Embracing the Sun

Everyone stared at the barrel, watching the smoke rise with a slow tendency of suspense and horror that was common to see. I, on the other hand, continued to glare at the sick pedophile, as if he was my next kill.

Circumstances were leading to his death, but killing him now would be too easy when the gun everyone stared at was not real. Instead of the bullet in my gun being in his skull, the bullet we watched was in a glass window that is not real.

How is it not real you ask; well...here's how.

"Sorry everyone" the waitress apologized, smiling sheepishly as she lowered the volume of the television that is in the corner. "This is my favorite movie, and I forgot that I turned it all the way up"

Needless to say that she was on everyone's bad side now, but because of her forgetfulness I was able to stay my hand while Sombra and the girls took this chance of distraction to crawl out from under the table and dart towards us. Brock was startled by the gunshot from the movie that was edited, for his breathing was a deep wheeze that I could tell is from asthma.

I didn't care though, I enjoyed calming down enough to see him breathe for dear life before he shuffled through his pockets to find an inhaler. Sadly he took it and saved himself the trouble of having inflamed lungs, so now I had to watch him turn around and wonder where the kids went.

That is until Sombra ran into my arms and hugged my neck with all the strength he has.

"Daddy" he whispered, closing my anger to the edge of murder with his followed-up whimpers. "He touched my flanks"

You would think that my response is to raise my gun and shoot the sick bastard for touching the child like that, which was very tempting and very hard to resist when my right hand was trembling with the urge to unclip the wing shooter from its' holster. Celestia however knew what I was going to do and acted fast with grabbing my arm and throwing me into a spin.

With little movement and time to react, I crashed into the soft tenderness that is her lips and felt her arms wrap around my back so powerfully.

"No" she whispered, this time pulling me into her chest and pecking my lips. "You said you want to protect these foals; well protect them by walking away from that monster...while I handle it"

I cocked my brow and questioned..."You handle it?"

She didn't say anything to my questioning, or so much as nod at me, but rather surprised me with walking around and pointing at the car.

"Wait in the device" she ordered coolly, then turned around to face the fat freak that was eyeing her like a piece of candy.

If I wasn't stuck with the foals I would have told her hell no and for me to handle this, but that same maternal voice she possesses became authoritative. My thoughts were still enraged and full of dark desires that I will not speak of, but those four words that passed from her mouth showed some sort of trigger that was in her eyes.

"Go" she whispered softly, yet so clearly, angrily...threateningly.

By that time, there was the fear and instinct to do as she says before whatever else happened. Something about her was different though, a warm and frightening smile wormed across her mouth, as if some dark force was born inside her.

And holy shit did her smile terrify me. Not that it was so...evil, but that her eyes followed with a darkening of green and purple before the mysteries of magic confused me.

By the time I walked out of the door with the kids, I watched the world inside I-Hop freeze under some sort of power that glowed from the sun goddess. Everyone was frozen, stuck in place with no idea of the alicorn being the cause of it all, as if trapped inside and unable to so much as sneeze.

She was in her pony form again, but the windows blackened until there was not a smidge of glass to peek through. Yet I felt some sinister energy from her, an energy that made me feel heavy with the monstrous intent of shredding anyone and anything that dared to speak ill of me.

So much anger and fear, the very erosion of it sent shivers down my spine as I seated the foals into their booster seats.

"Mommy" Chrysalis said, staring back as I buckled her into the booster seat and handed her new favorite blanket.

"What the hell?" I asked myself, trying to figure out what she was doing to that man in there while feeling these dark emotions leave my body.

Unfortunately...or fortunately for me, said princess walked out as a human again, leaving the restaurant in one piece and back to its normal pace of day. However there was something odd hanging out of her hand, a rolled up piece of paper to be exact, and by the way it was partially burnt told me she received a letter from one of her ponies.

"Okay-" she chimed, closing the door before buckling herself in. "-Where to my love?"

Yeah I was a little stressed and slightly afraid of her, almost wanting to point my gun at her and question what just happened. Until the blackened piece of paper in her hand burnt into nothing, and her voice returned to its gentle and loving tone.

With all of this being so sudden, I started the car but didn't drive away from the restaurant that didn't show any indifference to what happened.

And yet...Brock was gone.

"What did you do?" I asked calmly, fighting the fear... as if I could anymore.

As if to follow up with her words, she leaned into my shoulder and began to nibble on it very gently...and I felt the love from it before...hearing her dark whisper.

"Let's just say that Tartarus has a new prisoner, and Cerberus is...quite hungry"

I didn't speak or ask anymore about her actions, my desire to kill the son of a bitch was probably fulfilled. But the love this mare has for me brought my mind to the conclusion of her benevolent nature not being the only side that can be seen.

Her eyes lidded halfway as a smirk drew itself between her cheeks, loving, caring...and evilly I think.

"Everyone has a dark side to them" she tittered, moving a hand under my shirt until it stopped over where my heart is at. Mine is just well-controlled for such moments...unless-

"Unless?" I trembled quietly, the touch of her hand now being where I am slightly uncomfortable with.

"Unless someone dares to touch or harm you, then my title as Princess of The Day truly...shows"

For that moment, my heart stopped at her words that were proud and passively threatening. Now I knew just how desperate this mare was to keep me to herself, and by what just showed in her eyes...I could see that her loneliness is deep.

Her feelings may be true and honoring, but I was still nervous to feel this mare kiss me and hold my hand after I put the hummer into drive.

Note to self: Be sure to warn women that try to flirt with me

Now at The Mall

Finally we reached the mall and found Dillards through this hellhole of snobby and perky people. The pushing and shoving through the crowd was still the same as I remember. People were on their phones, paying no attention to those around them, teenagers were walking in groups that I assume are supposed to be thug-like.

Their eyeing of Celestia was pointless when she is with me, but that weird nature of her being mine made me a little possessive when we passed every punk that winked or whistled at her.

Seriously, when did the generation of delinquents finally grow the sacs to whistle at my mate?

"Oh Joshua, do not fret" Tia crooned, giggling quite innocently as she stared at some expensive shirts. "Tis you that owns me, just as I own you"

I didn't say anything to her, I only waited for the kids to come out of the dressing rooms to show off their new style of clothing. Then again I shouldn't be so impatient about it with tapping my fingers on the chair, I mean it is pretty nice to get out of the house and spend quality time with the four ponies.

Having them cooped up in my house is a guilt I feel, knowing that I could have done this sooner instead of being selfish about my needs to be left alone.

"Everything okay kids?" I asked, only to watch the doors open and reveal three swag foals smiling and loving their new clothes.

Sure they're ponies, but to see them walk out with a little style made me a little proud and happy. Not sure why this felt good, but seeing those smiles did make this day much better while having a few of the clerks approach.

And by clerks I mean women that were adoring the three foals.

Sombra was in denim jeans that overlaid his Reeboks, the shirt was long sleeved and plain, but under a nice black coat that looks more formal than casual. Chrysalis was in black pants and a green shirt, but also wearing a plaid jacket that was furry on the inside and with a hoodie.

And lastly, Nightmare Moon was matching her hair with a blue jacket that has a sash and large buttons. Clearly it was some sort of formal wearing, but at least she smiled and giggled while looking down at her leather boots and jeans.

Of course I made sure to pick out other clothes for them, lots of other clothes that would dent my credit card, but the best thing about seeing them so happy was the reward that suddenly wrapped around me as tightly as possible.

If it wasn't for the warmth and love, I don't think my day would be good at all.

"Thank you daddy" they said sweetly, heating up my cheeks while the clerks were watching.

"Oh my gosh" the tallest one cooed, slender and red haired, but also voluptuous. "Are these angels yours?"

"Yeah they are" I chuckled nervously, scratching my neck in embarrassment of this...until-

"Well, well, well," a masculine voice said behind me, pruning my happy moment with the sexual tone that was predatory "Seeing you now is better than when I looked through the window"

And about this voice, I remembered it very...very...well.

"Isaac" I said with a venomous growl.

Thus I turned around and glared at the drug abusing asshole, watching his cheek redden with the sudden sound of a hand going across him after he touched the backside of my mare.

My mare...yeah...my mare, my woman!

"How dare you!?" Celestia screamed, standing her ground with the unstable man.

Third Person

You would assume that Celestia had the idea to back away from the veteran when the pain she inflicted wore off. Had she thought about moving away for her own safety she would realize that it was for the best of her benefit. Unfortunately for said princess, her pride as a monarch, as a symbol of peace, as a god, clouded her judgment of just how dangerous this man could be.

Now she was standing in dangerous situation with Isaac, forgetting what Joshua said about him and his tendency to not care about respecting other people. Clearly she saw such personality show when he was at Joshua's house, demanding compensation for the damage that was done to his son's truck, but that arrogance she holds kept her blind to the realities of this world.

That reality being humans are not as peaceful as her ponies.

Sadly for her, but lucky at the same time, she had to remember through fear.

"Fucking cunt!" Isaac growled, barreling his fist towards the startled mare. "Teach you to respect me, you whore!"

Unable to dodge the fist coming at her, Celestia flinched and braced for the impact that was inches from connecting to her nose. The suspenseful ten seconds of waiting passed by before opening her eyes again to see what was stopping the perverted sicko.

Surprisingly, yet awesomely to her, the fist that was supposed to touch her was halted by one hand being around the wrist while the other was a fist that knocked the tobacco out of Isaac's mouth.

The foals were astonished of their guardian, gawking in awe of the fiery obsession that he denies having over the mare...until now.

"Touch my girl and I'll beat the shit out of you!" Joshua spat, curling his arms for the ready of what he just started.

At that point it was very clear to everyone; there was no doubt of the young man having himself a fight with the elder that was getting up and scowling. The clerks were now gone, fetching for the security phone, and Celestia was in front of the foals with her magic secretly ready for her human.

"Fucker, I'll kill you!" Isaac bellowed, startling Joshua with his wild rush that was damaging to his prosthetic leg.

Having little room to move, thanks to so many clothes racks, Joshua took the harsh tackle into the glass counter with every ounce of his mentality to help ignore the pain that jolted through his spine. Luckily he had his jacket on, causing the glass shards to only pierce the leather while he fell to floor with a sudden flurry of punches.

"Daddy!" the foals screamed, fighting the urge to use their little bit of magic on the elder.

Isaac was merciless on the young man, his calloused fists retracted and fired with relentless intention of killing the man before security could show up and break them apart. He didn't care if he would go to prison, his son would live just fine with his aunt, and being in prison meant three square meals a day.

Plus he was just old and tired of working to make a living, even when he is handicapped.

"Joshua!" Celestia screeched, only to be stopped by her maternal instinct of protecting the upset foals.

Thank her lucky stars however, for her human was quick to respond.

"I'm gonna fuck your woman, whether she wants it or not!" Isaac laughed, rising from the bloodied human with a devilish smirk across his beard.

And just as he was about to stomp the man's head into the tiled floor, he felt a size thirteen boot crash into his groin three times. Thus the fight changed with Joshua standing as quickly as he could, forgetting the blood that seeped from his mouth and dripped from his probably broken nose.

Enraged by the elder man's words, he found the strength to howl and grab the head of the drug addict for the shifting of their fight. Once he ran out of the store, dragging Isaac by the head for all to see, he rose his head and slammed it into the nearby railing.

"Don't. Touch. My. Woman!" he barked with each slam, breaking the man's skin and sense of balance until he was bored of hearing the same cling of metal.

Staggering from so much dizziness, but still coherent and angry, Isaac did another wild rush to the young man. But with hardly the power to fight, he decided in his dazed mind that choking him out was the best thing to do.

Celestia and the foals were forced to watch and see this happen as Joshua became confused with the man's sudden leap into the air. With a bench at side, the drug addict leaped on and off of it to knock the young millionaire down. His legs wrapped around Joshua's neck, dragging him to the floor while security guards were running up the stairs with their stun-guns charged.

"Leave him alone!" Celestia begged, but the unhealthy man continued to punch Joshua's head as they both went down to the floor.

It was looking bleak for said human, his arms could not wrap around to punch the man or find the interlocking of both legs. His breathing was cut off, the pain was starting to affect his vision, and the screams of all three foals were fading with the slow blackout that came with the lack of oxygen to his brain.

Strangely he didn't go down when his knees were ready to give out; instead his eyes became bloodshot and heavy with deep a will of fire that is from imagining Isaac having his way with Celestia. Of course he knew that wouldn't happen, for there were too many people to witness a crime taking place, and said princess would turn him into ash before he could put a hand on her breasts.

But knowing that such a monster existed and admitted his intentions so mockingly, the need to win drove every bit of his energy into his legs and back.

"Over my dead body!" Joshua screamed while remaining on his feet, finding a nearby jewelry stand that was nothing but glass and metal.

"Not my mate!" he screamed in his mind, and without warning proceeded to grab Isaac's thighs and lift him off the ground.

Everyone that witnessed this was mesmerized of Joshua's sheer strength. For him to lift the sicko off the floor was a tremendous feat of athleticism and willpower when that is clearly three-hundred pounds holding him down by the neck.

The guards finally arrived at the scene, but were too late to stop Joshua from doing what he did to the man. They watched him lift Isaac, until there was no more altitude to add, and slam him into the biggest glass class that was filled with expensive rings and necklaces.

Whoever ran that specific stand was going to have a long day with explaining how so much damage was done. The glass case was shattered, jewelry was embedded into Isaac's skin, but Joshua was the only one conscious for the startling pain that came with fighting in a public area.

With the fight over and done, Isaac bleeding and out like a light, he spat blood and turned away to return to his mare and foals. His desires were stopped though, his need to resuming the day was thwarted with the instant piercing of two small rods that touched his torso and jolted him.

And without warning or demand to surrender, he fell to the ground with uncontrollable spasms that burned through his every fiber. His movements were not his own, his mind faded into darkness, and the echoing screams of his mate became the last thing he heard while the security guards were shocked of their youngest member acting without thinking.

"You idiot, you're supposed to try and make him surrender before hitting him" one of the guards yelled, causing an unwanted trigger in the alicorn.

Unconscious in an instant, forced to shut his eyes in front of the foals, Celestia felt horrified and disgusted of the humans that hurt her sweet Joshua. She watched as he convulsed with shivers that came after the spasm, and the security guards cuffing him as they are told in protocol.

"Get them in the holding cell, and call the police!" the leader ordered.

Hearing those words pass her ears, the solar alicorn twitched with an unknown source of obsession and protectiveness for Joshua. Her hands trembled, her eyes flashed a pure white that was filled with hatred, and the power of her magic showed through the speed of changing into her pony form in front of every person that was there.

The pace of her heartbeat increased rapidly, every bit of magic she had was directed to the one thing that she has yet to ask her mate, and the sight of seeing her man being unconscious drove her to the frightening nature that is an alicorn being in love.

Said mare grit her teeth, snatching her mate from the guards with her magic, and screamed with a venomous and cold tone that goes beyond natural.

"Keep your bucking hands off my Joshua!" she roared, terrifying the witnesses with her lashes of fire and lightning.

Too scared to move or speak, the entire crowd watched as the princess thrashed the entire area. Mannequins were melted, glass was shattered, phones and other devices were blown up by the electrical pressure of her magic, and the flash of light she produced blinded everyone from the actions she did out of desperation to save her unconscious mate.

Unsure of what to do, the guards were idiotically trapped between mall protocol and doing something in order to protect the shoppers from the alicorn.

But to their dismay of such a conflict, the flash of light disappeared as fast as it came...and left nothing but a black spot in the floor.

Within those seconds of being petrified, Celestia made her mark on the world with her rage and love for the human that went with her and the foals. She made the world know, the world that will never see her again, that gods do exist and will hurt the ones that dare to touch the ones they love.

Joshua being in particular of this matter, knowing now that her outburst was over his pain and suffering. It wouldn't matter though, not when he was unconscious to the world that warped from his reality to the reality that is Celestia's. And even if it was too soon to do this, the princess did it out of her desperation for him to be a child of Equestria.

Not that he wasn't anyway, especially when her cutie mark was so clear on his palm and very attached to him, as if it was part of him.

Now the troubling question to the crowd is...where did they go?

Only one mare knows, and right now she was in her bedroom again, levitating her human onto the neatly made bed before tending to the foals that were crying or whimpering over his injuries.

Time to Celestia was of the essence, for she knew nothing of what the strange device did to Joshua other than shock him into unconsciousness. Her mind was at speed of the problem, she was using all of her knowledge to assess the situation with a startling connection that only one pony has with her.

Said connection being at a late time though, for it was in the evening of her day...and the one she wanted to speak with was still asleep.

Luna, Luna are awake!?

Wha...sister?

Luna I beg of you to wake up, I've returned to Equestria with the foals and my mate, but he's unconscious and has metallic needles in his chest!

You're back...but I thought it would be another month before-

Luna please! Joshua is hurt and I can't leave the foals alone with him! Fetch me a doctor now!

Remembering the ferocity her sister can express, Luna was out of her bed and on her hooves faster than lightning. She was still unsure and confused of Celestia's return, but sensing the terror and worry in her sister snapped the lunar princess out of her grogginess for the sake of the human she has wanted to meet for weeks now.

Whether it was to be friendly or not mattered no more, not when her big sister was panicking over his state of unconsciousness.

With her crown and slippers on again, she burst into a gallop that confused the guards while she echoed the halls with her booming voice that hasn't been heard since Nightmare Night.

Poor ponies, having to hear such a voice once more.

"Out of my way right now! she ordered, passing maids and butlers that jumped when they heard her Royal Canterlot Voice. "I need the nurses and doctors to my sister's room immediately!

With those words blasting through the castle, everyone was on high alert and following The Princess of The Night to her sister's room.

Strangely though, through al of the drama that was so quick and unseen, Celestia stopped her pacing around the bed and pondered an inconclusive thought.

Said mare whispered to herself, ignoring the world around her for just a moment.

...

"Did we pay for those clothes?"

To Be Continued...