A Dust Filled World

It was the next morning.

Dust groggily opened his eyes. He felt something heavy on his chest. Looking down he saw Scootaloo. She was still sleeping peacefully, so he decided to gently place her onto the bed. He went into the kitchen, tiptoeing to make sure he wouldn’t awaken anyone. Upon making it to the kitchen, he saw the fridge, and with a delighted sigh he trudged over to it and flung it open. There, he saw a little red bottle. It had been so long since he last had this. Ketchup! He picked it up and took a long swig. Only to stop midway and gag before rushing to the sink to stop the burn.

"AH, What the fuck did I drink?" Dust softly shouted.

Looking down, he saw that what he drank wasn’t ketchup, but hot sauce.

After taking the taste out of his mouth, he looked over to Scootaloo, to see if she woken up. To his surprise, she was still fast asleep. Dust smiled and wiped the sweat off his forehead. He heard footsteps coming from the stairs. Dust looked to them and saw the small drake groggily dragging himself down the stairs. In a tired and confused tone, Spike spoke out.

"H- Hello? Is anypony there?" Spike asked as he took cautious steps.

Dust, confused, and slightly amused by the small drake’s tired sounding voice, answered.

"Hey there kiddo. Who are yah?" Dust asked.

Spike turned towards dust. His eyes shot fully open, then he ran back upstairs to frantically wake up Twilight. A few seconds later, Twilight ran downstairs and pointed her already charged horn towards the “intruder”. Twilight was about to shoot, until she realised it was dust. She looked towards Spike.

"Spike, why did you wake me up exactly?" Twilight said trying to calm her racing heart.

Spike looked confused, he pointed at Dust.

"The Monster, he is right there!" Spike pointed his claw towards Dust.

Twilight looked to Dust and then to Spike. Then she began to question something. She was sure Spike had seen Dust before.

"Spike, weren’t you there when we fought Dust?" Twilight questioned.

Spike shook his head. He was asleep when they went out and fought Dust. So, Twilight decided to properly introduce Dust to her number one assistant.Then, Scootaloo woke up, having been scared awake from the sudden noise. She looked to the source of the noise, seeing it was just Spike and Twilight as she calmed down. Then she looked at the pony that they were talking to. It was Dust, who was still sweating. Scootaloo, excited to see her father, ran and jumped onto his shoulders.

"Uh, Scootaloo? Do you know him?" Spike asked with a questioning look.

"Oh yea, he is my new father!" Scootaloo squealed before nuzzling his hood.

Spike's jaw dropped at this. The monster that fought and injured Rainbow, was claiming to be scootaloo's father? Spike couldn’t understand how a 6ft tall and very creepy guy was Scootaloo’s father.

He looked to twilight for clarification.

"Look Spike this is Dust. I know he is creepy, but he is a new member of our home until he has enough bits to afford a place." Twilight explained.

Spike was unsure of things, but he trusted Twilight’s judgment. So, reluctantly, he didn't question her any longer. Though, he did wonder why Dust was as tall as Princess Luna. After breakfast, Twilight, Scootaloo, Spike, and Dust went to the market.

"So, Twilight, what are we looking for?" Dust asked.

"Well, we’re going to need some more food to support another mouth to feed. But before that, we need to get Ponyville to warm up to you." Twilight awkwardly said as she glanced around.

Dust looked around. Everypony was frozen. All the filly's hid behind their parents, all the stallions and mares either shied away or hid quickly in their homes. Dust was slightly annoyed, but he didn't care about what others thought about him. If they didn’t like him, then so be it. No skin off his teeth. Just then, he saw two ponies walking up to him. One was an adult. And beside her, was the filly that bullied his daughter.

"YOU!" Spoiled rich shouted.

Dust looked around and then pointed at himself.

"Me?" Dust said.

"Yes you! Why are you here, monster?! You’re not welcome here!" Spoiled rich shouted at the tall skeleton.

The ponies around the market watched Spoiled rich. While many didn’t like her much, her confidence in speaking to the monster helped them gain confidence of their own. It got to the point they started to riot. They all started to walk towards Dust with an aggressive look. Multiple ponies started to shout at Dust. Dust just looked towards Twilight with a serious look.

"Twilight, what do we do?" Dust asked Twilight, trying not to fling everypony towards Canterlot.

Before twilight could respond, Spoiled rich bucked Dust in the stomach. Dust grunted at the kick, not because it hurt, but because it startled him a bit, making him take 4 quick steps back.

"Fuck it. If you want to fight, then, we will fight!" Dust said as he began to summon his signature Gaster Blasters.

"STOP!" Twilight shouted, trying to stop any conflict that was about to happen.

Dust paused briefly. He reluctantly canceled his Gaster Blasters and gently pushed Twilight aside as he started walking towards Spoiled Rich. Grabbing her by the hair, he forced her to look at him.

“Listen here, your daughter has been a pain in mine’s and her friends sides for ages, from what I hear. I see now where she gets it from. Her pathetic, miserable, old mother.” Dust said.

Then, with all of his might he reeled back, and with as much force as he could muster, threw Spoiled Rich straight into the Everfree. Then he looked towards the small filly and grabbed her by the tail.

"Now, you’re the bitch that’s been bullying my daughter and her friends? I'm sick of people like you. I had to deal with the bullies my brother had, and they didn't make it back home. So, I strongly recommend that you scram. Or you will end up like your mother." Dust stared at the filly, venom in his eyes.

As Dust talked to the filly, who was now flailing and crying, he dropped diamond Tiara and kicked her away.
Twilight was shocked. She did not expect Dust to kick a filly. She didn’t even expect him to throw Spoiled Rich like he did, towards the Everfree. Scootaloo was terrified but at the same time, amazed. Spike hid behind Twilight in fear.

"Dust, why!?" Twilight shouted as she ran to Diamond Tiara.

Putting Diamond Tiara on her back, she ran towards the hospital with Spike. Scootaloo did worry for Diamond Tiara, but she also chuckled. She felt that Diamond Tiara had fully deserved it after all the mocking and teasing. After Dust calmed down, he looked around as the ponies of Ponyville were running away from dust.

"Hey Dad!" Scootaloo said.

"What’s up kiddo?" Dust said.

"Can I show you the Cutie Mark Crusader Clubhouse?" Scootaloo squealed.

"Sure, why not." Dust agreed.

Scootaloo led Dust towards the Clubhouse. As they walked, Scootaloo decided to ask a question. She was wondering if she could learn the moves Dust used. Dust paused at this, thinking of an answer.

"I will teach you when you're ready." Dust smiled.

"Alright Daddy." Scootaloo smiled at Dust.

Scootaloo pointed towards the club house. Dust nodded and he teleported inside with her. Then, two screams sounded out. He turned around and saw the two fillies that he knew. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom.

"Jeez, why didn't yah warn us?!" Applebloom asked as she tried to steady her heart.

"Hey there, girls!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

All three fillies hugged. They all looked towards Dust. He was sitting on his legs, as the clubhouse was small and unable to allow him to stand up straight. Applebloom walked up to dust and she climbed onto his leg's

"So, what are ya two here? I know about Scootaloo, but why are yah here?" Applebloom asked.

"My dad was in a fight, about 10 minutes ago! He kicked Diamond Tiara, and threw her mom into the Everfree." Scootaloo explained.

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle just blinked

"I don't know if we should be scared, shocked, or happy." Sweetie Belle said with a deadpanned face.

“Ah say we should be happy. After everything Diamond Tiara put us through, ah say it’s deserved.” Applebloom said.

Dust was about to ask more about the Diamond Tiara filly, only to get cut off by a shout coming outside. Dust looked outside the window. He saw dozens of ponies with weapons.

"Girls, stay here." Dust said.

Before they can say otherwise Dust teleported outside and confronted the ponies. As he stood before the ponies, he observed them. He saw 6 pegasi, 3 earth ponies and 3 unicorns.

"Stop there, Monster! We are monster hunters! And you’re going down by our hooves!” The leader exclaimed.

All of the ponies readied themselves to attack. One of the pegasi rushed down to stab Dust. He swiftly dodged. After which, he shot a bone the Pegasus, killing the mare instantly. The others stood there in shock, horror, and anger. They had never been beaten before and the sure as buck weren’t going to be beaten now.

The unicorns using their magic, tossed boulders and dust up to block Dust’s vision. With their magic ablaze with righteous fury, the fired large bursts of magical beams towards Dust. Dust, of course, did manage to dodge most of them. Unfortunately, some did hit their intended target. Dust was hit in the arm, chest, leg, head. He merely grunted and growled. Not from pain, no, but from anger. These ponies, these monster hunters, were ill more than bugs that begged to be squashed. He looked through the dust and smirked. Using his own magic and the blue soul, he took one of the unicorns and dragged them towards him without the others noticing.

The unicorns kept firing till they began to grow a bit tired. After the dust settled, they were shocked to see a sight that chilled them to the bone and served to fuel their anger. The unicorn Dust brought to him, was held up by his magic, acting as a meat shield. The unicorn was riddled with holes and blood. Clearly, they wouldn’t be seeing the light of day again.

Then, Dust tossed the unicorns corpse to the ponies, blocking their view this time. After the unicorn fell and the ponies looked to Dust, he was already on top of them. It was too late for them to run. The fight only lasted about three minutes, but to the monster hunters it was an eternity. After those three minutes had ended, all of them were dead. Blood coated the dirt as their bodies lay limp on the floor. Dust stood above them, not even panting. Not even tired. Just staring at them. He sighed and tried to clean off as much blood from him as he could, but it was clear some of it would be staying. He rolled his eyes and looked to the Clubhouse.

He teleported back to the cmc, they all gasped. Dust was covered in blood head to toe.

"Alright, hold onto me. I will teleport you girls to Twilight’s." Dust said.

"wait a gosh darn minute. D- Did you kill them ponies?" Applebloom shook in fear.

Dust without a second thought, grabbed the fillies and teleported them to Twilight's house. They were all about to vomit including scootaloo.

Twilight jumped at the teleportation, not expecting somepony to just, pop up. With the exception of Pinkie, who seems to pop up anywhere and everywhere. She looked to see who it was and saw Dust. And the blood he was covered in.

"What the buck happend!?!" Twilight shouted with a shocked and fearful expression.

"Monster hunters. They came to the cmc clubhouse for me." Dust explained to twilight.

Twilight was shocked at the news of the monster hunters. She wondered why monster hunters tried to attack dust. She would have to write a letter to Princess Celestia.

"Why are you covered in blood?" Twilight was scared to ask but had to ask anyway.

"H- He killed them ponies." Applebloom stated as she hid behind Scootaloo.

"WHAT!" Twilight, and spike, shouted.

Dust explained that it was self defence and monster hunters rushed at him first. So, he had to kill them. Despite Twilight’s overwhelming sense of how wrong it felt, she had to agree that it was self defense. Ponies attack Dust first and he fought back out of self defense. She could accept that, despite not wanting to. However, the stunt he pulled with Spoiled and her daughter, Diamond Tiara? That was different. Yes, Spoiled kicked him, so he was right to attack back. But Diamond Tiara? That wasn’t self defense at all.

"Look, I know it was self defence, but it was not ok. But that stunt that you pulled with Diamond Tiara? Her mother, okay. But Diamond Tiara didn’t do anything." Twilight said.

"Look, the thing I did with the filly was wrong. I’ll admit that. She just, made me mad." Dust said with a frown on his face.

Before he could continue explaining, a loud bang rang out behind him from the door. Twilight went to open it and saw a stallion standing before her. None-other than Filthy Rich himself.