The Metal Condition
Chapter 60: Peace
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I looked up at the night sky, sitting on the roof of Canterlot Castle as I collected my thoughts. My family was back, my girlfriend isn't dead, my world is restored, got new badass powers, possible tension between Gale and I for awhile and yet another mystery to solve. Yep...everything's went back to its usual fucked up cycle.
I looked down at my hand and clenched it into a fist while slightly focusing on it. It immediately was coated in a blood red aura and red electricity bolted off it rapidly. I set my hand down and it returned to normal. What was Slender Woman saying? Something about some descendant of a guy called Apocalypse. If I knew anything about typical clichés in media, I knew where this was most likely going, but I'll not jinx it right now.
"Nothing's ever simple is it? There's always gotta be something hidden behind every little thing." I said to myself as I lay back and closed my eyes.
"You aren't planning on falling asleep here are you?" I looked over to see Tails flying up to join me.
"Meh, I don't really care, it's not like I'm gonna fall and I can reprogram my brain to register everything as comfortable. So I could be sleeping in a pit of huge, acidic spikes that are on fire and it would still feel nice." I explained as I placed my hands behind my head and continued watching the stars.
"Fair enough." Tails sat down beside me and looked up at the sky, not saying a word.
I let him be, he wasn't disturbing me so there was no reason to make him leave, in fact I enjoyed the company. After being in a world that either myself or some other demon wanted to destroy for so long kinda takes its toll, especially when it was in the broken state that it was in.
"They sky is really pretty, isn't it?" Tails asked as he looked at me.
"Yeah, Luna manages to make it even better each night." It was true, somehow each night sky was more beautiful than the last.
Tails looked down before looking back up. Guess he just tried to start a conversation but it didn't land, that happens a lot with people it seems. We just sat there in silence, listening to the crickets chirp and the wind blow hroughhrough the leaves on the trees below us, until Tails got tired and I teleported him to his home while I continued to stare at the sky. Something else would come along, some monster, villain or whatever would show up and ruin things eventually, I just didn't know when. So I was content in just enjoying the time I had to live as normally as possible.
The next day
I opened my eyes and was greeted by a clear blue sky. After letting my body wake up I got to my feet and streched, hearing a few pops as I did. Once my body was loose again I started my engine and flew off towards my Sky Palace to make breakfast. Instead of just speeding over I decided to have a slower, more peaceful fly over the fields of the country below me. As I flew I saw the weather ponies setting clouds around the land and the farmer ponies getting ready for a day of hard work.
It helped, helped me to find a bit of peace of mind. It was over, Nightmare Alpha was gone, for now, the Apocalypse Magic was contained within me and none of my friends were possessed by demons. The peace was welcome, I may like to speed around things mos t of the time, but I really did enjoy the peace and quiet after such and ordeal. Now it was just a matter of getting Marcy and Samantha settled in.
Once I reached the door to my home I noticed there was a letter with a dragon seal stuck to it. I pulled it off the door and broke the seal before walking into the palace and reading it as I went.
"A wedding invitation? Auldin's getting married to his worlds Twilight huh? That's cute. All of the Chaos Family will be attending huh? Sounds interesting." I set the letter on the kitchen counter as I began to make pancakes for everyone. Yeah I know that nearly every character in any story makes pancakes, I don't care, they're delicious and I wanted some.
As I finished making the batter, I heard the kitchen door open. Turning my head I saw Luna walking in with a disheveled mane. As she sat down at the table I used my magic to set a cup of coffee in front of her. "Thank you dear..." She gave me a weak, tired smile before taking it in her own magic and taking a sip.
Soon the other three girls walked in, Dash and Samantha looking like train wrecks while Marcy looked fine, considering she was a Metal Sonic now too, so I guessed she didn't really need to sleep unless she runs on some other energy source than chaos drives, I never asked. But let's face it, I'm not gonna ask my sister what she's got in her chest now am I?
I helped Marcy download the ability to eat before setting plates full of pancakes in front of everyone. Dash and Marcy just completely destroyed their food in seconds while the rest of us savoured the taste. I spread some Nutella on one of them, rolled it up and began to eat it like that. "So, you girls sleep well or where you up all night talking?" I asked idly.
"Luna went right to sleep, Dash couldn't get to sleep so we talked for awhile." Samantha said as she finished her own coffee.
"I was just kinda messing with all my new functions last night before accidentally activating sleep mode." Marcy said slightly embarrassed.
As I was about to bring something up I saw Samantha grab the wedding invitation and look it over before passing it around. Immediately, all three of my lovers looked at me. "What?"
"Who're you bringing?" They all asked while Marcy and I facepalmed.
This was going to be a long day.
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