Next chapter guys. I have to ask what you think the sequel should be about. I would like any ideas you may have and may even combine a few. But now on with the story!
I couldn't believe it. The first mare I ever loved was standing right before me looking exactly how she did when I knew her all those millennia ago. Even though my evil copy told me she was alive I didn't really believe it but now here was the living breathing proof and yet I was still having trouble believing it.
"Soul.. how.. when... HOW ARE YOU EVEN ALIVE! I WATCHED YOU DIE! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE FOR FUCKS SAKE!?"
She only giggled at my little outburst though I could hear the sadness in her tone.
"Oh Dark even after all this time you still could never keep yourself from freaking out. That was one of the things I loved about you and still do."
I was about to start another rant on how she was acting before I remembered something. She was the supposed leader of these cultist but here she just helped me against him. Now I was sorely confused.
"Wait wait hold up a second. I was told you were supposed to be the leader of these cultist but here you just helped me save my kids. What's up with that?"
Now it was her turn to look confused, "huh? I only just recently found out about them because of the dark magic they were using. The only reason why I'm here is because we were on our way to Canterlot and happened to come across this place and your little display outside."
Well that means that my copy was lying about Soul being the leader of the cult. Probably trying to throw me off the real leaders trail while doing some mental damage as a bonus. But it was what was in her statement that caught my attention. She said 'we' instead of 'I'. Did she have another lover? No she would never, not as long as I was still alive and even if I was dead there would be no guarantee. So then who is this other pony if they are one that is with her. Well what better way to find out then to ask her.
"Ok that answers so many questions but I still have a few. One is how are you still alive, and two, what do you mean by 'we'?"
She got really nervous then as if I was asking her to reveal her deepest and darkest secret which for all I know I probably was.
"Well you see.. to answer your first question well it kind of corresponds with the second. You see when we did THAT for the first time I sort of... kind of... linked our souls."
Alright now I was floored. Linking souls is extremely complex and only the most talented of magic users could even attempt let alone pull it off. Not to mention only the ancients even knew the spell existed. But I guess since me and Soul were ancient then it shouldn't be a wonder how she knew it.
What linking a soul does is it makes a bond that is unbreakable by any means and grants some great advantages. For one is that the only way to kill someone whose soul is bonded to another is to kill them both at the same time. There is even the fact that the bonded also share the power they both posses to make each-other stronger.
"Okay that answers my first question but what about my second one?"
She took a glance behind her as if she was staring at someone who was just out of sight before turning back to me.
"Well when I supposedly 'died' I was actually just put in a kind of stasis since the soul bond wasn't completely formed yet otherwise I would have just healed up like it was nothing like you usually tend to do. I only just woke up about six years ago."
"Wait if you have been walking around for six years why didn't you let me know! You could have traveled to my fathers palace whenever you wanted to or you could have just sent me a message, a portal call, hell I would've even taken a motherfucking smoke signal! Why?"
She lowered her head and spoke in a sad tone, "because I was scared of how you would react."
"React to what?"
Instead of answering me she looked behind her and said, "you can come out now sweetie."
Then out of the shadows stepped a little colt who looked to be about six years old. But what was even more surprising was that he looked like me. It was looking at a younger version of myself hell he even had the same cutie mark only it had a shield behind it. The only other difference was his eyes which were exactly like Souls."
"Who... who is that?"
"Dark meet your son."
Alright colored my mind fucking blown. Here is a child I never even knew I had along with the mother of said child being the first mare I ever loved. This sounds like some fucking soap opera!
"What's his name."
"His name is Shadow Reaper. I named him that since he looked so much like you but didn't want anypony calling him junior."
"Mommy who is he," asked Reaper.
"Say hello to your father sweetie."
The kid didn't hesitate in running up to me and wrapping his hooves around my foreleg as he cried tears of happiness.
I didn't bother trying to be mad at Soul from keeping her existence and my child from me since I understood her fears and instead embraced the little colt while also bringing the twins into the embrace.
When we pulled away I set them all down and said, "Shadow say hello to your little brother and sister."
I then stepped back a bit to let them get acquainted which didn't take long in which time I was talking to soul.
"You know that now you are going to be living with me. I already missed out on six years of his life and I'll be damned if I miss even another second of it."
Soul nodded in acceptance and leaned her head on my chest.
We stayed like that for a few minutes watching the children play before Soul said something that sent a chill down my spine, "what do you think your new wife will say about this Darky?"
As soon as her words registered I only said one thing that basically summed up my entire situation, "I am so fucked."
Well there you go. Who knew Dark had another kid except me obviously. Review and/or PM me. Until then, Nicranger out.