Dark Star fights against CRT in the school system continues along his path to ensure a future for his and his race's children. Iron conducts a salvage operation finds and recovers hidden treasure. Amber is learning how to exploit simps establishes relationships in her new town. Spark harbors multiple terrorist continues helping Wellspring and the wolf tribe. Silver acts as a step father for unwanted foals gives back to the community at the orphanage. All of this and more
>>153537She nods, pleased. She takes her hoof, and rubs it across his cheek
"Think you can die happy now?"
>>153538"Hmmmmmm"
He Puts his Hoof to his chin in thought
"Nope."
He Laughs
>>153539She tilts her head
"Okay, I'll bite. What's missing?"
>>153540"Well,I Have Somepony to care for now."
He smiles at Blue
>>153541She spends a moment looking at him, and then moves her forelegs around him, embracing him in a hug. She pulls her head up, and whispers in his ear
"Is it me?"
>>153543She hugs him and nuzzles him
coo
>>153544He Returns the hug and nuzzles Her back, as he stiffles a yawn
>>153546"Yea,it was....Quite a day"
>>153547"Are you excited for tomorrow?"
>>153548"Uh,Honestly, i'm kinda Nervous."
He rubs the back of his head
>>153549"What'cha nervous about?"
>>153550"well, ive never actually....Been to School Before"
>>153553"Not even the basics of rhetoric, drama, philosophy, or history?"
>>153554"Well, i never said i learned nothing. My Brother Taught me a lot, So did mom."
>>153556"History,Some basic science. My Brother Loved philosophy. they tried teaching me math but im not very good at that."
>>153557"Huh...." This leaves her silent for a moment. "Your brother is a pegasus, right?"
>>153559She smiles almost smuggly.
"That makes more sense. Equestria is actually more similar to Nimbusia than I thought. Earth ponies don't really gain much from education, and they usually don't receive it. When they do, it's usually technical. Unicorns have some creativity and business sense, but really they don't have the virtue to take it a good direction on their own. A pegasus, however, loves and is improved by philosophy, literature, and history."
She blinks
"Just an earth pony having a pegasus brother is a bit... different, though."
>>153560"Well i Can't Argue with you on that.Its True to an extent. Different? What do you mean?"
>>153561"I mean... how do I put this. There wasn't really any miscegenation on a large scale. It happened, but not really officially. So pegasi mares wouldn't really give birth to earth pony or unicorn foals, and if they did, it was a scandal. Earth ponies and unicorns would give birth to pegasi more often but, well, it's not really like here."
>>153563"That if I saw a family like yours in Nimbusia of farmers where one foal is a pegasus, but it's an earth pony family, I would assume some pegasus colt was taking out his sexual frustrations on the helots."
>>153564"Are you implying my mother was a whore?"
He says not sounding to pleased by the accusation
>>153565"What? No?"
She scoots back, repositioning herself so that she is no longer lying on her back, so much as sitting up. Her head moves in front of Dark Star, and rises closer to his level, while he wings are folded neatly to her back.
>>153566"What did you mean then?"
He raises an eyebrow
>>153568"Nothing. Just that, well, in Nimbusia, the races didn't really mix. You married somepony of the same race. Your place and role in society was in large part determined by your race. You made a point of showing your ancestry was pure going back generations. When you slept with somepony of a different race, you kept it secret and did it in the dark, because you knew it was something that would bring shame if brought to light. And the villages and towns would even be separate. There would even be separate quarters in the large cities for unicorns that sometimes had walls around them.
And here, in Equestria, well it's more like that than it isn't, but it's not the same. The races sometimes all live in the same city. They sleep together without hiding it, and they even go so far as to marry each other. It's different."
>>153569"So you think my mother slept with a pegasi?"
Eyebrow still raised
>>153570"Dark Star, my brother spent a decade trying to undermine my standing in our family and alienate me from my father because he thought that I was the child of my mother's infidelity. I'm not implying anything about your family, and I am definitely not casting judgement.
I think your brother has a father or grandfather or great grand father or great great grand father or some ancestor somewhere who was a Pegasus, because that's where pegasi come from. If he doesn't, then I don't know how to explain him, unless maybe the unicorns or zebras made some kind of spell or potion to turn foals into unicorns, and I don't think they'd want to do that."
>>153571He Gets a Mixture of Realization and Sorrow for her story
"Im Sorry That Happend,Blue. and im sorry i got a little defensive there."
He Hugs her
>>153572The little pony is hugged"I forgive you.
This time."
She extends her legs, and hugs him in return
"But if she did and he is, I think you should love them both all the same."
>>153573Sorry for the delay got some ramen"That....would need some- I Would Need time to think about that if it were the case."
>>153573But what flavor was it?She pulls away from the hug, and looks him in the eyes, contemplating his response for several moments. Then she moves her head a little closer, and speaks into his ear at a volume just above a whisper.
"What if the reason he's a pegasus in an earth pony family... is because he's actually a changeling."
>>153575He Looks at the Ground in thought, as if Recalling every experience he ever had with his brother, stays quiet for a few seconds then says.
"No, Thats impossible.if he were a changeling i..I Would have known.It's Impossible."
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>>153576Interesting. I've never heard of thatShe looks at him seriously in silence for several moments. Then, like a dam burst, she smiles. Then she snickers. Then she burst out laughing
"Bahaha! He'd be a
very confused Changeling. I'm just messing with you, Darkie."
>>153577He Breathes a sigh of relief and then joins her in laughing
"Good, i think its time for me to get some sleep though."
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>>153578She moves a hoof, and rubs him
"I have to go back out tonight." She says
>>153579His Leg slightly kicks as she rubs him
"You do?" He frowns slightly
>>153580"I think so. I am on standby."
She rubs him more
"We're moving to take control of the Comte investigation."
>>153581"Im Gonna miss you."
He smiles
His eyes go wide as she tells him about comte
"Wait? Really Thats big news"
>>153582She smiles likewise, though the smile slowly fades as her expression becomes more serious.
"Yes. Yes it is. And don't tell anypony about it until it's over. I only found out because I was there for it at the beginning."
>>153583He Gets equally as serious
"As far as i'm concerned,you didn't tell me anything."
>>153584She smiles, and then moves her hoof up to ruffle Dark Star's mane on his neck
"That's the spirit."
She moves further up, and moves her legs so that she can stand up, and off of the loveseat.
>>153585"Wait." He says
He gets up and walks over to his saddle bag, and gets out his leather jacket, and walks back over to her
>>153587"i want you to wear it while you're out.It'll Keep you warm."
He smiles and her and gives her the jacket
>>153588She smiles a bit wider
"Oh Dark Star. That's sweet of you."
She bats her eyes at him
"They would prefer I wear my officer's uniform, since this particular operation is a 'marked' official event. But I appreciate the sentiment."
>>153589"Oh,okay.well,why don't you keep it in our bag just in case?"
>>153590"You know... I think I'll take it. Just in case." She says, standing up next to the loveseat.
She takes the jacket from him, and places it over her shoulder.
>>153591He smiles very wide and then Hugs Her Tightly
>>153592squeakyThe little pony is hugged, with a mixture of soft fur, muscle, bone, and feather underneath.
When the hug is done, she kisses him.
>>153594The two lock tongues, at least briefly
>>153595He rubs Her Cheek with his hoof,as they kiss
>>153596Even as they lock lips, she pulls hers back in a smile. She breaks the kiss eventually, and moves over to the table. As she walks away, Dark Star may enjoy the view of her moving her tail down as she tries to hide Dark Star's handiwork.
>>153597He Does enjoy it. He walks towards the bed, then turns to looks at her again
>>153598It's definitely cold in the room. Dark Star may wonder if the heater is on for the upper levels at night at all.
She moves over to the table and places Dark Star's jacket on a chair as she takes her own black vest, and puts it on. Then she picks up her badge, and her .38 Special in its holster.
She looks young, reasonably thin but reasonably muscular with a well maintained coat and mane. Her black cotton vest covers her upper body, but her lower body remains naked. She keeps her tail close to her hindquarters as mares are expected to do.
Once this is done, she takes Dark Star's jacket, and casually places it over her back, not putting her legs through the sleeves. It's leather, thicker, and larger than her, making it sort of fit like this.
>>153599"Hey, is it always so Cold up here?"
Dark Star asks getting a little Cold
>>153600She turns to him
"Huh?"
She tilts her head. After a moment, she says
"Well, sort of. There are only so many ponies up here, so they don't always keep the heat on the halls on, to save on cost. I keep it kind of cold in here."
>>153602"Dark Star" She says, adjusting the gun so that it's under her vest
"Clean your mess up."
>>153604"You left some love on the loveseat" She answers
>>153606"Just.. clean that up." She gets up, and goes towards the door
"Good thing I have a thick jacket on this cold night." She says, with an overly sweet voice
>>153607He Gets out of the bed and grabs a paper towel and cleans the couch
"Im Glad you do too."
He smiles at Her
>>153608"I'll see you, Darkie." She says, turning to smile to him, then opening the door, and walking out.
>>153609"See you."
He Walks back over to the bed and then he Gets into it and covers up, Trying to warm up. He Shivers Slightly
>>153610He does feel a little warmer now. Doubtless he'll feel much warmer once his body has warmed the sheets.
It's been a long day, and it just might be a longer day tomorrow
>>153611He closes his eye and lays his weary head down on the pillow
>>153612And so, Dark Star soon falls asleep. What thoughts occupy his mind in those moments before, who can say?
>>153614It would depend on what left the strongest impression on him in the previous day
>>153615Hmmmmmmm well that's up to you but i think the speech probably did.
>>153616Dark Star's dreams, or at least, his recollection of his dreams, are a set of individual scenes with no obvious interconnection. Indeed, he has more recollection of the emotional imprint the scenes left on him. But what he recalls is the following
At a dining table in some half-lit white room, some sort of attractive young unicorn mare - with effort, Dark Star can identify her as Mars Loaf - converses with Dark Star. She tells him that her made the right choice in having the affair that produced his brother, and that more mares should stand up for themselves like that.
In another scene, a set of stallions in black suits walk down stone steps away from the Ionic columns of a government building. At the center walks a stallion that Dark Star can't make out the details of, but whom he understands to be Comte Burgher, a stallion he has only ever seen in pictures. But what leaves a greater impression, is the sound of cheering, and clapping, from a horde of ponies who surround the steps, and cheer him on.
Finally, Dark Star is in the Baltimare Convention Center, listening to a speech, just the same as he listened to from Golden Morning the week before. But Golden Morning is not the presenter. Rather, it's the speaker he heard in the university, earlier that day giving the speech. Exactly what ideas he is advocating, Dark Star does not retain in his memory. What he does remember, is the speaker saying that he feels the administration of Princesses Twilight and Celestia has been very receptive to his message, and that things
are heading in the right direction.
And besides these, Dark Star feels emotions of revulsion, fear, and disgust.
>>153617The Dreams Weigh Heavy upon him. Stirring him from his slumber.
>>153618Dark Star wakes up to light in the room. He still feels tired, very tired.
Something is different this morning versus others. Actually, something is different this morning than in any other morning in his life. For the first time, Dark Star wakes up to find Blue Skies sleeping in the bed next to him. She's lying on her back, her chest visibly rising and falling with each breath, occupying the edge of the bed a little separated from Dark Star.
>>153619He Smiles as he sees her.
But he trys not to wake her.as he gets out of bed. and moves quietly towards the bathroom
>>153621He takes care of business. Then he gets into the shower.
>>153622It's probably very refreshing after all of this time.
He retains the dyed yellow fur of "Solar Night," which persists through the hot water and soap.
>>153624He Sighs happily as the Hot water warms him up.
>>153625He's definitely warm now, and in general, the room and Dark Star feel warmer
>>153626He Gets out and dries off
>>153627In the room, Dark Star can see Blue Skies, lying on her belly, and trying to brush her mane near the night stand
>>153628Is she facing towards him?
>>153630He trys to Sneak up on her
>>153631He's only medium sneaky
She looks up to Dark Star as he approaches, with no immediate words for him.
>>153632"Hey, i didnt wake you up did i?"
>>153634"Oh,I'm Sorry."
He walks up to her
"I Tried not to wake you up. What time did you get in last night?"
>>153635She raises her head slightly from under the covers.
“Maybe 2:30, or later.” She answers
>>153636He Looks over at the clock then sits down on the bed next to her
>>1536377:06 AM.
She lies on her belly, forelegs in front of her, mostly under the covers, with her head and ears poking out.
>>153638"Hmmmmm. I Still have an hour before i leave."
He gets back into bed with her