Rehab with Bright Colors

Almost like a bad dream the images tapered down until only sweet blackness remained, and while he was perfectly content to simple stay that way he knew there were people waiting for Celestia to finish her observation. When he opened his eyes his vison was obscured by nothing but pastel fluff and he could feel the Princess breathing against his neck. She was hugging him, and when she pulled away to look him in the eye he could see the dread within them and the tears streaking her cheeks.

Like sharing a secret too terrible to bear he felt bad for the ruler as he he raised his powered hand up and wiped the tears off of her cheek. He had warned her after all, but it still didn't make him feel any better. She didn't have the machine to push it all down and dull the pain out. When she turned away and opened the doors to her chamber Vinyl, Luna, Shining, Cadence, and Twilight flooded into room. They all asked question, but with a strained shout from Celestia they were silent.

A quill and a few pieces of parchment floated towards her as she voiced what was being written down.

"Hexus Murdoc is here by granted amnesty and free to explore the cities and lands under my rule in peace. He will be billeted a place of residence within the palace and a stipend from this day forth until he so chooses to depart. All matters concerning him of city, state, or law shall be forwarded to me and he is free to refuse questioning by any authority outside of my own or my sister Luna. I here by judge the contents of his mind to be dangerous and forbid any pony the use of mind altering or reading spells on the grounds of life imprisonment."

Signing the document and sealing it with a stylized stamp the Princess scratched out a second note before signing it as well.

"Shining Armor. Hex's weapons are to be stored within the castle vaults, and tampering with them in any way shall carry with it the same sentence of tapping into his mind. Should he pass away they are to be destroyed immediately without a trace. This document is here by a royal order and is to be printed and distributed throughout the entire realm of Equestria."

Turning towards him she dipped her head in a small nod before speaking. "You are free to go as you please but I ask that you keep the contents of your recent years a secret. There will come a day when I ask you to educate my ponies on the matter of your former enemies, but I beg you do not share it with anypony until I have prepared the appropriate ponies to take the account."

Walking slowly behind him he could feel the access panel open and the distinct beeps of the release code being entered in before a confirmation chime sounded and the panel was once more closed.

"Shining, all matters of today are to be canceled and rescheduled for another time... I am to remain undisturbed for the remainder of the day."

As Luna and Twilight stepped past him to comfort the Princess Hex opened a hip compartment and removed a clear plastic cube filled with light blue pills. Turning around he offered them to Celestia. "Take one of the tablets before you go to sleep Celestia. They are designed to prohibit dreaming. Until you learn to deal with those memories, its best that you sleep without being plagued by them. They never worked on me before, and I've only kept them for other soldiers within my unit to use."

After floating the container to a bedside table the Princess hugged him one last time before asking him not to cause too much trouble for her ponies, and with that Hex left her there with Twilight and Luna as the rest of them left her in peace. An awkward silence followed them as Cadence, Shining, and Vinyl led the way towards Hex new home.

"Hey Scratchy.... About that thing we talked on earlier.... Wanna do it tonight?"

"Holy crap dude?! Really? I gotta go make some calls I'll be back in a bit!"

With a chuckle at her diminishing shape that left him alone with Cadence and her husband as they finally reached their destination. Cadence opened the door and walked into the large room first before turning to him with a nervous smile.

"I hope you enjoy your stay here Hex. There's lots to do and if you're free before Twilight jumps you I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have on ponies or Equestria. Twily probably knows a lot more than me but her lectures can leave even the stoutest learners comatose."

Hex actually bowed slightly in thanks, and before the two of them could depart he spoke.

"Shining Armor, a moment if you could?"

With a nod to Cadence the stallion turned to look at Hex who knelt beside him and spoke softly.

"Keep an eye on Celestia Shining... I don't know how badly the memories got to her, but I'm the only one she can talk to about it.

"How could your crimes have been so terrible that they would hurt her so much?"

"I killed two soldiers to keep my bother from being tortured, broken, and turned into a mindless killing machine, and my mother from being dissected. He was.... gifted, but it was a time of war and they didn't care what was done to the soldiers, especially with how deadly they could make him with such gifts. Does it bother you that I would do it again?"

".... was there no other way?"

"They had to die and I had to continue fighting the others or they would never have gotten the chance to escape. You may not like me Shining, but you have killed, and you will kill again for your families sake. I don't ask forgiveness for my crimes, but you have the right to at least know why I wear my prison."

He only nodded grimly before offering his hoof, one he tapped with a closed fist to get a resounding clunk before turning to leave him alone with his thoughts.

It didn't take him long to finally strip out of his armor, and for the first time in years he could actually see his body instead of a holographic image of it. He was deathly white, and while his muscles were defined and hardened from continuous combat the stark pink of scars crossing his whole frame would never be completely hidden.

The chemical bath he took while locked in the suit kept his body from growing hair, which made his over all appearance even more disturbing but there was nothing he could do about it. Wondering into the gigantic bathroom he could only whistle low at the gigantic steaming pool of water being constantly refilled by a small water fall. Fancy didn't cover its description.

Wading in he couldn't make heads or tails of what the soaps were for so he used a bit of everything to scrub down before getting out and toweling off. Manly soap was in order if he was going to stay, he smelled like a field of flowers, but he'd rather be clean than dirty.

Scrubbing the water out of his hair he walked back into his room when the door burst open as Vinyl barged in.

"Dude this place is sweet......"

Being ass naked with Vinyl staring at him Hex simply dropped the towel and placed his hands behind his head. Shifting his hips left and right his dick swung about and made a gentle flopping noise against his legs as he adopted a sultry voice.

"Do you like what you see? Am I hung like a pony?"

~Flop, Flop, Flop, Flop

"This is the dance of my people."

~Flop, Flop, Flop, Flop

Shining called out from the hall way before barging in as well. "Hex I brought you your stipend but don't go blowing it all on booze or something..........."

~Flop, Flop, Flop, Flop

"STOP LOOKING AT MY PENIS! YOU'RE MAKING ME TERRIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE"

Vinyl skidded on the marble floor in her haste to escape as well as Shining who dropped the bag he was carrying and slammed into the poor mare as they both tumbled out of the doorway in a tangled mess. Shiny kicked the door shut as Hex laughed so hard he had to run into the bathroom to keep from pissing himself.