Chapter 1

The brown hair therapist removed his glasses as he rubbed his hazel eyes “So let me get this straight” He groaned as he put his clipboard and pen down. “You took a human from Earth, used some of your powers to trick the five of the six elements of harmony into falling in love with him,” he picked up his writing equipment in preparation to write down some more notes.

The teenager sat up as he rubbed his shaggy, jet black hair “Well it didn’t last forever, I reversed it later on but only three ended up hating him” His red eyes scanned the boring room.

The room was lit by a large chandelier that rested above a large glass table, the walls were hidden behind bookshelves that were similarly hidden by old and frail books. The chair the therapist sat on was made from varnished wood and was padded with dull green leather. The sofa the boy was resting on was made from a luxurious red fabric.

The therapist jotted down a few notes “So you revealed yourself as the spirit of hatred and you went to this…” The therapist looked back through his notes to refresh his memory “Equestria, to exact revenge on the princesses.”

“Yes that didn’t turn out as I originally hoped but in the end I believe that everypony got what they deserved” The teen chuckled as his eyes stared at the dull brown roof “I still can’t believe that Celestia fell for that human.”

The therapist nodded as he reread his notes again “This human… Dave” his eyes darted to the patient as he shuddered “He somehow changed your original plan of killing all life and you ended up killing only him… why?”

The teen laughed “Dave…” he sighed in wonder “He had a very passionate relationship with the princess of the sun, she returned his feelings so I took the opportunity to deal damage where it hurt an immortal goddess”

“You stole her one true love” The therapist had to give credit to the boy’s thinking, “so she would live forever behind emotional barriers that would never fall” He shook his head “But she was pregnant wasn’t she?”

“Oh yeah I almost forgot” The boy chuckled “Humans have a magical resistance so when Dave and Celestia got busy, Celestia got pregnant” His smile widened “Having a living reminder that you are alone… now that is punishment”

The therapist took a sip of water before placing his glass back down on the small desk beside him “What was it the princesses did to you again?”

“I was first created through the hate as they used the elements of harmony against discord, I was… young” His smile faded as it turned to a frown “I put thoughts in Princess Luna’s head that slowly drove her mad… but before she changed she still had time to help Celestia send me into space”

“You spent just over a thousand years in space, only to come across Dave” The therapist hummed “No wonder you thought she ruined your life,” his pen scribbled across the paper as he wrote some more notes

The boy sighed as he scratched his head “yeah it was all going so well apart from one thing” He looked over the sofa at the therapist “Dave happened to become best buddies with me” he groaned as he fell back onto the spongy sofa “That coupled with the fact Celestia’s child deserves a father made Dave’s life more important than it should have been”

“So what happened to Dave after he died in the explosion?” The therapist put his pen down for a moment as he rubbed his upper-lip

“When me and Dave were bonded I gave him some neat stuff, strength, healing and even at one point a form of magic of his own” The teen rolled his eyes “But I had to leave Equestria so I made a final adjustment… to let Dave absorb all the energy from the explosion and live on in a spirit form until he could regain his physical body”

The therapist looked at his clock and saw that night was fast approaching, but his curiosity made him lean forwards “So how long would it take Dave to return to a physical form?”

The teen shrugged “I don’t know, all I know is that the baby was due in four months” The boy chuckled “I came to Earth three and a half months ago” his smile grew “That gives Dave about two weeks to get back to normal… is”

The therapist stopped writing notes as he looked at the top of his sheet “Oh I haven’t asked… what is your name?” He held his pen to the small box as the boy smirked

“My name is Odio” his red eyes swirled in delight as he crossed his legs and relaxed against the sofa

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Celestia sighed as she sat down on the golden chair, rubbing her enlarged mid-section with a sad smile. The last few months had been hard, especially the one morning she woke up to a noticeable size increase. Luna had been reassuring by taking on more work or helping her older sister do some of the previously simple tasks like putting on some of her royal regalia

The princess of the sun originally isolated herself from the world three and a half months ago, when she saw her companion give his life to save hers and their child’s. Two months go she finally came out of her room and took up her normal duties. One month ago, she set about the funeral arrangements of her late lover and went public about her pregnancy.

Now Celestia sat at the long marble table that sat in the middle of the grand dining hall. The windows were heavily decorated with stained glass and the walls were made from a pure white marble. The plate Celestia ate from had a golden rim and held a generous proportion on fruit and veg

The large wooden door opened to reveal her younger sister. Her flowing mane sparkled like stars in the sky whilst her soft light blue eyes moved to look at Celestia. “How are you this evening?” she asked as she sat down at the other end of the table

“I’m well” Celestia sighed “So is this one” She smiled as she stroked her belly again “He kicked this morning” her smile lasted a few more minutes before it finally faded again. Luna noticed this straight away and began to divert the conversation

“I have gotten in contact with Adamas again” Luna smiled to the chef that brought her food before she continued “He has started an embassy”

Celestia hummed “Adamas? The diamond dragon?” the white alicorn smiled “Why would he set up an embassy?” She started to eat her food that had been sat in front of her for several minutes

“Well dragons can survive in most environments and can traverse miles of distances with ease” Luna looked up from her food to smile at Celestia “Probably so they can negotiate with multiple groups in short spaces of time”

“So how has it gone for them?” Celestia knew Luna was just trying to cheer her up but her mind still weighed heavily on Dave

Luna nodded “It has been good so far, in one of the coming weeks they are going to visit the gryphons” she swallowed a mouthful of her food before continuing “he suggested that one of us should come along”

Celestia tapped the lump on her belly “I doubt I could travel for a while” She smiled as Luna nodded, “That reminds me, has Nurse Redheart settled into her new quarters?”

Luna nodded “Yes she is very grateful that you made her the royal nurse… the first we have ever had at least” After tapping her chin in thought, the dark alicorn laughed slightly “I suppose after all those scans she helped you with, she can’t just stop”

“Yes I suppose she has been taken along for a ride” Celestia sighed as her mind began to wander again. Her attention was brought back as the instinct to lower the sun filled her body. She did so without paying attention and her sister across the room brought the moon to replace the bright orb

The princess of the night looked at her big sister with a smile, her smile dipped as Celestia’s eyes began to shake and she clutched her pregnant stomach. She groaned in pain before she took a few deep breaths. Luna frantically rushed to her sister’s side

“Are you ok?” She asked in a panic but was mildly reassured when Celestia nodded. She remained by her sister’s chair as Celestia took a few more breaths

Celestia stared down at her belly with a smirk “I think it jabbed me with its horn” She chuckled “Did Nurse Redheart ever find out if it had wings as well?” her voice moved into a more worried tone. The arrival of an alicorn would be a great thing but due to the magical resistance humans posses, would the child suffer?

“I am afraid I don’t know” Luna sighed, “Nurse Redheart only made the evaluation that alicorns must only mate in emergencies…” As Luna talked, Celestia rolled her eyes at the hundredth time of hearing this information “So alicorn’s can mate with almost anything and the child grows at a stunning speed”

Celestia yawned heavily as her sister finished “I’m sorry Luna, it has been a rather long day” She smiled as her sister nodded in understanding “Is it ok if you can get the chefs to send up some chocolate?”

Luna giggled “Cravings again big sister?” her smile grew as Celestia sent her a threatening glare and a nod. The princess of the sun left the dining hall in the direction of her quarters, guards saluting her as she walked past. Luna finished her breakfast before attending to duties required of the princess of the night

As Celestia entered her quarters, she used her magic to remove her golden regalia and place them on her large desk that was unusually clear of paperwork. She climbed onto her giant white bed that was adorned in her cutie mark that resembled the sun. Celestia laid down, resting her head down on the soft pillow.

She relaxed as the bed supported her sleeping position and allowed her to be completely limp. The only sound she could hear was that of her own breathing. The rhythmic rise and fall of her chest did not even move the bed covers enough to make a noise.

The serenity was broken by the sound of something tapping the glass on her balcony window. Her eyes shot open as she slowly turned to look at the glass balcony doors. Luna certainly would not use the balcony in this way and the guards would not let anypony near

Her eyes finally reached the window, the sky outside was covered in stars as the clouds were being removed by pegasi weather teams. The pegasi themselves didn’t seem right but her attention focused in on the being standing on her balcony

“Dave?” She gasped as her horn glowed and her balcony doors swung open. The human walked in running a hand through his brown hair. His blue eyes nervously looked at the floor before his eyes met Celestia’s

He smiled weakly before whispering “Hey.”

Celestia’s beaming face suddenly dipped, her eyes dropped sadly as she sat in her bed “This is a dream isn’t it?” She looked up only to see Dave nod weakly. Her ears drooped as she held her bed covers nervously “So… am I to be haunted by your face forever?”

“Haunted?” Dave walked over and sat on the edge of the bed “so is seeing me again really that bad?” He sighed as he rested his head on his hand “And here I was thinking you would appreciate it”

Celestia looked at Dave, her eyes moved from disheartened to sympathetic “You know I would love to see you but… you died to save me” She rubbed her stomach affectionately “Besides, this one will never know what you looked like”

“So how long have I been… dead for?” Dave raised an eyebrow as he looked over and just noticed the pregnant belly the white alicorn was stroking “Oh… that long”

The princess smiled down at herself “I’m so sorry I drove you to sacrifice yourself” her smile weakened as she looked up at Dave “would you like to feel it?” She indicated to her pregnant belly and Dave merely looked in wonder

“If this is a dream then why are you letting me do something that has no meaning?” Dave looked at Celestia as she shook her head

“I don’t know” She sighed “I suppose I want to know what it feels like to have a normal relationship” She didn’t hold back as Dave moved over and his hand just hovered over the lump “It wont bite… unless this turns into a nightmare so be cautious”

Dave chuckled but silenced as his hand made contact with Celestia’s white fur “Wow” He whispered as he rubbed round in small circles “So when is it due?”

“Any day now” Celestia smiled as Dave rested his head on the small pile of bed covers that accumulated as Celestia sat up

Dave glared at the roof “Do you want me to be there?” His eyes never left the ceiling

“Of course I do” Celestia sighed as she placed her hoof in Dave’s hand “But even with all my power I can’t bring you back” She smiled as Dave gently rubbed her hoof with his thumb “so there is no point is wishing for the impossible”

Dave smirked “Not impossible” he stood up and hurried for the balcony “Just very unlikely it will turn out as planned” He stopped in his tracks as he dashed back to the bed and gave Celestia a quick kiss on the cheek. He then ran out onto the balcony before diving off the edge

Celestia rolled her eyes back to her belly “I hope you can figure out how I fell for that reckless being” She giggled as the child inside kicked in agreement

Meanwhile…

An amber earth pony with light brown, messy hair with a shovel for his cutie mark eagerly ran to the entrance to the small cave. “Oh hurry up ya lazy fool!” He shouted to a slightly larger earth pony of the same colouration except his fur was darker and had a pickaxe as his cutie mark

The larger pony glared as he carried two large saddlebags full of digging equipment and spare bags. “I’m here already,” he growled as he put down the bags “Now are ya ABSOLUTELY sure this time? Last cave we stopped at had an angry bear!”

“Now come on” the smaller one chuckled as he quickly wiped a bead of nervous sweat from his head “I can’t be wrong eleven times in a row” He confidently walked into the cavern and looked around the dull sandy floor. His gaze stopped at a small green triangle that poked out of the ground “Ah Ha finally!” he cheered as he pulled the trench coat out of the ground “Made from the scales of a dragon elder” He chuckled as his companion inspected it

“This must be worth a fortune” He smiled happily “If there are any body parts, I am sure that the princesses would want something to bury” He went outside and put the trench coat with the bags before returning to the cave “Anything else?”

The smaller pony scanned the floor before spotting a small dirty bone. He plucked it out of the ground and waved it to his friend “Ha Ha look! I have hands!” He joked and laughed with his friend, but his friend stopped laughing and his jaw dropped as his gaze moved past his friend

The pony holding the hand slowly turned his head to see a skull hanging a few inches away, it looked at the hand before lowering menacingly. The pony dropped the hand and backed away to his friend’s side. The skull swayed as a spine was attached and ribs rose from the ground. The hand flipped the right way as an arm joined it and lifted into its place alongside the body

The ponies slowly inched towards the exit, not before the human skeleton climbed out of the ground and marched towards them. They froze in fear as their sought after prize walked past them and over to their bags and retrieved its trench coat.

“Umm…” The ponies looked at each other as the skeleton looked back at them “Is it ok if we can go? I did something nasty in the cave” the larger one sniffed before glaring at his smaller friend in disgust

The skeleton shrugged before it walked in the direction of Canterlot

The larger pony watched as the skeleton walked away before slapping the smaller one pony over the head “You said that we could get rich doing this” He growled “But all that happened was you crapped yourself and released a zombie!”

“It wasn't a zombie, it would have tried to eat our brains is it was,” The smaller pony stated rolling his eyes at the bigger pony that merely shook his head

“Either way you would have been safe” he sighed before walking away, the smaller one in quick pursuit “So what now?”

The quicker one retrieved a map from the bag and scanned the notes scribbled across the front “Well there is a cave nearby… it looks like there should be lots of treasure there” He smiled enthusiastically as his companion rose an eyebrow

“How did ya figure that out from a map you found in a cookie jar?” He picked up his bags in preparation to travel

“There is a message that says ‘beware, eternal damnation’ above some skulls” he stood up and began to wander away. The large pony groaned as he reluctantly followed the dim adventurer