Curse or Gift
Part 8
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'If she is so happy from just water I can't image her drinking some dragon gold ale,'
He shutting the door to the fridge in his home he pulled out a carton of apple juice that WASN'T from applejack's farm it had slightly more sugar but he didn't want anything from the elements currently.
"You think water is good to try this," Jack then popped the top off before pouring the glass with a gold-bronze-colored juice.
Agape mouth watered at the smell before taking the glass and down it like a shot.
"Oh, my goddess! More!" He went to give her another glass but snatched it from his hand and began to down the entire carton of juice.
"Ok not like I wanted some... Nali you thirsty?" Grabbing the milk bottle he placed from the fridge moments ago that rested on the small island he began to pour her a bowl of milk. "There you go- *Agape snatched it* AGAPE NO!"
"AGAPE YES!"
(One moment of an entire half-gallon of milk chucking down later)
"*BLA!*" Outside Jack patted the tall dragonness's back while she vomited into the toilet.
"That's it let it all out happens to everyone that tries to chug milk," Patting her back Nali smiled at Agape's miss fortune.
"Why- *BLA!* did that- *BLA!* happen?"
"Honestly I don't remember why milk causes you to throw up it just does," He patted her back while she puked.
"Jack you home?" Ember's voice echoed.
"Was that- *BLA!* ember?" Agape asked while Jack knew hiding the tall dragon in the small house was impossible.
"Back here Ember. In the bathroom," Jack told Ember who walked over to the bathroom.
"Well Jack the elements are arriving today I just wanted to tell you before they arrived-" Ember stopped upon seeing Jack standing over the pink and black scaled dragon. "Uhhhh what just I walked into?"
"Mistakes were made,"
"I can see that-" She stopped upon seeing Jack's right hand with the pink tribal tattoo on his right ring finger. "Jack... what's that?"
Jack hid his hand behind his back.
"Nothing," Ember narrowed her eyes at him before matching forward and using her free hand to grab his wrist and pull it forward seeing the tattoo's color was just like the pink scales of the dragon. "Jack... explain,"
"Well, you see I kinda-"
Ember then saw the white liquid in the toilet.
"YOU BASTARD!"
*POW!*
Holding his eyes while the pain began to fade away Jack sat at the table in front of a clearly mad dragon lord who wasn't too happy with Jack even after he explained it was milk not what she originally thought it was.
"So..." Ember's right leg was bouncing up and down on her heel while looking at Jack. "Anything else you want to tell me, Jackie?"
"Don't call me that," Jack told Ember while the pain faded away. "Man I wish I had a pain nullification with my healing factor that would be a pretty cool superpower set up,"
"Jack!"
"Alright! Alright! Agape and I formed a pact last night!" He held out his hand pointing to his ring finger. "This ring tattoo was because of that pact,"
Ember looked at Agape who smiled knowing another person could see her.
"Why are you so happy?" Ember asked.
"Because you can see me," Agape spoke with a happy tone.
"Of course I can see you," Ember then turned to Jack. "You made a pact with her?"
"It's complicated but in the end, I formed the pact with her so she could interact with the world around her because she didn't have an actual physical form beforehand," Jack told her. "From what she told me it's been a very long time. By long I mean when Faust was still around the long time where no one could see her, hear her, or even feel her,"
Agape began to pet Nali who was in between Jack and her laying down on the table.
"She also told me that she couldn't do anything but watch the world around her while moving place to place so I gave her some apple juice to experience the taste and well when I went to grab Nali some milk she kinda took the bottle and well," Jack pointed his thumb to the bathroom. "You know the rest.. also nice form on the punch there not going to lie,"
Ember looked at Jack while looking at his hand on the table staring right at the ring tattoo on his finger.
"Why rings?"
"What?" Jack asked lowering his hand from pointing at the bathroom.
"Why is it rings," Ember was now looking at Agape's ring tattoo that was the same color as Jack's fur.
"I... actually Agape why did you pick rings," Jack asked turning towards Agape who was now holding Jack's phone trying to turn it on from watching Jack's memories.
Agape looked at him with a smile.
"It's because we are married silly,"
*Cue anime hoo hoo sound*
Jack felt his blood freeze with a look of panic on his face.
"Is something wrong darling?"
Before he could answer the popping of knuckles was heard behind the nightwalker while Ember held a dark look on her face.
(A few dozen Punches later)
The pain in Jack's head could be worse but still, it hurt a lot from a dragon who could easily break apart solid rock and gemstones.
Still, Ember was gone after Jack explained that she did look around his memories before and might have gotten the idea of pact and marriage mixed up.
Then again marriage was a form of a pact.
So he was married to a creature way older than him in the form of dragonness from a model he has seen before.
That was going to be a bitch to explain to everyone else...
By everyone else, he meant Smolder and maybe Gilda.
Speaking of the young six he wonders what bullshit story that they were told knowing Celestia who was once the sole bearer of the elements it was kinda hard to understand why she could use Honesty.
Man everyone in ponyville might be given some half-baked story and would eat it up, well those who knew him wouldn't take it... he hoped.
How were they doing-
"JACK MY BOY!"
Wait...
Before he could react he was grabbed into a head lock and given a nuggy.
"I can't believe you are alive! And your a nightwalker no less!" Jack broke the head lock to see Discord standing before him with a smile on his face.
Jack held out his hands.
"Come on my boy bring it in!" Discord stated while holding out his arms expecting a huge but the moment he took a step Jack took a step back.
"Stay back," Jack told Discord that caused him to frown.
"Jack?"
"Did you know?" Discord lowered his arms with a look of confusion on his face.
"Know what kiddo?" Placing his hands on his hips he looked at Jack. "Jackie it's me Discord don't you remember,"
"I remember Discord but were you in on it?"
"In on what?"
(AN: Can't really blame Jack for what happened to him was painful)
"Did you know what Celestia, Luna, and the elements did at the party?"
"There was a party? How come I wasn't invited," Discord exclaimed upset about not being invited to a party it seemed.
Jack lowered his arms knowing when Discord was lying and what not... he just knew around Discord for some odd reason when he was still human.
Crazy might know when another Crazy is lying, that or he remember from the show when the god of chaos was lying.
"So you don't know what happened," Jack said.
"What happened Jack? You keep saying 'did I know?' even though I already told you I don't know what you're talking about! Something about a party? Which you didn't invite me too which is makes me cross with you for not saying 'hey discord old buddy why don't you come down for this party I'm throwing?' but nooooooo I-" Discord was stopped.
"Discord!" He stopped and look at him. "The elements tried to turn me into stone,"
Discord blinked before taking off his head and shaking it a bit before placing it back on.
"I'm sorry I didn't believe I hear you right. Are you saying our friends tried to turn you into stone with the elements?" Discord asked.
"Yes,"
Discord stared at Jack which the god of chaos did know too when his friend was lying... that and he had millions of years to know a liar from someone telling the truth.
"Your serious,"
"Dead serious Discord,"
"That the kind of serious I don't like," Discord then sat down in the air before pulling off a baseball cap that he summoned to his head to take it off.
Jack picked up his chair and placed it down before sitting himself.
"Let me start from the beginning,"
Discord stared at Jack before holding up his hand and walking over to the lake dropping his head into the water he screamed underwater while the bubbles came up with his screams in them as they popped.
"I wish you would take this seriously,"
Discord shot up.
"I am!" He floated over to Jack. "But that was a stupid idea of oh hey let's turn our best friend into stone who just recovered from becoming a nightwalker and relearning how to use his body again... and this is coming from me the guy whose stupid and crazy ideas are my stick!"
Moving back the god of chaos held his muzzle.
"By the powers why?"
"I still don't know why," Jack then huffed. "Dumb yet dumber,"
"OK wing dings claim down," Discord stated while Jack smiled and flipped him off when the god of chaos saw it. "Oooooh what's that?"
"My pact tattoo with my new 'partner'," Jack told Discord while showing him the dark pink tattoo.
"With who?"
"Me!" Agape popped up behind Discord who stumbled slightly.
"Whoa!" Discord flung his hand like a ninja while looking at the pink dragonness then to Jack and back to Agape. "Um... who are you?"
"I'm Agape! I'm Jack's mate!" Jack felt his face heat up like a oven causing him to hold his face. "Or his wife as many others would call it,"
He could feel Discord's smug smile.
"Awwwwww Jack you sly dog! You got yourself a girl... no woman!" Discord smiled while Jack looked up from his hands while discord did the 'eyebrows' thing. "And she's a dragon ohhhh boy you got real lucky! Oh, Agape did you know Jack has a thing for dragons and even talk about wanting a thing called a bad-"
"STOP!"
"Jack comes on I'm just telling her what she is getting into with you," Discord playfully elbowed him.
"Do not worry Discord I know much about my mate's attraction to dragons along with many other races," Agape told Discord. "His mind is quite a colorful place when it comes to this 'furry fandom' he is a part of,"
Agape then began to think.
"Come to think of it he has a few favorites most of them are canines but there are some others too," Agape told discord who smiled.
"You been in his mind?! Oh, tell me! Tell me! Tell me! what does he like!" Discord asked before Jack can protest discord 'tripped' him into the water even though he was sitting down.
"There is this blue vixen named Krystal, then another vixen who is yellow most of time named Renamon," Jack tried to climb out of the lake.
"Discord the hell man I could have had stuff in my pockets like my phone!"
Discord pushed him back in.
"Oh yes there is also a wolf-like creature called a hellhound named Loona which Jack seems to like her eyes very much, then there was a another vixen that looked like Renamon called... taomon I think they are related, this next one is interesting yet ANOTHER Vixen with blue hair is something called a police officer called Carmelita, and-"
"Agape please don't-!" Discord pushed him down more.
"You were saying,"
"I don't think Jack likes me telling you this,"
"Oh, it's fine what where are you saying?" Discord asked.
"Um... there was a cat called Miyu who seemed to be friends with Krystal and then finally was something I didn't expect," Agape stated.
"Do tell," This time Discord was holding Jack under the water.
"Jack has a fear of water life but then again he was a big fan of sharks when he was a child so doesn't surprise me that this one was tiger shark but with light blue stripes called Nika Akulova Sharkeh,"
"Sharkeh that sounds weird... Wait Jack is afraid of water?"
"Yes, he almost drowned once and some movie that with sharp toothfish which I cannot recall the name of the fish," Agape told him.
Letting Jack up the werewolf gasped for air.
"Do all my friends want to kill me now?"
"Sorry got carried away Jack my boy," Discord held out his hand but Jack refused it getting up.
"All because you wanted to know my furry crushes well congregations! You now know!" Jack's wolf nature caused him to unknowning shaking himself off when wet.
"Don't worry darling I only told him about the ones that had those models for that animation engine what's it called?" Agape held a finger to her chin doing an anime trope most likely from reading his mind...
What animes did she see in there? He hopes she avoided the cringe ones like redo hero healer anime that he wondered why it was allowed to air the entire season.
"Source filmmaker?"
"That's the one!" She smiled. "They all looked so pretty and you seemed to enjoy them all so much it was hard to pick,"
"Pick?" Discord asked.
"Which form I should take," Agape spoke.
"Wait what?"
"Long story... but I have a very important question for you discord," Jack walked in front of the god of chaos. "Did you come with the princesses,"
"I did along with the elements, Spike, Sunset, Starlight, and Trixie came along too!"
"Where are they?" Jack asked.
"Who the elements, the princesses, the-"
"Where are they staying?" Jack reworded the question.
"OH! We are staying in the palace... by we I mean Spike, Sunset, Starlight, Trixie, and myself but the princesses and the elements well I kinda see why they aren't allowed to sleep in the palace now," Discord rubbed the back of his neck. "They are staying in their airship,"
"Hm," Jack crossed his arms in thought. "Well, why are you here now?"
"Simple I sensed you were here and I decided to pay you a visit! I'm glad I did now I can tell the others that-"
"NO!"
"What? All I was going to say is that you are now with hot dragon babe," Discord crossed his arms. "Kiddo you need to understand I can keep a secret if I really wanted to and your 'furry' life is one cross my heart,"
"If not I'll stick a needle in your eye myself," Jack warned Discord.
"Gees you humans cross the heart promise is way scarier than pinkie's promise but then again frosting in the eye doesn't sound much better,"
"I mean it Discord,"
"I know. I know. Your a man... errr your a wolf-man of your word," Discord smiled.
"Good," Jack then smiled holding out his hand to the god of chaos. "It was nice seeing you clusterfuck,"
"And you as well sir genetic mess," The two smiled at each other shaking one another's hands.
Then with a snap of Discord's fingers, he was gone with his iconic snap travel.
"Oh shit, that's tonight!" Jack panicked looking through his bag.
"What is darling?" Agape asked while holding pieces of cherry candy in her hand.
"Tonight's a Full moon!" Going through his bag he began to swear to himself. "God damn it where is it! Where is it damn it!"
Agape smiled.
"What's the matter think you'll turn into a were-werewolf?" The tall dragonness questioned.
"This isn't something to laugh about!" Jack's heart was racing while he could feel himself already get warmer. "Oh no!"
He held his head.
"Nononononononono! The pills were on my nightstand!"
"Wait pills?"
"Yes, you know the pills to keep my primal 'urges' in check!"
"What are you talking about that's from that monster girl anime you watched!" Agape smiled.
"Damn it Agape I'm being serious!" He grabbed her arms. "This is dangerous! When it's a full moon I cannot control myself! I almost forced myself upon a maid because I wasn't prepared for what happened!"
Agape looked at him.
"It's that bad?"
"Yes, it's 'that bad' if not worse!" Jack went back to his bag. "I should have a spare in here somewhere,"
"Wait... you're in a heat cycle?" Agape asked.
"No, if I was in a heat cycle I would... I would... I wouldn't know how that would work out haven't been through one yet but it would be what would happen during a full moon but worse!" Jack held froze slightly. "The thought of being in a heat cycle on a full moon scares me,"
"Jack,"
"Agape this is serious where are those blockers?! I knew they were in here! By the fang this isn't going to end well," Jack spoke aloud.
"Jack,"
"Wait I could go deep into the forest and no that wouldn't work I might wind up running into some poor dragonness," Holding his head he tried to think.
"Jack!"
"Chains! Do we have chains! Wait... strength... right damn it all! What about-"
"JACK!"
"Agape what is it?" Before Jack could finish she kissed him causing him to go wide-eyed.
This wasn't helping.
He pushed her back slightly.
"What are you doing! Agape now is not the time for-"
"Jack let me help you," Jack blinked.
"My bag doesn't have them Agape I-"
"Let me help you," Agape told him.
Then Jack felt the spark go off in his mind.
"What?! No. No. No! Agape we just met last night! Plus this new body of yours could overwhelm you with what would happen along with that I couldn't control myself! And... well... you know," Jack blushed slightly. "I still got my V card,"
"So do I darling," Agape said 'darling' in that Esdeath voice of her that would make Zero two's darling look like trash. "I understand the basics of mating how hard can it be,"
"Pfft,"
"I thought you said this was serious,"
"I'm sorry this is just... sorry... honestly Agape I don't know how to even start," Jack spoke. "Plus I haven't even seen myself down there when I became a nightwalker,"
"You haven't tried self-pleasure in this form?" Agape gave a smug grin.
"Pictures don't work for me human or nightwalker and ponies don't do it for me... well maybe Luna or Celestia and maybe a few others," Jack held out his hands. "But we are ignoring the fact that you could get pregnant! I don't wish to be a dad... I'm fucked up as is I don't want any kid to be like me,"
Agape looked at Jack before hugging him.
"You must not worry Jack... even if I could bear children you would treat them with care unlike how you were treated," Agape told him.
"Wait... even if? What does that mean?"
"My form might be physical with blood and bone while working like any other dragon in Equis but unlike them, I cannot bear the eggs of life," Agape begun. "Along with that, the nightwalker curse does come at a price that isn't the pain of body but of mind... knowing the hoist cannot give their partner a child,"
"Wait what!"
"Yes didn't you know that was a part of the nightwalker curse?"
"No!"
"Oh, right you weren't there..."
"And you were!"
Agape nodded.
"Damn this feels weird now," Jack stated. "You being around when the first nightwalker were around doesn't bother me it just feels weird,"
"Hey now, what about that kitsune who-"
"I DON'T DO LOLIS! I'M NOT A PEDO!" The nightwalker barked. "That's why I look up fanart of her being older and looking like someone of age!"
"Does that mean you hate lolis,"
"Half of me dislikes them in anime while the other half is my big brother side and want to protect them while a small part of me wants to give them head pats," Jack looked up. "But that's it! Alright!"
"Yes darling," She smiled.
The two then turned as the light of the sun begin to fade.
"Oh no,"
Agape smiled slightly always wanted to feel what the pleasure of flesh would be like but she froze upon seeing Jack's eyes turn red.
Author's Note
Oh... boy...
That guy: "If she was around during the first nightwalkers than how come she didn't know about the full moon thing,"
Well... she probably saw them slaughter a village and be like...
'Yeah I know enough about this guys,'
And float away.
Still though... damn this proxy is getting some fun after Discord pulling a fast one.
That makes you wonder though: 'Why did they come on a full moon?'
Just something to think about.
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