Chapter 58

Adamas glided past the castle windows and spied in on the castle corridors “Were are you Dave?” he muttered to himself

As he flew around he snapped at the birds that flew in his path, he growled at the fleeing birds as he returned to looking around the castle

Adamas eventually closed his eyes as he soared around the castle, using his hearing rather than sight. He heard the clanging of pots in the kitchens, the conversation of servants and the rallying of guards. One particular noise caught his ear, the sound of crying

Adamas opened his eyes and scanned the towers on the castle, he spotted Princess Luna resting beneath a tree on her balcony, and Adamas took one final look around before gently descending to the alicorn. He hovered close to the balcony and the flapping of his wings caught Luna’s attention

“Oh it’s only you” Luna wiped her tears as she hid her face

Adamas frowned out of curiosity “Are you ok?”

“Nothing I can’t handle” Luna cleared her throat before continuing, “Can I assist you with anything?”

“Do you know Dave’s whereabouts?” Adamas tilted his head as Luna turned away

“Why do you think that I would know?” Luna turned her back to the dragon “you think that because I love him that I follow him everywhere?”

“No” Adamas reached over with a claw and gently wiped a tear from Luna’s eye “What happened?”

“I pushed Dave too far and the only thing I achieved was pushing him further away” Luna stomped her hoof in aggression “I can’t do anything right”

“You control the moon” Adamas’ face turned from a sympathetic frown to a serious one “You have done so since you were created”

“And? Nopony likes my nights, they sleep not dance and play” Luna pushed Adamas’ claw away

“Many wondrous things happen at night” Adamas smiled slightly “Most dragon habits revolve around the night”

Luna’s eyes lit up “Really?”

“Yes, if you ignore the hunting we used to regard the moon as a beacon” Adamas’ smile grew as he looked away from Luna “The elder tells us stories of how him and his siblings used to try and fly to the moon”

“Why would they try to go to the moon?” Luna stood “I was stuck there for a thousand years and I hated it”

“Well I suppose if the moon looks that beautiful from here” Adamas looked back at Luna “Imagine what Equestria looks like from there”

Luna sighed, “I suppose I couldn’t get enough of the sight”

“Please talk to me” Adamas clutched the balcony and allowed his head to rest in front of the princess “You seem upset”

Luna smiled at the dragon “Are you only going to talk to me because of your elder?”

“Kinda” Adamas sighed, “Adjusting to be kind and generous has been hard”

“Well I suppose it in a dragon’s nature to be greedy” Luna gave the dragon a sympathetic smile

“It isn’t” Adamas chuckled “the elder said that dragons were just like ponies are today”

Luna’s curiosity peaked “What happened?”

“Apparently the dragons that were kind and generous were able to sustain magic” Adamas sighed “But pony magic was already spreading across Equestria”

“And then what?” Luna sat down as she listened intently “Did dragons attempt to gain the ponies powers in secret?”

“No dragons couldn’t be bothered so they grew big and strong so they could physically overpower foes” Adamas chuckled “The elder chose us because he feels that we have the potential to learn dragon magic”

“Spike that lives with Twilight Sparkle can relay messages between my sister and Twilight using his breath” Luna smiled at Adamas’ small nod

“Dragon magic isn’t like pony magic, sometimes we might not even know that we are performing it” Adamas focused his eye back on Luna “Now tell me what is bothering you”

Luna sighed as the conversation spun back to her “Do you think that I could kill Dave?”

Adamas reared his head as he stared down at the princess “No I don’t think you would”

“Well I did” Luna frowned to herself “And now I will never get him to recognise what I feel”

Adamas lowered his head again “listen if you care about Dave… let him go”

“How can I? He is in love with my sister and they are probably trying for a child right now” Luna huffed as she folded her hooves

Adamas focused his hearing and did hear some peculiar noises coming from Celestia’s tower “Well I umm…”

“Exactly” Luna sighed, “I had Dave at a point and I gave him up, and what happened? My sister took the place that should be mine”

“I understand that you are angry Princess Luna but you must understand that you don’t want to mess with Dave’s emotions” Adamas shook his head “Why don’t you ask for a harem… you ponies do have harems?”

“Yes but it is the last thing I want to bring up” Luna looked back at the large, scaled head that rested in front of her “He gave up the last harem to be with Celestia so I doubt that he would even consider another”

“Have you tried?” Adamas rose an eyebrow

Luna opened her mouth to respond but she sat back again, “No I haven’t”

Adamas began to extend his wings “All I can say is go about it carefully”

“I guess I have no other choice” Luna sighed, “You seem to know what to do”

“The elder used his magic to look inside Dave” He smiled “Like I said, dragon magic acts differently so he was able to get a good look”

“Was there anything interesting?” Luna queried as she stood

Adamas frowned slightly and his voice turned darker “No, nothing… I will speak again” Adamas bowed his head before releasing the balcony, falling until he opened his wings and soared away

Meanwhile…

Spike was placing books back in their appropriate places as Twilight came downstairs “Hey Twilight are you feeling better?”

Twilight smiled to her assistant “The headache has gone finally”

“Heh I suppose the party wasn’t much help” Spike finished his task before climbing down the ladder

Twilight took a book from the shelf and sat down at her table “So who showed up?”

“Me, Dave, Strong Shield, Big Mac, Braeburn and Shining Armour” Spike thought for a moment “Yeah that was it”

“I thought I heard somepony else” Twilight looked at the purple dragon

“There was a mare for a while but the others said that Braeburn umm…” Spike hummed “Braeburn apparently helped her do the horizontal pony pokey”

“Horizontal pony pokey?” Twilight gave Spike a few puzzled blinks “What are they on about?”

Spike shrugged “She left after that”

Twilight returned to her book “I swear I heard another stallion”

“Nope” Spike shook his head “We had tons of fun though”

Twilight’s reading was distracted by a knock at the door, she trotted over and opened it to reveal the three members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders

“Oh hi girls” Twilight smiled “Why are you here?”

“Howdy Twilight” Applebloom attempted to look past the taller pony “Do ya know where Dave is?”

Twilight shook her head “I’m sorry I haven’t spoken to him in a while”

“We wanted to apologize for bucking him the other day” Sweetie Belle looked down sadly “Scootaloo suggested that we might get our cutie marks that way”

Scootaloo nodded before her head jumped up “Hey don’t blame me, you didn’t have to join”

Applebloom stood between her friends as she looked up at Twilight “Well if ya see him can ya tell him we are looking for him?”

“Of course” Twilight nodded “Actually how are your sisters?”

Sweetie Belle sighed, “She just keeps making dresses”

“Anything different?” Twilight suspected more

Sweetie Belle tapped her hooves “Well she made another black hooded cloak and she went to the spa twice yesterday”

“Thought as much” Twilight shook her head “That is three less than normal”

“Applejack has been actin strange too” Sweetie Belle sighed, “She was in her room when she weren’t buckin the trees”

Scootaloo looked at her friends “Rainbow Dash has been napping a lot” The other two fillies and Twilight all gave her looks which demanded greater detail “Rather than practicing her tricks yesterday she stayed at her home”

Twilight rolled her eyes as Spike joined them “Well I don’t see the issue” She looked at Spike “Have you seen Fluttershy?”

“This morning when you sent me to the market, she was fine” Spike scratched his neck “She was as shy as usual but I couldn’t see anything different”

Twilight shook her head “I have got to have a talk with the others about all this”

Meanwhile…

Dave sat on the edge of the bed yawning loudly “Well was that enough of an apology?”

“More than” Celestia sighed as she hugged the human from behind “So what are you doing tomorrow?”

“Going to see what torture Strong Shield has planned tomorrow” Dave chuckled as he reached a hand over his shoulder and stroked Celestia’s cheek

Celestia nuzzled against Dave’s soothing touch “I don’t see why you are training”

“I intend to fight whatever intends to harm you” Dave turned so he could look into Celestia’s magenta eyes

Celestia sighed, “I don’t want you to get hurt either”

“I know” Dave smiled as Celestia kissed the back of his neck “I suppose we have to hope that whatever it is that it is afraid enough of you to leave us alone”

“It isn’t afraid” Celestia rested her head on Dave’s shoulder “It is smart enough to know that it would be foolish to attack head on”

“Brilliant” Dave dropped his head “I’ll let you know if I notice any strange behaviour”

Celestia laid back down on the bed “You aren’t going anywhere now are you?”

“I suppose not” Dave laid back and rested his head next to Celestia’s “So do you know what this thing is?”

“Me and my sister used to know it before Luna was banished to the moon” Celestia turned her head to look at Dave “I guess it is a little upset with what we did”

“What did you do?” Dave stared up at the white ceiling

Celestia placed a hoof around Dave’s arm “Well I wasn’t going to have it nearby after what it did, so Luna and I used the elements to banish it”

Dave rolled onto his front so he could get a better look at Celestia “What did it do to Luna?”

“It talked and planted thoughts in her head” Celestia shook her head “Sometimes I wonder if she would have turned into Nightmare Moon regardless of it’s interference”

“Hey, don‘t think like that” Dave held the alicorns hoof reassuringly “At least she wont go that way again”

Celestia smiled at him “I know… but it just worries me if Luna is suppressing some of her emotions in case she begins to think like that again”

Dave watched Celestia’s mane flow along the bed “How do you manage with all these problems happening?”

“I did it originally for the good of Equestria, I suppose when Luna was banished I turned my attention to redeeming myself in some way”

“Why would you need redemption?” Dave looked at Celestia’s eyes that gazed down

“I should have never let Luna turn into Nightmare Moon” Celestia looked back to Dave “But now I do things because of you”

“Why me?” Dave asked, “I know that you love me and all”

“I must have done something right to get you sent from across the stars to me” Celestia smiled “And I never want to see you leave”

Dave smiled as well “And I don’t intend on leaving either” Dave moved forwards again for a kiss while he felt Odio be sick in his mind again, causing him to chuckle slightly before he made contact with the princess