then out of the blue, he comes here to my room, to the one taking care of said son, and wonders why I have so much passion...geeeee I wonder why?" he only looked at me with soften eyes, I couldn't tell what he was thinking of, nor did I really care. "Leave, before I punch you until your body matches your name stake. You want a relationship with your son? Grow a pair, be a stallion and come to him!" I just glared at him all the more before answering. "Leave...now..."

He left soon after, closing the door as I just stared at it. That same question kept ringing in my ear...why does he now out of any other time, wants a relationship with Silver? It made no sense to me, and if he was trying to play the nice card; something must be in it for him. Again just using someone for his own gain. But, it was like I said, it wasn't up to me, only up to Silver if he wanted anything to do with him...much to how much I cared little. But he was right about one thing...I was very passionate about this, for my own reasons.

I went to sleep soon after, feeling whatever spell Luna placed over me to cure the drunkenness, from my body. I knew it was gone as well, when I woke up the next morning...hearing the loud smashes of pans echo around!

I fell out and landed on the floor, groaning as I held my head tightly, the loud ringing, the pounding of my brain slamming into and around my skull...oh how I hated thee... "Oh, I'm sorry, Brandon, did I wake you from your slumber?" Chrysalis...? What was she doing in the castle...? opening my eyes, to see blur cloud my vision, I looked around to find myself in my home, on the living room floor...great, sofa bound again, and it seemed my lovely girlfriend was making good use of making my headache worst...evidence to the sound of her crashing, loudly mind you; pans about, and not even for cooking. Looking up, after rolling onto my back, I could see her sitting by my head, her in her true form, a pot in one hoof, a pan in the other.

"Don't..." but she crashed them together again as I groaned and covered my ears. "Headache!"

"Well, you shouldn't had been in that bar yesterday shouldn't you?" I only groaned my respond. "Get up, I' m making lunch soon, and also we still need to go shopping..."

"For what...?"

"Nightmare Night is tomorrow night," crap...I really did forget about that. "Silver came yesterday with his Nightmare Night suit, and was going to show you, before you stormed out."

"I had to think..."

"By drowning yourself in a drink?"

"Don't judge me women..."

"Oh, I'm judging you fully." I only groaned as I sat up and looked around, watching as she made her way into the kitchen as I walked on in, trying to give the Advil. After finding it, I could see Chrysalis was absorbed with her cooking, Mac and Cheese, as I swallowed the pill and drowned some water. "We going to talk about this?"

"About what?" I asked looking at her as she looked back for a second. "Me being found at a bar, spending the night at the castle...or my mother disowning me." Before she could say anything I added. "It not going to happen, I'm not talking about her."

"Brandon..."

"I'm not, why should I care anymore."

"She still your mother, you know that right."

"Chrysalis stop...just stop okay, I don't want to start a fight,"

"We aren't fighting...look you need to talk about this, I can sense the anger in you, and I can sense the sadness...you left in angry, but you were hurt as well."

"You would be too!"

I turned fully to look at her as she looked back at me. "You were waiting for it too weren't you?" when she gave me a confused look I asked her. "When you showed yourself to me, you didn't know how I would react at first, you didn't think I would accept you for who you were, what you were. Now think of that feeling, and then think id your own mother didn't want to deal with you...that she thought you were broken...that..." I placed my cup down, and in a hit of small rage, I punched the wall, it hurt as I groaned cradling my hand. I shuddered in the aftershock of the pain, holding my hand tightly to my chest as she gasped and moved away from the food as I stopped her. "I don't need her...she raised me to be myself, but she was a hypocrite, because when I did show her who I was, where my love was...she threw me away, and now dating this...asshole whoever he is.

"I don't care," I went on to say as I placed the still cold glass against my hand, easing the throbbing feeling. "I don't..."

"Yes you do," she moved beside me as she moved her hoof over my hands, before moving her other hoof to hold them both. "Look at me," I refused at first. "Brandon...look at me." I gazed at her, seeing such softness in her eyes. "You do care...you can say as many times as you want that you don't...but you do, if you found out she was hurt, you would go there quicker than anyone, why? Because I've seen what you are, you are kind, and understanding. Even after everything I did...you understood why I did such things. Even with...that princess...she was once Nightmare Moon, a pony who threatened the world in everlasting night, but you are best friends with her; even after out little...rustle."

"Rustle...it looked more like you two were about to have War World 3."

"In any case," she went on, ether not caring to agree with what I said, or let it pass. "No offense, but myself, and the Princess, did so much worst then what your mother did."

Did she have a point on this, that same nagging feeling came back when I was at the hospital, why was it like this? I truly couldn't understand why I felt as such, why was I more accepting to the fact of what those two did in the past, but not of my mother...why couldn't I easily just let it go or just brush it off? Was it because with my own mother, it was just that, my own mother?

I know growing up, I did all that I could to appease her, I mean I tried to be a good kid and such, I mean every child tries to make their family proud of them, even if it means doing things they don't want to do. When my mother acted the way she did with Lyra, and even more so when she sent me that text over the phone, plus that damn asshole who answered said phone...It just through everything I ever thought out of the window. To the point where everything she told me as I grew up, it felt more like a lie, then anything else.

I didn't know Chrysalis, nor Luna growing up, I don't understand a lot of things they may have thought. (Well with Luna perhaps I will when I get these Flashes she spoke of) Was again...was this the only reason I 'forgave' them so much more then my own mother?

"I know what you're thinking of," this caused me to snap out of my train of thoughts as I gazed over to Chrysalis. "Just know, Brandon, and I can admit when I say this, I've done many. Many horrible things in the past, most not for just my people, but for my own gain, I do not regret some of them, a lot of them I do. But you must do what you must to survive. Even with the Princesses," she looked off as I gazed at her and looked to where she was looking, the window gave a very good look of the castle. "They have done things, and no matter how much one may bury it, it is still there, and many; still remember the echoes of the past."

"Kinda strange seeing you go all Sage mode on me, you know?" I said looking down at her as I raised my eyebrow. She only gave me a deadpan look as I sighed and said. "Look...again, I'm truly sorry for what happened...I shouldn't have stormed off like I did, I guess it just...hurt me and I just didn't want to deal with it in a normal way."

"How did you deal with it?"

"Lot's of drinking...some food and well..."

"Yes...?" I sighed softly once more before saying.

"There was this one mare...seems she was one of the ponies that was captured by the diamond dogs...and well...she tried to 'thank me'..."

"Did you buck her?"

"What...no!"

"Rut her?"

"No!"

"Breed her, fuck her?"

"Chrysalis?!"

"What? You really think that would bug me?"

"Wait what...?" I just gave her a rather...confused look, I mean, I didn't do anything other then kiss...well make out with that pony...holy shit I couldn't even remember her name for god sake. It wasn't like I cheated on her... I mean I did kissed another mare but...

"Brandon listen to me, do you love me?"

"Huh...well yeah I do..."

"And would you kiss any random mare on the street if you thought they were good looking?"

"No,"

"Would you fuck a random mare?"

"Chrysalis?!"

"Answer the question."

"God...no!" she only nodded before I added. "Why are you...okay with this?"

"Because, my dear, little Brandon." She smiled as she came up, leaned up on her hind legs and placed her front ones along my shoulders, now we were able to look face to face. "I know you, I know you love me, because even now I can feel it. Beside we Changelings are more opened to a open sex relationship. As well as you may know about Herds." She then went on to say. "Sex is a pleasurable act, you humans and other races just treat it like a sacred thing, that it should be only with the one you truly love. But what about those that never find their 'true love'?

"To Changelings, sex is the fastest and easiest way to gain emotions such as Love, or others like things. We have...'places' that offers a pony to live their dream lovers, do they want to make love to a dragon, utterly dominate the king of a land." As I raised my hand up. "And before you ask, really do you think someone will rat us out, when they get free sex, and the mare, stallion, of their dream?" the hand went down. "Of course...there had been a few that tried to let's say black mail us, but they had been...taken care of."

"You mean..."

"I'm not all good, Brandon."

Note to self, don't even think about crossing her.

We talked for a bit more after that, before she told me two things, one, Silver was upstairs, he barely said anything when I left and was rather worried, it seemed he even talked to Luna and nearly begged her to find me...great now I feel even more like shit. And even Lyra, seeing how she called her as well. Great, not only do I have to go and talk to a kid, and say I'm sorry that what he saw, happened, but also as well, call my Ex and tell her I'm fine...I'm still surprised with how well they are getting along, all things considered. So I was trying to decide on who I should have to talk first, Lyra...or Silver. I decided on Lyra, seeing how well...I'm really not sure why I wanted to call her first, maybe because of the fact that she was with me the first time when my mother went all hate the pony race.

Getting out my phone, and calling up the home number, having gotten it from her a while back. It rang for a bit, before the sound of a very, very tired Lyra answered. "Hello...?"

"Hey..." I answered softly, and at once I heard her perk up.

"B...Brandon?!" I heard her wake up nearly at once when she heard my voice. "Are you okay? Nova called me last night and..." she paused for a moment, no doubt Chrysalis told her why I left and was gone all night, so she could possibly be trying to not say as much, in hopes of not upsetting me. 'Brandon...I'm so sorry, you shouldn't have dealt with something like that, no one should."

"I'm fine, Lyra," I somewhat lied. "Really I am...I just...well..." I paused as well as I leaned against the wall, Chrysalis walked on by, stopped to look, and gave a small smile as she went off to do whatever. "I've should've handled it better then to just try and drink my anger or sorrow away. You know I'm not a really heavy drinker, or a social like guy."

"Oh I know, I remember what little friends you had, tell me how much of a hobbit you were, never really leaving your home save for work or games!" we both shared a chuckle, even more so when I remembered I wanted to bash the guy in who said that.

"Yeah...well ether way...I've accepted what she had to say, and it's just that...I guess."

"That's it?"

"Yup..."

"But well...?"

"Well what?"

"She is your mother, no matter what she says...wont you miss that...?"

"Lyra..." I breathed softly. "For the last few years, I didn't have a mother, truthfully...nothing has changed, only for the fact now I know it fully. I know how she truly feels, and as much as it may pain me somewhat...I just got to let it go, and just accept that, that's all it gonna be."

"Just like that?" she asked me over the phone.

"Just like that." I confirmed. "My own grandmother is more of a mother to me now then my mother..." I paused for a moment and looked up a bit...did that sound strange or out of place...eh. "I mean, you remember her right?"

"Yeah, she was a nice lady, you know, she kept in touch with me for a while after we stopped seeing one another, and before I left to come back here...well long before then I should say."

"Really...she didn't tell me that."

"She really didn't want you to know at first," she pointed out. "I don't think she knew the full story then, on why we broke up, or how she even found out. Either way, she told me...well she hoped that you and I would've gotten back together.

"She went on to say that she never seen you as happy as you were when you were around me, or well...she never saw you as happy, as when you were with me. That I must've done something to you, in a good way." Yeah...that really sounded like Nanny. "She didn't asked, nor didn't want to know why we broke off, all she wanted to know, if we were on good terms, I told her yes, we were still friends, which we were...right?"

"Of course, I mean we did hang out at times, but well..."

"Yeah," she agreed. I guess I didn't want to get back together with her, because I didn't want her to deal with the backlash, and she didn't want to get back to me because she wanted me and mom to get along again. "You have to try and stop appeasing everyone, Brandon..." I blinked before she went on. "You called her to patch things up, or try to...I think at times, you have to let things be."

"Maybe...but..."

"There no 'buts', here." She sated firmly. "As much as you may wish it, there will be hate, there will be sorrow and lost...you have to know by now, you can't make everyone happy, without making someone else, upset. Because you know, the only way you would make your mother love you again, if you were a True Human."

I didn't say anything, just listened and let it all soaked in. Was that really my problem in life, was I just trying so hard to appeased everyone...was that why...? I let out a exhale, but nodded my head. "You're right...you're right," I then smiled and added. "I hate how you are."

"Hrm?"

"Voice of reason, or just too damn smart at times."

"Oh I know..." she said, as I could hear the grin on the other end of the line.

We spoke a bit more, I making sure to tell her that truly that I was fine, and other such things. It even came to the point about Nightmare Night which was tomorrow. She told me that she would be coming up here, and that Nova, told her that she could spend the night here. I found that a bit strange and would have to Question her about it, but ether way it didn't really matter that much...I mean if Chrysalis said it was cool...though I do have to wonder why.

With that out of the way, I made my way up towards Silver's room... this would prove much more task heavy than anything else. I mean, how can I explain myself to a colt...? again, I agreed that Silver was my smarter and mature for his age then many would let on...but still.

Coming to his door, I was about to knock, before hearing the soft voice of his, as well as another, Shade, talking about something. I sighed a bit as I wondered what we would talk about before then hearing... "Come in Brandon," it was Silver...how did he... "Shade said she could hear you." "Bat ponies ears maybe...eh. Taking another sigh I slowly opened the door. The bat pony making her way passed me, as she nodded her head to me, I nodded back as she left to give me and him some time.

I say him on his bed, as I made my way inside, the door closing behind me, he had some things on the bed, books from his school as well as some rings, not sure what they were for. He looked up to me, as I looked to him. "Hey..." he muttered.

"Hey..." I answered back, looking at him as I sighed softly. "Silver...I..."

"Chrysalis already told me why you were upset..." he said and then added. "That...really sucks huh?"

"Yeah...it does,"

"So...she doesn't considered you a son...because you love ponies?"

"Pretty much." We were silent for a bit before he said something that surprised me.

"She's a fucking bitch then,"

"Whoa! Where did that come from?!"

"Well it's true!"

"Okay!" I agreed. "But you're way too young to be saying stuff like that man!"

"You keep saying I'm mature so why..."

"That doesn't mean you can swear!"

"Well that's not fair!" we just looked to one and another for a bit...before bursting out into laughers.

I sat on the bed as we kept on laughing, and when it died down, he came over and hugged me softly along the side as I held him in my arm. And hugged him back as well, eyes closed as we just embraced. "I'm sorry...it's just, when you left like that, I thought well...I really don't know." I looked down at him as he went on. "You and Chrysalis are like the only family I got now, well I considered you family...I don't like my dad...or that prick that is my dad." He looked away looking angry before saying. "Luna I still don't like...even though she found you. And Celestia...she just throws everything under the rug as if it never happened!" he then looked up to me and then added. "At least you and Chrysalis and even Shade treat me as if I'm a adult and tell me what's going on."

"Sometimes I think that's a bad idea...you're a kid, Silver, as much as overly mature you are; you're still a kid, you shouldn't be put in adult problems." He looked up to me, as I then added. "A kid, should be a kid, yes you go to school and all that sort of thing, but have fun, don't worry about me or other adult like issues...I can deal with it on my own, or with others. No offense to you." I then placed a hand on his head and smiled. "You're like a little brother to me, Silver, and I am again sorry you saw all that...but can you do me a little favour?"

"Sure?"

"Forgive Luna...but don't forget."

"Huh?" he looked me in utter shock before then saying. "She...she tried to shoot Chrysalis with a magic blast, and you got hit defending her!"

"I understand, but think about it in her point of view." He settled down, looking at me, before going on. "She...doesn't understand the Changelings, at all, she only sees them as the beings her invaded her home, and of such something like that is not easy to just, forget about. And as well as my girlfriend does kinda have a record of...ya know, mind controlling." He looked down as he thought about this. "Luna....did the first thing that came into her mind, yes, it was wrong, but she had good intentions...again that doesn't give her the right to do that." I looked back down at him, seeing his head down as he looked deep into thought before adding. "Forgive...but never forget, make it known that you won't forget, that she should THINK, before such actions, because some things, one cannot simply get up.

"I'm not saying forgive her now," I kept on going. "You can when you feel more than ready...but; think about it...okay, for me?" he looked back up to me, a small nod of his head soon following as he moved closer and hugged me softly. I smiled and hugged him back just as well.

"Oh!" he then picked up what seemed to be a belt, it was gold with some strange ruins on it. "It's a enchanted costume!" he perked up as I looked at it and then to him. "You wear it, and it changed you to look just like it, well to you, you would look a human like version of it. I thought you might like it, simply for what you will become!"

"What's that?"

"Try it and see!"

I raised a eyebrow but stood up, and brought it around my waist, clipping it on, as it soon tightened around to fit me snuggly. Nothing happened for a bit...until something indeed happened. I watched as a green flame came over my body, moving both up and down, it reminded me greatly of when Chrysalis changes into something, and my eyes widened at what I saw.

Luckily with a mirror, full body one in Silver's room, I was easily able to fully see me. I could still feel my clothing, but well...what I was covered in, what I was...was a humanoid changeling! Looking at my arms, I could see holes, but when I touched it, it couldn't go through...must be the magic in the enchanted that just allows a see-through...not sure but it was kinda cool. My body a black color of that of the changelings. My legs also had holes, but where my shoes were, were now huge hooves, my hands, claws in a sense as I wiggled them about and smiled. My 'muzzle' curving up into a smile at this all the more as I looked back, seeing Silver as a little Changeling, one that would look like a normal changeling. "Oh we gotta show Chrysalis..." even my voice changed, to a strange hollow like buzz, as he only grinned as well, nodding his head.

Making our way downstairs, passing Shade who saw what we looked like and chuckled softly. She followed us, as I saw Chrysalis cleaning a bit, her back to us. "Hey, babe, wanna see our costumes?"

"When did you..." she turned and looked at us, I smiled as my no doubt Blue eyes were locked onto her as I chuckled before bringing a claw up to my chin.

"So what do you think...think I can rock the changeling look?"