Slowly opening his eyes Jack looked into the eyes of the pink orbs that belonged to his other half.

"Hey," Jack smiled.

"Hey," Agape smiled back. "How did you sleep?"

"Like a pup," Holding her hand with his own he brought it to his lips and kissed it. "Please tell me this is real,"

"It's real... real as the very sky," Holding her hand Jack shivered. "Something wrong,"

"Just- Nothing,"

"Hey now darling what is it?" Agape spoke in that sweet voice. "You can tell me,"

"I was afraid that all was a dream," The werewolf rubbed her hand with his thumb.

"It wasn't," The dragonness smiled holding his hand with the one he didn't hold. "You and I came together last night that deeper our pact,"

Jack looked at her.

"Deeper our pact?" Jack asked.

She nodded moving forward to the werewolf.

"You made it deeper," She smiled causing Jack to think for a moment before smiling.

"A sex joke?"

"Can you blame me?" Agape asked.

"No... I was surprised how warm you were,"

"I think that was you," Agape then kissed his nose before smiling at him. "Though I think we might have to get new sheets,"

Jack look down at their lower areas to see a large stain from last night.

"Your right I think we do," Jack looked at her before smiling. "First time with a dragon... who would have thought,"

"Human female's cannot compair,"

"How should I know?" Jack asked. "No one gave me a chance like you did,"

"But you never would take a chance would you?"

"No... I wouldn't... Humans are cruel, unforgiving, and greedy creatures... I am no expectation," The former-human explained. "Still am just that,"

Agape looked at him.

"You may have had some faults but nobody is perfected if be on here or on Earth," The dragonness smiled.

"Guess your right," Jack agreed before the two went silent just looking at one another for a long moment. "Sorry about my bedside manners... never had the chance to work on my pillow talking skills,"

"It's fine being a someone who has no physical form for eons kind meant I didn't have time to brush up on my own too,"

Jack looked at her while the two just stared at one another.

"Agape?"

"Yes darling?"

"Are there... others like you?" Jack asked.

Agape looked at Jack before blinking and then looking to the side.

"I... don't know... why do you ask?" Agape questioned.

"Just a random question that popped into my mind,"

The black and pink dragon shook her head.

"You and your curious mind," Booping his nose. "Though I think I'm ready to try out what it feels like to take a bath,"

"I think you might like the feeling of a shower then try out what it feels like to have a bath," Jack explained.

"Alright but next time bath,"

The nightwalker rose up.

"I can agree on that it's been a while since I taken a bath," Getting out of bed he held out his hand to Agape to help her up out.

The moments she tried to moved her legs to the floor and was helped up Agape cried out before falling down on top of the werewolf. Hitting the ground Jack blinked before realizing what had happened as he held Agape in his arms.

"Are you alright?" Jack spoke in a worried voice.

"I'm fine... that's odd,"

Jack titled his head.

"What is?"

"My legs they feel numb," Agape told her. "The moment I put pressure on them it hurt,"

Then it hit him.

"Oh... damn did I really do this to you?" Jack asked.

"Do what?"

"You know... from last night?" Agape blinked before looking down at her legs then back to him. "Guess we will be taking that bath after all,"

Jack then began to reach down below her and lift her up bridal style while she held her arms around his neck with a smile while the two walked to the bathroom. Unlike the rest of the house the one room that had a door was the bathroom and thank goodness they left it open from the milk accident.

It was the second largest room in the entire house with a giant tub made for large dragons which could easily fit Agape and if she had four sisters it could fit them and then some. The damn thing was like a hot tub to put it mildly while holding her he turned on the water with his foot letting the rune magic heated water to pour out at a good tempture to which Jack set down Agape in the water.

"Ohhhhhhhhh... this is nice," The dragonness moaned slightly from the water soothing her numb legs. "This is what a hot bath feels like,"

Jack then followed into the tube moving his shoulders under the slightly steaming liquid.

"Yeaaaaahhhh that's the stuff," When the elements hit him the blast didn't just hurt like a motherfucker but it also left his body in knots and the warm water just let those feelings fade away.

His eyes closed he rested his head on the edge of the tub while his body slightly floated in the water.

The sound of water moving let him open his eyes to watch Agape move over to him and drop her back on his chest.

"Now it's even better," Jack smiled while Agape looked at him. "I got a beautiful dragonness on top of me,"

"And I got a bath pillow for a mate," Agape shot back.

He wrapped his arms around her waist while she could feel his tip poke against her tail.

"Sorry... the warm water plus a naked very sexy dragonness just got me excited," Jack told her.

Agape turned around on top of his chest.

"After last night I could always go for another round,"

"Right now are you sure?"

She nods before the two moved in for a kiss.

*BANG!*

The door was kicked up as the two looked up to see Ember whose face was red like a pepper.

"Uhhhhh... have you ever heard of knocking?"

Ember lowered her head avoiding looking at Jack and Agape's nude form before pointing with a shaking hand to the table.

"We n-need to talk," Ember spoke before walking away while the two look at one another.

"Next time?"

"Count on it," Agape answered before she kissed him.

"T-today please!" Ember's voice spoke up slightly cracking.

"Did her voice just crack?" Jack asked.

"I think it did,"

Jack held a towel drying himself off before grabbing a pair of trunks and putting them on before sitting down at the table with a blushing Ember.

"Ember... um... I-"

The dragon lord held her hand.

"No, I should be the one apologizing... you have been through a lot and my actions in the past few days have been unnecessary,"

The werewolf blinked at Ember's words.

"Who are you and what have you done with Ember,"

Ember exhaled her breath heating the air.

"I'm trying to apologize you jerk!" Ember looked at the nightwalker before calming down and then inhaling to collect herself. "Besides I'm glad you found yourself, someone... special,"

For all the years he knew Ember, the nightwalker barely saw this side of her, but something told Jack that she wasn't here pop in and say hi otherwise she would have let Agape and him finish up.

"Ember what's happening?" Jack asked this caused Ember to hold her head.

"Not what... who,"

"Let me guess two sisters?"

"Yeah get your pants on and come with me," Ember told him.

"Why?"

"They are demanding I extradite you to Equestria,"

...

...

"Are you fucking serious?"

The palace of fire...

Not too long ago this place was literally the ruins of an old fort that had been around since Faust was still alive but was abandoned after the unification war where the dragons used it ever since. Luckily Spike was able to convince Ember to renovate it and turn it into a more suitable castle for the dragon kingdom, it was quite beautiful.

Heck Spike might have been inspired by a certain book that he browed from Jack once...

Yet for the first time, the former human did not want to be here.

He didn't want to be around the ones who tried to turn him into stone and have him locked away in some magical vault.

The same 'friends' that were trying to extradite him...

"Darling..." Agape snapped Jack out of it causing him to turn from the window to her. "It's going to be okay,"

"I hope your right,"

"*Rwar*" Nali spoke to her master while laying on his shoulder, causing the nightwalker to pet the cat.

The doors to the throne room were then opened causing the three to turn to see the royal equestrian guard enter the large chamber. Ember sat on top of her throne the Bloodstone scepter resting in her arm while she was dressed fully in her golden armor with her helmet resting on her knee.

The drake guard stood though out the main chamber ready to defend their dragon lord at a moment's notice but Ember had called for more guards if things were to get out of hand.

Then he saw them.

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna dressed in pearl white and midnight navy dresses respectively... but these outfits Jack recognized.

They were the same ones they wore when the two sisters met the human for the first time, following in behind them were the elements and a few other familiar faces.

But to the werewolf's surprise, the pillars were there as well.

A bit surprisingly but both the elements and the pillars didn't have their respective items.

Look at the princesses he spotted Luna looking at him before she smiled at the nightwalker but Jack turned his gaze away from her while they moved forward.

Stopping halfway across the throne room Celestia spoke up.

"Dragonlord Ember I am pleased you have agreed to the extradition of Jackson Wolfe and I-"

Ember held out her hand.

"Before you start let's get one thing clear: I didn't agree to any Extradition," Ember spoke her voice echoing through the throne room before moving her free hand to the nightwalker. "He is here because he chooses to be. He could have not been here and let us speak how you have no ground of Exraditie him from my kingdom but he did so of his own free will,"

Celestia flinched for a moment before speaking.

"On the contrary Ember, I have every right to Exraditie Jack... he is in a fragile state of mind and I worry due to the nightwalker curse that he might have harmed someone while in your lands," Celestia stated. "I assume you are aware that last night was a full moon?"

"I am aware," Ember answered.

"Are also you aware that due to the nightwalker curse Mr. Wolfe undergoes a primal state of being when there is a full moon to where he is susceptible to no longer control primal urges and instinct," The sun princess asked.

"Jack has informed me of this yes,"

Celestia then smiled at this.

"So you are aware that Jack could have unknowingly forced himself upon a female dragon and/or attacked any other dragon that tried to stop him from doing so?" Celestia asked.

Ember shifted on her throne clearly seeing what the sun princess was trying to do here and it was pissing her off.

"Well, you clearly don't have to worry about that Celestia for Jack has a mate who was willing to remain with Mr. Wolfe's side during the entire full moon," Ember countered back causing Celestia to give a slight look of surprise and some of the ponies turned to Agape who held Jack's shoulder with a smile before waving to the group. "Furthermore seeing how Mr. Wolfe has not commented any crimes against the equestrian people but seeing how he was the victim of a unprevoked magical assault and false imprisonment your terms for Extradition are all but void,"

Celestia grimaced before Luna spoke.

"Dragonlord Ember surely you must know that the 'unprovoked magical assault and false imprisonment' are greatly exaggerated," Luna stated. "Yes, the elements of harmony were to turn Mr. Wolfe to stone but the elements were never to cause the nightwalker any pain or suffering. Jack wasn't being imprisoned but instead was to be safely hidden as to not be targeted for assassination,"

The dragonlord shifted on her throne looking down at the two leaders and the pillars who seemed to be out of the loop a more confused than anything. Stonehoof turned to Somnambula with a clear look of surprise on both their faces, Mist mane held a puzzled look next to starswril stroked his beard, and Magnus tapped Meadowbrook's shoulder asking if she knew about what they were talking about.

"Do you even hear yourself, Princess? How is not turning him into stone and locking him in the magical vault that only you or your sister here can unlock not imprisoning him?" Ember asked. "You were to be his wardens while he was your prisoner!"

Standing up she held the bloodstone in a tight grip hitting the end on the ground hard enough to crack the black marble steps.

"I did some research on when the elements turn someone into stone... I was even told by someone who experienced it more than once. Being in a state where you are aware of your surroundings but unable to move and unable to speak or do anything," Ember pointed her staff at them. "And you were not only going to turn him into stone but lock him in the darkness of a vault with no one but some dusty old relics... how sane would he be after being in that state for who knows how long,"

Moving down the steps moving over to Jack, Agape, and Nali.

"As far as I'm aware Mr. Wolfe will not be Exraditied from the dragon lands any time soon," Ember spoke. "I offered Jack asylum and he accepted my offer and will stay here as long as he wants,"

Celestia's eyes filled with anger with a brief moment.

"Very well..." Turning to leave but Twilight spoke up.

"Jack! We didn't mean to hurt you! Please come home! Flurry Heart misses you,"

She was trying to pull at his heartstrings...

"Spike..." Jack spoke towards the assistant to the newest princess. "Can you tell Flurry that I'm alright and she needs not to worry about me and that I am fine for I will always be with her?"

Spike nodded with a smile.

"You can always count on me, bro," Jack smiled back before knowing he might need to leave before things get out of hand.

Turning on his foot he took only two steps before Luna's voice shouted.

"JACK I LOVE YOU!" Stopping in his tracks the nightwalker froze. "Please come home... that dragon doesn't love you she is only using you! Please come back to me..."

Jack turned his head slightly but without saying a word he left the throne room, Agape turned to glare at Luna almost bearing her teeth.

"If you truly love Jack then let him go," Agape told the night princess before turning to follow her mate but shivered slightly before looking up at the pillars of the throne room that held statues of the past dragon lords on gold platforms.

Feeling something... familiar.

Snapping out of it she then walked forward following Jack her heels clicking on the floor.

Author's Note

Update...

Man, it's been a while since I got to Curse or Gift but I promised her it is...

Part 10!

I should have done this before the Halloween special as to not throw any of you off but work plus writer's block kinda threw me off.

Though I can't help but shake a sense of... relief in this chapter?

I don't know why but... it's something.

...

Well, I do hope you enjoyed and like it with all this.

Though what did Agape sense I wonder?

Eh, who knows.

Well I do of course but you don't

*Cue Evil Laughter*