The Broken One

My mother sighed in exasperation as she massaged her temple. She looked from me to Twilight and back again before shaking her head and grumbling to herself. I had a thought occur based off of the results of my first experiment.

“Hey mom”, I said slowly, “how did you replace my blood with magic?”

“Why do want to-“, she began but stopped in the middle of her sentence. “I am not helping you with this madness, son.”

“Is it madness to want to return my love to me”, I snarled.

“Using necromancy is always madness”, she replied coldly.

“I’m a vampony for fuck’s sake”, I shouted. “What harm could a little more necromancy do?!”

“You could lose your mind”, she shouted.

“I think that ship set sail long ago”, I growled. “Fine, if you won’t help me then I can figure it out on my own!”

“Jackson, I just-“

“Audrey, remove my mother from the premises”, I said and instantly my mother disappeared.

“She’s gonna be so mad”, Twilight whispered. “She’s gonna banish me to the moon! No, she’ll lock me in the dungeon, let me starve as I go blind and insane!”

“Twilight”, I shouted, slapping her to break her from her hysteria. “She won’t do anything to you. If she punishes anypony it’ll be me.”

She didn’t look convinced as we made our way up to the throne room so I decided to cheer her up.

“Hey Twilight”, I called.

As she turned to me I planted a kiss right on her lips. She froze for a moment and a blush spread over her before she shook her head and stared up at me as we continued walking. She walked close enough to bump into me as we went through the halls and I laid my hand on her back.

“Thank you”, I smiled.

“For what”, she asked.

“Being there for me”, I replied. “You’re the only one I know of that would even be able to understand what I’m trying to do.”

“I don’t see why we have to kill ponies, though”, she said sadly. “I mean she’s a vampony, so just pour your blood down her throat or something.”

“It doesn’t work that way”, I sighed even though I had no clue if her suggestion would work.

“I suppose that it would be too simple”, she sighed. “What time should I be here for the next experiment tomorrow?”

“What time do you get up in the mornings?”

“Six thirty”, she smiled.

“If you show up at six thirty I will spank the shit out of you”, I growled.

“Sounds fun”, she grinned at me.

“Have you ever asked Cindra about the spankings I give”, I asked.

“No”, she replied. “I’d rather find out firsthoof.”

“You kinky little bitch”, I laughed as we kept walking.

She bumped into me with her flank as we walked and I smiled down at her. When she glanced up at me I stopped in my tracks. For the briefest second I thought I saw a flash of yellow. She stopped and looked back at me with a cocked head but I shrugged off her question and walked past her and kept going toward my bedchambers.

“Jackson, what is it”, she asked as she caught up to me.

“Nothing”, I sighed. “Look, you need to go get some sleep.”

“Can I… stay here”, she asked quietly. “I don’t want to be alone. Please, Jackson?”

I stared down into her teary eyes and felt my resolve crumbling. I sighed and nodded making her smile.

“Thank you”, she whispered as she nuzzled my side.

“No problem”, I shrugged as I brushed my hand over her mane.

We made the rest of the trip in silence until we got back to my chambers. I was greeted by a bug pony launching herself into my arms sighing happily. I caught the look Twilight had on her face and cocked an eyebrow at her causing her to duck her head a little in embarrassment.

“What was that all about”, I asked as I returned the hug.

“I saw your mom here and she looked pissed so I was worried”, the cute changeling replied as she nuzzled into my chest.

“I’m fine”, I smiled. “She was asking about the rumors involving Rainbow Dash and my penis.”

“But how did she find out”, Cindra asked as she pulled away from me.

“Don’t know, don’t care”, I shrugged.

“Why is Twilight here”, she asked.

“She had a traumatic experience”, I said as I smiled down at Twilight. “She’s going to spend the night.”

“Ooh”, Cindra giggled with a gleam in her eye as she looked Twilight over.

“No”, I said firmly. “We have work to do tomorrow so there will be no sex tonight.”

“Aww”, she groaned.

“Cindra, I mean it”, I replied sternly.

“I don’t mind”, Twilight said quietly.

“No”, I said forcefully before turning back to Cindra. “Is Aliya in the nursery?”

She nodded and I walked over to my dresser. I opened the top drawer and retrieved my foalflower pouch and an old timey tobacco pipe and went back to the bed. I sighed as I sat down and broke down some of the plant to fill the pipe. As soon as it was full I ignited my fingertip and lit the pipe.

“Here”, I grunted as I held the pipe out to Twilight. She took the offered pipe in her magic and took a few draws off the pipe before passing it to Cindra. A green aura surrounded the pipe and I jumped in surprise.

“What”, Cindra asked before she exhaled a lungful of smoke. “I have a horn for a reason.”

“Right, princess”, I nodded as I accepted the pipe.

We sat in a circle and smoked several pipes before Audrey notified me that a pink energetic pony was at the gate asking for me. I told her to let Pinkie in and add her biometrics to the database. Seconds later I heard a shrill scream and choked on the smoke in my lungs as I tried not to laugh.

“What is it with the Elements and coming to visit”, I wondered idly.

“You’re our friend”, Twilight said slowly. “We’re all friends and friends visit each other, you know? It’s like we need each other.”

“You girls don’t need me”, I said quietly as I hung my head. “Nopony needs me.”

Before I could blink I found myself flat on my back with two perturbed mares staring down at me.

“Don’t you dare say that”, Twilight hissed. “I need you.”

“As does Aliya”, Cindra growled. “And me.”

“Cindra, I already killed you once”, I muttered “Why would you need me?”

In answer she locked her lips to mine and held the kiss for a few seconds. Twilight had a jealous look on her face which Cindra saw and planted a kiss on the surprised unicorn’s lips. The two stayed frozen for a moment before Twilight returned the kiss with fervor. Their forelegs wrapped around each other and I sighed as I shook my head.

“Oh Prince Jaaaaacksooooon”, Pinkie called as she hopped through the door. “I knew you were kinda sad, well actually really sad, so I figured I would… come… visit.”

She stared at the two ponies making out on top of me before she grinned really wide.

“Nopony told me it was an orgy”, she giggled and bounced toward the bed. “Hey, do I smell foalflower?”

I grinned and filled the pipe again before handing it to her. She took the pipe in her mouth and allowed me to light it for her before taking the longest draw I had ever seen. She smoked the entire pipe in one draw before blowing out a massive cloud of smoke and falling on her haunches.

“Holy hell”, I muttered. “Pinkie, are you okay?”

“I’m fine”, she said in a voice that was lower pitched and slower than normal.

“You sound weird”, Twilight mumbled.

“I’m just a bit baked”, she giggled.

“Hey, speaking of baking”, I grinned as I held up the foalflower, “wanna make some brownies?”

“Yeah”, Pinkie shrugged. “I guess we can.”

“Ooh, let’s give one to Silver Lance”, Cindra grinned.

“NO”, Twilight and I shouted at the same time.

“Well, fuck.”