Chapter 69 [lol]

Luna sat around the dining hall, the elements of harmony sat around the table except Fluttershy and Pinkie that sat either side of Strong Shield. Everypony sat in silence as the sun was lowered and the dull moon took its place

“So you mean to tell me that Dave has been the spiritual embodiment of hate this entire time?” Strong Shield stared out of the windows at the sleeping city “How come we are only finding this out now?”

The princess sighed as she removed her crown and rubbed her eyes “He has been away for over a thousand years… he must have gotten crafty”

“But he has been around us for ages” Strong Shield shook his head “I just don’t get it” He dropped his eyelid as his head rested

Twilight looked back at her teacher’s sister “Recently I have been getting headaches near Dave” Luna’s eyes looked tired as she looked at the purple unicorn

“I suppose as the element of magic you must have been picking up on his power” Luna chuckled “I guess he didn’t expect you to be so powerful, he only masked himself around me and my sister”

“I knew he was trouble” Rarity sighed, “It was a shame that he messed with our hearts before we caught on” she held her white head up to look over at Pinkie “It seems Pinkie was the only pony that didn’t fall for his trap”

The pink party pony did not accept the comment as she helped Fluttershy reassure the black unicorn. His eye showed a lot of pain but his face showed only fury

Fluttershy looked around at the ponies “Umm… where is Princess Celestia?” she asked quietly as all the ponies looked to Luna for an answer

“She has locked herself away in her quarters” Luna held herself together “She blames herself for everything” Luna smiled at the ponies before it faded again “And if she feels as bad as I do for even loving Odio then I am afraid she is not going to fully recover”

Applejack snorted, “At least she doesn’t have a bun in her oven” her smile moved around to meet Luna’s glare “SHE IS?” Applejack’s jaw dropped

“We don’t know for sure but it does look like it” Luna sighed as the ponies exchanged shocked glances

Strong Shield groaned as he stood up and angrily marched to the door “I am not standing for this” he grumbled as he slammed the door behind him “That dragon knows something and I am going to find out what!”

Luna shook her head “I’m going to talk with my sister… the rest of you may use any of the guest rooms” The alicorn put her dark crown back on as she left the room, closing the door more gently than the previous user did

The princess of the night stopped outside her sister’s bedroom door, the surface flowed like the surface of the sun. The guards had moved away from the intense heat but still saluted Luna

“Sister open this door” Luna called, she heard sniffles from the other side but soon the barrier faded away. Luna stepped in and closed the door behind her, she looked at the heap on the bed

Celestia was hidden beneath her bed covers, crying loudly as she coiled into a ball, like a filly that lost her pet. Luna stood by the edge of the bed as she rested a hoof on the mound

“Sister I know you must be hurt but…” The dark alicorn was silenced as Celestia yelled back, her voice muffled by the thick sheets

“You have no idea!” Celestia howled “I loved that disguise and it loved me back but I should have know it was too good to be true” The ball shuffled as Celestia crawled out of the sheets, hurling a silver bracelet at her wall, it bounced off and rolled around the floor before falling still “Those words were written by him that is why they’re there”

Luna sighed as she saw her sister’s bloodshot eyes “Listen, Odio has been stopped, he isn’t coming back”

“He doesn’t need to” Celestia sobbed as she snarled at her stomach “This… This… abomination inside of me has to go”

As the words left Celestia’s lips, Luna gasped “Celestia how could you think of such a thing? It may be a piece of Odio but it isn’t the child’s fault”

“I don’t care” The white alicorn wept, “It will be an everlasting reminder that he bested us” Celestia brought the covers over her head so she could hide from the world “I let everypony down”

Luna climbed onto the bed and lay down next to her sister, placing a comforting hoof over the mound to let her know she was near

Meanwhile…

Odio left Dave’s vision as he fumbled around the hospital room “Right well do you want a long explanation or a short one?”

“I’m a bit fucking confused and very fucking pissed so I suggest you make it a novel,” Dave growled as he resumed to staring at the roof

“The elements are using your own mind to make the perfect prison, everything here is being forced to keep you here” Odio picked up the defibrillator paddles and turned the machine on “This is gonna hurt” He brought the paddles onto Dave’s temples causing him to bolt upright

Dave shook his head as he looked around the room, the view outside the mirror was a random assortment of buildings, skyscrapers and fields “What the hell is this?”

“Perfect prison” Odio chuckled “No one can break out but luckily there are two of us” Odio smiled as he fumbled around the draws “Ah ha just as I predicted” Odio tossed a shotgun onto the bed

“The only reason we are talking is because everypony thought I was you” Dave grabbed the shotgun and pointed it at the fog “Why the fuck should I listen to you now?”

Odio calmly changed into his humanoid form, his eyes narrowed as they looked at Dave “You used my power and revealed us and I told you that the princesses would take action”

“Fuck you” Dave pumped the shotgun “Now tell me why I am not hallucinating and why I should believe you”

“Because you are the only one that has EVER treated me as a friend, I can leave whenever I want” Odio’s fog shuffled aggressively “YOU are trapped not me”

Dave growled as he let the weapon drop to his side “So how do we get out?” Dave followed the fog out of the hospital room and into the school corridor “Wait? The fuck is going on?”

“Your mind was heavily affected due to your body resisting this worlds rules” Odio chuckled “let’s just say shit is going to get weird” the corridor filled with noise as armed soldiers rappelled in through the windows

Dave fired his shotgun and as the first soldier fell his head shot with pain “Ah shit… fighting inside my head” He grumbled angrily as Odio dragged him through a door and they landed in a supermarket

“Yeah you just shot a small part of your muscle memory” Odio chuckled “Looks like you are a noob at Call of Duty again” he pulled a shopping cart over and placed Dave inside “Alright this is perfect!”

Dave fired some more shots at anything that jumped out in front of them as Odio pushed the cart along, his groans soon began to spur him on as he yelled, “so where are we going to show up once we break free?”

“Where ever it is that Celestia had you buried” Odio chuckled “Well technically she had Adamas drop us over the badlands and to never know where you are ever again”

“BITCH!” Dave growled as he removed the head from a soldier. The cart was pushed into the hardware section and Odio began to search for a tool to use “Alright once we are out we kick in the front doors to Canterlot, show everypony what we can truly do and then I am having a word with Celestia”

Odio picked up a sledgehammer and twirled it around “Then what? Rule over everything?”

“No, we can leave, go back to my world and take that over” Dave grumbled “I never want to see this world again” He spat as Odio shrugged

“Alright prepare for the universe’s greatest jail break” Odio chuckled as he broke Dave’s arm off with the hammer. The arm broke and crumbled like stone, the grey solid turned to dust as it hit the ground, Dave did not yelp at the pain but nodded as Odio slammed the blunt object into his face

His vision suddenly cracked as his eyes rubbed against the hard stone that retrained his body. On the other side of the stone, he heard a faint buzzing. He groaned as he broke through the rock and fell onto the squishy floor, breaking the stone around his head

“Now what is this thing?” A female voice asked and was responded with various buzzing “I know the hive doesn’t know, I AM the hive you inferior beetle”

Dave pushed himself to his knees, allowing the final bits of Stone to fall from his body. He looked up through various holes that separated him from a group of bug like ponies

“Oh are those the changelings?” Dave asked Odio “They look really… similar”

“Well we are meant to take different forms so having individuality naturally is pathetic” The holes moved and Dave realized they were the holey hooves of a taller changeling, a small crown rested on her head and a greasy mane dropped from her head

Dave held his nose as a repulsive stench rushed into his nostrils “Have you ever heard of deodorant or air fresheners? Seriously!” His smile became apparent as Odio chuckled

“How dare you mock me! Queen Chrysalis! Queen of the changelings!” the royal bug held her head high as she attempted to talk down to the human “Now explain what you are before I have my army tear you apart”

Dave released his nose and looked at the queen “We are Dave and Odio” He bowed “And if you ever try to threaten me again I will burn your entire race before your eyes, I will squash every maggot with my feet and I will make you watch while I fill the holes in your body with coal before setting it alight!”

Queen Chrysalis glared angrily “Why you pathetic little creature” She snarled and her minions began to circle “Give me one reason I shouldn’t kill you where you stand!”

“Well let’s just say I have an appointment with Celestia” His smile turned to a frown as his body became wrapped in a dense black fog “And I would HATE to miss it”