I knew I would never forget the day that came just two days after going to Cloudsdale, it was a day that would haunt me forever and would stay in my mind until death. It was the day that had been foretold and a day that lead me on the path to my future.
It was the day I first took a life.

The day had started out fairly normally, I woke up without a pony at the foot of my bed or any messages that people had opened for me, so actually it started pretty well. Diamond and Twilight were already up and Twilight was writing on a piece of parchment between spoonfuls of oatmeal. Diamond was eating likewise but just staring down into his food. I was honestly surprised that he hadn't moved into Lyra's place now or even asked Celestia for his own place in Ponyville but I figured he was still being tasked with guarding me secretly. I actually noticed a lack of Spike that morning.

"Yo Twi, where's Spike?" I asked as I walked past into the kitchen to grab my own breakfast. Twilight waited for me to come back in with a glass of milk and a sandwich. Well two buttered pieces of bread.

"He went out with Rarity, she wanted him to help her gather some gems for an order." Twilight answered once I'd sat down, she didn't even look up from what she was writing, I couldn't read it so couldn't translate for anyone what she was writing. Not that I looked at it or anything to see if it was about me.

"A'right. Diamond, plans for today?" I asked. He jumped slightly and looked up with a monotone.

"Lyra wanted to go for a walk in the park later but it's not for another couple hours."

"It's." I replied with a snicker. He rolled his eyes.

"Well fuck you then." He growled.

"I dunno where Dash will be but I'm pretty sure you're sick of double dates.-" He didn't do anything but stare at me. "-Whatevs, I'll find something to do." He nodded and went back to eating. I stared chewing on my bread and began to think on home. I was actually beginning to miss meat but at the same time didn't care enough to do anything about it. The occasional meal was meat but not stuff like ham slices for sandwiches or anything mundane like that.
Breakfast passed pretty quickly and I got up to go explore the town and meet the day. I didn't bother grabbing my sword or anything like that so after a quick teeth brushing and giving myself a mental note to shave that night I walked to the door. I opened it and was greeted to a very scared and winded Spike who was just about to slam into the door. He managed to stop himself so he didn't fall onto me thankfully.

"Sup Spike. Wanna ha-" Was as far as I got.

"Rarity! Diamond Dogs! Ponynapped!" He shouted between breathes. I heard something slam and turned to see both Twilight and Diamond standing.

"Repeat that, slower." I grunted.

"I was helping Rarity hunt down gems and three Diamond Dogs came up and grabbed her! I tried to stop them, but they got her!" Spike shouted, still far too quickly. I stepped aside and Twilight ran to him and grabbed him up in a hug, he was muttering something but I didn't care, instead just walked into my room to grab my sword. Diamond was already missing, presumably to get his own weapons. All I had to do was grab my sword and a couple grenades just in case and stepped back into the main room. Diamond appeared after a second in full guard armour and his spear ready.

"You good?" I asked, Diamond nodded and we stepped forward. I was immediately stopped by Twilight.

"You can't just go in there!" Twilight shouted.

"You're right, Spike with us, you need to show us where they took Rarity." I replied calmly, Spike nodded quickly and jumped down from Twilight. He got grabbed with magic, as did I.

"I mean, you two can't just walk in and demand Rarity back. Or." She looked at our weapons. "Hurt them." I rolled my eyes but couldn't do much else being held in the air by magic.

"We won't kill them Twilight, I'm sure they will just give her back when they see not only a rescue party show up within minutes of capturing her, but an armed one at that. With a Royal Guard and whatever the fuck they might think I am." I replied. Twilight just looked at me without a word. "We'll get Rarity back without bloodshed. This close to Ponyville these Diamond Dogs must know there is a militia or some level of protection ready to rescue captured ponies." She kept staring at me and finally let go.

"Fine, but send Spike back as soon as you find the dogs. I don't want him anywhere near this." Twilight grunted. I nodded and she dropped Spike too. We just walked out of the library without a word.

"Alright Spike where the dogs at?" I asked. He looked unsure and started walking in a seemingly random direction.

"You were telling the truth right? You don't want, bloodshed?" He asked, clearly unsure.

"Spike, how many times have I gotta tell people. I'm not a fighter, and I don't want to become one. This is just a show of force." I replied quickly. Though even I was unsure how this would go. Rarity may be pretty pathetic but she was a unicorn and the dogs wouldn't have known she was useless in a fight. These beings were confident enough to capture a unicorn with a dragon guard in broad daylight.

"Diamond, what are these Diamond Dogs like?" I asked. He had a very determined look on his face as we marched through Ponyville. We got plenty of looks but nobody tried to stop us. Thankfully I didn't see Rainbow Dash or any of Twilight's friends.

"Stupid, but can be fairly strong. Their strength is in numbers. Usually unarmed, but if armed they have scrap armour, weak spears or swords. No real threat. they are known to ponynap ponies from time to time but not much ever comes from it."

"Not much?" Spike asked.

"Some ponies have been killed."

"Oh Celestia, I'm coming Rarity." Spike whispered fearfully. I rolled my eyes and hung back from Spike. As did Diamond. Thankfully getting my hint.

"I don't want to do this Diamond." I croaked, he said nothing for a moment.

"I know. We can call Celestia for aid but there won't be any guards on hand like the dragon. It depends how many there are but I could probably take most alone."

"You sure?"

"Yes. Make sure Rarity is safe and I'll cover your retreat."

"Alright. I'm sorry."

"No matter what experiences you had on Earth, you are a civilian here. It is okay Aron." I nodded and we sped up to keep up with Spike.

"Should we inform Celestia anyway?" I asked. Diamond thought about it and nodded.

"Spike, when we get there. Go straight back to the library and tell Celestia what's going on." I ordered, the named dragon said nothing.

We reached a cliff face after a few more minutes of walking, there were some shrubs and similar vegetation on one side of the path, a big expanse of rock, and then a rocky hill on the other side. there were a couple small holes dotted around and a lot of bigger holes on a dirt plain.

"They. They were here." Spike muttered.

"Alright Spike, go back to Twilight, tell Celestia." I ordered, he paused but eventually just ran off. I drew my sword as soon as he was out of sight.

"Big holes are probably what the dogs use to get in and out of their cave system. By the looks of it there are going to be a lot of them." Diamond explained.

"Which probably means the holes are trapped or guarded." I declared back. He nodded.

"Except one, they usually leave a fall back hole, leads straight to their main base. The fall back is never far from the rest. These dogs are not smart."

"Which one though?" I asked, then started scanning around looking for, something. I really wasn't sure what. Eventually I spotted a pretty large hole a bit of a distance to the others. "There!" I called, pointing. I watched Diamond follow my finger and started running forward.

"That might be it." He declared, his spear falling down. We reached the hole with no issue and I looked down. The whole itself was a straight drop into a large chasm, there were some weeds for me to grab if I needed to climb down but it would still be a bit of a drop down.

"Shit." I muttered under my breath, then looked to Diamond. "How do we get down?" I asked. Diamond smiled slightly and unfolded his wings. "Bastard." I said smiling. He flew up and just shot straight down the hole, folding his wings back up against him and then spreading them before he hit the ground. He looked around with his spear down and eventually looked up.

"Clear! Climb down." He called. I rolled my eyes and put my sword away, then tried to awkwardly climb down. The weeds were, thankfully, pretty strong and I very quickly noticed that they could hold my weight. I had plenty of room down the hole but it was still dirty and dusty. I ended up pulling a piece of dirt out or kicking some down as I climbed and by the time I was down the hole I was covered in a lot of dirt, spider webs and all sorts of crap. I looked down and just let go, falling on the hard ground awkwardly but not hurting anything. The hole was just high enough for, with a boost, I could climb back out. The room we were in was huge, holes and small mine shafts were everywhere but nothing else was in the room. The only light was from the hole above us. I quickly saw a doorway leading down a corridor that was eventually lit up with medieval torches. The whole place reminded me of a Dwarven fortress or something.

"On me." Diamond whispered, I pulled my sword out and started following him, he trotted slowly and was pretty quiet for having four hooves. I took up a bit of a crouch and kept looking behind us. We followed the corridor for a good while, I could see pieces of gems and rock covering the floor and some bits of soot underneath torches. For a while the only sound was the quiet crackling of flames and the hooves of Diamond.

Eventually we came to another large opening with four corridors, three leading in other directions plus the one we had just come down. The room was likewise lit up with torches.

"Where to now?" I asked quietly. Diamond looked around, as did I. I noticed outright that one pathway had no torches and another had a lot of broken stone in it. The third was lit up like a city but didn't have much evidence of mining.

"This one." Diamond whispered, pointing to the mined out one that was to our left. I shrugged and followed. Only to stop where I heard a glass shattering scream come from the path we were going down.

"Good choice. Sounds like Rarity." I commented, Diamond looked at me and back down the mine.

"Stealth or full charge?" He asked.

"Why are you asking me?" I asked back, he shrugged and turned back to the hole.

"Let us just take it slow. Do not want to run into a trap." Diamond muttered. I nodded and we continued slowly down the mine.

Not thirty seconds passed and we came across out first living thing. Two bipedal creatures stood at ease at the end of this mine ahead of us. They had what I presumed was iron armour on and both had a grey coat. There was a spear leaning against the wall next to one of the creatures and the second held a sword at his side barely touching the floor.

"Two tangos ahead, one-thirty meters." I whispered. Diamond looked at me with confusion.

"Tangos?" He asked.

"Earth military has a different alphabet to normal, it's to communicate easier over radio and for quick orders. So Oscar Mike means on the move. Tango is for the letter T. Tango usually means target." I explained.

"And you just guessed their distance?" He asked.

"Nah, I have some experience with distances and shit like that." In truth I didn't even notice I said anything. Scary.

"Whatever, later we can talk. Let's try and sneak up. I might be able to take them with no sound." Diamond whispered.

"Wait." I hissed, Diamond looked at me for second.

"What?" He asked.

"Is there a way to avoid violence?" Diamond looked ahead at the two guards. He paused for a good while.

"No. Guards are armed, the amount of entrances mean there will be a lot of them. Plus taking a unicorn in broad daylight, these dogs are either incredibly big headed or incredibly stupid, neither of those options will mean they will negotiate."

"Shit. This is going to get bloody then."

"Indeed. Est enim gloria solis."

"The fuck did you just say?" Diamond grunted and glared at me for a second.

"Let's move out." He grunted.

I nodded and crept forward. We got pretty close without alerting the two guards and I tried to look past the two guards to see into the other room. There were loads of dogs wondering around or standing at guard around the room. I saw Rarity in the middle surrounded by three guards. She wore a really rusted heavy saddle and was saying something. But I couldn't hear what. I looked to Diamond and raised a hand to tell him to wait. When none of the guards turned or looked away I shrugged.

"Watching." I whispered. A dog grunted but thankfully didn't turn around. Diamond stepped back and closed one eye. I stood up fully just as I saw a spear shoot through the left dogs neck. Blood shot out of his wound and he grunted. The second dog turned and I back handed him, it probably hurt me more than him but it shocked the dog enough that Diamond had time to rip his spear out of the dogs neck and stab the other in the chest, cutting straight through the chestplate like butter. Blood started flowing from the wound and both dogs fell down grunting and bubbling blood. I felt like throwing up, being right in front of the second dog but held it down. I very deliberately looked away from the dogs face when Diamond stabbed him.
Somehow we hadn't been detected. I walked back and lent against the wall and spat onto the floor. I felt a hoof on my shoulder and turned to see Diamond flying at eye level, his spear was aimed down towards my crotch, blood dripping from it. Books and stories I had read wrote about how it was like any other liquid, but real blood was thick, crimson colour. It dripped down like caramel or wet glue. I wanted to vomit again.

"You okay?" Diamond asked. I looked at him for a second before nodded, he flew back down and did something with his spear that made the saddle flick it into the air and back down really quickly, causing the blood to splat against the ceiling, wall and floor.

"Now what. We can't get in undetected." I muttered. He walked up to the two dead dogs and knelt down, looking into the main room. After a minute he walked back.

"I'm counting fourteen idle guards, three on Rarity. Eight more patrolling. That's twenty-five. Far more than I expected this close to a town." Diamond whispered.

"Shit." I replied. He nodded.

"How strong are you?" I looked down.

"Not very, I slapped that guy and he only double back out of shock than anything else. I put force into that, my hand still hurts." I replied.

"So you can't knock the guards out on Rarity. Aron I hate to ask this of you..." Diamond began.

"I will try." I muttered, looking at the sword in my hand, my whole body felt weak and I wanted to cry, or pass out. Or run away.

"It is all anypony can do. Go for the three on Rarity. If we sprint straight to her it will take them a couple seconds to muster. If we start getting overwhelmed we just run and try to lose them in the tunnels." Diamond ordered. I took a breath, and nodded. Then raised the sword up. "Ready?" Diamond asked.

"Give me a second." I said, breathing deeply, then tip-toed forward. My plan was to run forward, cut a dog in the stomach and try and spin round to cut down the three without having to look at them or hurt them that bad, wounds that would allow them to live but not be a problem. I looked right at the left most dog who was shouting at Rarity. But I blocked out the noise. "Okay ready." I exclaimed quietly. I looked at Diamond who nodded, spread his wings and we both charged into the room.

There were shouts of intruders straight away and I could see a couple guards run towards us, they didn't even have their weapons ready. And it was far too late for me to notice that some weren't even armed. i reached my target without him really reacting, unfortunately another dog with him did and lunged at me with a sword it hand. I tripped when he jumped on me and we rolled on the floor for a second. I ended up on top and punched the dog in the face, he lunged forward and bit into my arm. I grabbed his sword arm with my own, Spiritus fallen on the floor somewhere. I managed to hold back but felt pain in my hand where the dog bit it. I slammed his sword hand onto the ground and he dropped it. I rolled us again and felt another stab in my hand. I grabbed his sword and let him lay on top of me. He spat my hand out and growled, showing bloodied teeth. I closed my eyes for a second and stabbed up with my free hand. Cutting into the dogs side and he howled in pain. His face was of pure shock and I managed to push him off and rolled to grab my own sword. I caught sight of Diamond pulling his spear out of the face of a dog, I turned to see one dog holding onto Rarity who was screaming, but I still heard nothing. I lunged at another dog with a shout and managed to block his own attack. I then sliced up and cut a couple of his fingers off, or whatever dogs have on their paws. He screamed again and I rolled out of his way. The final dog threw Rarity at me. Who cried out and I just side stepped out of her way. I saw her run away and turned to watch her. Then found myself on the floor again, the final dog on top of me. I tried punching him away from his mouth and poked him in the eye. The dog growled at me and lent back, holding a sword up to stab down onto me. I raised Spiritus to block him and managed to knock his sword away when he came down, I pulled my sword back to try and fight back and felt blood trickle down onto my arm. Only when I looked properly did I notice the throat that i just cut open. Blood sprayed out and dripped down. I saw the dogs face and screamed. He had pure horror on his face, all anger and all happiness gone, just pure shock and terror. His whole life probably flashed in front of him and in an instant it was over. the body slumped down onto me, blood still spilling down. I pushed his body off and and stood up slowly. I felt nothing, my body went into shut down and I couldn't do anything but stand over his body. His eyes still wide open, his tongue flopped out onto the floor and a small puddle of blood was forming under him. I heard a shout but didn't register it. I felt a kick and flew forward onto the floor. It was what brought me back and I turned to face my attacker. It was the first dog, his paws were out and the sword still stuck out of his side. I held my sword with both hands, ignoring the sting that i felt my from own wound. I looked at the dead dog again and rushed forward, stabbing straight through the dogs stomach and pulling back before he even noticed me move. I turned to see another dog rush at me and parried his attack, my sword bouncing back and pain shooting through my arm. I yelled out and suddenly saw Diamond fly forward and cut through the dogs head, the spear snapped as Diamond flew over and fell onto the rock in a crumpled mess. The dogs head was basically cut in half with a piece of splinted wood and spear jetting out of his skull, skin had been ripped away and a bit of brain was showing. I did actually throw up then, just as the dog feel his body got covered in bread and milk. I wiped my mouth and turned around, with Diamond out of the picture it was up to me to finish the rest, most were already down but four or five more were still up. I swung Spiritus round once and stepped forward to the first, blocking his attack and holding back a cry from the pain in my shoulder. I managed to slice down before he got another attack in, I saw the thing fall onto the ground just as another came at me, this one had a pretty long sword in it's paws and swung it round at the same level pretty damn fast, I stepped back and dodged one and had to repeat that another few times as the dog just wildly threw it's sword around. I managed to get in and stab at the guys arm, cutting into a bit of flesh, the dog barely reacted and just brought his sword up in an overhead attack. I dived down onto the ground and rolled out of the way. The dog ran at me just as I stood up and I blocked another attack, the jumped forward again and managed to get a slice into the fuckers leg as I dived behind him. The thing fell slightly and I turned around to see the other two dogs fighting Diamond, who was just flying around with a sword in his mouth. Rarity was in the corner of the room staring between us and the dead or dying dogs with pure horror. My attacker finally stood up again and I held my sword up in both hands, kind of awkward since it was a one handed blade. I blocked another attack that actually pushed me slightly backwards, I almost lost my footing, the dog was slowing now and blood trickled down his wounds. I jumped back giving the guy enough room to charge, he did and I felt a slight smile come to my face, I put a foot out and tripped him, the dog falling onto the ground in a heap or armour and flesh. The sword sliding far out of reach.
I froze a bit, the guy was trying to crawl to his sword and it was obvious the fucker wouldn't stop until one of us was dead. I took a breath and put a foot on the dog's back, stopping him. He didn't even struggle as I brought my sword down into his back, breaking the armour and only stopping when I hit the stone floor under him. I pulled my sword out with ease and rushed forward to the two dogs bullying Diamond, neither looked hurt and Diamond had lost the sword, instead just keeping them occupied.
The first didn't even see me until a sword was poking out of his mouth. The second tried to fight back but took a sword slice to the gut, exposing his insides and spraying me, the floor and his paws as he tried to cover the wound in blood.
I did actually throw up that time, covering the guy in milk and bread. Or what was left of it.

I didn't even notice my ears ringing until I felt a hoof on my back. I jumped back, raising my sword and saw Diamond standing behind me, he flinched when i turned and I immediately lowered my sword. Putting it away. Rarity screamed again and I held back tears.

"Celestia wants to see you. Now." Diamond said, far more sternly than I think he meant. I nodded and just shut my eyes. I felt something large and fluffy rush towards me into a hug and I just stood there and took it. Then after a minute hugged back and began to cry.

I don't know how long I stood in the hug but neither I nor Celestia said a word until I had stopped crying and pulled back from the hug. My hand wasn't bleeding anymore and a lot of the pain in my arm was gone too. I presumed Celestia had just healed me but I wasn't sure.

"I'm so sorry." Celestia whispered, looking into my eyes. She looked like she had been crying, or was ready to.

"No-. Not your fault." I managed to get out. I looked at Celestia but instead of the happy, motherly face she normally wore. I saw that dogs face. The horror as his life drained away. I didn't want to be a killer. I wasn't a killer. I couldn't take a life. I had taken a life. I had killed. I had ended the lives of some creatures just trying to survive.

"You should have contacted me straight away." She said. Then hugged me again, I just returned it.

"I killed someone." Was all I could say.

"And saved Rarity's life, and Diamond's had you not helped."

"I killed living creatures."

"You saved two ponies Aron." I looked down at my hands, one was cut up pretty badly with bloodied bite marks all over it. The other was my sword arm and had dried dog blood on it. "Look at me Aron." I couldn't. "Aron." I wanted to die. I felt a hoof life me up and I looked into Celestia's eyes.

"You're a hero." She said sternly. A hero to the ponies maybe, but those dogs. Oh Gods what if they had families? Or children. I may have orphaned some children.

"I'm not a hero. I'm a killer."

"Heroes save ponies Aron."

"Could've done it without violence. I'm a monster." I wanted to slump down. Crawl into a hole and never come out.

"Aron. Please listen to me, you are a hero and saved ponies today. Do not let this get you down. Even the best of us can fall. Go to Rainbow Dash, tell her."

"I can't face Dash right now." I muttered.

"You can't hide this away. You can't hide this at all." She declared back, she was right. Rarity saw the whole thing. She'd tell the others. Tell the others I killed.

"Send me back." I ordered. She took a step back.

"To where?" She asked.

"Diamond, Rarity." I replied. She paused and eventually nodded. I was gone before I could register her horn glowing.

Turns out there was a main door and Rarity had lead Diamond out of it, the pair of them now stood on the rocky plains where we had first entered waiting. When I turned up Rarity rushed towards me into a hug.

"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou." She said into my blood stained top.

"It's 'kay." I muttered. I looked to Diamond who looked pretty unfazed, until he saw my face and looked worried.

"I need to find Dash." I pleaded. He nodded and Rarity stepped back. "I'll see you later Diamond."

"I'm not leaving you alone after that." He whispered, I smiled and nodded.

"Come on Rarity. Let's get you home." I grunted. She looked confused for a second and nodded, and we began to walk back to Ponyville.

"You saved my life Aron. I will never forget that." Rarity muttered after a long pause.

"Don't mention it." I grunted.

"It will be okay Aron." Rarity said. I nodded but said nothing. We got pretty far into Ponyville, whispers and mutters about our appearance was spreading around the townsfolk. Diamond with a broken spear, covered in sweat mud and blood. And me, hanging head low, covered in blood clutching my bitten hand. I saw Rainbow Dash standing outside of Rarity's place looking through a window. I felt like throwing up again. Twilight was standing next to her and it was the unicorn who spotted us first. They looked relieved for a second until they truly saw us. They looked sad and started running towards us. I looked away for a second before gulping and turning back.

"What happened?" Twilight shouted. Rainbow stopped short of us and the five of us stood facing each other. I didn't look into Dash's eyes.

"Aron saved me!" Rarity declared. "Oh he was so heroic. Charging in and distracting the guards so I could escape." She added. I wanted to kiss her.

"Why are you covered in blood?" Rainbow asked, carefully. There was silence for a while.

"I took a life today." I said. There was a gasp from Twilight but Dash looked unfazed.

"Diamond, can you help me with Rarity?" Twilight asked. Diamond looked to me.

"Go on." I muttered, he nodded and walked off with Rarity and Twilight. As soon as they were away I feel onto the ground in a slump. Dash ran up to me and caught me. Putting a wing around me and holding me up, I saw down normally and fought the want to hug her or pet her mane.

"Aron.." She started.

"I wanted to do it carefully, to knock them out or talk them down. But it went to shit. One lunged at me and I wounded him, another attacked and I slit his throat. Dash I killed people today." I said. She hugged me and i squeezed her close.

"Oh Aron." She whispered.

"Diamond saved my life. But I killed five of them. I'll never forget their faces Dash."

"Hush now." She was rocking me slightly and I just took it.

"I'm so sorry Dash." I muttered. She said nothing. "I didn't want to be a solider."

"I know Aron. I know."

"I don't know how to deal with this."

"I'm here Aron. Come on." She said quietly, I felt tears forming again and my hand started to sting a bit more.

"Dash." I started, I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, she pulled back and put a hoof on my lips.

"Hush now. Come on let's see if the others are okay." She muttered, after a pause I nodded and stood, my legs buckling underneath me. Dash held me up and I tried again, standing and nodding and walked forwards.

Rarity was telling Twilight how much of a hero both me and Diamond were when we walked in, she seemed completely unfazed by the slaughter that happened around her, or was deliberately ignoring it. Twilight gave me a side look when we walked in but said nothing. Diamond trotted over when we walked in.

"If you ever want to talk..." He began. I nodded and waved him off. He nodded once and stood next to me.

"What do we tell the others?" Twilight said once Rarity was silent. I didn't care to hear what she said.

"Tell them the truth." I said. That I'm a murderer and a psychopath.

"That you saved my life." Rarity muttered.

"And mine." Diamond grunted. How did I save his?

"How do you figure?" I asked, looking to Diamond.

"I would've run in alone had you not been there, we couldn't have escaped once we found out their numbers. They would have seen the guards and.-" He paused and looked to Rarity. "-Probably killed her in fear of an attack. It was a do or don't. Had you fled or not been with me. I may have died from their numbers." I just nodded and felt Dash grip my arm harder.

"Did you get hurt? Either of you?" I asked. Rarity shook her head.

"A bit from my fall. But nothing I cannot walk off. You?" Diamond asked. I paused and thought of my hand.

"No." He smiled and laughed for a second.

"That just proves you are still good. You ask about us and ignore your own wound. You got bit, and that parry you did was very awkward, probably pulled a muscle. Twilight." Diamond said. The named unicorn lifted my bad hand and flinched slightly. I looked away and felt Dash nuzzle my side. Twilight's horn started glowing and the rest of the pain and wound washed away, the blood stayed.

"This should have still been bleeding." Twilight muttered.

"I think Celestia healed it a bit when she teleported me." I explained, Twilight looked confused but nodded. "She tried to comfort me after the." Pause. "The battle." Twilight nodded.

"Which shoulder?" She asked. I paused.

"Right." Diamond answered, the unicorn nodded and I felt the pain wash away from my shoulder too. I nodded and smiled for a second.

"Thank you Twilight." I said. Then rubbed my shoulder for a second and moved my right arm around and clicked my shoulder joint a bit. Then nodded again.

"Well I should go tell Spike you are back." Twilight said eventually and began to walk out.

"I will go see Lyra, tell her I'm back too. Not that she knew I was away." Diamond also declared and trotted out.

"And you." I heard Dash say. "Are coming with me." She added and started to physically drag me out of the store. Outside she continued to drag me, I didn't complain. Just took it. Still trapped in my own mind thinking on that face.

"Dash where are we going?" I asked after a minute, I had just started walking then, following Dash and she pulled on my jeans.

"My place." She replied. "Hope you aren't heavy." She added. I then noticed her cloud house dead ahead.

"I can't walk on clouds without that cloud walking spell." I informed her. I didn't get a reply from Dash and suddenly found myself in the air, Dash was very clearly struggling.

"Wow you're heavy. Gonna. Need. Help." Dash muttered through clenched teeth. Turns out she didn't though and flew me straight to her house and dropped me. I screamed out grabbing at air and shut my eyes.

It took me less than a second to notice I wasn't falling, I opened my eyes again and looked down. I was on a cloud layer yes. But not dead.

At least I didn't think so.

"What." I grunted. Dash was laughing slightly and flapping her wings ahead of me, then landed casually and opened her cloud door.

"I got Twilight to give you a cloud walking spell earlier." Dash informed.

"And you didn't think to tell me before dropping me?" I asked. Dash shrugged and I felt a smile.

"You coming in?" I looked down at myself noticing the grenades on me. I was lucky I forgot I had those, throwing them around in that cave system could have ended terribly for everyone involved. I pushed the thought of the battle out of my mind and stepped into Dash's house. I had never gone inside before which was fair enough considering I couldn't fly or any of that shit. The whole thing looked a lot like Cloudsdale did, Greek looking pillars and various leaves and things like that but made of clouds. She had a small kitchen area, living room and a stairway up into what I presumed was her bathroom and bedroom. It had a pretty similar layout to the library but made out clouds and slightly bigger.

"Nice place." I said looking around the place, she had a couple Wonderbolt posters up and some other crap that I didn't recognise.

"Thanks Aron. My parents built this for me when I was younger, used to be under Cloudsdale but when I moved to Ponyville I brought it with me." Dash replied.

"Why move to Ponyville at all? Surely being in a great place like Cloudsdale would've been better." I asked. Dash paused and looked around her house.

"When my dad died. I wanted to get out of Cloudsdale as quickly as possible, and I heard Ponyville had an opening in a weather pony job. Been here ever since."

"How long you been here?" I asked.

"Six, nearly seven years."

"Alright. I had been living alone about three years before Celestia claimed me." There was a pause and Dash finally looked at me.

"I'm glad she did." I wanted to say so was I. I really wanted to prove I cared for Dash. But after today... After today I wasn't sure if I could tell her that.

"Yeah." I muttered. There was an awkward silence before Dash spoke again.

"Do you. Do you wanna stay over? Overnight?" She asked. I was shocked for a second then thought on that. I sure as shit wasn't going to sleep tonight, and better that Dash be with me when the nightmares came.

"I won't sleep well tonight Dash." I groaned, she blushed slightly.

"That's okay Aron, I'll be here." I was silent for a second and eventually nodded.

"Alright well I need a shower. Don't want to go to bed like this." I muttered, I could feel a lot of the blood had dried but I was still a mess.

"Upstairs to the left." Dash said.

"Towels?" I asked. She smiled slightly and I imagined my day was going to get much better. I didn't say anything and just walked upstairs. The bathroom was really weird and had the first thing besides posters in Dash's house that wasn't made of cloud. The shower was metal like every shower here with the same controls. The toilet was ceramic like most. Though I refused to think where the stuff went when flushed. There was a sink and a mirror with a load of hair products and hairbands and shit, like any female bathroom really. I didn't see any rainbow hair dye fortunately. I quickly stripped and jumped into the shower. The water took much longer than normal to heat up but felt amazing. Fresh is the best word for it. I presumed Dash's water came from some magic in her cloud house or something like that but wasn't sure and didn't care enough to ask her. The shower felt great, but felt bad about the blood that started trickling down my body and down the drain. I shuddered but tried to keep the fresh memories out of my head.

"I'm a hero dammit. I'm with Dash. I'm safe." I muttered to myself, I didn't even notice until thinking back that I was repeating that to myself over and over throughout my shower. Luckily there was a towel in here when I finished and I wrapped it around myself, making sure to cover as much of my chest as possible. It was a bit too small for me but I covered most of my honour and most of my scars. With it suitably around me I walked around, carrying my clothes out with me.

"You done?" Dash shouted from behind a door in front of me.

"Yep. Where you at?" I called back.

"Bedroom." She replied. I shrugged and walked forward.

"You know I don't actually know where rooms are in your-" I paused as the door opened. Dash was laying on her bed spread eagle with her hair tied back really adorably. She had some blue eye shadow on and likewise blue lipstick on. She was blushing pretty heavily.

"Remember that anything you promised me?" Dash asked in a sultry voice. I smiled.

[Sexual Scene Inbound. Chapter will be finished once scene is over. If you want to skip it. Just end the chapter now.]

"Wanna drop the towel and join me?" Dash asked in her 'sexy voice'. I smiled and started walking over to her slowly.

"You don't want to see my chest Dash." I muttered.

"I'm naked. Be fair on me." She replied with a smile. I stopped.

"You're always naked Dash. This is different, can I just put a top on?" I asked. She looked sad for a second but eventually just nodded. I walked out of the room and put my top on.

"Holy shit I'm about to fuck a horse." I said to myself and walked back it. I was beginning to stand at attention.

"Eager much?" Dash muttered looking at me. Then licked her lips. I smiled and climbed onto the bed and sat on top of Dash. She kissed me first and I started to taste, blueberry. I pulled back after a second and saw her lipstick was smudged. I licked her lips quickly and tasted it again. She giggled. "Flavoured, better appreciate it. Wasn't cheap."

"How long have you been planning this?" I asked slowly.

"Yes." She said and started kissing me again, I felt a hoof grab my neck and pull me closer, I didn't resist and just took it like a little bitch. I stuck my tongue in first and felt her fight it with her own tongue. I let out a loud, croaked moan and she did likewise. Though much sexier than my groan. Probably because she was a girl. We kissed for a good while before I suddenly felt my hand being pulled downwards in the clasp of a hoof. I tried to pull back for a second before I felt the kiss end and Dash pulled back. "Shh." She muttered and started kissing me again. I moaned and just let her pull my hand down. As soon as I figured where she was pulling it I started moving my own hand, her nether was already getting wet when I reached it and started slowly rubbing with two fingers over what I really hoped was a decent spot. I was rewarded with Dash pulling out of the kiss whilst arching her back and giving out a loud moan.

"Fuck!" She moaned, her eyes were shut and I smiled, then licked my lips, tasting the blueberry.

I started rubbing harder and felt her start dripping out much more and much faster. She was getting incredibly wet pretty damn quickly but I didn't complain. I really didn't complain. After a second of Dash muttering inaudibly and moving around a bit. I stuck my middle finger inside of her to see her reaction.

"Where have you been. All my life!" Dash shouted after a couple thrusts from my finger. I got laced in her juices and just looked down at her stomach and her thrashing around. God it was sexy. I started increasing my speed and put a couple other fingers inside of her. "Ah-Ah-Aron." She muttered. Holy shit. I really wasn't sure what to do after this point so just slid down towards her crotch. As I got closer I pulled out. She looked up with a glare but lost it when she saw where my head was.

"Fuck." She muttered. I winked and grabbed onto her thighs and started inching closer. I stopped just under an inch away, I could smell her aurora and could practically taste it already. It took far more control than it should have to not dive in straight away. It took Dash about two seconds to react, which was great for both of us. "Get in there then!" She shouted. Christ she got angry when she was horny. Fucking hot.

I leant into it and licked into her with a quick lap and then stopped. It was amazing. Her taste was beyond sweet and I honestly thought I was going to orgasm from the taste alone. I fought back to telling her or moaning or anything really. All I could really do was start licking into her, trying to get as deep as possible and trying to find her bean. Or whatever the fuck the actual thing was called that made grills go crazy. I found it pretty quickly and applied as much pressure onto it as I could. Dash was moaning a storm and thrashing quick a lot.

"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh." She was saying, stupidly quickly.

"You like?" I asked quickly, I felt her juices dripping down my face slowly and I licked my lips a couple times just to lap more it up. This shit was addictive.

"Shut up and keep going." Dash whispered. Lifting my head up I started again, sticking a couple of fingers into her as well. Trying to go as fast as I could, I held tight to her as she thrashed, it lasting less than five seconds before I felt her tense up and scream.

"Aron!" she shouted, drenching my hand and face. As she came fast and hard I lapped up as much as I could, keeping my hand still and letting her ride it out alone. My hand was instantly sticky as well as my face. It was a pretty strange feeling with my beard beginning to come through but didn't want to complain or stop.

"Shit." Dash groaned after a moment. I looked up at her.

"Looks like you're having fun." I said. She looked at me quickly and smiled, panting slightly. Her eyes went narrow and she crawled out from under me. I leant up a bit more and watched her move.

"Yeah. Only fair if I... Repay the favour." Dash muttered and spun round so we were in a sixty-nine position.

"Well. I won't complain." I said back. Dash started climbing under me and re-positioning herself. I had a feeling of what she was doing and started to place myself over her. I felt my manhood start to slide through her mane and across her face. I moaned a little bit and then felt her stop right under it. I managed to get my face over her own crotch again. Though it was hella awkward since she was smaller than me but by god I wasn't going to miss out on this. It only took a few seconds for me to moan loudly and arch like Dash had. I wasn't sure what she was really doing but I never wanted her to stop. She was licking around the tip and bobbing her head slightly as she went up and down the shaft. It took me a moment to gather myself but I eventually started to repay Dash for what she was doing. Though I didn't think I was skilled enough at every repaying this debt.

"Holy shit Dash." I muttered whilst taking a breath, I was trying to hold back finishing too early but wasn't sure if I could hold it. All I felt was just pure pleasure. Though with the awkward position I was in and trying not to fall on Dash I was having a hard time concentrating solely on her.

"Enjoying it Aron?" She asked from under me. She pulled out pretty quickly with a audible gulp. I didn't stop what I was doing for a good couple seconds. The only reason I did stop was because she pulled her legs away from me. "Oi." She said. I looked down under my stomach at Dash who was just staring up at my honour.

"Yes I do Dash." I said, she smiled and winked.

"Wanna take this the rest of the way?" She asked. I was stumped for a second. I held back on continuing my feast. I wasn't sure what I wanted. Sure Dash had came and I hadn't but frankly I was never one who really cared whether I finished or not. Just as long as the chick I was with had had a great time. "Aron?" Dash asked suddenly. I looked down at her again and noticed my top had fallen down slightly, exposing my stomach. I put a hand down and patted it back into place. Sweat managed to keep it in place. I mentally said 'fuck it' and prepared myself.

"Yes." I said and winked. Dash's face lit up, it was adorable. She put her mouth around me again and sucked a couple times. I moaned out and arched again. She pulled back far quicker than I wanted and started to crawl around again to face me.

"So Aron, do you consent to this?" She asked, she threw me back at that.

"Yes. Also you are so damn good at blow jobs." I replied. She just rolled her eyes with a big smile. She lost her smile for a second and just stared up at me.

"So er. Would you need, protection?" I paused again.

"I'm pretty sure you can't get pregnant with me." I replied. I doubt I could catch any diseases from her but I wasn't about to tell Dash that, implying she might have any.

"Meh I was never overly careful when I was younger. Strict parents." Dash clarified, which filled me with confidence. I just shrugged it off. Fuck it.

"Alright." I said and continued. I put a hand over her area again and started rubbing at it. She was still soaked and I only did it for a second before bringing my hand up and then preparing myself. Turns out I didn't have to and Dash reached a hoof up and gripped onto me. It was a pretty weird feeling but after a second Dash moaned and I felt bliss. She moved up and down on the bed for a second and I started too, pushing forward and down onto the cyan mare below me. She arched up and pushed me further inside, causing a moan from me. I tried to arch myself to rub against her G-spot and from the scream that she gave off and the hooves that jabbed into my back proved I had probably hit it.
Hell I was lucky horses even had something like that.

I sped up my thrusts after that and started puffing and moaning a lot more. Sweat was forming much more and I very quickly saw Dash was flopping up and down and moaning back, she put a hoof on her head and I watched her mane become a huge mess. Her mane colours blended into each other and I could see some sweat forming on her forehead. Her eyes actually rolled up and she looked completely out of it as I continued to pound into her. I was getting a bit close but tried to hold back. Until:

"I'm go-g-going to cum!" Dash shouted, and cum she did. It was like a waterworks, I felt her spray out juices and I pulled out quickly to let her squirt them onto her bed. I almost came from that but held back. God Dash was hot. As soon as it seemed like she had stopped I pushed back in and she cried out in a moan. I pushed harder and even pulled all the way out. I was so close. After a couple more thrusts I felt it coming up.

"In!" I heard a cry from Dash. I smiled and shrugged then thrust harder. I shot out whilst close and grabbed onto Dash, she grabbed me back and held me in a hug as I filled her. She started whimpering as I did and I shut my eyes as I came. It felt amazing and I was panting beyond belief. I was covered in sweat and completely out of breath.

"Fuck." I groaned, shutting my eyes still in the after glow of sex. If my life was any more cliche I'd wish I could've had a cigarette but I've never smoked and fuck ever starting.

Author's Notes:

i really enjoyed writing that fight scene, shame the next one isn't planned for another long while.
also fuck is Dash very quickly going OOC..
i suck at writing