Chapter 37

Celesta smiled weakly as she gently shook her head, Luna retuned the nervous smile before joining Strong Shield in looking at Dave who dropped his head into his hands

“Princess Luna may I recommend retuning to see the public?” Strong Shield managed to tear his gaze away from Dave

Luna glanced at her sister “Yes I believe I have been gone long enough” Luna teleported away, Strong Shield glared at Celestia before walking out of the hospital

Celestia became confused as she was left alone with Dave, she trotted over and sat next to him

“At least this has been sorted now” She smiled as she looked at Dave, her smile wavered as she noticed his shaking “Are you… crying?”

Dave dropped his head further, his hands ran through his hair before tightly grabbing, Celestia looked around before turning back to Dave

“Hey” She placed a hoof on him reassuringly “It’s ok now, I’m not pregnant”

Dave stood up and walked over to a window, his back still turned to Celestia “That’s the thing” he managed to mutter sadly as he looked at the crowds that surrounded Princess Luna

“Are you saying that you wanted me to be?” Celestia got to her hooves

“No, well… yeah kinda” Dave tapped his head against the window

Celestia walked over and nuzzled against Dave’s shoulder “You know I love you”

Dave smiled “Yeah… I know” he placed a hand on Celestia’s neck “I love you too”

“But me being pregnant wouldn’t be a good thing” She sighed as she listened to Dave’s steady breathing

Dave turned his head to look at the white alicorn “Why?” he frowned as he dreaded the next answer

“Because…” Celestia sighed, “It would have put a strain on the harem”

Dave stepped away from Celestia “Can’t you leave the harem thing alone for five minutes?” He grumbled

Celestia turned her head to follow the human’s pacing “No because the elements are sharing you and if you don’t make an effort the harem will break”

“Make an effort?” Dave stopped “You have no idea how much I am doing to try and make it work for YOUR benefit”

“Dave this is for the good of Equestria” Celestia shook her head “You have to do this”

Dave chuckled which confused Celestia “Have to? I don’t have to do anything!”

Celestia frowned at Dave “Listen I know how hard it was for you to give me up… it was hard for me too I…” Dave cut off the princess throwing the table across the room

“BULLSHIT!” Dave pointed menacingly “I was used and I am still being used!” his mind finally started to realize what Odio had been saying

Celestia’s face turned from anger to sorrow “No… I would never use you”

“You slept with me… You made me go and solve the problems of YOUR world” Dave clutched his head “You never loved me did you?”

“Of course I did!” Celestia hurried over to Dave “I tried my hardest to not send you to Appleoosa and to that dragon… and that day we spent together was special”

“And I’m supposed to believe that you haven’t done anything like that with anypony else?” Dave took a step back “That wasn’t special at all, I was just a play thing… a toy for you to play with for a few years until I die”

“NO! There was never anypony else!” Celestia threw her hooves around Dave’s neck “I know you are upset that I’m not pregnant but don’t take it out on me please”

Dave did not return the hug, he just stood there glaring at the alicorn that hung from his neck

“Did you lie about that as well?” Dave glared into Celestia’s teary eyes “Are you lying about being pregnant so I wouldn’t leave the harem to be with you again?”

“No, no, no” Celestia shook her head “I wouldn’t lie to you”

“You don’t return my feelings” Dave stared at the floor “I was fooling myself this entire time”

Celestia hugged Dave tightly, her tears dripped onto his neck “Please don’t do this”

“I was brought from my world, I made friends, most had larger feelings for me than I did for them” Dave chuckled “Then I fell for you”

Celestia sobbed loudly as Dave almost spat those final words with disgust “And I fell for you”

“But you had your fun” Dave snarled “Then you passed me onto your sister and your subjects”

“I didn’t want to” Celestia pleaded “It is for the good of Equestria!”

“What about me?” Dave met Celestia’s eyes “Which is more important… and don’t lie because I know the answer”

Celestia dropped her eyelids sadly “Y-y… Equestria”

“Exactly” Dave returned his gaze out of the window “I gave up on returning home for you, I did things for you… I even died for you”

The white alicorn raised her eyelids again, “Please don’t hate me” she begged

“I thought of a solution” Dave slowly turned his gaze to the princess “The problem is me, I either have all the girls or I go”

Celestia’s eyes widened in shock “NO don‘t say it!”

“All I want is you, I can tell the girls to leave me alone and move on with life or…” Dave paused while he looked out the window again “I can leave”

“No I won’t let you” Celestia kissed Dave’s cheek

Dave raised is eyebrows in realization “I wouldn’t have any trouble, I can’t die, I don’t think I need to eat”

“Where would you go?” Celestia was worried by the seriousness in Dave’s voice and she fell to the floor in dismay

“Anywhere” Dave smiled slightly “I’m free to do what I want!”

Dave turned and began to head for the door, Celestia rose from the ground and stamped her hoof “I won’t let you go!”

“And what are you going to do?” Dave laughed loudly, insanely “Nothing can stop me… not even death”

Celestia wavered “Dave this isn’t you, this isn’t the Dave I love”

“The Dave you love?” Dave chuckled “What does love mean here hmm?” Dave began to count with his fingers “Let’s see… Twilight used a love princess to attempt to brainwash me, Rainbow Dash was almost crippled by your sister Luna, Applejack and Rarity just try to jump my bones, Fluttershy is to scared by her friends to be honest, YOU killed me”

“But I-I…” Celestia’s stature took a blow as Dave continued

“The only one that hasn’t tried is Pinkie Pie and she can’t keep the same thought in her head for two minutes” Dave’s sarcastic smile turned to a real snarl “So why wouldn’t I want to go? I can’t be sent home because Twilight wont do any research and I‘m resistant to magic”

Celestia sat down sadly in a chair, she spotted a terrified Nurse Redheart hiding in one of the many vacant patient rooms “Why did you agree to the harem if you felt this way?”

“Because it made you happy” Dave’s snarl faded and was replaced by sadness “I was just trying to make the most of things until I met you, then I just wanted to make you… happy”

Dave sat down next to Celestia, they both stared at the floor in silence until Celestia spoke up “Would you stay if that made me happy?”

Dave sighed before nodding gently “Probably”

“I never wanted to hurt you” Celestia placed her hoof on the armrest between her and Dave

Dave looked at the white hoof before holding it gently “I know,” he whispered as his voice shook

Celestia smiled weakly as Dave leaned over and hugged her, her tears rolled into his hair as his dripped into her mane

Celestia squeezed Dave as tightly as she could “I never want to lose you” she whispered happily into his ear

“Me neither” Dave sobbed as he held Celestia “I’m sorry”

“It’s ok” Celestia stroked Dave’s head gently, she released him so they both stared at each other, their smiles appeared from behind teary eyes

“Do you have to go now?” Dave wiped the tears from his eyes “The crowds would want to see you”

Celestia sighed, “I should make an appearance”

“Will I see you later?” Dave reluctantly released Celestia as she stood up, her horn glowed and her body was cleared of all traces showing the emotional weakness she just experienced

“Yes I’ll try… do I look ok?” She looked over herself

Dave smiled “You look perfect”

Celestia rolled her eyes as a smile spread across her face “I mean will the public notice if something is wrong”

“You look fine” Dave’s smile lasted briefly, “I’m sorry for the way I acted”

“It’s ok” Celestia smiled warmly “I will try and see you soon… I promise”

As Celestia finished her horn glowed brightly and she teleported from the hospital to her sister’s side, the crowd cheered as she appeared before them, Luna glanced at her sister and the nodded to each other

Dave walked quietly from the hospital, his heart weighed heavily and his mind began to expand

“You were so close” Odio sighed in disappointment “You almost broke free”

Dave did not respond as he walked through the town, he walked behind the large crowd, Twilight smiled at Dave from her perch beside Celestia, her smile faded as Dave did not respond

“She was at your feet, she would have done anything to keep you, and you crawled back” Odio tugged at Dave’s mind “She knew you wouldn’t leave”

Dave walked onto the long path that took him back to his house “I don’t care what you think” Dave looked over his shoulder at the town, the royal cartridge standing proudly in the centre

“You know she wont actually change, she will still leave you with your harem” Odio’s red eyes burned into existence in front of Dave, they hovered just ahead of him as he walked

Dave chuckled “I want her to be happy and if that means being with my harem then I will do it”

“No questions asked?” the flat broad eyes narrowed

Dave smiled “No questions asked”

“I don’t have to read your mind to know that what you just said was a lie” Odio sly grin tore the air as it joined his eyes “You still want to leave don’t you?”

Dave reached his home, his hand pushed the front door open slowly, Dave walked over and sat in his large chair, and Odio followed him in casting the room in a blood red glow

“I gave Celestia a bracelet here” Dave sighed sadly “I… I miss that moment”

“A moment that won’t happen again” Odio’s flat eyes and mouth floated slowly around the chair “You don’t belong here… go now”

Dave sat in silence, rarely blinking as Odio drifted back into hiding and the red lights faded from the room