Anon-A-Miss: The Son Of Wolverine

Today was Sunset's birthday, and Twilight, Princess Celestia and Luna had been planning her party for a few hours.

James teleported through the portal, a small tremble of a shockwave following.

"Is it ready yet?" James asked, his voice gentle and friendly, a small smile prominent on his face.

"Soon, we just need to finish up the last additions and wait for everypony else to arrive, including Sunset. However you need to keep her busy and distracted for us to buy us some time to finish things up." Twilight replied, a wide smile on her own muzzle.

"Thanks for everything you've done for Sunset and I. we cannot thank you enough for your hospitality and kindness." James stated, lowering himself to one knee and hugging the alicorn whom he loved like a sister.

"There's no need to thank me, she deserves to be happy, and so do you, both of you have suffered enough, Sunset had to deal with Anon A Miss whereas you dealt with years of torture, and loss-oops! Sorry for bringing it up James!" Twilight shrieked, earning a small chuckle from the wolverine's almost doppleganger.

"Twilight, it's fine, ya don't need ta apologise, and yer right, ah've suffered enough, seen too much darkness and hate, ah don't wanna go down the same path mah dad did, ah remember how he died in front of me and Laura that terrible day." James whispered sadly, feeling at the dog tags on his neck, the clink of metal made itself known.

flashback

Laura protracted her claws, as did James. The brother and sister frantically cut away at the branch to free the dying man, but it was already too late, the old mutant groaned and yelled in pain as he slid down the fallen branch. The loud squelch of flesh and blood followed behind logan.

"No!" Laura sobbed, tears slowly streaking down her face.

"They keep coming-coming, ya don't have ta fight anymore." Logan whispered faintly, his old voice gravely and dry.

"Don't be what they made you." He faintly whispered. Barely being able to talk in his normal voice anymore.

"Ah, so, this is what it feels like." Logan said with a small sad smile, the light starting to fade from the old wolverine's eyes as he died.

"Daddy." Laura sobbed once again, running her hand through his thin and aged brown hair as the other mutant children walked over, witnessing Logan die once and for all.

James snapped himself out of the heartbreaking memory. Laura was affected worse than he was, he began to remember what she said at the makeshift funeral they had done for the old man.

"A man has to be what he is joey, can't break the mold. There's no living with a killing, there's no going back. Right or wrong it's a brand, a brand that sticks. Now you run on home to your mother. You tell her, you tell her everything's all right, there's no more guns in the valley."

Those words made him think deeply about the kills he had made in his life, those soldiers may have hurt and tortured him, in his eyes it was a justified act, but to others it would have been considered quadriple murder. He would have to live with the fact he had killed people for the rest of his life. He promised to himself and Sunset that he would never expose their future child to murder and torture.

hours later

Sunset had arrived through the portal, on request by Twilight and Princess Celestia. The bacon-haired girl was confused, why was she summoned? And where were they all? She wondered. She walked through the halls until she found the ballroom, and slowly walked into the darkness surrounding it, not noticing a light being switched on.

"SURPRISE!" Everypony in the room shouted excitedly, this world's version of her ex-friends, her mother Celestia and her aunt Luna, her father Discord and her best friend and soul sister Twilight. The amount of people and the love she could sense within them overwhelmed her bringing her to tears, as James teleported through to the room and comforted her, letting her sob into his chest.

"Ah love ya Sunset. Happy birthday." He whispered softly, running a hand through her mane gently.

"Thank you so much! I love you too! Please don't leave me!" Sunset begged, clinging onto him.

"Ah won't ever leave ya, ah promise ya that, ah'm always gonna be here ta protect and love ya no matter what happens." He promised lovingly, letting her calm down against him and let her bond with her family for a little whiile.

Seeing Sunset so happy had made him happy, he'd missed her smile, that beautiful, elegant, sweet and loving smile, she'd been under so much stress since Anon-A-Miss had finally been deleted and shut down.

For the first time in a long time, Sunset was truly happy and he could not have asked for more.