Dusk Shuffled into the living room. He was freezing after being outside in the snow. When he walked inside the foyer, it wasn’t hard to embrace the warmth of the Bordello. It was like returning to an old lover, A lover who wrapped her arms around him, holding him through the night in front of the fire. It was such a nice feeling.

“It’s good to be home….” Dusk said a calmness to him as he felt his eyes getting heavy. He felt like he could collapse to the ground at anything second.

“Dusk, what are you doing here?” He heard Celestia calling out to him as he turned around, seeing the shocked expression on her face. His vision slowly went dark.

“Could you give me a minute…” Dusk muttered as he suddenly fell over, barely able to finish his sentence. Everything suddenly went dark as He fell, hitting the ground.

“Dusk!” Celestia called out as she tried running over to catch him but couldn’t make it. Celestia looked back at the young man, her mouth agape as she reached over, touching his back as she realized something. There were scars on his back but one near the center. It looked like a hand. The way it felt him. It seemed unsettling as she wondered what had left it there.

***

Dusk laid in bed, his head tossing and turning as he lay there, his body grunting as he was hit with images. Images he couldn’t recognize. Like pictures in photo albums bring back terrible memories—things he didn’t want to remember the way they sunk into his face. Dusk saw a dark shadow figure that suddenly grabbed him from the neck.

Dusk’s throat tightened up like something was choking him. The air was sucked away as he suddenly found himself shooting out of bed. He was swinging fists as if his life depended on it. At the same time, he screamed out with a tired husk. He suddenly found a pair of hands grabbing his chest and pushing him down. Dusk wanted to fight it off, yet he felt so weak. He waved his arms when he heard a voice.

“Dusk! Calm down! We’re here; we’re here for you!” A southern voice said as Dusk’s eyes shot open as he suddenly saw the cowgirl, her cowboy hat tipped over as she looked at him with those big eyes that looked concerned.

“Applejack? Is that you?” Dusk said as he suddenly found himself hugged by the giant cowgirl, who nodded.

“It’s me, Dusk! Where have you been!” She cried out, holding him. Dusk held onto her for a long moment embracing and taking in her scent. Dusk had to admit he missed the cow as he held onto her as a child would to a mother. He forgot that soft apple scent.

“Well, it’s all good; I’m glad your back.” A grumpy woman said as Look looked back, seeing Ember right there looking angry as she had her arms crossed. Yet, he could see a smile on her face for a split second.

“It’s good to see you also, Ember.” He smiled and even saw Sunset Shimmer looking back at him in the corner. The hurt seems on the Kitsune’s face. Without warning, Sunset Shimmer jumped at him. Her tail whipped in the air as she tackled Dusk. They held onto him for the longest time,

“Ouch, Sunset Shimmer, careful there; you guys hug me too tight.”

“Why did you leave us!” Sunset Shimmer said tears were rolling down her cheeks while Dusk looked away, almost ashamed.

“I didn’t mean to just, I had to close the gate, and there was only one way to close the door. So I had to take it.” In truth, he wished he could remember what happened. His heart sank more, and he felt terrible as he looked over at the sad Kitsune. Dusk cusped her cheek, rubbing it gently while giving a gentle smile.

“Hey, I’m ok, so that’s good.”

“Good no, you left us. Do you know what happened? We all went downhill, and Applejack barely ate. I had to work myself so that I couldn’t think about you; Ember… Well, she’s Ember. I don’t know what a dragon is thinking. But we were miserable, Dusk-Kun.” She said, clearly more angry as she grabbed onto him. Dusk wondered if Sunset Shimmer would ever let him go. A part of him hoped so.

“Hey, at least I’m back, and I promise I won’t leave any of you guys to go. Even if I do, well, I’ll bring you along. Even if I’m going to hell.”

“Promise,” Sunset Shimmer said while Applejack nodded as she kissed his head.

“I promise… Come on, Ember, get in here; I missed you, ya’h grumpy dragon.” Dusk smiled more though Ember huffed.

“Thanks but no thanks, I got something else to attend.” She said before heading out the door. Celestia was right there, and Bellatrix looked at the three who remained.

“Well, I’m glad to see you are happy together, but Trixie and I want to speak with him.”

“But we just got him back. We want to spend some time with him.” Applejack pouted, annoyed by what was happening.

“Hey, it’s ok, I’ll be ok, and when we’re done, I’ll see you guy’s soon,” Dusk smiled widely as Applejack looked over him, more hesitant than usual but nodded.

“Fine,” Applejack said while heading out of the room. As she walked out, Dusk watched as the other girls followed behind her. As Dusk lay there in bed. A long groan as he looked back at Celestia and Bellatrix standing around.

“So what do you guys need? Um, how’s Luna?” Dusk asked,

“She’s fine. Though sadly, she had to go back to California. But we’ve exchanged numbers so I can call her and set up times to hang out.” Celestia said while adjusting her glasses. A small smile rested on her face. It looked nice on her; Dusk had to admit.

“Well, hopefully, she comes back; I didn’t get to know her.” He smiled lightly as he leaned back, getting comfortable. The blanket was warm against his chest, feeling relaxed.

“What were you wanting to talk to me about?”

“That’s the thing, Dusk; we need to know something?”

“What about?” Dusk said, looking back at the werecougar and Vampire. They watched him almost as if he had just grown a second head.

“What happened? Is there anything that you do remember about hell?” Bellatrix cut to the chase. It looked at him; she admired the bed for a second as old memories returned from the past as she patted the fine wood.

“As I said, I don’t remember much. Maybe my mind is suppressing it. I remember that when I closed the door, everything went dark. Then pow. I’m standing in front of the Bordello naked as a baby. And it’s snowing. How long was I gone?”

The two looked back at each other for the longest time.

“You were gone for three months. When you passed out, you were asleep for nearly three days.” Celestia reached over, touching the bed. “Honestly, we’re surprised your even alive. Yet how?”

‘I wish I knew, though it’s just… I wish I could remember.” Dusk ran his fingers through his hair. Trixie smiled, her head tilting forward.

“You are an interesting Human. I hope I’ll be able to find out what happened. But for now, we have other things to discuss.”

“Like where Mjölnir is?” It was then Gulda appeared, standing right outside the door. Annoyed as she looked back at Dusk. She was wearing a jumpsuit, her Cleavage showing off with her zipper down slightly. Gilda’s arms crossed.

“I honestly don’t know. It might have gotten lost. While I was in Hell.”

“You lost Thor’s hammer….” Gilda said; she turned around as she rested her head against the wall; Dusk was tempted to get out of bed, Yet he imagined if he did, she might just put him right back into the hospital, and that was something he wasn’t going to risk it.

“I swear, this is just my luck. I accidentally kill Thor; I get his Hammer now that’s missing. I swear I have got the worst luck ever.” Gilda groaned, rubbing her temples. “What am I going to do? What are the gods going to say if they find out?”

“We’ll get there when we get there. I mean, it’s not like they notice it was gone before.” Dusk said, though, met with a dirty look.

“When you’re all better, you’ll feel the burn.” Gilda whipped around, walking out. Dusk found himself feeling bad. Wishing he knew what happened to the hammer. Bellatrix and Celestia remained. While looking back.

The three of them were alone once more. Dusk groaned as he tried getting back up before Celestia pushed him down.

“Listen, we have one thing we have got to discuss since you came back. Well. We never knew you were coming back?” Celestia rubbed the back of her head, clearly nervous, while Dusk looked back at her.

“What did you do?”

“We ended up declaring you dead. But to be fair, we thought you did die in there. It was Hell, after all.”

Dusk’s eyes twitched at that response, clearly annoyed as He rested his face in his hands. “Great, just great. So I’m considered dead. What will I have to stay in the house for the rest of my undeath?”

“No, it’s not going to be that way; we know people can’t just remain in a single location forever. You’re not a prisoner; it’s just, we’re going to need to do something when we have a chance.” Celestia looked back at Bellatrix for a second.

“So Bellatrix here is going to help fix this situation. We’ll be moving house to a new location.”

“We can just do that?”

“Yes, though it takes a bit of power, and since the house has been in a weakened state, we weren’t sure if it would work but now that you’re here, and With Bellatrix’s help, we should be able to move it to a few locations,” Celestia said as she patted his shoulders.

“I guess it’s fine, though; it kind of sucks… I mean, what’s left if everyone thinks I’m dead… Yet maybe it’s for the best.” He sighed while trying to think about what he would do looking back. He had loved the town even if the city at this point hated him. Sees him as nothing more than a monster.

“Maybe your right. Maybe I could do a couple of things before we finish?”

“Sure thing, we’ll start it when you’re in full health,” Celestia said as she rubbed his shoulders.

“Thanks. I appreciate it.” Dusk said. He wasn’t smiling. He just sat there,

“We’re here for you whenever you need us to be here,” Celestia said. Bellatrix nodded as she looked back at him.

“I’ll let you know.” Soon, the two left him, and Dusk felt almost alone for once.

***

Three days had passed since Dusk had woken up, and finally, after eating and drinking some. The long day of rest and playing strip poker with Sunset Shimmer and Applejack at random times. Had taken its turn. Dusk finally pulled himself out of bed and let out a long groan. His legs felt stiff, yet with each step, he felt better.

“Finally, I feel like a million bucks,” Dusk said before realizing what would happen soon and sighing in annoyance. During that time, he had asked Sunset Shimmer to go over and make a unique charm for him as he looked over towards the bedside seeing the small gold ring with a ruby in the center.

“I guess I can give this place one last goodbye and see Uncle Light Night one last time.” He sighed, knowing it would be the last time he would see him again, and figured it would be short. Dusk put on the ring, feeling a tingle run down his body as he looked into the mirror. His appearance changed a bit more to a heavy face, his hair turning bright red and covered in freckles; he imagined people would call him Red or hell, Even call him Irish.

“I better go and make my piece.” Dusk sighed as he stepped out and headed off towards town.

***

Going through town, Nothing changed. Though the Snow wasn’t much comfortable, It was cold, and walking to town had been a bitch. The girls had decided to return his Charger to his uncle sometime after he had gone to Hell. So he didn’t have much to drive.

It might have been a good thing because it would look odd if someone were driving his car. He was especially seeing his uncle.

He saw the small town; some of the shops he knew were closed down. Kids ran around playing and having fun. Yet a part of him was curious as he continued.

Light Nights Garage was opened, Though Business was slow as Dusk walked inside. No one paid attention. He saw the Charger out there. The way it rested caused his heart to ache as he wanted to take the poor girl But he didn’t have the keys now as he saw Light Night sitting in his chair. His eyes looked red like he’d been drinking as he looked over at Dusk,

“What do you want, Red?”

“Oh, I just saw the Charger out there and wondered who it belonged to?”

“Well, it’s mine, and it’s not for sale,” Light Night grunted while watching the red-headed man.

“No, not that, just admiring it, that’s all.” Dusk smiled lightly, though somewhat glad he wouldn’t sell the car.

“Yeah, it was my nephew, and he’s gone. I don’t want to talk about it.” Light Night was more to the point, not wanting to talk about the situation.

“Well, it’s a very nice car. Did you rebuild it?” Dusk wondered, just trying to strike up a conversation.

“The kid and I worked on it. Fuck I’m going to miss him.” Night muttered as he grabbed another drink. He downed that bottle more than anything.

“I bet he was a fine guy.”

“He was a pain in the ass, but he was my pain in the ass, and I will miss him. His life was getting better after a shit storm… Now I’ll never see him again.” There was a second when he turned around. Like he was doing everything, he could not cry in front of another man.

“I think I should get going; sorry I brought up some painful memories.”

“Yeah might be a good idea… I think I’ll close up and head home to my wife.” He muttered while turning around, his head down as Dusk walked out. His heartbreaking as he decided it was for the best he left. He wishes there was more he could do.

“Please have a good day, and sorry for your loss.”

“Appreciate it,” Light Night said while heading into the back. Dusk went out the front, and for a moment, he wanted to look back and tell his Uncle who he was, but… He realized it was too late.

He walked out of the Garage. As he looked back at the Charger, a part of Dusk wanted to cry as he touched the hood. He remembered all the good times he had. The way she drove and how fast she was. In many ways, she was his first love. A car that wouldn’t let you down. Now they would be separating at this point, as he said.

“Take good care of him, girl. Please, this is all I ask for, don’t let him down.” It was his last request as he almost imagined the engine purring in confirmation. Dusk sighed as he walked away. His hands in his pocket as he looked over around, Dusk headed down the road,

“Goodbye, you might not have liked me, but I’m gonna miss you; in a way, you’ll always be my home.” He walked away, Never looking back.
***

The following day Dusk stood in the Foyer of the Bordello, the signs of chalk running around forming strange and mysterious symbols. Things he couldn’t recognize. The way they created around It was pretty fascinating.

“So you guy’s said this will transport the house?”

“It should; Trixie has done it a few dozen times,” Celestia said while finishing the circle.

“Yes, This isn’t the first time; one time, we had to move to Germany and quickly get out after the events of world war two; we weren’t having any of it.”

“Well, that’s something I didn’t need to know, but alright,” Dusk said as he looked around. So where are we going?”

“That’s the thing we’ll be checking out a few locations, the house will appear, and you can decide which one you think we’ll do well.”

“I guess we can give that a try.” Dusk wondered some while Bellatrix nodded,

“We better get this going. The faster this is finished, the quicker I can go home.” The Vampire queen said, looking more tired.

“Oh, you’ll be leaving soon?” Dusk said, more curious.

“Yes, after we finish the final part of the deal, I shall be going back to my Manor; my girls shall be waiting for me so that I can train them in the ways of the Vampire.”

“Well, hate to see you go, but yeah, We should make this quick,” Dusk said. The room glowed lightly as Bellatrix began reciting the spell. The blue light grew rider as it continued to build, and without warning, there was a flash of light.

When the light dimmed, Dusk rubbed his eyes as he groaned; Celestia stumbled for a second; “Just great, well go out there, check it out and tell us if you like it.”

“You’re just using me as a meat shield?” Dusk said while the girl shook her head. He looked at them suspiciously though he shrugged it off, opening the door.

He looked outside, seeing what looked like a nice neighborhood. The Sun was out even if it didn’t melt the snow. There weren’t many houses, except one across the road. He looked over and saw it was quite the manor.

“Hmm, this place isn’t that bad.” Then without warning, he heard a loud, powerful scream like someone was being murdered as he watched trees flying into the air while another voice somehow called out,

“Not Again! Someone grab Twilight! Tempest Shadows on the loose again!”

“Nope.” Dusk quickly closed the door and looked over at the girls.

“I think we should go somewhere else.” Dusk looked outside, wondering what the heck was going on out there. Though shook his head, imagining it wouldn’t be a good idea.

“What was wrong with that place?” Celestia asked though Dusk said,

“No idea, but I feel we’d deal with trees thrown at the house, so we might want to move.” It was then the ground shook, and Celestia nodded,

“Alright, let’s try somewhere else.” Dusk got back in the center as the Bellatrix started speaking the strange language.

The light flashed brightly as Dusk looked back outside. The house looked like it was in the middle of nowhere on a tundra as He closed it.

“Nope, too frozen; I don’t think we would survive.”

“Well, lets try this one.” There was another flash as Dusk looked outside. The first thing he saw was an overly heavy man, with a red and yellow shirt and Skirt running around the street screaming,

“The Dimensional Merge is happening! Everyone prepare yourself Sonichu is coming your goddess demands!!”

Luke Stuck his head in and shook his head,

“The place might have been nice but there is a crazy motherfucker running around, Not risking the girls with him.”

“Ok, well, suggest somewhere.”

“Well, Most likely not Florida. That place would try and run us out of town. Texas might shoot one of you girls… So, most likely somewhere in America.”

“Alright, nowhere cold, set in America. Think we could settle for that Bellatrix.”

“I would have suggested Appleloosa close to the board of Mexico; I could imagine some fine young boys needing help. Besides, everything is bigger in Texas.” Bellatrix said. The way she smiled added to it.

“Well, wherever we go, let’s just hope it’s warm.” It was then that Bellatrix began turning on the charm swaying her hips, her breasts jiggling as she started firing off the magic, and without warning, the light hit, a powerful blazing blue light hit.

Dusk looked outside; the sun shined brightly as they stood in a vacant lot. The ground looked dry like that of a desert. It would be time before the grass entirely grew back. He turned to look over and saw a few trees the way they were twisted and without their leaves reminded Dusk of hands pulling themselves out of the ground and giving the Bordello a more haunting look.

“So, where are we guys?” Dusk said, feeling the hot sun hit him from the window as he looked back at Celestia.

Celestia reached down to check her phone and got comfortable for a second; she updated it a little by simply reading over.

“It looks like we’re in Appleloosa.”

Dusk stood there for a second as he rolled his shoulders,

“I mean, not like anyone’s going to know who I am here in Texas. Hopefully, we don’t get shot” He looked around for a second, wondering what life would be like here, as he couldn’t help but think about what could happen here in good ol Texas. Though he chuckled, imagining one of the girls dressed as the Dallas Cheerleaders.

He thought of the warm weather, “You know what? Yeah, how about it we’ll stay here. If it goes wrong, we can always move. Guy’s, we’re staying in New Orleans.” Dusk smiled.

“Fine, though, we’ll have to change your last name; you Can’t risk someone fully finding out who you are when we get established. If you want to think of something while we begin setting up, having the Bar and other parts of the house connected and transferred here.” Celestia ran her hand through her hair, clearly annoyed,

“This will take a lot of work, just trying to get the right paperwork for this state. But we’ll make do. We’ll make do.”

“I think I’ve got a name, at least for now,” Dusk said while looking outside the window into the desert land, The Lone State. He imagined this as the beginning of his life, a new name, a new life. He took a deep breath, taking in the scent.

“I think I’ll take the last name… Light.” Dusk looked back to the window for a second and decided, Yeah, Dusk Light, now that was a name for a new man.

Author's Note

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