“He's waking up! He's finally waking up!” I heard someone yell as I slowly gained my consciousness. My head hurt like all hell and my body felt very weak. I felt for needles and wires attached to my body. But, even besides all that, something felt very wrong.

“The patient is waking up!” I heard another one yell in a laugh. “We did it! We did the impossible! Drinks are on me tonight!” he added in triumph, full of relief and happiness.

“D-Dashie? W-where am I?” I managed to push out with a very weak, crispy voice. I was blinded for some seconds due to the strong light, so I couldn't analyze anything around me yet. Everything was happening so fast. All the yelling, all the cheering, all the noises around me; it messed with my brain.

“He's asking for someone called Dashie... check in his phone! Maybe he has this person in his contacts list.” someone said hastily. Wait... did he say...phone?

That really startled me, making me open my eyes completely despite the fact that I felt very weak. After a while, I realized that I was in a bed inside a white room. I was no doubt in a hospital by the looks of it.

“Easy there... easy there.” someone said very calmly. My blood turned to ice when I heard that voice. My head wouldn't turn to take a look at the person beside me at first, but eventually gave in and obeyed my mind in the end. I slowly turned my head to the right to see a doctor. But much to my surprise, he was no pony. He was a human.

My eyes widened as much as they could as I terrifyingly stared into his eyes. I was completely frozen and stunned for I wouldn't believe my very eyes. My heart had almost stopped pumping in disbelief and my lungs couldn't take in more air.

The person in front of me appeared to be around mid thirties. He had short brown hair, brown eyes, was shaved and wore a big warm smile on his face. His small eyes and his disturbing looking smile indicated that he was a friend, but I was too confused to know from right to wrong. I couldn't notice anything more about him since I was still completely stunned, but despite my shock, my mind categorized him as an enemy. Not as a threat of any kind, but certainly not as a friend in my book.

He tried to reach out for me, to touch me, but I automatically backed off as he approached.

“N-No! Wh-what the hell is going on? What happened? Where am I? Why aren't you a pony?!” I shouted in a rapid succession as I realized that I wasn't dreaming, completely freaked out. I got a harsh grip on the smiling doctor and yelled at him again where I was... where Dashie was. That replaced his smile with a small unsecured frown.

“Easy there. I know that your brain is still trying to adapt to the environment after so long, and that's probably why you asked me that weird question about why I wasn't a... uh, pony? It's only understandable that you don't know your situation after being gone for so long. But don't worry, you will adapt in time. For now, try to relax. We'll find this Dashie of yours.”

“What happened to me? Where am I?” I repeated myself nervously and panted. But then I noticed my hands. “No!” I shrieked in disbelief as I moved my fingers individually. I refused to face the fact that they had brought me back; ruined everything!

“What's wrong?” the doctor asked very worriedly. “You can tell me.”

“I just...” I swallowed before continuing. “I just want to go back. I... I need to go back. Please, take me back!” I insisted with tears in my eyes. My face and body was covered in sweat due to my anxiety.

“I don't know what you're talking about, but you'll be fine from now on. We didn't notice any brain damage, but whatever happened to you, you're very lucky to be alive. In fact, you did die. But we were able to revive you just in the nick of time. You have been in a coma for 21 months or so. Welcome back to reality.” he said and gave me a pat on my shoulder as well a warm smile. “You just press this button if you need anything.” he added before leaving the room with the other cheering doctors.

Did he just say... 21 months? Was I out for 21 months?! But that doesn't make any sense! I'd only been in Equestria for a month or so. Perhaps the time in Equestria is-- I sighed. Who am I kidding... perhaps this was all happening inside my head all along. My accomplishments, my friends, me being a Dragonborn and my relationship with...Dashie... all made up inside my fucking head!

I started crying and sobbing, and lay down again. It felt so real... it was too real to be just made up inside my head. My friends were too real. My relationship and love to Rainbow Dash was too real to be just made up. Our moments were just too real. Everything was just too goddamn real!

And there I was... lying in my misery in a hospital bed after being unconscious for 21 months. I finally found my happiness in Equestria, but only for approximately a month there. And it was taken away from me.

Or maybe it was all just a deception. Maybe I had made it all up inside my head because of my lack of happiness here.  It had to be the reason, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it didn't make any sense that I would be some kind of a prophecy in Equestria... it honestly sounded silly, even though I didn't want to admit it.

I heavily sighed and closed my eyes again. “It just felt so... real.” I whispered to myself.

3 months later...

It was my birthday. Joy, oh joy. 22 years old and still as miserable as ever. My day was pretty depressing as usual; I woke up with a depressive sigh, got to work, worked my ass off and had to consult doctors and psychologists about my strange incident.

Regarding the work; my co-workers tried to be nice to me after I got rehired back to work. They often invited me to parties and fun activities such as going to the cinemas, bowling... that kind of stuff. But I always declined them respectively. I knew they were trying to be nice and to befriend me because of what happened to me and they wanted to show me that they supported me, but I just couldn't accept their offers nor did I want their friendship. I was socially ruined in this world. But I was very appreciated for them thinking about me, even though they didn't seem to notice me before my incident.

But every day went on the same way. There was no variety in my life anymore; no adventures, no friends, no flying, no freedom...nothing at all. Now I had to meet psychologists and doctors and tell them about what happened. I was a little stubborn at first. I just wanted to be left alone for good. But later on I loosened up a little and told them everything about what happened. I told them about me being the Dragonborn and about the ponies. But I left out my relationship with Rainbow, because that was none of their damn business. I expected them to laugh at me, but I was appreciated that they took it pretty seriously. They listened to me, cheered me up, and they didn't take me for a psychopath. That's why I kept visiting them, even though I was pretty sure they didn't believe me. It was part of their jobs to listen to their patients anyways...

They found out that I was missing someone; that I apparently had a broken heart or something. And they were right. Not a day passed without me thinking about her, about Dashie. The day I got home from the hospital, I immediately checked the latest episode of MLP to check if the humans were watching me; if I was indeed in the show all along. But not to my surprise, nothing related to me or a Dragonborn was even mentioned. It's like everything I'd done, and everything that happened didn't take place. That could either mean that it was made up all along, or that I was indeed only in the same universe but not in the show itself. But it got me thinking, because they still had the same background as in the show and everything that happened in the show, also happened in the universe I visited. Like I said... I tried watching MLP again, but gave it up since it was just too hard to cope with. It only fueled the thoughts about my moments and adventures in Equestria, and that killed me.

I'd tried moving on, but it didn't work. Every day I woke up with a desperate need of flying around, to hug a pony again, to breathe in the fresh and pure air, to be out of this god forsaken world... That always made me think about the first time I hugged a pony. Rainbow was the first one I hugged and I still remember how that felt. I clenched my fists to the thought as I wanted to feel it again. Rainbow or not, I just desperately needed a hug from a pony. Even though I mostly wanted it from her.

Another thing that I missed was kissing her; her skittle tasting saliva, the feelings that followed. I even bought myself tons of skittles because it was the closest I could get. It reminded me of her... not that I would ever forget her anyways.

Every day since I got graduated from the hospital I've been regularly praying to the gods to bring me back to Equestria, but they didn't listen to me. Maybe it was because they weren't from my dimension. But I never gave up.

I hadn't smiled since I woke up from my dream, not even once. With every day that passed, I started accepting the fact that it was just a dream all along. Maybe I was just going insane... maybe I created this world inside my head while I was in a coma. I sighed when I thought about it all being just made up, for it was more real to me than this world could ever be. But even though I was starting to believe that those events had never taken place, I still thought day by day about what they could be doing. If Twilight was perhaps reading. If Fluttershy was taking care of her little critters or if Rarity was making a new dress. If Pinkie was preparing a party or making cupcakes... if Applejack was perhaps applebucking. If Rainbow was on her way to Ponyville to meet her dad and help him bring her mother back to life with that ancient, rare, illegal blood ritual.

Another thing that I'd been wondering about... when I got that nightmare, did I really look into the future? Or was it perhaps all a coincidence?

Why even bother about thinking about it? It didn't happen anyways...

I finally got home after a long and a boring day and did the thing I always did; lay down in my bed with my iPod and listened to some music with my big headset whilst staring at the ceiling and thinking about life. I must have lain there listening to songs for about an hour when out of the blue appeared a bright light on my wall. It looked like a portal of some kind.

I rubbed my eyes in disbelief as I thought it would probably just go away. But much to my surprise, it didn't. It kept shining on the wall and that made my hopes go up again. What if it was a portal of some kind back to Equestria? It would make sense since I hadn't fulfilled my destiny yet; that is to slay the evil dragon lord Alduin and to prevent chaos and death from overtaking Equestria.

I turned off my iPod, and made sure to have it in my hand if this was indeed my chance to go back to the reality. Yes, Equestria was more real to me than this dying and terrible world.

Without any hesitation I walked up to the bluish light on my wall next to my bed and touched it. But nothing happened. So I tried something else...

“Uhh...hello?” I asked, but again, nothing happened. I sighed, but didn't give up because there had to be a reason for it to shine like that on the wall. Nothing happens without a reason. “Hello?” I asked again, but this time I felt for something. I heard a voice in my head; whispering things into my brain. I didn't know if I was starting to get insane, or if this was actually happening. I decided to believe in the latter.

“Dragonborn...” it said to me. “You haven't completed the task we've set out for you, yet here you are.” it added.

I couldn't believe it. This was my chance to get back indeed! To see my friends again, to return to Equestria, and most importantly, to meet her again.

“Yes! I haven't completed your task! Please, you have to send me back!” I pleaded and knelt for the light. “Please. Take me away from this horrible place.”

“That we will... we have chosen you to fight for Equestria. You... are its only hope. Brace yourself. Your human feelings will be having a hard time overcoming the pain you'll be going through.”

“I don't care about that. I just need to get back. I need to finish my job! Equestria needs help, and I am the only one who can prevent the dragons from taking over!” I yelled and laughed in happiness and finally smiled for the first time since I was in Equestria. I was about to go back and meet everybody again! I'd get into my real body and get to fly in the clean, fresh air! I was about to meet Dashie and my friends again!

“Make us proud, Dragonborn.” the voice said, but before he did anything else, I stopped him.

“Wait! There are some things I want to make clear before I go.” I stopped him because I understood that this was my chance to get rid of this world forever. “Since I am doing this difficult task for you...”

“Yes... you want something in return.” the voice replied and made it sound like it was a good idea. “Very well, Dragonborn. What are your wishes?”

“There are a couple of things I need. First of all; after my work in Equestria is done, I do not want to return to this world ever again. I will live in Equestria till I die. No turning back.”

“We had no intentions in sending you back to this world anyways, but you got yourself a deal. You know... even though we could force you to do this for us, we still want to reward you. Is that all? Is there something else you wish?” the voice told me, and now I was getting more excited than before.

“If you can…”

“There is nothing we can't do!” the voice hissed. “Do not question about the power of the gods!”

“I have no doubt of that, and I do not doubt any of you. Far from it. But I want to bring my iPod and headset with me, and I want you to 'upgrade' it so it will never run out of battery.” This was my chance to show them all a taste of the good elements from this world. Music.

“Deal. We think that's enough blessings for you...now go! Go and fulfill your destiny!”

“I want to hear your promise that you will destroy this body...” I said and pointed to my chest. “And I'll be a resident, a pony in Equestria forever. No turning back to this world.”

“That, we will, but we cannot destroy your memories of this world, for it can be very useful against Alduin. Besides, it may even destroy you as an individual if we'd do that. Your personality would completely change.”

“So that's why you ignored me when I begged you to take away my memories about me being a human, because you knew that it would destroy me?” I asked surprised.

“Yes. Now, let us send you back. You may take your time to say goodbye to this world. We will wait for your return. Just don't take too long.”

“I think that won't be necessary. I have nothing here, no one to say goodbye to. I'm completely on my own as my family all...died. My parents and my sister. They all died in a car crash. I feel like I don't belong to this world so please, take me back to Equestria and let this be my last here on Earth.” I said with a tear in my eye when I thought about my supportive family. They were the only ones who supported me and everything I went through, but they died in a car crash when I was 19. My mom, dad and my 15 year old sister. I managed to survive that crash though; with “luck”.

It was I who converted my sister into the bronydom, and we often had very interesting conversations about My Little Pony. Her favorite of the mane 6 was Applejack, but mine was Twilight Sparkle at first. But the more episodes I watched, the more it began to change from Twilight being my favorite into Pinkie Pie. And later on it changed from Pinkie Pie to Rainbow Dash.

Now that I think about those moments... I want to see them again. But I had to stay strong. I had to move on and live my life like my parents wanted me to live like, and so far I've done a terrible job at it...

To be happy... but that was about to change.

“We warn you again. You will feel incredible pains, as we're slowly destroying your body in the process. Also note that your family bloodline will die out, as you are the last one in your family. But you do not have a choice to back out we're afraid, for you are the true Dragonborn, and no one can be a replace for you.”

“I know that I will end my family's bloodline... but this is what I want.” I said and prepared myself by closing my eyes and clenching my fists. “One other thing... what took you so long?”

“Our powers are limitless in your world as we aren't a part of it... nor are you.”

That got my attention. “Please explain?” I asked puzzled and very confused.

“You were always meant to be born in Equestria, but it seems like you were unfortunate enough to be born in this dying world instead. You've always been a part pony ever since you were born, even though both of your parents were human and that you were raised by them; thus, completely clueless about your true identity. Now, we are here to take you back to your real home, where you belong. Are you ready?”

I didn't move as I stared lifelessly into the blue portal of some kind. What they had told me... it didn't make much sense to me. How could that be? But I believed them. If they say that I'm not human... if I was born in a wrong body, then they must have meant it. Perhaps that was the reason why I was so unhappy. Because even though I had never known about me being something else than a human, I still felt like something was wrong. Like I didn't belong here. Perhaps that was the reason why I got bullied in school? Because everyone knew that I wasn't normal? No, I doubt it... there was nothing wrong with me. I was both physically and mentally healthy. I even was one of the strongest in my class and I always had high grades. But now as an adult, I've got a pretty muscular body and I was pretty good looking, to be honest.

“Do not get us wrong, Dragonborn. Even though you are supposed to be a pony, you were born with the traits of the humans, and raised by them. Your body and mind is of a human, but your spirit is of a pony and dragon.”

I swallowed and tried to digest the sudden facts they told me about myself, and tried to breathe normally. That news wasn’t bad at all. I liked the fact to be so special...

Me not being a complete human.

“So, what you're saying is that my body, in Equestria, is my real body? Is the body I was originally supposed to be born in?”

“That is what we speak of, yes.”

“I see...” I said and nervously looked around the room as I nodded a couple of times. “I've been living in a lie all along then... but enough of that. Take me back. I'm ready.”

Everything is depending on you now, Dragonborn. Brace yourself and fulfill your destiny!” the voice said again as I felt for a painful feeling like someone had a grip on my lungs; crushing them.

My body immediately collapsed to the ground as I felt for the force slowly destroying my body. It was brutal and even bloody. The pain was immense, even worse than when I crashed into the ground in Equestria.

I was thankful for my decision about crashing into the ground. If I hadn't, my relationship with Dashie may have never had taken place and I wouldn't had known about going up that mountain to learn that Thu'um.

But I remembered when that happened to me the first time; the feeling when I was being pulled into Equestria. Only this time, my body was being destroyed in the process; leaving absolutely nothing left of me. I remembered how I cried for help, how I tried to get to the phone and call for aid. But this time, I smiled and didn't dare reaching my phone despite the fact that the pain was beyond imaginable. But that didn't stop me from screaming and yelling in pain. That was the body's will. That was in my nature, to cry out for help if something was happening to me. I truly wished they could just make my body disappear, but I guess things aren't always exactly as you imagine them.

But at last...and finally I lost my consciousness due to all the pain...

“You should maybe consider heading home, miss Rainbow Dash.” Arngeir said as he randomly appeared by the doorway.

“No, I'm not leaving him until he wakes up! Even if that means I'll have to wait for a whole month. With all due of respect Master Arngeir, and with your permission, I'd like to stay until he wakes up.”

“I am deeply sorry, miss Rainbow Dash. But you simply cannot stay until he wakes up. He's already been out for 24 hours. We know that he will wake up eventually, for he is the Dragonborn and hasn't fulfilled his destiny yet. But the question is; when will he wake up? It may well be that he won't wake up for dozens of years.”

“Bullshit!” Rainbow shouted at Arngeir but realized that it was perhaps a little more harshly than she intended. “I'm sorry.” she excused herself and lowered her head. “Just... give me a few days. Please?”

“Yes. I think you can stay for a few days. But don't get your hopes up.” he said and leaved the cozy, stone made room. There were torches lit by magical fire that weren't harmful, and never quenched out on the walls. The room temperature was balanced and there was a red carpet on the floor.

But Dashie sat there next to me on a small chair and held my left hoof tightly. “It's going to be alright. I'm here for you... I'll always be there for you.” she whispered and squeezed my hoof as she lightly kissed me on my forehead.

She then crawled into the king sized bed and lied next to me and fell asleep. Some time passed before I finally, and suddenly, gained my consciousness.

I felt a little dizzy, but other than that I was completely fine until I slowly opened my eyes. They were a little blurred and weak, but fortunately, the room's lights were dim and deaf; making it easier for me to adjust my sight.

“W-What happened?” I whispered as I slowly looked around the room with my eyes still a little blurred. “W-Where am I?”

But I immediately knew where I was after I had regained my sight, for I knew that environment. I couldn't believe it, and I even stopped breathing for a second. I was...back. I looked at my right hoof and laughed happily. I was really back!

I turned around to notice Dashie... sleeping like a rock by my side as she held my left hoof firmly in her arms. I nearly yelled and shouted in happiness when I saw her. I wanted to wake her up and let her know that I was back. I wanted to hug her again. But I decided to fight my urge, and to let her sleep for a little while longer.

I lay down again and cuddled myself up to her. I tried to get as close to her without waking her up, even though I wanted to. God how much I'd missed feeling for her warm body against mine, her chest moving as she breathed. I still couldn't believe that it was true all along. It wasn't made up in my head after all. I just knew that it was too real to be created in my head by my own insanity.

I wrapped my right hoof around her and rested my head on her mane as I closed my eyes, but I didn't fall asleep.

I must have lain there for a while before she finally woke up. I felt for her heart pound faster and her body shivering when she noticed that I wasn't in the same position as before. I couldn't wait for any longer. I had to let her know that I was back. Hearing her voice again pretty much broke it.

“D-Drake? Are you awake?” she asked and turned around to see me with my open eyes and smiling to her.

I yelled “Dashie!” as I quickly launched myself at her and hugged her.

“Drake!” she yelled in return and hugged me back and squeezed me. “I was getting worried!” she added.

“I've missed you.. so, so much!” I said and teared up again. I'd been waiting for that moment with a very little hope for three months now, and now I was finally back into her arms! I looked at her beautiful eyes and kissed her. She returned that kiss and we went on for some time. In fact, I didn't care at all about how much time passed. But a single minute felt like a second.  After that, we nuzzled our noses together.

“Why are you acting like that? Weren't you asleep?” she asked me with a big grin on her face while still hugging me. We didn't want to let each other go. We hugged each other like our lives depended on it.

“Oh, god...” I whispered and tried to get rid of my lump in my throat by swallowing. “I've just missed you so much, and I didn't think I'd ever see you, or anyone else again.”

“What do you mean? What happened?”

“Doctors... doctors revived me. They brought me back to my so called world. I've been gone for three months.” I said and breathed heavily.

She let go of me and looked at my face. “What? I don't understand. You've only been sleeping for something about a day now. You just collapsed in front of us all of a sudden, without any sign of sickness or anything.”

“Yes, I was sleeping for a whole day, here in Equestria. But in my dimension... in my world, I'd been living my horrible life for three months...”

“Three months? I still don't quite understand. How did you get back? Tell me everything.”

I told her about everything, and described every little details to her. I also used that opportunity to tell her about Earth and humanity, as well as I was originally supposed to be a pony, but was somehow by bad luck born on Earth instead. She was very interested by that fact, and somewhat relieved. What I liked about those facts was that I wouldn't have to feel bad about mating with a pony anymore, since I was originally supposed to be one anyway. Not that I felt bad about being with her, it's just that there was always those little feelings bothering me; reminding me that this is not what a normal human being would do.

I also tried to describe a human, but it didn't sound very well, so I decided to wait with it; perhaps ask Twilight if she had a spell for a memory transfer.

I told her about my past, my former family, and about how rough my life had been. I noticed how slightly depressed she got after all that.

“I-Is your family dead? All of them?” she asked full of sympathy, since she clearly knew the feeling of losing someone.

“Yes. My mom, dad, little sister.... they all died in a so called 'car crash'. A “car”, also known as an 'automobile', is a vehicle that is driven by a motor machine. It is used for transporting passengers from one destination to the other. That vehicle can be very fast, although it can't be any faster than the Pegasus' flight. What happened is that I was heading home from a vacation with my family. It was night time and we were all very tired. I was talking to my sister about My Li... I mean, about stuff while my mom slept and my father drove. It was a bit rainy as well. The thing is, there was a drunk driver heading towards us and crashed into us at full speed.” I said and swallowed. “Everybody around me except me and my little sister died at instant. The road wasn't very populated, so we had to wait for someone's aid. I still remember the look on my sister's bloodied face. I cannot forget her face. She had a natural, beautiful black hair and had green eyes. Humans have hair instead of manes.” I explained and swallowed again as Rainbow quietly gazed at me and without a doubt trying to imagine the whole situation and how humans looked like. “She smirked weakly to me and told me to be strong; that we'd meet again later in another life, although I didn't really believe in that stuff. Anyways, she reached out her arm towards me and tried to tell me something else before she caught her final breath and died in my grasp. I remember how much I cried and yelled despite having a massive headache and cuts and bruises everywhere, as well as a few broken ribs. The people I cared for the most... all dead just like that.” I said and hesitated as I had another lump in my throat. I swallowed yet again to get rid of it. “I had to wait for maybe a couple of hours before someone eventually drove by. I tried to revive my family in the meantime. I just had to do something... but everything I attempted failed. I lost my consciousness in the end but woke up in a hospital a week later. I was told about the accident, as I had forgotten all about it. Fortunately, my amnesia only lasted for a month or so. They said it was a miracle that I had been so lucky to get out of that crash alive. I didn't feel the same way. I had just lost my family because of a fu... bucking drunk guy!” I explained as I tried my best not to bring out the memories I had of them, thus, trying to prevent the tears from flowing. “Oh god...” I added and covered my face in her shoulder as she stroked my mane gently and held me close.

“I'm truly, very sorry for your loss.” she replied and squeezed me again. “What was your sister's name?”

“Sarah... her name was Sarah. We were good friends as well. I always got her back and she always got mine. We shared same interests and she had a personality like you, Rainbow. She was determined, liked speed and didn't behave like most girls.” I explained and chuckled a bit, but it wasn't a happy one. “But I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about it earlier. I'm just trying to forget about the past and trying to move on with life in the present.”

“Sarah… it's an unusual name. I've never heard about it before. But it's beautiful. Truly, it is. I once again want to assure you that I feel your pain.”

“Yeah, Sarah is a human name. And thank you for your sympathy, but it's alright. It has been two years now, and I've moved on. Anyways, enough about that. I'd rather talk about you.” I said and looked at her with a smile. “What have you been up to while I was gone?”

“Well, I was mostly by your side.” she admitted and chuckled awkwardly.

“I really appreciate that. I really do, but you don't have to wait for me to wake up. You should go do something. Go take a flight. Spend your time with your friends. Go on with life. Do me a favor and please don't wait for me if this happens to me again... if I faint again. I will find you when I wake up, and I'd search throughout Equestria for you if that is what it'd take.”

“I just... I- alright. You have my word.” she said barely audibly. I smirked to her before realizing one thing.

I looked around the room still sitting in the bed, looked under the blankets and under my pillow. The longer time that passed, the more disappointed I got. But at last I noticed a small table on the other side of the room. My helmet was on that table.

“Dashie, could you please go up to that table and fetch me my helmet?”

“Sure thing.” she said and went off. “Uhh... what is that thing?” she asked when she returned with the helmet. Around it was my headset! “I'm sure it wasn't there before...”

I looked inside my helmet, and to my surprise and joy, I found my iPod. But there was something wrong with it. It seemed like the gods have done more than brought it with me, for they also changed the look of it. I forgot to ask them to change it, because there was no way I could use my hooves on the touch screen. The gods however, made sure to change it a bit so I could use it. Hoof compatible! That was nice of them. I looked into the ceiling and quietly thanked them.

“What is this strange thing?” she asked and carefully examined my headset, as well as my iPod.

“These things? Oh nothing... they are just the things that made my life much better.” I said and chuckled.

“What are they for?” she asked with her eyes wide open and examining every minor details, as well as being very interested.

“I'll tell you when we get back to Ponyville. Just put them in our bag. But where is Arngeir?”

“So you're finally awake? Good.” a voice said, and I figured out that it belonged to Arngeir. I turned around to see him standing by the doorway. “Thank the gods that you have woken up.”

“Arngeir!” I said and gave him a big smile. “Long-”

“...time no see? Yes.. I know everything about what happened.” he interrupted me.

“How do you know these things? How can you know everything about me?” I asked very puzzled and thoughtfully.

“The reason for that is--”

“Another thing. There was this nightmare I had...”

“Yes. I know about that as well. And I can say... no one truly knows if you saw into the future or not. It may well be, as the dragons are also gifted, or cursed, with foresight. It isn't always accurate though, so you cannot rely yourself on it.”

“So you're talking about fragments? That I may see fragments of something that may happen in the future?”

He nodded to me. “Yes, that is of what I speak.”

“Alright then, but that leads to my first question. How do you know these things?”

“My master tells me everything I need to know.”

“Your master? I thought you were the master around here.”

“I said that I was only the speaker for The Graybeards. I'm not the master.”

“Then who is?”

“He is called Paarthurnax. He lives on the very top of this mountain. A sharp blizzard is blocking your path to him, thus, you cannot meet him yet. Next time you visit, we'll show you a Thu'um to calm the weather, making easier for you to reach him.”

“Why does he live on the top of the mountain? And why can't you just show me that Thu'um right now?”I said as I turned around from Arngeir to see Dashie quietly sitting there with her mouth completely shut.

“Because he doesn't think you're ready to meet him yet. But don't worry. The time will come.”

I nodded and said “I see... well, thank you for your hospitality, but I think we should take our leave.”

Dashie jumped to her feet as soon as she heard that; relieved that we were going back to Ponyville. She must have been eager to see her friends and her dad again. “Yeah. Let's go.” she said and smirked.

“Thank you again, Arngeir. I have learned many things from you. I'll make sure to come back soon.”

“Please do, Dragonborn. But before you go... we would be honored to teach you one more Thu'um.”

“I'm always up for learning a new Shout! Why don't you just teach me everything you know?” I said excited as I jumped on my feet from the bed and put on my helmet.

“Because it drains our energy. We've grown weaker with sharing our knowledge with you. But it's a sacrifice we're willing to take for the good of Equestria. We will teach you one more Thu'um before you leave. Next time you visit us, we'll teach you one more; a Shout that enables you to make a path to our Master. But for now, come. Meet us at the living room when you're ready.”

The Graybeards taught me a very interesting and surely a very useful Shout. It was the opposite of “The Unrelenting Force”. This new Shout enabled me to pull things towards me, instead of pushing them away from me. “Suf, Or, Had”. Yes, it was “Fus, Ro, Dah.” read backwards.

I could use that Shout to pull my enemies with great force and greet them with my blade. If I'd want to focus on an individual, I'd only use the two levels of that shout as it was enough. I had to combine all three words if I had to deal with a group.

At last we went off after thanking for their hospitality and everything they did for us; everything I learned from them. We'd be quicker on our way home, as we were now able to fly off the mountain instead of walking down the stairs.

Arngeir had given us some coins for a stay at an inn instead of sleeping in a tent in the wilderness as it could be dangerous. He told us about where the best way to Ponyville lay, and all we had to do was to follow it. It still took about two full days to get there though. After the door slammed behind us, I gave Dashie a quick look and nodded. She returned that nod.

The journey home had begun...

I may have been in another body for three months, but I hadn't forgotten anything about how the pony body worked. We had flown for over 8 hours straight now and it was getting pretty dark. We were also getting pretty tired, but to our relief and luck, we found an inn in the middle of the forest.

The inn was very cozy and not very populated. In fact, there was only us and another pony by the bar. But I swear I'd seen that pony somewhere before. I could just tell by looking at her back. It looked like Dashie also recognized that person.

We both walked slowly towards her as she said “Another shot. Now!”

“Don't you think you've had too many already?” the barkeeper asked, but didn't dare denying her another shot.

“Look at me. Am I drunk?”

“N-N-No, my lady.”

“And what does that mean?” she asked very coldly.

“T-That you haven't had too many yet?” the terrified barkeeper asked.

“Exactly. So bring me another one!” the mare demanded and slammed the table pretty hard.

“Y-Yes my lady. Right away!”

“Please, don't call me lady. I'm not a lady.” she said and facehooved “Just call me-”

I made a fake cough to get her attention, and by that I interrupted her little talks. The pony turned around and said “What the hell do you want?”

I couldn't believe it, and it really took me by surprise to see Daring Do sitting by the table. I thought she was only a fictional character in the book that Rainbow Dash read. But apparently, she was very much alive. Even Dashie didn't know she existed, as she dropped her jaw and started shaking.

“You're... you're....” she stuttered.

Daring Do sighed as she heard that. “Why do you think I'm at an inn in the middle of nowhere? Because I want some peace!” she spat out in a slight. Then she sighed again and rolled her eyes. “Yes... I am Daring Do. And yes, those stories about me are partly true. I didn't write them though. One of my “admirers” did.”

“Mind if we join you?” I asked and already sat down next to her without her permission.

“Yes.” she muttered before swallowing the alcohol down her throat in a single gulp. “Another one!” she demanded. Dashie and I just stared at her clueless about her harsh and disrespectful behavior. Some time passed before she finally noticed it.

“What the hell do you want from me? Who are you anyways?”

“My name is Drake and this is Rai-”

I noticed how startled she got when I told her my name. She immediately jumped to her feet and knelt down for me. “Dragonborn. I didn't know. Please, forgive my rude behavior.... Bartender! What the hell are you waiting for? Get my two friends here a drink!” she shouted harshly at the brown earth-pony stallion who didn't dare do anything but to obey her.

“No thanks.” I said to the bartender and smiled.

Rainbow didn't agree with me. “I want a beer!”

I chuckled a bit when I heard that.

“I once again want to apologize for my rudeness. Honored to meet you, Dragonborn.” she said and saluted to me like a general before turning to Dashie. “And you are...?” she asked her.

“I-I'm Rai-”

“Rainbow Dash! That's right! I've heard a lot about you. The daughter of the one and only Rainbow Spurt; former leader of the Wonderbolts! It's such an honor to meet you. Oh, sorry.. sore subject. I shouldn't have brought that up.” she added regretfully.

Dashie chuckled and smirked when she heard that compliment, and thanked her. “It's alright. But I gotta say, I'm a huge fan of your adventures. I didn't even know you existed!” she pointed out excitedly and by the look of her face, still not believing she was talking to Daring Do herself.

Daring chuckled a bit before telling us that she preferred her identity to remain unknown.

“I'm once again sorry for being so rude earlier. I-I just...”

“Yes?” I asked suspiciously.

“It's Ahuizotl. He always steals everything from me. After everything I've done to obtain these rare artifacts... he's always been there to take them away from me.”

The mentioning of rare artifacts and her being good at obtaining them got me a brilliant idea. I turned to Rainbow and whispered into her ear “You know what we should do? We should-”

“Hire her. Take her with us!” she whispered back and stared at me with eyes that told me that it was indeed a brilliant plan.

“You read my mind.” I said and turned back to Daring Do. “I have an offer for you.”

“Oh yeah? What is it? She asked curiously and swallowed the hot-shot.

“We are about to start a dangerous quest, and we need someone who is experienced with dangerous caves. We think you are the perfect person for that job.”

“And what do I get out of it?”

“I'll help you take Ahuizotl down and I'll help you get your artifacts back.”

“Deal!” she said without hesitating nor thinking about it. “I want to see him go down, and I want my things back!”

“So, here's the deal: You follow me anywhere unless I tell you otherwise. You're my companion until we've completed our quest. There's a thing I gotta do for Rainbow before I can help you though, so we'll just have to stay in touch. But I will repay the favor by taking that guy down, with or without you. This I swear. Deal?”

She nodded and offered me her hoof. “Good. We'll head to Ponyville first thing in the morning. But for now, me and Rainbow over here are going to get some sleep.” I said as I shook her hoof.

She saluted both of us before returning to her drinkings.

We paid extra for the best room. It wasn't anything fancy, but it was good enough for us. At least better than sleeping outside. We even got a discount, thanks to our new friend Daring Do. It really looked like that poor innkeeper was her bitch.

There were big windows on the ceiling on the room above the bed, so we could watch the stars from the bed. It was very beautiful, but it wasn't as eye appealing as when we were outside. The room temperature was rather chilly, but it was fine by us.

“We'll get to Ponyville tomorrow.” I said and looked at her. “We'll go meet our friends, and your father again.”

“Yes, but...”

“But what?”

“What if dad has just gone insane? What if there is really no chance for her to return? What if- I don't know... what if they had poisoned his mind, and are using him to get to me?”

“Don't think like that. You heard his story. He has been going through hell to keep you safe. He wants you everything for the best.”

There was dead silence in the room for a bit. The only audible thing in that room was our breaths.

“You know, even though that would be the case... I'd always be there for you.” I said and gave her a small unsecured smirk.

She returned that smirk when she heard that and exhaled. “Yeah. I know. I really appreciate it, but I'm still a bit worried.”

“Don't be.”

“Gods damn it... I just realized something.” she said all of a sudden and facehooved.

“What?”

“You are the only one who has been able to make me so... sappy. It's not who I am. I'm not that kind of type. I've never been so...dramatic in my life and I'm not used to it.”

“I didn't make you sappy. I just showed you your emotional side, and it's nothing wrong with that.”

She sighed when she heard that, but didn't answer me for a short while. “Perhaps that's true. But like I said, I'm not used to it. I didn't even know what emotions truly was until I met you.” she said as she turned herself to me. “And... I want to thank you. For everything you've done for me.”

I took my helmet off and put it on the table next to the bed before turning to her again. “No. Thank you.” I said before I kissed her on her carotid artery. Her body shivered as always when I did that. She wrapped her arms around my neck as she got closer and started nipping on my ear.

It gladdened me to see that she was also ready for round 2...

“Let her go, you sick fuck!”

“Or what?” he said while he walked around the tied up Rainbow Dash. “It's funny, really. This is all so familiar... where have I seen this before? Ah yes! When her father begged for mercy like a pig!”

“You sick son of a bitch! You're forgetting who you're dealing with... I can use my-”

“I wouldn't recommend using your Shouts, Dragonborn. Because if you do....” he interrupted me and carefully stroke her body with his knife. “You probably get the hint.”

I tried everything to break me loose from the chains that were holding me. But whatever was holding me was strong and refused to let go off me.

“What do you want?”

“Oh, nothing much. I just want to get my hooves on that beautiful mare you brought me. Come to think of it... since I have Rainbow Dash, the soul mate of the Dragonborn himself, maybe I'd take advantage of that situation. What I want is more power, and you are going to give it to me.”

I looked deep into Dashie's eyes, which told me to refuse his offer. She even shook her head very slowly.

“And what if I refuse?”

“Well, let me demonstrate...” he said and quickly got behind Rainbow. “Chainsaw!” he yelled at someone, and it didn't take more than five seconds for someone to get him one.

“What are you doing? What the hell are you doing you fucking piece of--”

“This is just a taste of what will happen if you refuse me.” He growled at me, powering up the chainsaw. He then very slowly started sawing into one of her wings, making Rainbow let out an agonizing scream. Her blood sprayed all over the place, most of it landing on the boss's face.

“NO!!!”

“Drake?” a voice intervened the moment, but I was sure that it belonged to my Dashie. “Drake?” she asked again, snapping me out of my nightmare. Pretty much like last time, I gasped and inhaled the air, cursing and quickly holding her around my arms. I panted and shivered in fear.

“What's wrong?” she asked worriedly, but I ignored it as I checked her right wing to see if she was alright. When I noticed that it was all just a nightmare, I exhaled and sighed in relief.

“Just another nightmare...” I swallows, squeezing her soft body against mine. I closed my eyes and enjoyed being in her presence.

“Same nightmare as before?”

“Strangely, yes. And it worries me.” I said, looking at her face. Just by looking at her made me calmer and more focused.

“I know what you're going to say...”

“Just think about it. It's all I'm saying. It may well be that this won't happen according to Arngeir, but there's still a chance.”

“I'm not changing my mind.”

“Just think about it... it's all I'm saying.”

“No need. But tell me... what did he do to me in your nightmare to make you so unsecured? I mean, you're the Dragonborn. You're much more powerful than him.”

“Like we both know... you like flying, yes? He... he had us both tied up. I was chained by the wall, directly in front of you. You were tied up and...” I gulped and started sweating when I thought about it. “It was horrible! He had a chainsaw and...”

“I see.” she said and nodded. “It's alright. I'm here.” she added and tried to calm me down.

“You must understand why I'm a little hesitant.”

“I do. But it doesn't change my mind. He's going to die, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.”

“I'd never stop you.” I pointed out, getting a bit calmer. “But enough about that. We must continue our journey home.” She stopped me as I was getting out of the bed.

“Can't it wait for a couple of more minutes?” she asked me and put on a small subtle smile.

I smirked when I heard that, and to be honest, I kind of liked that idea. But we really had to get to Ponyville. We had delayed enough with me being unconscious for a whole day.

“I'm sorry, but we really must get moving.” I said and kissed her on her neck.

“I understand. Let's go grab Daring Do, and get the hell out of here.” she replied and bit her lower lip as I kissed her neck, because I knew that she was very sensitive on that area.

I looked out the small window as I jumped out of bed and put on my helmet. It was beautiful, as always. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the sky was blue.

“Are you ready?”

It was kind of quiet at first, having Daring Do with us. We weren't very talkative. Dashie and I didn't even talk to each other. But it changed later on, fortunately. We started a conversation about her adventures and how she managed to get out of trouble all the time. Then we talked about our trip to the Graybeards. We also told her a little about what we planned to do. I thought she'd doubt  our plan working, but to our surprise, she didn't think it was stupid at all. But when I thought more about it... she's Daring Do. She'd been in many dangers and found many artifacts considered a myth.

The air was getting mistier and mistier as we continued our journey, but we finally made it in the end. We were just in the entrance of Ponyville, but we suddenly heard weird and loud noises; not coming from Ponyville. A sound very much like of a big beast or something. A sound of big and gracious wings flapping. We hesitated and looked around to try to figure out what was making that noise. We just stood there on the soft grass and looked in all directions until a big gray dragon landed in front of us. He roared at us with all his might and fury. I heard the scream and the fear from the ponies in Ponyville, but despite their fear, they actually came near to see what was going on; curious about the powers I possessed, and how I was going to protect them by slaying that mighty beast in front of us.

Rainbow and Daring Do stood their ground besides me and looked very determined into the beast's eyes. We all just stared at the dragon. He didn't attack us, nor did we attack the dragon. But we knew that he wasn't friendly. In fact, he was just waiting for us to make a move.

“Alright.” I whispered to them whilst looking deep into the dragon's blood lusty eyes. “I have a plan and for it to work, we must work together.” I stated.

“What do you have in mind?” asked Daring Do, not taking her eyes off the mighty beast.

“Rainbow, you will distract him with your bow. It won't kill him, but it might slow him down a bit. Daring, you will help Rainbow drawing it's attention and try keeping him away from me. I'll get up to his back and paralyze him by stabbing him in the spine.”

They both nodded and grinned evilly to the dragon, full of determination.

“Dovahkiin. You are becoming an annoyance. You fight against inevitability... but even though you somehow managed to slay our master... your greatest civilizations are doomed to fall. Our time has come.” the dragon said to us in a deep voice.

“Maybe you're right. Maybe we can't win this. But we'll fight you regardless! And if this is indeed our end... we're going to make it such an end!” I yelled back at him in anger and took a step forward to the big terrifying dragon. That pissed him off and made him make the first move. I could hear him speak as he used the power of the Voice.

“YOL...TOOR...SHUL!” he shouted and spew his deadly flames at us, but we evaded it.

“Move back!” I ordered the ponies that were getting too close, and they did just what I ordered... but their curiosity drove them back towards us.

“FUS...RO DAH!” I shouted back in the purpose of slowing him down. It didn't push him away, due to his big size, but I managed to keep him off balance and stun him for a little while. I didn't have the clear passage up to his back though, and I needed more time.

Dashie enjoyed herself by using the bow on that powerful beast, while Daring Do used the dagger of hers. She was courageous enough to fly up to that dragon to give him a piece of her steel. I noticed how simple, yet beautiful that dagger was. It was very well crafted, and obviously made by a professional. It looked very ancient as well; as if she'd found it in one of her adventures.

Everything happened so fast, but to my surprise, they worked so well together that I had an easy passage up to the back of the dragon. I flew as fast as I could up to the back, and managed to stab into his spine with all my strength. It resulted in the dragon screaming and roaring, but he collapsed to the ground. He wasn't dead yet, but paralyzed.

“That was easy.” I said and panted as they came up to me.

“It was... disappointing.” said Rainbow Dash.

“Well, let's kill it already!” Daring Do suggested, eager to just get it done.

I walked up to the dragon which looked at me with hatred in its eyes. Even though he could not talk, he started communicating with me... with his mind. “You may have defeated me, Dovahkiin... but you'll never be able to stop your species from...”

“I'll do everything in my power to get in your way. I'm going to find your master, and I'm going to kill him.” I said out loudly before I stabbed the dragon again in the skull with everything I had. The blood spewed from the dragon's head, but I managed to evade it… kind of.

But before I knew, the soul from the dragon left its former body and into mine. Feeling for the power inside me felt good and refreshing. I felt like it had replenished my energy. I even heard the ponies around me gasp and admire.

I shook my head and inhaled the air. “Well... that was refreshing!” I said as both Dashie and Daring Do, as well as the rest of the ponies around us gasped again and stared at me with their jaws dropped down.

“What? Never seen a pony harvest a soul from a dragon?” I asked with a sarcastic tone and laughed softly. Everyone suddenly cheered and gathered around me.

“Dragonborn! Savior and protector of Equestria! Our hero!” they yelled and tossed me into the air.

I noticed Dashie and Daring Do smirking and chuckling, but it didn't satisfy me. I didn't deserve all that honor and cheering. I couldn't had slain the dragon if not for them.

“Hurray! We will honor the Dragonborn with a great feast tonight!” someone yelled and everypony around agreed and cheered some more.

“Everypony, can I have your attention please?” I asked. Everyone stopped tossing me around and stopped talking and the cheering, and focused on what I had to say. “I may be the Dragonborn... but this victory is not of my own. They are the real heroes.

“He's right!” somepony yelled. Everyone agreed and gathered around them. I chuckled softly as everyone started tossing them into the air as well.

Some time passed before we could finally get through that big crowd. I swear that the whole town was cheering for us. Although, I couldn't see the rest of the mane 6.

“Thank you for your support. But it'd be nice if you could leave us alone, for now.” I said in the friendliest voice possible.

The mist finally vanished away, and the sun still shone. But it gladdened me to see all those friendly faces again, and their warm welcome. Everyone smiling, laughing and having a great time. They were the exact opposite of what I grew up with.

Everypony either bowed their head or knelt for us as we walked past them. They also whispered something to one another. “Dragonborn.” I heard someone whisper. I just cracked up a small clumsy smile again at them in appreciation, but I really didn't want all that attention, neither did Daring Do. Rainbow, however, had been enjoying herself in the crowd.

At last, we arrived to Twilight's place. The journey home was officially over, but it was much quicker to pass than I realized.

I slowly knocked on the door in exhaustion. I thought that that dragon soul had replenished my energy. It did, but only for a short while and now I felt like I had been drained.

I almost collapsed to the ground. I didn't know why this exhaustion hit me all of a sudden. But I knew that the journey was over, and that I could finally have some proper rest.

Spike opened the door all of a sudden and gasped in surprise to see us again.

“Twilight!” he shouted.

“No, Spike! I'm busy!”

“It's your friends!” he yelled back into the apartment.

“Tell them to come back later.”

Spike facepalmed and sighed. “It's Drake, Rainbow Dash and... Daring Do?”

“What?!” she shouted. “I'm coming!”

“Please, come in!” he ordered us and pulled us into the apartment.

Twilight appeared as soon as we stepped into her house. “It's so good to see you again!” she yelled and jumped into my arms. I gave her a big hug and laughed.

“It's good to see you again!” I said as I released my grip on her. Then she hugged Rainbow Dash and said something similar to her, until she noticed Daring Do.

The look on her face was priceless. I noticed how her pupils shrunk and how her body shivered.

“D-Daring Do?” she asked completely speechless. “I-I didn't...”

“Yes, I do have that impression on some ponies.” she said and chuckled. “I just wish to keep my identity a secret. Fortunately, I'm not too famous.”

All of a sudden appeared Rainbow's dad. He was by the kitchen's door, and just stood there; smiling at us.

“Dad!” Rainbow yelled and ran up to him, who was spreading his arms and getting himself ready for a hug. He laughed and hugged his daughter. “It's so good to see you again! How are you?”

“I've missed you too, child.” he said and kept grinning. “I'm just fine and dandy.”

I kept staring at them for a while before Twilight interrupted me. “Drake? You have to tell me everything!”

“Huh? Sure. I can tell you about our trip.” I replied and smirked at her.

“Great!” she said before she turned herself to Daring Do who seemed lost in all the hugging and the warm welcome from ponies she'd never met before. “Please, have a seat!” she ordered her.

“Thank you for your generous hospitality, but I think that won't be necessary. I've always wanted to live in Ponyville, or at least visit it and now that I'm here, I'm thinking about looking around.”

“That's a great idea!” interrupted Rainbow Dash. “I can be your guide!” she suggested excited.

“I'll tag along.” added Ghost.

“What? You've been here for what... almost three days now? Twilight has probably shown you around the town.”

“Well, in a matter of fact, I haven't explored the town yet.”

“That's great! That way, I can show you both around. You coming with us, Drake?” Dashie asked me, still as excited as before. I guess she was that excited because she wanted to spend more time with Daring Do and her dad.

“No, thanks. I'll just wait for you guys to return. I'm going to keep Twilight Sparkle a company and tell her everything about our trip.” I said and smirked again. Rainbow came up to me, and kissed me. I noticed how Twilight reacted to it; she turned her excited grin into a small embarrassed smirk. Her eyes told me that she was a also little sad.

I also noticed Ghost chuckling softly in approval, as well as Daring Do making impatient noises, as she was eager to get outside and explore the town she'd been wanting to visit.

“See ya later then.” Dashie said as they stormed out of the house.

“Wait for me!” yelled Spike who seemed eager to go outside to feel the warmth of the sun on that beautiful day.

After a matter of seconds, we were left alone in the living room. It was kind of awkward at first, but it changed as the silence broke.

“Please, sit down on the sofa.” she ordered me and sat down herself.

I sat down on the sofa, and without her even asking me about what happened, I started off by when we left the big royal palace in Canterlot. I told her about everything... (except the conversation Rainbow and I had about me being a human) even the moment we had together. I regretted it though, because I saw how happy she was for us, but also how miserable it made her.

After I had told her about everything, up to this very moment, she stared at me with some kind of approval; approved that I was willing to keep everyone safe despite the fact that I had free will and could've used my power for evil deeds. I could, if I wanted to. But I was a good person, and wanted with all my heart to protect Equestria from any kind of dangers.

“Is it weird that... I'm desired to find myself a partner?” she asked me, and it made everything much more awkward.

“Well... it isn't weird. But it isn't something one must dwell on. It shouldn't be your main goal in life.” I answered and stood up from the comfortable sofa. I didn't really feel like sitting at the moment, despite the fact that I've been standing all day. Twilight did the same and approached me.

“Yes, well. I didn't really care about that before I got the news of you two being together. But it triggered something within me. I don't know. I feel like I'm missing out on something.”

“Of course you aren't missing out on something.” I said and tried to cheer her up. I also rolled my eyes and sighed by the fact that I was having a “high school drama” conversation with her. She failed to see that it wasn't important to have someone as your mate. It was great to have someone to share your life with, sure, but it wasn't a necessity. I, for instance, didn't plan on having a relationship with anyone. But it just happened to be that I fell for her.

Great people have lived and managed to do wonderful and important things without a partner and that's completely fine.

“Look... if you desperately need someone, I'm sure that there is someone out there waiting for you.”

“Well.. the one that I was interested in is already taken, so...” she said and chuckled very awkwardly. She even blushed.

“Alright then... but there are plenty of fish in the sea. If you really want someone, I bet th--” I said before I realized that she was talking about... me. But I didn't want to jump to conclusions. “Can you tell me more about him?” I asked kind of nervous and hoped that I was wrong.

“Well... he's a Pegasus...”

“Yes...?”

“And he's...special.” she added and didn't dare looking in my eyes. It was almost confirmed that she was talking about me, but I wanted to be completely sure.

“Go on...” I said and bit my lower lip in my nervousness.

At last she looked at my face. I closed my eyes as she said. “He got red eyes and is cyan-colored. He isn't afraid of anything, and does whatever it takes to protect his friends.” She chuckled very awkwardly and nervously.

I looked around the room in my nervousness and tried everything I could not to look into her eyes. 'Not her too!' I thought to myself, but I felt bad for her and decided to do something I might regret.

“But I understand. I couldn't do that to her... I think I should just drop it. Maybe it's just for the best if I-”

Before she finished that sentence, I kissed her. It was really surprising for both of us, but she did not expect that reaction from me. She really, really liked it though. I could just tell by how she put her arms around my waist; pushing my body more up against hers. She even used her magic to enhance that kiss. Wow... it felt incredible! But I also kind of disliked it at the same time. I wasn't in love with Twilight, nor did I want to start a secret relationship with her. I had no urge to cheat on Rainbow, but the unexpected actions she made, made me uncontrollably excited. I didn't know if she did it on purpose, or if it just automatically happened. But whatever she was doing was so hypnotizing, I completely lost it. I found myself fighting against Twilight's strong magic of ecstasy, but I was losing by far. And the sweet taste of her saliva didn't help my situation either.

As we made out, I led her against the wall and pressed my soft body against hers as I dominated her with my raw strength and passionate kisses. I held her hooves firmly against the wall as we continued that experience. Minutes passed before I let her hooves go and started kissing and licking her carotid artery; stroking and caressing her body while I was at it. And without even realizing, I took her down to the sofa and on we went for whole 5 minutes. I didn't want to admit it at all, but whatever she was doing was so good that I even considered having sexual intercourse with her. But I thankfully found enough strength to force myself out of this situation before it would lead to anything more, which it was clearly heading.

“This... this was a one-time thing only.” I pointed out in a slight shock and shook my head disappointingly. “I'm sorry, but I'm not available."

She stared at me, very shocked and held her hooves against her snout. I noticed how she looked at me. A look that indicated that she needed more. But I couldn't do that. I only wanted to show her how it felt like, to shut her up. But she used her magic to enhance that kiss. That's why it went further than I dared. I only realized now that it was a bad idea... maybe I only added fuel to the fire.

“T-That.. W-Why?” she asked in disbelief and stared at me with her big eyes and a small subtle, appreciated smile on her face.

I sighed and wished with all my heart that I could take that rushed decision back. I shouldn't had kissed her. It was a stupid decision. I could imagine that it would only make her feelings towards me even stronger. But I gotta admit that I wouldn't even dare thinking about doing it before I was brought back to “life” on Earth. But my stay there truly showed me how much I resembled one of the pony folks instead of a human. With each day that passed, the more I started to realize that I didn't belong there. I wasn't a part of that system, nor did I feel like I was a part of humanity anymore. Then I got the news about me being a part pony. Always have been, and that answered a lot of questions. For example the fact that I didn't feel like I belonged on Earth. It also answered why I wasn't bothered like I originally thought I'd be when I kissed Rainbow for the first time, and so on. But now that I knew about it all... I started to see myself as one of them. Even though it was a little weird at first, I was completely certain now that this is indeed my true home I never had. But I still had the human mind, and I still thought like a human. That wasn't gone, and I'd probably have to live with the memories from my old world with me for the rest of my life. But my mind could change a bit, and the more time that I spent in Equestria, the more my opinions started to change; for example, I didn't want a relationship at the beginning. Now I was passed that... alright, maybe not completely. I'd still not want a relationship with anyone else than Rainbow. It was either her, or no one. But I had grown from being completely against it.

“I.. I don't know. But I repeat, this was a one-time thing only. Now, you decide whether you'll search for a partner, or not.”

She walked up to me and put her right hoof on my right shoulder. “Thank you. I understand. I just wanted to let you know that... I'll always be there for you. For both of you.” she said before she turned away from me. “But only as a friend, I suppose.” she added and sighed sadly.

“Hey, come here.” I said and hugged her. “It's not that big of a deal. Really.”

“You're right. I think I'm going to be alright. Besides, I've got plenty of things to take care of, and I'm working for the princess. Perhaps it's good for me to be single for now.” she added and chuckled.

“You're a good friend. Just don't worry about it. You can't force that time to come, it has to come by itself. But of course, you'll have to work at it if you really want it.” I reassured her and gave her a pat on the back. “But anyways. I've been wondering. We're about to head to another adventure. I could use you.”

“Are you leaving? But you only just arrived from your last trip!” she yelled and let go of me.

“We're not leaving tonight... but it's likely that we'll head out tomorrow. So, are you interested or not?”

“Yes... yes I am. Who will be traveling with us?”

“Rainbow Dash, Ghost, Daring Do, you and I.”

“Isn’t that too much?”

“I think we'll be fine. But you probably know about Rainbow's past, yes?”

“Yeah... Ghost told me everything. Such a sad story.” she said and lowered her head a bit. “What about it?”

“Well... we're going to try to revive Rainbow's mother. It won't be easy, but we know what must be done. And you should be very useful to us, since you are the most educated of us; possibly the smartest.”

“Hmm... yes. I have heard about the matter of revival. But it requires a ritual and artifacts that may, or may not even exist. But I am willing to give it a shot. Count me in.” she said and grabbed my hoof to shake it.

“That's great!”

At last they returned. They stormed into the house and that completely broke the comfortable silence that I was starting to adapt to.

“Hey there, Drake, Twi! We're back!” Dashie shouted and ran towards me. “So... what were you guys up to?” she asked and grinned.

I gave Twilight a look and smirked to her before answering “I told her about our trip, and what I learned.”

Daring Do seemed to have a nice chat with Ghost, who was already seated on Twilight's sofa, while Spike vanished downstairs, probably to get some peace and quiet in the library.

“Rainbow! I almost forgot.” Twilight shouted and hugged her. “I'm so sorry about what happened in your past. Your father told me everything about it.” she added and squeezed her even more.

Dashie smirked a bit in return but was overtaken by joy to be sad, or depressed by the thought of her past.

“It's alright. I have my dad and...” she looked at me and asked with her facial expression if Twilight knew about our plan. I nodded as soon as I noticed it. “...we'll get my mom back to life. I'm positive about it.”

“And I'll do whatever I can to help you out. My researches on ancient relics and rituals could be very useful for you.”

“Are you coming with us? That's great!” shouted Rainbow Dash and hugged her again. Twilight giggled and hugged her back.

After the hug had been broken, I looked at Dashie who seemed much calmer and more relieved. She was full of positivity and very optimistic that we'd bring her back and I liked that. I just hope she wouldn't get disappointed if it fails...

It was getting late, and everypony were getting tired. Ghost had decided to stay at Twilight's since he had his things already at her place. Daring Do had a choice to stay with Twilight, or leave with us. She decided to go with us, in the purpose of easing it up a bit for Twilight. They were already three, and it would only make sense if she'd leave with us. But there was something nagging me from within. I suddenly got that passion to tell someone else about my past life. It seemed like telling Dashie wasn't good enough. The only one I really trusted besides Dashie was Twilight Sparkle. She's always been kind and honest to me, and I really appreciated that. But telling her would be much easier than when I told Dashie about it. Besides, I was pretty confident that she'd be quite interested in what I had to say. She'd probably have to write it all down though.

I opened the door for Dashie and Daring Do and waited for them to get outside. Twilight stood by the door and waved us goodbye. I was a little hesitant at first, but decided what must be done.

“Twilight...” I said when Daring Do couldn't hear me.

“Yes?” she asked completely focused on me and eagerly waited for what I had to say.

“Can we talk in private tomorrow? I need to tell you something... something about myself. And so far I don't want anyone else knowing about it, but I trust you. And I believe you'll be quite interested in what I have to say.”

“Sure! Absolutely, no problem!” she said, already excited and curious about what I had on mind. Probably because I said that she'd be interested in it, and that could only mean that I wanted to tell her something that involved astronomy or history. But it wasn't the case. I had to tell her something much more complicated than that.

“Good. I'll stop by with Dashie tomorrow morning then.”

“Sure. See ya later!” she shouted out to us before she slammed the door.

After we had left her apartment, we decided to roam around the lifeless town for a bit. We talked, chilled a bit by the fountain, and had a good laugh or two. Getting to know Daring Do a bit better was very interesting. I heard about her most dangerous adventures, and how she managed to escape the death traps. She also told us a bit about herself; where she grew up, and about her first adventure as a filly.

It was all very interesting, and it was a fun night. Very relaxing as well, considering the weather to be calm and nobody outside but us. We were careful not to wake anyone up though, and talked to each other in low voices.

But after maybe two hours of talking and roaming around the town, we decided to go home and get some sleep. We were all pretty tired after the day; especially after having flown for most of the day.

At last we entered Rainbow's big apartment. Dashie showed her around while I put our bags by the king sized bed. Taking it off my back was very relieving and it made me sigh in appreciation. I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes as I heard the two mares talk about how cozy her apartment was, and how appreciated she was for the hospitality. Dashie led her into a semi big guest room, which hasn't been used before and told her that she could use it.

Daring Do bowed her head and thanked for her again before she vanished into the room and closed the door.

“You know, for a bit I thought that this day would never end.” I joked and chuckled a bit as she tiredly walked towards the bed. “Been flying for hours... fought a big dragon... nice conversations with your dad, Twilight and Daring Do... so much in one day, don't you think?”

“Yes...” she said and exhaled as she collapsed to the bed beside me. “This day was good overall though... don't you think?”

“Yes it was.” I said and paused for a bit. “So... did you have a nice conversation with your dad?” I then asked and opened my eyes to take a look at her.

“Yeah... it's just so weird talking to him again. I feel like... I've regained something lost. But he's back now, and that is what matters.”

“We'll bring your mom back too. I promise.” I said to make her feel better, even though she wasn't miserable at the moment. “But hey, I want to show you something.” I added and reached into the bag filled with all kind of random stuff we looted from the thugs, and other things we found on the road. I searched through the bag besides me before I found my iPod and the big headset.

I showed her the iPod, and noticed how curious she got. “I remember that thing. Dare to tell me what it's about? Is it perhaps dangerous?” she asked interested and excited by the thought of it being harmful; like a weapon of some kind.

“This... is a device that plays music anywhere, at any time.”

“A-Anywhere and anytime?” she asked very curiously but didn't really buy it.

“Yes. It's a device made from my world, and it has helped me through all kind of boring and depressing days. It has helped me while working, when I waited for something or someone, when I walked to the store to buy some groceries.... this device was also there to make my day brighter.”

“Cool! So... this device plays music, you said?”

“Yeah. Here, let me show you. These are all music from my world, but I warn you. They might be a bit heavier and dirtier than the music you're used to...”

I pretty much showed her every genre that existed, but I mainly focused on metal and Dubstep, because I was confident that it would be her cup of tea. It was funny to see her reaction to those songs. Her eyes and mouth wide open and she automatically shook her head in the rhythm of the songs. She even head banged to some of them; mostly from metal. She liked them all, but of the entire genre I showed her, she liked folk/power metal the most, just as expected. DnB was in second place and Dubstep in the third.

After perhaps two hours of showing her all the great artists that existed in my former world, she declared that her favorite band was Wintersun. She especially liked one of their songs called “Time”. I could easily see why; that song was fast, complicated and very powerful. But I had to explain to her why the vocalist's voice sounded so raw. I explained to her that it was just different singing style, and it brought more depths to some songs.

But I nodded in utmost approval. Wintersun also tends to be my favorite metal band. I didn't listen much to metal, but when I did, it was mostly Wintersun. Mostly because of how unique they sounded like. They weren't like any other metal band I'd listened to. And their new album, which had been in the making for eight years, was absolutely astonishing. It's a shame I can't listen to their upcoming albums.

It was funny that we shared the same favorite band though. Perhaps we were even more alike then I thought.

“Wow...” she exhaled in amazement as she took my headset off her. “I think I'm getting dizzy...” she added and held her hooves up to her head.

“So... what do you think?”

“This is amazing! Absolutely incredible! Why haven't we found out about this strange technology of yours sooner? You have to show everyone!” she yelled out very excitedly, but watched out not to wake up Daring Do. I didn't answer her, but simply chuckled and smirked in furthermore approval. “And your music is so powerful; especially this... metal? Power metal, or whatever you call it. It makes our music sound like crap. Another weird thing about it is that we share same language. That's... interesting.”

“Yes. Yes it is.” I responded. I didn't really want to start a conversation about it though. I didn't want to explain the reason to her.

At last we turned off the lights and went to sleep in each other’s arms to end the day.

“So, now that we're here in the library where no one can hear us, can you please tell me what this is all about?” Twilight asked me as I roamed around the small, but cozy room; still a bit nervous and thoughtful about what I was going to say. But I wanted to do it, and I intended to. Rainbow sat patiently next to Twilight and didn't take her eyes off me.

“Well... it's about me.” I said and sighed. “It's about what I am.” Twilight was already getting interested as she simply looked at me with a curious look and waited patiently for me to continue. “I'm more than just a pony and a dragon.” I finally said and took a seat beside her. But I couldn't keep my anxiety down, so I stood up and roamed around again.

“What are you getting at?” she asked a bit worried, but still very interested. She even slowly, and probably without noticing it herself, grabbed a paper and a quill.

“I'm originally from another world. Another planet, if you wish.” I said and bit my lower lip. I didn't quite know how her reaction would be, but there was no backing out now.

“Continue...” she simply said and stared at me.

“I am...was something called a human. It's another species an-”

“Human?!” she shouted and stood up. “Are you saying that you were a human?!” she shouted again at me and started to shudder in fear. “No... I simply refuse to believe in such a thing!”

This was all too surprising for me, and also for Dashie who seemed upset by her reaction.

Did she know about the humans? And if she did, was there perhaps something specific about humans that she disliked? Another, more important question; if she did know about humanity, how did she discover it?

“Why?” I asked and stepped one step forward near her, but as I did, she moved backwards; trying to avoid me.

“Tell me you're not joking!” she yelled.

“I'm not. I was a human before I was sent here to Equestria to serve you, to protect you all from the dragons. Before I was summoned, I lived on a planet called...”

“Earth...” she added and got a bit calmer, but still as shocked and surprised as before.

“Precisely... how do you know?” I asked very interested and surprised.

“The gods... they used humanity to make the world. They... created us.” she said and gulped. “They created us, and everything else.” she added and fell to her knees in front of me.

That really made my heart skip a beat for a second... how did she know about that? Did she know that humans made a TV series about their lives? I seriously hoped not...

“So, what you're saying is that I'm a god?” I asked and couldn't help but to frown, but the thought of me being a god also made me smirk a bit.

Twilight nodded and swallowed again, as she tried to breathe lighter.

“Whoa, whoa! Hang on a second here!” Rainbow said and looked at us both. “Are you saying that my partner is a powerful god; a pony, dragon and a human, who was sent by other gods to protect our homeland from the dragons?” she asked, very excited by that fact. "Hey! That explains why we share the same language!"

“Well, he's not a complete god. But he is our creator, nevertheless...”

“That's bullshit. I didn't create you; my species did.” I answered puzzled, and not quite understanding the situation.

“You, as an individual, may not have created us. But that doesn't make you any less powerful than the ones who did.” she pointed out and got near me to examine me again, pretty much like the first time I met her.

“You took the news pretty well, as far as I can tell. I expected you to kick me out of the house, to be honest.”

“I'd never kick you out of my house!” she answered powerfully at me and with her big, determined, and shocked eyes that I'd even think about such a thing.

“But how did you know about it? Are we humans known in Equestria?”

“Unfortunately, no. Everyone seems to be clueless about our origin. However, I started asking questions and consulted with Princess Celestia. She told me about everything and even gave me a book explaining humans. It was an ancient book, written by a pony that had the gifts of communicating with the gods. He asked them all about our origin and wrote a book about the facts he learned from them.” she explained, but gasped when she got a sudden idea. “Can I ask you some questions about humanity? Please, please, please!” she pleaded and looked at me with her desperate eyes. She even crawled up to me.

“Uh, I don't know. Maybe later. We must get going, and we can't delay.”

Rainbow Dash nodded a couple of times in agreement. I could only imagine that she wanted her mother brought back to life as soon as possible. It wasn't guaranteed, but it was a risk we were willing to take.

“And besides, you'd probably hate me if I told you more about my species.” I muttered in shame and looked away without turning my head. I was embarrassed for being once a part of that race. It wasn't much of a choice being born on Earth, though.

But I did not want to describe humanity at all. In fact, I didn't see anything positive about the humans. Of course, I wasn't the only human to think that way. Not everyone was evil. Not everyone was the cause of the financial problems, the poverty, the hunger, the unnecessary violence, the wars, etc. But humanity overall was considered an evil race in my opinion. They were savages and the memory of the humans left a sour taste in my mouth. But like I said, not everyone was the cause of the difficulties on Earth. I felt bad for those people. I was lucky enough to start a new life in a whole new world where the majority of people were actually pure, friendly, and peaceful. And that was one of the main reasons why I wanted to protect them all from the dragon threat.

Maybe I was so against humanity because I'm mostly pony, and my soul couldn't handle it. After all, I had been living in a wrong body for two decades without even knowing about it. And now that my soul had finally been reunited with my true body, it felt great! Also relieving. And the fact that I lived a pretty tough, fucked up life clouded my opinions on the humans. My whole life I'd been living among fiends and bullies. That's why I imagined the rest of them being as bad as they were, even though I knew that I was one of many to experience living a tough life. I felt sorry for them and hoped them all for the best. Still do.

“Nonsense!” she shouted. “But alright... as you wish.” she added in disappointment.

I sighed when I noticed how much it meant to her, but I was in no mood for explaining humanity to her. But then I got an idea. “Twilight. Do you have a spell for a memory transport?”

“Yes! What a good idea!” she shouted again and got to her hooves. “Hold still...”

“Wait, what am I supposed to do?”

“I'll ask you questions, and you will think about the answer. That way, I can see everything like I was there! However, if you don't know the question, just simply say so and I'll move on to the next one.

I sighed again, but agreed. “Let's get this over with...”

It took much longer than I'd expected, and it was getting pretty tiring as it required a lot of my focus and concentration. I regularly asked her if she was satisfied, but she always denied, not to my surprise. She wanted-- no, she needed more. She also wrote the whole damn thing down on a paper! But I wanted something out of this, too.

When we were finally done, I asked her if she could do it again. I wanted to show Rainbow something as well. I wanted to show her how I looked like, how the world was and what I grew up with. Twilight was decent enough to give me that.

It didn't take a long time showing her everything I wanted her to know, but it sure was tiring. It was worth it though. Dashie kept on complimenting and admiring how “awesome” the human's body structure was....how badass I looked; how powerful, mighty and how tall I was. She mostly adored my hands; my fingers, as she clearly understood how handy that could be. I didn't know if she was faking an impression or not, but I didn't buy some of what she said, for she hesitated a bit about certain things. But that was alright. I knew this was her first time seeing a human, and she took it pretty well, to be honest.

But she didn't only praise my body, as she also criticized about how the skin lacked colors, the eyes being too small and how my head could be bigger. Although I did not agree with the head needing to be bigger, I laughed and told her that I agreed with her anyways.

I asked her if her point of view she had for me had changed or not. She refused and reassured me that she still saw me as the pony she fell in love with. Hearing her answer was a relief to me. I didn't want her to feel awkward or uncomfortable around me.

But now that everyone was happy, and that Twilight now practically had a book with confirmed facts about humanity, we decided to go get the rest of our small team and leave at an instance. We had already made everything ready; the food, the equipment and everything that was required for the trip. Now we only needed to get going.

I looked at the happy, smiling faces of the ponies in Ponyville one last time before I turned around and led my team towards the exit of the small town. But I was stopped by a courier. He handed me a small letter and said that it was from the Princesses. What now? Did they wanted me to pay them another visit? Did they want to give us more weapons? They said that it was urgent that I'd meet them as soon as possible, and I intended to...but only after we'd taken care of the guy Dashie wanted dead.

I was relieved that the walk didn't take longer than four hours. I was expecting maybe 3-4 days, but it seemed like that dungeon of some kind was closer to Ponyville than I thought. But we talked on the way about many things, including our plan. Ghost told us about what he had in mind, and what needed to be done. He said that after we'd find the ancient artifacts he needed for the ritual, we had to find Rainbow Spurt's bones. Ghost added that he knew about the bone's location, but it would be hard getting our hooves on them. But there is one other thing Ghost mentioned, and that was what we might expect in those tunnels, or dungeons. He told us about creatures, known as the 'Draugr'. He explained to us that the Draugr were undead warriors who were once residents of Equestria. He said that it was claimed that Draugr once served the dragons; some seemed to have learned several words of power as well. Having engaged in acts of cannibalism during their lifetimes, they are cursed to walk this earth as undead; however, that might be because they betrayed their own race by serving the dragons. Reports had told about some of them waking up, and as we were walking in a some kind of a tomb full of them, we might expect one or two to wake up. But we were grown up, and we knew how to fight.

But there it was; a big hole on the ground with some stairs leading down. The stair was small, as the hole wasn't deep. As we got into that hole, we noticed a door, leading into the tunnels. On that door were markings and carvings of ponies being killed, and a message warning us not to enter.

Everyone stopped by that door and waited for my command. I didn't quite know why I was in charge since this was Ghost's mission, but if they wanted me to lead them, who was I to deny? I was literally born a leader anyways...

I nodded slowly as I quickly opened the steel door, and was the first to enter the dark tunnels to check if it was safe. I signaled them to follow me as I saw no threat around. I noticed a dead pony on the floor in front of me and to my surprise, it was a fresh kill. He had been dead for maximum a day or two. I looted him, and found a small diary, which would for sure be very useful.

“Ghost?” I said as I tossed the diary at him. “Can you tell me if this could be useful?” I asked him as I searched for more things that dead fellow might had possessed.

“Hmm... yes. This is good. This diary is like a map; tells us about where traps might be and where we must be heading. I'll keep it and read from it from time to time.” he said and put it in his bag.

“That's good. Let's keep moving.” said Daring Do, who seemed eager to get to the fun, to the dangerous part.

That place was as silent as a crypt, and it was kind of disturbing. Also the thought about possible walking dead roaming around gave me chills.

But at last we arrived to three gateways. One in the middle, and two by the side of it. The gateway in the middle was closed with two iron gates, so that only left us two options. It was obvious that we had to get through the one in the middle, but Ghost read about it in the diary and found out that we must go to the other two to pull levers to open the main gate.

“Alright. Let's split this group in two; Twilight and I will go through the left, the rest of you will go through the right. We'll meet here once we've pulled those levers. Daring Do, you'll be the leader of your team since you're experienced with ancient caves and tunnels.” As soon as I saw Daring Do saluting me, I said, “Let's head out!” quickly, but determined.

As Twilight and I walked into that gateway, we got a feeling that we weren't alone in there. There was something watching us, no doubt. We could both sense it. But we didn't let that stop us, and we kept moving quickly, but silently.

“Twilight?” I whispered to her to be careful not to wake anything up. I'd rather avoid fighting the Draugrs, even though I could probably easily kill them.

“Yes?” she asked but didn't take her eyes off the ancient walls and bodies lying in the crypt around us. This place was like a one big tomb. “We mustn't talk. We don't want to disturb the dead.” she added and quietly walked past the bodies.

“But what if something happens to the other team?”

Twilight pointed to the other side of the room, showing me that we could clearly see their progress. We were in the same room, but on the other side of it. And there was a huge gap between us.

“Ah.” I said and nodded once. “Let's get going then.”

After a while we found the lever. Only a narrow pathway between us, and that lever. “There it is!” Twilight shouted, and ran towards it before she accidentally stepped on something; a button, of some kind. It made something come out of the ceiling of that pathway. Swinging in full speed, sharp and deadly axes that didn't stop. It could literally open up a dragon with just one swoosh.

“Watch out!” I yelled and shouted “SUF... OR!” to pull Twilight away from that.

“Gee... thanks.” she said, both shocked and grateful. “Wait, did you just...”

“Yes, I shouted you out of danger. You should be more careful.” I said and exhaled the air. “That was damn...”

But I was interrupted before I could finish that sentence. My ear twitched as I analyzed a strange sound and felt for a feeling like something was breathing at my back. Despite the loud noises from the axes, I could still hear it. My blood froze as I realized that that breath wasn't imagined. I slowly turned around to see a Draugr standing behind me; staring deep into my very eyes. The disturbing look on that thing took me off guard. It was armed, in armor and had a helm. Its eyes were bright with a blue fainted light, as well with his skin being rotten.

I automatically screamed in startle, and without even thinking about it, unsheathed my blades and stabbed that...thing. It fell to the ground, but unfortunately, my screaming had woken up the rest of them in that area.

“Shit..” I whispered to Twilight who got herself ready for a battle.

Those things... those zombies were probably the only thing that has managed to put me off guard. I think I was more scared of them than of a dragon. But now, we had to fight a group of them, and there were plenty on their feet already. Plenty for both of us to kill....

I noticed that the other group was having the same problem, but they were managing it quite well, so I stopped worrying about it.

I sheathed my daggers, and unsheathed my bow, as they were still pretty far away from us. I exhaled the stuffed air as I held the bow. I'd never used a bow before and I tried thinking about how I was going to use it as I had hooves. I knew that it was possible, but how? I guess I had to try it for myself.

Twilight had already begun slaying some of them with her magic. It was very impressing how creative she was. She used the environment as her advantage and tossed them around into sharp objects or giant spikes.

As they got near us, I started shooting from my bow, but I didn't have any difficulty using it. It was kind of expected though, considering that I doubted the knives at first as well.

One...two...three kills and counting. But using the bow made it all too easy. I thought about how I could be as creative as Twilight, when I got a very interesting idea. I even smirked to the thought of it working.

“Twilight! Gather them all together in front of the axes! I have a plan to take them all out at once!” I shouted at her.

“Got it!” she yelled back and stopped using her magic to take them out. She then ran around the place and started herding the Draugrs together. Fortunately, they moved slowly; making it easier for me to do what I planned to do.

As soon as I noticed that they were in place, I flew into the air and landed behind them. I inhaled the air, and shouted “FUS...RO DAH!” at them, pushing them all with a great force into the trap. Those axes took care of the Draugr, which cut them up into little pieces, but their blood painted the walls around us. The smell was terrible, but I was amazed that my plan worked.

“Yes!” I yelled and laughed as I gave Twilight a brohoof. “Good job!” I added and punched her in the right shoulder.

“That was amazing!” she responded and laughed with me. “Simply... wow!”

I laughed some more when I noticed the other group staring at us from distance. I would fly up to them and tell them about what happened, but there were some kind of pillars in between I couldn't fly past.

“What happened!” yelled Dashie who seemed eager to get over to us. “It sounded powerful and awesome! What did I miss?”

I laughed again. “Twilight and I used teamwork to take a herd of them Draugrs out. Twilight gathered them all together and I shouted them into a trap, killing them all at once. It was great!”

“Nice! How cool is that?!” she yelled over to us and laughed. “I can picture it in my head! It must've been so funny!” she added and started rolling on the floor laughing. It even got me to grin even wider.

“What's your progress?” Daring Do interrupted though in a serious tone. “We've already pulled our lever. We're heading back now.”

“That's good to hear. We only need to get past that trap for our lever, but don't worry! I have a plan. Just wait for us at our rendezvous point, we'll be back in a bit.”

“Roger that!”

I walked up to Twilight who sat on the floor and seemed lost in her books she took from home about traps and how to deactivate them.

“Twilight?” I asked her, but received no response. “Twi?” I asked again, but still nothing. One cannot steal her attention when she's reading. I just sighed and positioned myself in front of that deadly trap.

I inhaled the stuffed air and exhaled it a couple of times. I didn't know if it would work, but I had to try. Besides, I was getting pretty optimistic at the moment.

“WULD...NAH KEST!” I shouted when I noticed my opportunity and spurted at incredible speed through the swinging, sharp axes. “Whoa!” I yelled in surprise that it actually worked. But there I was, by the lever. I pulled it, and it seemed to stop the axes from moving. They automatically disappeared into the ceiling.

I slowly walked up to Twilight, who still seemed lost into her book. “...if that happens...” she muttered to herself as she read off the book.

“Uhh... Twilight? I got it.”

“...one must find a button to deactivate it again. It's usually located...”

“TWILIGHT!” I shouted to get her attention, but I succeeded this time.

She immediately stopped reading and looked at me with her startled eyes. “Yes?”

“I got it...” I uttered and facehooved.

Twilight stood up and gasped. “H-How did you-”

“Doesn't matter.” I interrupted. “Let's just get to the rendezvous point...”

On we went with our quest. Sometimes we had to work together to solve puzzles, which were Daring Do's favorite. Sometimes we had to fight more of those Draugrs. Some seemed to be stronger than the others and better armed; some even knew the way of the Voice, but it wasn't a problem for us.

But at last we entered the room we believed the artifacts were held in. There was a stairway that led up. It looked like some kind of altar, but once we were up there, we noticed a table. On the table were all kinds of gold and artifacts.

“Hmm... which of the artifacts is it that we need?” Ghost asked and stared at the table thoughtfully.

“Can't we just take it all?” suggested Daring Do, who seemed eager to get her hooves on everything.

“No, we cannot. You see this tomb over there?” he asked and pointed at a stone made tomb not very far from us; directly in front of a Word Wall... 'Heck yes!' I thought to myself when I noticed it. A new shout. But I decided to wait with learning it until we've gotten our things we came for.

“In that tomb is a body of a Dragon Priest. Taking anything other than the stuff we need, and we'll wake him up. And trust me. You do NOT want to mess with him.” he pointed out very seriously, not even friendly to be absolutely sure that none of us would take anything more than necessary and to prevent a tough fight.

“I see...” Daring Do said a bit disappointed, but she understood the situation.

“Can you tell me more about this Dragon Priest?” I asked Ghost curiously.

“Yes, I can. According to The Dragon War, around the Merethic Era, dragons considered themselves superior to ponies. For dragons, power equaled truth. They had the immense power, so therefore it must be truth and thus they ruled over ponies. Dragons granted small amounts of power to the dragon priests in exchange for absolute obedience. In turn, the dragon priests ruled ponies as equals to the kings. The dragon priests demanded tribute and set down laws and codes of living that kept peace between Dragons and the ponies.”

“Please continue.” I said more curious than before. This was all very interesting to me. Their history was so much more epic than of the humans'.

“Eventually ponies rebelled against dragons during the Dragon Wars and killed large numbers of them. The surviving dragon priests were overthrown. However, the dragon cult itself adapted and survived. They built the dragon mounds, entombing the remains of dragons that fell in the war. They believed that one day the dragons would rise again and reward the faithful. Remnants of the Dragon Cult remained until 1E 139, when a legion of Lord Harold’s soldiers discovered a hidden stronghold of Dragon Cultists in Forelhost. This particular hold out was led by the powerful Dragon Priest Rahgot. In death, they continue their service, guarding the Word Walls that facilitate the learning of Dragon shouts.” he explained.

“Wow. You clearly know a lot about these...things.” I said and chuckled.

“I spent most of my free time educating myself, as well as I loved history when I had a good life.” he explained and looked down on the ground. “But enough about that. Let me check into the book...” headded as he pulled a small book out of his bag. “I got this book from an old friend of Spurtie's in The College of Winterhold. This book is illegal, and considered dangerous in the wrong hooves. But he trusted me, and wanted me to bring her back. In fact, this is the only copy ever made.”

“Because this book has the recipe of bringing back the dead?” I asked again curiously.

Ghost nodded to me and started reading from it. “Hmm... it says here that we need a bronze mug, a silver spoon and a golden plate. They look something like this.” he said and showed us all pictures of what it looked like.

“Hey, I've seen that one. It's somewhere on the table...” Rainbow said and carefully started digging her hooves into the treasure before our eyes. “Here it is! I got the silver spoon!” she then added and grabbed it with her mouth.

“Let me take a look at that.” Ghost requested and snatched the spoon out of her mouth. “Hmm...yes... yes. This is it. Good job, girl!” he complimented and smirked to her.

“I found the mug.” I stated and carefully handed it over to Ghost, who seemed more and more excited. I even heard him whispering to himself a message to Spurtie that he was about to bring her back.

We all carefully examined the pile, but Daring Do found the golden plate in the end. “Here's the plate. Now let's get the heck out of here.” said Daring Do, who seemed eager to finish up the quest to get my assistance in taking Ahuizotl down. But we weren't done yet. Now we had to find her bones.

“We got what we came for... let's get out of here.” Ghost said and carefully placed the important artifacts into his bag. “We're coming... Spurtie.” he whispered to himself.

“Hey, Ghost. Wait a second, there's something I need to do.” I said and quickly paced myself up to the wall. I inhaled the air as I noticed everything around me fading to black, and the Dragon letters being lit up with a blue light. I heard whispers of Nordic chants around me while it was happening, and my brain got that little sting I was used to; indicating that I had just learned a new Shout. But something wasn't quite like the last time... this time, I actually understood the meaning of the Words. It must have been due to the dragon soul I harvested the other day. Another cool thing about it was that I was lucky enough to be given all three words.

But we all heard a small crack as I turned around. A small crack coming from the tomb...

“T-The Dragon Priest is waking up!” Ghost shouted furiously. “But we didn't take anything else from that table! How can this be?!” he shouted again in startle and carefully shot his sharp eyes into ours.

“I- I thought that this small golden candle wouldn't do any harm.” mumbled Rainbow Dash, blushing and chuckling awkwardly. “Sorry...”

“Dashie! What have you done?!” he said with a high and a determined voice, yet not furious like before. He couldn't stay mad at his daughter, who he'd been protecting in years.

Another louder crack could be heard coming from the tomb once again. We could also hear a disturbing and sickening voice coming from it. Slowly whispering something in a tongue no one could understand.

“Dragonborn! Get back!” Ghost yelled at me as an order, since I was just in front of the tomb. “He'll crush you if you don't get back!”

I hesitantly did as I was told, even though I was pretty confident that I could take on him. He probably wasn't as bad as Ghost was making him out to be. Maybe he forgot that I possessed a power like no other...

In a blink of an eye the lid on the tomb cracked open and out stepped a powerful looking Dragon Priest. He had a beautifully, yet terrifying crafted mask on his face. The Dragon Priest was a big Unicorn pony and used magic to float in the air.

That thing didn't say anything though. Just floated up there with its fainted gray-ish light of a magic surrounding its body.

“Get to cover, now!” yelled Ghost at me with his obvious worries in his voice, but I found the mask hypnotizing me. I just stood there and stared deep into the two black holes where his eyes were supposed to be. I felt like the being was staring into my eyes. “Beautiful...” I murmured and took a step near the priest. But Dashie took me down to the ground before I could touch him.

“Snap out of it!” she yelled and delivered a rough slap to my face. That was enough to wake me up. We got up and ran to cover. The Dragon Priest got mad at the interference; making him focusing his magical attacks of thunder bolts on Dashie. But that didn't bother her. In fact, she wanted it to be that way. She liked dodging and evading things anyways.

I decided to quickly get out of cover and run up to him; shouting “YOL...TOOR SHUL!” at him.

Everypony got startled as they watched The Dragon Priest burn from the Fire Breath I just learned. It was much more powerful than I originally thought it to be, and it surprisingly, and despite Ghost's tale about how powerful they are, killed it.

“That's it?” I asked and kicked the corpse. “Is he dead? I mean really dead this time?”

“It is. Fortunately, we got into a fight with one of the lesser Dragon Priests. Just be careful not to wake any more, as it could be a lot tougher next time.” he pointed out and exhaled in relief.

“Ghost, you said something about finding Rainbow Spurt's bones?” Twilight asked to change the subject.

“That's correct.” he said and sighed. “And that's the hard part, unfortunately.” he added.

“The hard part?” Rainbow Dash heaved herself up from the ground and flew up to her dad. “What do you mean the hard part? I'm pretty sure what we went through right now in this gods forsaken place is the worst part of the quest... right?” she asked not very pleased.

“I'm afraid not. Well, that sick son of a bitch, also known as my “boss”, is keeping her bones in a glass in his “office” in the sole purpose in making me miserable. Anyways, we need to break into it unnoticed, and get them back.”

“Why can't we just crash the party? That way I can kill that son of a bitch and get the bones at the same time. Isn't that- No, wait. I have a better plan. Let's do it your way. After we've revived her, I want my mom to come with us. I bet she'll want to teach him a lesson or two!” she shouted at that perfect plan.

“We must get them unnoticed because if we get caught, we lose everything. I'm not going to risk years of research and determination to a small fault.” He said very determined and completely ignored Dashie. “After we have them, we can get to it immediately. I read in the book that we must  pour some blood from a pony related to the dead one, into the mug. After that, we place the bones on the plate and use the silver spoon to cover the bones in the blood. Someone needs to do that while I read a chant from the book.”

“And that will bring her back? With the same personality and everything?” Dashie asked a bit calmer.

“Same personality, same body, same everything. It’ll be like she was sleeping.” Ghost said and smirked.

“Let's get to it then. We mustn't delay.” I suggested. The others nodded and agreed by my suggestion as I led them out of the dungeon and into the fresh air by opening a big steel door on a wall behind the Word Wall.

It was nighttime by the time we got back to Ponyville to drop off Twilight Sparkle who had to end her journey. She wasn't a Pegasus, and could therefore not step a hoof into Cloudsdale where our next location was. I hugged Twilight tightly and thanked her for everything before we took off to Cloudsdale, as did Ghost, who thanked her many times for her hospitality.

But as soon as we got to Cloudsdale for our next objective, we decided to split up. I would go with Ghost to get the bones back, while Rainbow Dash and Daring Do waited at a place no one knew about, some kind of secret shelter.

We hugged and kissed before splitting up, and I silently followed Ghost as I watched Dashie and Daring Do disappearing into the mist.

“You must do exactly as I say. You got that?” he asked me as he led me into a dark, dirty alley. It surprised me how it was exactly how I imagined it. In fact, I'd seen it before in my nightmares. I gulped as I kept following him silently. We walked past a warehouse and a couple of more houses until we reached an ugly looking door.

“Alright. Here it is, inside that very room. I have a feeling that we're being watched right now, but stay here for now in case somebody followed us. I'll go in and get the bones and put them in this bag. Then we'll get the hell out of here. If I'm not back in ten minutes, retreat. I don't want any of you coming for me, or messing with them. Mission failed, and life will go on. You got that?” he whispered to me nervously. I sensed the fear in him. He did not want to walk straight into his office, nor did he want his boss to find out about it, but the passion and the hope of bringing his wife back was too strong and overcame everything else.

“Aye.” I said and nodded to him before he finally inhaled the air and opened the door; vanishing into the darkness.

I waited impatiently for him to get back as I stood there in the dark in an unknown and dangerous alley, possibly filled with criminals I couldn't see. But I trusted Ghost, and I'd seen how strong he was despite of being living in hell for the past years.

But at last he opened the door and returned with the bag full. He was panting and really scared, based on his facial expression. “Let's get the buck out of here... I almost woke him up!” he said and started galloping away from the place. I quickly followed him, and as soon as we got out of the alley, we started running and laughing in joy. “We did it!” we said and grinned. “Let's just hope this works...”

Rainbow Dash was making holes on the ground impatiently by walking in circles when we got into that secret shelter. Daring Do simply sat there on an old couch with her hooves on a small table. The first thing I noticed once inside that shelter was how cozy it was. One could definitely just live there if broke and homeless.

“You're back! Do you have the bones?” asked excited Rainbow Dash as she flew up to us. “Please, tell me you have the bones!”

“Here they are, girl.” he said and opened the bag. But his facial expression soon changed from being excited to sad when he took a good look at the bones. “That's my wife...” he said and sighed. “Don't worry. We'll bring her back!” he said again and carefully placed the bones on the plate that were already on the ground.

“Now begins the most disturbing part...” he said. “Dashie, are you still willing to let me cut you up a little? I just need a small cut, and some of your blood. I won't force you, but I'd be very appreciated.”

“After all that, do you honestly think I'd back down now? A little cut ain't going to kill me. I think it's worth a life, don't you think?” she asked and facehooved. “It's the least I could do.”

“I just wanted it to be your choice. I would not, nor could I ever tie you down to get a sample.” he explained and hugged his daughter. “She's coming back tonight.” he said again and that made Dashie hug him back.

“Yes, she is.” she replied and smirked through her small tears. “Yes, she is.” she said again before letting go of each other.

“Let's get to it then.” Ghost said and opened his bag. He carefully placed the rest of the items he needed for that ritual on the floor and unsheathed his small knife.

“Drake, could you hold this mug next to her and get some of her blood after I've cut her?”

“Sure. No problem.” I said a little hesitant, and also a bit uneasy by the thought of her being cut. But it was necessary, and only a small cut anyways.

“Daring Do, would you please patch her up after we'd gotten the sample?”

“Sure thing.” she replied and stood up from the chair and walked towards her bag which was located at the end of the room to get the bandages ready.

“I'm ready.” said Rainbow Dash who prepared herself.

Ghost quickly and without a warning cut her in her left front leg. It made her groan a little, but she was strong. I carefully placed the mug besides her wound and let the blood flow into it. That was much more blood than I imagined, and the cut bigger than I thought. That was definitely going to leave a mark for the rest of her days.

“Daring Do, patch her up.” Ghost said calmly and pressed against the wound to stop the bleeding.

I walked up to Rainbow and hugged her after she had been patched up. “You alright?” I whispered into her ear.

“Of course I'm alright. A cut ain't stopping Rainbow Dash.” she answered and chuckled. “I appreciate the thought though. Thanks.” she said and kissed me.

I didn't know if it was disturbing for Ghost to see us making out or not, but I didn't care at all. He interrupted us though when we were taking our sweet time.

“That's my girl.” he said and gave her a pat on the back. “I knew that such a strong mare like you could never be slowed down by a simple cut. Now, let's get to it!” he shouted in excitement and carefully placed the mug on the floor besides the other artifacts. “Now, Rainbow. What you have to do is to cover the bones with the blood with the spoon as I'm reading a chant from the book. Don't stop until I've completed!” he ordered, and I nodded. “Are you ready?” he asked as Rainbow sat on the floor with the spoon in her mouth. It's a good thing he didn't ask me about doing it, as I'd probably just screw it up.

The lights went dim as he read from the book. Dashie kept pouring her blood on the bones as well. By the looks of it, it was working! I noticed the bones shining, and some kind of auras around them. It was getting even brighter and brighter as he kept reading. In the end, the room was lit with a bright, white light. It was getting so bright that it could easily damage our eyes, and it was very noisy as well.

“You have to shut your eyes!” I shouted at them, but threw myself on the ground when the noise was getting immense; a sound like a plasma orbital cannon powering up or something.

But at last everything went dark. The auras were gone, and it got dead silent.

“Is everybody alright?” I asked and coughed as I slowly stood up.

“Somebody light some candles!” Ghost shouted and didn't dare to move.

“What's going on? Did it work?” asked Rainbow Dash who seemed very impatient and excited.

“I found a candle, let me light it up.” said Daring Do.

The moment couldn't be described when the lights were back on and as we all saw Rainbow Spurt lying on the floor where the bones originally were... breathing and alive!

“Oh my gods!” Ghost shouted and knelt down next to her. “We did it!” he shouted and started crying. He laughed like a maniac and carefully stroked her mane. “We did it!” he shouted again, but this time, Rainbow Dash jumped into his arms and cried with him.

Daring Do took off her hat and put it next to her heart. “To congratulations.” she said and had the widest smirk ever. First time seeing her smile like that though and that made my already big grin even bigger.

“Wait for a second. Is she sleeping?” I asked and couldn't help but to laugh with them.

“The book says that if it succeeds, the bones should be replaced with the person. That person would come back to life, but asleep. We're going to have to wait for her to wake up. We mustn't wake her up, as it could mess something up with her memory. We're going to have to wait, but I don't know how long she'll be out.” he said with tears in his eyes. This was literally one of his best days ever.

I was extremely happy for them and I wanted to hug them all, but I decided to leave them be. This was a small family moment I didn't want to interrupt.

“Thank you, Dragonborn. Thank you so, so much.” he said, stood up and walked up to me. “You freed me, brought my daughter safe back to me and helped me revive the love of my life. I'm honored to have you as my son in law.” he said and gave me a bear hug.

I laughed with him, and even got tears in my eyes. “Actually, we aren't married ye-”

“Shut up, boy!” he said and kept hugging me. “I just wanted you to know that you have my blessings.”

“That's nice, but Drake and I really have to go. We'll pay you guys a visit tomorrow. Bye now!” Rainbow said all of a sudden, eagerly opening the front door.

“What? You're leaving? Right now? Don't you want to stay with your mother for a bit longer?” he asked, surprised.

“Like I said, we'll see you tomorrow when she'd woken up. Smell ya later!” she replied and pushed me out of the exit before she slammed the door behind us.

After that she quickly walked towards the dark side of the city with a frown on her face.

“What's going on?” I asked and grabbed her arm. “Where are you going?”

“I'm going to kill him. I said that I'd do it. Now, are you with me on this or not?” she asked with a determination written all over her face. I sighed as I realized that I couldn't persuade her, so I accepted. I just had to hope that my nightmare was flawed...

We stood by the entrance of the narrow, dark alley in the wind and rain and looked at each other. She nodded to me with her determined smirk and stepped one step closer into the alley.

“Wait...” I stopped her, looking down on the ground. “Before we do this...”

“Yeah? What do you have in mind?” she asked me calmly and stopped, looking at me with her beautiful smile.

“If something goes wrong... if this is indeed the end for one or both of us. I'd like you to know that I've always loved you. Even though I didn't quite realize it at first.”

She grinned, took a step towards me and put her right hoof on my shoulder. “I've always loved you, too.”

My heart warmed when I heard that. Her answer really increased my courage, as well as my determination to kill that fucker.

“Another thing. If we get out of it alive...” I said, kneeling down to her. “I'd like to spend the rest of my life with you.” I added, looking deep into her eyes. Rainbow gasped and widened her eyes, as well as her pupils. Her body started shuddering in both nervousness and awe.

“A-Are you proposing to me?” she asked and I couldn't make out if she was excited or nervous. Maybe both.

“Well... giving the fact that I really can't be happy without you, then yes. I'm proposing to you. What do you say?”

I noticed tears forming in her eyes. She grinned and launched herself at me with a hug. “Yes.” she whispered into my left ear, making my blood freeze and my heart stop pumping for a second.

“You mean it?” I nearly shouted and grinned back at her like an idiot.

“I want to spend the rest of my life by your side.” she stated and quickly kissed me, I reciprocated with a smile.

It wasn't the right place though; we were just in front of the most dangerous and darkest alley of perhaps whole of Equestria. No one even dared walking past there in fear of being killed or worse.

But at last we nodded to each other and walked into the darkness of the alley. “Let's kill them all.” she half ordered, walking a little ahead of me without hesitation.

“Fuck yes.” I whispered back, but appointed it more to myself.

There it was. The infamous warehouse. I didn't take a good look at it earlier when I went there with Ghost, but it looked exactly how I imagined it based on Ghost's story, and I could only imagine what happened. I just seriously hoped everything would go as planned. What if I did look into my future with that nightmare? What was going to happen to me if she died? Would I still be able to protect Equestria? I doubted it. But I promised Rainbow to do this, and I had to stick to my promise. Besides, I'd only just Shout our way out of trouble.

“Alright, let's do it.” Rainbow said and nodded again to me. But as soon as we were about to kick the door open, we were taken by surprise by thugs. They put cloth up my mouth, completely closing it, meaning that I wasn't able to use my Shouts anymore.

They put bag over our heads, but we kept struggling. 'No, no, no!' I thought to myself, and kicked everything on sight blindly. I heard Rainbow Dash kicking her way out of trouble, but eventually she fell to the ground, grunting and groaning as they kicked her and hit her with all kinds of weapons. The sound just gave that away.

I refused to give up, especially when I heard her shouting my name in pain. Her voice somewhat provided me boost. It brought me more determination to defend her with all my might. But they got me in the end, despite of my strengths and endurance. “Dashie!” I managed to shout through the cloth before I got an unexpected blow to the head.

I woke up in a strange, unknown place. A very dirty place. I didn't quite remember what happened but by the look of the green room I was in, I didn't expect it to be a friendly visit.

By the time I saw Rainbow in front of me; tied up on her hooves and hanging there in the air unconscious, I yelled through the cloth gagging me, and tried everything to get closer to her. But there was something keeping me back. Strong shackles strapped me against the wall.

'No! No!' I thought to myself again as I tried to break them.

But someone interrupted me with a cold laugh. “Well, well, well... what have we here?” I panted as my fury and rage built up. How much I wanted to kill that bastard. I just hoped he'd take the cloth from my mouth so I could burn him with my shout! “I have the Dragonborn, and Rainbow Dash herself tied up! This is too good to be true.” he pointed out. Then he revealed himself to me. He was exactly as I saw him in my dreams, and by Ghost's description.

He was a big, gray Pegasus with a snake as a cutie mark, just as Ghost described him. He had blue eyes and black mane. He wore some kind of a leather uniform, and it made him look ridiculous. But despite his uniform, I found him a bit terrifying to be honest.

Dashie suddenly woke up though. “Drake? Where am I? What's going on?” she asked, her head a bit bloodied by the beatings she received earlier.

“I didn't know she was a Wonderbolt! Just like her mother, eh? Mmm... she's so beautiful. And here I have her, in my grasp. Such a fragrant smell, it's getting me pretty hot. I'm usually not into full grown up mares. I like 'em fresh, young and unspoiled; virgin fillies. But Rainbow Dash... she's special. She is a one of a kind mare; she's an exception.” he added and made pleasurable sounds. He let his hooves skim her body up and down and started sniffing her mane. He rubbed her mostly around her thighs and eventually started stroking and rubbing her belly. I noticed how miserable Dashie looked. She tried to kick him to send a message that he'd regret it, but the more she fought back, the more he resisted. Eventually he got more violent and started rubbing her slit very slowly in front of me. Her Wonderbolts uniform prevented a direct contact though. Rainbow Dash made disturbing and uncomfortable cries, and even teared up. “Let me go! S-stop this you mother bucker!” she yelled and screamed. But as she realized that he was actually fueled by her resistance, she begged him to stop touching her. But he wouldn't obey and only nourished on her begging and pleading as well. But when he wasn't stopping, she decided to inflict damage on him with her suit. But it didn't do him any harm, since he was big and could handle most things.

“A fight in you? I like that. It gets me even hotter. You're determined just like your mother was.” he stated and licked up her tight Wonderbolt's suit from her belly and up to her cheek and made satisfying sounds again. He tried to tear her suit apart, but even his mighty strengths had no match against the strong material it was made of.

This all brought my fury and rage to a whole new level, and I felt how much my hatred was starting to build upon him. I don't think I hated anyone or anything more than him. Alduin was like my best friend in comparison to him. He was touching and licking my fiancé. He was raping her, and I had to sit there and fucking watch without being able to do anything about it! Also the fact that he said that he “liked 'em fresh and young” made me sick. I was on the edge of throwing up. That shithead was even lower on my respect list than a piece of crap.

I tried everything in my power to break the shackles and to speak back to her, but the cloth was still gagging me. I stared at him with my malevolent eyes and bit the cloth as hard as I could in blind rage. I started breathing faster and heavier.

“Oh, sorry. You still have that thing in your mouth. Let me help you with that.” he said before he flew over to me and took it off with his own mouth.

“Let her go, you sick fuck!” I shouted as soon as it got off me. “And stop touching her, you pathetic piece of shit!”

“Or what?” he asked whilst walking around the tied up Rainbow Dash. “It's funny, really. This is all so familiar... where have I seen this before? Ah yes! When her father begged for mercy like a pig! Good times, good times.”

“You sick son of a bitch! You're forgetting who you're dealing with... I can use my-”

“I wouldn't recommend using your Shouts, Dragonborn. Because if you do....” he interrupted me and carefully stroke her body with his knife. “You probably get the hint.”

Again I tried everything in my power to break me loose from the shackles that were holding me. But whatever was holding me was strong and refused to let go off me.

“What the hell do you want?!”

“Oh, nothing much. I just want to get my hooves on that beautiful mare you brought me. Just look at her! She has one of the greatest bodies I've ever seen! Her flank is the best I've ever encountered! You're extremely lucky to have such a special mare. Gotta say, I'm getting incredibly jealous. But here she is; in my grasp. And since I can do whatever the buck I want, I'm thinking about taking her into my office tonight. I haven't had my release in a week or so. And you know how we stallions get when we haven't done it in a while, right?” he asked solely in the purpose of making me feel miserable and even more furious than I already was. That guy was a master when it came down to that, I give him that. He easily got my temper up, despite the fact Arngeir had been trying to teach me; to remain calm. That way, I could handle just about any situations. But I just couldn't handle watching him abuse the love of my life like that without being able to do anything about it. “Anyways, come to think of it... since I have Rainbow Dash, the soul mate of the Dragonborn himself tied up, maybe I'd take advantage of that situation in more ways than one. What I want is more power, and you are going to give it to me.”

I looked deep into Dashie's sparkly, teary eyes, which told me to refuse his offer. She even shook her head very slowly. It was a courageous move from her; given the fact that he was the most dangerous criminal we'd ever met.

“And what if I refuse?”

“I'll fill her belly with my seed in front of you.” he pointed out blatantly and as seriously as he could. “But first I'll do something else you'll be quite interested in. I figured there would be no use torturing you. Your body and spirit can handle it. But you're too soft when it comes down to the people you love. So let me demonstrate. Let me show you what I have in mind. Then you can decide whether you help me acquire what I seek or not.” he added and quickly got behind Rainbow. He slapped her flank and subtly grabbed and stroked her waist before yelling into the air: "Chainsaw!" It didn't take more than five seconds for someone to get him one. “Now, get out!” he spat at the one who provided him that chainsaw. But he didn't power it up yet. He decided to keep breaking me down by continuing his sexual assault on her. He slowly licked her waist and stomach, caressed her pelvis and buried his face in her soft mane. The worst part was that he was actually turned on by it. He wasn't acting. The satisfying sounds he made weren't fake.

Rainbow had realized fighting against it would only do worse so she let him do his will against her. She was far from liking or accepting it though and it clearly showed on her face. Her eyes were firmly shut and she was fighting to prevent tears from flowing. I noticed her hard swallows and her shuddering lips. Her physical language told me she was feeling like shit.

“No... NO! What are you doing? What the fuck are you doing you fucking piece of shit?! I'll kill you!” I shouted at him as a statement with everything I had and once again tried my best to break the shackles. I even felt for my face reddening and my veins almost bursting out in utmost fury. I wouldn't give up. I was sure that my imprisonment would break if I'd try hard enough. I craved for his blood. I wanted to slice him in pieces. Cut his eyes out while he was still alive and feed them to him.

But after touching her for a while he suddenly stopped. “This is just a taste of what will happen if you refuse me about anything.” He pointed out before he powered up the chainsaw. “Do you have anything to say before you lose your precious wing?” he spat out and laughed like a maniac.

“Drake... I'm so, so sorry. For everything.” she said as her eyes got tearier than before. “I should have listened to you.. I-I should have!”

I remembered my dream, and this was exactly what happened. The next part was going to get brutal and painful for both me and her, but I had every intentions to prevent that from happening.

“NO! DON'T HURT HER, YOU FUCKING PIG! I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL--” I screamed again louder than before, but something interrupted as he was about to saw into her. Someone kicked the door open and entered the room with a bang. In all her grace, a beautiful and a strong mare entered the room. Her rainbow colored mane flowed in the wind entering the room from outside. She was orange colored and had blood and gore all over her body.

“Long time no see!” she said with a malevolent smile.

“N-No! That can't be! You're supposed to be dead!” he yelled. I noticed how shivery and how startled he became. “This can't be!” he repeated and dropped the chainsaw to the ground which broke on the impact. “Guards!” he shouted for assistance.

The orange mare chuckled. “They are in this very room with you, specifically on me.” she pointed out and smirked evilly to him. “You are joining them.” she added with a fury mixed with satisfaction in her voice before she flew up quickly and smoothly up to him and took him down to the ground. She then knocked him out with a vicious punch to his temple as he screamed like a filly.

“M-Mom? Is that you?!” shouted Rainbow Dash in disbelief, shock and joy all at the same time.

“Dashie!” she shouted back and untied her. They looked at each other’s face for a while before hugging each other. “Oh Dashie!” she shouted again and held her more firmly up to her. “Such a beautiful young mare you've grown into! And a Wonderbolt? I'm so proud of you!”

"Mom!” was the only thing she could respond. They both cried in each others arms and made me watch. Not intently, but I didn't care. This sight was so beautiful anyways. Everything that made Dashie happy, also made me extremely happy.

But after they'd hugged and kissed for a while, I decided to interrupt. “Eh, girls?” I said and chuckled awkwardly. They both looked at me. Dashie looked at me with her eyes full of love and passion, while Rainbow Spurt looked at me with “Who the fuck is that guy?” look.

Dashie flew up to the knocked out boss and reached into one of his pockets on his ugly, leathery uniform. She then flew up to me with a key and unlocked the shackles to break me free.

As soon as I was freed, I jumped into her arms and held her firmly against me. “Oh, Dashie!” I said and kissed her. “It almost happened. And are you alright? Did he hurt you? He'll pay for what he's done!”

“I-I'm fine now that I'm back into your arms. But what almost happened?” she asked and looked at me with her relieved hypnotizing eyes.

“My nightmare... but it doesn't matter. You're here now safe and sound. That's what matters.” I replied and pulled her near me. I enjoyed feeling for her fast pounding heart beat against my chest, and her chest moving as she breathed. Her presence made everything perfect. “I'm so relieved...”

Rainbow Spurt walked near us and grinned to both of us. “Dashie? Something you'd like to explain?” she asked with a giggle.

“This is Drake, he's my fiancé and the Dragonborn himself.” she explained, very honored to be mine. At least by the sound of it.

“D-Dragonborn?!” she shouted before she knelt for me. “I didn't know the time had come. Such an honor.” she added and bowed even more for me.

“Get up.” I ordered her, and she obeyed hesitantly. “In fact, I should be kneeling to you."

“Why?” she asked confusedly.

“Because you're the mother of the most amazing, the most beautiful and the most perfect mare in the world. Also the fact that you were the former leader of the Wonderbolts.”

“Oh, that.” she said and blushed. “But are you really with my girl?” she asked with a surprised gasp.

“Hello? I'm right here!” Rainbow interrupted with a chuckle. “I can speak for myself. Yes, he's my partner and my soul mate. We want our lives to bond and to live side by side until the end of our days. You know, the normal thing.” she said and put her hoof over me; pulling me closer to her. She wrapped her forehooves over my neck again and nuzzled my snout. I reciprocated the nuzzle with a proud smile.

“I'm honored.” Rainbow Spurt said and bowed her head again for both of us. “My Dashie with such a strong, healthy stallion; the prophecy and legend of Equestria. I always expected her to find such a great guy in the future. No surprise there.”

“By the way, where is dad?” Rainbow suddenly asked as she looked around the room. I also had a feeling that she just wanted to change the subject since she was starting to blush a bit.

“He's by the exit; making sure we weren't followed.” she replied. “But now that we're all here, what should we do to him?” she asked and pointed at the knocked out boss.

“That's easy.” replied Rainbow Dash and put on her murderous, evil smirk.

We tied the boss up to a chair and waited patiently for him to wake up. The fun didn't start until he woke up though.

There he was, sitting tied up in a chair with three furious, murderous ponies longing for a revenge. Rainbow Spurt wanted vengeance for her unborn child, Dashie wanted revenge for the way he treated her parents, and I wanted to hurt him badly for what he did to Dashie, and for disrespecting her.

The boss almost pissed himself when he noticed us with weapons in our hooves. I had a baseball bat I found lying on the floor, Rainbow Spurt had scissors and Dashie had some nails and a hammer.

“I said I wouldn't scream. Now, it's your turn.” Spurt said and laughed like an evil madman.

“I hope you all rot in hell! I don't regret anything!” he shouted as we prepared ourselves to do our will against him.

I started off by hitting him as hard as I could in his right knee; completely breaking it into pieces. But I found it pretty soft, to be honest. I punched him as hard as I could in his face, and broke his nose. Soon, his face was covered in his own blood as I kept punching the shit out of him. Next, I decided to let him taste the power of the Voice.

“Yol!” I shouted at him, and watched as he burned lightly. It wasn't enough to kill him, far from it as he was big, but it definitely made some damage.

It was pretty satisfying listening to him scream in pain like that. It was music in our ears.

Next up was Dashie. She carefully placed a nail on his groin and said “This is for touching me, you bucking pig.” before she nailed him as hard as she could. His blood spew around everywhere, and he screamed some more in agonizing pain. Dashie got all covered in his blood, and seeing her smirk evilly to him like that was both disturbing and sexy. “I like them young and fresh”? Bucking disgusting piece of trash!” she yelled furiously to him. I don't think I've ever seen her as angry. He pleaded for mercy, but we were bloodthirsty and only fueled by his pain and screams. We needed his blood to spill. Dashie wasn't done with him though. She then placed another nail under his chin and nailed again as hard as she could.

The boss wetted the floor with blood, piss, and tears. But we were far from being satisfied yet. I wasn't a violent person, but I actually enjoyed this. The dark justice was satisfying. But it wasn't enough. I always felt like he got less than he deserved.

Next came Rainbow Spurt. She subtly walked up to him and punched him as hard as she could into his broken face. Then she used the scissors to cut out his tongue, and one of his ear off. The boss was on the edge of being dead, but was still conscious due to his massive size. But Rainbow Spurt was far from being over. Next up, she picked a rusty saw she found lying on a table in the next room.

"No!!" he managed to yell despite of having his tongue cut out when he figured out that she planned on sawing his wings off. "Puease!" he yelled again but despite the immense pain and the lack of energy, he tried everything he could to free himself. But to no avail. Dashie and I held him still as she started sawing his wings off him. The yelling and screaming were so great that it even started reaching uncomfortable levels for us, but we ignored it. Our lust for his blood overcame every other feelings we had.

But we all got enough when we realized how far it went. We were acting just like the monster he was. So we all decided to stop the tortures and just end his miseries. We had broken his knee, burnt him, nailed him a couple of times, beat him viciously, cut off his tongue and ear with scissors, and sawed off his wings; completely destroying him as an individual. We thought about leaving him to rot in the darkness, but we considered that maybe too much. We still wanted to show that we were the “good guys” by ending his pain. The agonized look on his face screamed for death, and that was exactly what we were going to do. “P-P-Puease?” he whispered through his unbearable pain. But despise the dark and demonic treatment, we felt for no sympathies for him.

“He's all yours, Dragonborn.” Rainbow Spurt said and walked away out of the room.

Dashie saw what I had in mind, and she nodded; agreed by my decision. “Let him burn.” she said and held my hooves firmly.

I inhaled the air and shouted “YOL... TOOR SHUL!” at him. Completely killing him instantly. All these years and he didn't change by a bit. He clearly had no soul, or a really corrupted one. It was a good thing we ended his life; we were doing the world a favor.

“Thank you, Drake, for everything you've done for us.” Ghost said and lowered his head for me when we walked out of the room and outside into the comfortable rain. “You've reunited this family again. You've made us all happy. I wish I could do something in return.”

“In a matter of fact, you've given me more than I've given you.” I responded and looked at Dashie. “Thank you.”

“How did you find us? How did you know we were there?” Rainbow Dash changed the subject.

“We know you, Dashie. I knew you were going off to kill him, but I didn't stop you since I believed you were in good hooves. But then I realized that the exact same thought made me lose Spurtie. I planned on going out of the shelter to go get you; to bring you back home, when Spurtie suddenly woke up!” he said full of joy and kissed her on her cheek. “I asked Daring Do to take care of the shelter in the meantime.”

“I see...” Dashie said and looked at her parents full of happiness and satisfaction. They were finally there in front of her; alive and reunited again. “But I'm afraid we're going to have to leave now. It's getting very late and we're both very tired.”

“That's alright. We'll see you tomorrow then?” asked Rainbow Spurt who seemed eager to spend more time with us.

“Yes, we will.” we both said at the same time and looked at each other. We hugged, kissed and told each other goodbyes many times over and over again. It was just so hard for Dashie to leave them again, even though it was just for a short while.

But at last we walked together side by side out of the dark alley and towards her apartment to end the long, yet successful day. Next Chapter: Chapter 8: Gains and Losses Estimated time remaining: 10 Hours, 25 Minutes