Chapter 75

Odio released the bonds around Celestia’s mouth, before joining Dave in sitting on the steps. Celestia looked at Luna and the other ponies before looking back at Dave.

“Dave… I am so, so sorry” The white alicorn dropped her gaze “When I saw you use Odio’s power I just assumed that…” she was cut off as the fog rushed towards her, stopping inches away

“You always assume don’t you?” Odio chuckled until it turned to a snarl “When I was around you always spied on me, waiting for an excuse to send me away” He turned to Luna “I’m sorry for what I did but you are both responsible for my suffering”

Dave rubbed his eyes “Odio, sit down” He stared at the fog until he reluctantly did so “Celestia… you had me chained to some strange devices that burned like the sun” He shook his head “Not to mention the other things you did to me”

Odio cleared his throat as he pulled out some glasses and a sheet of paper, both made from his fog. “Let’s see… Celestia you killed Dave, forced him into a relationship with five mares and a princess without his willing, proceeded to become intimate with him during his relationship, killed him trying to make him better for you…” Odio trailed off “There is quite a lot”

“Whatever” Dave grumbled as he looked away from Celestia

“Continuing… When Dave left you had his father imprisoned and fired because he had information on his whereabouts, you repeatedly hit Dave” Odio was cut off by Celestia this time

Celestia blushed slightly “But in all fairness it was followed with some… intimacy” she avoided looking at Dave who was also blushing

Odio groaned in disgust “Yes I recall a certain day of lust which was almost torturous by the end” He shook his head as he looked back at his list “You sent Dave into a cave that housed an angry dragon, you allowed Dave to train with the same dragon and he was continuously in harms way and you did nothing”

The group was silenced as the door creaked open, Strong Shield walked in followed by Spike. “Do you ever consider the good points that Celestia did?”

“Ah Strong Shield, nice to see you again” Odio sighed “You have done nothing wrong overall” Odio looked at Dave before rolling his eyes “fine say what you want to say”

The unicorn paced into the middle of the room whilst Spike was yanked into his own bonds between Twilight and Pinkie. Strong Shield marched past Odio before standing next to Dave

“Celestia has given Dave more than he could ever ask for, she loved him and welcomed him to this world” The stallion’s eye stared at the white princess “Yes she did some pretty stupid things but then again so did Dave”

“To be honest with you dad… I am probably going to Earth after all this” Dave sighed as he looked at the pony “Celestia said I’m the greatest asset Equestria ever had… Odio was right all along and so far has been the only one on my side one hundred percent”

Strong Shield glared at Odio, who simply replied with a smirk and a shrug “Well I know that you don’t entirely want to leave do you?” The ex-guard’s eye moved back to Dave “You talk to Celestia alone”

Odio moved forward to protest but Dave held up his hand “Odio… can you give me a minute?” Dave pushed himself to his feet and wandered over to the princess, stopping a few feet away. He kept his voice quiet so the others had trouble hearing “So… what are you going to say?”

“I know what I said must be unforgivable but I assumed you were Odio not… he was inside of you” Celestia dropped her head “I never meant what I said, you were never an asset and I felt devastated when you turned to stone”

Dave sniffed “So you thought you fell for Odio?” He looked over the princess at the others that were held by magical blood bonds “You thought they all did?”

“No I fell for a disguise that Odio made” She smiled weakly at the floor “I am so happy that you aren’t just a mask” She shivered as Dave took a few paces until he was beside her

“So… you had your second scan?” His eyes looked along her belly. He could not make out any bulges or bumps “Do you know if?”

“Yeah” Celestia sighed happily “I am due in four months apparently” Celestia smiled as Dave chuckled

Dave knelt down and held out his hand “Is it ok if I…?” He looked at Celestia’s face as she slowly nodded. He moved his hand closer and rested it against her stomach. Celestia welcomed the touch as her smile grew. Dave could not suppress a smile of his own when he felt the warm body of the alicorn

“Oh come on” Odio groaned, “We knew she was pregnant, this is just another trick to get you to stay” the fog walked into the centre of the room, between the throne and the ponies “And I would really appreciate it if we did something about this”

Dave stood and returned to the steps, smiling to Celestia along the way “Odio just leave it”, He groaned as the castle shook and one of the broken windows was filled with Adamas’ head

“So it has reached that time?” The dragon sighed as he perched himself on the throne room balcony “Do you still intend to carry out your plan?”

Dave opened his mouth to respond but Odio beat him to it. “Yes, now be a good dragon and stay out the way, if you are lucky adjustments wont be made” Odio smirked as Adamas sat down with a sigh

“What does the elder know?” Strong Shield yelled at the window where the dragon rested on the other side “Tell me Adamas, I know something is wrong”

“Strong Shield” Odio shook his head as he looked at Luna “What does the princess of the night know about dragon magic?”

Luna looked around in surprise “Well Adamas told me it can be used by generous dragons and it works differently from pony magic” The ponies all jumped as Odio whizzed around cheering

“Correct you are Princess Luna” Odio said in a happy tone “So when a certain dragon elder used magic to search through Dave guess who he found?”

“You but…” Dave rubbed his forehead “I thought you hid yourself” He looked at the fog as it paced around the room

“Well I didn’t know that dragon magic was more… forward than pony magic” Odio sighed “So when the elder found me he searched me as well” He looked over at Adamas who was peeking in through the window “He told Adamas and the other enlightened as well”

Strong Shield turned to Adamas “Why didn’t you tell us? We could have prevented this entire thing!” The pony growled at the dragon but his attention was brought back to the fog

“Because the dragons know what I have planned” He smirked at Dave “Like I told you, I plan for everything” Odio’s claw pointed at Celestia and a red glow travelled down his arm “I also said that everypony would get what they deserve”

Dave stood up and glared at Odio “Stop it Odio, we aren’t going to hurt her” he growled as Odio smirked

“Well I came back to Equestria for revenge” Odio’s smile turned to a snarl “I plan to get it” the redness pulsed and a thin spike raced towards Celestia, everypony gasped as it was intercepted by Dave. The spike pierced his shoulder and sent him to the ground

“I said no,” He snarled as he stood up “You even pinkie promised not to kill her, harm her or trap her permanently” his frown wavered as the spear was soaked into his body and the wound healed. Odio smiled as he pointed at Pinkie

“If I intended to break a pinkie promise she would be after me wouldn’t she?” Odio chuckled at the confused looks around the room “It also seems like history repeats itself after all”

Dave shook his head “What are you getting at?” His lips curled to a snarl as he stood between Odio and Celestia

“Think Dave” Odio motioned his claw over the six normal ponies “These ponies, excluding the pink one, all grew to love you” He chuckled “What didn’t they do?”

“Have common sense?” Dave shrugged as Odio stared “I don’t know!” he yelled irritably “All I know is that they all fell for me and no matter what I did they never got mad at me they never…” Dave’s face dropped as the obvious suddenly clicked in his mind “They never hated me”

Odio walked over to Dave and whispered in his ear “Bingo, I made it impossible for them to hate you, so of course they would love you” Odio glared at Pinkie “Except her, she never hates anypony”

“So that’s why she didn’t want to be part of the harem” Dave sighed “But why did they suddenly hate me again?”

“I allowed them to catch up on all the hate they should have aimed at you” Odio turned Dave’s head to the elements of harmony “They used the elements whilst they hated you”

Dave shuddered “And that made you stronger” He pulled away from Odio “But we put some of your energy in that gem that Spike ate”

Celestia turned her head to look at Luna “When did this happen?” her panic obvious in her voice

“A few weeks ago back when we started the harem” Luna drooped her ears in sadness “I shrugged it off, I was too busy with Dave and the others… I’m sorry”

“Don’t be!” Odio laughed, “With the boost of energy Dave received I made a few changes” He grabbed Dave and lifted him into the air “I made our link stronger and allowed him to use that sponge in his head to better use”

Dave struggled to breathe as the fog tightened around his neck. Celestia attempted to use her magic but her restraint shocked her body. Odio chuckled as he slammed Dave into the floor “I made it so as Dave absorbed energy, he healed himself”

Dave coughed and gasped for air as he pushed himself to his knees “So you could get more energy for yourself” Dave shook his head. He looked at Celestia with apologetic eyes before he looked away

“Well done Dave” Odio smirked “Now when Celestia assumed you were me, you began to do everything I said because I was right all along” His tentacle slammed Dave against the wall “You helped me break into Canterlot and capture everypony I hate”

Dave groaned as he sat against the wall “Well why don’t you want to kill Celestia?” he shuddered as Odio walked over to Celestia and grabbed the bonds that held her to the roof

“I am not even sure Celestia can be killed” Odio sighed “But she ruined my life, forced me to spend my entire existence as a reject and alone” Odio tore the bonds and wrapped her up so she couldn’t move “I want her to spend the rest of her existence alone”

Dave climbed to his feet “Odio, let her go” he kept his voice calm and his face blank “You don’t have to do this, you don‘t have to be evil”

“She is evil,” Odio growled, “Queen Chrysalis wanted love so she could feed her people and her sister” He began to walk across the room “Nightmare Moon was a princess that wanted equality, the ponies rejoiced the sun more than the moon”

Dave followed Odio “But what about Discord? He was evil and Celestia and Luna stopped him” his pace escalated from a mild limp to a short jog as Odio stepped out onto the balcony with the restricted Celestia

“Discord is the natural embodiment of chaos,” Odio snarled at Celestia “Chaos is just another word for random… how was life created?” Odio glared at Adamas out of the corner of his eye

Dave shrugged “Life in general?” Dave shook his head until his eyes dropped again “Random chemical assortment? Random genes create a child from two parents?”

“Right you are” Odio smirked “Chaos is natural, hate is natural and do you know what else is natural?” Odio held Celestia over the balcony edge “Gravity!” he laughed as he released Celestia. Dave’s eyes shot open as he raced to the edge and dived off

Celestia struggled against the bonds that held her wings in place, she gasped as Dave came alongside her. “Dave! What are you doing?” she watched Dave pull at the bonds around her body

“My magical resistance must still work against him” Dave growled, “I’m sorry” he managed to snap a bond, he looked down to see the castle courtyard rushing towards them “If I had know that Odio was going to do this I would have fought him”

Dave managed to free the bonds around Celestia’s wings and her hooves. She grabbed Dave before opening her wings and slowing her decent. As they touched the ground, Dave quickly set about removing the bond from Celestia’s horn.

Guards quickly surrounded Dave but Celestia held her head high “No, Dave isn’t the enemy” She sighed as she looked at the guards “You can’t fight this enemy, but you can help the ponies in Canterlot, get them to safety”

Celestia moved towards the door, Dave followed but she raised her wing “No Dave, you can’t fight him” she turned and smiled “I can’t see you hurt because of me”

The castle door slammed shut and was surrounded by Odio’s fog. The windows around the castle also became shrouded by darkness. Celestia called to two guards “Make sure Dave gets out of Canterlot… whether he likes it or not”

Dave’s face dropped “But Celestia… I can help, I can…”

“No, Dave” Celestia shook her head as she flapped her wings “I can’t lose you again” she held back tears as she took flight into the air. Dave shook his head but was wrestled to the ground before being dragged across the floor

Celestia soared into the air, her horn glowed as she glowed like the sun. She dived towards the throne room, the heart from her body burned the air as she flew. As she entered, Luna was placed in her path, she avoided but crashed against the roof. Odio took the mistake to his advantage by capturing Celestia again

“Wow” Odio shook his head “I wasn’t even sure if you would avoid her to be honest” Odio chuckled as he put everything back in their place “But at least the next stage will commence”

“You have me,” Celestia growled, “What else could you possibly do?”

Odio smirked “I am going to make sure you are alone for the rest of time” Odio tapped Celestia’s stomach “This being inside of you is going to torment you, long after I leave”

“You can’t corrupt it,” Celestia snapped “we will find a way to stop you” She silenced as Odio started to laugh hysterically

“My original plan was to get you like this and burn this world and its inhabitants” Odio sighed “But Dave managed to do the impossible… he fell in love with you and you returned his feelings”

Celestia’s eyes froze in terror and the other ponies gasped “No… Please don’t do that, anything but that,” she begged but Odio smirked

“Strong Shield and Adamas are going to help Dave get back into the castle, he is going to fight me and I will kill him” Odio chuckled in pleasure as Celestia began to cry “You will bring up a child that belongs to the only thing you ever loved, it will be a burden a constant reminder that you live alone”

“No please I can…” Celestia was cut off by Odio’s voice yelling angrily

“I WILL WIN” He bellowed “EVERYPONY WILL GET WHAT THEY DESERVE!”

A/N: No alternate endings, I know I write fast but I am not changing my original idea. Sorry if you were hoping for it but if i did write alternate endings then making a sequel probably wouldn't happen