-Aj-

"I'm telling you Celestia, I know it sounds crazy but I saw her," I was sitting in front of the island counter in my kitchen with a bag of ice on my head, "She was the one who saved me."

"This isn't possible!" Celestia shook her head, "Your parents are dead!" she exclaimed.

"Gee, thanks for being sensitive Celestia!" I shot up but slowly sat back down due to my throbbing headache.

"I am sorry Applejack, but your story isn't possible. I saw the footage of your-!"

"I fucking saw it too Celestia! And I am telling you that there's more to it than just that made up video!"

"Um, excuse me?" we both heard the small timid voice of Flutters so we looked, "Sorry to..." the pink haired girl shook until she fainted.

"Anyway, as you were saying?" I looked to Celestia.

"I was saying, maybe you only imagined seeing your mother and father, Applejack. The truth of the matter is, with all that you've gone through; maybe you just imagined all of it."

"My mom, maybe I can see where you are coming from. But my dad? No. Dashal was there when he came to me."

"I'm sure you would like to believe that, but your parents are dead. They're not coming back," Celestia just walked away with saddened eyes.

I just sighed as I sat therein my chair, "You okay?" I heard the sweet voice of Dashal.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I turned in my chair to face her, "Just a headache is all."

"Here," she took the ice pack from my hand, "Let me help then you should rest."

She placed a finger in the center of my forehead. I just looked at her as I felt a cooling, calming presence relieve me of my headache. When Dashal was done, "Thanks."

"I do beleive that whatever you saw, is what you saw. But what I don't get is how Princess Celestia would stand by her ruling on your parents. You're not the kind of person to just randomly make up something."

I just kept quiet as I pulled her in and hugged her waist. She hugged my head and hummed a song. She made me feel safe. Something that I don't feel to often. My whole life, I've been told great stories of my parents. Especially my mother. Those stories described my mother being over seven feet tall and with the strength of scores upon scores of men.

Dashal's dad, Rainbow Blaze, was her best friend growing up. He talks about her like she's some kind of goddess in human form. I loved hearing stories of how they used to hide things from some of their academy friends by placing their backpacks on top of shelves. I wish I could have known more about her.

But now, I just focus on the moment with Dashal. The love she has for me and ths love I have for her is oh so strong. It would almost kill me if she were to leave. She waa just so good for me. Even in all this hell around me, she seemed like my secret garden. My secret garden in this broken life of mine.

I hugged her tighter as she kissed my forehead as she continued to hum to me. I just felt so calm; this inner fire of mine seemed to go away.

-Dashal-

I hugged Aj's neck. I don't think she noticed herself crying. I didn't care; I just loved seeing her so vulnerable. I loved being there for her because it also felt good for me. This inner cooling core of mine, seemed to heat up a little.

I hummed the song my mom sang to me when I was younger to help me sleep, "I love you so much," Aj cried, "I don't want to lose you."

"Here," I helped her to her feet, "Come with me."

She sniffed and wiped the tears from her eyes as she nodded, "Okay," she smiled at me weakly to try and prove that she was trying her best to be okay. So much death and carnage has lain waste to mosr of her family. How she could even stand or not taken her own life by now, confounds me greatly.

I pulled her and led her all the way up to hee room. I sat her down on her bed before walking to the door and closing it. I latched the door locked before walking back over to Aj. I slowly got down to my knees in front of her and wrapped two finger tips around the zipper to her suit. We just kept looking at each other as I slowly zipped the zipper all the way down to its base. I helped her out of her gloves and boots. When I did, I helped her out of her suit. All that was left on her muscular body was the unibodied under suit. Her nipples peaked and protruded out of the fabric.

Aj stretched the neck of the undersuit to free her arms. I pulled the suit off of her and now she sat before me naked. She seemed to blush at my staring and oogling, so I pushed her gently back onto the bed. I then leaned forward to prop the backs of her knees onto my shoulders. Her shaved pussy smelled so lovely, it was intoxicating. The mixture of the smell of her natural musk and the lotion she uses filled my nose. I felt my mind drawing a blank as pulsating heat caressed my face.

I looked upand saw that she had the top half of her body resting on her elbows to look at me. Aj gave me a patient glare. The connection of our eyes made my body begin to heat up even more. At the same time surprisingly, the radiating heat began to die down. After what seemed like forever, I lowered my mouth to her pussy; all the while, we kept staring at each other.

When I kissed her pussy, I heard her breath sputter. I smiled at her as I kissed it again and again. She let out mewls of enjoyment and small moans of wanting more. I couldn't refuse her getting off, so I stuck a finger into her pussy. It was much hotter than I expected, but I continued anyway. My finger wriggled around inside her as I licked her growing clit. She shuddered and writhed pleasure as the walls caught her moans of pleasure.

Aj dropped back down as she groped her own breasts. Her legs wrapped themselves around my head as I smelled an impending orgasm begin to well up from inside her. To help get her over the edge, I slid two other fingers inside her. She groaned as I soon felt strong hands run through my hair.

"...daaaaashaaaaal..." she groaned long and hard before a few squirte of cum jutted out. The cum drenched my fingers and my chin before she collapsed. Her heaving breath was a clear sign that she had a mind bending orgasm.

I crawled onto the bed and placed my hands and knees right next to her head and hips. I gave Aj my left hand with her cum as it dripped a few droplets of her creamy cum, "Lick," was all I instructed. She obeyed my command as I licked the rest of her cum from my chin, "Good girl," I smiled before resting my full weight on top of her and kissed her.

-Gniulb-

"You weak coward!" Grim shouted, "We had a deal! You kill Apple and her daughter and your son shqll be cured! Why couldn't you do that one simple task?"

"Apologises Master," I dropped to a knee before him, "They were stronger than I had predicted."

"Because you have value to me, I will not allow your son to die. Instead, I shall take him as my own and raise him."

Something in me sparked. I couldn't tell what it was. This emotion was like rage, but better and justifiable. It was like I couldn't believe that he was going to just take my son away from me. I didn't want him to; I wouldn't and I couldn't just sit back and allow him to do it. I began thinking of Blu and Apple, and what they fought for. It wasn't power or dominion of one another or even freedom really. It was to protect their daughter. The love they had for her was worth more to them then their lives and the lives of each other.

They fought for love and died by it.

"Grim?" I looked up him and he looked down at me with those cold white eyes, "I can't allow you to do that."

"And explain to me how you can command me?"

"I'm not commanding you, I'm warning you. If you take my son away from me, I will no longer serve you."

Grim laughed loudly, "I have your boy's soul and I have your soul."

I stood up and pointed a finger at him, "You may have my soul; but you never have my spirit."

"Then die," he smirked as Darl Sentinels surrounded me.

"Then if you were to see Apple again, tell her something for me."

"Aaaah," he sighed, "Dying words. Tell me what you would like me to say to Apple next time I see her."

"Tell her she was right; we do have, a choice."

-Apple-

...ten years later...

I was in my office staring at complex equations on a dry erase board. In the last three years of living on this thriving vegetated world, I have been studying all the work of Blu's Dimensional Rift machine. I've been trying so hard to figure out a way home but I couldn't put my finger on how to do such.

"Um, excuse me?" I recognized the man's voice as Dredinger. He was a very hansome Redman that flirts with me from time to time, "Miss Sweets?"

"Yes Dredinger," I turned around and there was a man of my height with almost glowing red skin. He had antenna growing from his chin and fangs that hung a little out of his mouth.

"You are needed in the council room."

"Okay," I sighed as I gave the board one last glance before following Dredinger out. We walked through a thick jungle on a rocky path, "So, how are you?"

"I've seen better days," he shrugged as he kicked a small rock into a slow moving stream, "Mochot took the kids and already moved out the country. I just hope that she does allow my kids to letter me from time to time."

"I am so sorry for you. I know the feeling."

"Which begged the council to call you in today."

"Why is that?" I asked him.

"You've been here three years and you've helped us so much. But, the council would like to know your story and how you got here."

"Is it going to be a closed meeting?"

"Yeah. It'll just be you, the council and myself of course."

"Before we go," he stopped and as did I, "Can you tell me your story?"

"It is a long one, but there is a lot of loss within it for me."

He walked over to a tree with its roots sticking out and sat down on the largest root, "I've got time."

I sat down on the tree root in front of him, "Okay, it all started..."