It was a nice, dark, and stormy morning, Cloudsdale was almost entirely grey, but for Eli, he couldn't care less. He slowly opened his eyes, he looked up and saw the ceiling, but something felt strange. He looked to his left and saw Spitfire, snuggling against him, her head sleeping right next to his, he also noticed that they had a blanket. Something he forgot to get.

Eli tried to move his arm, but Spitfire started to stir, she looked at him with her burning, amber eyes. "Thought you could get away huh?"

"Not at all, I just prefer to let a lady sleep however long she wants to."

She got on top of him and replied, "And what makes you think I'm a lady?" He smirked.

"Anyon- erm, pony as beautiful as you." She blushed.

"I'll love you regardless of the complements, but it helps keep you in the race." He smirked, she stood up and stretched, showing herself off to him, he just stared with wide eyes.

Spitfire walked out of the room and to the shower.

He slid off the bed and looked around, on the ground were his pants and his shirt. He put them on and walked out of the room.

He went over to his bedroom (where he should've slept) and entered.

The room was dark, but he didn't mind, he located his backpack and unzipped it, he dug through until he found his wallet, he pulled out the picture of Theo. Eli's eyes started to fill with tears, but he had to see Theo.

After about ten minutes he placed the picture back in his bag and headed down stairs.

Spitfire was busy making waffles, and Eli was in the little eating area, Spitfire wasn't wearing anything, like that was surprising.

She asked, "Do you like blueberries in you waffles?"

"Who doesn't? Please." She nodded and got back to it, Eli asked, "So, you're okay with going to the Crystal Empire for dinner with Shining Armor and Cadence?"

"Ya, I'm looking forward to it."

"Aw man." She looked back confused. "I just wanna spend the night at home, not doing anything." She chuckled.

"Well, I guess we'll have to fit all that relaxing after breakfast."

"Sweet."

She flew over to the table and set down two plates, each with nicely cooked blueberry waffles with eggs and hash browns on the side.

"I had no idea you were this good in the kitchen."

"Normally I'm not, but days like this, I get it just right."

"I hear ya." She brought over some syrup, coffee, and juice. After setting all that down she landed right between Eli's legs, she smiled and started to pour her syrup, Eli's used to this by now. "I still don't know how you ponies love physical contact so much, for most humans, this's rare, even more so if you're not about to have sex, unless you pay for it anyway."

"We can be very intimate, but I don't see how it's unusual."

"Well, I guess it's just a difference in species. But luckily, I'm a very physical guy." She nuzzled a bit.

"I love you Eli." Eli looked down at her, she blushed realizing what she said, "I-I just, sorry, I know it just started, but I was ju-"

Eli slowly petted her mane, she looked up and he said, "I love you too, more than anyone I've ever met."

That breakfast was a little too touchy and frilly for me to write, so let's skip to many hours later.

They were on the bed, reading a book and doing early couple stuff, that kind of annoying stu- ya that's the stuff. "I'm spent right now Eli, plus we have to go to the Crystal Empire for that dinner."

He sat up, "Aw come on, can't we just cuddle and order in?"

She sat next to him and gave a peck to the cheek, "Don't worry, we still have two weeks to ourselves, plus I've wanted to see the Crystal Empire, and not in between shows." She got out the same dress from their date. He heard the doorbell ring.

"Don't let it be work." He chanted on the way to the door, he opened the door and saw two bags, and a cardboard box. There was a note on the box, it read.

"Hey Eli, I heard about your underwear problem and I sent a request to Rarity, she made very nice and I think comfortable underwear.

You left these last time you were here. And again, thank you, you've saved us more than we can say.

Your friend Celestia."

"Well I'll be, that was damn nice of her." He ripped the box open and pulled out very nice, plain underwear, "Nice, just plain and simple boxers."

He dug to the bottom and pulled out some very... Peculiar. They were more like speedos, they were also silver and had a nice hole for his, you know. There was a note attached to it.

"I'm tired of making generic things for you, this's on me, and hopefully it will spice things up for you two.

Rarity." He blushed and shoved that pair right into the bag, he grabbed the box and his gear and backed in the house. Firmly closing the door.

He dropped his gear in the living room and carried the box upstairs, he went into his room and set the box down, he grabbed his suit, and a fresh pair of underwear, he slipped the underwear on. Eli turned a bit, seeing how he looked in them, "Ya, these'll do." He slipped the suit on and went back to Spitfire's room.

He saw her as she slipped on the last shoe, she was about ready, and she was stunning, "Wow, I wanna rip all that off and just... Ya."

"I know, and when we get back, maybe we kick it to another base?" She fluttered her eyes, Spitfire flapped her wings a bit to make sure it was a fit. "Well, let's go, I'm getting hungry."

"Ya, I could use a bite to eat with a lot of liquor."

She asked worryingly, "Um, why?"

"Because it's been about a day and I'm getting jittery."

"I think you should quit, but I'm not gonna push it. Though the moment you get alcohol poisoning, I'm shoving you in rehab myself."

"Sigh, alright." They walked out of the room and down the stairs, Spitfire opened the door and saw Cadence standing there, "Um Cadence, hi, what're you doing here?"

She replied, "Well, I know using the taxi is long and very boring, so I'm here to teleport you two to the Crystal Empire."

Eli replied, "Aw, thanks, that's sweet, well, let's go." Cadence's horn glowed and they were off.

A bright light appeared right in front of the castle, the light disappeared and left Spitfire, Cadence, and Eli, standing.

"Welcome." Said Cadence, they looked around at the magnificent city around them, Eli said.

"Holy crap, this place's bitchin." Cadence smiled.

Spitfire replied, "What he said, I've seen this place before, but not at night." The moon light was reflecting off of the crystal buildings, giving the empire a magical glow.

They entered the castle, same kind of interior design as Canterlot's castle, but with crystals. They walked along many hallways, hoping the next one would be the dining room.

She stood in front of a large purple door, Eli said, "This had better have food behind it."

"Don't worry, this's the final door." The guards opened the door with their magic and showed off a large room, it had an extended table with food all along it. The ceiling was so high, high enough for Spitfire to make a tornado in it.

Shining Armor waved from the far end of the table, they walked up to him and Cadence gave him a quick kiss before going to her seat. Spitfire sat down in the middle left seat, and Eli fist bumped Shining Armor. He sat down across from Spitfire.

"Well, what're you two waiting for, dig in." Said Cadence. They started to grab food and put it on their plates, none of them had all that much, except for Eli, he had stacks on stacks of different foods.

Cadence asked, "So, you're really hungry then?"

"Nah, just getting some body fat, I'm literally starved, it'll take awhile, but when all of this's over. I want to eat all the carbs I can."

"Here, here." Shining Armor said lifting a glass of wine. Cadence gave him a certain look that made him shiver.

Eli asked, "So, how's it been? anything exciting happen?"

Cadence replied, "Actually yes, since you all took the caves, our mining and gem profits have gone through the roof, there's almost to many. And with that we gave them better housing, education for the children, and various other things that they needed."

"Wow, you humans work a lot huh?" Asked Spitfire.

"Well, yes, we work quite a bit. But before, we got little pay, minimum wage wasn't dick. And it just got worse, prices went up on everything and government programs went down like a burning airplane. Basically a lot of work, for no pay, so the better you treat them, the harder they'll work." He took a bite into a giant watermelon slice.

Shining Armor replied, "Wow, sounds like you were all living in total chaos."

"We were, war, greed, chaos was how we survived day to day life. Did you know there hasn't been a time when humans weren't fighting other humans to the death?" They all just stared at him, "What? It's true."

"But, you seem like a perfectly peaceful man when you can."

"Oh no, the people don't wanna fight, but those in power want to gain power and land so they send us to go die for them. It's how all military works. But lets get off this topic, I can tell it's not plesant."

"Well, it's just hard to think about war all the time, we aren't ones to fight. But dragons on the other hand, sound a lot like your kind, but they have an actually super stable society." Said Cadence.

Eli was taken back, "D-dragons?"

"Yep." Replied Shining Armor.

"Where I come from, dragons, unicorns, pegasi, all myth, fairy tales. I've always wanted to see one, since I was five, do you two think you can arrange a kind of meet up?"

"Who knows, maybe a portal will open in the dragonlands."

"Heh, maybe. I actually hope so now, that would be so epic. Even if not, I'd still love to meet one."

"We'll see." Said Cadence.

Shining Armor asked, "So, how's the Wonderbolts Spitfire?"

She replied, "Actually really good, despite the cloud that sucked us into another world only to be saved moments after, to a giant bird thing eating me, and spitters as Eli calls them, raiding our performance. So, all in all it's been a weird time."

"Ya, sorry about all that," he look down sadly, "but I'm still happy it all worked out. Now Cadence, is everything alright with Flurry Heart?"

"Well, actually she's been really fussy lately, more so than usual. She just won't eat, and we've done everything."

"Everything." Sighed Shining Armor.

Eli replied, "Have you two tried tickling her? When she giggles shove the spoon in her mouth, that was what I did."

"I... Actually we haven't tried that, thanks." Said Cadence.

"No problem, happy to help. Now how about we eat." They silently ate, and ate, and ate, until they were super full.

Shining Armor gave a loud burp, Cadence asked, "What do we say?"

"Excuse me." Replied Shining Armor, then Eli took a deep breath in and gave out the largest, smelliest, and longest burp any of them ever heard.

"Whoo, must be a barge going through." No pony could say anything, "What? Come on, that was the best burp I've ever done."

Shining Armor hoof bumped Eli, Cadence said, "Sigh, I give up on manners." Spitfire replied.

"That was a good one Eli."

"Wow, a chick who doesn't mind burping, have I told you how much I love you?"

She giggled, "Stop Eli, now then, who's up for a drink?"

"Me!" Shouted Eli. A waiter walked up to Eli, "I'll take a bottle of whiskey. What'll you all have."

Shining Armor replied, "Red wine, all around." The waiter nodded and trotted off, Spitfire asked.

"Eli, I'm worried about you, you drink a lot. Now I drink quite a bit to, but you're doing it to much. Why?"

Eli froze, he wasn't used to questions like that, but he took a breath, and replied, "Theo, losing him hurt me beyond compare, alcohol was the only way I could get through the pain."

"Over a dog? I don't believe it, I've lost pets in my life, but a dog doesn't make you drink like that, what's the real reason?"

"Theo, he is the reason."

"Come on, tell me the truth Eli."

"I am."

"No you're not, I can tell, you're lying. Now the truth!"

"Theo, Theo was the reason!"

"I don't believe something like that, he was just a dog!"

"He wasn't just a dog, he was my angel!"

"There's a million of them around, now tell me the truth."

"A million, so Theo was just a million?!" Shining Armor and Cadence mouthed something along the lines of damn!

"Yes! He was nothing more than a damn dog!" She shouted. Eli stood up, he grabbed the bottle of whiskey the waiter was bringing and said.

"Shining, Cadence, tell her the truth, I'll be in the garden drinking." He threw the wallet towards Cadence as he walked away. Once he was away Spitfire said.

"He's being a baby, it was just a dog." Shining Armor and Cadence looked at each other worryingly. Shining Armor said.

"Listen, there's something we should tell you."

"What?" Asked Spitfire. Shining Armor gestured to Cadence who now sat across from her.

"Sigh, well, Theo wasn't actually his dog, but he was, well... I.... He was actually... Eli's son."

Spitfire just looked at them, "What?"

"Eli's old girlfriend, the one who popped his cherry, well, the condom broke and eventually they had him. Eli took Theo and raised him with the money from suing the condom company. He raised Theo to the age of six.

Theo was taken from him, that part was true, they ran into a store, Eli made a lot of noise and got most of the zombies off of Theo, but once he heard a scream. Eli lost it, he beat zombies like he does now days. But Theo was bit, and when Theo passed, Eli promised to make sure he didn't turn. That gun he had, he shot his son in the head with it, that does stuff to a father. He's haunted daily by how he let Theo down.

That's why he drinks, that's why he fights like that, he doesn't care if he dies, he just wants to take as many of them with him as he can. Eli said that."

Spitfire wasn't sure what to say. She thought about it for a moment before realizing something horrible she did, "A-and I called Theo nothing more than a... Oh sweet Celestia, I need to go." She flew out of the room at speeds faster than a jet.

Shining Armor and Cadence were sitting there, Cadence asked, "So, this makes me feel better about us, what about you?"

"You were worried about us?" Cadence's eyes started to widen, sweat beat off her head, it was at this moment that she knew, she fucked up.

Spitfire flew through the halls like they were nothing, constantly thinking about what she did, a tear formed on her eye, it flew off of her and on the ground.

She flew out of the castle and saw that she was in the garden, there were magnificent plants everywhere, roses, exotic plants, and even some crystal flowers.

She looked a little bit away and saw Eli sitting on a marble bench, he was holding a picture and the empty bottle of booze. The moonlight shown off of his face, allowing her to see the tears flowing over his face. She slowly flew over, wanting to avoid it as long as she could.

She sat next to him, before she could speak Eli said, "I love you daddy."

She looked at him a bit confused, "What?"

"Those were the last words Theo said. What you said wasn't so that bad, but it brought out all the anger I was feeling, I needed to get out of there, or I would've done something I wouldn't be able to live with."

"I-I had no idea he was your son, if I knew I would hav-"

"It's okay, I know you didn't know, I'm not that mad right now, I'm just saddened. All those memories, do you know the real reason I wanted to go to the dragonlands?"

"Was it Theo?"

"Ya, he was obsessed with dragons, he loved them, everything he had was dragon related. And that came from me, I was super into dragons as well, but hearing it made me want to go, made me want to take Theo's memory to the Dragonlands. Be able to tell him about it when I eventually die and meet his up in heaven.

Do you know the famous saying, you take away a man's child, he truly has nothing left to live for. The only reason I didn't shoot myself was because I wanted to kill as many of those zombie fuckers as I could. Now I'm protecting Equestria, making sure that doesn't happen to anyone else. I'm a fucking wreck, and the only way I get by is with alcohol, lots of it."

She drew a wing over his back, "I don't know what to tell you besides I'm sorry, but why didn't you tell me when we met?"

"I didn't want to build a friendship, or in this case, a relationship, out of pity. That just isn't right, I wanted you to be with me for me, not out of pity."

She thought for a good minute before replying, "Alright I get that, but what can I do to help?"

"Nothing right now, just keep that wing up and let me get it out. That would be the best thing right now."

"I can do that." Replied Spitfire. Eli talked, and talked, and talked, more talking than I'd like to write. So we'll move an hour, when the conversation ends.

Eli was hugging Spitfire, and Spitfire had her wings over his back, and her hoofs around his neck, her head was nuzzled in his upper chest. Eli still had tears coming out, he explained everything to her, everything with Theo.

Spitfire said, "Thank you, and don't worry, I won't tell this to anypony, it'll be between us, and whoever you tell of course."

"Well, now that I let my secret out, I feel closer to you. Now how about we go in, say goodbye to Shining Armor and Cadence, then we go home, how's that?"

"That sounds good." Spitfire got off of Eli and flew to eye level with him, he stood up and they walked back to the dining room, nothing happened between there, literally, nothing.

They entered the dining room, but no pony was there, besides one guard, Eli walked over and asked the guard, "Where's Shining Armor and Cadence?"

He replied, "They went to Flurry's room, she started crying and they haven't been able to stop her."

"Alright, thanks." The guard nodded, Eli walked back to Spitfire and said, "They're with Flurry Heart, let's go help them, then they'll teleport us back home, sounds good?"

"Ya, I just hope you can help."

"Um, I was a single parent through birth to part way of youth. I can handle it... I think." He walked away a bit more unsure with himself. They walked around, asking guards where Flurry's room was, each hallway got longer and longer, even Spitfire was starting to get bored with it.

But once they made it to the room, Eli opened the door, you all know the room of the Hasbro demon child. Shining Armor was trying to hold onto Flurry while she was flying around in circles around the room, he looked like he would be sick, and Cadence was trying to calm Flurry down with her magic, but nothing.

Eli asked, "Anything I can do to help?"

Cadence jumped a bit, she looked back to see them at the doorway, she replied, "Yes, if you could help us settle her down, we'd be eternally grateful."

He cracked his knuckled, "I'm on it." He walked to the center of the room, Shining quietly shouted.

"Help! I'm gonna throw up!" He fell down, Eli took the trashcan next to Flurry's bed and dropped it in front of Shining Armor right before he... Ya, he vomited, no need to describe it, and if you want me to, you're weird.

Eli shouted, "Hey flurry!" She floated and looked at him, "Go! Fly!" She started to fly faster and faster, Cadence asked.

"What's that about?! that's not what we need!"

"She'll burn out, keep making her fly and she'll get tired, just watch." She kept going faster and faster, until she just stopped, she was panting, Eli grabbed her and held her in his arms, like a normal baby.

He stroked her mane and sang a lullaby, he was speaking so low, none of them could hear, but it put Flurry right to sleep, he gently set her in her bed, he turned around and tip toed to the door.

Shining Armor closed the door and they were just in awe at Eli, Cadence asked, "Wow, you're truly good, wanna babysit?"

"Sorry, but just to many portals."

Shining Armor asked, "How did you do that?"

"Well, Theo would just run and run around his room when he was about four for couple months, I tried to stop him, but then I just let him run himself out. I was there at all times, making sure he didn't hurt himself, and the lullaby is a Korben family secret, no one besides me right now knows that lullaby."

"You seem like you'd be a good Dad, maybe someda-"

Eli cut Cadence off, "Sorry, but no. I already failed one child, I'm not failing another one, I just can't take a child, the memories of Theo haunt me for the rest of my life, I wouldn't be able to be a father again, not again. I don't ever see myself ever having another kid again, I tried and failed. Never again."

Spitfire got a bit sad, but she understood, Cadence replied. "Oh, okay. I just thought, sorry."

"All good, you didn't know, now can I ask that you teleport us home? We're very tired, and would like a good rest."

"I can do that, well, it was a nice, but strange evening you two."

"Quite." Replied Spitfire.

"See ya dude." Said Shining Armor.

"See ya bro." Cadence's horn glowed and Eli and Spitfire were gone.

Cadence asked"So, wanna go upstairs and do what you're thinking?"

He grinned, "Why don't we just do it right on that table?"

"You cheeky stallion, I like it." They sat at a small table and started to close their eyes and lower their heads. In no time they were sleeping, rare for a parent.

Eli and Spitfire popped right in front of their house, Eli said, "I'm never gonna get used to that."

"You will, trust me, you will." Replied Spitfire, she unlocked the door and they entered, Eli flipped the light on and closed the door, Spitfire asked, "So, do you still wanna have fun?"

"Of course, but first, I think we'll both enjoy a quick mint." He pulled out two small mints, Spitfire shrugged and they each chewed up one. "Now, let's further our relationship."

They ran upstairs and locked the door, that night had little sleep, but a lot of fun time, a lot of it. Kind of envious.

Author's Note

They finally made it all the way! Good for him, and I hope he dies right before he finishes, I'm still a fucking virgin!

I'm so sorry it's taken so long to publish this chapter, but I was busy, I found out I was slacking off one of my classes to make time for this writing, in doing so I almost failed the class, but I somehow passed. Whoo! But now that finals are over, I can continue to write, I hope you'll continue to read. I just wish it wasn't such a horrible year for me, but one more and I got an associates, plus all of those classes are electives, much easier.

Also, I'm fucking 18!!!