Dead Equestria: Dante Clarke

Chapters

Prologue
Chapter 1: Crash Landing
Chapter 2: Reawakening
Chapter 3: Warning
Chapter 4: Confessions
Chapter 5: Far From Home
Chapter 6: All On Your Own

Prologue

Dante Clarke. Son of the legendary Issac Clarke. After hearing about his father's death 5 years ago, he's been having trouble moving on, even though he had a successful life. He owned his own apartment, had his father's job, and made good money doing it. He was as intelligent as his father with Engineering and Ships Systems Schematics, which is basically the reason why he got his father's job as an Engineer. Dante sat there in his apartment watching the video Issac sent him before he died.

"Hey kid... how are you doin? I'm just calling you say that, you might not see me again, and I'm sorry, but I just wanted you to know that you are the greatest kiddo, and that I love you, I'm sorry, but this is my final goodbye. Catch ya la-" When the video ended, that's when Dante knew it happened. He still remembered how hard he cried the first time he saw that video. He was only 13.

He never really knew his father, well, other than the fact that he destroyed all of the Markers, and also he witnessed him destroy the last one, but he knew that he wanted to be there for him and that he was a loving father, but with the Necromorphs destroying the universe, it was a losing battle. Dante let out a long sigh and walked out of his apartment. He waited for his partner James for work, but he really wanted to leave him for many reasons. James was a good friend but an absolutely terrible partner in many ways. He wouldn't really do his job unless you pay him double or with booze, and sometimes if you did, he still wouldn't do his job. Making money was already hard enough without him in the mix. Dante would show up late most of the time because James wouldn't meet up with him on time. They were already five minutes late for work, and Dante began to get aggravated.

"Come on James, don't pull this shit today." Dante mumbled to himself. He then heard footsteps and he saw James at the end of the hallway walking towards him. "Come on kid." James said walking past him. It really pissed Dante of whenever he called him "kid". Dante was a mere 2 years younger than James. "I swear to fucking god James if you call me kid one more time I'm gonna fucking shoot at you." He threatened.

James just laughed and stared at him. "Alright then... kid." James joked around with him. Without hesitation Dante pulled out his Plasma Cutter and purposely missed James. James just looked at him as if he were crazy. "You got some real balls shooting at me!" James shouted at him. Dante just smirked. "Thanks." Dante chuckled and walked past him. "Come on let's go before were late." James stood there and said, "I don't know, you did kinda shoot at me." He said with a smile on his face.

Dante sighed and looked at him. "If I got you a case of beer would you move any faster?" Dante asked frustrated. "Make it two and I will." Dante just groaned. Beer was starting to get expensive now a days. "Ugh, fine, lets go." Dante said walking off.. James just chuckled and followed close by.

Dante and James went to their ship and flew off to the space port and waiting for further instruction from their boss. Once they arrived they walked into the main office. Their boss walked up to them. "You're late... again." He said with a frown on his face. "Sorry sir, whats up for us today?" Dante asked.

His boss smiled, he loved Dante's confidence. It was one of the things he liked about him. He patted him on the shoulder. "Just like your father." He walked behind his desk and sat down. We have a ship that needs a Shock Space Drive, it's own went mysteriously missing, we need you to go out there and replace it."

Dante nodded and walked over to the suit kiosk. He got in and the doors shut, making a whirring sound as it put his suit on. The doors open to reveal him in his standard EVA Suit. James walked over and put his Elite Suit on. They got on a ship and went to go replace the Shock Space Drive. After a few minutes they arrived at the ship, Dante stood at the door ready to go, the airlock was released and he opened up the door and jumped out. He looked at the ship and with a slight push with his thrusters he was already nearing it within a matter of seconds. He looked at where the Shock Space Drive would be and it really wasn't there. How in the hell did it just detatch itself? He thought. He radioed James.

"James I need you to get to the cockpit and see if the Drive starts working." James just sighs and flies towards the cockpit. "Yep, everything's working, just slap the Shock Space Drive on and I'll let ya know when its working." He acknowledged. Dante pulled the Shock Space Drive out of his rig and started to apply it to the ship. "Workin yet?" He asked. "Nope." James replied.

James was standing there looking at the controls waiting. The Shock Space bar glowed. This oughta scare the piss out of him. James thought in his head. He slowly pushed the lever foward powering up the Shock Space Drive. Nothing happened. He pushed it further, still nothing. He pushed it all the way. Still Nothing. He radioed Dante. "Dante, you there?" No response. "Dante! Are you the-" He was interrupted by a loud BOOM. "Shit! Dante!" James screamed. Another explosion happened on the dashboard, blasting James back with a piece of the dashboard pinning him to the wall.

"I'm sorry Dante. I was just prankin ya thats all." He said with his last breaths.

3 Hours Later

It was a beautiful day in Equestria, Celestia's new sun burning bright in the sky, the air was fresh, and the grass was perfect. Twilight and her friends decided to take a picnic in the fields. Twilight stood there waiting for them until she saw them.

"Hey girls!" She called out to them. "Howdy Twilight." Applejack replied. They got everything set up underneath their favorite tree, and then Rainbow Dash started showing off with her new tricks. As she was flying she noticed something odd laying on the ground. She flew down towards it and then stopped three inches away from it.

"WHAT THE HAY IS THAT?!?" She shouted. The girls ran over to where Rainbow Dash was and then were shocked as much as she was, when they saw the strangest metal thing lying there on the ground.

Chapter 1: Crash Landing

2 hours earlier.

Dante was sent sailing through the air like a missile. He didn't know what was happening or how it happened, all he knew as that he was burning through the skies at fast speed. He felt like he was blasted halfway through the galaxy, but he knew it had something to do with the Shock Space Drive.

"FFFFUUUUUUUUUUU GAH-" He was cut off when he ripped right through four trees and fell flat on his back. He was coughing and wheezing trying to get some air back into his lungs. After a few minutes he finally was able to breathe. He took a look at his injuries. Bah, a broken rib, nothin a small med pack can handle. He absorbed one in his RIG and the bar went from yellow to blue in a few minutes.

He heard rustling in the bushes. "What the?" He looked at the bushes and pulled out his Plasma Cutter and aimed it at the bushes. As soon as he did the bushes stopped moving. Well whatever it was, I guess I scared it off. His thoughts were interrupted when Manticore jumped out from behind the bushes and on top of him and roared in his face. Dante punched it in the face and then kicked him off scooting backwards. He roared at him again and Dante shot his tail off. The creature roared in pain and turned around to see the crimson pool forming around the limb. It snarled at him and jumped at him again, but Dante was way ahead of him and fired three shots. The lines on plasma easily ripped through the Manticore's left wing severing it.

The creature roared in pain and fell to the ground. Dante walked up to it and aimed his gun at the creature's neck and fired three clean shots severing it's head. "Is that a fuckin Manticore? They're supposed to be myths. Where the fuck am I?" He looked to his right to see a ruined castle. I guess I could make a little setup in there.

He started walking towards the castle until a tentacle popped up from the ground and grabbed his leg and swung him around. "What next in the constant parade of bad things happening?!?" He shouted while being flung around. The tentacle slammed him on the ground a bunch of times and threw him.

"AAAAGHH!!" He screamed while flying in the air. Those slams knocked a lot out of him and he slammed into the ground and passed out from the pain.

The Mane 6 stood there around him with much confusion. "What should we do?" Fluttershy asked. "I don't know. We should take somewhere else LESS noticeable." Twilight replied. "We should take him to the barn, nobody really goes in there." Applejack said. "Okay, the barn it is." Twilight said lifting Dante with her magic.

Instead of carrying him through town Twilight just telported eveypony(body) to the barn. She lied him down on a hay stack and everypony sat down and waited for him to wake up. After a few hours of everyone taking shifts to see if he would wake up, he finally came to.

He put his hand on his head and rubbed it. "Agh! God that hurt." He murmured to himself. He looked around and confusion took a heavy blow on him, as he sat there staring at everypony staring back at him. What the shit? He couldn't exactly wrap his head around what he was looking at. He just stared at them and they stared back.

"Um... hi?" He said. Twilight seemed surprised. "Wow! You speak our language?" She asked suddenly interested. "Wow you speak my language..." He said, then his widened. "Wait. YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE!?" He asked getting up and backing up into the barn wall.

His heart was thumping against his chest. He was so freaked the fuck out, that he didn't know what else to say. He stood there pressed against the wall with fear and shock staring at the ponies staring back at him with confusion. "That's strange, why are you so afraid?" She asked. Dante shivered every time they talked, this was going to take a lot of getting used to for him.

"Well, where to start, um. A) I don't have ponies on my world, and B) If we did, they wouldn't be able to talk, because animals don't talk on hour world." Applejack just sighed. "Well we're ponies not animals, I mean look at my dog, she's an animal and she doesn't talk, so what does that make us?" She had a VERY good point, and Dante started to calm down.

"Okay, that makes a lot more sense thank you." She nodded her head and smiled, Dante couldn't help but look at her smile. "Alright, so, what now." He asked. "We don't know, I guess you're stuck here for now." Twilight said. Pinkie jumped out of no-where nearly giving him a heart attack. "OH YAY. We'regonnahavesomuchfunwhileyou'rehereIjustcan'twaitfor-" Dante couldn't understand a word she was saying. "Whoa whoa slow down there Speed Racer I can't even describe what you're saying." Dante said putting his hands up.

"Sorry she's... like that. Howdy, I'm Applejack." She said putting out her hoof. "Dante, Dante Clarke." He said shaking her hoof without anymore fear. "Hi, I'm Twilight Sparkle, pleasure to meet you Dante Clarke." She said smiling. "Heh please, just Dante is alright." He said. "Sup, I'm Rainbow Dash. I'm the fastest flier in Ponyville." She said hovering. "You looked athletic, and thanks, I know where I am now, at least." He said.

"I'm Rarity darling, And may I ask how you get your... suit... to glow like that without any magic?" She asked. "It's called lights." He said chuckling. "And it's nice to meet you Rarity you're looking fabulous tonight." He said shaking her hoof. She laughed, blushed and then looked away. "And I'm Pinkie!" She said while bouncing. He looked over to his left to see a pink haired mare sitting there hiding behind her mane.

"And you are?" He asked. She pawed at the ground. "I'm um. I'm Fl-Fluttershy." She said lightly. "Fluttershy eh? Nice name." He said. Smiled and looked at him. Her sheer cuteness almost gave him a heart attack. "Alright so... where am I sleeping tonight?" He asked. "In the barn for now." Applejack quickly replied. "Fair enough." He said blankly. "I forgot to ask, what are you?" Twilight asked. "I'm a human." He replied. "Well you look like a robot." Applejack stated.

What? Oh right, the suit. He put his helmet back in his suit and revealed his face. "Oh my god! What happened?" Twilight asked worried. "Well for starters. I got blasted halfway across the galaxy, then I crash land ripping through about four or five trees, then I get knocked around by a tentacle thingy that shot up from the ground and then threw me another two hundred feet." He said with a thinking face. "And I guess that's when you found me lying there."

He groans in pain. "Grah, I need another med pack." He said, he absorbed another one and they noticed that his RIG went from yellow to blue in a matter of seconds. "Whats that?" Asked Twilight. "Huh? Oh that's my RIG. That bar in the middle is my condition. When its Blue I'm fine, when its yellow I'm wounded, but if its red, I'm dying." They seemed to understand this and continued to listen to you. "And that curved bar right there is my stasis." Twilight examined it then asked, "Stasis?" He looks at her with a dumb look on his face. "I can slow things down with stasis."

Twilight instantly became interested. "Like magic?" She asked. "Uhhhh, not quite. But almost like magic." He replies chuckling. "Alright, time to hit the hay I guess, literally." He said chuckling. They just glared him. His chuckling stopped and he lied down in the pile of hay. "Night girls." He said "Night!" They called back. Dante just lied there and slowly fell asleep.

Chapter 2: Reawakening

After a few weeks, everypony was starting to get used to Dante. The Cutie Mark Crusaders absolutely adored him, as he did them. He stayed at the farm with Applejack, she seemed to like him more than any other pony. He was getting used to Equestria and its ways. He knew that sun and moon rose because of Celestia and Luna. He knew that Twilight's brother ruled the Crystal Empire, and he knew that this would be home soon. He told the Mane Six about his world, his job, and the Markers and how they created the Necromorphs and how they terrorized the Earth, and how his father Issac destroyed all of the Markers. He felt like he was going to be getting over his death a lot faster while he was here. He was watching the Cutie Mark Crusaders while they played on the farm, and Applejack walked up to him.

"Hey, thanks Dante for watching the girls. They really seem to like you." She said smiling. "Yeah, they really do." He said looking at her smiling. "So, where's your suit?" She asked. "Its in the wardrobe, why?" He asked. "I was just wonderin' just in case ya need it." She said. He just smiled wider at her and she started to blush. Then Dante noticed that the bushes were rustling again. "Applejack go get my Plasma Cutter." She could hear the seriousness in his voice and ran off to get his Plasma Weapon.

He kept close watch on the girls and the bushes. Applejack hurried back with the Plasma Cutter and handed it to him. He held it down trying not to scare the girls. The bushes stopped rustling to reveal a bunny. Applejack and Dante sighed in relief that it was just a bunny. Then the bunny was slaughtered by a single stab by a mysterious arm that made them jump. The bushes continued to rustle revealing a Necromorph from the bushes. Dante's eyes widened and he rushed towards the girls.

"GIRLS MOVE NOW!!!!!" He shouted running towards them. They turned to see the Necromorph running towards them. They stood there petrified in horror as it charged at them. "NOW!!!!" He shouted again. They began to run as fast as they could but they weren't fast enough to outrun it. It raised its blade to slash at them but Dante raised his Plasma Cutter and shot it off. It began to charge at him but he shot its leg off and then it's head, killing it.

Dante ran over to the girls and hugged them tight. "Are you girls alright?" He asked. "Yes." Applebloom said sniffling. He looked at her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Hey, hey, don't cry, it's okay. I'm here, I'm right there." He said hugging her and stroking her hair trying to calm her down. She hugged him tighter and began to calm down. Dante still felt her tears on his shoulder.

He brung Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo back into the hug. "Are you two okay?" He asked them. "Yes." They said in unison. Dante and Applejack walked back up to the Necromorph. "How? My father destroyed all of the Markers, how are the Necromorphs still alive.?" They stood over the body until Dante spoke up again. "I'm going to Celestia and find out whats going on here." He said walking off. Applejack followed close by.

Dante was walking towards the throne when he was stopped by the guards. "I have a few questions Celestia." She stared at him giving the signal to ask his questions. "Why are the Necromorphs still alive, my father destroyed all of them." Celestia became worried. "I was afraid this was going to happen." She said. "Afraid of what?" She started to walk down to him. "Come with me. I must show you something." She said walking past him.

He followed close by until they reached a big, old, black door. "What's this?" Dante asked. Celestia shot her magick at the keyhole in the middle of the door, and it slowly opened. They walked inside and the room had a red glow to it and it was sending a creepy vibe to both of them. The walk further to come across a dial, with a sun, a moon, and Equestria in the middle.

Celestia spoke up. "This is a dial I made to show how long my spell will last, when we found the Marker and saw what it could do. I cast a spell on it that would suppress it's evil powers, but only for a period of time. When the eclipse happens, the Marker's powers will be released." Dante just stared in horror, he thought that his father had destroyed all of the markers, he thought that the horrible tyrant known as the Necromorphs was gone. He thought wrong.

"H-how? There's gotta be some way to keep it from destroying Equestria!" Celestia looked at him with a doubtful look. "God..." He leaned on a nearby wall. "DAMMIT!!!" He screamed banging on the wall. "We've gotta stop it! If this thing breaks out it's gonna consume Equestria, Earth, hell THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!! IT WON'T FUCKING STOP!!!" He fell to his knees and began tear up.

Celestia walked up to him and gave him a tight hug. "There has, to be, a way." He said between sobs. "Do you remeber how your father, Issac did it?" She asked him. "No." He said. "All I got was a message from my father saying that he was sorry that he couldn't be there for me." He said beginning to sob. She hugged him tighter. "Wait... my father, he-he mentioned something about the a planets core, that's how he destroyed the first one!" He said with a ray of hope shining on his face and he hugged Celestia back. "Thanks Celestia." She smiled and hugged him tighter.

Chapter 3: Warning

Dante knew what he had to do first, he had to warn Ponyville, find the Marker, and destroy it. But how was he going to get the Marker to a planet's core? He had to ask Luna about that one. It was sundown and Dante went to Luna's chambers and knocked on her door, but he was hesitant. He slowly raised his hand to knock on the door but Luna already opened it.

"Oh, hi..." He said. "What do you need Dante?" She was still not used to him due to the fact that he was a strange creature to her, he knew that, but he was okay with it. "Um, yeah,uh, I need to destroy the Marker and-" He was stopped by Luna. "You cannot destroy the Marker, it's powers are to great." She said trying to make a point. "Really? Then how did my father do it?" Her face instantly became flustered. Dante just smiled. "Anyways. I need a planet's core to destroy it, and if you can magically summon a Planet Cracker that'd be great." He said, she knew where he was going. "So you want me to put a hole in the moon so you can launch the Marker into it's core?" She asked

"Exactly." He said smiling. "I can do that, but we need to do it when the eclipse happens, for when it's powers are regained, they'll be going with it." She replied. He bobbed his head left and right. "Hmm, makes sense." He said. "Thank you, very much." He said.

She smiled at him, and he pulled her into a tight hug. She was shocked and didn't know how to react so she slowly hugged him back. They both pulled away and Dante walked off, but he turned and smiled at her, causing her to blush and close her door. She felt warm inside, nobody had ever done that with her. As he walked he thought. Is it just me? Or does everypony want me, I mean... yeah they're cute but... hell I don't know which one to choose. What about that Applejack? She seems cute, or maybe Rarity? No, I know about Spike's crush, that would ruin him. He needed a better time, and better place to think.

It was a beautiful Monday morning, the ONLY Monday that Dante liked, he really didn't like Mondays. He needed to send out a warning to Ponyville, Manehattan, Crystal Empire, and Canterlot, it was gonna be hard, but he had to keep everyone safe, he needed to make sure everyone was okay. Applebloom was with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo at their treehouse. She was looking out the window and spotted him looking at her smiling. The Cutie Mark Crusaders walked down from their treehouse and walked towards him.

"Hey girls, how you holding up?" He asked. "We're still kind of scared." Scootaloo spoke up. "Well, try your best not to be cause I'm gonna keep you girls safe." He said kneeling down. "And I'm gonna do what ever I can to keep you safe." They smiled at him and they all hugged him, and he returned the hug tightly. "I love you girls." He said. "We love you too." They said in unison making him smile brightly. "Okay, go on." He said standing up. The girls ran off back to their treehouse. Alright, who's next? I should just stick to he Apple Family and then move on to the other ponies.

Applejack was sleeping underneath the last Apple Tree she bucked, the apples sitting in the buckets. He walked over to her and sat down next to her and nudged her awake. "Hey Applejack." He said. "Howdy." She said stretching. "So, how are you holding up from what just happened?" He asked. "Well, it was strange, and to be honest, a little scary." She admitted. "Well, its good to know that your alright." He said, he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close. "I just want you to know that I'm gonna do anything to keep you safe, I won't let anything happen to you or you family."

She looked up at him worried. "What? You mean you're gonna be doing this on your own?" She asked. He nodded his head, she put her hoof on his chest and forced him to the tree. "Now listen here partner, we are a team, and that means we don't do anything on our own." She said starting to choke up. He smiled at her and pressed his hand against her cheek. "Don't worry, I'll be fine, I promise." He said, she put her hoof on his hand that was on her cheek. "Okay. But we will stick together until then, right?" She asked. He nodded at her smiling and she pulled him into a hug. He returned the hug quickly holding her tight.

He walked over to Bic Mac and sat down next to him. "Hey whats up Bic Mac?" He asked sitting down. "Nothin much." He replied. "So, something huge is about to go down, and I wanted you to know." He said, Bic Mac just nodded at him. "You know that I'm gonna keep your family safe right? Including Applejack and Applebloom?" He asked. Big Mac put a hoof on his shoulder and nodded again. "Y'know, she really likes you right?" He asked. Dante looked up at him surprised. "What?" He asked. "Applejack, she likes you." Dante was both surprised, and warm inside. Wow. That's awesome.

Dante finished up around Ponyville warning everypony, Celestia and Luna said that they would take care of Canterlot and The Crystal Empire. The Mane Six said that they would take care of Manehattan, Dante was grateful for this. He thanked them and said that he would look after Ponyville while they were gone. He made sure the all the apples in the orchard were picked, the library's books were sorted, Rarity's boutique was kept clean, the animals were fed and everypony was happy. He couldn't help Rainbow Dash with her job, but hell he didn't think she needed any. He knew that she could handle herself. But when the Necromorphs come, he needed to make sure they knew how to handle them. He was still waiting for that day to come, like it was just around the corner. He was so worried what happen. To Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Bic Mac, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie. The worst thought was at the back of his mind.... Applejack. He didn't know what he would do if something happened to her. No, you can't think like that, you promised her that you would keep her safe. He sighed and continued to walk down the road. You promised...

Chapter 4: Confessions

Dante was waiting there happily at the entrance of town for the girls to arrive. They had warned all the Main Capitals in less than a week, it was faster than Dante thought, well he did get help after all. As he waited he saw Rainbow Dash speed up to him and tackle him to the ground with a bone crushing hug.

"It's.... nice to see.... you too." He said between gasps of breath. She got off of him and smiled brightly. Next was Pinkie who gave him another bone crushing hug. "Alright! Enough with the bone crushing hugs! God, I feel like you're gonna break my back." He said. "Sorry darling, we missed you that's all." Rarity said hugging him. "You missed me after a few days? Me? I'm flattered." He said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Yeah well we like having you around, you're a laugh." Twilight said. "Wow, you've done well keeping the town together." She finished. "Wasn't easy." He replied. The girls laughed and then walked off. Dante heard someone trotting towards him from behind. He turned to see Applejack happily trotting towards him.

"Well aren't you hot to trot?" He asked playfully. She hugged him tightly. "Hot huh?" She asked sarcastically. Dante chuckled and looked away nervously. She pulled him back into the hug and he hugged her back. "I missed you." She said. "I missed you too. How was your time away?" He asked. "Long, AND boring." She replied. "Same, well, we should get some shut-eye after a few days of no sleep." He said walking towards the farm.

He started walking towards the barn when Applejack stopped him. "Hey, why don't you come sleep in the house tonight?" She offered. "I don't see why not." He said and followed her. He walked into the house and sat down at the table. "Where am I gonna be sleeping? The couch?" He asked chuckling. "No," She said walking up to him, she put her hoof on his chin and pulling his face closer to hers. "you'll be sleeping with me." She finished.

He smirked at her and then said, "Lemme get something to eat and I'll be right up." He said. She went upstairs and waited in for him in her room. He opened her door to see her laying there waiting for him on the bed. "Hey, you look nice." He said causing her to blush and smile at him. He crawled onto the bed with her and wrapped his arms around her then pulled her close to him.

"So uh, Bic Mac, told me that you like me." He said. "What? No, I don't like... yeah, I really like you." She says blushing redder than before. He smiles at her. "Well at least I finally know now, it was gettin hard to decide between the six of you." He said. "Wait, you mean, you like me too?" She asks. "Well, yeah. You're the element of honesty. Plus you're cute." She was REALLY blushing now, he even chuckled at how much she was blushing.

Her head lowered from confusion. "I, I just didn't know." Dante put his hand on her cheek and she looked at him. He was looking at her, smiling. Whenever he smiled at her she melted inside, he slowly leaned in and pressed his lips against hers. Her eyes widened in shock but then she closed them and returned the kiss. They kissed for what seemed like a few minutes before they broke it. "Welp, you know now." He said smiling. She smiled back and pulled him back into the kiss. He rolled on top of her and stuck his tongue in her mouth surprising her, but then she did the same, swirling it around his as his played around in her mouth.

She began to moan causing Dante to kiss her more passionately each time. She enjoyed this and wrapped her fore hoofs around him. He rolled over pulling her on top of him, he began to stroke her hair while moving his hand all over her body. He stopped kissing her and moved up to her ear. "So, what do you wanna do now?" He whispered, then he nibbled her ear causing her to moan a bit. "Just that." She said. He shrugged and then leaned back over to her ear. His breath on her ear was a sensational feeling to her. He then began to nibble on her ear causing her to yelp.

She was quivering over him as he nibbled her ear. "Now, what can I do to pleasure you?" She asked. "Um, I'll leave that for you to find out." He replied teasing her and then continued to nibble. She continued to moan. Dante felt something around his groin, but then heard Applejack groan. He looked down to see that she was trying to get his pants off. "Lemme help you with that." He said while nibbling her ear. He unbuttoned his pants and then began to pull them off revealing his underwear. Applejack groaned again and Dante chuckled and Applejack reached for those too, but Dante stopped her. "No, not yet." He said.

He stopped nibbling on her ear and continued to kiss her again, sticking his tongue back in her mouth and swirling it in every inch of her mouth. She was enjoying every minute of this moment, his tongue in her mouth, his lips pressed against hers, his body pressed against hers, the pleasure she was feeling was unbearable. She couldn't help but moan loudly.

Dante was more than aroused, he was desperate. He began to pull his underwear down revealing his fully stiffened penis. He slowly started sliding it into Applejack, she moaned loudly. "Just hurry up, I'm gonna wake everyone up if you don't." She said. Dante obeyed and slammed his dick into her. She nearly screamed but Dante covered her mouth muffling it.

"Okay, ready?" He asked. Applejack nodded. "Nibble my ear again." She said. He pulled her down towards him and nibbled her ear and slowly pulled in and out. She hugged him as he did this and began to moan. He got faster and faster every minute, and Applejack couldn't stop moaning, she was enjoying this more than Dante was. Dante was nibbling her ear pulling in and out of her as fast as he could.

"Oh god, I'm gonna..." He couldn't even finish his sentence because he was in so much ecstasy. "Me too." She said through her panting. After one last push he finally climaxed, and so did Applejack. They just layed there with each other. "That... was amazing... we gotta... do that again." Applejack said through her panting. "Yeah... we should... let's... go to sleep." Dante said before passing out from exhaustion. Applejack chuckled and the lied down by his side then kissed him on the cheek, then snuggled him.

Chapter 5: Far From Home

Dante woke up to find out that Applejack wasn't with him anymore. Must've gone downstairs. He thought. He got dressed again and went down stairs, Applebloom was sitting at the table eating, he walked over to he and kissed her on the head and tussled her hair, she smiled at him walking off. He looked outside to see the Mane Six was sitting in front of the barn waiting for him, He walked towards the barn to say hello.

"Hey girls!" He said walking towards them, they turned around surprised, except Applejack. "How did you get in the barn house?" Twilight asked. "Uh woke up early." He lied through his teeth. "Alright, you ready to get outta here?" He asked. "What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash asked. He looked at Applejack and then back at them. "I guess I forgot to tell you. You girls are not gonna be here when this goes down, it's to dangerous, and I'm the only one that knows how to handle them. And I don't want you to get hurt." He said.

Rainbow Dash rushed towards him and hugged him. "No! We are a team, we stick together!" She said hugging him tighter. He hugged her back and held her tight. "I'm glad that you want to stay here, but I really don't want you to get hurt, I just, wouldn't know what I would do if something happened to you girls." He said, he felt Rainbow Dash's tears on his shoulder.

"Hey, don't worry, I found something that would let you keep eye's on me." He said, he walked into the barn and picked up spherical object. He twisted it and it opened with some buttons on it. He pushed a single button and whirred and started floating around him. "This thing is a camera, you can keep eyes on me and I can see you." He said. He picked a little tablet (no not the Apple tablets) and he pushed a button on it and showed it to them. "See that? That's us right now, you can see me with this thing." They were looking at it with confusion. "Okay just don't touch anything on this thing if you want to keep seeing me." He said.

They were walking towards the train station. "Alright remember what I told you; Get the thee Crystal Empire, and stay safe. Kay?" They all nodded. The train arrived and they were about to board but Applejack stopped them. "Wait girls, I need to say goodbye." She said. They all stopped and looked at Dante and Applejack walked up to him. "Well, this is goodbye I guess, but not for long. Thanks for being there for us, thanks for being there for me." She put her fore hoofs on his shoulders and he wrapped his arms around her.

They smiled at each other and then leaned in and kissed each other. The girls stood there staring at them surprised. They pulled away and smiled again. "See you on the other side." He said. "Alright girls, this is goodbye, but I'll see you again soon. I promise." He said. They all smiled and did a group hug. He watched happily as the train departed. Once it was out of sight he lowered his head and sighed.

The only people left in Ponyville were; Dante, Celestia, and Luna. He went to their castle and to the throne room. "Hey princesses. Princesses?" He looked around for them. He heard a noise and he pulled out his Plasma Cutter and hid around the corner of the bedroom.

He heard a evil laugh come from the room and then the voice said, "When the Marker's powers are released, I shall use them to create my own army, and I shall take over ALL of Equestria!" It said with an evil laugh. He kicked the door open and aimed it at the enemy and it turned. "Ah, you must be Dante." She said. 'Who the fuck are you?" He asked still aiming at her. "I am Queen Chrysalis, Queen of the changelings. And I am going to be taking over Equestria, and rebuild my empire!" He just stared at her.

"I don't think that's gonna happen today!" He shouted and fired his Plasma Cutter. She disappeared and then reappeared behind him. He turned around and aimed at him but she shot it out of his hand and then shot him, knocking him unconscious.

He woke up in a dungeon tied to something. He looked over to his right to see Celestia and Luna tied up the same way. They had something on their horns preventing them from using their magic. "Oh shit, what the fuck happened now?" He asked. "Chrysalis plans to use the Marker's powers to create an army and take over Equestria and build a new empire. But she does not know that they will not obey her." Celestia replied. "Right, because they're mindless slaughtering machines that eat every single fucking thing they see." Dante stated.

"I need to get outta here, back to my suit." He said struggling. Then he saw his Plasma Cutter on the table near him. He reached his leg out and tried to pull the table close to him. He managed to pull it a few inches towards him. He kicked it and made it fall off the table and slid it over to his hands behind his back. He picked it up with his bound hands and shot the chains. He walked over to the Princesses and took the magical bound off their horns and then shot their chains.

"Alright lets get the fuck outta here before all hell breaks loose!" Dante shouted. They were running towards the throne room as fast as they could. "How much longer do we have?" He asked. "We have fifteen minutes until the sun and the moon are in place!" Luna shouted. "Shit! Celestia I need you to go and get my suit! Luna, I need you to go to the moon, and open it up for me now!" He ordered them. They both flew off and he continued to run to the throne room.

He burst through the throne room doors to see Chrysalis standing there in front of it with her changeling minions with her. "Finally, the moment is almost here. The sun and the moon are almost in place. All that power, mine, ALL MINE!" She shouted with greed. "Not today bitch!" Dante said shooting at her. He missed but he cut some of her hair off. She glared at him, he could see the rage in her eyes.

She fired her magic at him rapidly. He started to run to the left dodging her attacks. Celestia came back with his suit. "Toss it!" He shouted. She threw him the suit and he caught it and hid behind a wall. He slid into the suit and put his helmet on and then dashed forward. He fired away with his Plasma Cutter, severing and dismembering limbs. There wasn't really much changelings in the room, it would've been bad if an army were there, but there were a lot. There were limbs and blood everywhere. It was like an all out slaughterhouse. He tackled Chrysalis to the ground and put his Plasma Cutter up to her neck.

"Any last words?" He asked with his finger on the trigger. "None you'd wanna hear. "She replied. "I didn't think I even wanted to." He said slowly pulling the trigger. "Wait." Celestia said putting a hoof on his shoulder. "Just let her go." She said. He looked at her with a confused look on his face, but then he nodded. He let her go and put his Plasma Cutter away. "Go, get out of here. I don't want to see you again." He said with rage in his eyes. She glared at him, but then flew off. Then there was a loud bang, like metal clashing together.

Chapter 6: All On Your Own

They looked up to see the eclipse, and the skies turning red. Then they noticed that the eclipse had a hole forming in it. "Well, that's my cue, Celestia, I need you to launch the Marker up into space." He said to her, she was looking up at the skies and the eclipse. "Celestia! I need you to launch me, and the Marker, into space!" He shouted at her getting her attention. She nodded and prepared her magic. He grabbed onto the Marker and held tightly. There was a yellow aura around him and the Marker, then he felt a rumble beneath him.

Then he felt himself launch into the air with explosion under him. He looked under him to see that the castle was nowhere to be seen. The Mane Six were seeing the skies turning red and the eclipse happening, then they noticed a bright orange light through it all flying towards the moon. Twilight saw the tablet light up and they saw Dante. "Dante are you seeing this orange light? And why are you vibrating?" Twilight asked, everyone saw him on the screen. "Um. A) Because Celestia just launched the Marker into the air. And B) I AM THE ORANGE LIGHT!!!" He shouted. They looked back at the orange light in the air leaving the atmosphere. It was out of sight once it fully left the atmosphere. "Alright how much time do I have left?" He asked. "You've got thirty minutes before eclipse is finished. Make em count!" Twilight shouted. Alright, thirty minutes. I got this. Dante thought.

He looked up to see debris everywhere, but it was a nice view. "Girls, have you always wanted to see the stars up close?" Dante asked. "Well here ya go." He was slowly floating through space towards the open moon. He saw that mines were floating through the debris. Shit! He used his thrusters to maneuver through the debris and the mine field. "Ah, shit! I got mines on my end, I'm gonna see if I can't use my thrusters to get through it." He says trying to Marker out of the way. He uses all of his strength and force in his thrusters to push the marker. He lets out a loud grunt and moves the Marker way off to the left. Oh right, I'm in space so it's not that hard. He saw more mines incoming so he stopped the Marker. Okay so far so good. He thought.

He was making good progress he was almost there. "Come on, Come on!" He used his thrusters and pushed forward to the moon. "Dante you have ten minutes. Hurry!" Dante used all of his thrusters. But he was forgetting something. His eyes widened and he turned. He had one minute of air left. "Shit!" He was going as fast as he could using all the force in his thrusters to push the Marker forward. "Hey girls, this is it but..." He stopped and closed his eyes. "But what?" Applejack asked. "I, don't think I'll be able to keep that promise..." He said looking back at his air. Thirty seconds. "No... you... you promised!" She said beginning to choke up.

"I'm sorry Applejack, truly I am, I just won't make it, my air I...." He stopped, He looked at his air. Five seconds. He took a deep breath of what air he head left and pushed the Marker, he used the last of his force by pushing the Marker at the same time while boosting with his legs, sending launching into the moon. His camera angle changed to show the Marker flying into the moon, then causing a shockwave, then an explosion. With the of his air, Dante said, "I love you Applejack, I love you." He said beginning to drift off into space. His air gauge reached zero and his health bar began to go down. Applejack was crying. "I love you too." She said through her sobs.

Dante's health bar went blue to yellow, to red, in a matter of seconds, but she managed to say it before it went to nothing. He slowly floats back to Equestria and goes through the atmosphere burning through the skies, then crash landing. Just like the first time he came to Equestria. He enjoyed those times, having fun with the girls, spending time with Applejack, snuggling Applebloom for the first time. Applebloom absolutely loved Dante, almost like a father, and he loved her almost like a daughter. He would never be able to feel those feelings again. Loving Applebloom and Applejack, their soft coats, their love, their emotion towards him. He was like family to the Apple Family. The Mane Six, Apple Family, Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Princesses. All gone.

He was falling, slowly, lifelessly, and then it all ended with a crash, and there wasn't a med pack that would help his injuries. The girls looked up to see the eclipse fading away, the skies turning back to blue and the clouds calming down. And they saw Dante falling like a meteor down to Ponyville. "Come on! Lets go!" Rainbow Dash shouted. They quickly rushed back to

Ponyville, they followed the smoke cause they knew that's where he'd be. They were running through the Everfree Forest towards his direction, then they found him. He punched through the ground and into a cavern about eighty feet down. They descended down into the cavern and found his body lying there. His suit was destroyed beyond repair, luckily he had his helmet on when he fell or else he wouldn't have a face. Applejack galloped over to him and pulled his helmet off and them put her fore hoofs of his cheeks.

"Dante? Dante! Please wake up, please!" She says shaking him. "Move over for a sec." Twilight said. She used her magic and flipped them over. His RIG had no bars. "I'm sorry, he's gone." Twilight said. "No! There's gotta be some sort of healing spell!" She shouted sobbing over Dante. Twilight just shook her head and then picked Dante's body up with her magic. "He died with pride, courage, and love. His death will not be in vain. He sacrificed himself for the good of others." Twilight said walking out of the cavern with Applejack following close by.

Dante died the same way as his father. Destroying the Marker, and sacrificing himself for others. Ponyville mourned in his name. Everypony knew that he sacrificed himself for them. They loved him dearly, he was a good man. Applejack was happy knowing that he was too and so was Applebloom. The last Marker was destroyed, the galaxy was saved from the deadly Necromorphs, and Dante and Issac were written down in history, as heroes.