Chapter 11

Dave’s ears continued to ring after the pink wave rushed past. The only sounds he could make out were dull gasps and low cheering. As his hearing returned to normal Dave poked his head out from behind the sofa and rose an eyebrow

Everything was the same, everything from the walls to the mannequins in the corner. Dave saw the gang all staring out the window, wide smiles on each of their faces. He stood up before going to look out the window as well

“Alright, what is so… so… how the hell?” Dave gawped as he saw the entire town was decorated for a street party. Bunting stretched from house to house over a long table that curved around buildings and trees. The table was full of food, drinks and treats of all varieties

Pinkie bounced happily in a party hat “Yay! You’re all here!” She cheered as she finished hanging up a banner around the town hall. Dave chuckled as he followed his friends outside “You are all in time for the ‘Welcome back from the dead’ party, the ‘New dad party’, oh and the ‘Welcome back to Ponyville’ party but those are for Dave only”

“Thanks Pinkie” Dave smiled happily as Ponies began to walk out of buildings and sit at the table “But how did…” He was cut off as Pinkie bounced around him, speaking excitedly

“There is also the ‘welcome to Ponyville’, ‘new baby’, ‘new royal’, ‘first party’ and ‘first street party’ parties for Noxie!” Pinkie bounced around with the grey colt before being grabbed by Dave

“Pinkie, how did you set this all up in ten seconds?” Dave looked around at the decorations and food “How many party cannons did you have? Do you have a party attack chopper?”

Pinkie snorted as she burst into laughter “No silly! I had ages to do all this while you were on your tea break and when you were having your day off!”

“Tea break?” Dave shrugged “And what day off?” He glared at Pinkie as if she had wiped some of his memory

“Duh the one the author let us have!” Pinkie gasped, “That reminds me! I have to get him a cake to celebrate making a sequel!” She squirmed out of Dave’s grip before galloping away at top speed

Dave scratched the back of his head “Now I remember why she confused me” he sighed before turning back to the others “So how are you all?” He had a second to brace as the group bundled onto him and pinned him to the ground

The girls all hugged Dave’s body as Spike grabbed Dave’s neck and tears rolled down the dragon’s face “I thought you were gone!” Spike cried as Dave managed to return the hug. Dave wrapped his other arm around all the girls and held them tightly

“Don’t worry, I’m back now” Dave smiled as he felt his own tears forming “I’ll try not to pick a fight with any demons or enemies of the princesses again”

As the gang released Dave from his pony prison, he wiped his tears away and smiled at them. Spike crawled up and sat on Dave’s shoulder like he used to as Dave stood up

“I guess that we all need to catch up” Dave smirked as he heard a familiar voice from behind

“Eeyup!” Big Mac smiled as Dave looked at him. Dave looked past the big red stallion to the large horde of ponies behind him. Dave’s smile only grew as he saw a spiky maned DJ turn on a large turntable

Dave nodded “This is frigging amazing!” he cheered as he joined the town at the large table. The residents of Ponyville all sat at the table, they all managed to get a short conversation with Dave before he began to walk around and talk to specific ponies

Pinkie bounced around with a mouth full of candy, her bouncing stopped as Dave grabbed her in a hug “Hey Dave! Did you want some more punch?”

“No you have done more than enough” Dave looked around at the town “I can’t thank you enough for this” Dave felt a pink hoof wrap around him as Pinkie embraced him in a hug

“Don’t worry Dave” Pinkie nuzzled Dave’s neck “You did save us all from that meanie Odio”

Dave’s smile slipped “Yeah… yeah I did” He released Pinkie and allowed her to visit the other ponies around the long table. Dave felt Spike tap his head “Yeah?” He asked as he looked at the dragon on his shoulder

“What’s up?” Spike looked concerned at Dave’s disheartened face “You don’t have anything to worry about, you’re alive again and all your friends are here”

“You wouldn’t understand” Dave shook his head “Odio did bad things but he was a good being” He ignored Spike’s unconvinced sneer “To be honest… I kinda wish he was still around” Dave shrugged before walking around the corner and spotting Applejack and Twilight

“Howdy Dave” Applejack tipped her hat “So how long have ya been back? Alive I mean” She smiled as Dave sat opposite her and took a slice of cake from one of the various plates around the table

“Since Nox was born, so about two days” Dave bit into his cake and allowed the sweet taste of the topping to linger in his mouth “Has anything interesting happened since I… left?”

“Not really” Twilight sighed happily “Except for all the rumours about the gryphons and the changelings there hasn’t been anything major going on” She continued to eat her food as Dave hummed to himself

“Well knowing my luck, trouble is bound to show up from nowhere” He sighed as he stood up in search of other ponies. He smiled to a few familiar faces before noticing something out the corner of his eye “Spike?”

“Yeah Dave?” The purple dragon listened intently as the human pointed to Rarity’s boutique. His gaze shifted from the building to the diamond dragon and the blushing unicorn beside it “Rarity?”

Dave jogged over, his pace quickened as Spike began to scratch him nervously. Dave stopped beside the laughing couple, a small smile on his face “So Adamas, you have met Rarity then?”

“Why of course” Adamas smiled “It is an honour to speak to the element of generosity, she is highly regarded in the enlightened”

Rarity chuckled as she playfully tapped the dragon’s nose “The honour should be mine! Speaking to an ambassador, not to mention a dragon is possession of such gorgeous diamond scales” She admired herself in her reflection

“You have such a fine mane” Adamas complimented “It has such a powerful colour and it fits your sublime figure perfectly” the diamond dragon smiled as Rarity blushed again

“Oh come now, you are just exaggerating” The white unicorn stared into the dragon’s eyes as he stared back. Dave held a fake smile as he felt Spike’s jealousy and anger grip his shoulder

Dave clapped loudly “Rarity, do you mind getting me a drink? I need to talk to Adamas quickly” he shook Spike of his shoulder as Rarity nodded “Spike will help you”

“Ok, come Spike” Rarity winked at Adamas before going to fetch some drinks, swaying her hips with less subtlety. Spike snarled as he followed his crush to the table and shot Adamas a death glare

Dave smiled until he turned to Adamas “Ok, why the hell were you hitting on Rarity?” Dave frowned at the larger creature’s confused expression “You know… flirting with her”

“I wasn’t flirting, I was simply making nice compliments” Adamas shrugged “She opened with a nice comment about my scales so I had to respond with something nice as well”

Dave shook his head “A chocolate bar is nice, you were giving her a candlelit dinner, wine and full on passion in a hot tub!” Dave looked around to make sure that nopony heard him “Did you know that Spike happens to have a crush on her?”

“Hitting on, crush” Adamas sighed, “Why can’t you all get strait to the point? Spike wishes to engage in sexual activities with Rarity” He rolled his eyes “Isn’t that simpler?”

“NO!” Dave gasped, “You can’t just point at somepony and say ‘HEY I WANT SEX!’ ” The human’s face dropped as he heard the stunned silence behind him. He turned slowly to see the entire of Ponyville was gawping at him “Umm… I mean…”

Pinkie gasped again “I FORGOT BRAEBURN!” She ran into Sugarcube Corner, leaving the townsponies even more confused. Pinkie finally returned with a large box with a bow tie “Here you go Dave!”

Dave gawped at the box “Pinkie… did you ponynap Braeburn again?” He began to undo the bow tie as Pinkie simply smiled again. As the front of the box opened up, Dave’s jaw dropped and his hand covered his mouth “Oh… shit”

Braeburn was huddled in the corner, scraps of brown material littered the floor of the box and his waistcoat was gone. The earth pony covered his dark eyes from the sun and a beard stretched from his chin to his hooves

“Braeburn?” Dave said gently “Are you alright?” He looked around the insides of the box and saw words had been carved into the wood “I’m gonna guess no” he stepped back as Big Mac and Applejack helped their cousin out of the box

Braeburn hardly recognized the ponies around him as he grabbed Big Mac “Where am I? WHAT YEAR IS IT?” He slammed his hooves over his sensitive eyes as the sun hit him with full force

Dave and the ponies watched as Braeburn rolled around the floor “Pinkie… how long have you kept him in a box this time?” All the eyes swept to Pinkie as she smiled

“When you died!” She said proudly “When you left, I retrieved Braeburn in case you came back” She bounced on top of the box and looked down at Dave “I didn’t want one of your friends to miss the party now would I?”

“FOUR MONTHS?” Dave gawped at Braeburn “Motherfucking hide and seek champion” He sighed as Applejack and Big Mac took him away to clean him up “Anymore surprises?”

Pinkie tapped her chin “Nah, I’m all out” She smiled before bouncing away again. Dave turned back to Adamas before scratching his head

“Anyway… you can’t be as forward with ponies as you can with dragons” Dave folded his arms disapprovingly. He spotted Rarity and Spike returning in the reflection on Adamas’ scales “Ponies are different from dragons, you wouldn’t even be able to touch her

“Yes I could” Adamas snorted aggressively “Just watch,” He whispered to Dave as Rarity placed a barrel of punch down for Adamas and passed Dave a half-full cup

“There you go Dave” She smiled to him before her gaze shifted to Adamas “I managed to get a barrel of punch for you Adamas, I called in a few favours but I know you would appreciate it”

Adamas smiled “Thank you very much” He took the barrel into his mouth before tilting his head back and allowing the liquid to pour down his throat, some ran down his scales and flowed between the cracks

“Be careful darling, you don’t want to stain those beauties” Rarity used a napkin to clean some spills before Adamas lowered his head again, placing the barrel aside “Have you had enough?”

Adamas gently nodded “Thank you so much for your hospitality” he sighed “Sometimes it can be quite hard living as a dragon around smaller creatures, the fear and discrimination can be quite upsetting”

Dave opened his mouth to argue but his mouth closed again. Adamas was not lying, he was being honest and truthful. By putting his emotions out and letting Rarity understand, she was already rubbing his snout to sooth him

“Aww you precious thing” Rarity sighed “Don’t worry, you will always be welcome in Ponyville so long as I am here” She reassured Adamas before resting her head against him. Dave saw Spike storm off before watching Adamas wink at him

“Sneaky, truthful dick” Dave sighed before smiling and walking away in search of other ponies. After a while, he found himself at the DJ turntables beside the unicorn artist “So how has business been?” Dave yelled over the music

“Yeah, pretty good” Vinyl Scratch moved a few dials before moving back to Dave “I lost the bet by the way” She sighed

“The one with Otacon? No, wait… Octopus?” Dave rubbed his head in wonder “Octavia?” He fist pounded the air as Vinyl nodded

“She did a little better” The DJ smirked “I would have won if she hadn’t distracted me during my performance. Vinyl shook her spiky blue mane before standing back up at the turntables again, “You should swing by the club sometime, and we can catch up then”

Dave nodded “Sure, next time I am in Canterlot” He stood and looked over the large crowd that had formed and made a dance floor. Spike ran up to Dave with a scroll held high

“Dave!” Spike panted, “The princess sent this!” He handed the scroll to Dave before collapsing. Dave opened the scroll in curiosity as he read it quietly to himself

“Dear Dave” The human muttered “Nox is currently being looked after by Adamas and Twilight, I am currently awaiting some time for us to enjoy each others company” Dave chuckled as he poked Spike “I know what she means” He smirked before continuing to read “As I await I am currently sprawled out across your bed in your home in Ponyville”

Dave’s smirk faded as his legs suddenly began to move at over-speed towards his house, he quietly thanked that Rarity had not finished his clothes as he neared the house and removed his dragonscale trench coat

A few hours later…

Nox giggled loudly as Fluttershy rubbed his tummy, his wings flapped gently as Rainbow Dash messed with his hair.

“I think it would look cool if it was spiky” The cyan mare looked before sitting back “Why are we foalsitting again?” She looked over at Twilight

The purple unicorn sighed “The princess has to deal with a potential invasion and she needs Dave to assist her” She held her head high before realizing the hidden message “That is just wrong” she sighed “At least we get to play with Nox”

The grey alicorn managed to escape the mares as he dived for cover beneath Adamas’ wings. His eyes poked out as he glared at the ponies, daring them to attack his dragon fort. He gasped as the dragon moved and exposed his hiding spot

The mares chuckled as Nox flew back and sat down, glaring at the dragon that spoiled his fun. His glare vanished as a tall white stallion stepped into his view, his appearance made Twilight leap at him

“Shining Armour!” Twilight hugged her big brother “What are you doing here?” she released Shining from her gasp as he was joined by his wife. He smaller alicorn frame looked perfect next to her husband

“We were invited” Cadence smiled “We received a letter yesterday for some strange reason and we had to attend” She rose an eyebrow as Pinkie cheered

“See? The day off, I told you!” She pointed at the ponies around her as if they had been beaten in a game. The ponies all looked back to the married couple before Cadence picked up Nox

“Is this Celestia’s son?” She gasped as Nox gave her a hug “Oh he is adorable, where is the lucky mother anyway?”

“I think she is at Dave’s house” Spike shuddered “I read the scroll she sent Dave after he left about two hours ago” he pretended to gag “The letter was disturbing”

Shining Armour chuckled as Nox landed on his back “Well honey would you like to go take this little guy back to his parents?” He nuzzled Cadence as they said goodbye and headed for Dave’s house just outside Ponyville

Nox flew around happily as he followed the couple towards the familiar house. He finally landed on Shining Armour’s back before spotting Dave standing on his balcony. He waved to the human as Nox flew to his dad. Dave finished wiping face with a towel before holding his hands out for Nox

Dave caught Nox and held him tight. He poked his head back into the bedroom where Celestia was “Shining and Cadence are here, you don’t mind if me and Shining sit outside and talk do you?”

“Not at all” Celestia walked over and planted a kiss on Dave’s lips “I could do with a chat with Cadence” she smiled as she kissed Nox’s forehead and they jumped off the balcony and were replaced by the pink princess

“Hello Princess Celestia” Cadence bowed “How have you been?”

“I have been well” Celestia smiled at the smaller alicorn before sitting on the bed “But do you mind if I ask for some advice?”

“What kind of advice?” Cadence sat next to her as she saw the princess of the sun’s worried face “Oh no… what’s wrong?”

Celestia shook her head “Nothing is wrong it’s just that… Dave and I were here being rather… intimate” Her blush grew as Cadence smirked

“Was it good?” She smiled as Celestia gasped before gently nodding “So what is the problem?”

Celestia shuffled nervously before finally gaining the courage to talk “We had a slight… incident, but I was wondering what else we could do with each other, if you um… know what I mean” her blush grew as Cadence did a slow, powerful nod

“I know a few things, Shining and I have experimented” Cadence smiled as she thought back “And being a princess of love does help with those… activities” The pink alicorn moved further onto the bed “Alright if you copy me then I can show you what Dave has to do”

“HALT!” Celestia yelled “No offence, I was expecting pointers not… hooves on experience” She blushed again before Cadence laughed quietly to herself

“Don’t worry Princess Celestia” Cadence sat up again “I promise not to make you uncomfortable, I will only show you some simple positions, tell you of some small… umm… large items you can buy and when we get back to Canterlot you can borrow some of my books”

Celestia was almost completely red as Cadence talked openly about her adventures in the bedroom and explained in great detail all the feelings and emotions she felt

Meanwhile…
(Aka the man version of above)

Dave passed Shining Armour a drink before allowing Nox to fall asleep next to him. Dave held his own drink before looking at Shining Armour. They were both sat against a tree near the side of the house

“Something weird and disgusting just happened to me” Dave hung his head in shame

Shining looked at him with concern “What’s up?”

“Well… Celestia was giving me a…” Dave held his fist by his mouth and pushed his cheek out with his tongue “You know what I mean?”

“Oh… Yeah” Shining nodded “And? Don’t worry, you can tell me anything, odds are I have done it with Cadence anyway”

“Trust me you haven’t done this” Dave sighed “Well basically I… finished and Celestia looked at me in the eye and was going to… well you know” He took a gulp of his drink as he raised his eyebrows

Shining nodded with a smile “And? There is nothing bad with that” he chuckled “Carry on” He sighed as he began to drink

“I don’t know why but…” Dave frowned to himself “I said that she could have been swallowing Nox’s sister”

Shining spat his drink all over the floor and gawped at Dave “What?”

“Yeah… Celestia did the same”