Chapter 72

Adamas landed on the runway, his gaze quickly swept to the black unicorn that sat in the middle “Hello Strong Shield how are you?”

“Don’t give me that” Strong Shield spat “You did nothing to help Dave, you keep scurrying off to see your elder and not to mention you have no reason to be here anymore”

The dragon sighed “Listen I am sorry about what happened but you shouldn’t go blaming everypony for it” Adamas shook his head “I will remain until the princesses decide it would be best for me to leave”

The unicorn snarled at the vacant dragon “You know Luna wont get rid of you and you know that Celestia isn’t doing anything at all” Strong Shield stormed back into the castle “Don’t worry I will do what needs to be done”

Strong Shield marched up to Celestia’s quarters and knocked heavily, ignoring the guards either side of him “Open up Princess!” he yelled. The door finally opened but was opened by Luna

“Hello Strong Shield, you missed my sister” Luna sighed sadly, “You probably won’t see her until tonight” She left the bedroom as Strong Shield had a quick look to make sure she was telling the truth

Groaning, Strong Shield followed the princess of the night “So where has she gone?” his angry attitude increasingly growing

“She has gone to get another scan” Luna drooped her head “A couple of days early but she wants to ask a rather different question” Her sad eyes made Strong Shield’s lips curl into another snarl

“What question?” Strong Shield’s eye scanned Luna’s for any hint or clue

Luna shook her head as she held it high again “That is for her to tell, not me” She looked down sympathetically at Strong Shield “I’m sorry you lost the son you thought you had”

“I haven’t lost him” Strong Shield growled “What ever it was you turned to stone, that wasn’t the Dave I knew or the one you fell in love with”

“We couldn’t have Odio back again,” Luna said in a more serious tone, “Even if he has changed he would still cause problems that my sister and I would rather leave buried”

Strong Shield stopped walking “I don’t care anymore Princess Luna” He said princess in disgust “Dave and Odio, Dave and Odio” He repeated the words as a murmur “it just doesn’t seem right” He sighed before leaving the princess to walk the corridors alone

Meanwhile…

Celestia let her head hang as she slid out of the scanning equipment, her eyes looked up at the nurse. Her wings were loose and her regalia were left at her quarters back in Canterlot. The nurse pulled out a pen and paper to do a short calculation

“Well Princess Celestia I have some news” Nurse Redheart double and then triple checked her calculation “You are definitely pregnant and the due date is…”

“I don’t want to hear it” Celestia sighed sadly I want to know if you can…” She held back her tears as she whispered the words “get rid of it”

Nurse Redheart gasped, “No I can bucking well not!” the white mare frowned angrily at the princess “Why would you want it gone?”

“Dave was actually an old enemy in disguise” Celestia shuddered at the thought “He did this to me so I would have a constant reminder that he managed to trick me” Her tear filled eyes made Nurse Redheart sit down “I don’t want to have Odio’s child… please” she begged the nurse as she began to cry “Please help me”

Nurse Redheart slowly shook her head “It isn’t the child’s fault and you aren’t going to have a choice in four months” She dropped the scan images and calculation, “I’m guessing because you are an alicorn that mating is only for emergencies”

Celestia slammed her eyes shut as the faint image of a child inside her body came into view “Please stop”

“No” Nurse Redheart held strong “So your body must allow any genetic material to join with your eggs, thus producing another alicorn” She tapped her calculation “And due to your limitless energy your child can grow at an incredible speed”

Celestia’s lips quivered as she climbed off the table and collapsed to the floor “Please… I can’t live with it… help me”

Nurse Redheart picked the princess up in a hug and they held each other as Celestia’s tears fell into the smaller pony’s mane

Meanwhile…

Dave wandered through the dark, foreboding forest humming quietly “Now I think about it… how would it be possible to get Celestia pregnant? I mean we are different species”

“You know Mass Effect?” Odio waited for Dave to nod “You know the Asari?” Again Dave nodded “Yeah the alicorns are basically them”

“Fair enough” Dave continued to walk happily but stopped when he heard a low growl. He turned to see a large lion like creature except it had large bat wings and an intimidating scorpion tail

“Only a manticore” Dave and Odio rolled their eyes before continuing “Anyway I was probing your mind and I found some trailers for games we could get when we go back to Earth”

“Oh yeah what games did you have in mind?” Dave scratched his nose as he walked

“Well there is this violent game called Sleeping Dogs and I…” Odio was cut off as Dave was knocked to the ground by the manticore, its large fangs reached around Dave’s head but were stopped when a tick fog held his jaws open

Dave stood up and glared at the manticore “Listen here you wild fuck” Dace poked the manticore in its chest “If you don’t go back to what ever tit you sucked as a kitten then I will break off that tail and make you feel like a cheap whore”

“Maybe Braeburn could help us out with that” Odio and Dave laughed loudly as Odio threw the beast into another part of the dense forest “Anyway we are almost out now” He smiled as his fog returned to Dave

“Already? We are making good time” Dave thought he had seen Zecora’s house along the way but dismissed it. His pace quickened until he reached the edge of the forest, he could clearly see his house and luckily he had not left near Fluttershy’s cottage

He stuck to the forest for as long as he could before rushing to his house, he reached the front door before a noise from behind made him freeze

“DAVE!” A voice screamed, causing Dave to curse his luck “We were lookin all over for ya”

Dave rolled his eyes but stopped mid roll, the voice had the western accent but Applejack would not be looking for him. He turned just in time to catch the Cutie Mark Crusaders in his arms

Scootaloo looked up from the hug “We are really sorry that we bucked you the other day” The Pegasus smiled happily while her eyes showed her regret. Dave smirked as Odio pulled his fog completely back into Dave

“It’s ok” Dave smiled as he hugged the girls back “Listen I want you girls to do a favour” He put the fillies down as they bounced around his feet “Princess Celestia is going to be a mother soon and I want you to make sure her child has friends, ok?”

Sweetie Belle gasped, “You and Princess Celestia are going to have a baby?” She squealed happily as she hugged Dave’s leg “Of course we will be friends with him or her!”

“Listen when this is all over and we leave… there is going to be some noise” Odio spoke in Dave’s mind “It will be kinda loud”

Dave nodded “And one more thing” Dave kneeled down and smiled at the giddy fillies “Tomorrow I want you all to put your hooves in your ears ok?”

Applebloom cocked her head “Why’s that Dave?” The other two fillies also looked with confusion

“Just do it please” Dave hugged the fillies again “I’m going away for a while and it is going to make some noise that won’t sound very nice”

Sweetie Belle was the only one that looked at Dave during the hug and saw his teary face “When will we see you again?”

“I don’t know” Dave sighed, in his mind Odio also sighed as they both knew they never intended to return, “Will you keep those favours?”

“We sure will Dave!” Applebloom cheered “And when ya come back we can get Pinkie to throw ya a big welcome party! We will help with the decorations wont we girls?”

Sweetie Belle followed her earth pony friend while Scootaloo held Dave for a few more moments “I would have loved a dad like you” She smiled as she wiped Dave’s tears away before following her friends

Dave remained on his knees for a few more moments, Odio returned with his eyes slightly smaller “They don’t deserve to know what is going to happen” His eyes looked back to Dave “Come on… you can jump on the train and ride that into Canterlot”

“No” Dave sighed “We ride it partway before getting off and going in through the main gates, no sneaking around like criminals” His gaze followed the fillies before sweeping his eyes to the distant city

Odio joined Dave in looking at the white castle on the horizon “Almost there Dave, our plan is almost complete”