A Night of Love, A Day of Wrath

"So, how does it feel to be a celebrity?" Asked Twilight lightheartedly.

She and Adrian were walking home to the library after his first public performance at the Hoofbeat Club. Twilight and Adrian had parted company with their friends an hour after the performance. Adrian had been surprised when Twilight asked to be taken home so soon, even more surprising was that she then insisted they take the long way so they could talk.

"Well in all honesty I think anonymity would be preferable, still I'm glad my song was a hit."

Twilight giggled before going quiet, she seemed like she was trying to decide if she should say something or not.

"Adrian?" She asked with a slight degree of hesitance.

"Yes?"

"Do you. . . . . . Do you love me?"

Adrian stopped abruptly to stare at Twilight in confusion.

"Of course I love you Twilight, why would you even ask?"

Twilight chewed on her lower lip nervously.

"When they brought you to the hospital three days ago, everypony was certain you would die. Your body was covered in third degree burns, you were bleeding internally, and your heart was failing."

Adrian looked into Twilight's eye's seeing the fear and pain within them."I had no idea my injuries were that bad, even with an enhanced body I'm amazed I'm not dead."

"Twilight why. . . ."

Twilight interrupted before Adrian could finish his question.

"I thought I was going to lose you, we all did, it was the first time I ever felt completely helpless."

Adrian remained silent as Twilight closed the gap between them her eyes shimmering in the light of the crescent moon.

"I made a vow that if you woke up I would show you what you mean to me."

Leaning forward Twilight pressed her lips to Adrian's in heated kiss. Adrian was surprised at first but soon he wrapped his arms around Twilight deepening the kiss. Adrian licked Twilight's lips silently asking for entrance, she complied readily giving a soft moan of enjoyment. As their tongues danced together Adrian ran his fingers through Twilight's mane, and enjoyed the faint smell of lavender that was her unique scent. After what seemed far too short a time, the two lovers parted to draw breath.

"Adrian, I want you to be my first." Twilight whispered.

Adrian gave Twilight a slightly surprised look.

"Are you sure you're really ready for that Twilight?"

Adrian did want Twilight, but he wanted to be certain she wasn't doing this solely out of fear of losing him. Twilight smiled as her horn began to glow, then in a flash of purple light she and Adrian were teleported to her bedroom.

"I've never been more certain of anything in my life, so Adrian White, will you make love to me?"

Adrian nodded.

"I will."

The two embraced again falling together on to the bed, Twilight began to unbutton Adrians clothing with her magic as he gave her teasing love bites along her neck. Pausing a moment to remove his shirt and pants Adrian's excitement was obvious. Wanting to make things as pleasurable as possible for his lover, Adrian decided to warm Twilight up first.

"Hey Twilight lay back for a moment."

Twilight did as requested laying on her back and blushing as she spread her legs, revealing her moist pussy to Adrian's hungry gaze. Leaning down Adrian inhaled the scent of Twilights Arousal, feeling his mind fog slightly as a result. Deciding to tease Twilight, Adrian flicked her clit and vulva with his tongue enjoying her gasps and squeaks immensely.

"M-more, please more." Twilight gasped out

Never one to refuse a lady Adrian gave her exquisite slit a long languid lick before spreading her folds and sliding his tongue as far inside her as possible. Twilight screamed in ecstasy as she came for the first time that night, Adrian drank her warm sweet juices as she writhed in ecstasy on the bed.

"Oh Celestia! Adrian that felt incredible!"

Adrian wasn't done yet, smirking he inserted a single finger into Twilight and began to massage her inner walls as he gently slid it in and out. Soon he added a second finger curling them inside her as he increased his speed. Adrian reveled in the sound of Twilight's adorable squeals and moans.

Twilight had never experienced this level of pleasure before, she felt like her whole body was melting. She came again as Adrian engaged her in another intense makeout session.

"Adrian, please I need you! Make me yours forever!" Twilight gasped out as their lips parted.

Extracting his fingers, Adrian licked them clean as he positioned himself to enter Twilight.

"It might hurt for a second."

Twilight nodded her assent, and Adrian drove his entire length inside her in one strong thrust. Twilight cried out in pain as her hymen was broken. Holding himself inside her Adrian kissed away Twilights tears as he waited for her to adjust. After a few minutes Twilight felt the pain subside.

"You can move now Adrian, Just please go slowly at first."

Adrian nodded as he gently withdrew his length before sliding it in again, quickly establishing a rhythm of slow steady strokes. Twilight gasped as the last of the pain was replaced with mind numbing pleasure.

"Faster Adrian! Deeper!"

Adrian did as asked increasing his pace dramatically as he savored the feeling of Twilight's pussy gripping his member. Adrian knew he wouldn't last long at this rate, but was determined to make Twilight cum one more time. Increasing his pace even further Adrian reveled in the tightness and warmth of his lover. It was the most intimate and loving experience Adrian had ever had with a girl. Making love to Twilight at that moment, he felt a euphoria beyond words. This was more than simple lust it was the joy of becoming one with your truest love. As the two approached their peak Adrian knew that a part of his mind, body, and soul would always belong to Twilight. Reaching their climax together the two lovers bonded in a truly unbreakable union. Coming down from their mutual nirvana Adrian, and Twilight fell asleep in eachother's embrace, just before nodding off the two spoke in perfect sync.

"I love you."

The next morning Adrian woke to find Twilight still snuggled up to him, a blissful expression of contentment on her face. Adrian glanced at a nearby clock seeing it was 9:00am, laying back in bed Adrian began to return to sleep. As he dozed Adrian recalled the previous night and smiled, it had been a truly magical experience that would remain etched in his memory forever. As he lay on the bed Adrian considered his life on earth as an angry shut-in who had no real reason to exist. The realities of his world rendering him without hope or motivation, it was not inaccurate to say he was simply waiting to die. Now that he was free of the world of men Adrian had regained his passion for life, and he could truly say he was happy. He thought back to his family and few friends and realized that he no longer missed them, he still cared about them, but he did not miss them. Adrian would have contemplated more on the matter but was distracted by Twilight returning to the waking world. Regaining consciousness Twilight was met with Adrian's love filled gaze and tender kisses.

"Morning beautiful, how did you sleep?"

Twilight snuggled closer to her lover before answering.

"Best nights sleep ever."

Adrian nodded.

"Same here I can't remember the last time I felt this good."

Twilight smirked.

"By the way before I forget, Luna wanted me to tell you she calls next."

Adrian sat bolt upright the color draining from his face "Ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrap! I can't believe it didn't occur to me to talk to Luna and Celestia first! Things happened so fast it never even crossed my mind that we should talk about this kind of thing. Luna must have gone into Twilight's dreams and learned everything, she and Celestia are going to murder me!". Adrian's expression of supreme panic was tremendously funny to Twilight who burst into hysterical fits of laughter as he watched his life flash before his eye's.

"Hee hee, Adrian relax, Luna, Celestia, and I talked about this while you were in the hospital. We decided that no matter who mated you or when, we would all be perfectly fine with it as long as each of us got a turn."

Adrian managed to stop hyperventilating long enough to calm down and glare at Twilight.

"And you never mentioned this earlier because?" He asked tartly.

Twilight giggled.

"Because Celestia told me you were really cute when you're scared, and I wanted to see it myself."

Adrian gave Twilight a withering look.

"If I didn't love you so much, I would be smacking you stupid with my pillow right now."

Twilight laughed as she jumped out of bed and stretched.

"Cmon, let's shower and have breakfast then we need to pick up Spike at Fluttershy's cottage."

"I wondered why you sent him with her last night." Adrian commented as he joined Twilight in the bathroom.

Two hours later found Twilight and Adrian walking to Fluttershy's home at the edge of the Everfree Forest. The sun shone brightly on the pair as they talked animatedly about this and that. As they got closer Adrian felt the odd sensation of being watched, but he brushed the feeling off as their friends cottage came into view. The structure was situated on a small hill overlooking a field, the path to the door wound between two trees and over a small bridge under which flowed a crystal clear stream. The house itself had a grass covered sod roof with olive colored wood walls and a number of large windows of various shapes and sizes. Adrian, as always, found himself amazed by the artistry with which Equestrians built their homes. He was not surprised by the profusion of animal life that overran the place, though he was impressed by the sheer variety of species. He made a mental note to ask Fluttershy if she had any cat's up for adoption, Adrian had always loved the company of felines and missed having one around. As they approached the house, Fluttershy and Spike came out to greet them, however the happy moment was interrupted rather abruptly by a loud roar from the forest.

Adrian turned as the ground started shaking and the sound of trees snapping became audible. Something massive was coming right at them with incredible speed. Twilight's expression turned one of abject terror, she had heard that roar once before, and had hoped never to hear it again.

"RUN EVERYPONY IT'S AN URSA MINOR"

Adrian was about to ask how Twilight even knew that, when the monster in question burst from the forest. Adrian just had time to conjure his Diamond Aura before getting smacked sideways by a paw the size of a small car. Flying almost eighty feet Adrian smashed into a large tree with enough force to snap it in two. Shaken but unhurt Adrian's eyes blazed as he called his Soul Sword to his hand, feeding enough power into the blade to slice a tank in half. Unfortunately the massive bear was much faster than it looked and sent him sailing into the forest with another blow before he could get an attack off. Without a moment's hesitation the great beast charged into the forest after Adrian with a single minded ferocity.

Meanwhile Twilight stared in horrified fascination at the Ursa, for it no longer looked as it had when she last encountered it. Instead of a transparent ghostly body filled with stars. This Ursa was slightly larger, and boasted opaque metallic silver fur covered in glowing scarlet dots and lines that vaguely resembled a circuit board. It's eyes were pools of electric blue light and it's claws arced lightning. Twilight tried to remember ever reading about anything like this drastic transformation as she charged toward the sounds of battle.

Adrian raised his sword as he got to his feet just in time to slash the monster's paw open, and cause it to recoil. Exploiting the perceived gap in the beast's defenses Adrian was shocked when the deep wound he gave the creature healed in seconds. Adrian was forced back on defense as he parried and dodged a flurry of short rapid strikes. Adrian's protective aura was keeping him safe from the blows that got through, but with each strike he felt the shield weaken. Adrian's mind raced, if he could just get a moment to breath he might have a way to win. When he created his personal spells Adrian designed them with multiple "Settings" for different situations, but to adjust them he needed a moment to focus on the setting he wanted. The Ursa's relentless assault ment Adrian could only focus on keeping his aura up. "At least this things attacks are-" before Adrian could complete his thought the Ursa altered its attack pattern. Tangling Adrian's sword in it's claws the Ursa headbutted him with enough force to shatter his defense. Losing his footing Adrian could only watch as the Ursa raised it's paw to crush him. Adrian was positive he was going to die, but before the Ursa's attack was finished there was a crack accompanied by a flash of purple light. Twilight's attack was unable to actually hurt the monster but the distraction was enough. Adrian mentally reprogrammed his Soul Sword, turning the blade a sinister black before Adrian stabbed it into the silver furred beasts throat. The effect was gruesome, as the Ursas body was infused with raw necrotic energy. With a scream of supreme agony the Ursa's flesh began to dissolve into a foul smelling black putrescence, the effect spread rapidly rotting the monster's flesh away, and turning it's bones to mush. Adrian watched in vicious satisfaction as the Ursa's body collapsed into a puddle of black goo.

"Necrolight Soul Blade, I never thought anything would scare me enough, or piss me off enough to use it, congrats ya oversized throw rug." Adrian snarled at the lifeless ooze.

Adrian stepped over the widening puddle to join a gagging Twilight.

"What did you do to it?" Twilight asked holding her nose.

"My Soul Blade has a variety of forms, that one was Necrolight, it has an effect similar to extremely powerful radioactivity combined with a flesh eating fungal infection. Anything even remotely organic the blade touches is rapidly broken down at the cellular level. Effective, but not very pleasant to watch."

"Or smell." Twilight added.

Adrian nodded in agreement breathing through his mouth as much as possible. As they tried to catch their breath they heard Spike call out to them.

"ADRIAN,TWILIGHT, ARE YOU OK?!"

Turning away from the expanding pool of black gunk, the two saw Spike and Fluttershy running toward them. As the dragon and pegasus came closer they abruptly stopped and retched at the smell.

"Sweet Celestia, what happened here?!" Spike asked as he held his nose.

Fluttershy stayed quiet as she stared at the remains of Adrian's assailant. Noticing the direction of her gaze Adrian guessed what was bothering her.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy, if saving it had been possible I would have done so."

Fluttershy nodded.

"I know you didn't have a choice, but I still can't help but feel sad."

Adrian inclined his head slightly in a gesture of understanding before he turned to face Twilight.

"Twilight you called that thing an Ursa Minor, I remember reading about them in Canterlot but this one looked very different from the one's in the book. Is it normal for them to look like that?"

Twilight shook her head.

"No, this one was completely unique, I wish there was a body for me to examine."

"Sorry, but when I cut it with my standard Soul Sword the wound healed as fast as I made it so I had to make certain it couldn't repair itself. Do Ursa usually have that kind or regenerative power?"

"No, they also don't have claws that discharge electricity or silver fur with red lines and dots. Another odd thing is that it seemed focused on you specifically."

Adrian's eye's widened slightly.

"An assassin." He whispered.

"Huh?" Twilight asked confused.

Adrian glared at the liquified corpse.

"Someone made this thing to kill me." Everypony looked at Adrian in disbelief. "Think about it; this Ursa was changed in a way that made it far more deadly than normal. The only reason I can think of to do that would be to make it a better weapon. Since it ignored everypony else, I must have been the one it was created to kill. If you want more proof, consider that my 'Sons of Sand' would have been unable to hurt it, any injury they inflicted would have healed instantly. Whoever sent this must have seen me fight the Linnorm and modified this Ursa to counter the attacks I used in that battle. Since I never used the Necrolight Sword in my fight with the Linnorm my enemy didn't know about it, and they didn't prepare a defense for it."

Twilight felt her blood run cold.

"But who would want to do something like this in the first place?"

Adrian shrugged.

"No idea, but I'm certain they will try again, the only reason I lived through this was because of your intervention."

"I'm just glad I made it in time."

As Twilight and Adrian turned to head back to Fluttershy's cottage Spike stared at Adrian uneasily.

"Uh Adrian?"

"Yes Spike?"

"Well Twilight once told me that an Ursa Minor is never far from it's mother and the mother is extremely protective."

Adrian felt his gut's turn to water as he connected the dots.

"So if in order to get the Minor. . . . ."

Spike finished the thought.

"Whoever altered it would have had to go through the Ursa Major."

After helping Fluttershy bury the Ursa Minor's remains Adrian, Twilight, and Spike walked back to the Golden Oak Library in uncomfortable silence. The thought that there could be something powerful enough to defeat a killing machine the size of a mountain out to get Adrian was not a pleasant thought. Adrian had read that in the history of Equestria nopony had ever been able to kill a full grown Ursa. It was possible that the Ursa Minor had been abducted without it's guardian knowing. But that hardly mattered because when the mother did find out she would go on a rampage trying to find her cub. Adrian didn't have to be Nostradamus to know that the beast would attack Ponyville sooner or later. Even more terrifying was the thought that the Ursa Major had become like her child, somepony's own personal pet weapon of mass destruction. If something like that attacked Adrian he would be crushed like an ant under a sledge hammer. Adrian was so consumed by the thought of all this that he didn't realize Spike had just belched up a letter from Princess Celestia until Twilight gave him a nudge.

"Huh, What?" Adrian exclaimed when he realized Twilight had been talking to him.

"I said this letter must be important." Twilight repeated.

Adrian was confused until he saw the scroll in Spikes claws.

"Oh, sorry Spike, go ahead."

Spike cleared his throat and began reading.

My faithful student,

You must come to Canterlot immediately, gather your friends as well as Adrian. Please hurry time is of the essence!

Signed Princess Celestia.

An hour later Adrian, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy were on a train speeding towards Canterlot. Adrian in particular was eager to get there, he had visions of the city being smashed into dust by a super Ursa. And even after he realized that he would have seen an attack like that from Ponyville he had felt no better.

"Can't this damm train go any faster?" He hissed.

Twilight and the others had never seen Adrian so on edge. He had been unable to sit still the whole trip and at one point scared the conductor half to death, when he asked for Adrians ticket.

"I'm sure they are doing their best darling." Rarity said soothingly, but Adrian just seemed to get more frustrated.

"Well their best isn't good enough! Celestia and Luna could be fighting for their lives for all we know, and were stuck on this fucking snail of a machine!"

Adrian collapsed into his seat trying to control his temper. In his head Adrian could picture thousands of things that could be going wrong, and it was eating away at him. Adrians eyes had been glowing brighter and brighter since getting Celestias letter, so much brighter that nopony could look him in the eye without sunglasses. He felt powerless, a feeling he despised more than anything else in the world, Adrian felt like his brain was on fire, and wished he had some aspirin handy. As the train pulled closer to Canterlot Adrian saw no signs of fighting, but this gave little comfort. Adrian Wouldn't feel better till he saw Celestia and Luna with his own eye's.

Only ten more minutes passed before the train pulled into the Canterlot station but to Adrian it felt like an eternity. Opening the door Adrian made a beeline for the castle with Twilight and the others in tow. As he approached the castle Adrian noticed the guards still at their posts. "Well at least things seem normal, still there's something in the air that's making me uneasy.. Throwing open the doors to the throne room Adrian visibly relaxed when he saw Celestia rise to greet them.

"Celestia, thank the dead gods your safe, is Luna alright? Why did you call us?"

Celestia gave a smile of relief as Adrian and the others came in to view, but before she could say a word another voice was heard.

"Ooh, so this must be the famous human I'v been hearing about."

The voice was arrogant and sarcastic, seeming to come from every direction at once. Adrian felt his blood boil, surmising that whoever the voice belonged to was not a friend.

"Who is that, show yourself?!" Adrian snarled.

"Such anger, I must say Celestia your taste in stallions is not what I would have expected."

Adrian watched as a candlestick, a chair, one of Celestias golden hoof ornaments, and a host of other miscellaneous debris flew together. Transforming in mid air the various objects came together like pieces of a puzzle to form a creature Adrian had seen once before.

"You?!" Adrian exclaimed in astonishment.

For just a moment everyone stared at Adrian in confusion.

"Adrian, do you know him?" Twilight asked.

Adrian shook his head.

"No, but I saw him in a dream I had, I didn't think he was real, whoever or whatever he is."

The creature gave a bow.

"I am Discord, lord of chaos, mayhem, and generalized mischief, at your service!"

The name meant nothing to Adrian aside from confirming his assertion that this "Discord" was why Celestia had summoned them.

"Well Discord my name is Adrian White, and you have two seconds to tell me why I shouldn't tear you in half for bothering the Princess."

Discord blinked a few times before bursting into fits of mocking laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha, he's just, woo hoo hoo, with such a straight fac- AH HA HA."

Adrian felt his last thread of self control start to fray.

"I must have missed the joke, what's so funny?" Adrian hissed.

Discord managed to compose himself wiping tears of mirth from his eye's as he did.

"Oh Celestia now I see you picked a winner after all, such a sense of humor, this stallion is just hilarious! Acting like he could ever beat me, comedy GOLD!"

Adrian roared as he called his sword and protective aura into being before charging at Discord in a haze of blind fury. Discord waited til Adrian was about to decapitate him before snapping his fingers. Adrian felt his body freeze in place as his vision went dark, Celestia and Twilight gave a horrified scream of "ADRIAN". This was followed by Twilight and Celestia angrily demanding Discord "Change him back", Adrian tried to ask what Discord had done, but found that even his mouth was paralysed.

"No, I don't think I will, think of this as repayment for trapping me in stone for a thousand years." Discord's replied to Celestia and Twilight's enraged demand. "Oh, and just like me he can hear every word we say, he's fully aware, though I doubt his mind will fare as well as mine did. On the bright side, he is far more. . . . what's the word I'm looking for, ah yes, statuesque."

The last Adrian heard from Discord was a peal of sadistic laughter.

"Princess, we can break Discord's spell right?!" Twilight asked sounding frantic.

Adrian felt a sensation of warmth pass over his body, no doubt an attempt to restore him from Celestia, unfortunately there was no change.

"I'm afraid the magic is too strong, as long as Discord is free the spell will remain." Celestia's voice trembled slightly as she spoke. "But I will not let him suffer, I can cast a spell to send him to sleep until he is freed."

Adrian felt another wave of warmth spread over his petrified form, the last thing Adrian heard was Celestia's whisper of "Rest well my love" then he knew no more.