Author's Note

Finally the hiatus is over. Thanks for being patient.

Daddy's Girl

It was a rather dark day and a thick blanket of clouds were in the sky as Darkened Hallow was walking through the forest, to once again, spend some time with Rainbow Dash. On this day they were planning to have a picnic together in the Everfree Forest, to escape being made fun of by Applejack. But as he walked through the shady forest, he heard an extremely faint voice. It was barely audible, but it was still there. If Darkened Hallow was correct, this voice could belong to no other than "Rosey", the name by which he used to call his daughter before they were separated. There was only one way to find out if it was in fact her, so he began walking toward the voice, and he eventually saw her, lying in the shade of a tall tree, looking an awful lot less twisted than she did when she left him and his wife all that time ago. Had she finally gotten over White Flame? It didn't matter to him anyway, all that truly mattered to him was that his little girl was okay. As gradually crept towards her, her ear suddenly twitched and she turned around and instantly trotted as fast as she could towards her daddy, and hugged him as tightly as possible.

Now, Darkened Hallow wasn't a stallion who cried very often, he usually held in his tears no matter how cheerful or depressed he was. But for this special reunion with Night Rose, he burst into a downpour of tears. "Night Rose, you're alright!" he exclaimed as he sobbed, still trying to contain his tears.

Night Rose continued to hug her father, and eventually let go. "Yes daddy, I'm alright! It's been so long!" She began, "But... I'm really sorry for what I did to mom..." and with that, the mood quickly shifted from happy to mournful.

Darkened Hallow let out a long sigh, but he brushed his daughter's mane with his hoof. "I forgive you, Rosey. Don't feel bad, your mother is in a better place now." As he said this, a tear went down Night Rose's cheek.

"It's all my fault..." she said softly in a shaky voice.

"No, it isn't, it was White Flame and Shadow Fang that caused this," stated Darkened Hallow.

Hearing the name "White Flame", Rosey blushed. Seeing her do so, Darkened Hallow squinted his eyes. "Oh for fuck's sake, don't tell me that you still have feelings for him. Even after all that he's put you through?" he groaned.

"I do... but it's okay, he's changed!" admitted Night Rose.

"I doubt it," Darkened Hallow said with a scowl.

But before they could start arguing, Rainbow Dash came trotting through the leaves. "Oh, hey Hallow! I was looking for you- wait, is that Night Rose?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Darkened Hallow grinned happily and walked over to his friend and gave her a hug, but just as he was about to answer her question, Darkened Hallow's ear began twitching furiously. Not far off from where they were he could hear a voice that sounded like White Flame’s, calling out for Night Rose. "Dashie, go hide over there," he ordered, pointed his hoof over to a group of bushes. "I have some business I want to settle." Dash nodded her head and quickly leapt into a nearby bush.

"Dad, please don't hurt him..." begged Night Rose.

"Quiet. I'll do exactly what he deserves," he answered, and then suddenly shot up above the tops of the trees.

"Rosey! I was looking for you!" White Flame said cheerfully as he came out of a patch of bushes and saw Night Rose, and he then proceeded to kiss her on the cheek. But as he did so, Darkened Hallow dove from the sky directly towards White Flame as quickly as he could possibly go, crashing into him and knocking him to the ground, he then began to punch White Flame’s face furiously with both hooves.

Night Rose quickly ran up and struggled to pull her father away from her lover. "Dad, stop!" she yelled. Since he didn't listen the first time, she screamed the next, "I said STOP!"

Darkened Hallow slowed his assault until he halted completely, and then glared at White Flame and spat in his eye. Pulling himself closer, he warned White Flame, "If you ever dare to hurt my little girl again, I swear to god, I'll rip off your cock and shove it right up your ass, alright?"

Frightened enough, White Flame stuttered, "Y-yeah, o-okay. I won't do anything to her. I promise," he then quickly squirmed over to Night Rose and whimpered.

"You always were a pussy, mate," teased Darkened Hallow. "You can come out now, Dashie!" he yelled.

A blue ear poked out of the bush, and Rainbow Dash asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure," he responded.

"You sure you're sure?" said Rainbow Dash playfully.

"Yes, yes, I'm sure, you can come out now."

Little by little, Rainbow Dash came out of the bush. Then, she pounced over next to Darkened Hallow.

"So who’s this?" asked White Flame.

"I'm Rainbow Dash, I'm Hallow's pal! And you're White Flame, right? Well, it's nice to meet you." she responded, introducing herself. She then grabbed her basket full of food and goodies, poked Darkened Hallow, and gestured to a nearby tree. The two walked over to the shady part of the tree and settled down.

"Um, Dad? Would you mind if White Flame and I joined the picnic?" asked Night Rose.

Darkened Hallow smiled. "Yeah, sure."

White Flame and Night Rose lay down beside each other, much to Darkened Hallow's repulsion. The two ate their food elegantly, while in contrast, Darkened Hallow and Rainbow Dash pigged out in a food eating contest, laughing and throwing left-over food, genuinely having a good time.

Later, while Darkened Hallow was taking a nap in the shade of a tree, out of nowhere Night Rose came up to Rainbow Dash and asked an awkward question. "Hey Dash, are you and my dad, you know, dating or something? You guys seem really into each other."

Rainbow Dash laughed a little bit, and then replied gleefully, "No, we actually aren’t. I'm not exactly into him that much to be honest. Maybe a teeny tiny crush, cuz he is kinda cute, but really we're just friends."

Night Rose looked at Rainbow Dash, then over to her father. "Are you sure you don't have a big crush on him?" she teased.

"Look, if I did, I would've told him by now."

Night Rose sighed, "Okay... but I was just hoping that maybe you could be his special somepony, especially since he's been so lonely ever since I killed mom..."

Rainbow Dash looked at Darkened Hallow, and then lifted Night Rose's spirits with a little jab with her hoof. "Don't worry, I'll find someone for him, I promise. Just give me some time."

A few hours later, Darkened Hallow woke up from his nap, he nudged Rainbow Dash, and she looked at him and grinned. "I think we should call it a day, come on, I'll take you home," he said.

"Alright, let's go!" she exclaimed.

Darkened Hallow looked over to Night Rose, "Bye, kid." He then of course looked over to White Flame and sneered, "Good riddance."

Rainbow Dash frowned when he said this, but she kept it to herself. She then pressed her flank against Darkened Hallow's and together they walked away from the two.