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The Gala…
Eric stood in the foyer of the castle, dressed in a tuxedo and his blond shoulder length hair slicked back. The Grand Galloping Gala had been suspended for the war, the safety of its guests being placed above tradition. Eric always liked formal gatherings since he attained his position as the lead scientist at the age of seventeen, graduating from Ivy league with four Ph.D's in chemistry, aerodynamics, genetics and physics. He relished he class and always held a high standing, and teasing the single ladies was a perk as well. Eric was waiting with the princesses, greeting guests and accepting offers to visit nobility homes that he would never remember.
He shook the hoof of a pony from Manehattan, once more receiving an invitation to dine with the pony if he ever was in the area. Eric accepted the offer once more, releasing his hoof and letting the pony and his date pass into the main room. He leaned over to Celestia, talking in a low voice while there was a lull in the crowd. "I swear to all gods, if I get another invitation to Seaddle, I'm gonna go nuts." He finished with a small smile, shaking the hoof of another pony. The princess smirked and let out a snigger.
"Don't worry," she said, greeting another guest before continuing. "I see Rainbow Dash ahead, when she gets here you can go. Mat is also a knight and can handle the rest." Eric nodded, smiling and shaking the hoof of another noble, receiving an invitation again. He accepted deafly, watching as Dash ascended the stairs. She wore a dress in the Greek style, a golden wreath on her brow and the body having a rainbow pattern to match her mane and tail. Her sandals were made of gold, making no sound as she stepped on the marble steps carefully.
"Madam," Eric said, holding out his hand to help her up the final step. She smiled slightly and took his hand. "Are you feeling ok tonight?" he asked, having stayed by her side all the while she was recovering. She nodded and walked beside him into the banquet hall. "Are you sure?" he asked. "If you are still felling tired you should have stayed home."
"I'm fine, Eric," Dash said as he poured them both a glass of champagne. She took the drink, sipping from it slightly. "Honestly, you're going to worry yourself to death." Eric watched her, sipping his drink also as they walked through the dance hall. She had seemed different since he took her from the tunnels. She was always loud and confident, if cocky at times. But now she seemed to keep to herself mostly, preferring to stare out the window of their house than fly or do much of anything. Her eyes didn't shine anymore and her voice was soft and quiet, giving Fluttershy a run for her money.
"If there is anything on your mind, dear," Eric said, sitting beside her. "You know I will listen and talk with you about it." She remained silent, watching the few couples that were dancing alone on the floor. She seemed to have a longing look, like they had something she couldn't. "Dash, can you hear me?" Eric asked after five minutes of silence. She blinked and shook her head.
"I don't want to talk about it, Eric," she said quietly, finishing her drink and handing it to a steward pony as he passed by. "I wouldn't expect you to understand my situation if I did. And besides, this is the Gala. It's no place to talk about depressing subjects like the tunnels." Eric nodded, surrendering to her. She didn't know, or failed to remember what he told her about his past, but he did understand. He was alone in a world where the remaining humans only wanted to kill you and take what you had for over a year. He knew what it was like to have your will shattered by hopelessness.
They were met by Keith and Twilight, proceeding to make small talk. Keith left early into the conversation, saying he had to perform for a special time of the night. They said their good byes and watched as he walked off. They sat there, listening to the soft chamber music that the string quartet played for the time. Keith took the stage, leaning over a grand piano and tuning the strings slightly before joining the band in their tune. Eric held dash's hoof as a full orchestra took to the stage, tuning in their instruments quietly so as not to disturb the current tune. A gray pony walked up beside the Piano, setting a case down and removing a Contrabass. "Who is that?" Eric asked Twilight and Dash. They looked at the stage.
"That's Octavia," Twilight explained. "She plays with the band every Gala. She is the most respected Cellist in Equestria. She plays symphonies Equestria over, performing with some of the greatest classical musicians in the world." She plucked a few strings, adjusting the tension before lifting her bow and releasing a low note into the tune. Eric enjoyed the symphony back on earth before the fall, and he especially enjoyed the Cello. Octavia was good, without a doubt he was sure. She could have given Bach a challenge.
The ballroom had filled quickly, Celestia and Luna having entered the room. Their presence signaled that the last of the guests had arrived. They walked into the crowd, mingling with guests they knew and old friends. Eric had returned to the banquet hall at Dash's request, taking a small sandwich and a couple of flutes of champagne. "Eric!" he heard across the room. If it was another noble, he was going to go apeshit.
Eric turned around, finding it was Soarin and Leoj, the Pegasus in a black tux and Leoj in a White suit and tie with his ever present cloak. "Look at the happy couple!" Eric said louder than they would have liked. Soarin smiled weakly and, to Eric's surprise, Leoj actually blushed. "Is that a blush on the level headed madman's face?" Eric asked, handing both of them a glass of white wine.
"Oh, you have no idea," Soarin said, rubbing up against his date. "He isn't nearly as level headed as you think. Like that time on Tau Ceti four before we arrived here. He took me to watch a flight of Pteranodons migrate towards their nesting grounds, but we were chased back here by a therapuss or something." Soarin trailed off, taking a drink from his glass.
"It was a Therapod," Leoj corrected, getting Soaring to roll his eyes. "I've never had that much fun on a date in my life, and believe me, I have a long life. So how goes the Slayer of Gods? Anything interesting happen over the last month and a half while we were gone?" Leoj took a sip of the wine, grimacing and setting it on a stewards plate. "Forgot I hate white wine."
Eric shrugged and motioned towards where Dash was sitting. "I haven't really done much outside of home other than go out for groceries and to ba…" he cut himself off at the mention of hunting, getting a raised eyebrow from Soarin. "Harvest a few of the crops I planted in the delta a little way from the house." Soaring smirked and shook his head. "Dash has been recovering, but she seems to be broken. She doesn't want to do anything other than stare out the window and drink wine all day, which is fine if she wants to, but I'm just saying that she never flies anywhere anymore." Leoj nodded and motioned toward the dance hall.
"Celestia told you about the Mid-Knight's Dance I presume?" Eric nodded and watched as the Band began to retune their instruments and Keith adjusted his position. "It will be starting soon, you should go to her." Eric nodded and set the sandwich and Champagne down, starting toward the room. "And Eric," he stopped and turned around, raising his hands in a silent question. "Don't worry too much about Rainbow Dash, she just needs some time to figure things out for herself." Eric gave him a rather goofy thumbs up and went back into the ballroom.
A slow waltz was playing and some of the guests were dancing. Twilight had asked Celestia for a dance, remembering it was tradition to ask a mentor for the first dance. Eric made his way around the ponies to Dash, finding her still seated and watching the ponies dance. Sapphire and Mat sat next to her, talking about something. "Hey guys," Eric said as he approached. "What's up?"
They looked at him and shrugged. "Nothing really," Sapphire said. "Just talking to Dash about her dress. It's beautifully done, really." Eric was surprised to find the warrior into anything beyond a gun, but considering her attire he shouldn't have been. She wore a deep blue dress, her hair tied up in a braid. She wore several blue diamonds on a white choker band. Mat was similarly dressed, wearing a black and red suit and tie that looked like it was made out of silk. His hair had been styled and trimmed shorter, pulled back over his head so the golden lock in his bangs streamed back and to the right.
Celestia took the stage after the waltz ended, receiving a short applause. "Thank you, and welcome to this year's Grand Galloping Gala. I apologize for the delayed date, but as you all know we were fighting a war that threatened the safety of Equestria as a whole. I would like to thank all of you for coming, and if you would please direct your attention to the humans here today." Eric, Mat, Sapphire, Rainbow Dash, Leoj and Soarin walked to the edge dance floor, receiving applause from the nobles and salutes from the generals. "If not for these determined beings, we certainly would have been defeated. Now," she said, motioning to two ponies that were making their way onstage. "We have a special event tonight. But first, let us observe a moment of silence for the ponies that gave everything so we could be here today."
Everypony and human bowed their heads in respect. Eric counted up the toll in his mind, placing it at over ten thousand lives lost to fighting and over a hundred desecrated graves due to the shadow god. They raised their heads as one, awaiting the remainder of the princess' speech. "We have fought long and hard, and I believe a little merriment is in order to celebrate our victory. I give to you William Rosevine, and James Hayfield. The singers for the bands of Steel Shod and Illusions of Tomorrow." The two each approached the microphone stand, lowering it to themselves.
A choir walked onto the stage, setting themselves up beside the two singers. "We would like all of the ponies that have not been knighted to please, step away from the dance floor." The pony, Rosevine, sounded a lot like W. Axle Rose from Earth. As they did, Hayfield picked up a guitar and sat on a stool, tuning the instrument by ear. "Would all of the knighted attendants please take their dates to the center of the floor," Eric took Dash by her hoof, leading her toward the center of the floor, followed closely by Mat and Sapphire, and Leoj and Soarin. There was also Iron Hoof, Shining Armor and Little Strife, who took the hoof of a mare from the crowd. "This is a song James, Keith and I wrote just for this occasion," Rosevine informed the gathering. "This is song is called This I Love." Keith began to play the piano, followed by the strings and woodwinds. The knights slowly began to dance an intricate waltz to the tune. Rosevine began to sing, the choir adding to his voice while Hayfield added soft guitar to the song.
And now I don't know why,
She wouldn't say goodbye,
But then it seems that I,
Had seen it in her eyes.
And it might not be wise,
I'd still have to try,
With all the love
I have inside!
I can't deny!
I just can't let it die,
Cause her hearts just like mine,
And she holds he pain inside
So if you ask me why,
She wouldn't say goodbye.
I know some where inside.
There is a special light,
Still shining bright,
And even on the darkest night,
She can't deny.
So if she's somewhere near me!
I hope to gods she hears me!
There's no pony else could make me feel I'm so alive!
I hoped she'd never leave me!
Please gods you must believe me!
I've searched the universe and found myself within her eyes!
The orchestra played a bit, Keith still playing the piano tune that he started on. The choir was producing a soft note as the Knights and their dates continued to waltz around the floor. Dash looked around the room with her eyes, finding Sapphire, Mat, and Eric were singing along with the song. Eric looked at her while they danced, never taking his eyes from her. "What's so surprising?" he asked her in a soft voice so the crow wouldn't hear. She shook her head slowly and continued dancing with him.
No matter how I try,
They say it's all a lie,
So what's the use of my,
Confessions to a crime,
Of passions that won't die,
In my heart!
So if she's somewhere near me,
I hope to gods she hears me!
There's no pony else could make me feel I'm so alive!
I hoped she'd never leave me!
Please gods you must believe me!
I've searched the universe and found myself within her eyes!
Hayfield played the guitar now, his solo filled with long mournful peals from the strings. Dash continued to listen as the percussion added to the song. it was sad, and yet full of passion and joy at the same time. It seemed to talk of a colt who lost someone long ago and he could never find them again. she smiled and sighed, resting her head on Eric's shoulder. "Feeling better, Dashie?" he asked, his voice causing his chest to rumble. Dash nuzzled against his neck softly, getting a smile from him. "I'll take that as a yes."
So if she's somewhere near me,
I hope to gods she hears me!
There's no pony else could make me feel I'm so alive!
I hoped she'd never leave me!
Please gods you must believe me!
I've searched the universe and found myself within her eyes!
The guitars quieted with the orchestra and choir, be coming silent. Keith was the first heard, picking up the piano section. Then the song resumed.
So now I don't know why,
She wouldn't say good bye.
It just might be that I,
Had seen it in her eyes,
And now it seems that I,
Gave up my ghost of pride.
I'll never say goodbye!
The dancers made their last turns while the band played the song out, the audience applauding both the knights and the musicians. Eric lead a now smiling Rainbow Dash out of the dance hall as Rosevine signaled another song, ponies taking the floor for another dance. They were met by the rest of Dash's friends, all with their respective dates. They proceeded to talk into the night, eating and drinking out in the castle gardens.
"Really, it isn't that hard when you have a suit of impregnable armor," Sapphire commented, trying to seem more daring to the group of ponies that Eric was. "Now going out into a horde of hungry zombies in nothing but your skivvies, that takes guts." The group laughed with her. "No, I'm serious. I was camping outside Night Forge one night, got ambushed, and I had to fight off around fifty of the critters in nothing but my underwear." She lifted the glass of wine to her lips as Rainbow dash narrowed her vision on the human.
"But you have a metal arm and leg," she defended, trying to keep Eric as cool as possible to her friends. "I've seen you jump fifty feet and punch a tree in half with those." Sapphire set her glass down, reaching up to her right arm and gritting her teeth. With a groan of pain, she detached the arm from the nerves, holding it up for the group to pass around.
"They come off," Sapphire explained. "I was hopping around on one leg and stabbing the monsters with a marshmallow skewer." Everyone laughed at the visual, it just seemed ridiculous. The limb got back to Sapphire, who proceeded to bolt it into the joint and connect the nerves with a strained look. Fluttershy floated over to her and looked at her worried.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Sapphire nodded, slapping the joint into place correctly. "Oh, you poor thing. How did you lose them?" Sapphire got up and walked through the garden with Fluttershy, talking about her prosthetics. Eric smirked and drank the dark red wine he had, not believing Fluttershy had made friends with a cyborg. He felt a pressure on his shoulder and found Dash leaning on him, obviously half drunk.
"I think you've had enough, Dashie," he said with a chuckle, taking her glass from her. Dash frowned and tried to take it back, only to miss and stumble forward. "Yeah, you're done until we get home." She pouted, giving him dirty looks. Eric sighed, handing her the glass. "Fine, but we're taking a carriage home." She lit up, taking the glass and nuzzling up to him.
"So what are you going to do now?" Twilight asked, waiting on Keith to finish his scheduled performances. "you beat the leader of the undead, have a house. What are you going to do to pass the time?" Eric sipped his drink, thinking the question over. He hadn't considered making it out alive, let alone having a love life afterward. To be honest, he half expected some strange twist to arise. Something like aliens or some kind of terrestrial disputes to have to call him back to action. But what if things stayed peaceful? Sure there were still undead to hunt down and dispose of, but after that, he had no idea.
"Hard to say, Twilight," Eric answered partially. "It all depends on what happens over the next month. I guess I could do anything really. Teach martial arts, start a band, create an air show team, be a farmer, join the Academy and teach advanced physics and chemistry. It all depends on what happens in the immediate future." He poured out the last of his drink, not wanting the backwash and foul tasting residue from the fermenting process. "How about you? What are you going to do?"
Twilight seemed to be lost in thought. "Well," she began, seeing Keith walk out into the gardens. "After the restoration is finished, I guess Keith and I will move back into Ponyville. Start a family maybe, I know my mom would be delighted to have grandfoals." Eric nodded as she stood up and walked away to join her husband.
"That would be nice," Dash said as she laid her head in his lap. "To have a family. Don't you think?" Eric looked at her, smiling at the idea. His family was dead, and he never harbored any hopes of starting another. Then again he never expected to risk everything for a country of intelligent equines, or to fall in love with one.
"Why not," he said looking up at the moon and stars. "It would be good to have at least a son or daughter again." he returned his vision to her, finding her smiling honestly for once. "You sure you want to be a mom?" he asked with a light laugh. Dash laughed too and elbowed him in the leg.
"Are you kidding? I would love to." she even seemed surprised by her own statement. "Though, I never though of myself as mommy material. I guess the war changed me for the better, eh?" she sighed and looked up at the stars. They sat there for what seemed like hours, just watching the moon and stars shift in their nightly dance. "Eric, do you know what's up there?"
Dash's question startled him, he didn't take her for the sentimental type at first. "Stars, galaxies, incomprehensible amounts of planets. I'm not sure if there is life anywhere else now, but it wouldn't surprise me. All I know, is there are billions of billions of burning gas balls that die and form daily." He leaned back on the grass, propping his head on what felt like some ornamental moss.
"Hello?" a cheery voice said. Eric's view of the sky was obstructed by pinky pies' face. "Can I help you?" she asked with a smile. Eric looked at her with an eyebrow raised, wondering what her sudden fascination with him was.
"Yeah," he said in a tone not unkind. "You could move out of the way, I was watching those stars until you got in the way." He smiled slightly, trying to get her to move without getting upset.
"I'd love to," she said with a grin. "But your head is on my tail." Eric leaned on his elbow, looking where his head had just been. What he had taken for a soft patch of a colorful moss was indeed her tail. He apologized nervously. "That's ok! I don't mind, you just kind of startled me is all." She got up and trotted off toward something she saw that was interesting, making an intrigued sound the whole way.
"What is up with that pony?" Eric asked, laying back down and slipping his hands behind his head. "I think she might be a few screws away from a completed house, you know?" Rainbow Dash giggled, covering her mouth with a hoof. "What?" Eric asked sitting back up. Dash stopped giggling and waved her hoof lazily.
"She's always been like that," she explained. "She pops up at the strangest time and always has something completely random and off subject to say. Just wait until she shows up at the house through a floorboard, you'll understand then." Eric mouthed words, trying to understand how she would arrive from the floor and not the door. Dash just laughed at his confused face. "Trust me, it happens. You just have to roll with it and everything will be ok." Eric shrugged and laid back down, noticing the Gala was coming to a close.
"Oh hell," he muttered, tapping her on the stomach and sitting upright. "We were supposed to do a fly by of the gardens in five minutes," Dash's face went from slightly drunk to completely sober in half a millisecond. "Go get changed, we have to do this. Celestia wants your Rainboom and something I've been working on that you aren't allowed to know about yet." Dash got up and took off her dress and sandals, handing them to Eric as he lifted the wreath from her brow. "Here, stow these away, I have to find Mat."
Eric Ran around the garden, looking for Mat. He had pulled out a violin before walking off on his own. "Mat! Where the heck are you?" Eric called, stopping on a bridge. Over the sound of the brook underneath, there was music. Eric followed it to an oak tree, looking around the area for the player. "Mat!" Eric called one more time before the music stopped. He looked around frantically, he had lent the suit to Mat before the Gala so he could look it over and make more for the rest of the squad. A stick struck Eric on the head, drawing his attention up.
"Hey, Numb nuts." Mat said, obviously drunk. "You suit is in the throne room. I made a new one for the ceremony so you could get out without so much trouble from the chest plate. You old one is back at your place, Alice took it to the basement." He lifted a bottle of clear liquid to his lips, the smell of spearmint wafting down from the branch mat was perched on. Eric thanked him and ran back toward the throne room, startling the guards as he entered the side entrance of the castle.
"Sorry!" he called back without stopping. Eric worked his way through the halls, staying as far from the main event as he could. Eric turned toward the large oaken double doors, pushing through and seeing Princess Luna and some noble from Baltimare he had met before. They gasped and parted as he entered the room, running to the other side of the room. "I don't care what you two kids were about to do," he said, stepping onto the platform Mat had placed behind the throne.
The robotics Placed the inner workings of the suit on him first, followed by connectors, friction plates and the reactor core. It then placed the black and red Titanium and tungsten armor onto it. it looked different, mostly because it was scaled like a snakes skin, and there was a stripe of deep violet going from his shoulder to his waist. "You two can continue as you were, but I need you to make me an exit in this window. Not a permanent one please." He motioned for Luna to move some of the glass. Her horn glowed before a ten foot hole in the paneling separated, allowing him to go through. "So long kids," he said, waving and giving the thrusters fifty percent power. Eric rocketed out of the hole, smoke spiraling behind him as it was released from his wrists.
"Eric!" He heard someone yell over the radio. it startled him and caused him to veer to the right, rolling before righting his trajectory.
"No need to yell," he chided, rising to where Dash floated. She was silhouetted by the moon, a banner of Celestia around her neck. "How much longer until we do our pass?" he asked the woman he recognized as Sapphire.
"Five minutes," she said, standing on a balcony over the gardens. She held her auto-mail up to her lips, talking into the transmitter she had added. "Review your planned approach and meet up with the Pegasus Guards. They already know what you've planned. Make sure Dash knows." He chirped his radio twice, cutting the line. "Talk about cutting it close," she muttered, walking back inside.
"Hey Dash," he said over the speakers as he reached her altitude. "You ready?" he asked. she nodded, following him to where they were supposed to begin. Eric explained all of the acrobatics they were asked to do, adding a few to end with. "Think you can handle those?" he asked as they neared a wing of white and dark gray Pegasi.
"Yeah, no problem," she said, taking her place beside him at the head of the formation. "So what is the trick you said I had to wait to see? It's been nagging at me ever since you mentioned it." Eric shook his head, readying to give the go ahead. His radio chirped, giving him the signal. He waved them forward, falling behind and catching up as he controlled the throttle so he wouldn't fly ahead of formation. They neared the Castle, all of the attendees now crowded the balconies.
They flew lower and closer, the Pegasi activating the smoke canisters on their backs. As they made the first pass, all of them pulled up and away, save for Dash and Eric who kept going and coming back around, the banners of Celestia and Luna trailing behind them.
"Very excellently executed, if I do say so." A pony beside Sapphire said as they regrouped in three, five point groups; making stars in the sky. Eric led the lead star, Dash in the next and the Pegasus Guard captain in the third. They did several turns and spirals around each other, melding into one before forming the wedge again.
"I must say, that Rainbow Dash is quite the talented flyer. She rivals even the guard captain in her ability," a mare behind Sapphire said as she watched them separate into two wedges. They circled around the city walls, picking up speed and flying straight towards each other. The Pegasus Guard pulled back and away, their smoke canisters signaling the end of their event. Dash and Eric had pulled up, dropping the banners and spiraling into the sky vertically. They left view, going beyond the clouds before the weather patrol could clear a hole for the spectators.
"Last trick Dashie," Eric said as they separated and flipped back toward the ground before meeting again. Eric pushed the thrusters to full as dash neared her trick. Eric began to trail flames as Dash burst through her fourth sonic cone. Eric pulled his airbrakes, popping them from their hinges and releasing a ring of flame with Dash's Sonic Rainboom. The two rings continued to expand with each other as they spiraled toward the ground, each trailing the respective colors.
"Excuse me," Sapphire said repeatedly as she worked her way through the crowd. She reached the back of the gathering and plugged her radio into the speaker system, laying her hand on the volume control until the right time.
Eric and Dash pulled back, flying from a single point toward the sky without stopping. Eric was glad the gel system was permanent in this suit, otherwise the G forces would have killed him them. His monitor displayed 12 G's as he flew up, pulling a dorsal arc and mirroring Dash. The two met on the return, Eric grabbing her and flipping until he stood vertical and activating her thrusters to stop the two. Around them in violet and rainbow trails lay a mile tall heart. "Will you marry me?" he asked over the speakers. Rainbow dash blinked and shook her head to clear her ears from the flight. Eric activated the helmets retraction system, the article collapsing and ratcheting back over his head and into the back of the suit. "I said, will you marry me," he reached behind him into a pouch and pulled out a gold pendant on a silver chain. Inlaid on the pendant were the crossed swords and rose vines from Eric's shoulder.
The crowd below was watching them intently, Sapphire having turned the volume on the speakers up when she saw them stop. The guests listened to their every word, some shouting encouragement's to Eric and Dash. "So what do you say?" Eric asked, his voice popping slightly over the Ponysonic stands on the balcony.
Dash looked at the necklace and Eric, stunned by the sudden question. "Was this the trick you were planning?" she asked, smiling and her eyes beginning to shine from tears of joy. Eric nodded and smiled back. He had planned this moment for over two weeks.
"You stupid egghead," she said, the guests listening intently for her response. "You had to drag me all the way out here over the city and most likely let the whole Gala listen." The guests smiled, a few chuckling and giggling.
"Of course," Eric said for the guests to hear. In the distance, they could see him waving at them. Some waved back, but most laughed lightly at the comic relief. "I doubt you would want it any other way. So as I said before. Rainbow Dash, will you marry me?" The silence that followed was palpable in the extreme. If someone had tried, Sapphire was sure they could have literally cut it. Even the sounds of the city below had stopped for the occasion.
"I don't know what to say," Dash said. One of the goers screamed yes, obviously heard by the laughter over the speakers. "That's an idea, I guess." Dash said. "Fine. Eric Gaines Johnson, Egghead supreme." She said, floating out of his arms and kissing him, their silhouettes cast clearly by the displaced moon. Celestia looked over at her sister, smiling and nodding her approval. "Yes."
The crowd went crazy, stomping their hooves and whistling. Several cheered their approval, the more rural attendees loosing a yeehaw or a rebel yell. Sapphire smiled and wondered where Mat was. 'Probably in a tree,' she thought. The crowd filed into the ballroom as the engaged couple flew wide toward the balcony there.
Eric and Dash landed on the fly, slowing down to a walk and trot as they reached the glass doors. Eric's armor was scaling and ratcheting back as he walked, becoming nothing but the back section as he stepped from the boots and straightened his bow tie. Celestia and Luna approached them, the crowd parting so they would walk unobstructed. "You majesty," Eric said with a quick bow. "Was the air show to your liking?"
The princess smiled and nodded. "It was, Firebird," she said, turning to Dash and looking at the pendant she wore. "Congratulations to you both. You are a couple tried hard and long, and I shall preside over the ceremony myself. It is the least we can do for what you both have sacrificed for our safety." Eric nodded, turning around as the suit of armor formed again and flew away by it's self.
Eric sighed as he watched the glow from the thrusters fade away, becoming lost among the light of the stars. "I'm going to have to yell at Mat," Eric mused, turning back around and smirking. "That was my ride home."
The song is This I Love by Guns N' Roses from the Chinese Democracy album. And yes, I altered it to make it pony based.
This is the last chapter for now, so I'm going to drop the credits to OC owners here. :) I'm not trying to cut your guys short!
Leoj and Little Strife used with permission from Timefather64.
Mat and Sapphire used with permission of Bahamut Crisis Core.
Night Forge and all things pertaining to the Nightmare Unicorns used with permission of Najee.
Last chapter for now boys. Enjoy! :)
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