-Maccie-

I ran through Everfree Forest at break neck speeds. I tried going as fast as Dashal. But every single time I'm about to push the envelope, I trip out. Like now for example. I tripped over my own foot and I was slung forward to face my punishment. I flipped as I hit the ground and what felt like every dammed tree. I skidded to a stop face first.

What got me out of my groggy state was the sound of trees breaking and falling over. Looking back revealed a trail of a skipping meteor had struck the forest. The trail was long and dark like a scar. What is my problem, am I right? No matter how hard I tried, I still couldn't do what my sister does. She could tame seas and storms. All I could do was burn things or crush them under the weight of earth. Nothing cool.

"Hello my friend," I looked up and saw Zelda. He was the Priest of Ponyville. He follows the footsteps of his grandfather Zacorab. I stood up as I wiped the dirt from my bare chest, "Take a fall?" he asked and I just blushed hard, "Come with me I'll make us some tea."

I walked at his side, "So anything new?"

"Nah," he shook his head, "Hear talk though about there is going to be another birth like your mother Applejack's. But this time, that one will not be the Saviour, but the Continuer."

"Continuer?" I question.

"A natual born Elemental Titan like your mom. She will train this child up so it would keep the balance of this world."

"Why isn't it either my sister or I?"

"Who knows? But we may figure it out in the long run."

I just stared at the ground still feeling hurt about not being like my sister. I could never be able to pick up on what she could do. We walked in silence until we got to the temple. Zelda took me by the hand and began pulling me along. His red robe flowed behind him and he was just amazing to look at. We ran up stairs all the way up to his room.

When the door was closed, Zelda whipped around and pulled me in for a kiss. I pulled away and spoke softly, "Are you sure we can do this?"

"Of course," he brought his lips back to mine and we just kissed, "I've had a thing for you for about a year now," he admitted as his strong hands rubbed up and down my bare chest.

I placed my hands on his hips and moaned a little at his touch, "What made you think I wasn't straight?" I asked him.

"Ssssshhh!" he kissed me hard then spoke again, "You talk to much."

-Sweets-

"I have so many more things to ask you, Commander Applejack," my mom was sitting on a stool obviously annoyed by Flash. Her arms were crossed and her elongated ears twitched, "Like what were the gods like when you met them?" Flash paced the floor as he spoke quickly, "What was the Earth you came from like? What is the history of the Apples? Why aren't there more of you anymore?"

I looked at my mom and her bored eyes turned to daggers that were pointed at Flash, "I think that you have asked enough questions for today," she stood up and he looked like a child compared to her.

"Please," he begged, "Please allow me to write a paper on you. No one has ever gotten an interview with you before. I want to be the first to do so Commander."

"The answer is no," red smoke escaped her mouth and hit Flash in the face. He coughed violently as he frantically searched his pockets. He pulled out his silver inhaler and covered his nose. As he breathed in, he pushed the button on the back of the cartridge. Flash exhaled as he put the device back into his pocket, "Sorry Flash, but you will not be getting any interview of any kind. You have been here long enough. Go home and get back to your school work."

He slumped his shoulders, "Okay," sadness gripped his reply as he turned toward me to head for the door, "I'll see you later Sweets," he gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before grabbing his things and leaving.

"What the hell mom?" I hissed, "All he wanted was a few questions answered. What gives?"

"I am not going to have this debate with anyone Sweetie Dashal Apple. Not even with my own daughter at the very least."

"No! I wanna have this debate! He tried to protect me! In return, he didn't ask for riches nor did he ask for glory or fame. All he wanted was unanswered questions answered. All he sought from you was knowledge and you turned him down."

"Go to your room," she coldly stated, "Another word out of you and you are grounded for a week."

"What is it about our family that has you so angry? What did happened when you were younger?"

"Two Weeks Then!" she got in my face and I just felt so helpless.

"I hate you," I scowled at her.

"What?" she seemed to shrink back a little.

Without even thinking I shouted, "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!" she took a couple steps back and that's when I noticed Dashal standing in the doorway from the kitchen holding a bowl of something. She looked at me with such disappointed eyes.

"You don't mean that," Aj whined as she tried holding back tears.

So I just ran up to my room and slammed the door. To try and distract myself from the horrible thing I had just said, I began doing homework. Time passed and that's when I heard knocking come from the door, "Honey?" it was Dashal, "Sweetie, please let me in."

"Go away," I said only loud enough for my voice to pass through the door.

"It's not her fault you know," my heart sank deeper into sadness, "It's how she copes. By pushing people away. I know why whenever you want to listen."

I waited a couple of seconds and I didn't hear her walking away. What signaled me in knowing that she was leaving was a heavy sigh, "Okay, come on in," I moved to my bed and laid down as she came in. Her frame was drastically different from Aj's. She was about six inches shorter with a slender frame and much smaller boobs. Her muscles weren't as big and more defined.

"Thank you," she dipped her chin before sitting in my desk chair, "She has lost a lot until she was almost twenty-five. Family, friends, her sanity. She was forced to do adult roles only at your age. I don't know what her eyes have seen, but I know they have seen a lot of death. Even afterwards, when she came here, she was forced to make decisions that made her aggressive mood even worse. How she copes is by trying to push people away from her. It's not because of what Flash did, it was so she wouldn't lose control of herself and hurt people. So all I ask of you is that you just be patient with her. I'm still trying to work with her on opening up to people."

"What I've noticed is that she really listens to only you and no one else. Why?"

My mother just simply smiled and said, "I really do not know."

"It is because," Aj walked into the room as she spoke, "She was my go to person when I got upset. But because of all things that have happened when I was growing up," Aj sat next to me and just looked at her love, "I lost her. After that, every person tried to control me when only she really could. So I grew bitter and angered. But I was gifted with being able to be with Dashal again," Aj leaned forward and the bed creaked under her weight. She and Dashal began giggling and gave each other small wet kisses.

"Ew!" I groaned, "If you two are gonna do that, you gotta leave my room."

The two stood up and Aj groped the ass cheek of Dashal and I just wanted to puke, "Aj, not in front of Sweetie," Dashal pulled her out of the room.

When Aj is calm and happy, she turns into this gentle giant and it was funny to me. She and Dashal left and after a few seconds I heard the door to their room slam shut. I rolled my eyes because I knew they were going to spend the next two hours fucking. So I grabbed my phone and a jacket to head toward the training grounds. As I passed the door of my parents' room, I heard giggling and squealing. I stopped as the door began forming a layer of ice on it that was pretty cool, "EEP!" was squealed and laughter and giggled snorts soon followed it. Even though they were almost eighty, they acted like such teenagers. Even more than me and I am a teenager, "Okay you two! Don't hurt yourselves whilst I'm going. I'll be back in a few hours," as I spoke steam began billowing out of the bottom of the door.

The laughter grew louder and as did the moans, "Just keep moving Sweets," I shook my head and kept walking.

-Maccie-

I was sleeping on a bed when I heard my phone go off. I opened my eyes slowly and saw that I was under a body and a few layers of heavy blankets, "Uuuuugh," I groaned and rolled Zelda off of me. He stretched a little to crack his joints before falling back to sleep. I pulled myself to the edge of the bed and grabbed my phone from the nightstand. I slid the answer button to the left and put the phone to my ear, "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Sweets."

"Hey," I yawned, "What's up?"

"I'm sorry, did I wake you?"

"Yeah, but you're fine," I yawned again, "What is it?"

"I just wanted to hang out with my brother is all. Problem?"

"No, of course not. Where are you?"

"I'm on my way to the training grounds. Aunt AB is teaching a class on defensive combat. Wanna join me?"

"I don't think she likes me very much."

"What makes you say that?" she asked innocently enough.

"Her and I are very stubborn people and we just don't see eye to eye on most things."

"Awwww, c'mon," she pleaded, "Just one class."

"We have the two best fighters in the freggin' galaxy as parents. What more can we learn?" I sat up and swung my feet over the edge of the bed.

"Fine then. Can you at least meet me at the Sugarcube shop? I heard that Pinkie Pie was in town this week."

"She is? I wonder why Aj and Dashal haven't gone to see her."

"Doesn't matter. I just want to meet up so I can tell you something."

"Why didn't you saynthat before, Sweets?"

"Look, I'm sorry, okay? Just come meet me as soon as you can."

"Lemme take a shower first, then I will come and meet you. I'll be there in about an hour."

"See ya then bro," she hung up and I got out of bed.

"What does your sister want?" I turned around and saw that Zelda was rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

-Sweets-

I stood watching the news. There was a video of my mom Aj pulling a Rampant out of the mud. A Rampant is a multi-hundred ton building sized truck that helps Minors dig for treasures. There is only two in the entire world right now. Well, one now actually. The helicopter view showed just one person pulling the machine out of the mud.

When Aj finally pulled the machine out of the mud, the camera switched to a woman walking briskly toward Aj, "And here we are," she panted, "Recording this rare footage of Equestria's Commander. We say rare because no one really sees her," the lady was only metres away from Aj before the blonde scaled the machine and disappeared behind one of its doors, "Another miss for the Equestrian Daily," the woman looked into the camera.

"We have reason to believe that our Commander does have affiliations with this woman," a picture of Dashal appeared, "Our International Affairs Officer. Our IAO isn't so camera shy as Commander Applejack. But she too is a mystery. All we know at this point in time is that our IAO and Commander are married and have two children together. We will have more when we return. We will also talk about whether this Applejack is actually out Commander or just a good Samaritan. This is Phocks Edi Atour at the Equestian Daily, signing off."

"I've always hated those news people," I heard a familiar voice next to me. The abnormally tall woman, Aj stood to my right. She was in black jeans with a hoodie on and the hood over her head.

"What are you doing here?" I whispered as I pulled her aside from the crowd.

"I knew that Pinkie Pie was coming to town a couple weeks ago. So I blocked off some time to come down and see her."

"But why are you dressed like that?"

"Because I have anti-social issues; which is why I've been avoiding the media. I just don't want to have the spotlight on me is all. I hate it."

"Heeeey," we both looked down and saw a teenager with Cherry Swirl ice cream, "You're the Command lady from the news."

"And you're a little spitfar who will keep his mouth shut."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you're here. I know what it's like to wanna be in a constant state of hiding," Aj knelt down before him and he gasped, "God your big. As in tall that is."

"I know what you mean," she smiled, "But what do you mean?"

"My dad and I have started a little club that tries to get people from snooping around about you. We believe that you were that saviour a long time ago. My dad got arrested and then he was beaten to death by an inmate. It was just me and him my whole life. After he died, I've just been on the streets."

"I appreciate you and your father's support. It is sad that he died; but he died believing in his dream."

"Yeah, I guess. But answer me this: why did you go into hiding in the first place."

"Because I'm tired of all the fighting. The less fighting I bring, the lest resistant life is for me."

"But you save people all the time. All the people and ponies just want to know who their saviour is."

"Who's side are you on?"

"I'm on yours but why not have someone interview you on your own terms and they can sharw the story?"

"That my friend is the perfect question and that is because I do not wish to be heard either. Stick to the shadows."

"How? Can you teach me to be more like you?"

"Maybe," Aj stood back up, "Just maybe," she began walking away.

"I don't believe you for some reason."

"So you want proof right in front of you? No flim-flams, gimmicks, willies, nor slies?" the kid shook his head, "Well then," Aj turned around to walk away.

"Wait!" the kid brought her attention back.

"Seeing, is believing," Aj smirked as she nodded a few times as her body started fading away. She looked like crystal dust blowing away in the wind. The dust circled me a couple times before shooting out under the front door of the shop.

"That was so cool," he became very very jittery until an important News Flash came on, "I am Brock Harding, Cheif Reporter at the Equestrian Daily," he was walking next to other reporters, "Just in, reports of the Commander have been seen right here in Ponyville," a picture of a giant standing next to Maccie was shown, "This is the latest documentation and by far the best still shot we have ever come across. From what we have gathered is that our commander is at an unusual seven foot three inches. So the question-!" his eyes went off camera and followed the Prince, my older brother Rowdy on screen, "Uh your highness," the Anchor stood up as Rowdy took the stage.

His massive half griffin, half pony frame filled the screen, "I am making an announcement on behalf of the Equestian Commander Applejack," he breathed, "Commander Applejack is real, but she does not wish to be identified. From here on out if anyone seeks her out in any way, they will be sentenced to death. She does not wish for her identity to he known. Also, if by chance you see her on the streets, you are not to report it. She likes to beremained a ghost of mystery. Respect her wishes or you will have to answer to me. When or if she decides to reveal herself to you, then that is her choice. In addition, the same rules are applicable to my International Affairs Officer Rainbow Dash. All except for one. Since she is so well known, you may approach her. But do not have her reveal the identity of my Commander. It is her call to sentence you to death if she sees fit to do so. My International Affairs Officer would also like me to inform you that applications as her assistant are open. She will only choose one, so bring your best foot forward in order to impress her," he simply just walked off camera and the News Anchor just stood there in shock.

The news station went off air and all I saw was a "Technical Difficulties" screen.

-Maccie-

Jumping rooftops was always fun to do. Especially since I have the strength and size to do so. In mid jump, I was engulfed in water. I looked around and saw a streak of rainbow resting on top of a dark figure. It was Dashal. I had a hard time figuring out why she is doing this. I had a harder time breathing until a pocket of air surrounded my head. I took in a big intake of air and exhaled. It took me about a minute or so to get my breathing back under control, but I managed to do it.

The ground beneath me began moving away from the direction I wanted to go, "Mom!" I tried shouting over and over again, but to no avail. She couldn't hear me or decided to ignore me. Either way, she didn't stop moving me away.

-Sweets-

I sat in a corner booth looking at my watch every couple of minutes, "Your brother still isn't here yet?" Aunt Pinkie asked. Her cotton candy like hair bounced as she moved to sitting next to me.

"No and it's not like him to not tell me he can't make it. It's been over an hour already and he still isn't here."

"Well, give him a few more minutes and if he still doesn't come, raise him holy hell okay?" she giggled.

That's when I began feeling sand of some sorts filling my shoes. I looked down and saw actual sand begin to wrap itself around my feet and move upward. I tried moving my legs but they were stuck as the sand now made up to mid-thigh, "What's going on?" I looked to Aunt Pinkie who just smiled at me, "Pinkie Pie!" I yelped when the sand stopped at my shoulders and hardened. I couldn't move as I was lifted from my chair as the table was knocked over.

The front door opened and I went right through it.

I gently soared through the air over Ponyville and the ground beneath me slowly seeped into Everfree Forest. When I was getting close to the middle of the forest, my altitude lowered as well as my speed. I saw a ball of water making the same decent toward the forest as a clearing opened up. I landed in the clearing with the ball of water as the sand loosened its grip on me. When the sand cleared from my body, my brother was freed from his watery prison. He shivered as a result of the water leaving him, "Big Mac!" I exclaimed as I rushed over to hug him.

"What's going on?" he asked as the water on his body began evaporating. It was cool how he used his fire element to heat his body in order to dry himself. Saves a lot of money on towels, am I right?

"I don't know. I don't even know where we are," I looked around as I saw six women come from all directions and surround us.

Commander Applejack; Head International Affairs Officer Rainbow Dash; Madam Bakery Chef Pinkie Pie; Madam Designer Rarity; Lead Madam Botanist and Veterinarian Fluttershy; and Lady Scientist Twilight Sparkle. They were six masters of the world and they were all right here surrounding us.

"Wow," my brother and I gasped.

"I know, huh?" Big Mac agreed, "The Six Masters. What an honor this is for us."

"What are you lovely ladies doing here?"

"We are the First Council to the throne," Aj responded.

"We were called together by Prince Rowdy."

"What for?" I crossed my arms.

"Just so he could have a council of course dear Sweetie Apple," Rarity flipped her hair out of her eyes.

"My name is Sweets in case you have forgotten," I scrunched my face to scowl.

"Sweets," my brother nudged me, "Keep a level head and mind yourself."

"Why should I?" I looked to him, "She got my name wrong."

"I actually did not," Rarity stepped forward and she was eye level with me which was weird, "You were rightfully named after your grandmother."

"Whatever," I blew a few strands of hair from my eyes, "Why are we all here?"

"You two are here for more training," Aj answered me, "Whilst we talk about what are we going to do about moving our council spot over in Ponyville."

"I thought Dashal couldn't really adapt down here."

"I actually can now," Dashal pointed to a small device attatched to her nose, "This little thing allows me to breath down here because it acts as a filtration unit."

"What is our training going to be about?" Big Mac asked.

"You two are a product of only one egg," Twilight started, "Genetically directed to be like Aj. What we did not forsee was the egg splitting into two halves. One half has the powers of Aj, but the personality of Dashal. The other has the powers of Dahsal, but with the personality of Aj."

"I don't follow," I was getting edgy for some reason.

"Your parents wanted to have children of their own and I made it possible. I converted Dashal's DNA into sperm cells and injected them into Aj."

"So we aren't really meant to be?" I tried not to cry, "We are just expirements to you?" I looked at my parents, "Did you ever really love us?"

"Don't do this Sweets," Big Mac placed a hand on my shoulder, "They wanted children of their own to love. We aren't expirements," he smiled.

"I can't believe that you are siding with them," I backed away from him, "I can't deal with this right now," I tried not to hyperventilate, but I couldn't stop myself. This mixed bucket of feelings that welled in my chest was too much for me to handle, so I did the one thing that I could think of; and that was to release it.

-Maccie-

My sister's breathing grew frantic and no matter what I said, I couldn't calm her down. Within seconds, her eyes began to glow a lite blue. She gasped as a cacoon of blue surrounded her. The cacoon burst and sent everyone back. My body turned in mid air and I landed hard on my stomach. I got up with a groan and turned back around.

Sweets' figure was completly encased in blue. Her eyes weren't even eyes. They were now all black masses in the shape of eyes. She looked at her body, "Mommy?" she only called Dashal mommy so I knew who she was talking to, "What's wrong with me?"

"Honey, just calm down okay?" Dashal slowly walked toward her with her hands raised slightly and pointed at her, "Everything will be okay, okay?"

"Mom?" Sweets looked to Aj for comfort and guidance.

Aj walked up to her, "Just focus on your breathing and try to slow it down."

Her eyes turned into nothing more than lines as she began to slowly inhale and exhale. This aura that covered her seemed to evaporate and she returned back to normal. She faltered a little bit and I caught her, "That was the third and final stage of a Titan. It is apparent that your core Titan wants to escape. So we must hone it and control it," Aj stated.

"Do you guys have Titan stages?" Sweets stood back up to ask.

Dashal and Aj looked at each other with smug looks. Dashal's body grew a foot and her muscles grew as well. White glowing wings sprouted from her back as her eyes turned into lite-blue glowing ones. Aj grew red and gained two feet. Her eyes glowed red like cinders. Her short straight hair grew prickled and stood on end.

"I think that answers your question sis," I chuckled.

"What about the rest of you ladies?" Sweets asked.

"We are powerful in our own right," Twilight started, "But these two were gifted beyond belief."

That's when the earth trembled beneath our feet. We all looked to Aj, "Don't look at me. I don't have anything to do with it."

The ground stopped shaking for a couple of minutes. That's when the earth let out a continuous stream of short quakes. In the distance was a large red and blue robot, "Dammit!" Twilight stomped her foot, "I thought I told them to dismantle that thing."

"What is it?" Aj asked.

"It is a robot that was programmed to stop Aj anytime she went into Titan mode."

"Why would you build something like that?" Aj used her index finger and thumb to rub the bridge of her nose.

"Oh c'mon. You know why."

"I haven't had an episode in years."

"I know, but I still had it around."

"What do I have to do in order to stop it?" my mother got into a fighting stance.

"That's the thing," Twilight chuckled nervously, "That thing was built to fight you Aj. It will see you attacking and it will kill you."

"Then I'll take care of this one mom," I stepped forward, "I can beat this thing."

"Absolutely not young man," my mom turned to me as she crossed her arms and shrank back down to size, "You are not going to fight that thing McIntosh. Your training isn't even completed. Your fire control could use a little more work."

"Well I'm sick of training mom! I wanna actually use my skills in a fight."

"You are only going to fight if it is a life or death situation for you and you only."

"Why don't you trust me?" I asked her.

"It is because you are too young to to have this kind of responsibility rest on your shoulders. I will not allow you to do this," her body stiffened as she tried not to cry.

"Aj," Dashal cooed to try and calm her down.

"No, Dashal. He is much too young," Aj fought as her skin turned red, but she didn't grow in size.

"What is it about me fighting now that you are so afraid of. I need you to give me one chance to prove that I can do this," I told my mom.

"I can't have you do that. I keep thinking about me when I was your age," my mom closed her eyes and something in her snapped and she lost it, "Applejack, we need you! Applejack We Need You! Applejack We Need You! Applejack! Applejack! Applejack! Applejack! Applejack! Applejack! Applejack! WE NEED YOU! WE NEED YOU! WE NEED YOU! WE NEED YOU!" she began freaking out for some reason.

"Get Me Nurse Redheart!" Dashal commanded as she went over to Aj. Aj kept shouting as Dashal managed to have Aj lay down on her side. Aj kept shouting and I hated seeing her like this. She began freaking out over nothing. But I began remembering how my moms talked about all the burdens she was forced to carry. I just blamed myself because I have just triggered horrible memories of her past.

"I want you two to come with me," Rarity grabbed our hands and walked the opposite way of my mothers. I tried looking back, but the rest of the ladies were surrounding Aj on their knees.

"She needs a allclyn shot!" Dashal shouted, "Is there a doctor anywhere? Aj needs help!"

"I Don't Need Any Help!" I heard Aj growl. My heart just sank at every word. I couldn't believe that I caused my mother this much pain.

A few hours later, I sat in a chair across the hall from Aj's hospital room. I've been sitting here for an hour. I hated this hospital. One hospital; one room; one patient. There is a hospital specifically built to handle Aj's sicknesses. Also, Aj doesn't like to go out for some reason anymore.

"She hates going out because she doesn't like the spotlight to be on her," I looked to my right and saw Dashal with Sweets, "She likes to save people, but she doesn't feel as though she deserves all of the praise that comes with it. She is built to save people and to do it without wanting too much in return."

"But what about our family before her. Granny Smith died last year; Granny Apple has moved to Manehatten because she is helping Rarity operate her designing crap. Aj has told you only so much about Apples."

"Actually, I do know what the history with the Apples is. Its just that Aj doesn't want me to tell anyone because you might take it the wrong way."

"And it finally comes back to her. It's always about her. What is it with her that makes her think that she so much better than anyone else?"

"She keeps secrets to protect and she protects because she was engineered to do such. It is literally the fault of Cosmia herself. Cosmia has built her all too well."

"But what I don't get is how Cosmia could build a being that could kill her."

"Cosmia thought that she would be able to control Aj and rule the cosmos. But Cosmia didn't catch one thing."

"And what would that be?"

"She is an Apple. Apples are the most stubborn people in all of the universe. They only listen to other Apples or mainly their gut," Dashal smiled, "That is why I fell in love Aj. She may be angry all the time, but she's usually right."

A doctor in an all grey unisuit came out with a smile, "Good news, Applejack will be fine. Dashal, you might wanna talk to her about her teen years. What she has just experienced was an episode of PTSD. It stems from her going to war right out the womb. I wish I could help more, but I can't. Dashal, talk to her and make sure she gets plenty of rest," the doc dipped his chin before walking away.

I slowly got up and went into the room where my mother was. I entered and closed the door behind me, "Hello baby," she was on oxygen and she just looked horrible.

"Hi mommy," I smiled weakly as I went to go sit down in the chair next to her, "This is all my fault."

"No it's not," she grabbed my hand and held it.

"It is though. If I would have just listened to you, I wouldn't have triggered your past memories."

"I remember the day you and Sweetie were born. You two were so cute. So innocent. I remember the days I could just be a kid and not worry about the turmoils of the world."

"What happened to you all of those years ago?" I asked her.

"Mindless reanimated humans took over my world. They are everything in their path and plauged the world I came from."

"What was the world like before the monsters took over?" she squinted her eyes to think before she grabbed her head and began grunting in pain, "What's going on mom?"

"My head. It hurts," she groaned.

"Get a nurse in here!" Dashal commanded and two nurses came in as anther two pulled me out of the room.

"But what's happening to her?" I asked the nurses.

"Listen Maccie, your mother had a lot of psychological issues that she needs to deal with right now. Do do me a favour and just go home. She's in safe hands okay?" the nurse explained to me.

"But I want to stay here. She may need me!" I tried pushing my way through, but two other nurses came and pushed me back, "My mother needs me!"

"What she needs is for you to just be the best you can be," the nurse grunted as she pushed against my shoulder.

"Maccie," Dashal have me a weak smile, "It's okay. Just go home," she dipped her chin before I allowed the nurses to escort me out.

After a week in the hospital, Aj finally came home. She looked better than the may time I saw her. When she came home, the door opened with Dashal behind her. Dashal though looked like she hasn't slept since Aj went to the hospital.

When they came inside, I stood from the couch and say my book aside to stand up, "Hey," I greeted then as I grabbed their small bags.

"Hey Maccie," Aj hugged me weakly before she moved to the couch and sat down. Dashal smiled at me before she sat down next to Aj. Something was wrong and I knew it was about me. So I set the bags down and sat on the couch across from them.

"What's going on?" I asked them both.

"The secret you wanted to tell us a few days ago," Aj started, "What for you want to tell us about it?"

"Oh yeah," I shrank back a little as I San into the couch s little more, "O don't know why it's hard for me to say this, but here it goes," I closed my eyes and sighed my confession, "I'm gay," I opened my eyes and both of my mothers just bursted with laughter. They laughed and laughed fit a few minutes. And every minute that passed, the worse I felt about myself.

"Don't take this the wrong way," Dashal wiped the tests from her eyes, "But are you seriously telling us that you were scared to tell us two lesbians that you are gay? The same two lesbians who make out our make love all the time?"

"Yeah, come on Maccie," Aj moved herself next to me and slung an arm around my shoulders, "We don't care and it would be so wrong on so many levels if we told you that being gay is wrong. I mean sorry about the laughter, but this was funny. Being scared to yell your two gay parents that you are gay."

Dashal moved to the other side of me and slung her arm over Aj's, "You don't have to be scared of ashamed of who you are," both mothers leaned in and kisses either side of my head. Of nothing else, having two mothers was great because I got double the motherly love. They wrapped their arms around me and hugged me. I felt so loved.

"So," Aj pulled away, "Who is this guy you've been seeing?" Aj smiled harder.

"His name is Zelda. As you know, he and I have been friends for the last few years, but in recent days he and I have become something more. He and I are dating now," my mothers looked at each other with grim expressions on their faces.

"What is it?" I asked them both.

"Zelda is the one to continue on the legacy of Aj," Dashalexplained, "I don't know how is why yet, but he is the one to carry on the legacy of Commander when Aj is gone."

"That's good news right?" I got excited, "That means that he and I could train together."

"It means that his training will be separate from yours. He will be trained apart from you and Sweets," Aj explained before she stood up, " I'm going to go relax for a little while. I'm tired."

"Mom?" I stood up and looked her in the eyes. I saw the pain and suffering that she was enduring. Her green eyes spoke of so much and in that moment, I realized why she kept so many secrets. It wasn't because only she didn't want to relive those painful memories; it was so no one else would know what she knows. So no one else would have to bare the emotional weight that she has to carry. Hey one strength was also hey greatest weakness. She was built to protect, but in protecting others her emotional state I'd crippling her. So without another word, I hugged her. I wrapped my arms around her middle and set my head on her shoulder.

Even though she was my mother, her hugging me the way she did was somehow shocking. This wish who has didn't her entire life being methodical and angry I believe had achieved another level of emotions. Even growing up she really didn't show much of her loving sideside, especially in recent years. I knew it was hard for her, but in this moment it feels as though I have my mother back, "I love you Maccie," she hugged me lovingly and it just felt so right.

"I love you too mama."