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- Both of these stories take place in the world of Childhood's End.
- Going to expand on it... eventually.
- Used
- >You've been making out for hours.
- >Jade's been panting for a while now.
- >Even her wings are blushing.
- >Her hoof once again moved towards your boxers.
- >You stopped her there.
- >Sex... sex would make this too real.
- >You knew you were using her, leading her on, but that was too far, even for you.
- >She wouldn't be considered an adult yet in your world.
- >But it's been months since you felt the touch of a woman.
- >And Dash's affections had been dropping off for a lot time before.
- >It felt good to have someone pressed up against you.
- >Someone who wanted to be nowhere else.
- >Someone who loved you for you.
- >"I'm so happy that you're here right now."
- >You smiled. You wanted to be wanted.
- "And I'm happy to be here.
- >You felt so guilty.
- >You're the first boyfriend she'd ever had.
- >You are her commanding officer.
- >She trusted you.
- >She had risked her life for you before.
- >Right now, you're pretty sure she'd die for you.
- >This can't go on.
- >The center can not hold.
- >You're going to have to end this soon.
- >You owed her that much, at least.
- >She smirks at you a little. Probably about to say something edgy.
- >"Stop blueballing me, Anon. I want you. All of you."
- >"Please."
- >Yeah, it was going to have to be now.
- "Jade, we need to talk."
- >She didn't look concerned.
- >Fuck.
- >How the fuck were you going to do this?
- >What can you even say?
- >Well, Anon? Are you just going to keep staring at her?
- >She probably thinks you were going to make a grand confession of love or something.
- "Jade, I've enjoyed the last few weeks we've spent together."
- >"Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way," she said with a smile.
- "But the fact is, I don't think my feelings for you were... as strong as I've implied."
- >"Are you saying we need to take a step back? I'm OK with that." she said with urgency.
- >A part of her knew what was coming, and didn't want you to finish.
- "I thought I was in love with you. I'm not. My emotions were messed up, and I took advantage of you."
- >"Are you breaking up with me?"
- >She sounded incredulous.
- "Yeah. I'm sorry."
- >"No. No, please. I forgive you for everything. Can you just give me another chance?"
- >Her voice was pleading now.
- >"Oh, Celestia, no! I should have known it was too good to be true. What did I do wrong? Please tell me. I want to fix it. I- I want to fix me."
- >You're the bad guy here. You knew every decision you took would lead you to this moment.
- >And you did it anyways.
- >She's going to fucking hate you.
- "There's nothing wrong with you, Jade. I'm sorry."
- >"Wait. I trusted you. You told me to my face that I wasn't the rebound, every FUCKING time that I asked."
- "I lied. I'm sorry. I was partly lying to myself, but mostly, I-"
- >The waterworks had started. She wailed in the pain of her first heartbreak.
- >"Please, no. Please tell me this is all a big prank. I'm not going to ask for sex anymore, can we please just go back to normal?"
- >She alternated her crying with coughing. Her face was a mess.
- >"If you had just told me it was a fling, I- I would have set my expectations low. I would have understood."
- >"Why did you let me believe? Why did you let me believe you loved me?"
- >You hung your head in shame.
- >You didn't have an answer for that one.
- >You left her crying in the dark that night.
- >You loved her, just not in the way she wanted.
- >Was this how Rainbow felt?
- >You could have stopped at any point.
- >Why didn't you?
- >Why did you let the poor girl believe?
- >You had a few conversations afterwards to explain what exactly happened.
- >After that, you both agreed to have her transfer to work in the General Staff.
- >Months later, you became friends again.
- >But it was never the same.
- >She couldn't trust you in the same way she had before.
- >Despite it all, she still looked up to you.
- >In a way, you became a father figure to her.
- >Eventually, she forgave you.
- >But you never forgave yourself.
- >You knew it was wrong when you did it, where it would lead, but you did it anyways.
- >Eventually, you learned that she asked Cadance to dampen her unrequited feelings.
- >She had the guts to do what you never did.
- >It was probably because of it that you were able to stay friends.
- >That was the day you started admiring her.
- Fantasy
- 1/?
- >You first saw her behind her house, feeding thawed meat to a feral manticore.
- >It was her Gift, you realized. She understood animals, and they understood her.
- >Not only that, they seemed so much smarter when she was around. Pony smart.
- >That was why they visited her, you realized. Why they never attacked her.
- >They aren't normally intelligent beings. It was her that gave them their very minds.
- >She was like a god to them. It was only when she was around that they were awake.
- >She didn't understand, though. Thought that was just how animals acted.
- >She wasn't a giver of life. She was a giver of minds. And that was powerful beyond measure.
- >And yet, she seemed so anxious. But she wasn't afraid of others, she was afraid of herself.
- >No one just grows up that way. Someone or something happened to her.
- >And you always had a soft spot for broken things.
- >You were one yourself, after all.
- >Deep down, you want to give to others what you never recieved. You wanted to nurse broken things back to health.
- >It fulfilled some kind of emotional need you didn't entirely understand.
- >You just wished they didn't always leave afterwards.
- "Fluttershy"
- >It was a beautiful name.
- >She was your ultimate fantasy.
- >You didn't need anything special, just a "reformation" and she gave you a chance.
- >You've done those so many times.
- >To be entirely fair though, your tricks and plots were meant as harmless fun.
- >Harmless, if frustrating.
- >Taking over the kingdom was fun. Actually running it wasn't.
- >So you just played cloak-and-dagger games with Celestia when you weren't... romantically involved.
- >And some times when you were.
- >A nice way to pass eternity.
- >This one though... she was different.
- >She could see straight through your glamour, and she could calm your other selves.
- >Even after seeing your true self, she wasn't afraid. That was uncommon.
- >But she didn't even pity you. She just treated you as a creature. One with good parts and bad.
- >You've never met anyone like that before.
- >Somehow, she managed to get you to open up first. Maybe it was part of her Gift.
- >But once you did, once you told her your story and she didn't flinch...
- >That was when you decided that you actually needed to go against Celestia.
- >Immortality for her wasn't enough. You needed it for her friends, and her friends' friends. So, basically everyone.
- >She was willing to slowly watch her own children die to prevent that from happening.
- >You were going to war. A war for love. A real one, this time. No games, just victory.
- >And for that, you needed pawns.
- >You knew exactly where to get them.
- "It's not my nature, Flutters. I wasn't a dumb creature acting on instinct. I made those choices, knowing full well what the consequences would be."
- "I'm not Mr. Manticore."
- "I took gifts of the Elements for my own gain. I ran away for my beloved to die, so that I would not have to look her in the eyes."
- "I abandoned my kingdom, MY people. I broke up Celestia's one other true love out of jealousy. I know my guilt better than my own body."
- "You don't get to take that away from me. I own the bad I do, so that I can own the good I do. That's life."
- >She looked at you.
- >Damn it all, she wasn't filled with sadness or pity.
- >You could see it in her sparkling eyes. Resolve.
- >"You can still be forgiven. You were a Prince, right?"
- "It was so long ago-"
- >"I don't know much about politics or nobles, but I know that those titles you keep for life. You are still a Prince."
- "Noblesse oblige", you whispered to yourself in the Old Tongue. "Nobility is a Duty."
- >"Now what would a Prince do if he made mistakes like that?"
- "He would apologize, try to make things right. As long as it took."
- >"So did you?"
- >You looked into the sunset from her back window.
- >The sun was unable to hurt your eyes.
- "I apologized. Celestia says she forgave me for running away, but never for what I did to her husband."
- "And she shouldn't. That was just spite. I was just hurting others because I was hurting."
- "If you live long enough, you'll know what's like to be weighed down by sins that can't be absolved."
- >She gave you a thoughtful look. You've been around long enough to know that she's about to share something personal.
- >"Do you know why I run an animal shelter, Discord?"
- "Because you like animals?"
- >"Because I'm trying to make up for something I did when I was young and stupid."
- >"I hurt some creatures when I was a filly. Old enough to know that it was wrong, but not old enough to know why."
- >She was on the verge of tears.
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