> Equestria Handiman: The Saga Continues
>  by Lighting Ace
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> The Return Of The Kind Holstaur (Edited By NagaShark)
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“A girls night out?” Mark repeats with a raised eyebrow as he sees his herd getting dressed for a night out with the royal sisters. 

“That is right honey, now that Lusuna has learned how to control her urges, and is as well balanced and calm as Molestia, Surprise suggested we treat the Princesses to something special and give them their very first girls night out.”  

“Wait, over a whole millenia neither of them has ever had a night out with friends?” Mark looked at them perplexed.  

“Well kind of.” Surprise responds. “They have but Lusuna and Molestia…” 

“Oh…I get it, they just NOW have a chance to have that as an option and the night is mostly for them right?” 

“Ding!” She replies, poking his nose with an eager smile. “And we want to help them experience it at the very least once, before handing off the crown, so tonight we are painting the city red!” 

“Well, it looks like I have the castle to myself then.” Mark chuckled and headed to one of the couches where he picked up a book.  

“Oh no you don’t.” Milky giggles and takes the book away. “You have quite the night ahead of you.”

“Excuse me?” Mark raises an eyebrow as she puts the book back on the bookshelf.  

“Really Star, you actually think we would leave you high and dry with nothing to do tonight, while we go out and have fun?” Umbral crosses her arms in front of him. 

“Wouldn’t it kind of defeat the purpose of a girls night if I come along too?” 

“Who said anything about you coming with us?” Surprise teases with a giggle as she helps him stand up, and guide him to his wardrobe. “Now go pick yourself something nice…and warm it’s chilly outside.” 

“Ok why? Where am I going?” 

His herd only smirks, and looks at one another with a knowing smile before resuming getting dressed.  

“Girls?” 

“Oh don’t think too much about it sweetie.” Fluttershy finally replies after he was looking around for someone to explain. “We only thought of treating you with something special while we go out and have fun. Like Umbral said, we were feeling a bit bad about leaving you behind so the Princesses could have a night for themselves, so we thought you might like to explore the city a bit.” 

She gives him a piece of paper with some directions on it. “Have some fun of your own stretching your legs, seeing the nightlife, maybe make some new friends.” 

He eyes the piece of paper, not finding anything suspicious about it, before looking at Fluttershy “…and I need to wear something nice doing that because…?” 

“Ah, ha.” Surprise interrupts him and starts to drag him into the bathroom “That would be spoiling the surprise, now go get ready honey. You don’t want to make them wait too long” 

“Who is waiting?”  

Surprise steals a quick kiss on his lips and winks at him. “You will see, just trust me I know you are gonna love it.” She replies cryptically. Before closing the door leaving the confused human alone as he hears the front door of her room close announcing that the girls just left. 

Questions keep spiraling in his head, but ultimately, he decides to trust them and see what kind of surprise they just brewed for him to have.    

Deciding to pick his usual blazer, and formal pants, shirt and shoes. Mark heads to the front door of the castle, where he sees a familiar face wave at him, with a group of Thestrals.  

“There you are, Mark over here.” Silver Wing smiles at him, before looking at the group. “Here he is, guys the man of the hour.” 

The rest of the bat ponies turn around, and he sees a mixed match of stallions and mares approaching with a friendly smile.  

“You got us worried for a second there sir, we were about to take bets on if you were coming or not.” One of the stallions says with a  chuckle. 

“Yeah, sorry for the delay, couldn’t find my blazer and my herd kind of kept me in the dark on what was supposed to be happening tonight.” He apologizes as he greets the group. “What is happening exactly?” 

“Ha! So they didn’t tell you a thing then?” Another stallion laughs it off. “Boy you must trust them, if you are willing to walk blindly like this.” 

“Be nice Claw Night.” Silver chastises, getting next to Mark. “Don’t worry Mark, this isn’t something so big. Me and the guys were just heading to a fancy restaurant, and we were wondering if you wanted to join us.” 

“Will it really be ok if I butt in? I mean this sounds more like friends getting together.” He asks in worry.  

“Nah! You’re cool, the more to split the bill the better. Plus this restaurant is a must for us carnivores.” A cheerful mare replies, winking at Mark. “They really know how to prepare your dish if you know what I mean.” 

His eyes wide in realization “Wait you mean to tell me, this restaurant…?” He looks at Silver for answers as she nods. “Canterlot is a center of international trading, tourist and culinary culture. Plus it holds a substantial number of Thestrals as part of their citizens, of course there would be restaurants that serve meat.” 

“It’s a bit hidden in respect of the general population, that is a bit more squishy about the idea” One of the soldiers says. “But if you know where to look, believe me there are options.” 

“So…do you still want to bail out?” A mare questions with a raised eyebrow.  

“Not really, if anything I would love to have a meal that I don’t need to hunt down first, and is prepared by a professional.” 

“We thought so, ok everypony lets go! To the meat market!” Silver exclaims, and everyone woohoo’s as they exit the castle, and heads deeper into the city.  


Meanwhile in Ponyville


“…And then despite everything in the world seemingly wanting me to miss or make my coronation a disaster everything went surprisingly smoothly as the transition of power went, and from then on I began ruling the kingdom with harmony and friendship as my moral code.” A larger version of Twilight finishes her story before taking another sip of tea, while Flash Sentry couldn’t keep his eyes away from her.  

At first glance she looked just like his beloved Twilight, except she clearly had grown more in the past 20 years, despite being most likely in her forties she remains drop dead gorgeous choosing to replace her usual purple skirt and yellow shirt, with a garment similar to Princess Celestia with golden jewelry a purple toga, a silver corset and a staff, and seemly adopting her mentor way on how her mane float on an none existent breeze.  

“Incredible, and you think that is what I will…or rather I could aspire to become?” The normal Twilight questions. Intrigued looking down with her fingers on her chin.  

“What happened to us?” Moondancer asks, also intrigued by the story she just heard.  
Ruler Twilight can only sigh in sadness as she looks down. “Unfortunately the life of a ruler must be a solitary one , while it’s true I had developed a curiosity of exploring the idea of a relationship…” She takes a quick glance at Flash Sentry and sends him a wink making him blush hard.  “…alas my duties and responsibilities prevent me from seeking that subject and now, my fears of invoking those that only seek personal gain or are just intimidated by my job has prevented me from exploring it.” She puts the cup down. “How exactly did you form your herd? I've been curious since I saw you two.” She looks at Moondancer and Flash.  

“Oh it’s a lovely story, you see. One day I invited Moondancer to do a speech on the importance of balancing your studies with your social life, and because it fell on their anniversary, and Flash didn’t want to make her skip something so important the two decided to come and…” 

“Wait, wait, wait” Ruler Twilight lifted a hand in surprise. “You are not the alpha?” She looks at her counterpart in shock.  

“Ah no? Why?” 

“Is there a problem with that?” Moondancer questions her with a raised eyebrow, as Ruler Twilight remains quiet for a moment before smiling.  

“Not at all just a bit surprising, apologies I suppose I have been a bit too focused on taking charge that I had forgotten other relationship dynamics. Speaking of which, this could still be your future Twilight, just look at me. Everything turns out fine, better even now that you have found your significant others.” 

“Well I’m still not sure about it” Twilight confesses looking down. “I definitely have been thinking about taking the offer, but well, no offense or anything that sounds incredible, but taking a step back from my duties and finding companionship has made me realize that there is more to life than just following a schedule, being a ruler, or having friends.” 

“Of course.” Ruling Twilight agrees. “Sorry for interrupting, what were you saying?”  

‘This is all wrong, what exactly happened in this iteration?’ 

“Before we continue.” Moondancer asks, still looking at her suspiciously. “Seems like you have your world cut off from you, what exactly are you doing in our world?” She asks directly, much to her herd’s shock.  

“Moondancer!” Flash chastises, yet she just presses on.  

“Come on, don’t act like you are not asking yourself the same, if she is just like our Twily she would never skip her work.” 

“It’s ok everypony, it is a very valid question, and you are right to ask why I suddenly decided to visit other Equestria’s. And well the answer to that is merely sheer curiosity. I don’t know if Celestia ever told you, or even if your Celestia ever did, but back in the days of Starswhirl the Bearded she and him spent countless nights exploring the wonders of the multiverse cataloging, and following a record of all sorts of iterations…right until an incident happened that made him and my mentor drift apart, and stop their escapades. I found her old journal, and intrigued by the prospect of finishing her work, I decided to resume it.” 

She summons a thick book filled with data. “I have been finding brand new worlds to explore and unravel, see how many different stories have been played and resolved. I even found one where Blueblood had a change of heart and improved Equestria in his own way. Grew tired of that one eventually.” 

“This is incredible!” Twilight looks at the book like a filly on Hearth's Warming Eve “But the Multiverse is infinite, there is no way you could record everything that is.” 

“No, but I can map a safe travel journal of where to visit and how the locals work, and leave it for the next generation later.” 

“Ok, question this is all good, but if you are here, who is ruling in your world?” Flash questions 

“Oh don’t worry about it, I left Spike to take care of everything while I’m gone. This isn’t my first time experimenting with magic after all. Plus Celestia left a very detailed schedule on how to hop back and forth without getting lost.” 

“Seems like you have planned this very carefully, your highness.” Moondancer mentions. 

“Please, in my world we are also friends, no need for titles.” 

“And yet you rather explore the multiverse, than try finding a date?” 

“Moondancer don’t be rude.” Twilight chastises her again. 

“It’s ok, yeah, I've been kind of dodging the subject a tinsy bit, but I assure you I…” Suddenly a clock rings and she looks at the time. “Oh looks like time's up, I better return to my world now.” 

Ruling Twilight stands up. 

“Will we see you again?”  Twilight question pleadily 

“Of course I will be back in a week, I still need to catalogue that story of yours, who knows maybe it will help me find the courage to try that dating subject.” She winks at them before departing. 

“This is incredible to me, as the ruler of Equestria! Can you believe it!” Twilight looks at her herd with a big grin. 

“You still can Twily, and just so you know.” Flash grabs her hand. “No matter what you choose we will be there with you all the way no matter what.” 

“Thank you…Prince Flash.” She lightly teases earning a light chuckle from the two.  

“I don’t know.” Moondancer meanwhile looks at the mirror with suspicion  

“What is the matter, Moondancer?” Flash questions.  

“Not sure yet, but that Twilight, something about her seems a bit…off.” 

Flash and Twilight looks at her confused, blinking a couple of times before looking at one another. 


Back at Canterlot


True to what they told him, reaching the restaurant wasn’t exactly as easy as Mark would have liked. Once the group reached the center of town they had to do a sharp turn to the left and enter an obscure small hidden space between two large buildings, where they started their descent down some long, and wide stairs into the cave section of the city.  

The idea of finding out that Canterlot continues underground was fascinating enough for the human, especially with how the crystals act as post lights that give a magical feeling to it. But then his senses were greeted by a familiar scent, as they arrived at the meat market where Mark could smell all different types of dishes being displayed for the public passing by, from Cabbage with onions, jalapeños, and steak, to nachos with meatballs, to even meat soups.  

All of them give him a sense of familiarity and happiness like never before.  

‘Applejack was right, I should have just told them that I loved meat years ago! I am so gonna kiss those girls until they scream!’ 

Shedding a tear, the group advances through the end of the road where a two story building with the sign ‘Silver Fork’ and a neon image of a fork piercing a steak could be seen.  

“We are here, and you don’t have to hold back Mark, it's all you can eat.” Silver reassures him as they walk in.  

“Ok, now I feel like I'm underdressed, this place seems very fancy, are you sure I dressed appropriately?” Mark questions now realizing how his choice was a bit informal for this type of restaurant, yet Silver shakes her head. “You are fine really, this isn’t that fancy either.” 
“But it’s hella expensive.” Claw adds. “Even all 5 of us could find a hard time with a bill so we invited some other carnivores to join in.” 

“Cool, ha I suppose that is why Surprise mentioned that about making new friends. So how many more are coming?” 

“Just two more and I think you remember them.” Silver smirks at him as she points forward. “Speaking of which there they come” 

Looking at where she was pointing Mark was shocked when he discovered two familiar mares in fancy dresses walking toward the group. Two Strippers, familiar mares to be more precise.  Skye Venus and Daisy Valentina.   

Like her name Skye decided to wear a sky blue dress that showed a bit of her cleavage and had a wrapped skirt letting her legs show, without sleeves probably so her wings could have air to breath and move freely. 

Unfortunately for Mark, Daisy definitely went for the more provocative ensembly, wearing a black maxi dress that even though revealed less skin in how it reaches her neck in a choker, the way it hugs her body nicely accentuated her features and exposed her ties almost completely.  

The result was immediate, as Mark could only gulp with a red face at her figure.  

“A s-sir are you?” Silver asks, taking out a handkerchief and pressing it to his nose. “You are bleeding!” 

“Wha-what?” Mark reacts, and holds the fabric to clean his nose before pulling back and finding that indeed he just bleed briefly from his nose. “Y-Yeah I’m fine just…that.” He says finding it hard to speak when looks back at the two ladies approaching the group. 

“I hear you bro.” Claw agrees. “Damn! Are they hot, think they are available?” 

The question crashes him back to reality, as he remembers Atlas and sighs in disappointment. “Not sure about Skye, but Daisy is…unfortunately taken.” 

“Oh…yeah shame, but hey you can’t blame a guy for having to look right?” 

“Maybe.” He agrees without energy, as he musters his willpower to smile at the two. 

“Well, well, well.” Skye looks at Mark with a smirk. “We meet again human. Didn’t take you for a carnivore” 

“Hi Skye, hi Daisy, I’m actually an omnivore, but yeah I like to eat meat from time to time.” He then looks at Daisy. “If anything I’m surprised to see Daisy, you eat meat?”  
“Not really, but the silver fork has a vegetarian option and well, Skye wanted to invite me over, so I couldn’t say no” 

“This little cow, believe it or not, is a bit shy for a cattle, so I’m helping her get more assertive.” Skye mentions with a smirk. 

“You are really a good friend aren’t you Skye?” 

“If you had visited Amazing Tails more often you might find out how much.” She smirks at him. “So how is the herd going with Silver? No issues in paradise?” 

“What?” Mark looks at her in confusion until Silver lightly shoves his side, reminding him of the little ruse. 

“O-oh! Yeah that oh…” 

Skye and Daisy look at him confused at his expression. “Ah, it’s kind of a long story. Would you like to talk about it once we order?” 

“You are lucky I’m already hungry Mark.” Skye agrees and headed to the front door 

“Thanks for understanding, and hey how is Atlas doing?” He asks Daisy as they advance.  

“I imagine, fine, why do you ask?” Daisy questions adding more to her confusion.      

“Huh?” Now it was his turn to be confused as they enter and the waitress soon seats the group at a big table and passed them the menu to scan.  

“Ok we are seated and looking at the menu, now out with it, what is the deal with you?” Skye doesn’t waste time and demands an answer slightly irked.  

Mark and Silver exchange glances as she nods. “Ok Skye, we will tell you, but only if you promise not to get angry.” 

“Why would I…?” 

“Ah!” Silver silences her with a glance. 

“Fine I promise.” 

“Thanks, then the truth is, we lied, we never were in a relationship.” 

“What!?” She was livid until Silver stops her again. “You promised.” 

Taking a moment to relax, she continues. “Ok, why did you lie to me? You have something against griffins?” 

“What?! No! No! It wasn’t like that.” 

“Then what? I’m not good enough?” 

“No!” 

“Then what is it!?” 

“I was scared ok?” Mark finally blurts out, and looks down in shame. 

“Ah…scared?” 

“I…I never viewed Equestria as anything other than adorable and cute, being a fish out of water seeing mares…any female creature for that matter in a sexual light was kind of hard, I just never thought I could see them like that, and didn’t realized it, until Cadence tricked me into going to that place.” 

“O…k?” Skye tries to understand what he was trying to say.  

“Don’t get me wrong, you all helped me realize the world I was missing, and how sexy any woman in Equestria is.” He pauses looking at Daisy, before blushing and looking away.  “You are really sexy Skye, that is the truth, and that is why I…I was afraid of trying something. I was still figuring out what the hell was going through my mind. I swear you made sure I couldn’t sleep that night.” 

“So you choose your left hand pretending to be with the real thing instead of choosing the real deal?” 

“… … …yes, yes that is exactly what happened.” Mark finally answered after some silence. “I was in a very vulnerable state needing to calm my mind and well the last thing I wanted to do is make you angry or worse make you feel unsatisfied.” 

“Dude I can handle virgins, I would have been delicate.” 

“Didn’t you injure that client because of that?” Daisy comments.  

“In there, you are a notorious man eater Skye.” Silver adds.  

“Not helping girls!” She glares at both, before sighing and calming down. 

“The point is, I would have understood, you didn’t need to put on an act. I mean poor Silver had to pretend to like a sloppy kiss of desperation didn’t you Silver?” 

“Ah…no comments.” She decided to reply, looking away, confusing the two.  

“Well I’m sorry I lied Skye, I just didn’t feel I was completely ready to take that plunge, if things would have been different, I would have accepted the invitation.” 

She kept glaring at him for a while, before sighing. “Ah whatever, you can always make it up now.”  

She resumed looking at the menu. “You are clear on what you want now right?” 

“Oh yeah…unfortunately also happily in a herd.” 

She looks at him with suspicion, seeing if he is lying again. “Sorry.” 

“Of for the love of…ugh it’s like you want me to hate you now.” 

“We can still be friends.” 

“Not enough.” 

“Ok Skye, you are being bratty now, he went out of his way to find you that Abyssinian, or are you gonna pretend that didn’t happen?” 

“Oh yeah, the bachelor, he was right, he knew what he was doing.” She nods with a goofy smile. 

“So, isn’t that worth at least a chance?” 

She mulls it over for a second. “What do you think Daisy, should we forgive him?” 

“W-Why are you asking me that?” She ask confused 

“You are a better judge of character than I am and I trust you, so what do you say? Do we give him a second try?” 

“I…” She looks at Mark who was equally confused, and scared of her rejecting him now “I…suppose we can try, if he promises not to lie about being, or not in a herd anymore!” She conditions with a stern warning.  

“Fair enough, you just dodged a bullet Star.” Skye warns him as their drinks arrive and he takes a sip of his beer to calm his nerves.  

“You better not shy away from a threesom next.” The comments make him choke immediately, as Daisy blushes hard, and Skye smirks.  

“W-What?!” 

“Just a reason for wanting to visit us soon.” She winks at him. “Don’t pretend I didn’t see you undress me the second we were in your field of vision. And Daisy sure stirred your loins didn’t she?” 

“I-I-I I’m not made of stone ok?” He finally decides to own up. “But what about your code? Or my code, for that matter, I know you don’t like the idea of herds.” 

“Wrong, I don’t like the idea of BEING in a session with a herd, if a mare or stallion wants some alone time, or he and she, then 3 is my max.” Skye corrects. 

“…ok? And my code is more than clear I do NOT homewreck, so yeah I love how you look but I will not interfere in your romantic life.” 

The strippers look at him in silence, before looking at one another. “Any idea what he is talking about?” 

“None.” 

“I mean Atlas is your coltfriend?” Mark reminds Daisy. 

“Atlas? What? What made you think he and I have something going on?” She asked, perplexed.  
The food soon arrived in time, as Mark sighs and starts to play with his steak. “Daisy I don’t know why you are pretending, but I saw you. Right after that modeling gig, I took some time ago. I saw how Atlas asked you out. Aspen was with you and everything.” 

“Oh? OH! You mean…you thought?” She starts to laugh at the idea. “No Mark, you got it all wrong.” 

“What?” 

“He was asking ASPEN out, telling us he had a thing for Zebras. We were only talking about how things were on Bullhorn, before we left.” 

He is rendered speechless at the revelation.  

“Well dinner and a show, this night turned out better than I could have thought.” Claw comments eating his pasta with gusto.  

“I just…what?” Mark finally found his voice once more.  
“So casanova, how is that code looking now?” Skye smirks and wiggles her eyebrows. “Still want to pass up a night with a bird of prey?” She blows him a kiss, making him gulp.  

“You really think we look ‘sexy’?” Daisy looks at him in curiosity. “You are not afraid of me, and how tall I’m or that I might crush you?” 

“What no, nothing would make me happier…I mean! I was looking forward to asking you out and… why now?” He keeps stumbling on his words trying to find the right thing to do as everyone shares a laugh. 

“I believe what he is trying to say is ‘Skye and Daisy would you like to go out with me’?” she translates, making both of their eyes widen as Skye smirks.  

“For me sure, I’m up for it, just don’t go getting funny ideas Mark, it's a night, fun and rut, this bird likes her freedom, and not be tied up in a herd.” 

He was about to correct her, but decided to hold his tongue, and look at Daisy with hope filled eyes.  

“Oh my, that is really what you wanted to say? You want to ask me out on a date, date?” 

He nods once. “Since we met on that photoshoot. I didn’t because I thought Atlas beat me to it.” 

“Well isn’t that sweet, the human got a puppy crush on you Daisy.” Skye pats her back. “What did I tell you? Ponies just love you! None of them are afraid, surprise? Perhaps a bit intimidated? Sure, but down right fear? That is all in your head, everyone would love a piece of prime beef!” Daisy releases an adorable eep when Skye slaps her ass, making her blush as her friend chuckles.  

“Hey if you need help we can team up on a date too.” 

‘Ok it's official, I think it’s ingrained in my head now, I’m not sleeping tonight.’ 

Mark sighs, and cleans some more blood from his nose, as he tries his hardest to get rid of the mental image of the griffin and Holstaur butt naked hugging his frame. 

“T-thank you Skye, but I’m not sure that would be necessary.” Daisy finally replies. “Not yet at least.” 

‘Oh goody, NOW I’m sure it is ingrained.’ 

“I mean I have never been asked out on a date before, so I’m kind of new to it.” She confesses smiling at Mark. “It might be awkward, and other ponies might stare at us, because of how tall I am.” Mark keeps listening to everything she was saying.  
“But if you still want to, and you really have no issues dating a stripper. If you really don’t mind that a lot of ponies have seen me naked daily. I would love that.” 

“Yes!” Mark yells before clearing his voice. “I mean it doesn’t matter, my herd and I have a way of doing things. We are free spirits and keep things casual but respectful. We have a couple of rules for sure, but our motto is doing our best not to prevent each other from doing what they like. They even can date other mares and have as many friends with benefits as they want. So if what you love is to strip, we would love to have you.” 

“Ah, are you asking her out, or inviting her to join your herd?” Silver questions his choice of words.  

“Oh my God! Date, date! That is what I meant.” He chuckles nervously, thinking he got too far ahead. “Sorry, I got carried away, no pressure or anything.” 

To his relief, Daisy giggles at his antics. “Don’t worry I understand, and I would love that, thank you for saying such nice things Mark, it really is flattering.” 

He smile warmly as his heart is filled with joy, as the group enjoys the rest of the meal, and then afterwards explores the rest of the underground city, seeing what it has to offer, visiting some night clubs and even watch a wrestling match between a Thestral and a Griffin, who Skye took special joy in watching.  

Over all the night out was a complete success and by the time everyone went home, Mark was spent and ready to go to sleep, but not before giving his herd his special thanks for that lovely evening.  

Once he heard them giggling on the other side of the room, Mark smirks and slowly opens the door and closes it behind him, locking it.  

“Oh, hey Mark, how was your night, did you have fun and who, WHOA! What are you doing?!” Milky voice was heard from the other side.  

“Just wanted to say thank you for the surprise. I loved it, in fact I loved it so much I want to give you something in return, what about one long kiss on the lips?” 

“Silly Mark, that is not where her lips…ohhhhh I get it now.” Surprise giggles as moans could be heard. “Oh! Oh! Me next!” 

 
> The Man And The Beauty (Edited by NagaShark)
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Exiting the bathroom with a shit eating grin, Mark takes a moment to breath in, as he prepares for his upcoming date with Daisy, drying himself with a towel, he heads to his wardrobe when a small groan alerts him, and looking at his bed he chuckles when he sees Milky starting to wake up with her mane standing on end, his form of thanking all of them for such a lovely evening still present as she along with the rest of her herd sisters were twitching slightly after their last session.  

Putting on a pair of jeans and a red shirt, he approaches the mare in question, and kisses her forehead. “Morning honey.” 

“Morning sweetie.” She weakly replies before panting. “Wow Mark last night…” 

“I know, I'm just so happy. Thank you so much for organizing that play date with Silver and her friends. I wouldn’t have imagined that Canterlot has a meat district.” 

“Love to hear you had fun and you managed to score a date too.” She chuckles a bit.  

“Are you sure you will be ok? We kind of drained you last night.” 

“Absolutely, I hardly think the date will be that long, or would end like that. Daisy is like all of you, a lady that deserves to be wooed properly.”  

“Ha, then better be careful with those lips of yours.” She pats his cheek a bit. “Those things can be lethal weapons.” 

“I’m sure I will be able to contain myself.” 

“It’s not you, who I’m afraid will not be able to contain themselves.” 

He chuckles and kisses her hand. “I will text you if anything happens, and I will be back by noon, maybe 2 or 3 tops.” 

He lets go of her hand. “Breakfast is ready, you have plenty of water in the kitchen, and I informed a butler to help you out if you need anything while you recover.” 

“Thank you honey.” She nods in appreciation as he stands up. 

“Will you be ok? There is nothing else you need?” 

“None, go Mark have fun and when you return, tell us exactly how it went.” 

“Will do.” He waves at her before heading to the door and to his date with Daisy.  

After a short walk the human found his destination in the city park where in front of the fountain he saw Daisy, wearing a red skirt a white shirt ending in a choker without sleeves and most adorable of all some small eyeshadow looking everywhere while holding a purse until she spots him approaching, and waves hello.  

“Hey Daisy, you are early.” Mark comments approaching the shy Holstaur. 

“Yeah, I didn’t want to be late, you look nice.” She took a moment to admire how he was dressed. 

“Thank you, you look absolutely gorgeous, and cute if that is even possible.” He praises back, making her giggle and look away with some heat in her cheeks.  

“Thank you.” 

“Shall we start?” He offers her his arm, for her to pick, making her smile. 

“We can.” she takes the offer but got a bit worried about how he was left from the size difference. “Are you grabbing my arm? Because of our size I practically leave you with your arm up.” 

“Nah it’s ok, don’t worry, I like the feeling of your arm around mine.” 

She smiles at the comment, as they head to the theater to see a movie. 

“We have some time before the movie begins.” Mark looks at his ticket before looking at Daisy. “What would you like to do while we wait?” 

“Well I wouldn’t mind learning a bit more about you while we wait, is that ok?” 

“Sure.” They go to a bench, and sit next to one another. “So what would you like to know?” 

“Well, I suppose the thing I’m more intrigued by is why me. Mark, you are a bit famous now, I don’t think there isn’t a soul in Canterlot that doesn’t know the true story of what you did when Tirek attacked.” 

“Oh.” He looked down in sadness.  

“N-Not like that I-I mean that also happened but I mean when you defended the city and prevented him from taking over. That was incredibly brave, and everyone is so thankful because of that. You could have chosen to be a celebrity, you could have asked out any mare you would like. Maybe all, but of all the options, why did you choose me?” 
“That is easy because of them all excluding my herd of course you are the one woman that I've been more than attracted to for way too long, to the point I couldn’t even speak properly the first time we met.” 

“Yeah I get that…now, but why? What did you see in me that you love so much?” 

“Well to be perfectly honest, this might sound sappy but while your body got my interest it was your personality that got my full attention.” He confesses honestly.  

“My…personality?” 

“It's kind of my weakness when it comes to mares, yeah I love big boobs and ass, I’m man enough to admit it. But that is just appearance, what I truly love in a woman is kindness, her friendliness, outgoing, and their warmth. And Daisy you are one incredibly kind, friendly, and adorable Holstaur, that is what drove me crazy about you. Although the body helps a little.” 

He jokes earning a chuckle out of her. “So that is why you like me? Because of my kind and shy personality?” 

“I suppose it is, all the mares in my herd are like that, so you could see a pattern there.” 

“Wait, but what about Umbral? She is in your herd, and well isn’t she a bit brash?” 

“You would think that at first glance but you would be surprised Daisy, underneath that hard exterior she is as fluffy as a teddy bear.” He can’t help but to growl. “And boy that fur of hers, just to sleep on it, or maybe she is the excepcion but in my eyes I know how kind, friendly and loyal she can be.” 

“Ha and I thought I knew the mare, who would have thought she had a soft side.” 

“Yeah.” He agrees. “Daisy you don’t need to answer if it is a sore subject but you keep degrading yourself just because you are tall. Why? Skye was right, maybe some stallions might be shocked but anyone that is afraid of you just because of being tall, is a jerk, liar or blind.” 

She blushes at the comment as she looks down. “Thanks, and I suppose you can chalk that up as childhood trauma, growing up, kids can be a bit cruel at times.” She sighs looking up. “Believe it or not, I was a late bloomer.” 

“What?” Mark's eyes widen in disbelief, making her laugh. “I know it sounds almost impossible looking at me now right? But it’s true, up until I hit 16, I was like a plank, yet I kept growing up, in my school other kids call me names like Ms. Pencil, Holgiraffe, Lamppost and so on and on.  It was harsh, mean, and well I used to lash out. Girls especially were the meanest, saying how because I was so freakishly tall, no one would love me and I would just be weird.” 

“Daisy, that is horrible!” Mark put his palm on her arm trying to console her.  

“It’s ok, I moved on eventually, I started training, got some muscle pretty fast thanks to my family.” She chuckles and flexes a bit. “In my family we all are very fit, and well kids can’t exactly tease you as much when you can toss them over a wall.” 

“Oh Daisy.” He shakes his head.  

“I know I was more aggressive back then, but when I injured someone to the point their arm broke, that was a wake up call ,and I decided to be more pacifistic ever since. Then 16 happened and 5 sizes appeared literally overnight.” She points at her chest making him blush and look away.  

“And that is when the teasing returned, only this time mares were accusing me of stealing their bullfriends and bulls looking at me more lecherously. I hated it, feeling their gaze looming over me, licking their lips and yet…I also kind of liked it, now Ms Pencil was getting attention and nobody was mocking me.” 

“I…have mixed feelings about that.” 

“Don’t worry that is not why I became a stripper.” She dismisses his concern gently. “I simply liked to dance and well my muscles made my clothes rip pretty easily, there is more to the story, but bottom line I found a way to dance without caring anymore, and well it feels liberating, that is why I do it, and why I love being a stripper.” 

“Ah, ok I get it now.” 

“Anyway, back to the story, seeing all those bulls looking at me because of my appearance made me hate Minotaurs that were taller than me, and started to like dating those that are shorter.”  She smiles and grabs his hand.  

“One night my coltfriend of one year and I decided to take our relationship to the next level and I don’t know why I decided that, but I wanted to try being on top. We got too carried away and next thing that happened, we heard a snap that I realized I accidentally injured his hip.  It was terrifying and even though he said it was ok I could see it in his eyes, the fear. The wariness, his once gentle gaze at me, turned into a fear of me hurting him.” 

She had to clean a tear and sob. “T-That is why I hate being a bit taller, it’s easier to believe everyone is afraid, rather than give them a reason why they should.” 

“Oh Daisy, I understand now, it sounds like you had quite a rough past but you shouldn’t think so little about yourself.” 

She looks at him in surprise. “Yeah, what happened back then was traumatic, and scary, and I’m sorry you had such a bad experience, but you can let fear dominate you like that.” 

“Thanks but it’s still something that to this day I’m not able to overcome completely.” 

“Understandable, something like that takes time.” He smiles and grabs her hand. “But if you let me, I would gladly help you overcome it.” 

“Even if that means not having sex for months maybe years?” She teases him with a smirk, but to her surprise he nods immediately. “Even if it takes forever, I would never pressure you into something you don’t want, I would rather you be happy, than just some primal desire.” 

“Wow Mark, I…you really are willing to cut out intimacy completely? For me?” 

“It will be one huge sacrifice for sure, but I say.” he lifts her hand and kisses it. “It will be more than worth it.” 

Her eyes go misty for a moment, before she clears them and sniffs. “Oh well look at the time, the movie will be starting pretty soon.” She grabs his hand and they head to the theater once more.  

“So after the movie you think I could ask you why are you ok dating me?” He asks with curiosity. “I think it would only be fair right?” 

“It would be.” She agrees before pulling closer. “But something tells me you already know the answer. We are more similar than I thought, Mark.” 

“Oh?” 

“I also like kind stallions.” She winks at him with an innocent giggle, making him smile and blush. 

Unknown to them, a certain bug Princess was watching the show with curiosity and smelling the air with contentment.  

‘Ah pure love, he still has such a unique and delicious fragrance.’  Chrysalis can’t help but to lick her lips in memory and anticipation, until she feels a spray of water on her face.  

“Ah, ha Chryssy what did I say about smelling love in the air?” Discord chastises her appearing on her shoulder with a spray bottle. Rather than her kimono she was now wearing a simple pair of back torn jeans, and white shirt without sleeves and was in her original form.   

“Do you honestly expect me not to breathe!?” She harshly whispers at him, looking over her shoulder. “The place is virtually covered in that. This place is chock full of couples!” 

She extends her arm, and Discord could see her point, as more than one group of herds or couples were gathering, buying tickets, chatting, or simply holding hands in silence.  

“Hmm good point, ok, new rule you can only sniff.” 

“What is the point of all this! I already cut myself off of robbing love, you want to tease me with it now?!”  

“Now, I want you to look at them as other than food.” He counters stepping off of her shoulder and growing to his normal size. “Just look at them, Chryssy, so happy, so content, so pure. Rather than just go and take that, wouldn't it be better to just receive that kind of love voluntarily?” 

“Are you actually trying to sell me Thorax speech by torturing me?” She says with a deadpan look. 

“I don’t know, would just saying hi to Mark, and show him how much progress you have made in your reformation be considered torture?” He teases leaning forward and showing her a ticket for the movie he and Daisy just went in.  

She kept staring at Discord before snatching the ticket away. “Give me that!” 

“Haha, that is what I thought.” 

“Yeah, yeah what exactly do you want me to do?” 

“Well mostly just enjoy the movie, but if you are offering to buy me some popcorn and a large soda…” 

“Don’t push it.” She warns him. “Also wouldn’t this be a problem?” She points at her wings and extends them so he could see how they were now glowing like they were covered in glitter.  

“Oh don’t worry, they are hardly there.”  She rolls her eyes and goes to search for a seat.  

“Remember ponies are friends…” 

“…not food! Yeah I get it.” Chrysalis mentions in annoyance, yet she just complies and other than scaring the staff slightly when she arrives, she behaves and doesn’t do anything wrong and even buys the treats Discord suggested.  

“Oh Chryssy, you are so turning into a good guy.” Discord smirks.  

“Should we give her a little prize?” Another Discord appears and asks him.  

“Way ahead of you.” He pulls out his cellphone and sends a message to Mark.  

The movie itself was forgettable, but the Queen of the Changelings took some enjoyment watching Mark do his magic on Daisy as somehow they managed to put her head on his shoulder and his arm around her while enjoying the movie in peace.  

‘Poor Holstaur she has no chance whatsoever, Mark is so gonna make her smitten over him.’  

She chuckles lightly as she sniffs the air coming from the two, until she hears some crunching next to her and looks at Discord in annoyance.  

“Great movie, isn’t it?” 

She rolls her eyes, and leans on her seat. “I suppose, it’s so bland I haven’t paid too much attention to it.” 

“Yeah, your attention seems somewhere else.” He tosses a piece of popcorn at the couple.  

“Hey what are you doing?! Leave them alone.” Chrysalis complains.  

“Why? You said it yourself, the movie is bland.” 

“Yeah, but even if their taste is bad they deserve to enjoy it.” 

Discord remains quiet, smirking at her as she looks away. “Shut up.” 

“Admit it Chryssy, you would kill to be in Daisy’s hooves right about now wouldn’t you?” 

“I might kill someone, if he doesn’t shut up now.” She warns him. “It's not like I care, I simply appreciate a hunter at work, that human has his target practically wrapped around his fingers.” 

“Game respect game?” 

“Yeah, you could say that.” 

“Hmm, makes me wonder how he would deal with you?” 

“Me? Ha! If I were to have a date with him, the roles would be reversed and I would have him kissing the ground beneath me.” 

“Oh really? You think it would be that easy, and I mean without cheap short cuts, like hypnosis or shape shifting.” 

“Even without those I can still handle him” 

“Sounds good, go right ahead then tigress, take your prize.”  

She looked at him in surprise, before looking at the couple before crossing her arms. “And ruin his date? Not worth it.” 

“Yay!” Discord whispers a cheer and puts a star on her forehead. “You are a good girl, now Chryssy who is a good girl, who is? You are!” 

“Discord, shut up!” She keeps complaining, trying to make as little noise as possible. 

Once the movie was over, Mark and Daisy decided to take a walk through the city without a set destination in mind.  

“So have you kept training, or ever since you came to Equestria have you stopped?” 

“Oh I train from time to time, the life of a stripper is pretty demanding, you know?” 

“Really?” 

“Ha, you think those jumps, spins and movements just happen? We all need to be in top shape all the time, Mark. Control our bodies, and work them up so they stay as nimble and flexible as possible.” 

“Ha, I think Aspen takes that last part a bit too far.” 

“Haha ,yeah maybe a touch, and what about you? Do you train?” 

“Yeah I do, mostly as a hobby, but well when you get as strong as an ant, finding out ways to train can be challenging at times.” 

She smiles and nods. “You know it’s a bit of a shame you landed here instead of Bullhorn valley, with that much strength, you would have fit in with everyone in no time.” 

“Maybe, but even if I would have fit in, that place would be missing something.”  

“Friends.”  He replies immediately. “Sure I might have gotten along just fine, but being there would mean only being either a meathead, or maybe a warrior but here, I’m a handyman, I’m a man for almost any job, have friends, incredible friends with benefits, an amazing herd and you.” 

She has to pause at that claim, as he smiles warmly at her. “Y-You are extra sappy today aren’t you?” 

“Can’t help it, I get nervous and say corny things when talking with gorgeous ladies. Milky and the rest help me relax, but I still slip.” He half jokes to lighten the mood, as they chuckle and go for something to eat.  

“So why exactly did you leave your hometown? Was the announcer right? Because you became a pacifist did they kick you out?” 

“Hmm, not exactly, dad indeed wanted me to be his little warrior princess yeah, but he was surprisingly accepting me taking a more passive role. ‘Saying there is also a battle of the minds too’ he is a nice, and very cool dad. I have a brother and a sister too who are more on the aggressive side, but over all we all love each other. Mom was the one that kind of kept pushing me to be more cold blooded in whatever I do. Need to be number one and nothing more you know.” 

She laughs at an inner thought. “I bet if she were to look at me now she would be angry, not because I’m a stripper, but because I’m not like the queen of strippers or something.” 

“Man, sounds harsh.” 

“A bit, but nothing I can’t handle, I suppose in the end, I just simply want to see more of the world and see it’s beauty, not wanting to be just ‘the best’ of anything and just stop and smell the flowers. My parents saw that as a phase and thought I only needed a study semester abroad to clear my mind.” 

“So you came to Equestria to study in Celestia’s school then?” 

“Hmmm t-that is kind of what I've been saying in my letters, yeah?” She confesses with some embarrassment.  

“Wait, your parents think you are still a student?! For how long have you been keeping that lie?” 

“Not much! I told them I finished my studies, and I started like that yeah, but well after I found my job I kind of told them that I took a job as Celestia’s apprentice?” 

“What?” 

“Not like in magic! Of course more like an…apprenticeship in…ruling a nation” 

“Is that even a thing?” 

She shrugs. “Don’t know, but they believed it so everything is ok for now, but I intend to come clean eventually, don’t worry. I’m just…looking for ways to break the news, and find a way to explain myself.”

“Daisy, you know you are also a model right? What happens when they ask why are you there too?” 

“Oh I was honest on that one, they love the idea of me getting the attention of the masses.”   

“Daisy, I’m not sure if you should continue that lie, maybe you should come clean. Like you say your family is very understanding, not like going to see your show for obvious reasons, but I’m sure if you explained, they would support your decision of being a stripper.” 

“Ah, that is too kind of you Mark. And I know, I promise I will. I just need just a tiny bit more time to gather my courage, that is all.” 

“Daisy if you want, I could support you, even if that is going way too fast into things, but yeah the more you wait the harder it will be to tell the truth.” 

She nods, and says, that she would consider it, as they resume their walking as Chrysalis wasn’t too far behind.  

“Oh keeping secrets, nothing good ever happens from that, right Chryssy?” 

“Yeah, I get the irony, you know there are times one or two secrets are more good than bad right?” 

“So…you think this is one?” 

“I don’t know, it is her decision.” She shrugs before she starts to think of something and humm. 

“Bit for your thoughts?” Discord asks, dressed as a homeless guy

“It's nothing, just a random thought. I know that I have seen that Holstaur before outside a magazine, but I can’t exactly remember where.” 

“Well isn’t that a mystery. Let's hope it's nothing dangerous, we wouldn’t want something to happen to dear Mark right?” 

“What? I…no he can take care of himself” He just keeps smirking at her until she sighs. “Am I his personal guard now? Fine, I will see what I can dig up.” She says in resignation.  

“Good…” He was about to pet her head but she stops him. “…touch me, and you lose that hand.” 

He retreats at that but continues to chuckle.  

Eventually, Mark takes Daisy back to her home in an apartment in the rich part of the city, where they find her apartment door, and she starts to fish for her keys. 
 
“I had a great time Mark.” 

“Me too Daisy, I hope we can repeat it someday in the future.” 

“Yeah.” She finds her key and starts to play with it. “Good thing I gave you my scroll number right.” 

“Memorized and written down.” He demonstrates showing her contact in his scroll. 

“Mark, what I said before this morning. Are you absolutely sure you would be ok waiting?” 

“I would not have any issues whatsoever.” 

“Thank you.” She smiles and looks away. “I just need time to prepare myself, it’s been a long time since I returned to the dating game, my previous boyfriend was an arranged blind date.” 

“Your parents arranged a blind date?” He raised an eyebrow in confusion.  

“A story for another time.” 

“Sounds good to me.” Mark nods, and a small awkward silence starts to fill the room until she sighs “I can’t just let you walk away without at least something.” Daisy confesses and looks at Mark.  

“Hope this is enough for now.” She leans forward, and getting the idea Mark closes his eyes and does the same as they share a kiss. The contact starts small, without any intention, but the sparks that fly inside Daisy’s head cloud her judgment as she slowly starts to intensify the kiss, for as long as it lasts until Mark ends it.  

“Wow.” That is all she can mutter.  

“Yeah they have told me that before.” 

“I changed my mind, would you like to come in?” 

Mark laughs and shakes his head. “Good night Daisy.” 

“N-no I’m serious, I’m ready.” 

“No, you are not, you got blindsided. Just take a couple of minutes and you will be fine, trust me it happened to my alpha too.” He mentions helping her open the door.  “Until next time.” 
“Ah, ok until then.” She says slightly disappointed, and closes the door as Mark leans on it and let’s go of a breath he didn’t know was holding.  

‘God that was close! One second more and I would have jumped her!’  

He needs a moment to calm down and collect himself.  

‘It’s for the best, she needs time, we both need time, can’t risk having her remember what happened.’  

Once he manages to recover enough, he starts to walk out of the apartment complex with Discord and Chrysalis waiting.  

“What just happened, I don’t even need to smell the air to know how much you both want it, why are you walking away?” Chrysalis questions him in complete shock.  

“Because a good relationship isn’t built on carnal and primal desires Chrysalis, it is built over time, knowing your partner, sharing time together, and building a solid friendship.” Mark replies right away. 

“You seem awfully calm to find us here.” Chrysalis looks at him warily. 

“Discord texted me.” He shows Discord’s message, and then smiles. “I’m glad to see you Chrysalis.”  

“Y-You are?” She smiles and subconsciously checks her mane a bit. “I mean, obviously after my aid in defeating Tirek it was obvious you would be happy to see your saviour.” 

He rolls his eyes, and approaches the two. “If you want to see it that way, I’m also glad to see how much progress you have made, did you really cut yourself off from stealing any form of love?” 

“Don’t think too hard about it, they were treating me with putting Glimmer as my teacher if I didn’t.” 

Discord shakes his head letting him know she was lying.  

Smiling, Mark nods once. “Regardless, that was noble of you Chrysalis, but you do know even if not stolen, eventually any changeling needs that food right?” 

“Don’t lump me with the rest of my brood human, unlike a regular soldier I as a queen can last longer without food.” 

“Maybe.” He surprises her by grabbing her hips. “But that doesn’t mean we are going to starve you to death.” 

“What are you doing!?” 

“Your reward, enjoy some of my love.” Mark smiles, and before she could protest he kisses her full on the lips slowly and delicately, making her eyes widen and her pupils to dilate.  

Soon her body sparks, shooting discharges of electricity, and her mane and tail to stand on end like she just got shot by a lightning bolt.  

The kiss only lasted a couple of seconds but by the time it was done Chrysalis was rendered stiff, and she was looking at him with neutrality, crossing her arms.  

“Hope that is enough love, not sure if changelings can survive with regular food alone, but in case they can’t. I can give you a bit of mine periodically. Did it taste good?” 

She remains silent at him.  

“Ah, well hope it helps your hunger at least.” 

Again she didn’t reply.  

“O…k, bye Chrysalis, glad to see you making progress, like what you did with your wings.” He goes back to the castle, waving at the two. “Bye Discord.” 

He waves back, before looking at Chrysalis once more. “Well Chryssy, still think that receiving love voluntarily is bad?” He teases her, yet she is still rendered immobile.  

“Chrysalis?” He gets concerned and snaps his fingers in front of her face, finally getting a reaction as she coughs smoke and falls down backwards. “Oh boy!” Discord acts  fast and catches her before she hits the ground.    

“Huh, talk about a fully charged Queen.” He sees her expression morphing into a goofy grin and some drool exiting her mouth.  

“Could someone be such a troll as to take a picture of a Queen paralized by a single kiss?” He ponders to himself, before pulling his scroll out and grinning. “Yes he can~” 

The moment the flash goes off Chrysalis' eyes re-adjust and she returns to reality. “Wha…what happened?” 

“What happened is that you my Queeny can no longer say Thorax speech doesn’t have it’s merits.” Discord teases showing her the picture he just took leaving her cold.  
“Discord, erase that picture.” 

“Not until I send it to the hunter that made it possible.” 

“Oh no you don’t!” She rushes at him, and tries to get the scroll, as he laughs and summons a portal to his dimension. “I’m serious Discord! Give me that camera, don’t you dare send that picture!” They continue to fight as they enter the portal before it closes behind them.
> A New Normal (Edited By NagaShark)
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“So are you actually ok with taking things slow?” Umbral asks in confusion as Mark and his herd ride the train back to Ponyville as he goes over some folders on his laps, nodding while not looking at her.  

“Pretty much, Daisy is a lady that needs to be courted properly and fair. 

“The Holstaur that you have been pinning on for years, the model/stripper with a heart of gold that you been wanting to ask out for years, up until you thought she was already spoken for, and who clearly isn’t denying the possibility of double action with Skye, a well know maneater. And you want to take things slow?” 

“Call me old fashioned, but I like to establish an emotional connection with those that I love, before moving into a more intimate one.” He finally looks at her with a smile. “That is how we ended up together after all.” He grabs her hand. “How I proved to you how I saw more than just one hot Thestral in front of me.”  

Umbral cheeks darken slightly at the compliment. “Ok I see what you did there.” She smiles and leaned her head on her shoulder. “So I’m guessing Daisy is not gonna be just another bootie call?” 

“Nope, I would love for her to join our little herd, but well, that is a decision we all have to make together, and I would like you all to meet her too.” 

“No need to worry about me, we work together after all, and yeah she is cool, I can vouch for her.”   

“Oh, a new friend?” Surprise’s head pops up from the chair behind them. “Sounds nice, the more, the merrier!” She nuzzles the side of his head. “If she is ok with our free spirit lifestyle, she will fit right in. Right Milky?”

She smiles and nods. “We will see.” She closes the book she was reading. “Nothing against the idea of course, but we can’t just accept anyone out of the blue either. I would like to meet her in pony to cow first. See if she could work in our herd or even if there is a chemistry” 

They all look at her in confusion at her statement. “What? I know you two from childhood, and I did just that with Fluttershy don’t forget. I’m still the alpha here.” 

“Right, but really Milky, you are gonna love Daisy.” 

“Then there is no harm in meeting her before jumping to anything. Thank you so much for that by the way Mark, it means a lot that you are understanding of my position as the alpha too, and don’t just go jumping around like a horny teenager.” 

“Haha, you know it honey.” Mark chuckles nervously, realizing he briefly forgot that detail until she brought it up.

“So, what are you looking at Mark?” Umbral takes a glance at the folder in interest, seeing various pictures of ponies in it.  

“The candidates for the crown, Celestia and Luna hoof picked all of them and chose these 5 in particular thinking they would be incredible assets to the crown, and one could be the next ruler of Equestria.” 

“That’s big, so are you looking at their records then?” 

“Pretty much, want to see exactly what I’m dealing with, and see how they are before telling them the good news.” 

“How exactly would you break the news that they are a candidate for the crown Marky?” Surprise questions looking at the folders from the other side with equal interest, as Milky and Fluttershy looks at him, curious as well.

“Well, the 3 of us agree that the last thing we want is tension, and the idea of competition among them. We want them at their regular best, not trying to impress us to sway our pick. So I will inform them of their position in Canterlot if they agree with a seat at the table. I will conduct interviews like a regular job. Taking notes and filling out, if they have or not the qualification needed in this list.” He shows them a list of needs, and two empty boxes to fill a no or yes next to it.  

“-Dealing with the press 
-Managing the masses 
-Natural leadership skill 
-Excellent social skill 
-Problem solver 
-Cool head during emergencies…” 

Umbral continues to list off the qualifications, before passing the paper back to Mark. “And those are the requirements the future ruler will need to show?” 

“The base of it, at least. I would also give them a judge of character myself to see which one fits the role better and once I and the princess compare notes we will arrive with a winner.”

“Are you gonna see them before speaking with Twilight?” Fluttershy question with worry “I think she would accept the idea now if you ask gently and give her time to think about it.” 

“You are right, and don’t worry. Twilight will be the first one I talk to. I would be just going over these ponies because well…there is still a job opening for them helping Twilight, delegating responsibilities when dealing with a country. So no matter what they will be interviewed.” 

“Ha, best case scenario you and Sparkles can go check them out together” Umbral suggested.  

“Yeah I wouldn’t mind that. I’m just hoping for good results, I really shook things up with that stupid question.” He looks down in shame. “It will be good to finally get closure to that mess.”

The mares exchanged a glance not sure how to reply, as the rest of the trip was spent in silence. 

Once they arrived in town they were greeted by Dash and Applejack who waves at them.  

“Howdy partners, how did things go in Canterlot?” Applejack approaches the group.  

“It went well AJ.” Fluttershy nods “It was quite the scare that happened during Nightmare Night but we managed to talk with Princess Luna and found out why everyone had that kind of dream after Nightmare Night.” 

“I still don’t get it, why did the Princesses call you instead of us?” Dash crossed her arms in wonder. “Isn’t this kind of thing a job for the elements?” 

“Not really.” Umbral replies with a shrug of her own. “Your wheelhouse is more like monsters, and world ending treats right? Mark and Shy are more on the feel good help with this kind of accidental job.” 

“Accident?” Dash and AJ look at him confused as he nods.  

“You could say that, let’s just say Princess Luna had one that caused the mess.” 

“We aren’t dealing with another one of those weird sentient nightmares she made once right?” Applejack asks in worry. 

“Nah, if it was THEN she would have definitely called you girls.” 

“Speaking of which, where are the rest?” Milky asked with a smirk and raised eyebrow. “It's nice having a welcoming committee but why exactly did only you two come to see us?” 

“Well you know…Pinkie and parties, Rarity and clothes.” 

“A-And Twilight had that thing she told us about.” Applejack continues as they try to hide the small blushes on their faces.  

Mark chuckles and shakes his head. “Be nice Milky, don’t get too carried away with your role.” Mark playfully warns her, slapping her flank, making her eep and chuckle.  “You say Twilight had a thing going on, do you think she is busy now? There is something I would like to talk with her about.” 

It was the two ponies turn to smirk. “Well, what a coincidence she has something she would like to show you too. Well mostly Fluttershy, but I bet you are gonna want to see this.” 

“Me?” Fluttershy blinks a couple of times as they advance. “Follow us, they are probably in the castle, prepare to get your heads blown” Dash says in confidence, only filling their confusion.  

“20 bits say Twilight is knocked up.” Umbral points out.  

“I’ll take that bet.” Surprise says.        

At that moment an alarm goes off, and Mark checks his scroll. “Oh nice! My shipment is here.” 

“You order something?” Milky looks at him confused.  

“A couple of tools for my job and some flyers to promote myself easier. You go ahead without me. I just need to go real quick to my house and put them away. Will be back to the castle in a second.” 

“Oh ok, just hurry up, sugar cube.” AJ comments looking at a clock.  

“Will be as fast as I can.” He waves at them before running away.  

“Why the pressure? What, the surprise will not be there if he takes too long?” Umbral jokes with cross arms. 

“Yes.” Dash answers without skipping a beat confusing the Thestral by that reply.  

Eventually the group reaches the castle, and once inside they saw how the rest of the elements were happily chatting at the roundtable with a second taller Twilight next to the normal one.  

“Girls…are you seeing the giant Twilight too?” Umbral asks in astonishment, as they all just nod.  

“Ah! Ah!” Surprise lifts her open palm at Umbral, and she grunts as she pays up.  

Once the taller Twilight sees them she gets surprised and greets them properly. “Oh hello, and who you might be?” 
“Twilight?” Fluttershy takes a step forward, still surprised. “Is that…you?” 

“Incredible isn’t it Fluttershy?” Regular Twilight comments with a grin. “Girls meet my counterpart from another dimension, Princess Twilight, meet Fluttershy’s herd.” 

The ruling Twilight was taken aback by the revelation. “H-Herd? I-I mean what a surprise.” She smiles at Fluttershy like a proud mother. “Yeah I see, Fluttershy you finally overcame your shyness and came out of your shell, you even updated your wardrobe, I’m so happy for you.” 

“T-Thank you.” Fluttershy smiles and blushes looking away. “Your Fluttershy doesn’t have a herd of her own?” 

To her dismay, Ruling Twilight shakes her head. “Well I’m not so sure, she keeps her personal life pretty close to her chest, but she is happily taking care of her animals in her sanctuary, and rumor has it that she and Discord have become an item for sometime now.” She then smirks at her. “So I’m to assume the lucky dragon also caught your fancy, and you two decided to try a herd?” 

“Discord?” Surprise can’t help but laugh at that. “Good one princess, not sure how it works with you but in here, Discord is like an ameba, he kind of doesn’t have, well anything down there.” 

“Yep, smooth as a ken doll.” Umbral nods. “Not sure if he even has a thing going, a cool dude but not interested in that area.” She explained with a shrug.  

“Your Discord is asexual?” Twilight deduced with a mild surprise 

“Yeah pretty much, but I’m happy to hear yours is also happy and is a close friend…I suppose.” 

“Oh yeah, he is an incredible royal jester too. By choice, like he offered himself the job and anything.” Ruling Twilight then looks at Milky. “And not to be rude or anything but who exactly are you? I’m sorry to say, but I’m afraid I don’t think I have ever seen you in my world.” 

“Don’t sweat it Princess, it’s a pretty big world. There is no way you can make friends with everyone.” Surprise dismisses her concern with a wave of her hand.  

“I should know, I tried it.” Pinkie confirms with an eager nod.  

“My name is Milky Way, you should have an easy time finding me if you like, I’m Bon Bon’s cousin.” 

“Umbral, nice to meet you Princess, what is your take on Thestral’s?” The bat pony questions with a raised eyebrow putting the room in some tension. 

“I don’t know what to tell you Miss Umbral, just like the rest of my little ponies I care and I deeply love my Thestral subjects and I’m so grateful for keeping the night alive, and productive as they are part of our daily life in harmony under my rule.” 

Seemingly satisfied, Umbral nods and smiles. “Ok, you are cool.” 

Everyone let out a breath they didn’t know they were holding, and Surprise was quick to try to lighten the mood. “Hello, my name is Surprise, travel agent extraordinaire and passive psychologist as a hobby. I like making friends, traveling the world and trying my best to make everyone feel better when something happens. Do you want to be friends with me princess?” 

Twilight can’t blink, and takes glances between her and Pinkie Pie. “By any chance are you and Pinkie Pie related?” 

“Nope.” Surprise says standing next to the party mare.  

“Why does everypony keep asking us that?” Pinkie looks perplexed. 

“Maybe because you two look exactly the same?” Dash suggests with a raised eyebrow as both mares take a glance at each other before looking at the Daredevil.  

“Nah, you are just seeing things.” They both dismiss, and reply at the exact same time. 

“Creepy.” Dash says before continuing. “Anyway Princess Twilight…ah the tall one was telling us all about her own world and how things really worked out for all of us.” She starts with excitement. “I’m gonna be in charge of the Wonderbolts someday!” 

“You all would have incredible lives.” Twilight comments. “And even if different I can see the same is happening, I mean looking just at Fluttershy alone, it fills me with happiness in how far she has come.” 

“Ah, Princess, you should know something.” Milky steps up. “Fluttershy isn’t the alpha in our herd, I am.” 

“What?” She looks confused once more and in that moment the doors open. “Please tell me I didn’t miss it.” Mark pants to catch his breath as he looks down.  

“Ah! Just in time.” Umbra smirks as she and Surprise help him recover his breath. “The man of the hour. Princess met our stallion. Mark Star the resident human.” 

He looks up, and finally sees the second Twilight. “What the…? Twilight has been trying that clone spell again? Didn't the thin and chunky Twily teach you your lesson?” 

“It was ONE time! I’ve improved ever…” Twilight needs a moment to calm down and erase the blush on her face. “No Mark, I didn’t. This is me from another universe. A universe where I decided to take the crown 20 years in the past” 

Surprise’s eyes widen as she remembers, and smirks pushing him forward. “Yeah Mark, say hello to Princess Twilight Sparkle from another universe, where she never met Flash Sentry.” 

“How did you know that?” Ruler Twilight asks in surprise 

“Well call me old fashioned but ours got a ring to symbolize her love for her herd.” She points at the golden ring on their Twilight.  

“The fact you don’t have one makes me think you are available?” 

“Yeah?” 

“Interesting, don’t you think Marky?” 

He tries to rebuttal her, but then remembers their conversation and sees what she is getting out of her teasing. “Surprise, this doesn’t mean anything.” He tells her with a blush.  

“Sure, just saying.” She giggles and fakes ignorance, as Ruling Twilight keeps looking at Mark strangely.  

“Can’t be, is he the same?” She mumbles to herself and extends her hand, when her clock rings again.  

“Oh ponyfeathers, I’m so sorry everypony but I need to be going now. My world needs me.” 

“It’s ok Princess, it was nice meeting you.” AJ nods. 

“Yay, and we can see each other some other time right?” Pinkie asks. 

“Oh don’t worry.” She takes a glance at Mark with neutrality. “I will be in touch pretty soon. Until then it was nice meeting you all. Thanks for all the data you helped me gather.” 

“Data?” Mark looks at his Twilight in confusion. 

“Long story, I will tell you later.” She promises as Ruling Twilight charges her horn waving at them teleporting back to her world.  

“Well you were right Dash, this was quite the surprise.” Mark nods. 

“Yeah good thing you arrived just in the nick of time partner.” AJ chuckles.  
“I think she likes you~” Surprise teases him, poking his cheek. 

“Knock it off Surprise, I literally just met the mare.” 

The rest of the mane six look at him confused, until he clears his throat. “A-Anyway, as surprising as that was. She kind of made things easier in a way.” He turns to Twilight.  

“Princess, the first time they kind of just dropped the power on you. This time they want to do this right.” He hands over the folders he had with him. “And there is no pressure this time whatsoever, nothing would happen if you say no but, ruling Equestria. Would you like to have that job?” 
> Twilight Reply (Edited By NagaShark)
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Staying quiet Twilight sighs and looks at the list of candidates in front of her, spread on the table before looking at Mark. “So, are there other options then?” 

“If you don’t want the crown, yeah.” 

She nods and picks one up “Sunset Shimmer? You do know she is living in another world right?” 

“According to Celestia, Sunset and her have been in contact for sometime now, and has been considering returning to Equestria…even halftime. We haven’t broken the news of offering the crown yet.” 

“Oh, Starlight!” Pinkie picked another one. “I like that, she was…” 

“Is still my student Pinkie.” Twilight corrects.  

“Even better, she is your own student in friendship and has developed into an incredible mare, I say she could be a nice Princess.” 

“Ray Hope?” Applejack voices out loud another option, and reads his historial. “Huh, self made earth pony tycoon, humble beginnings, farmer family, an enterprise that treats their employees like family. Appointed the king of economy by the magazine Pony 5 times in a row…this stallion seems like he fills all the requirements here.” 

“Tender Care.” Rarity chooses the final one. “Oh, so sweet, owner of an orphanage, a mare of the people, involved in almost all types of community services. Nickname, mother of kindness. Well this pegasus seems like a shining example of a kind ruler.” 

“And you say they are all available for different jobs at the castle?” Pinkie asks him.  

“Tender is perfect, dealing with the public and spotting where and how to spend the royal treasury to improve the lives of the citizens. Ray was made to be in charge of economics and international affairs, Starlight is a skilled fast learner, and a prime example of friendship and harmony, and Sunset is a born leader, and repentant villain that knows both views of any conflict.” 

“And then there is you.” AJ looks at Twilight. “I don’t know Twilight, this guy looks like anyone could be a good prince or princess, it really takes the pressure off things.” 

She finally looks up to Mark. “Does Starlight know yet?” 

He shakes his head. “None, The Princesses and I wanted to hear your final answer first, and even wait a bit. I have to interview them about positions in the castle. Starting with your student. I would love for you to join me even, but the decision is ultimately yours.” 

She sighs, and starts to ponder about it. “Could you give me some time first?”

“Of course, this is the point of all this anyway.” 

“Thank you. I think one week is all I would need.” She looks at Fluttershy. “Can you stay?” She looks at the rest of his friends. “All of you? This is something I need to discuss with you more than anyone else.” 

They all exchange glances but nod, Fluttershy looking at Mark in worry as he smiles. “Do what you need to do honey, I will not ask for anything else.” 

“This seems like an elemental deal anyway.” Let’s go.” Umbral puts her wing behind Mark’s back and the herd leaves. To give the elements of harmony the privacy they need as they all take a seat. 

“Well what do you think?” Twilight asks the group. 

“It sure opens things up more now that there are actual options.” Rarity is the first to speak.  

“Yeah, the first time the Princesses kind of went behind your back and said. ‘Twilight you are the new ruler bye!’ But now they are actually like, ‘hey Twilight would you like to rule instead of us?’” Pinkie summarized.  

“And they were kind enough to tell you there is no pressure, other ponies can fill the role nicely as well” Rarity comments, “Honestly we have been a matriarchal society for too long, would it be so bad as to put a stallion in charge?”  

“What about Flash and Moondancer? What would be happening to them?” Pinkie looks at Twilight in worry, making her groan. “I haven’t thought exactly what to tell them, or how to break the news, heck I don’t know exactly what news I break to them.” 

“Well sugar cube for how I’m seeing here, the first time the job was a sense of duty, this time is a sense of want. This is what started the mess in the first place, when Mark made you realize you were just doing this not because you like or want it, but because you felt it was a sense of duty to the Princesses.” 

“Not completely.” Fluttershy voiced her opinion. “I remember how much you wanted to be just a Princess that smiled and waved, I say this could be your chance to do so. Not to mention you are already in a herd, there will be no pressure or sadness finding someone special after you get the power.” 
Unknown to her Fluttershy’s words reminded Twilight of what happened to her counterpart and how she ended up alone, because going with the flow instead of thinking what she wanted.  

“We have been hearing a lot of options and reasons why she should and shouldn’t. I mean you have your school, your herd, and your title Twilight, but at the end of the line we have yet to ask. What do YOU want to do?” 

She smiles and nods at her words. “Thanks Applejack, I think, I know what to do now.” 


Days later  


Knocking on the door, Twilight waits patiently as Discord opens the door of her house from the dog house. “Twilight! You came to visit, what a surprise!” He suddenly pops his head and turns it upside down. “A sugar cube?” He offers turning his head into a cup. 

“No thanks Discord, I actually came to see Chrysalis, is she busy?” 

“Eh, she is probably kissing her Mark body pillow right now, come on in.” He invites her over unzipping his door as the Princess enters the house and looks at how everything was moving like a living painting.  

“Get comfortable, I will bring her over.” He points at a couch in the shape of a tongue which she sits on before flinching and standing up the moment she realizes it was an actual tongue. 

Summoning a chair she waits for the two to arrive, and after a moment Discord brings Chrysalis trapped in a butterfly net. “Here she is.” 

“I can walk!” Chrysalis demands before promptly dropping onto the floor, and cleaning herself up. “Oh the Princess of Friendship, what do you want?” 

“Hi Chrysalis, Discord do you think you could…" 

"Already gone, have fun, remember Chryssi play your card right and you mind not need the pillow" 

The changeling blush green and was about to chew on Discord, maybe literally for how Twilight saw how she was almost snaring at him but by the time she turn he was already gone on a poof of smoke" 

Signing in defeat she turn to Twilight and raised an eyebrow at the chair and the small damp on her skirt "Did you made the same mistake with the tongue?" 

"…yeah" Twilight reply sheepersly 

"consider yourself lucky sometimes that things like to lick" Both shiver before she cross her arms and summon a chair for herself "So…what is this about now?" 

"Well, Discord has been telling me how much progress you have been making, and I’m happy to hear it.” 

“Yeah, yeah, spare me the details, I’m not taking over the world, so consider yourself lucky.” 

“He told me something about a pillow too?” 

“He is lying!” She yells immediately. “Whatever he says, he is LYING!” 

“Relax! I’m not here to judge, or anything, or whatever is happening here.” She raises her hands in mock surrender.  

“Good you didn’t hear a thing.” She sighs and sits on the floor. “So what the heck do you want me for now? Am I to engage in some friendship quest? Do I have to go around hugging everyone in town now? Do I have to participate in one of your friend's parties…” 

“Do you want a job?” Twilight cut her off.  

“What?” 

“Chrysalis, these last six years has been teaching me a lot about not being manipulated or a push over. As much as I love Celestia, I can’t just live life as a cardboard copy of her, I can’t rule Equestria thinking how Celestia would do it. If I do it needs to be like I do, and that made me realized how much I need someone like you by my side” 

“…Continue?” Chrysalis was now intrigued by what she had to offer.  

“Ruling a nation means that eventually I would be surrounded by a bunch of yes ma’am, ponies claiming to be my advisors and help me set the record straight. Spike would be my right hand but also kind of my secretary, and unfortunately as much as he would tell me what I need to hear he will soften the blow. That will not do, I need someone ruthless and harsh, someone that is brutally honest, and knows the manipulating game in and out like it’s a cake walk.” 

Chrysalis giggles at the idea. “Why Princess you are flattering me now.” 

“Basically more than a friend, I need an adviser that can help me along the ride, and deal with extremely harsh situations, and can advise me of harsh realities, where there would simply not be an easy answer.” 

“…a queen must know when to tighten her fist, and when to relax it.” Chrysalis nods at the claim. “So if I’m understanding this correctly are you asking me to become what? like your left hand?” 

She nods with a smile “More or less, Mark and Discord trust you, you have invaluable years of experience that I will need, and more importantly you need a job.” She smiles and extends her hand. “So what do you say Chrysalis? Ready to enter the working class?”

She remains quiet and looks at the window. “My reformation program is not complete.” 

“The wings on your back tell me you are close.” Twilight smiles, noticing them shining.  

“As a changeling I have a special diet to follow.” 

“I can arrange something. I heard Mark is willing to help out if asked nicely?” Twilight suppressed a giggle when she saw Chrysalis wing buzz momentarily.  

“If I were to accept there are gonna be some conditions.” 

“And I will hear all of them.” Twilight nods with a hopeful smile.  


At the end of that week


Returning to his home, Mark and Daisy continue to make out as near his coffee table were two glasses of wine half drank. His herd has to return to their jobs for the time being, leaving the two alone for tonight.  

As the kiss intensifies Daisy lightly pushes him away. “W-Wait, wait.” She pants with a big blush.  

“Sorry I didn’t mean to push too hard.” 

“No! Is not that, by the labyrinth I want to push back harder, but…” She looks away in shame. 

“It’s still too soon.” She could only nods in shame

"I get it.” Mark smiles and grabs one of her hands. “It’s ok Daisy, as much time as you need.” 

“But it is not fair to you! I really wish there was at least something I could do.” 

He thinks it over, before an idea comes up. “There might be something, would you trust me?” 

“I’m not sure I can trust myself, Mark, what if I hurt you just because of my weight?!” 

“I think I have something, if you are willing to try but I need to ask, would you trust me?” He repeats with hopeful eyes as she slowly nods.  

With Mark trying to hide some excitement, he guides her to sit straight as he steps down from the sofa and massages her thighs.  

“What are you doing?” She is confused by his actions, as he kneels in front of her and spreads her legs.  

“Shh it’s ok, just allow me to do the work this time.  

He drinks in her cute little white panties which seems they are getting exponentially wetter as he massages her thighs, as she starts to moan slowly and gasp a bit when she feels him grabbing the elastic and slowly and deliberately pulling the underwear down revealing a cute bear on the bottom.  

With awaiting mouth, Mark admires her beautiful trimmed pussy pulsating with excitement for a moment before looking up at the blushing face of Daisy, who was biting her fist.  

“Have you ever experienced cunnilingus? 

She can only shake her head no.  

“Then this…” Inserting one finger inside, sending a shockwave through her spine, as her eyes widen and she has to hold the couch with both arms. “It's gonna be a treat for both of us.” 

“H-H-How is this a treat for you!? I’m the only one receiving attention!”  

Her eyes cross when he adds another finger and starts to explore her folds making him chuckle lightly. “Daisy, I am a giver. I love seeing my ladies happier, it’s a bit of a turn on for me. Now relax, and let me see if I can please you as the Goddess that you are.” 

Closing his eyes he gets to work starting by lightly teasingly licks her walls earning small eeps and gasps from the Holstaur, while his fingers continue to work her up leaving her pussy completely soaked before diving in and start to eat her out properly, making her yell almost instantly.   

Since it was her first time, Mark decided to go slow and steady, not wanting to overload the poor Holstaur as her moans and gasps increase in volume and she tries to squish his head with her legs, feeling her with worry until she notices how with his strength he can prevent her from smashing his head like a walnut.  

Panting more and more, she is left paralized the second he starts to write inside her, filling her head with pleasure.  

At first it feels like random letters, then he starts to write the alphabet with old calligraphy style but then she could start to piece together full words with his tongue driving her crazy and loving every second of it.  

“M-my…cute big Amazon?” She repeats out loud, before yelling as her orgasm arrives like a torrent. 
 
“Oh by the great kings! It has been so long, I love this! Thank you…thank you so much!”

Mark was a bit taken aback on how fast she manage to come and feel sorry for her sensing some pent up need, so he decided to continue and help her release more of her stress pulling out more of the stops using his fingers to help himself, and playing and pinching her G-Spot repeatedly which soon acted like a faucet since she keep orgasmic the moment he touch it.  

Soon the room was filled with her yelling moans, up until her fifth orgasm where she tapped his head.  

Getting the message he steps out and licks his lips admiring the slightly sweating lady in front of him trying to catch her breath.  

“You…lie, there…is no way…you are enjoying it more than…I just did.” She points an accusing finger at him before having to pass out from exhaustion.  

Smiling at his work Mark cleans his face a little and tries to do the same with her without over stimulating her nether regions again, before pulling the panties back up and carrying her to his bed, so she could sleep while he takes the couch. He would have joined her but something was telling him that if she came back. Daisy might be inclined to return the favor one way or another.  

Taking out a pillow and sheet from the closet Mark was ready to go to sleep when a knock on the door alerted him and made him look at the clock.  

‘It's almost 1:30 in the morning, who could it be this late at night?’ 

Hearing more knocking he goes and opens the door seeing Twilight with a bit of messy clothes and bed mane 

“Yes, the answer is yes, I will take the crown.” She exclaimed not letting Mark even ask a question.  

“Twilight, couldn’t this wait until tomorrow?” 

“Sorry I was planning to come earlier, but I had to discuss this carefully with my herd, then we were discussing arrangements how it would work. By the way we are engaged!” She yells in excitement. “We…’ahem’…celebrated and I just couldn’t wait until tomorrow to tell you the news.” She then notices his clothes.

“It’s 1 in the morning Mark, why are you dressed so formal?” 

His eyes widen and remembers how he didn’t bother to change after what happened with Daisy as he looks down.  

“So engaged then? Congratulations!” He brought her into a hug. “Tell me you decide on a date, oh would you be getting married before taking the crown? Is Celestia marrying you right before she steps down?” 

“Mark…don’t try to change the subject, I can smell your shirt” She tells him without any rodeos and a deadpan look which slowly turns into a smirk.  “Looks like I wasn’t the only one that got lucky”   
> Dawn Of The Candidates (Edited By NagaShark)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Looking through the window Umbral was deep in thought as the rays of the morning bathed her naked figure as she sat on her bed. 

“Something on your mind?” Dash asks from behind her using the bed sheet as covers and looking at her in worry. 

“Oh sorry, did I wake you up?” 

“Nah, my time in the Wonderbolts have made me a bit of an early bird these days, thought you were going to answer the call of nature, or some coffee, so I didn’t say anything, but got confused when you simply sat there. Is something wrong?” 

She gets concerned and gets closer. “Did I do something wrong last night? Oh no, did I move things too fast?” 

Umbral can’t help but to chuckle and grab her face, before bringing her into a slow tongue filled kiss that lasts long enough to make her wings spring erect. “Don’t worry it wasn’t you, you were fantastic last night my superstar.” She let go of her face, and let her giggle sheepishly, with a goofy grin. “I suppose I’m just thinking how I got here,” She looks back at the window, “Some years ago the last thing I would imagine was that my friends and I would find a herd to belong to, and even less one that is so free spirited as ours.” Her gaze turns sultry and she looks back at Dash.  “And now...” 

Bringing her into a hug, Dash eep’s as Umbral brings them both back to bed. “…now I’m in bed with one of the best members of the Wonderbolts, wishing to join our little love nest, with a legend a mile long…” She slaps her ass for effect. “And a flank that doesn’t quit, what I am trying to say is, I don’t know how my life turned out to be so great, but Celestia knows I’m not complaining.” 

“I suppose this means I’m in the herd?” Dash looks at her with hopeful eyes, making her chuckle and kiss her forehead. “Oh you are in on a lot of things.” She gets mischievous, and Dash moans when she feels two fingers inside her pussy. “Milky is the one that has the final say, but for what we discussed at Applejack’s house, and if she truly doesn’t mind, me and Surprise decided for the herd, then honey consider yourself a sister.” 

She tries to cheer, but she can’t find her voice as Umbral has been playing with her more sensitive spots for a while before letting go.  “That is of course if you know what you are getting yourself into. We are not a normal herd here, we are free spirits, Dash, our motto is love free and wild, we have lots of special friends, and the number will most likely increase, we can get a bit kinky and you are barely scratching the surface. You can fool around with as many mares as you want but stallions are off the table. Knowing all that, do you still want to be with us?” 

Dash only smirks at her comment. “Let me answer with 3 words, Wonderbolt Shower session.” 

The comment widens Umbral’s eyes, as Dash nods. “You mean your team…?” 

“Oh yeah, we in the academi also like to be free spirits, and let go of stress from time to time. And for the record I can be kinky too.” 

“Oh Dashy, you will fit right in!” They both giggle and Umbral gets on top as they decide to go for another round.  

While that happens on the farm on the outskirts of Ponyville. 

“…and are you completely sure you don’t mind cutting our date short?” AJ questions as she and Surprise exits the house, the latter having a bit of bed mane while Applejack was good as rain and ready to work. 

“Absolutely, I understand you need to work. I actually need to go pretty soon so it works for us both. '' She says, adjusting her clothes and brushing her mane.  

“I have been meaning to ask, exactly how do you keep making your herd work? I have heard how long distance relationships never last but you are so sporadic, and stay apart so often I seriously can’t understand how you are so close and in love.” 

“Oh AJ, that is something you will understand once you are part of the herd. But the trick is mostly trust, we all understand how we have our own life and responsibilities, and long ago figured out that because of our nature, we just love to move a lot everywhere. Making peace with that notion and trying to support, and be a part of that lifestyle is what made our relationship so strong.” 

She leans forward. “Plus the wait makes each time we see each other all the more hot.” 

The comment makes her chuckle a little with some heat in her cheeks. “Ha, never thought a free spirit relationship could work so well. Have to say you are right, at first glance one would think you are not taking the idea of being in a herd seriously but you genuinely care, and look after one another wanting nothing more than to make everyone happy. And even have your own set of rules to make the relationship work so great…even if everyone involved can go around jumping as many mares as they like.” 

“We love making friends, AJ, nothing wrong with that right?” 

“Nnope, I’m just questioning how a free spirited wedding would even look like.” 

“Ha, yeah so do I, or even if we will ever need it, we just go with the flow for now. It’s a bit weird, we didn’t exactly know what we were doing at first, but now it really feels like we are a true herd. Looking out for each other's well being, and seeing how to expand it under our own terms.” Surprise tone turns sober as she looks at the farmer. “Are you sure you want to give it a try? Our herd is not exactly conventional, and the last thing any of us want is to put friction on your family.” 

“Don’t sweat it, sugar cube, yeah it’s not conventional, but we Apples never shy away from a challenge, and right now, wanting to be a part of a free spirit herd is something I’m eager to try.”

“Yay!” Surprise rushes her, and catches her off guard with one sloppy kiss. “I’m so happy to hear it, Mark kept telling us how much he loved your little get-together.” Her eyes turn sultry. “I personally love that special apple pie of yours.” 

AJ has no reply, as Surprise lets go and starts to fly away. “Bye Applejack we will be in contact, happy to have you as a sis.” She turns and flies away in a hurry, waving at Big Mac who was still stunned by watching his sister being kissed by Surprise.  

“Hi Big Mac.” 

He takes glances between the pegasus and his sister, before raising a finger in question “What…?” 

“Get used to it bro.” AJ proclaims in pride. “That mare is gonna be your future sister-in-law.” She laughs as she goes to the farm to start her day of work.

“Ah…wha…wait, what?!” Big Mac’s eyes widen in surprise as he watches Applejack leave. 

As everyone in Ponyville slowly starts to wake up and start their day, a certain Holstaur slowly comes back to the world of the living, smacking her lips a couple of times and taking a moment to adjust her vision before taking notice of where she was and looks around confused briefly as the pieces of last night came back to her. Earning a small blush and curiosity to creep into her head.  

The smell of fresh baked toast alerts her nostrils, as she exits the room and walks downstairs where she finds Mark preparing breakfast for the two of them and notices her presence.  

“Good morning Daisy, did you sleep well last night?” 

She let go a breath of surprise, and admired the food before looking at him. “I should be the one asking you that.” Looking around she finds the couch still with the pillow and sheets on it. “Did you sleep on the couch? Wait a minute did you actually carry me to the second floor and into your bed?”    

“Ah don’t sweat it, I do that with my herd all the time. I’m more than used to it.”  
“That is not what I’m surprised about, you really didn’t have any problem carrying me up?” 

“Not really, like I told you on our first date, I might be half-ant for all I know. To be frank you are as light as the rest of my herd” 

Now more fully awake and flattered by the remark Daisy couldn’t help but to smile and blush slightly. 

‘He is way stronger than he looks, he could even keep my legs apart when he…’

More intrigued than anything else she approaches him with a mischievous smile, and a sway in her hips. 

“So why didn’t you join me in bed?” 

Mark only shrugs and takes a sip of his coffee. “I know you are still nervous about intimacy, and didn’t want to rush anything, better take baby steps here right. Don’t worry I’m ok with that, I’m more than fine building an emotional relationship before getting more INTIMATE!” 

He gasps and nearly drops his coffee when her eyes turn sultry and is shocked to find Daisy’s tail snaking its way inside his pants and wrapping itself around his dick. 

“Such a gentlebull, that is beyond considerate of you Marky.'' She steals a kiss and hugs him, as her tail starts to pump his dick erect. “But I still think it wouldn’t be fair to leave it like that. If anything else you saw mine.” 

Startled, he can't do much, as she unbuttons his pants and pulls them and his boxers down with her tail. “Now let’s see yours.” She whispers with excitement while leaving a trail of kisses down his neck briefly, before pushing him lightly against the counter and kneeling down so she could see her prize.   

“D-Daisy, really that is not necessary, and…” He arches his back when she gets closer to take a swift lick of his rod.  

“Such an interesting smell, not unpleasant and more exotic, far different than what I have seen before.” 

“I…I’m sorry it's small, I bet compared to your ex this must be like a baby dick.” He looks away, self aware of his predicament as she stops to look up.  

“Is that what you were so worried about? That you might be too small for me?” She asks with a raised eyebrow as he can only nod a couple of times.  

“Oh Marky, I don’t care one bit about size, really. And just so you know, you are not as small as you might believe to be.” She winks at him, once he turns to look at her in surprise.  

“Sure I might not be able to give it a small kiss, if my girls want to play but that is ok.” She removes her tail, and grabs it with her hand. “There is plenty more we can do, plenty we can try later, and for how I see, it's the perfect size.” 

Closing her eyes open wide and Mark feels as if he was just stuck in a current when she effortlessly manages to put both his dick and balls all inside her mouth. 

Letting go a grunt, Mark can only look at the ceiling with his mouth hanging open, as Daisy basically put his groin into a spin cycle with her tongue circling and licking it completely with gusto, exchanging from moving her tongue, and sucking periodically moaning on occasion but growing in volume as he finally manages to look down and see her playing with herself while blowing him.  

“Oh sweet merciful…h-how are you so good with AH!” 

She giggles and let's go with a pop. “One good lick deserves another.” She lifts his cock and starts to give it slow, long licks to the side bringing him closer to the edge. “Maybe I haven’t practiced with the real deal, but you can get an idea on how much I can rally the clients at Amazing Tails with just one ice-cream cone.” 

She resumes using her hand, to look him in the eyes. “If you were to visit I might show you.” Moaning, reaching her own climax, approaching she closes her eyes. “Oh the girls are gonna get green once I tell them your technique, how you made me climax into sleep using only your mouth.” She giggles at herself at the mental image. “How much you want me to be ready. To mentally prepare myself and let go of my fears.” 

He can’t concentrate on anything other than her voice as she  blows air at the tip of his dick. “Yeah I can even picture it, how much you want to ravish me, don’t you? Make me moo your name all day and night alone, I sure fantasize about it.” 

With his dick twitching she puts it back in her mouth, and start sucking like there was no tomorrow, as everything turns white for Mark, and unable to contain himself he blows his load right into her throat holding her horns as she swallows every ounce of it like it was nothing, not letting a single drop fall as her eyes flutter and her own climax comes moments later, until it was finally over.  

Letting go she sits and admires her job, as Mark was left panting in exhaustion with a big blush still standing only by how he was leaning against the counter. Making her giggle cutely as she rose up.  “And now we are even.” 

Hearing something wet Mark looks up only to find Daisy soaked panties which she placed in his hands and winks at him.
  
“W-What?” 

“Just a little something, I have never before handed over my gear to any client. But after last night I think pretty soon that is gonna change, I want you to have my first one.”  

She gives him an esquimo kiss. “And I’m not taking a ‘no’ for an answer.” She takes one of the pieces of toast and headed for the door, before he could recover his breath.  

“Sorry I have to leave so soon, but I have a photo session and need to be early to prepare for it.” 

He nods in understanding. “I had a lovely evening Mark, I feel like pretty soon I will be ready, and when that day comes.” She lifts her skirt so he could have a full view of her ass as she wiggles it for him, and blows him a kiss.  “Mind finishing here? Just want to make sure nothing happens during our first time.” 

“A-Ha”  Mark says while drooling, unable to think clearly as he returns to full mast. 

As she laughs one last time, Daisy waves at him and exits the door while Mark is busy putting his pants back on and looking at the little present she left him.  

Shivering at the whole ordeal he closes his eyes and tries to clear his head. 

‘Sweet merciful God, that was hot, if a mare were to walk through that door right now…’ 

Right on cue, Mark is rendered frozen, when the door opens and in walks Milky with a box of bottled milk with her. “Hi sweetie, sorry for dropping by, I got a bit of extra shipment this morning and I know how much you love my milk, so I thought…” 

She can’t say anything else, as Mark just launches at her. “Wow, wow, what is the matter sweetie! You almost made me drop…” 

“Sorry Milky, but your stallion needs you, now!” He tells her with a growl as he pushes the box away, and lifts her up bridal style as he runs to his room.  

“W-Wow, wait it’s too soon Ma-Mark, I need to get back to work!” She complains but doesn’t do much to stop him, as she starts to feel excited by his sudden outburst.  

Half an hour later a confused Twilight knocks on the still open door. “Hello? Mark? It’s Twilight, remember what happens today? We need to get going to see Ray Hope.”  She calls walking inside the house.  

“Hello? Why is the door open?” She walks into the second floor and starts to hear growls and howls in the distance.  

“Mark!” Fearing he was being attacked by a monster, she rushes into the room, horn glowing.  

“Mark are you…AH!” Once she opens the door she gets the full blast of seeing Milky with a goofy grin on all fours as Mark keeps ramming her doggy style. Both have their backs to the Princess, and stop once they hear her scream, and look at her, Milky still with misty eyes.  

“So sorry!” Twilight covers her eyes and closes the door behind her trying to clear her head of what she just saw.  

‘Ok, so that is how it feels then.’  

The shock is enough to snap Mark to reality. “Did Twilight just…and I was…oh no.” He looks down in embarrassment. 

“Screw Twilight! She gets in or gets out but you are not going anywhere until you are done!” Milky tells him in pure lust, as she demands to keep being pounded, moving her hips side to side.   


Meanwhile in another universe  


“Hurry up Spike.” Ruling Twilight calls her assistant, as a much taller and muscular version of Spike rushes toward her with a bunch of scrolls in his arms, the two currently at the Canterlot royal laboratory, as she inspects some calculations on a chalkboard.  

“I’m coming, I’m coming.” He puts the scrolls down on a table. 

“Thanks.” Picking one up with her magic she opens it and starts cross referencing it with the tome book of her multiverse travels.  

“Is this the last one?” 

“All the ones I could find, I swept the archives 3 times, if anything is missing, it is probably under a shelf.” Spike replies with a sigh.  

“Why did you want to revisit this anyway?” He picks another scroll up and starts reading them “Aren't  these the failed cases?’ 

“Yes, but I was wondering something about one in particular.” 

She stops looking, and puts her book, and the scroll, size by size comparing the dates and sees how they match. “Just like I thought it’s really him.”
 
“Him?” Spike stands next to her confused. 

“Experiment 5T-S, the one that escaped” She answers with a smile, as she circles the coordinates of the last Equestria she visited “Found you at last.”
> The First Candidated (Edited By NagaShark)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

After one hour passes, Mark and Milky finally walk to the first floor, where Twilight was sitting on the couch reading a book with some heat in her cheeks.  

With an embarrassed cough, Mark calls her attention.  

“H-Hi Princess.” 

“Hi.” Twilight says sharply, looking at them as Milky keeps hugging his arms with a big grin and closed eyes.  “So are you done now?” 

“...Yeah, we are listening, Twilight, what happened.” 

“Don’t care, doesn’t matter, and I suppose in a cosmic sort of way, I had it coming from how many times the reverse has happened.” She closes the book and stands up.  “Are we ready to go?” 

“Go?” 

“Ray Hope is a busy stallion Mark, we can’t just blow an interview because you got horny, and we already wasted a lot of time, sorry but I really don’t want to reschedule because of this.” 

“Oh the interview!” Mark facepalms. “That is today! Twilight I’m so sorry I blew it, the train already left, we will have to change the date.” 

“Oh no we won't!” Twilight demands with a glare. “Like I said we are not blowing this, because of what happened, we will take the expressway.” 

She grabs his hand and lightly pushes Milky. “Sorry Milky, royal emergency here.” Her horn glows more intensely now. 

“What? Twilight, wait don’t…!” Mark's eyes widen in horror, as he realizes what she was doing, but before he could stop her she already teleports the two away, leaving Milky rubbing her eyes from the flash, as an alarm goes off on her scroll, and her eyes widen in horror as well. “Ah! Work!” She rushes to the front door and closes it, before springing to reach the next ride to Trottinham.  
 
Appearing in front of a tall building Twilight lets go of Mark and walks forward as he finishes her sentence. “…used your teleportation spell” He sighs in defeat and glares at her. “Great, now I’m in Manehattan reeking of sex with no wallet, no keys to my home, not the folder for questions and in informal clothing.” 

Twilight doesn’t listen and just uses her magic to morph his clothes into a business suit and summon a copy of what they need for the interview, and a quick cleaning spell to get rid of any odor and leave him presentable. “There, now you are ready” She looks at him before losing her balance and almost falls if not for Mark catching her.  

“Twilight you can’t keep using so much magic like that, it’s dangerous.”  

“I’m fine, I once lifted an ursa minor and used a lullaby to put it to sleep, and froze an entire town, and turned a rock and a lug into a formal suit. I can handle these kinds of spells, no problem.” 

“But did you do all of that in quick succession?” 

“…no.” 

Mark sighs and puts her arm behind his head for support. “Then my point still stands.” 

“But we can’t just cancel our appointment, this is important.” Twilight complains as they advance to the front door.  

“I agree, and I’m sorry we were running late but really, Ray Hope is a business stallion I’m more than sure he is familiar with canceling meetings here and there.”  

“Not like this one, what kind of example would I be imparting as a ruler if my very first interview has to be rescheduled?” 

Mark can’t think of a rebuttal and only sighs, feeling responsible for their predicament, just because he forgot the date and got carried away.  

“You really want to give a good impression don’t you?” 

She nods solemnly. “It took a lot of soul searching and discussion, both internally and with my friends and herd but I now know this is what I want. I really wish to become the next Princess of Equestria.”  

“Then I will help you in any way I can. Just relax and try to recover your strength, I will handle the questions.” He offers her a smile as she gets enough energy back to walk properly as they reach the counter.  

As that happens, in another dimension  

Twilight was hard at work passing through some pages in a spell book as Spike hands over some ingredients and a cauldron. 

“This is all Twilight” He tells with a sober tune. 

“Thanks Spike, stay close, I’m gonna need your help preparing the spell pretty soon.” 

“Twilight is this really the only option? I mean does 5T-S really deserve this?” 

“Come on Spike you are making it sound like we are talking about a living thing, 5T is not even alive, the closest you could describe him as is a well constructed golem.” 

“I know, I know but well didn’t you use the memories of old strangers to build it? What if in doing so, you kind of give him life?” 

Twilight has to stop and laugh at the notion. “Come on Spike are you hearing yourself? This is real science and magic at work here, not a cheap wishful fanfic, I guarantee 5T-S might fool anyone that doesn’t know the truth, and I made it so he could adapt and infiltrate flawlessly into society, but he is not in any form or capacity alive.” 

“Then why go through all of this? Why not just tell them about him?” 

“Because it is a defective one, and very dangerous too, if he gets just a whiff of hostility, or danger he could get wise and escape once more to yet another dimension, maybe start hoping from one, into another, making even more wrecked than what he already did. Thank Celestia he just got stuck in one place, and doesn’t know who I am to him. He is my mistake, Spike, and I need to fix it.”  

Spike only looks down and sighs, preparing the ingredients. “So, what is the plan then?” 

“You will see, even if defective, 5T-S might be dangerous and hard to trap if we are not careful. That is why we will approach this methodically and slowly.” 

“Hope you know what you are doing Twilight, or you might just create an even bigger problem.” 

“Please he is an aid and infiltration unit, not a terminator. I’m sure I can handle it if worse comes to be.” She dismisses his concern as they get to work.  

Back In Manehattan 

After announcing themselves, the Princess and human were guided to the waiting room while Ray Hope finishes a previous meeting allowing her to recover some energy, and go over the pointers of what is to be discussed, among other things.  

“So…engaged, never thought I would ever imagine you tying the knot.” 

“Why? You think I would be scared at the idea of being married?” 
“Not exactly, more like you would be so absorbed in a book, or research, or friendship problem, to actually manage to plan and go through with a wedding.” 

“Hey! I will let you know, even if it was last minute. I planned my brother's wedding without any issue, thank you very much.” 

“…the very last day before the wedding, when everything was already set, and the bride was replaced.” 

“I still count it!” She rebuttals, with a huff making him chuckle.  

“Ok, all jokes aside, I’m really happy for you Twilight. To be honest I don’t even know how a herd wedding even works, but I see how happy Moondancer and Flash Sentry makes you. I wish you the best.” 

“Thanks.” She smiles and nods in gratitude.  

“If I may ask, what made you decide to make it official anyway?” 

“Well in a way, it was a consequence of all the soul searching I…or rather we have been doing, being a Princess like this, is one huge step you know? It not only affects me anymore, it affects all of us. Our herd dynamic might even have to go through a lot of changes.” 

“Royal laws about herding?” 

“Yep, but more than that, I was mostly concerned for them. By being with me, they instantly became royals too, we would be saying goodbye to a lot of our privacy. Equestria itself and their grandmothers will know exactly who Twilight Sparkle is, and who she is in bed with.” 

“Wow…and even knowing that you still want to go through with this?” 

“Yep, that is what led us to this decision, I know this sounds crazy, and you have every right to not believe me after ‘ahem’ the incident, and our arrangements, but we are a bit of a small conservative herd.” 

Mark looks at her with a deadpan look, and remains quiet. 

“We are! I swear!” She gets defensive, with a big blush, before taking a deep breath. “Our ‘special activities’ aside we aren’t exactly looking to be a big herd, and becoming a ruler, well. If I didn’t have suitors before, I sure will have them now.”  

“So the wedding is also a way to stop them in their tracks before they try?” 

“Who says they haven’t tried already?” She smirks at his reaction allowing her a moment to chuckle “But yeah, it’s also for that reason. A way to let anypony know that we aren’t looking for more mares in our herd.” 

“And the special…” 

“BESIDES the point.” She stops him with clenched teeth, and her blush returns. “And will mostly be reserved to close friends, aware of the situation. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t exactly a rush decision either, we have considered the option before too. It’s just that we are now certain this is what we want to do.” 

“Then I’m so happy for you Twilight. And are you going to do this before or after taking the crown?” 

“We actually thought of doing it during the coronation, I mean it will be a big party regardless, so why not do a two for one deal for the press, instead of just planning two parties?” 

“Ha, I bet Pinkie had some objections when you told her that.” 

“Right, she might have one.” 

“Might?” He raised an eyebrow at her “Twilight, the rest of the girls know…right?” 

“I mean I told you first, because I kind of jumped the crossbow, and you needed the answer for the other thing. But yeah I haven’t found the way to break the news yet.” 

“Oh no, that is not gonna happen Twilight, you need to tell them right now.” 

“Yeah, I agree, but Moondancer wanted to make it a tiny bit more special, and do it in a couple of days.” 

“Ok, why?” 

“Because we are planning to make it a beach party surprise.” She confesses with contained excitement. 

“Ah ok, I admit that sounds like fun, also I think you have been spending a lot of time with Pinkie Pie if you wish to share the news at a party. Why the beach anyway?” 

“Flash likes to surf mostly, but I think it will be entertaining, the sun, the games and the ocean. We will all be there, and you and your herd are more than welcome.” 

“Thanks, I’m not sure if all of us can be there, but they sure will be happy to hear they were considered.” He smiles at the idea, starting to get excited for a day at the beach, with his friends and loved ones.  

“Princess Twilight.” A mare in a business suit and a clipboard approaches the two. “Ray Hope will see you now.” 

“Thanks.” She nods and they stand up.  

“Ready to do this?” Mark asks her with some worry in his tone  

“Mostly nervous, but yeah, I think I’m as ready as I possibly can be.  Now let's brighten this ponies day.” 

He nods, and the two advance, until the secretary takes them to a very luxurious and wide office where an earth pony stallion with a blue business attire, and brown fur greets them from the other side of a big desk.  

“Ah Princess Twilight!” Ray raised his arms in a hug gesture and a giant grin. “So glad to finally meet you, Mr. Ray Hope at your service.” He extends his hand, and the two shake it in courtesy. 

“Please have a seat.” Ray sat back in his chair and started playing with a rubber ball. “I must say, when I heard the call from Princess Celestia informing me about a job opening in the biggest league, at first I thought she was pulling my tail. But then, when you scheduled a meeting, I started to sweat buckets thinking. ‘Oh shit, they are serious here.’” 

Twilight laughs lightly at his attitude. “You have nothing to worry about Mr. Hope, if your resume is anything to speak of, this might even sound like a step down from all the pressure you have to deal with on a regular basis, Mr. King of economy.” 

“That is mainly a cute nickname the press picked for me.” 

“Oh, I’m more than familiar with it.” Twilight nods, and gets closer .“I was just wondering if you would be interested in making it a more true nickname.” 

That caught his attention, and leaning back in his chair. “I’m listening.” 

“Well, Mr. Ray Hope, first of all, I want you to start things off that way there is no pressure attached here.” Mark finally speaks up and raises the list of questions prepared.''And as it was disclosed previously, it is safe to say, anything that is discussed here stays quiet until told otherwise?” 

“Well of course, you have my word.” He promises the two, as Twilight looks at Mark and nods letting him proceed.  

“Well sir, in that case, we want to tell you. That even if we do not have an exact date yet, it guarantees that Equestria will have some big changes in administration.” 

“And I would like to know if you would be interested in being a part of the new status quo?” Twilight continues getting more attention from the stallion as they start the interview properly.

3 hours later 

Exiting the building, Twilight and Mark head straight back to the train station heading to Ponyville, the former stretching in satisfaction, extending her wings to their full length.  

“Ah, this went way better than I could have hoped.” Twilight exclaimed with closed eyes, and a big grin. “What do you say Mark, does he have your seal of approval?” 

“He sure gives me a good first impression.” He agrees walking besides her. “But I still reserve my opinion after I take time to see him in action and how he runs his company. Speaking of which, are you sure it is wise to let him have so much autonomy?” 

“What is wrong with that? A good Princess, trusts her most trusted subjects, and is absent from micro managing their work.” She quotes with pride.  

“And that is cool and all, but Twilight you just met the guy, sure his record is something to behold, but even the best need a trial period before granting them so much freedom.” 

“And who is to say that freedom ISN’T the trial?” She turns to look at him and wink.  

“Twilight you are saying that this is…?” 

“Mark, friendship requires commitment, trust, and time to build it up, my ruling will pay homage to the pillars of friendship, and good will to your neighbour, but that doesn’t mean I will just trust blindly, at anyone looking for a job, the true test of characters can be seen when you grant someone the illusion of not having consequences.” 

“So, the supposed autonomy and freedom?” 

“A trial to test his character while under the watchful eye of someone I trust, to determine how he would handle the gift I grant him, and if he abuses it well, just as easy as I give it, I can take it away.” 

“Twilight that…that is actually brilliant.” 

“Told you I was ready to take on the job now.” 

“So, who is the one that will be keeping an eye on these ponies?” 

Rather than answer, she only keeps smiling at him and slowly lifts an eyebrow.  

“It's gonna be me isn’t it?” 

“Who is better than one that is both, as sweet as taking the best interest for me in his heart, and is not afraid to speak the truth to harsh reality. Plus it is part of your job description.” She pokes the bracelet on his shoulder. Rushing ahead to the train station.  

“I’m pretty sure this is not part of what an external advisor does!” 

“It will be under my ruling!” Twilight calls back with a laugh. 

Surprised Mark needs a moment, before chuckling and shaking his head.  

‘Well looks like I’m keeping my job on the castle then, ha, not bad Twilight. Not bad at all, it’ll be nice seeing what other ideas you have in store.’ 

He goes to catch up to the Princess to board the train back home.       
> A Day On The Beach Part 1 (Edited By NagaShark)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

“Ok sis, we have been over this a thousand times, you are more than ready, let’s go over the list one last time.” Applebloom was pumping her sister up, as the two looked determinedly at each other while looking at the backpack on the table.  

“Sunscreen?” 

“Check.”

“Towel?” 

“Check.” 

“Sunglasses?” 

“Check.” 

“The bathing suit I picked for you?” Applebloom smirks and AJ blushes a bit, but nods. “C-Check, Applebloom are you sure this will be ok?” 

“The magazine pony calls it the stare hook! Come on sis, do you want Mark's attention or not?” 

“Y-Yeah, yeah! I do!” She pumps herself up a little more. 

“That is more like it, now what are you gonna do?” 

“Go to the beach with my friends.” 

“Who are you gonna spend time with?” 

“Mark!” 

“And what will you do to keep his eyes locked on you?” 

“Be sexy!” 

“There you go! Now get going, and make him drool!” 

“Yeah!” Rushing with Adrenaline, she puts on a pair of sunglasses and exits the house heading straight to the train station where the rest of her friends were waiting. She was wearing her usual jean short shorts but rather than her usual white shirt and flannel t-shirt. The farmer opted to wear a plain red t-shirt tied up in the front to accentuate her breast just a tad, to give her friends and the object of interest a small sample of what was to come.  

After a short ride and leaving their belongings in secure lockers, everyone headed to the spot on the beach the princesses reserved with a grill, and a table ready to make a barbecue party as well as reserving a secluded island like part of the beach with a half moon section covered landmass reserved for private parties. With small natural hot springs pony made for extra small privacy for couples so they could enjoy a party without bothering or being bothered by the press or fans, where the stallions already in their bathing suit of boxers and speedos set the table and anything else ready, before heading to the beach to enjoy the crystal blue ocean in front of them, while the mares take their time in changing into their bikinis.  

Unfortunately for Mark, from all his herd, besides Fluttershy only Umbral had the free time to join so they promised to save a piece of cake for Milky and Surprise, and tell them how it goes. Twilight’s whole herd was a given, and thankfully, Pinkie’s too managed to arrive, as well as the Princesses and Cadence and her family, ensuring that this would be a big party, even more so with the alternative Twilight also coming along, arriving in time for the party and everyone having no issue of her tagging along. Mark having the slight suspicion judging by Flash’s blush and his fiancee's smirk that she wanted to give him some eye candy with how she would look in a bikini in 20 years, specially one that will obviously be a size smaller.  

“So Flash, what is the big announcement you wanted to tell us?” Shining asks, as he pulls his own surfboard while looking at the pegasus in question as he only chuckles. “Ah ha, don’t get ahead of yourself Shining, we will break the news once everyone is gathered.'' He smirks at him, making him groan.  

“Did Twily set you up for this? Is this why you all have been so secretive?” 

“Maybe.” He fakes ignorance before chuckling and stands up. “She told me how much fun you had putting her through that scavenger hunt.” 

The captain’s eyes widen as he watches him rush toward some waves in the water.  

“Wait…you…is this your way or saying that Twilight is pregnant!?” Shining runs after him.  

“I will never tell!” He laughed it off, before diving into the water. 

“Well this certainly seems to be starting on the right hoof.” Cheese Sandwich laughs at their antics as he picks up a shovel and a bucket. “Spike you lived with them, what do you think the secret might be?” 

“Hey ever since I started dating Gabby I haven’t been in the castle all that much.” He fakes surrender, before smirking, “But I’m not gonna tell even if I may know something about it so you better change the subject.” 
“Ok then, what about this, will you and Gabby be starting a herd soon?” 

“Why do you ask that?” 

“Oh I don’t know, I just thought that the idea of Rarity in a bikini might give you two an idea or two.” 

That made him pause, not really expecting to hear that.  

“Rarity and I are only friends, Cheese.” 

“I’m just saying it has been a while now, and I see how she and Gabby have been getting along pretty good. It wouldn’t be so far-fetched if you ask me.” 

Spike looks down unsure before looking at Mark. “What?” 

He asks, confused. 

“Do you seriously not have anything to say about it? She has been helping you a lot getting into a relationship.” 

“I'm thankful for her for all of that, I think she helped me realize how free spirited I am in that regard.” He nods with a smile. “And while it's true we had a bit of a history, I’m not sure we really clicked, you know? Unlike Shy or Milky, Rarity can be a bit…intense for me.” 

“Intense?…Rarity…even though you are dating Umbral and Surprise…Rarity is the intense one.” He looked at him in disbelief.  

“What can I tell you, my draconus brother, behind closed doors she can become quite the beast in the good way if you catch my drift. ”He chuckled at Spike’s blushing face until Mark patted his back. “But if you are asking for my blessing or something you got it.” 

“Really? I-I mean, what?” 

“Yeah, I will always treasure what we had, and if I could I would love to be the one that sweeps her off her feet, but unfortunately, I really don’t think we would fit that way, but you and Gabby, well…I think Cheese said it better.” He waves at the two. “Now if you excuse me I think I will go swim some laps in the water.” 

“Ok I will go hold the fort here then. I…have a lot to think about now.” Spike ponders sitting on a chair.

“I will go build a sand apartment.” Cheese announces heading in another direction.  

“Don’t you mean sand castle?” Spike questions him with a raised eyebrow 

“Nope.” He immediately answered with a laugh without skipping a beat, leaving him alone to hold the table while waiting for the rest of the mares.  

“Spike?” The voice of Rarity startles him, and when he looks back he gulps when he saw Rarity on a one piece blue bikini, with diamond holes at the front one big one that shows a bit of her boobs and another smaller one underneath it as well as sunglasses, next to his marefriend Gabby who had a similar one piece orange bathing suit although more reserve and with her back exposed to let her wings free. “Where are the rest of the stallions?” 

“Hi Rarity, Gabby, we finished setting everything up, and they wanted to have some fun on the beach while I wait for the rest, where are the rest of the girls anyway?” 

“Well it seems like they had the same idea.” Rarity chuckles and lays a towel on the sand before laying on it. “Can’t really blame them, actually, this is supposed to be a little time to have some fun, we will see everyone when it is time for some snacks. In the meanwhile would you be a dear and put some lotion on my back Spikey?” 

“Me too.” Gabby asks the same laying next to Rarity both giving him their backs as he gulps remembering what Cheese told him. “I want to have a bit of a tan care to give us a hand honey?” 

“S-Sure.” He nods and puts some lotion on his claws.  

Meanwhile a bit further in the water, Mark finishes his fifth lap before resurfacing to take a deep breath and sigh in relief.  

‘Ah this is life.’ 

“Well howdy partner!” The voice of Applejack behind him catches Mark's attention. “Looks like you are having fun, how is the water?” 

“Hey Applejack, come on in the water is Fi, fi, fiiiineah!” Mark turns around only for him to stumble his own words, once he looks clearly at the farmer, in complete shock and subsequently gulps at her bathing suit.  

At first he thought she was wearing her lasso as her two piece bathing suit, for how it has golden strings going in a x formation across her abdomen and hips, as two small triangles of fabric cover part of her breasts, and a diamond shape small light orange fabric with palm trees pictures on it barely hides her pussy while at her side there were some lose strings completing the alluring factor of her strap swimsuit, after a while AJ’s hand appear in his field of vision which makes him to look up and makes him realize how he was ogling causing her to laugh slightly. “Did you see something you like, sugar cube?” 

“Yeah, I mean!…yeah.” Mark finally confesses being honest, and letting go of a breath he didn’t know he was holding as Applejack steps into the water and toward him. “I’m sorry for ogling, but I just can’t take my eyes away, I didn’t think you would  wear such a skimpy…skillfully crafted bathing suit.” He corrected himself with an intense blush. “I always imagined you with a more reserved and practical type.” 

“Well.” Her eyes turn sultry and she puts her hand over his chest. “Maybe that was the old me, who didn’t care in the sligtless for all that fru-fru stuff, or looking good, or whatever, but ever since we had our little ‘practice’ date, I have been thinking.” 

“T-Thinking about what?” Mark was placed against a rock as she continued her advance.  

“Oh, this and that, how good of friends we are, how much fun we have on our date, how long we have known each other.” For each statement she gets closer to him, leaning her head closer, for a kiss.  “How happy could we be in the same…” 

“Not so fast Applejack!” The voice of Rainbow Dash hovering above the two kills the mood and when looking up and behind in the case of Mark they saw none other than Rainbow Dash standing on top of the rock wearing her own assemble, one that immediately catches Mark attention as he could only gulp once more and feels his speedo getting even tighter than before. Like AJ’s hers was also skimpy, despite being a one piece bathing suit, it was a white extreme swimsuit, hollow at the center that showed all of her stomach and tightly contained her breast held in place by two golden chains going over her shoulder and a third one acting as a belt.   

“There is no way I’m letting you get ahead of me.” Dash complains with crossed arms and a small glare that soon AJ copies, as she dives in and lands next to the two sending waves that push Applejack away from Mark as Rainbow Dash hugs his arm, and flutters her eyelashes.

“Hey hotshot, did you miss me?” She lightly giggles, confusing Mark at her tight embrace, making him feel more of her breast as a light blush forms on her face. “I sure did, after that awesome night we had together.” She bit her lower lip, and shivers at the memory alone. “Never thought bumping uglies could feel that good, or be that awesome. Never again will I poke fun at you.” 

“W-Well glad to hear you enjoyed it that much.” Mark’s own blush was starting to get deeper, but couldn’t shake his concern for her well-being. “D-Dash, are you feeling ok?” Mark raised an eyebrow at how the normally tomboyish daredevil was acting so mellow, and even girlish around him. 

“Oh I’m feeling way more than ok hotshot, for the first time, I’m ecstatic from having lost our little bet, and have been eager for a rematch.” She smirks, and gets closer until their noses are about to touch. “But this time let's make it even hotter! You really did a number on me Marky, you got my lungs going and now I think I grew addicted to that anaconda living between your legs, I need it in me dude. And I’m not talking about just another booty call, no, what I want is something deeper, so what do you say if we grow the herd, and in the process make it even more awesome?” Her legs start to rub his hip as she starts to slowly dry hump him in barely contained excitement, making him gulp and unable to come up with a response to such a claim.  

“Oh no you don’t! You hot headed slut!” Applejack yells and grabbing his other arm pulls Mark away, and pries Dash away from him with a shove, before hugging his chest and rubbing her cheek against him lovingly. “If you think I will simply let you waltz in and steal my thunder when Mark and I are about to have our moment, you have something else coming.”    

“Back off you horny farmer! I called first dibbs!” Dash complains, trying to shove Applejack and grabbing his arm nuzzling his other cheek.  

“The heck you did, this is not a competition, and I came first, so beat it!” 

“I gave you a head start, and I'm done waiting, so YOU beat it.” They continue to bicker with one another, while nuzzling Mark even faster, trying to outdo the other. 

“Gi-Girls? Girls!” Mark tries to calm them down, but they just keep bickering and dry hump him until he can't take it anymore.  

“Ok! Enough!” He pushes the two apart, and looks at one another. “Seriously what the heck has gotten in you two?” 

“Proving my point, from what I’m seeing.” Fluttershy says, appearing in front of the 3 with a neutral face and crossed arms. “This is exactly why I wasn’t sure if you could truly join.” 

“Fluttershy?” Mark looks at her confused as she smiles, managing to calm him down and drink in her green micro bikini that fills him with a mix of arousal and familiar happiness as she approaches, and gives him a quick kiss on the lips.  “I’m sorry you were caught in the middle of another of their bickering spats, sweety. I tried to tell them to wait, but it looks like they just decided to ignore me.” Fluttershy sends a small glare at the two, who just retracted like fillies being scolded by their mom.  

“You see.” Fluttershy looks back at Mark as he hugs her back. “After your practice dates with them, AJ and Dash came to Milky during Nightmare Night, well to all of us actually and explained how they wanted to join our herd.”  

“Wait, what?!” Mark's eyes go wide and looks at both of them, as they smile shyly at him with blushed faces. “They really want to be a part of our herd? Fluttershy nods with a smile.  

“Naturally, we were as surprised as you are now, but to be honestly part of me was prepare thinking this could happen, although I was thinking it will be Rarity and either of them” 

“Hehe, yeah she is sweet, but I simply didn’t see us clicking all that much, she is more like a very special friend.” Mark confesses with an embarrassed chuckle that Fluttershy joins in.  

“Oh I agree completely, but anyway, at first I was more than happy to welcome them in, I mean Milky is not the only one that can bring her friends right?” 

“Right.” 

“And she, and the rest were also intrigued, in fact Surprise and Umbral already had their dates with them, and they gave their blessings. Milky is on board too.” 

“Heck yeah, and it was awesome, I made sure to show Umbral a good time and a hot ride.” Dash comments with a big pride filled grin and a slap on her own rear.  

“Surprise was a really nice and kind mare, which I had an incredible time with, I really fell in love with the entire herd.” Applejack admits with a big smile.

“And they loved their time with you two as well.” Fluttershy adds, before her expression soars a bit. “And while normally I wouldn’t mind welcoming either of you in our herd, I’m the last one with reservation, well me, and you Marky.” 

“And why is that? I thought you would love to have Rainbow Dash with us, I mean she was your childhood friend and Applejack was the very first friend you made when you moved to Ponyville. She helped you out when you were scared of everything and even offered their famous Apple hospitality. What is to doubt about it?” Mark ask her in concern 

“You are right and if things were different I would welcome either of them in a heartbeat, but while they would be incredible additions on any herd I’m not sure if things could work out if they are in the same herd” She confess looking down in shame not liking to having to do this but knowing it was necessary to voice her opinion and the one problem of letting them join.  

“Give us a chance Fluttershy” Applejack pleaded with concern, placing a hand on the pegasus shoulder.  

“Yeah, AJ and I can play ball no problem, we can make this work” Dash added.  

“Your bickering just now tells me otherwise”  She snapped back at them. “Don’t you see you still treat this as some sort of game or a competition, Mark is not some prize to win or a competition to show off. He, or us. I bet you even started gloating on how the other had a better date with Umbral and Surprise didn’t you?” 

“Well I mean, isn’t that like flattering?” Dash shrugs. 

“You see? That is my concern, when you two are together things eventually turn into a competition, that is not what being in a herd is all about, it is about understanding, bonding, solidarity, and looking out for each other.” 

“We can be that.” AJ confirms with determination. 

“Fluttershy calm down, you have been too harsh on them.” Mark pats her shoulder, trying to relax the distress mare.

Sighing, she calms down and nods. “I’m sorry, it's just, we are not just a bunch of kids playing house here, despite how free spirited we might be, we are a loving and supporting herd. Maybe we have our qualms here and there, but for most of the time, we try not to fight as much.” 

“Hate to break it to you sugar cube, but herds bicker from time to time, that is what being in a relationship is all about.” AJ confesses.  

“Not like you two are, we have a hierarchy, yeah, and there is an alpha, but for the most part we don’t believe that either of us is superior to the rest.” 

She grabs Mark's hands, and walks away. “And until you prove to me that you genuinely care for each other and will not start ‘keeping score, or grudges’ because of who is better at what, I simply can’t accept you in our herd. I’m sorry.” 

“W-Wow, Fluttershy where are you taking me?” 

“Take care of what the two were trying to pull on you a minute ago.” 

“What? Come on Fluttershy is not that big of a deal, you don’t need to go spreading your legs now.” 

She turns around, and smirks. “Who says I will do that?” She giggles at his expression, and gets closer. “I know how much you were staring at me, how good is your swimming?” 

He shivers when she purrs in his ear. “Catch me if you can.” She retreats just before he could grab her, and swims away as fast as she could.  

“Sorry girls! Have to bounce!” Mark apologizes to Dash and Applejack before going after Fluttershy.
     
“Well there goes the plan then.” Dash looks down and sighs in disappointment. “All this dollying up for nothing then.” 

“You know, everything would have played differently if you had just left me had my turn first.” AJ glares at the daredevil.  
“What? And then be the sloppy second? No way, besides, things would have worked way better and faster if you had let me do my move first.” 

“Oh really? And why is that?” 

“Applejack come on, our stud has two pegasus and a Thestral in his herd, it is clear that Mark likes him some wings.” She emphasizes her point by extending her own with pride. “And who could blame him? They are just awesome” 

“Please, there is a reason he picked an earth pony as his alpha, our sugar cube has a nice head on his shoulder and he knows where the good stuff is.” She flexes her arm. “You might have your grace and your speed but we got you beat where it really counts and he said it himself. He loves the home feeling, only an earth pony can give him, between the two I bet you would be the entree while I’m the main dish.” 

They keep glaring at each other in frustration until they hear someone clearing her throat. Looking ahead they saw Ruling Twilight wearing a fairly simply dark blue two piece swimsuit, slightly alluring but by no means skimpy like what they were wearing.  

“Sorry to interrupt, but I couldn’t help but overhear the conversation you were having while I was taking a dip.” She confesses with some small amount of embarrassment. “You four weren’t exactly quiet while you were fighting a moment ago.” 

“Sorry you had to hear that Princess Twilight.” Applejack apologies, while Dash waves a hand dismissively.  

“Eh, don’t sweat, I bet this is no different than what you deal with our counterparts right?” 

“Actually, it hasn’t been in a very long time.” She recalled in fondness earning the attention of the two.  “They managed to bury the hatchet, and found a common ground to stop their competitiveness.” 

Ruling Twilight looks at them with a smile. “Would you like to hear how they did it? It might help you with the small dilemma you are having with Fluttershy.” 

They blink and look at one another before turning to the princess again and nod, making her smile widder and clap her hands together.  

“Excellent! Then this is what happened…” 
> A Day On The Beach Part 2 (Edited By NagaShark)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Riding on another big wave, the prince of the crystal ponies and Twilight personal guard keep trying to outdone the other on a friendly competition between the two as Shining Armor from time to time, keep trying to figure out what is the big secret. 

“Ok so you didn’t get my sister knocked up?” 

Flash laughs and shakes his head. “Nope” 

“Good then I don’t have to bury you alive, but it's something big, are you planning to move out?” 

“We lived on a castle, it doesn’t get better than that Shining” 

“Ok then what about discovering a new world?”

“Give it a rest dude, my lips are sealed.” He kept shaking his head with a smile.  

“Why in such a hurry Mr. Armor?” The distinct voice of Celestia alerts both stallions as they turn back, and nearly fell off their surfboards, when approaching, they saw the royal sisters ruling of Equestria and Flash’s, technically boss, on their own surfboards… and wearing the most scandalous bikinis imaginable leaving next to zero percent to the imagination of their voluptuous bodies. Celestia was wearing a dark pink one piece bikini that might as well have been a thong attached to two strings that barely cover the areola of her massive breast, while Luna had two small triangles barely holding together by strings covering her naughty parts. Most unusual of all was that Celestia mane was dark pink, while Luna's whole body was bleach white. A dead give away, that told the stallions how those two weren’t the same mares they swore loyalty to as royal guards.   

“Do you have to be somewhere else soon?” Celestia smirks and swims toward the two with a flirtatious gaze, making sure Shining’s vision was locked onto her eyes. “Perhaps finding comfort in a good natured mystery?” 

Flinching, the ex-captain couldn’t do more than gulp, when Celestia placed her hands over his chest. “Or maybe you are simply not a fan of surprises in general?” She lingered each word as her head got closer to his.  

“I-I-I, P-Princess!” Finally snapping back to reality he swam back and shook his head. “W-Wha, Who, who are you?” He finally managed to demand with an intense blush, and a ready horn, getting in a more defensive stance. “You are not Princess Celestia.”

“Or you Princess Luna.” Flash follows suit glaring at Luna preparing his own horn, getting confused when she looks at him with an almost expected grin and pushing her chest forward to give him a clearer target.  

Both stallions' questions keep rising when the mares in front of them suddenly sigh and look down in exasperation, their colors returning to normal.  

“I told you this would happen.” Celestia spoke to seemingly no one before starting to chuckle. 

“It was worth it, if it meant seeing such cute startled faces.” Looking back, the two sigh in relief, somewhat, seeing their Princess’ once more. Luna with neutrality, while Celestia had an apologetic smile. “So sorry for the confusion you two, me and Luna didn’t want to steal Twilight’s thunder or anything, but we believed it was time to introduce our other selves to our closest of friends.” 

“Your highness?” Flash questions with a raised eyebrow, as Luna clarifies. 

“Think of them like Nightmare Moon, but we found peace and middle ground with our lustful counterparts. Basically just an extension of ourselves, wanting to form their very first memory with you all. Would you give them a chance to introduce themselves?” 

The stallions look at one another for a moment before nodding, and canceling the spells in their horns. “Understood, we will listen, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna.” 

“Please Shining Armor, your engagement with our niece makes us equal, there is no need for titles anymore.” Luna finally smiles and with her sister, allows their other self to appear once more. “As for you, I was under the impression my other sister already meet you” Lusuna tells looking at Molestia.  

“Please don’t remind me. I’m still trying to sort…all that I saw.” Flash confirmed clenching his eyes shut confusing the captain as he eyed him suspiciously.  

“How did you…?” His eyes suddenly wide and she grinned “Wait, is THIS what the whole surprise was all about?”  

“Come on boys” Molly interrupts them once more “Are we here to chat, or are we here to have fun?” She reminds them of the waves “We can talk later don’t you think?” 

“Agreed” Flash nods rapidly following Molly's example, and wishing to change the subject. “But will you two be ok? I mean have you ever surfed before and…” As much as he didn’t want to do so, the guard couldn’t help but take another glance at their bathing suits. “Can you even surf wearing that?” 

“Oh, are you perhaps concerned about my modesty?” Molly flutters her eyelash at Flash, making him flinch. “Relax, I’m not gonna bite, my sweet Marky Poo helped me greatly with my impulses. I swear other than light flirting I just want to meet and chat with possibly the next prince of Equestria. As for if they can hold, why don’t you join me and find out. Although I don’t see much of the appeal, this is nothing you haven’t seen before is it?” 

“What?!” Shining turns to Flash in shock as he only giggles, and rushes toward a big wave to avoid any follow up questions. Leaving Shining along with Lusuna who looks at him with curiosity.  

“So…hi Princess…?”  He try to make some small chat 

“You can call me Lusuna” Lusu replies with a friendly smile. “Nice to meet you Prince Shining, I just wanted to tell you I’m a big fan.” 

“Oh…really?” 

She nods once more managing to calm him somewhat. “Yeah, you have no idea of the number of mares that have you in their dreams all the time.” 

And just like that tension went back again as her eyes turned sultry, and she got closer to the Prince. “Tell me Mr. Armor, have you ever wondered what it would be like if a wet dream came to life?” 

“Aww…ehh.” He tries to look around for an escape, not sure how to reply to that question.  


Meanwhile on a small island big enough for two 


Mark sighs in satisfaction as he leans against the big boulder facing the beach while Fluttershy hugs his chest panting slightly with a blush face. Thanks to the rock formation no one would be aware of their small escape while they recover their breath.  

“Oh goodness, thank you so much Shy, I thought I was gonna blow a moment ago.” 

“Anytime my sweet hunter” She nuzzles his chest lovingly, before looking him in the eyes. “But are you sure once is enough? We can continue if you like.” 

He chuckled and shook his head. “It's ok, that is why it is called a quickie. Besides we came here to have fun, not screwing around like rabbits. I don’t want you to miss the day just because I got horny either.” 

“Well said Star.” Umbral compliments, as they both look up and see the Thestral in question hovering in front of the two with a smirk and crossed arms, wearing a semi enticing black holed one piece swimsuit. “I was wondering where you two went, and assumed you saw what Molly and Lusu decided to wear. Looks like I wasn’t that far off.” 

“They came too? Did everyone already know, is Twilight…?” Umbral lifts a hand to stop him in his tracks. “Relax, they are up to speed and on board with the idea. Getting used to them being more expressive, but ok to make new friends.” 

She landed on top of the rock, and raised an eyebrow. “And judging by that answer, it wasn’t them. So that leaves the newcomers then?”    

“I still haven’t accepted AJ and Dash into our herd.” Fluttershy replies defensively much to the dismay of Umbral. 

“Are you still on that? Geez Flutters talk about harsh, aren’t they like your best buds? Why so opposed to the idea? So they compete big whoop, if anything I say letting them in would help them with that.” 

“That is different Umbral.” She flies toward her in concern. “It’s not that they compete, more like they keep bringing up who is best at what.” She grabs her hand and looks Umbral in her eyes. “That is not how we are, we are all unique and equal in this relationship. How would you feel if Surprise and I started competing to see who has the best wings, or the best figure or…or bigger boobs?!” 

That gets her attention, as she takes a glance at her own cleavage and compares it to Fluttershy’s bigger ones, until she grabs her chin and makes her look her in the eyes. “No one in our group is better than anyone, we respect each other, we embrace each other's uniqueness.” She brings her closer and the two kiss, holding their lips together until they moan and their wings extend briefly, until Fluttershy breaks it connecting the two with a string of saliva. “Heck that is what makes our intimacy all the much richer and fulfilling, so if AJ and Dash really want to be with us, that is my only condition.” 

Umbral stays silent for a moment before chuckling and looking away. “Damn it Flutters, now I’m the one thirsty.” She tightens the hold on their hands as they lock eyes. “In any other herd, the mare would just suck it up and accept the decision of the alpha and/or stallion, or just leave all together, instead we don’t let anyone in unless the whole herd is on board, by Celestia are we a weird herd.” 

They share a small kiss, before the two look at Mark. “And what about you Star, this kind of dropped in your lap all of the sudden, are you cool with two more in our nest?” 

“Honestly, I was mostly surprised when things developed like that. And I’m a bit scared of the idea of us just growing more and more. Not sure if I could even please so many mares but then I remember…” 

He extends his arms, and the two descend so he could grab their hands, and caress their palm. “This is something we ALL are here for, all of us can date and bring any mare we want.”  

He kisses both of their foreheads. “I trust your judgment like you trust mine. If you wish them to be a part of our nest I have no opposition whatsoever.” He then looks at Fluttershy in concern. “But I agree I don’t want anyone to be unhappy so it would be best if the decision is unanimous.” 

Umbral nods, and looks at the pegasus. “So what is it gonna take Flutters? Some kind of test to convince you they don’t think themselves better than the other?” 

“That…would help.” She replies shyly, looking away in thought. “But I’m not sure exactly what it could be.”   

“I’m sure we can think of something like Umbral said, they are just best friends. If anyone can figure out a way to see if they are truly sincere is you. And she is right, I don’t mind some small competition and bickering here and there. That is what makes our relationship all more real.” He suddenly smirks and looks up. “It even gives me an idea or two.” 

“Mark, what are you thinking?” Fluttershy looks at him with neutrality and a raised eyebrow. 

“Just brainstorming, nothing I will not consult with you first, for now, let's put that on hold, like I said, we are here to have fun right? Let’s just enjoy the day and see how things develop naturally.”

“Agreed, come on Flutters, I saw a school of crabs on my way here and I bet you want to say hi.” 

“Oh really?” Fluttershy eyes light up at the comment. “Thank you Umbral, I would love to see them, yes.”  

“Ok, sounds like a plan, let’s go see that school.” Mark agrees, and dives into the water, as the mares giggle and Umbral guides them to where she saw the crabs so Fluttershy can see and most likely say hi to them.  

The rest of the day was spent in relative ease, where everyone enjoyed the beach, playing around and overall having a good time. True to their words other than minor flirting and teasing, the Princesses were very tame, and cordial, and everyone had a good time, even Dash and Applejack seems to have calmed down, even when Fluttershy turned their offer on as. As they cryptically told her that they came up with a perfect plan to convince them into giving them a chance, but it can wait until after Twilight’s announcement. 

After playing volleyball for a couple of hours with the guys, Mark headed back to their station to quench his thirst when the voice of a familiar Princess caught his attention, and when looking to his right he saw Cadence laying on top of a towel waving at him to come closer, wearing a fairly simply two piece dark pink swimsuit. 

“Hi Cadence, what is it?” 

“Hi Mark, sorry to bother but I didn’t want to interrupt Shining while he was playing with the boys.” She raised a bottle of sunscreen.  “Would you be a dear and help me out?” 

He looks at her unsure, as he takes the bottle. “Ah…sure but is that really ok?” 

She lowered her sunglasses and raised an eyebrow. “It's just sunscreen Mark, why wouldn’t it be ok?” 

‘Well technically speaking, I’m not engaging in anything intimate, so I suppose it will be ok.’ 

Mark shrugs and takes the bottle. “Eh, good point, sure I can help you out.” 

“Great!” Her eyes light up and she turns around to untie her bra as she lays on the towel. “Just mind the wings, and don’t get too close to the regular places.” 

“Please Cadence, I’m not a pervert I know what to avoid.” Mark rolls his eyes as he gets to work, avoiding the base of her wings and being delicate applying the sunscreen. Getting slightly annoyed when she tries to tease him by pretending to moan.  

“So how are things going with your herd?” 

“Ha! I was wondering when you would come out and ask. You know you could have simply asked instead of pretending to ask for help.” 

“I could be doing both things.” She turns her head, and winks at him. “But seriously, how have  things been going?” 

“If I had to describe it in one word, I  would say it's pretty wild, there have been ups and downs here and there, and what started as keeping things casual, thanks for that advice by the way.” 

“You are most definitely welcome.” She responded making no attempt to hide her pride.  

“It ballooned into a type of open minded relationship, where we made long distance kind of work. Not sure if we are unique but we are definitely not a normal type of herd.” 

“Oh? How so?” 

“Well for starters we seem to really like the concept of friends with benefits and are open and supportive of…eh intimate acts.” 

Cadence smirks at the idea alone. 

“Seems like all of you just love to explore ways to spice things up in bed.” 

“You would think that, but I say we just try to make everyone we accept into our group welcome, and hey it’s not all about sex either. Even if small, we all made the effort to nurture our herd as best as we can.” He finished with her back and stood back.  “Done.” 

“Would you put some on my legs too?” She gives him her best puppy eyes.

“Cadence.” Mark shot her a deadpan look as she fluttered her eyelashes. “Pleeease?”

Sighing in defeat, he put some more lotion on his hands. “You are lucky I still owe you for opening my eyes.” 

He gets to work as she giggles. “Anyway as I was saying, keeping things casual, but we are making the effort to keep growing, and make the herd work. In fact we are planning to take things to the next step and introduce the parents into the mix.” 

He kept rubbing the sunscreen on her legs as she spread them apart to grant him more access, until a particularly hidden beauty mark caught his attention and made him pause.  

“Well I love to hear you all are so happy, and I’m proud of you seeking a healthy and loving herd, a very unorthodox one sure, but hey who says love has a manual right?” 

She giggles at her own joke under her breath, ignoring completely how Mark eyes widen to dinner plates as he finally pieces together everything.  

‘T-That beauty mark, that low key femenine, unique giggle. Wait but if that is the case then that means that Cadence is…P-PINK!!’ 

“So if you don’t mind me asking, have you thought about how many mares you want in your herd, or decided to forfeit a limit for it?” Cadence continues the casual chat but gets confused when Mark seems to have stopped all together, and everything gets quiet.  

“Mark?” Grabbing her bra she sits up, and looks back at him while he remains cold and neutral as he looks at her, for a moment before recovering some sense of control and calmly standing up. “Excuse me for a moment.” 

Turning away, he slowly walked towards the water, then trots, and finally ran as fast as he could, diving head first into the water, before bellowing out a giant scream so big, that on the beach Cadence could hear a muffled gargling sound of his voice, leaving her blinking in confusion at what exactly was happening.  

Nearby Ruling Twilight saw everything develop with interest, as she rubs her chin and hums.  

‘Is he remembering? No, he would react more explosively if that were the case, maybe the restraints are malfunctioning? Oh pony feathers I need to remove 5-TS before it is too late.’

After that, things went back to relatively normal, with the exception that Mark became determined to avoid Cadence, much to the Princess of Love’s confusion, concern and slightly hurt, and soon the moment of truth arrived, and while everyone was enjoying lunch, Twilight clinks her glass to get everyone's attention and stood up. 

“Everypony thanks for being here, as I’m sure all of you are dying to find out what news I want to share that is worth this party.” 

“Yes, please tell us already, we are dying to know!” Pinkie yells, trying and failing to conceal her excitement, earning a round of chuckles all over the table.  

“Fair enough, then without further delay, it is my pleasure to inform you all that after a lot of soul searching, and discussion with my herd…” She raised her cup into the air. “...We decided to accept the Princesses' offer to become their successor, and officially extend the invitation to join me in ruling Equestria by my side.” 

A round of cheers, and questions was soon heard, as everyone voiced their happiness and curiosity for her decision/offer, with mixed reactions until she continued. “I would have never been able to reach this point without your help, none of you. Seeing my counterpart made me realize how much richer our life can be. I accomplished so much, saw so many things, learned so many lessons about friendship and even realized multiple dreams I didn’t even know I had in the first place. I believe it’s time to step into another adventure, and there is no one else I would rather embark with in that one.” 

Moved by her words the mane six stood up and brought Twilight into a group hug, silently agreeing to her offer as their herds smiled at the picture in front of them.

“So.” Molly approaches Flash with a sly smile. “Prince Flash Sentry, it has a nice ring to it. Tell me, soldier. Would you like me to teach you what it takes to be a proper Prince? '' She teased him with bedroom eyes, as he chuckled nervously.  

“I know what you are doing, but yeah, me and Moondancer would love to learn.” 

She giggled innocently and stood back. “You are catching on, good, it will make our lessons all the more fun.”  

“So, that is the secret, well not gonna lie, part of me is slightly disappointed.” Shining chuckles as he patted his back. “Always wanted to be an uncle, but hey! It will be nice to have another prince to chat with, plus I’m happy that you are not rushing into anything before marriage either.” 

“Then you are gonna love this one Shining.” Flash laughs as he looks at his herd for confirmation, which he promptly received from both mares, making him stand up. “Everyone, not to steal the spotlight or anything but there is something else I would like to say.” 

“There is more!?” Pinkie looks at Flash in excitement. “Tell us Flashy!” 

“Well as you know, the duties of a Princess can be titanic in more than one way, especially one that has a herd already established.” 

The princesses exchange glances, and wrack their heads, pondering the statement, since none had a relationship before the crown.

“Lots of stallions waiting in line to kiss my Twily’s ass for some favors, and no doubt even a bigger line of mares offering me to kiss their…” He stops himself and clears his throat. “You get the idea, rising to the occasion as a Princess with a herd behind kind of leaves us all exposed for lots of ponies to try to exploit to their advantage.” Smiling at Moondancer, he takes her hand, and she stands up too, as they approach Twilight, breaking from the group hug and grabbing the hands of her herd as they take a moment to look at each other's eyes before addressing the group. 

“That is why we thought of a plan to stop a lot of potential schemers before they could start, and make our coronation extra special.” Moondancer canceled the invisibility spell and everyone showed their engagement rings, earning a round of gasps from everyone present minus Mark, who only chuckled briefly at the shock of everyone.  

“We are making it a coronation/wedding. I mean there is bound to be a huge audience, regardless of the event, so why not combine it right?” Moondancer summarized right before all the mares screech from excitement, and rush to the engaged herd, bombarding them with questions, and suggestions for the wedding, with Cadence leading the charge, with her mindset of being the mare that marries them.  
> A Day On The Beach Part 3 (Grammar Check)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

“Mark, please talk to us, what is wrong?” After the announcement, the party went into full swing and while everyone was celebrating, Fluttershy and Umbral noticed Mark walking away to be alone, and virtually hid from the celebration as he held his head.  

Immediately their concern peeked and they rushed toward him, where Fluttershy proceeded to rub his back gently, trying to coach him into speaking with the two. 

“God I wish I could tell you guys, but not even I understand completely.” 

“What in Equestria got you so upset? Did those two decide to get more aggressive now?” Umbral questions clenching her fist in anger. 

“No, it wasn’t then it was…it was Cadence.”  He looked at them, still shaken by the ordeal, just adding more questions to them. “Remember the story where Cadence took me into Amazing Tails? Remember what I told you about a pegasus called Pink?” 

“Yeah?” Fluttershy raised an eyebrow in confusion. 

“Cadence IS Pink!” He nearly barfed the moment he yelled that statement. “Oh God Cadence is Pink, I saw Cadence…” He can’t finish the sentence without risking almost barfing again, as Fluttershy brings him closer into a hug, and buries his face in her chest while she continues to console him. 

“O…k a couple of questions here.” Umbral voices her confusion. “We have the golden rule of not being a house wreck and you see Cadence more like a close friend that likes to tease and all…and I bet you are still a bit sore about her tricking you, am I right so far?” 

“Everything except the sore thing, I forgave Cadence at the end of the night” Marks admit with a calm smile and some heat on his face “I mean…it let me discover your beauty, sexiness, and if I can be a bit crude for a second, even let me score” 

They all share a small chuckle at the comment “Ok I give you that, nobody can’t stay mad if it means taping that royal flank right?” She smirks and wiggles her eyebrows at him, making him only able to nod with more heat on his face.  

“Which brings me to my question, let for just one moment pretend she isn’t married, she never met Shining Armor and never had a kid, if she wasn’t already taken, would you still not want to tap that? Come on Star be honest here, there is nothing to be ashamed of admitting it, I would tap that. We all have thought about it, right Flutters?”

“I-I…w-well I mean…I have just discovered a new and very strong attraction to mares in general recently so…I suppose I kind of had a tiny bit of horniness for every mare on my line of sight  now?” She confesses looking away with a blush “I’m sorry it's just I’m still high on the experience!”  

“…ok that is hot and we will talk about it later but back on the subject, you never really ever thought about it?” She looks back at Mark who stares down at the sand.  

“I-I don’t think I ever have, no, and that is what is confusing me the most!” He shook his head “You know me, this is why we have this open herd relationship. We just love to make friends and have fun if mares are ok with it. I have embraced that aspect of Equestria culture with open arms…and then some. And by GOD Cadence is a bombshell! By all intents and purposes, I should be over the moon to discover she likes to strip and is not shy! You bet I would use it as material on all of you! But just the idea of seeing Cadence as the princess naked…” 

He can’t finish the sentence as he trembles and hugs himself “Even if imagining she is not married with a kid it…it scares, disgust and for some reason angers me?” Mark closes his eyes hard and groans in annoyance “What the heck is wrong with me?!”   

His mares exchange glances and not knowing what else to do just sit on either side of him and rub his back trying to console him, using their wings as blankets.  

“It ok sweetie, you don’t need to force yourself either” Umbral tells him with a soft voice kissing his head.  

“We will figure it out together with the whole herd, I’m sure if we put our heads together, eventually we will solve this mystery” 

Their efforts pay off as Mark stop trembling and once calm nods and takes a deep breath “Thanks girls” He smiles at both and kisses each of their foreheads “I needed that” 

“Anytime Stars” 

Releasing his arms he grab their waist and bring him closer toward him “Do you mind if we remain like this just a bit longer, I simply love the sensation of your smooth and fluffy wings on my back” 

The mares laugh and nod, resting their heads on his shoulder and closing their eyes, simply enjoying each other's company with the sound of the ocean heard in the distance. 

The rest of the day was spent uneventfully with everyone playing around the beach asking Twilight questions about her ruling, what plans would they have, and other random ideas and thoughts for the wedding and such until sunset where everyone decided to call it a day and start to pack.

During that time Rainbow Dash and Applejack ask for Mark and his herd for a moment, and after getting some distance from the group as well as getting behind one imposing boulder for added privacy they spoke to them.  

“Ok this should be enough, no one should see us now” Dash fly down to meet them next to Applejack

“So why the precautions?” Umbral ask them with cross arms and a raised eyebrow “Don’t think we didn’t notice how you haven’t changed from your swimsuits yet, if this is some sort of moved, you could forget it” 

“Don’t worry partner, we promise, this is not any sort of trick or playing a move” Applejack fake surrenders to calm the mares down

“Well, maybe it kind of sort of is?” Dash nervously giggled with some heat on her face as Mark noticed how both were unusually flustered all of the sudden and he couldn’t help but to smell something sweet in the air, but couldn’t exactly put his finger into what was it.  

“Dash!” Fluttershy reproach the two 

“It's not what you think we promise” Dash defend herself “After what you told us Applejack and I have been thinking long and hard about our frequent competitions and subsequently discussions on who is best and all that” 

“…go on?” Having calmed down Fluttershy was willing to listen to the two, intrigued by what they wanted to say.

“And we came to the understanding that we love you wholeheartedly, all of your herd” Applejack smile and nod “So much so that we decided that competing on how is the best  is just pointless and hurtful as you told us Fluttershy”  

“So if you are willing to give us a chance, we will be more than happy to prove to you that our competitive nature is well behind us…for the most part” Dash chuckled briefly again.  

“We can’t help competing from time to time sugar cube but we swear the whole ‘who is the best talk is gone and if you prefer Dash and I would limit it to just us if you prefer. Sorry but competing is simply in our nature so maybe you could meet us halfway there?” 

“It will be more like who wins in this round, promising not to be a sore loser after. I mean let's face it, winner or loser we all get laid and so well fuck. There is no loser in that.” 

“So what do you say, partner? Will you let us show you our commitment to the relationship?” 

The herd looked at one another in thought and while Mark and Umbral were the most willing to give them a chance it was Fluttershy who they were curious about her reply the most. 

After what felt like an eternity with only the waves of the ocean as the background she finally spoke up with an answer. 

“How exactly are you gonna prove it? If you can show me and Umbral solid evidence then my answer is yes I would love to have you in our herd” She concludes with a small smile which brightens Dash and Applejack day as they nod.  

“Thank you Fluttershy” AJ nod as Dash approach Mark 

“Just watch and see, this is gonna a be SO hot” She proclaims eagerly as AJ is more subtle and ask Mark to come closer, he relents and approaches the two mares with Rainbow Dash in the middle while Umbral and Fluttershy cross their arms and look critically on what they are gonna a do. 

“Ok first, stay relaxed and give me your hand,” Dash asks Mark, extending her palm at him. Confused, the human raised an eyebrow at the daredevil but comply never the least and placed his hand on top of her palm which she promptly grabbed and moved it around a little to make sure he wasn’t putting any resistance.  

Once satisfied Dash surprised everyone when she simply took her hand and pulled him closer so he groped AJ's right breast as she moans and even leans forward as Dash gyrate Mark's hand slowly counterclockwise, making her bra start to get loose and slip off.  

Still recovering, Mark's confusion gradually turned to arousal by the sensation as he could feel Applejack's nipple get stiff enough for Dash to open his index and middle finger in between the nipple and make him pinch her a little, resulting in her moaning a bit harder.  

“Yeah you like that, don’t you?” Dash teases with a smirk as she leans back and starts to gyrate her tone and stiff flank over the poor human crouch and ever increasingly hardened boner.  “You like to play with those pairs of apples don’t you?” 

“Y-Yeah” Mark finally replied after gulping from this sudden turn of events.  

“Well, they weren’t lying this got hot very fast” Umbral comments starting to sweat, both her and Fluttershy adorning deep blushes at the show.  

“It's a start but I’m still not convinced” Fluttershy nods and cross her arms tighter ignoring the fire in her lungs and stiffness on her nipples 

“Don’t worry sugar cube we are just getting started” AJ winks before smirking at Dash “And thanks for the compliment partner, you are not so bad yourself” 

Gasping Dash was blindsided when AJ grabbed a handful of her flanks with both hands and like the daredevil assisted her on partially undressing her and rubbing her ass against Mark more strongly. All the wings present are starting to stiff as a result.  

“Hoo Hee! talk about rock hard flanks right partner?” She looks at Mark with a smirk “I know how you love our girls but these buns right here really can get your motor running, don’t you honey?” She sweetened her voice a little and fluttered her eyelashes at him.  

“Yeah, it does” Mark replied again deciding to go with the flow and take immeasurable pleasure every second of it. “But why is it so wet and that smell?” His eyes widen in realization as both mares look at him with knowing smiles and blush on their faces silently confessing how they have fun on their own before coming to see them.   

“Old me would ruin the moment by saying something like "which one is better" but after talking it up, and having a roll in the hay with this crazy daredevil. We came up with something better.  

Letting go of his hand both farmer and wonderbolt tag team to pull out his dick and her ass and line both of them up into position.        

“We know how well you can hold yourself in the sack by yourself partner” 

“But we wonder how long will you last with both of us” They all groan and moan in pleasure the second Dash inserts his cock into her ass in one go while AJ assists on finishing removing the rest of her bathing suit, and then brings her into a hug.

“Get ready partner, for a rodeo sandwich” Applejack proclaims finish undressing as she and Dash line their crotches together and share a kiss as their lovemaking start and intensifies tenfold as they exchange in between kissing each other, Mark, or sucking each other milk before sharing with others.  Mark decides to use his hands not only to play with AJ's breast but also Rainbow Dash’s and even their pussies and by their request even AJ asshole at times.  

“Ok now I get it, and it nicely uses their friendly competition in a more healthy damn hot way. I’m convinced please Fluttershy tell you are as well”  

“Well I’m not so sure now” She faked innocence while looking at her “This demonstration certainly keeps me distracted. Perhaps my sweet mare could help me convince me a little more?” She pulls slightly from her bathing suit to hammer her idea home, making Umbral laugh and shake her head.  

“Oh Flutter you are such spoils” She then brings her into a hug and looks lovely into her eyes “But who am I to say no? Here let me clear your mind” Sharing a kiss they soon join the fun and all five keep enjoying each other's company for the remainder of the day until it is time to leave. 

One quick deep into the ocean and a shower later they return to the group with the pretext of going swimming not wanting to steal the spotlight from the newly engaged and everyone starts to pack their things to go back to the city but not before royal Twilight gives everyone a glass of soda and raises her cup. 

“A toast, for not only the newly engaged herd but for a new beginning, ends and start of a new adventure and eager tomorrow. For a happy future!” 

“For a happy future!” Everyone echoes and takes a swing at their drinks as Royal Twilight smirks malevolent under her cup while watching everyone drink, especially Mark who had her arm around Dash who by far has been the least subtle on them being welcome into the herd.
> Of Friends And Foes (Grammarly Check)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

“Explain to me again why are you coming too?” Chrysalis grumbles and stares through the window as she and Discord were currently on a train headed for Ponyville. The queen changeling in question was wearing a fairly simple ensemble of black tight jeans and a dark pink short shirt that show her belly and one of her shoulders which were curiously lighter than her usual coal dark, gray high heels sandals, a golden bracelet, and a bit of green lipstick. Her mane and tail were now groomed and had a different hairstyle. 

“For moral support of course! I know how terrifying it could be facing your old enemies now that you are reformed, and less for them to believe anything you say. So it wouldn’t hurt having some backup” 

She passed her open hand over her snout in annoyance “This is it, isn’t it? This is where my life officially reached its lowest point” 

“Oh please, we all know that your lowest point was reached when you start talking with inanimate objects just to have some sort of company. Now THAT is just plain pathetic” Discord reminds her of summoning the stump she used to talk with. 

“Haven’t I been humiliated enough?” 

“No” 

Chrysalis look at him confused 

“I mean, think of it this way after that point in life you have someone to talk with, a new opportunity to start fresh and a chance to have a lovely human giving you lots and lots of love” 

She starts to smile at the idea remembering their last encounter before shaking her head “Discord I swear if you lie to me about Mark being there when we arrive I’ll…” 

“Relax drama queen” He interrupt her in time for the train to reach the station “Even I wouldn’t be that cruel, besides we both know he is the reason you decided to dolly yourself up” 

“I just grab the first thing I had at hand I swear” She nervously reply 

“Uh uh sure, you grab the first perfume, make-up, and comb you could find, let go with that” He starts to push her into the exit and both finally reach ponyville.   

Once they exit the station they were both greeted by an unusual reaction where ponies upon seeing them just scream and run in terror pointing at Chrysalis who can only blink in confusion. 

“O…k, I wasn’t exactly expecting a parade but what got into them?” 

“I’m as confused as you Chrysalis” Discord nods his agreement “I was sure Twilight and the rest told everyone about your change of heart” He shrugs after thinking it over “eh happen to me from time to time, don’t worry it will die down soon enough” 

“Never though there will be the day I didn’t enjoy hearing ponies running away in fear from me” Chrysalis keep looking around where the same reaction keep happening “It feels weird” 

“You get used to it, Fluttershy says it is something to do about self-reflection and awareness of how lonely your life was before” Discord's confusion just keeps building up seeing how no pony seems to give the poor changeling a chance, an opposite reaction for when they spy on Mark date. 

“We will be ok as long as they don’t start bringing the elements of…and there they are” Discord points at Twilight and the rest of the elements of harmony running toward them all sporting their elements of harmony making Chrysalis flinch and take a step back. 

“What is the meaning of this?!” Chrysalis' demand completely lived to such hostility. 

“Chrysalis we don’t know what your plan is but it is not gonna work we will stop you right…” 

“Wow there!” Discord grows, giant size, and bursts extra limbs to grab the mane six and lift them into the air spreading apart before they activate their powers “Let all take a chill pill” Discord summons and shakes a box of tic-tac in front of them. “What gotten into you Twily I know weddings can turn you into a bridezilla but this is just ridiculous” 

He points at Chrysalis “That is Chrysalis, not your wedding planner” 

“Discord what are you doing!?” Twilight tries to break free of his hold 

“You traitor! First Tirek and now her? I knew we shouldn’t have trusted you” Dash started to curse at him. 

“Why Discord? Why are you helping Chrysalis now?” Fluttershy was starting to tear up 

“Ah because she is reformed now?” Discord asks them with a raised eyebrow and then notices something peculiar about Fluttershy “You went back to your previous clothing Fluttershy? Why? You were so confident in your other look” 

“Other look?” She repeats not understanding 

“Wait, reformed!?” Twilight brings back the conversation to the main topic. 

“Well so much for a warm welcoming” Chrysalis huff and look at Discord “I knew this was a mistake, I’m leaving” 

“No!” Discord disappears and reappears in front of Chrysalis in a panic “I mean, this is just an accident, they are all sorry, right girls, they are sorry” He took a glance at the mane six before looking back at the changeling with a nervous smile as she crossed her arms. 

“They were about to blast me with the elements of harmony, UNPROVOKED!” She points at her in rage. 

“Ah no you can’t play that card, we all know you are a schemer Chrysalis” Dash accuses her. 

“You are right, and it's not like I could change into literally anyone and pass undetected if I really was planning something, oh wait!” Dash flinches back at her response as the girls look at one another in shame before Twilight steps forward. 

“I’m sorry Chrysalis we really jump to conclusions here” 

“You think?!” 

“But if Discord says you are reformed then I believe him” She extended her hand “Please would you forgive us and give us a chance to make it up to you?” 

“Twilight if you think for a second I would even consider…?” 

Discord suddenly appears on her shoulder and whisper into her ear “Something is wrong here Chrissy, it could be best to play along, plus she would be owning you a favor, no question ask” 

Chrysalis takes a moment to think before internally nodding in agreement with Discord and shaking her head.  “One more chance and all of you will now owe me a favor for almost blasting me with those infernal elements, one favor each no question ask” She demands as compensation 

“What?!” Dash yell in outrage before AJ cover her mouth as she trashes around “Deal, we will make it up partner” 

“Good, now before you try to attack me I was under the impression that there was some sort of party I was invited to?” She waved her wrist around and raised an eyebrow, 

Pinkie gasped and slowly grinned ear to ear before rushing at her until their nose touched “You got it, Chrissy! Twilight keeps her busy and then brings her to your castle. This will be so much fun!” And with that, she ran away leaving them all confused minus the ex-villains. 

“Now is your chance, follow her and find what you can” Chrysalis whispers to Discord who agrees and pops away. 

The area soon was filled with an awkward silence as the mane six weren’t exactly what to do next.  “Sooo…when exactly did have a change of heart?” 

“Dash!” Twilight reprimand her friend 

“What? Don't act like you are not all curious, I mean shouldn’t she be a stone with her other pals?” 

Turn to stone? What in Equestria is going on here!? Ok, Discord is right, something weird is going on. 

“I suppose this means Discord forgot to tell you” Chrysalis sighs and starts to explain/ coming up with an explanation “It all started when I freed myself…” 

“Are the others…?” Twilight began to question in fear but Chrysalis stop her in her tracks 

“Nope! They are still trapped, I banish them to Tartarus, don’t look for them there are no longer where you left them. Let's just move on…” 

Meanwhile in another part of town. 

While following Pinkie Discord starts to take note of anything unusual going on around town or with the residents, finding that for the most part everything seems normal, right until they reached Mark's house where he discovers one of the biggest changes of all as well as the biggest mare or rather holstaur in town equally confused, talking with Milky on the front door. 

“I don’t understand,” The holstaur says, completely disheartened while Milky looks at the poor creature in pity. Although she was wearing informal clothing of jeans and a white shirt, Milky could tell she had prepared herself a bit, with some perfume, golden earrings, and even some lipstick and make-up. 

“I’m sorry miss but as I say, you got the wrong address. This isn’t even my house, I’m just renting while helping my cousin and her wife's mysterious pregnancy.” 

“Renting? But…no that is not right, I remember having been here. This is Mark's home, he builds him himself” 

She sighs and shakes her head “I’m sorry he must have fooled you, according to my cousin nobody has ever lived here in years. I don’t even know any Mark” 

“B-But we dated for months, we didn’t rush anything fearing to rush anything we didn’t even…” She only blushes and looks away not wanting to finish the sentence. 

“Wow, at first I thought he was a dush taking advantage of a nice lady, but if he really kept it on his pants then I’m sorry. I would like to help but well I’m busy” 

“Are you sure you don’t remember me? I’m Daisy, we talked over the phone more than once. Today we were supposed to meet face to face. This was kind of an important herd date” 

She only shake her head “Sorry you got the wrong mare, I don’t even have a herd” She sigh in contemplation “Haven’t found that special someone to start that yet” 

“What?” Daisy disheartened was slowly turning into concern and confusion the more she talked with Milky

Having heard enough Discord decided to intervene 

“Hey ladies” 

As expected, both scream and fall, or at least Daisy were about to if not for Discord grabbing her shoulder and bringing her into a hug “Daisy? Is that you? Girl I have been looking all over for you. Did you get lost again?” 

“Ah, wha…?” 

Discord approach her ear “Play along, something bad happen and I think ponies forgot who Mark is” 

The holstaur eyes wide in horror at the revelation. 

“D-D-DISCORD!” Milky slowly recovers and looks at the spirit in fear as he smiles at her “So sorry for the mix-up. Daisy here can get directions wrong at times. We will get out of your mane in no time, Chao” 

Before any of them could come up with a reply Discord already teleported them away and after calming Daisy down and brainstorming a little both concluded that the memory of Mark was completely erased from the minds of everyone in town, leaving actions only he could do as a mystery like the suddenly available house or Lyra and Bon Bon pregnancy that came from nowhere. 

Eventually, they went to Twilight castle where Pinkie's ‘Happy reformation party’ was in full swing and they put Chrysalis up to speed with what they found out. 

“I should be worried but there is something about all of this that feels familiar” Discord hmm in thought while the 3 manage to speak privately while the town was celebrating. 

“I don’t get it! He was kind, gentle, and friendly. Who could possibly do something so horrible to him? Why would anyone do that in the first place?” Daisy clenches her fist more concerned than angry at the moment, as she desperately tries to think of a reason for any of this to happen.

“Well we can discard love rival at least” Discord comments “Otherwise they would they would be the one dating his herd” 

“It goes beyond that” Chrysalis looks at the party from the second floor they were currently in. “Whoever is responsible really went out of their way to rewrite history” Her gaze lands on AJ and Dash hugging each other all lovey dobby. 

“Those two for example” 

“Ah queen Chrysalis I don’t think this is a good time to start looking for food” Daisy mentions earning a roll from her eyes “Is not that, and I would not be getting much anyway. They are forcing it” 

That catches everyone's attention “Sure there is attraction and genuine love but I have been in the game of infiltration long enough to catch on when ponies are hiding something, and the mane six are pretending to be fine but the moment I saw them I could detect it. It's hard to explain in words but chances are they are feeling hollow like there's a part of their memory that simply doesn’t feel right, real, or downright are erased but can’t figure out exactly what memory or why is that” 

“It's Mark!” Daisy cheers in happiness “Their hearts haven’t forgotten about him” 

“Most likely, I recognized that tactic is a common changeling move for replacement, let the target worry then reappear as the loved one missing, nine out of ten times their overjoy will overlook discrepancies in personality or behavior, mostly blaming it on a trauma but we never replace a memory completely, the most is tamper it slightly” 

“So…how does that tell you that someone wanted to force a new past into them?” Discord float near Chrysalis as she crosses her arms 

“Because while they didn’t fill all of the gaps most of them were filled with a different story, like how I was supposed to be a stone in Canterlot, or those two over there for example” He points at the couple again 

“What about Rainbow Dash and Applejack” Daisy raised an eyebrow

“Pay attention to their body language, the way those two supposedly found love in each other and no pony else? The way they brag how much they are in love, and how each other's are the only mare in the world? Yeah, that is an act, they are trying to convince themselves of that” 

Discord eyes wide and then he gets angry. “What about Fluttershy, what did they make her believe?” His eyes flash white in anger for a second, yet Chrysalis remains neutral “Other than reverting her to how she used to be?” She shook her head “I don’t see much difference other than maybe been afraid of the idea of sex in general…and more dependent on you” 

“That is horrible, I never met her in person but for the stories, Mark told me, Fluttershy was so happy and free after she broke out of her shell,” Daisy tells them, and both of them agree. 

“Which bring to their goal” Chrysalis continues “They never expect to gain anything from this, the mastermind responsible only wanted one thing and that is for the story of the world to play as they saw fit, and exactly as they envision it” 

“Someone that is a fan of the girls, their adventure and knows it inside and out, as if they lived it themselves” Discord hardened his gaze, coming to a realization and looking at what Chrysalis was seeing. 

“With a propensity of neurosis, workaholism, overplanning edging on OCD, and a history of meltdowns when plans aren’t followed to the letter” 

Confused Daisy looked between them and whoever they were looking until they spat Princess Twilight and her friends chatting with a taller version of herself with flowing mane. 

“Is that…?” 

“A Twilight from another world, and our primary suspect” Discord confirms. 

“Another world?” Daisy repeated in astonishment 

“Welcome to ponyville Holstaur, this is common around this place” Chrysalis pat her back and turn around preparing to leave “We better go back to the party before anyone get suspicious, keep an eye on the other Twilight, at the moment she is our only lead” 

With a sigh Discord pat, the still shock Daisy shoulder “I should warn you now Ms.Daisy, joining Mark herd would be anything but quiet, craziness like these are fairly common. I hope this isn’t a deal-breaker” 

“I-I don’t know it just…sorry is just a lot to take in, and I’m not sure I’m cut for this kind of craziness. I’m a stripper, not an adventurer for Celestia's sake, I make a living taking off my clothes, not saving others.” 

“And Fluttershy used to be just a caretaker, Rarity a tailor, and AJ a farmer. There is not exactly a job that qualifies you to be an adventure or not, you simply got the call” he summons a red telephone who immediately start to ring “The important thing is to answer the call” 

She looks at the phone and then at Discord with a raised eyebrow until he makes it banish “You could also ask yourself this two things: 1)Is the human worth the trouble and 2) would you able to live with yourself knowing you could have helped someone in need but choose to ignore him?”

“Ah come on Discord that's just not fair” 

“Life itself rarely is” He simply shrugs. “But that, your past or your job shouldn’t be a deterrent to do what is right, or aid those that you love. But oh well nobody is forcing you, it's just a fling, right? It's not like you are ready to settle down or want to be part of his herd or anything am I right? Nah just because this would be something he would move the sea and earth in the name of love if things were reversed doesn’t mean you have to do the same”  He smiles calmly at her, before she could respond he banishes her with a snap of his fingers leaving her alone with her thoughts. 

Back at the party, Chrysalis starts to mingle with others while taking a closer look at Ruling Twilight, who was talking with weirdly enough tired and almost sick-looking Celestia and Luna. 

“It fills me with pride knowing how well everything turns out in your world Twilight” Celestia grin putting on a brave face for the public yet for anyone that knew them well it was clear how they were putting on a mask 

“I had great teachers that guided me all the way there” Ruling Twilight smiles brightly at them before her expression turns to concern “Princess…” 

Celestia chuckle and shake her head “Oh some things never change if my Twilight doesn’t have to use honorifics even less you Miss” 

“Right, sorry, so are you two alright?”

“What do you mean Ms. Sparkles” Luna's question 

“Please I can tell you two don’t look so well I can see the sights too. So why don’t you tell me what’s wrong?” 

“Oh no, we wouldn’t want to bother you with these old mares…” Twilight grab her hand and just give her a calm smile “Please I insist, I’m sure if your Twilight would be here she would love to help as well” 

Chrysalis catches Twilight's eye flickering with a purple glow as the princesses become more complacent. 

“Indeed it seems those things never change either, but even if we want we aren’t even sure what exactly got into us” Celestia and Luna exchange wary glances at each other as Luna nods. 

“From seemly out of nowhere we simply woke up feeling strange” 

“How so?” Ruling Twilight raised an eyebrow at them both the sister only shake their heads 

“We don’t know, and it has been driving us crazy since this morning. The best way we could describe it is like there is a part of us feeling numb or restrained. Like we are awake but feeling like we are still in bed and for some reason can’t stand up. Tell us Twilight does any of that make any sense whatsoever?” 

Twilight only hmm and look away “As a matter of fact I think what could be the issue, the same happens with my pri…with my Celestia and Luna” they all share a laugh as Chrysalis glare at Twilight not fooled by her act for a second, and leading the princesses by the nose. 

She tried to follow when they were preparing to leave but then Fluttershy arrived and blocked her way. 

“Ah Chrysalis, do you have a moment? She shyly asks not to make eye contact with her as she sighs in frustration when she loses her royals among the crowd. She wanted to continue the chase but knew it wasn’t the time to blow her cover and simply accepted her fate. 

“What do you want?” She cross her eyes and raised an eyebrow at the poor pegasus

“Oh, it's nothing I was just thinking if that is ok for me to ask and you don’t need to answer but maybe if that is ok with you…”  She keeps rubbing her arm and looking away in embarrassment and a nervous smile while trying to be as small as possible 

Geez, I can’t believe I’m saying this but I prefer her better when she used to be assertive, at least she could speak. 

“It's my wings isn’t it?” Chrysalis gave her a deadpan look and extended to say luminescent appendages as Fluttershy looked at her in surprise “Don’t read too much into it ok? I simply had to promise not to steal love, Discord in its weirdness just somehow gave me ‘love on a can’ and I have been drinking that for months. That is all” 

She was preparing to leave when Fluttershy stop her once more 

“What? W-Wait, no! That is not it…well it kind of is, not that is nothing wrong with your wings. I like to see you are eating and all but ah well…” 

“On with it Fluttershy, really just take a deep breath and tell me what is on your mind” Chrysalis coached her not looking forward to spending 10 minutes waiting for her to get brave enough to speak. 

Taking her advice she does as instructed and breathes in before closing her eyes and clenching her fist while looking down “Are you and Discord together?!” she manages to shout/whisper with an intense blush that startles her slightly. 

“...No” She calmly replied, causing her to sigh from relief. 

“Oh thank Celestia” 

“You do know he has genitalia right?” 

“Wha-What?! H-how do you…?” Chrysalis notices the same purple glimmer in her eyes when those wide before she shakes her head “It doesn’t matter I-I mean! I-it just I d-don’t exactly care for the idea of ah well…” 

Twilight what have you done to this poor mare?

“Fluttershy” Chrysalis interrupts her feeling pity for the poor pegasus. “A moment ago you ask me a personal question allow me to ask one myself” 

She only mumbles with an intense blush as Chrysalis smiles and shakes her head “Don’t worry you don’t have to answer me or anything this is more something I would like you to contemplate yourself” 

Thinking it over and looking around briefly she ultimately nods and looks back at her. 

“Will you be ok shutting yourself off from that experience? I know it might be scary at first and it is true, it is just one small part of any relationship where couples can be perfectly happy not engaging in those types of activities but would you truly be happy not knowing what that would be like?”

She can only blush and mumbles trying to hide inside her mane until Chrysalis put her hand over the pegasus shoulder 

“I don’t need to detect it to know it dear. You are or at the very least have considered it, have you?” 

Very weakly she starts to nod 
“Like I say you don’t need to answer me, I’m just warning you that would be the path if you pursued Discord. So make sure you are ok with that type of life” 

From the corner of her eye, she sees Discord issue her to come over as she nods. “Enjoy the rest of the party, and don’t force yourself, ok? Just think it over” She excuses herself and goes back to Discord. 

“Do you have anything?” 

“Second Twilight just took the princesses away from the party after offering them a cup,” He asked in worry. 

“And I just got all the evidence we need. Each time that something might trigger Mark's memory a flash of purple glimmer in the victim's eye. She seals their memories”     

“And it affects them in more than one way” Daisy suddenly approaches the two with more focus and anger than ever before much to Discord's joy. “I just spoke with Milky and her cousin and tried to jog their memories about Mark. They almost had a meltdown and then turned aggressive and stubborn. They didn’t even want to say his name. Same with the mane six, the mayor, his ex-boss. Virtually the whole town has been brainwashed” 

“Yep, just as methodic as usual” Chrysalis sighs and shakes her head “I fear the only reason I was spared was that, that Twilight belief that your little prank still happens” She eyes Discord who only shrugs.

“Or this could be a trap, considering the theme of the party” He points up to a banner with her name on it, “Something tells me she is aware of you reforming” 

“You are right we should be careful once we knock her unconscious” Chrysalis nods with anger. 

“Excuse me?” Discord looks at Chrysalis confused.

“She messes around with someone else's life because of her neurosis, and doesn’t care how shitty everyone lives became as a result” Her eyes flash green “That is a line you do NOT cross, and before you say it! I did it because I needed food, she is doing it because she likes it” 

“Agree” Daisy nods and they both heads in the direction Twilight and the princesses left.

Discord chuckled and shook his head after the initial surprise. “I knew you had a soft side” 

“No, I don’t!” Chrysalis responds as he floats toward them, their arguments thankfully being drowned out by the music. 

“Don’t fight it, Chrissy I saw what you did with Fluttershy, you are officially a good guy now” 

“Can we focus, please!? Thank you!” She only grumbles as they advanced
> Into The NegaEquestria [Part 1] (Grammarly Check)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Groaning in exhaustion Mark slowly started to wake up only to be startled by the realization that he was tied down on both arms, legs, and on his torso against a metal bed suspended on a diagonal angle, with a bright white light heating his face.   

Starting to panic he trashes around but couldn’t break free as he tried to make sense of what was happening.  

“Spike! He woke up! Hurry!” A female voice yells and soon the light is pushed away, replaced by a purple slime dragoness with green scales on top of her head acting as her hair on a mohawk style wearing a white trench coat, black pants, a green t-shirt, and golden band on her left wrist. Currently grabbing his hand in an attempt to relax him. 

“Calm down Fives, calm down, I’m here” She smiles at him showing her fanged teeth.  

“The hell I’m gonna calm down! Who are you, people? What is this place? Why the hell did you kidnap me?” He continued to thrash around as he looked around, finding that he was currently in some kind of lab well lit with windows showing it was the middle of the day, most likely noom, and the rocky walls telling him that he was most likely in a castle.  

“Easy there fives, we're not gonna hurt you” Spike slowly approached him with a needle on one hand, as he raised both and looked at him with pity. Like the dragoness he was wearing almost the same clothes as her only with his shirt being a way darker green and the golden wrist was on the other arm. 

“You are home dude, now please relax, I don’t want to use this” He shows the needle, and getting the message he takes a deep breath and calms down enough so he could put the injection away, the dragoness never leaving his hand. 

“Thank you, Fives” The dragoness squished his hand a bit harder in happiness for his compliance before letting go “Ok before anything else, let me ask you a couple of questions. First one, do you know where you are?” 

“Judging by how the Spike from my world would never do this to me” He raised his wrist a little “I’m gonna assume this is not my universe and he is the resident one, now your turn, who are you exactly?” He raised an eyebrow at her before looking at Spike “Did you start a family in this timeline?” 

“I always had one before, but what does that…NO!” He immediately answered when they realized the implication while the lady just laughed and shook her head as she pointed at both repeatedly.  

“No, no, we are not…well in a way are but not the way you think nope, he is not…and I’m not. We are both the same dragon, just different worlds and genders”  She then gets sad “You don’t know who am I?” 

“He never saw you in the first place Pika, cut him some slack” Spike pat his counterpart 

“You were also kidnapped then?” Mark looked at them with a raised eyebrow.  

“Oh no, we are not prisoners, I'm here on my own free will, after I left Ponyville to find my roots on Dragon Valley and when I came back years later well…it didn’t feel like home anymore” Pika shake her head and hands “It a long story, you just need to know this Twilight Sparkle found me offer me a job as her second assistant and I took it”   

“And you got it right the first time, this is my dimension same as yours”  

“Excuse me?” Mark raised an eyebrow.  

“This is your home Fives” Pika elaborates pointing around here “This place right here is where you were born” 

“Ah…what?” That all Mark can ask, still perplexed by the claim. 


Meanwhile At the Throne Room 

Exiting the mirror through dimension Ruling Twilight Sparkles invites the royals sister who has to hold their head from dizziness as they came through

“Yeah it took me a couple of tries before I get used to the sensation” Twilight mentions with a smile 

“It ok, I’m mostly rusty, since there was been a while since I jump through dimensional portals” 

“Sister?” Luna look at her in surprise but she dismisses her 

“A story for another day, for now, I believe there is a more present matter” 

“Agree, this way please” Twilight steps aside and guide then throws the hallways of her royal palace as they follow nobody noticing the fly that came out of the mirror after the royal sisters.   

Once on the floor Discord, Chrysalis and Daisy step out of the fly and grow to their regular size as the fly, hover near Discord “Told you it will faster by Uberfly” Discord smirk as he checks his scroll “Thanks for the ride Mr. Fly I will give you five poop emojis” 

The fly thanked him and raised his cab hat before flying away. Daisy is still blinking in complete shock.  

“Did–Did we just hitch a ride on a…?” 

Chrysalis grabs her shirt and drags her along “It Discord, don’t question it, now let go there is no time to waste” They all hide behind a pillar when they hear the sound of guards approaching.  

Keeping quiet the three peek outside once they think they are going, only to get confused by how all the male stallions look like Big Mac while the mares looked like Applejack for the earth ponies while the two unicorn mares looked like Rarity. All of them wearing identical royal guard uniforms that they were all used to but purple. 

Luckily the guards seemed to be too busy chatting to notice them and when the wall clock hit noon they got stiff and resumed patrolling the hallways. 

“To anyone, didn’t that look creepy?” Daisy voiced her opinion as Chrysalis nods 

“Huh, I always kind of wonder what would it look like if Twilight went full OCD while ruling. Not gonna lie, I’m kind of disappointed. I was hoping something like maids and butlers having to wear rulers”   

“You weren’t that far off” Daisy points at a nearby window where he could spot from another tower a maid having to use a construction ruler in a painting to ensure it was perfectly lined with the straight lines in the wall of the hallway.  

“Yep there it is” 

“Excuse me! We are on a mission here, focus ponies focus” Chrysalis reminds them as they advance carefully, sticking to the shadows and trying not to bring too much attention to themselves. 

“So what is the plan exactly? We kind of never discuss it” Daisy's question makes everyone pause at the moment 

“You know I never thought this ahead I usually not the planning type” Discord confess and Chrysalis shrug 

“I was mainly thinking going for a nail for each wrong answer and then moving to teeth if she still refused to cooperate until that Twilight tell us all we want” 

Both Discord and Daisy got pale at the idea.  

“What?” Chrysalis looked at them with a raised eyebrow “Aren’t you angry too?” 
“O…k Chrypone, let all take a deep breath and think of a less sadistic option ok?” 

“Well, maybe we should start by saving the princesses?” Daisy suggests “I mean Twilight took them because of a reason right? Maybe if we can convince them that there is something wrong. They could help us come up with a plan to save Mark”

“Yeah let's start there” Discord points at her as Chrysalis sigh “Fine we will go with…wait” She starts to sniff around until she detects a familiar fragrance “Could it be, not it can be that easy” 

“What is she doing?” Daisy asks, pointing at the changeling.

“Let's just say, you are not the only one that has their eyes placed on our favorite human” Discord replies with a smirk.  

“Oh? OH! Weird Mark never mentions dating her” 

“He hasn’t, queeny here haven’t got brave enough to ask him…” 

“He is here!” Chrysalis startled them both by her unusual excitement “And it is not too far, Mark is here, this Twilight. She must have taken him prisoner on some dungeon” 

“Wait, you can smell him?” 

“I’m a changeling, I can smell love and once I get the sense of my target I never forget it” 

“Great, then you two could go rescue him” Discord give both changelings a Holstaur a little push forward “You could use the extra muscle Chrissy” 

“You are not coming?” Chrysalis questions him.  

“Somebody needs to save, Moon and Sunbutt, right? Plus I imagine you might like to earn affection points for rescuing your stallion in distress” Discord smirk and enjoy the surprise face on both.

“But if you prefer to change jobs I suppose I could take care of him while you go” 

“I will do it!” They both say in stereo making him laugh “I thought so, I will get you a distraction once you grab him just run and head back to the mirror.” 

They all nod to the plan and split up.   

Back in the lab 

“Ok Fives since you are awake this is the perfect opportunity to ask you a couple of questions” Pika picks a clipboard and goes over some of the papers.  

“Ah, can we go back to you thinking I was born on a probe? Because I’m sorry to break it to you guys but you got the wrong guy. I might not remember much but I sure remember being from Earth” Mark insisted but they don’t seem to pay him too much mind or were downright ignoring his pleas.  

“Fascinating so you remember your home planet?” Spike questions with a clipboard of his own.  

“Yes! That is what I’m telling you” He started to get more and more frustrated by their replies.

“Please Fives calm down I know this might sound confusing now but I promise, everything would make sense and things would go a lot far easier and faster if you just  answer these questions” Pika plead with him

“It would be easier to calm down if you at least take out this restraint” Mark shows them an eye. The only reason why he hasn’t continued trying to break free is the needle still at the table and arms reach for either dragon to inject him with 

Pika thinks about it and then snaps her fingers “Tell you what, why don’t we continue with this back and forward? we ask and then you ask back, and when we finish we take out your restrains” 

He eyed them suspiciously “Promise?” 

“We promise” Spike agrees and nods

He continued to have his doubts but ultimately decided to play along and sigh in resignation. “Fine, but could you at least, stop calling me that, I’m not a number, I have a name so I would appreciate it if you used it.” 

Both dragons exchange looks before nodding “Sounds good for us. Ok, then “Mark” next question, what is the earliest memory you have of Equestria?” Spike continues  

“My earliest memory? You mean like when I crash-landed?” 

“Pretty much although it is not necessarily the norm, some wake up, some are transported, some are reincarnated, both with their bodies or inside some other ponies, among others” Pika elaborates.  

“How do you know so much about all this stuff?” 

“We and Twilight have been studying a lot about the multiverse, including the Anonymous Variable” 

“The, what now?” 

“We are getting sidetracked here ponies” Spike raised a pencil “Mark, please answer the question?”  

“Well, I suppose my earliest memory is me crash landing right in the middle of Canterlot Castle and into Celestia's throne room. And boy is that quite the story” 

“Fascinating” Pika nod and both dragons start to write something down 

“And are you sure there wasn’t anything else before that, like maybe a stadium or an arena?” 

“An arena?” Mark looks at him perplexed until Pika scowls him 

“Spike! Twilight told us not to force any memory, stay on the scrip” 

“Sorry I only wanted to make sure” 

“No, no go back, what do you mean by an arena?” Mark repeats more intrigued “You mean the one I invented in Bullhorn alley?” 

That caught their attention. “That you invented?” Pika repeat 

“A kid story for nightmare night, that type of arena is what you are talking about? With Gladiators and life or death kind of battles?”   

They just remain silent for a moment before writing down something.  

“Hey!” 

“Please don’t pay too much mind, we will explain later. For now, let's move on to the next part of the exam” 

Spike brings a poster of Princess Cadence “Do you know who this is?” 

“Yeah it's Princess Cadence” 

“Good and what is your relationship with her?” 

“I'm not interested in her, if this is what this is about, she is married and besides my bro code with Shining Armor, I’m NOT a homewrecker” 

“That is sweet but it doesn’t exactly answer our question, it answers the next one but I’m afraid we need to insist on this one in particular” Pika mentions 

“I suppose you can call us close friends although a bit nosey, she likes to know about my love life, each time we see each other” 

“Uhu” Pika continues to write things down. 

“But you agree she is attractive right?” Spike presses on.  

“To a degree, again I will not try anything. Now it is my turn, you kept calling me “Fives” a moment ago, why are you so sure I’m an experiment?”  

“We are almost certain you are, this is the reason for this test. You would see” Pika smile at him before going back to write things down. “Also it is not just fives, we simply reduce it, your full name is 5T-S, but well that in itself is an acronym sooo…” 

“Let's continue, ok” Spike brings things on track “So you claim not to be interested in Cadence, but what if she were available?”   

“Even if that's the case, I’m not sure it will change things up” He shook his head. 

“Not even if she is wearing something like this!?” He showed him a series of photos of Cadence posing with different outfits, all of them suggestive and some even on a bikini. For some reason, the most revealing ones start to give him shivers. A reaction that Pika quickly pick up  

“Ok seriously knock it off you two, it's not gonna happen!” Mark starts to squirm at his table looking away “Why are you so set on making me have the hots for…” 

His eyes widen the second they show her on a Greek emperor assemble and his vision turns white as he is catapulted into a repressed memory.  

Tied down on an X shape table Mark was struggling to break free, completely naked as a luscious Cadence entered the room with two guards. 

“Leave us” She orders her escorts who give her a short bow and comply leave them alone as she approaches a stool full of toys and torture device until she picks a whip “How is my favorite toy doing today, hope you are full of energy this morning” 

To his surprise, she pulls out her toga and undresses it in front of him deliberately dropping the wipe, and picks it up in front of him showing her ass and dripping untrimmed pussy. “The gods have blessed you with an incredible gift Mark” 

Breaking the air with her wipe, Mark starts to tremble as she slowly turns around to see him showing her inverted nipples starting to get erect and lactate. “It will be a shame to cut them off if you don’t satisfy me” She laughs maniacally as Mark gulps and ready himself with closed eyes. 

“Don’t be scared, I promise if you do a good job I will let you eat and even have a taste of ambrosia” She grabs his nose and forces him to open his mouth as he refuses to look. 

The memory ends and the two dragons appear confused about how he was unusually quiet now.  

“Empress Cadence Maximus” He mumbles to no one, shocking the dragons as Pika smiles “You are starting to remember?

“I’m gonna kill that horny bitch!” He starts to see red and finding new strength not only rip his handcuff but also start to bend the metal of his bed.  

“Oh, he remembers alright'' Spike panicked and was about to sedate him when the door burst open hitting them and leaving both unconscious.     

“Mark!” They both yell and rush toward him but he was unresponsively blinded by pure rage as he was about to break free, seeing the mares as guards and giving him a target to attack.  

“Stay back” Chrysalis warn Daisy “He is not himself right now” 

“Mark, what have they done to you” Daisy starts to tear up not wanting to believe that they turn him into some kind of feral beast.  

Meanwhile, Discord luckily was getting better luck in distracting Twilight by barely moving to the right or left pieces of armor near them that keep bringing shivers at Twilight as she continue to excuse herself 

"Twilight are you alright yourself, this is the fifth time you have excused yourself to correct the position of an armor" Celestia questions her with concern.  

"Everything is fine Princess just a minute" Twilight nervously giggles before she shivers again and then sees the worse thing of all with one statute with a head for arm, arm for a head, missing one finger, leg lift, and position like it was in the middle of disco dance.  

Suppressing a scream she keep smiling at the Princesses with a twitchy eye "L-Last one I promise" She then virtually ran away after the armor who tumbles and broke a window "No!!" In horror, Twilight gave chase to it 

Celestia's concern only increases at the display "Oh Twilight what happens to you" 

"I would like to ask the same sister, look" Luna points at a mosaic of Twilight and her friends heading in six different directions five of the main six appearing to have got themselves a family and descendants but on the top center of the mirror, Twilight lay all along moving the sun and moon.  

"The mane six…split up?" Celestia guest by the image as they share a concerned look.  

"Talk about a novelty am I right girls?" Discord suddenly appears in between the two startle them in the process "Discord!" Celestia glares at him "What in Equestria are you…" 

"Ah pa, pa, pa, before anything else there are still two more missing" He cryptically says before poking their foreheads at the same time, as they are spiral, and then their manes and fur change colors. 

Gasping for air Molestia and Lusuna were brought to their knees "Oh by the stars…that felt horrible!" Molestia grab her throat

"What happens to us?" Lusuna continues standing up while holding her head.  

"It appears dear new Twilight has been taking a trip to the dark side and is not much of a fan of her teachers being a slut" 

"Hey!" Molestia glares at him "That is harsh…although not completely untrue" Their eyes suddenly wide "Marky Po! What did she do with him? I could still hear her, this Twilight wants to erase him from our memories and all his glorious deeds!" 

"Nice one Celly, nice one" Discord put a graduation hat on her head "You figure it out right…" 

"Where is he!" She virtually yells grabbing his face 

"Right, right, no time to explain Chrysalis and Daisy are picking him up, let go" He starts to drag them away "Let's hurry that prank will not keep Twilight busy forever.  

"Wait, Chrysalis?' Lusuna question in surprise. 

"I will explain on the way, now onwards my heated mares!"
> Into The NegaEquestria [Part 2] (Grammarly Check)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

“Mark please! Snap out of it. Can’t you recognize me? It's Daisy!” The Holstaur tried to reason with the human who soon after breaking free took the metal bed and started swinging it like a club at them grunting and yelling like a ravenous beast. 

The changeling tried to use the anesthesia but amid the chaos, Mark broke the vail and she had no choice but to take to the air while Mark was distracted with Daisy as he managed to pin her against the wall. 

To her luck and thanks to her holstaur strength, the stripper was strong enough to hold her own but her resolved was wavering and finding mixed feelings between heartbreak, pity, and empathy toward the human she start to develop feelings reduced to this, fear not wanting to hurt or be hurt by him and building anger against the mare responsible for all this. 

While holding his improvised weapon, she kept him still long enough for Chrysalis to have her opening. 

“Hold him in place Daisy” Chrysalis dive bomb as the human try to defend but getting the idea Daisy brought him into a hug and allow Chrysalis to catch him off guard with a deep kiss on the lips, sucking out enough of his anger, for him to come into his senses and left him drowsy in the process. 

Once he stopped struggling and let go of the bed, so did Daisy let him go, as he kneels on the ground holding his head while she turns to Chrysalis fanning her mouth. 

“Ah! This is why I hate spicy food! Water! Water! Tell me there is water somewhere in here!” She starts to look frantically for something to ease the fire in her mouth until Daisy gets an idea. 

“Don’t worry Chrissy I got you!” 

“What?” Before she could react Daisy grabs the distress changeling and proceeds to clench her thirst. 

“Ah, my head!” Mark keeps shaking the drowsiness and tries to make sense of what he just saw and what he almost did. 

“Daisy? Chrissy? I almost…girls I’m so sorry. I just feel so much fury and I…” Once he manages to calm down he looks up only to see a surprised Chrysalis being breastfed by Daisy until her muffled screams of surprise are slowly replaced by small moans with a blushy face. 
To make matters even hotter the slurpy sound and mouth movements of Chrysalis combine her moving tongue, no dought playing with Daisy's nipples was causing the Holstaur to join her on the moans as they start to lose each other in the moment. 

“…Am now having a very confused boner” His voice made the girls turn to the aroused human trying his best to hide and put down his erection. 

“Mark” Letting go of Chrysalis with a pop, Daisy put her shirt back on and kneel in front of him “Do you feel better now?” 

“Still a bit shook but better yeah” He stood up and looked at her in shame “Girls what happened a moment ago I…” 

Daisy doesn’t let him finish as the next thing he knows was being brought into a warm hug as she closes her eyes “You don’t need to apologies it wasn’t you, it was them, we only care that you are ok” 

Recovering from the surprise he smiles and returns the gesture, “I’m happy to see you too sweetie” He look at Chrysalis “Both of you, come on Chrissy get in here” 

“I don’t do group hugs” She crosses her arms with a neutral expression “Plus this is hardly the time for ponies, we are escaping remember?”       

“Right” Mark nods and ends the hug “Thanks will come later” They were about to leave when they hear a groan behind them “Fives…wait…you're dangerous” Spike manage to say as he slowly came true. 

“Don’t you get it? This is why we had to take you in and erased your existence from everyone's memory, you are a ticking time bomb” He warns him but something else made him pause. 

“You did what now?” 

“No time! The guards would be here any moment now! Let go!” Chrysalis insists on grabbing his wrist and dragging him away. 

“Please tell me he was lying, or at least Twilight and the rest find out and fix it, they are with you right?”

The mares remain quiet as they run through the hallways. 

“Right!?” 

“We will fix it Mark trust us, Discord is rescuing the princesses as we speak too, I’m sure they could come up with a solution” Daisy offer some form of peace of mind “But I’m sorry, this Twilight…she was methodic” 

“Don’t lose hope Mark if an apprentice and a group of mix match ponies could undo my plans, I’m sure whatever this world Twilight did could be back together as well”  Chrysalis points out too as they hide once more when more guards went to check on the chaos in the lab Mark getting confused when seeing a bunch of clones of Big Mac, Soarin and Rainbow Dash 

“What the hell was all of that?” 

“My closest guest, this Twilight, really liked to remember her friends,” Chrysalis suggested with a roll of her eyes. 

Suddenly an alarm starts to blare, the windows are sealed shut and red light becomes the only source of light. 

“And officially this place is getting into lockdown. We better hurry before Twilight wise up and figure out what are we doing here”  Chrysalis insists and they run more desperately into the throne room

"Also Daisy what happen back there" Chrysalis look away with a blush on her face "Thank you that was clever" 

Daisy for her part only smirk in pride "Nothing beats spicy food like some milk, and for what I could tell you like the flavor too" 

"Oh I like it alright" Chrysalis returns the smirk "But more than like it gives me an idea for when things calm down and some 'thanks' are in order" 

She mentions pointing at Mark 

"Oh I can think of a couple of ideas myself as well" They both giggle until Chrysalis shakes her head "Later, later, rescue first hump later" 

"Y-yeah, later" 

To their luck when they arrived at the throne room both Discord and the royals sisters were waiting for them. 

“Marky!” Molestia didn’t waste time in almost tackling him into a hug before showering in kisses “Are you ok? Are you hurt I will burn this place to the ground if they dared do something to you” She continues to inspect/ kiss him until Mark lightly pushes her away when her affections start to get more intense and she starts to dry hump him. Taking a glance he could see Lusuna staying on the side waiting for her turn with licking lips 

“I’m ok thanks girls, and I’m happy to see they didn’t get to you Molly, Lusu” He touched their cheeks lovely as they purr, but their expressions soon turn soar. 

“They did halfway, Celly and Luna still don’t remember” 

“What? Why Twilight did this to you too” 

“Because they shouldn’t have a counterpart, to begin with!” An angry Twilight stepped out of the shadow wearing all six elements of harmony and levitated the portal mirror beside her revealing that the one behind them was a fake.  Behind the princess was a huge platoon of guards slowly approaching her. 

“It's over 5T-S, I’m cleaning this mess of yours one way or another” She warns them extending her hand and preparing a rainbow blast at them “Now step away from them and walk toward me slowly” 

“What did we ever do to you to deserve this? We were only living our lives in peace. What gave you the right to step in and judge us?” Mark has had enough just demanded her for answers” 

“Yeah, you won, ok? You got your crown, your kingdom, and even power right here, why the hell are you so invested in ruling other universes' lives? What else do you want?” Chrysalis is equally angry at her. 

"You don't get it, do you? This is all my fault, am I only trying to fix things"

To everyone's surprise, Twilight only sighs and stops the spell as she lands in front of them “This freaking discussion again, the spell should just have erased him no problem, all this trouble for a puppet, it's just plain ridiculous! Why aren’t they seeing the facts?!”   

She starts to mumbles to herself and paces back and forward, a behavior that catches Celestia's attention as she recognized very well” 

Molly, would it be ok if I step in for a moment?  

Celly? You are back? Does that mean you remember now?” 

No, everything is still fuzzy but I can see something happening. 

Nodding once Molly switches places and Celestia steps in once more “Twilight Sparkle” She calls in authority making Twilight flinch and step into attention. Celestia's gaze softens as she steps forward 

“What happened to you? I was so sure by now you would get past those nervous tics of yours” 

“I-I’m a fine princess” She nervously reply before shaking her head “And more importantly I’m only cleaning another mess I made, that is all I’m doing” 

“Why Twilight? What is so important about this Mark, these ponies are working so hard to protect?” She notices her sister and takes a small pause to try as hard as she can to find any memory of him. 

Slowly pieces of memory start to return albeit foggy as well as having the feeling that he is indeed a close friend, confidant, and perhaps even more on how only his presence was enough to help place her heart at peace. 

“Why were you so adamant about ruining such a beautiful friendship?” 

“Because that is not supposed to be doing that, 5T-S is an inanimate object!” Twilight finally shouts getting into Mark's nerves as he glares at her. 

“Excuse me?” 

She sighs and pinches her nose “He is not even alive, watching everypony fanning over him, is like watching Rarity petting a rock believing it a diamond…or my whole debacle with the ‘wanted/needed’ spell” She confesses, looking away. 

"Look, some time ago I start experimenting with golems intending to develop a research and infiltration unit, meant to remain and keep a low profile and that is what that is" 

“Hey! How many times do I have to keep saying this, I. AM. ALIVE!” He yells having had enough at everyone telling him otherwise.   

“Not you are not, at best you are confused believing you are because of the error of your program and aght!” She brings her hands to her face “By Celestia, this is so frustrating! It's even in your name for pony's sake, just because you are only using part of it doesn’t change a thing” 

“The hell are you blabbering about?” 

“I’m telling that the only reason Pika named you 5T-S was because the coding ‘Test Subject # 5. Scout unit MARC 1’ was too generic and long” 

“What? You are telling me that you went through all this trouble in running my life because you thought I’m some lab experiment?!”   

“We don’t think” Spike and Pika step in with pity at him “We know, that is why we were giving you those questions” Spike sign in pity "Which confirms it"

“But it goes beyond that!” Pika tells in excitement as she turns to Twilight “Boss I have to prove, he is alive” 

“Oh for the love of…I’m not having this Asimov discussion again, he is not…” 

“He remembered, the experiment wasn’t a failure, the opposite it simply worked too well” She passed the clipboard at Twilight who inspected in disbelief 

“What?”

“He has the memories, this is exactly why his reproduction system suddenly turn operational and we had to seal his sperm” 

“You did what now!?” Mark starts to panic at that revelation. 

“Twilight don’t you see?! This is groundbreaking, the very first complete soul and mind transfer in history, you brought back someone back to life, you are the real Frankenstein” 

“No, no, no, no” That can’t be” Twilight started to panic and dropped the clipboard “It's a lie, the data must be wrong it must be” 

“Why not? This is good, this is way better” 

“No, it's not Pika! It can’t be because if what you are saying is true then…then that means” She looks at Mark in shock “I’m your mother” 

“O…k, it official, she is insane” Mark concludes, deciding to ignore the growing concerns in the back of his head and old memories that were starting to resurface. 

“Discord please tell me you have an idea,” Chrysalis asks him trying to find an opening with this Twilight now distracted. 

“I sure am!” He gets behind Twilight “Look inside you Mark, you know it to be true” 

“Discord!” Everyone glares at him as he laughs 

“Sorry I just had to make the joke” He snapped his fingers and reappeared floating in the middle of the room having grabbed the mirror. 

“Quick question, do you still have ophidiophobia Twily?” He explodes into millions of snakes that fall on top of Twilight causing her to shriek and scream using her royal voice cracking the mirror in the process. 

“I will take it as a yes” He laughed again and extended his tail to grab the whole group and made the jump inside seconds before the mirror burst into millions of pieces securing their escape. 

Having recovered, Twilight tries to use her magic to give chase but can only see them. 

“This isn't over! You are a danger to everyone and yourself Fiv…Mark! You need to come back, I’m the only one that can help you, I…I’m the only one that knows how to break the seal” The voice of Twilight is lost in the void as Mark's mind is invaded with more and more questions by the second
> Mental Damage Control  (Unedited)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

As the other day in ponyville came to a close, the tension in Twilight palace was palpable, as mane six sitting on the round table were still processing everything that unfold soon after Discord and a group of ponies and the strange been they meet this morning emerge from a portal mirror moments before it burst into a million pieces.  

Needless to say, an explanation was needed, yet even when their story was collaborated by the princesses and answer the most obvious questions, a thousand more questions were brought to light in the process. With the arrival of the mysterious human and how his presence alone was causing 3 of the elements to have conflicted emotions the very top of their doubts.  

“If it wasn’t for the Princesses backing him up I genuinely would have thought this was another of Discord weirds pranks.” AJ inform the group massaging her forehead 

“And it is not like this isn’t anything new we have faced, we have been mind controlled before.” Rarity points out.  

“But to be brainwashed by Twily herself? Even if it is a meany version from another universe?” Pinkie mane deflates a little and some of the colors of her fur darken “It heartbreaking, maybe she is under some mind control too? I mean, perhaps her Chrysalis do something to her and…”  

Twilight stop her by grabbing her hand “I don’t like to think about it either Pinkie but we simply can’t discard the notions that not all of our version would be paragons of friendship and morality, the idea of multiverse is infinite possibilities, by probability alone we were doom to find a evil version of our self at some point or another.” 

“Which brings us to the subject at hand, that human” Rarity raises her hand “Can we trust him? I mean I really want to, believe what Princess Celestia is saying, and I’m afraid of of admit it but I really want to trust him for no apparent reason, but should we really lower our guards around him?” 

They all remain quiet as Fluttershy look around the table before nodding to herself “I’ll do it.” 

The rest look at her in surprise. “I trust Discord and I trust the princesses, so if they say that he is our friend I'm gonna believe them.” She then smiles and looks away “He makes me feel relaxed and even more sure of myself. I may don’t know why yet but I know it in my heart that there is nothing to fear.” 

“Heart....heart." Twilight suddenly comes to a realization “That is it! Fluttershy you are genius.” 

“Am I?” The pegasus looks at her friend confused as she nods eagerly. 

“The spell targets memories, but not emotions. That is why we all have been feeling confused and empty. We still remember how we feel.” 

“Yeah, it's weird, like I should be happy and sad but don’t know why.” Dash confirms it.  

“Exactly and that is our ticket to remember.” She opened her scroll “There is no magic stronger than love so if Cadence helps us, and we join force with the elements I’m sure we can undo this mental block of ours?” 

“Oh! Oh! And then can we make a “Thank Celestia, we remember you” party to celebrate?” Pinkie raise an arm like they were in a school eager to ask 

“Sure” Twilight nods and starts making the call.  

“Sounds like a plan.” AJ shrug “Also do you think it was prudent letting Mark stay alone with Chrysalis and that Holstaur? I mean Discord botch for them, but it true that we don’t even know who that Daisy lady is.” 

“I swear I have seen her face somewhere else.” Rarity mumbles to herself while looking up.  

“True, but they also were the one that rescued him and helped us realize why we were feeling like there was something missing.” Twilight rebuttal “I think they deserve the benefit of the doubt, besides they are in Canterlot. I’m pretty sure there isn’t much they can’t do there.”  She shrugs and shakes her head.  


At that moment in Mark Room in Canterlot 


Looking at the starry night Mark tries to clear his head and calm down. Memories of the past he doesn't understand and the insistent warning of the evil Twilight continue to invade his thoughts and refuse to leave his head.  

Finally a knock on his door snapped him back to reality and turning around he saw Chrysalis and Daisy entering the room.  

“Hi Mark sorry for invite our self like this.” Daisy apologies with some embarrassment “But considering how this day went you could use someone to talk about." 

“Understatement of the year if you ask me.” Chrysalis mentions with a roll of the eyes “Even I’m shaken by what I saw, when I took all of your anger. Mark, is there something you would like to talk about?”  She closes the door behind her. “Promise nothing will leave this room.”  

He shakes his head and stares at his hand deep in thought. “Even if I wanted to, I don’t even know where to start. My head...”  

As in on cue a piercing headache appears forcing him to kneel down and hold the side of his head in pain.  

“Mark!” The Holstaur and changelings rush to his side and place their hands on his shoulders in concern. 

“My mind, ever since I saw that picture of Cadence…aght! It's like I've been bombarded by memories of another life…a gladiator arena…me doing what I must to survive…that bitch.” He starts to lose himself to anger until he feels his face being squished between Chrysalis and Daisy chest as they try their best to calm him down. 

It works immediately but he doesn’t say anything not wanting them to separate. Not yet at the very least.  

After a couple of minutes they do so and he nod and take a deep breath “Thank you…both of you.” 

“Why don’t you tell us about those memories?” Daisy suggests sitting next to him, Chrysalis following her example and doing the same. “Maybe we could find some answers that way, even if they are just some pieces.” 

“I don’t think that is such a good idea, every time I start to remember I start to get angry and lose control. What if I lash out because of that?”   

Chrysalis hums and brings her hand to her chin looking up “I might have an idea.” She extends her hand “Do you trust me?”  

He look at the hand and then her before nodding once, and complete the gesture 

“Good then whatever happen do not let go of my hand.” She place her other hand on top of his before looking at Daisy “You too, grab on and close your eyes.” 

Nodding Daisy grab their hands with her own and close her eyes just like Mark did.  They heard a low humming and felt Chrysalis getting closer to plant a kiss on their forehead.  

Feeling light headed and weightless the two soon felt like they were launched into other space as the humming increased in volume until finally everything went dead quiet. 

“You can open your eyes now.” Chrysalis instruct and when the human comply he realized that he was no longer in his room but rather dingy, damp dungeon alongside other ponies full of scars, some even missing an eye or a hand and all of them wearing very little armor. Like a leather skirt, a shoulder path and a chain shirt that cover only one arm and part of their chest.  

Looking up Mark realized he was wearing the same and wanted to stand up and scream but couldn’t move his body.  

Relax Mark. 

Chrysalis voice appear in his head 

What is happening? Chryssy what did you do? 

Daisy question as disorientated as Mark was feeling at the moment  

It is hard to explain but in a way I connect you to your most vivid memories, and implant us into Mark's mind, so we can act as observers. Don’t worry Mark, nothing here is real and you will not be lashing out in the real world just relax and go with the flow we will be right here with you the whole time.  

The human was still feeling a bit taken aback by the actions but feeling a sigh of relief of this being safer, decided to trust the changeling and go with the flow.  

Suddenly one of the walls starts to move up revealing a stadium in front of everyone, as the gladiators sigh in defeat and stand up before marching to what was most likely their death as the crowd around the arena cheer for their arrival. 



Feeling his body moving on its own Mark listens to Chrysalis advice and surrenders himself to the events playing before him as he unsheathe a sword and ready himself to fight for his life against a Manticore.  

Does any of this seem familiar to you Mark? 

It…it is coming back.  

The human agrees as he tries to ignore the siring pain on his chest from being stabbed by the beast tail and be subject to his poison. Standing his ground Mark manages to chop off the tail of the beast and exploiting the moment of surprise and roar of pain from the monster, stab him in the face. Soon everything turns red as Mark regains control of his body somewhat as he revives more pieces of his mind.  

What is happening? 

Daisy ask trying to hug Mark until Chrysalis stop her and shake her head 

His mind is slowly piecing together once more. Right now Mark is reviving everything he locks away.  

She looked up in pity and sorrow as they could watch the things he had to do and the horrors he had to suffer as a gladiator.  

And remember why he decided to block them in the first place.  

Is this…his birth nation? 

Daisy asks, looking at the images of him crawling a dead body of what looks like Big Mac, also in gladiator clothes and with Mark sword impaling his chest, as a huge rain storm cleans the blood off of him. Royal guards looming in. 

In a sense 

Mark answers having recovered somewhat as the memories keep swirling around the 3 

This is the Equestria I originally ended up in. I don’t…don’t remember much but I know something happened, and before I knew it I woke up in the middle of an open field in that Equestria.    

A memory of all of that happening with the human looking around confused and startle plays out 

Confused, hungry and disoriented I headed to a town near me when I woke up. Where I caused mass panic just by my appearance and subsequently captured by the guards. 

He clenched his fist in anger as he was brought to a Celestia wearing a roman emperor assembly with a yellow toga with the symbol of her sun embroiled on the side of it and with a hefty amount of golden jewelry.  

That Equestria was way different than this one. It resembles more ancient Rome for the customs, architecture, wardrobe, and even the games in the coliseum. As well as their matriac tyranny where women had all the power and males were treated as nothing more than slaves, pets or tools. 

The image changes to him hugging himself in a corner as he cries himself to sleep, royal guard mares taunting and laughing at him after being tossed into the dungeon.  

Once they figured out I was sentient and male, Empress Celestia tossed me into the dungeon for who knows how long, until she and the rest of the prin…empresses decided to see how well of an entertainment I would be and sentenced me to die in the coliseum.  

More and more images of him having to fight to the death with other animals and even other slaves keep popping out as he slowly start to embrace his new life and gain the favor of the public. The human barely registering the hug Daisy was giving him in sorrow with tears in her eyes. 

The first time they forced me to grab a sword I was convinced I would die…

He flinched when he heard the sound of a whip in the distance and the image of Rainbow Dash discipline him to use the weapon and be mad flash in front of them

The training was hell and the arena was even worse, as they didn’t hold back and right away forced us to fight until we were half dead or on the verge of dying before healed us, gave us one day to rest and then repeated. Over and over again until you were ready to try your luck in the Coliseum.

He start to tremble and hug himself

 The things I had to do to survive, the friends, those bitches forced me to watch as they were killed… 

He has to look away when a memory of Cadence suddenly appears making his way toward him with lustful eyes as he was being presented naked in front of another noble woman as he was at an art exhibition.  

I’m ashamed of saying it but after I lost hope that I will go back home somehow, I…I… 

You decided to embrace your new life, nobody will judge you, for trying to get the best of a bad situation.

Chrysalis answer for him keeping her gaze low 

We all have our past Mark, there is nothing to be ashamed of, you only were trying to survive that is all. 

But what I did…

It already happened! 

She insist and when looking at her, the two see her glaring at him with teary eyes 

No use in letting guilt consume you, trust me. That would only crush your soul 

He just remains quiet and everything turns tense as new memories of him being escorted to Cadence´s room where the princess in question was taking a bath in a small indoor pool. The place was covered in statues of naked gladiators on different attack positions, among them was even one depicting Shining Armor.    

Even so, when I got the attention of one of the rulers. And idea appear 

He sighs in frustration. 

I thought…maybe if I play a little with their minds, if I keep them happy then at least one of this monsters would listen 

Mark got flustered when Cadence stood up and let her massive F size breast expose for him to admire the glittering of the water massaging the massive pillows with dripping water hanging from her erect dark pink nipples begging to be play with resulting in him to stand to attention as she licked her lips. 

Now I see how I was still only trying to find a way to survive…and was thinking with my dick.

This version of Cadence never married Shining Armor? 

Chrysalis question with a raised eyebrow as Mark shake his head 

The story is far worse than that, but I didn’t realized it until it was far too late

She tell him to come closer with her index finger and as in trance he comply while slowly undressing himself until they were both naked. Cadence looming over him with her hands on her hips.  

Of all the empresses in that mess up Equestria, Cadence by far was the craziest, thirstiest and most sadist, out of the 3 and I like an idiot, just wanting to fuck her, because she flash me, result in me falling face first into her honey trap.  

Mark confess in equal parts rage and shame for what happen next.
> Empresss Cadence Special Training (Unedited)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Standing tall in front of him Cadence didn’t say a thing as she slowly lifted her hand and placed it on his chest right where the scar the Manticore tail left him on his first day in the coliseum. For his part, Mark was so entranced in lust and confusion that he wasn’t so sure how to respond. 

“My intriguing, confused warrior from another world. Tell me, do those still hurt?” She tells scanning each and every scar that he has been collecting over the years as he shakes his head having recovered some of his senses and believing she only brought him here to mock his situation. 

“It doesn’t, Empress” He speaks with neutrality as he looks away “For all the pain and suffering all of you have been a force to endure. At the very least you have the decency of giving me proper medical care each time you send me to please the crowd.” 

“You poor thing, I bet you really hate us don’t you?” She grabs his cheeks with her fingers and makes him look her in the eyes in surprise. “That's ok, you can say it. I don’t mind in fact, I find this whole idea of the coliseum sickening, unfair, and barbaric” 

“Y-you do?” Letting go she laughed and approached a table where there were two glasses and a bottle of wine. 

“Dear boy, as the princess of love, I can’t exactly perform my duties when everyone is too busy killing each other, am I? No, stallions might not be worth much but they still fill a very important function”  She sighs in frustration as she serves herself and Mark a glass. 

“I really hate the idea of fighting, it's too barbaric and needlessly cruel. So I often take it upon myself to save as many stallions as I can.” She approaches one of the statues and starts to caress his genitals. “These are just a handful of those that really left an impression, so I don’t forget after they leave” 

“Leave?” 

“To a place where they can live in peace, without being forced into slavery, and build their own society. A town of nothing but supermodels stallions where any mare can feel like she is in paradise” She starts to drool at the thought before clearing her throat and looking at him again. 

“Your name, it was Mark isn’t it?” 

“I-it is Empress” He responded more than interested in that place where he could escape hell, making her giggle as she picked up one of the glasses and offered it to him. 

“Well Mark, I wanted to ask. Are you interested in going there? There is a way and you might like it, even if it is a notch tricky”

“Y-Yeah! I want to go there, what would I need to do?” He nods and accepts the glass of wine as she takes a sip. 

“Tell me, Mark, have you ever heard of the term ‘breeding stud’?”





“Oh heck no!” AJ suddenly exclaimed interrupted the story slamming her fist on the table “You are telling me, that in order to survive in that hell hole a stallion had to become either a gladiator to be sent into the slaughterhouse or become a gigolo?” 

With a sigh, Mark nods as he looks around the room. After putting his mind in order and having told the rest of the story to Chrysalis and Daisy. The 3 decided to invite the mane six, the princess, and the rest of Mark’s herd, to clear the air and hopefully help them remember who he really was in the first place. 

Needless to say Milky, Umbral and Surprise were more startled by the sudden summon to the castle but decided to cooperate feeling a strange sense of longing for the strange individual after hearing the first part. Surprise and Fluttershy were virtually clinging to both arms of Mark on the verge of crying, having sorrow for the horrible experience he had to endure.   

“She of course was toying with me, not really planning to let me go. But I was so naive and desperate…just like she wanted” 

He tried to lighten the mood as he look around, Cadence in particular just stay quiet looking at the table “I suppose that is how I know exactly how to please a girl” 

“Mark please don’t” Celestia shake her head “I appreciate your intention but now is not the time. And like I say you don’t need to tell us the whole story if you don’t want to” She tells in pity yet the human shakes his head. 

“Thank you, Celly but this…this is important to understand and I want to tell you, I need to be transparent” He looks around the room, and his eyes land on Milky as he smiles “It's the only way I can be sure to be human, and the last thing I want is to keep secrets from my herd” 

Milky smile slowly and nods once in understanding 

With a sigh, Luna nods too “Please proceed then” 

“Well as you might have expected, as a virgin at the time, I really was pathetic, not only from inexperience but of how confused and aroused I was, I couldn't last more than a  couple of minutes. But that sure didn’t stop the Empress…” 





Panting in exhaustion Mark couldn’t just lay in bed completely dehydrated, laying on a pool of bodily fluids as Cadence shook her head in disappointment and put her clothes back. 

“Only 30 seconds? Oh, sweetie that can’t even be considered a warm-up.” 

“You…you barely gave me…time to…” 

She interrupts him by placing a finger on his lips and shushing him “No excuses honey, gladiators don’t whine” She grabs his mouth and with her other hand his balls make him whine in pain from how sensitive they were as she starts to squish. 

“But don’t worry, I’ll not hold it against you, it was hardly a fair fight, with me being such an irresistible, relentless, and magnificent beast in the sheets.” She lists prideful as she lessens the grip on his balls and starts stroking his penis “You only need to be properly trained” 

She continues her job but is confused when his member only gets half hard as he glares at her with anger. 

Releasing her mouth she smirk wondering what he had to say “I don’t respond well to pain” 

“Really now? Well, that is a first” She brings two of her fingers into her pussy and starts playing with herself moaning loudly as she keeps serving him. “And more importantly, that could make things more interesting. Don’t worry honey I will take good care of you” She pauses in between moans twitching occasionally. 

“Will put you on a rigorous program to improve your stamina…your understanding to explore the female body…and your recovery time. By the time I’m done with you…no mare would be able to keep her legs close after one single touch…of you” 

“And then I would be free?” Mark asked between twitching as his own climax was fast approaching.

All of a sudden Cadence stopped seconds before he could reach the end but kept her grip firm on him as with a wet pop stop masturbating, while smirking at him “Oh trust me, honey, you do exactly what I tell you…” Before he could react she shove her soaked fingers right into his mouth and force him to swallow as she rub his penis up and down, extremely fast until he climax “...and soon you would never have to see the inside of an arena ever again”   





With a sigh, the human stares down in shame as he recalls the memory, of the mares around him. Looked at the handyman in pity. 

“And like a gullible horny idiot, I accepted her offer almost right away. Biggest mistake imaginable” 

“Don’t be too harsh” Twilight tries to comfort him as Daisy hugs him from the side as Fluttershy grabs his hand, and the other mares of his herd slowly surround him, including Chrysalis. 

“You were just trying to survive, after living through that hell nobody would have blamed you for taking that offer if it meant your life wouldn’t be in danger anymore. Even if you knew she wouldn’t keep her word, it was perfectly reasonable to have hope.” 

“But that is the thing, Twilight. She actually kept her end of the bargain.” He look up to stare at her “Just not in the way I imagined” 

“Huh?” The mares looked at him in surprise as he resumed.

“Soon after taking the deal, Cadence put me in a very bizarre and strict regiment, all with the intention of raising my stamina and my knowledge of the female body…” 





With pen and paper, a red human kept taking notes inside a classroom while a version of Aloe and Lotus dressed in togas, was giving him a live performance of the human anatomy as Lotus used her sister as a canvas. 

“…and this is the G spot, a roguish spot about 2 to 3 inches inside the vaginal canal on the roof towards the pubic bone. Tickle that with your index and middle finger while rubbing the clit with your thumb and licking the labia and she will be screaming and writhing in pleasure rather quickly. But keep watch of her reactions. Because it is possible to overstimulate her that way. Then it goes from pleasure to pain and not the good kind. ” She demonstrates by pinching it, making her sister moan and arch her back. 

“There would be a practice test after this and failing means 20 stamina rounds so I suggest you take notes” Lotus warns him when Mark was laser-focused on her performance while she keeps massaging her labia. 

In fear, Mark snapped out of it and furiously wrote everything down. 

Another day, Cadence walked the street next to Mark who was wearing nothing but a loincloth 
“Contrary to what you may think, foreplay starts way before you reach the bed” She imparts a lesson as Mark starts to notice the mares staring at him, making him aware of how few clothes he had on it. 

“Some call it being romantic but we both know that is bullshit. Mares want only one thing from a stallion. They stop in front of a bathhouse, and her eyes grow heavy in anticipation “And nothing makes us wetter than having to work for it”   

“C-Cadence what are we doing here?” Mark asks her with a raised eyebrow as she only smiles calmly at him 

“This is the upper-class bathhouse dear, only the most influential and powerful mares can use it. And from today onwards this will be your hunting ground” 

“What?” He asks confused until she shoves him inside before two guards block his exit with their spears 

“Naturally those mares are used to having everything handed to them, including breeding studs. Your mission today is to avoid getting your dick inside any of them for an hour” She smirks and snaps her finger so one of her servants appears with a big sand clock. 

“And hour!? B..but it is 1 against like 50 or more in there, and they are already naked. I’m almost naked! How am I…?” 

“Figure it out honey, this is exactly what foreplay is for, plus you brought this to yourself with that ‘not wanted to be dominated’ attitude. Do you want to hold the whip? Earn it, and I mean it literally” Another servant showed him an actual golden whip. “One hour, win and your teachers will include a dominatrix that will teach you how to be a proper dom” 

“And if I lose?” 

Cadence smirks and gets closer to him “Then you will have to start again. That is the good thing about bathhouses” She stepped aside so he could see the other buildings where mares were blowing kisses at him “There is one in each corner, consider this your way to promote yourself, you are gonna need it for the evening.   





Mark shivers at the memory “By far and as ironic as it may sound. The nights were the worst part of the training”

“Worse than trapping you inside a bathhouse full of horny mares?” AJ asks in shock

“Way worse” Mark confirms “In a bathhouse, I quickly learn to pin the mares one against the other or trick them into burning energy by fighting over me before we could start, so luckily I won my whip pretty fast. But during the nights…”   

He shakes his head “During the nights Cadence always brought me to this auctions houses” 

“That doesn’t sound so bad” Luna inquired 

“I was the product being auctioned” He clarified “And things don’t exactly work the same there. As a product, mares constantly had to ‘inspect’ the product, sort of speaking, as I was allowed to only wear my pteruges. Some mares didn’t even buy, and just wanted an excuse to touch.” 

He sigh and close his eyes “The first weeks were the hardest as nobody wanted me, meaning I had to stay still on a pedestal facing the cold of the night for hours to end. But when a mare finally bought me for the night, things started to get harder”





*Gulping Mark tight his hold on the whip on his arms while the guard strap a collar with a sharp knife hidden inside. Once secure he stared at the figure of Cookie Crumbles on her belly in her fancy bed with her ass in the air. Showing both her pussy and asshole. 

“You may commence slave, whip good and hard but remember, step out of the line or injure me for real, and your head will roll” She warns him showing control with a red button as she plays with the device. 

Fearing for his life he signs to calm down before starting his session. For her part she only smirk and look at a maid tie to the bed “Pay attention slave, you would be next and he has my permission to be as violent as he please with your stealing pussy” 

*” Come on, harder HARDER!” The commander of the air force Spitfire orders him before punching him in the face as he grabs her ass and pins her against the wall “Make me bleed, show me you can be an animal, and take me properly you scum! What kind of pansy, boneless dom are you? You want to die?” She warns him showing him the device making him redouble his efforts 

*” Ah, excuse me,” The proletarian, and also Fluttershy's mother asks shyly while Mark tightens the hold on her choker “C-Could you spank me a little and call me…” She can’t finish as she looks away in fear 

“What is it Madam, I gladly call you whatever you like, would you like it if I lessened the choker?”

“NO! Oh please no!” She asked in alarm before calming down “I was thinking, would it be ok if you call me, your dirty, slutty, whore bitch in heat? Keeping you distracted from your fights and need to learn to be quiet?” 

Mark was left cold by the way she wanted to be verbally abused but slowly nodded “S-Sure, and will it be ok if we remove the…” He wanted to offer but she shove the device in front of him her timid nature gone immediately as she looked at him with a stern face. 

“What was that dear?” 

“I said, shut up you dirty whore” Smiling, she nods and turns around. 





“It was the most bizarre of nightmares, all those years. I feared for my life, thinking any moment now those bitches would decapitate me for a tantrum, as I barely had any time to rest let alone eat if it wasn’t for, mother…I mean breast milk I probably have died of dehydration on more than one occasion. Every day was the same. Morning lessons of female anatomy, then an hour in the bathhouse fending off a mob of heated mares, then practice whips, pincers and other torture devices and contractions on mares that I didn’t know if they were breeding slaves or more crazy nobles with SM fetishes, and finally the stamina test in the auctions houses” 

He needs to close his eyes “I lost count on how much time that was in my life. A couple of months? Half a year? A  Decade? I don’t know, after a while and with so little time to rest day and night start to blend together. Yet I never lose focus on my goal and during all that training something was born inside of me.” 

“And what was it?” Celestia ask 

“Anger, and an unstoppable desire to truly dominate all those mares that took my life as it was their personal toy” He clench his fist and unconsciously start to growl 

“It began slowly with an accidental hard slap here, and a punch there, but bit by bit I became bolder and more aggressive, so much so that the bathhouses truly became my hunting grounds for me to choose and chase. 

Mares that demanded to be whipped received that before they start to threaten me, and my teachers soon became just another mare I need to make scream in ecstasy” 

He sighs in disappointment “It took me a while but fearing that I was starting to become no different than a rapist, I took a step back and came up with a code, a way to keep me in line and ensure that I would never become that monster.” 

He smiles and smirk at the mare present “That is why my idea of foreplay doesn’t stop until you have cum at least once” 

Those that have already been with him can’t help but giggle like school fillies while the ones that don’t only blush harshly. His heart melts a little when he even spots his former herd starting to gulp in anticipation and curiosity. 

“Anyway, naturally my actions started to gain attention and convincing everyone they finally removed that infernal collar off my neck which really let me do my job better, I started to improve, I learn, I even improved and find a way to let me be kind to my clients while still been a Dom, I put everything in practice and just like Cadence declare, my touch was so good I started to put it in action unconsciously, that is why I…well I really can do that if I’m not careful” 

“I really doubt it” Celestia shake her head “The idea of melting a mare with only one touch is ridiculous, but this is not the time or place of arguments, please continue” 

He nods but internally laughs at how of all the mares is Celestia the one not believing his small gift. 

“Anyway, after having earned a name for me and manage to build a stamina so big I could please an entire building full of mares, the time finally arrived for my ‘final test’” 

He mentions with air quotes “The second round in bed with none other than Cadence, and just as she promised, that was the last time I ever saw the interior of an arena” He tells in pity staring down in sorrow.
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As the sound of water fill the bathroom, the human took a moment of peace while closing his eyes while the shower soak his face. His mind swirling with everything that he has done to reach this point. How his lust, his stamina and his performance went from a mediocre virgin, to a decent expert in the arts of pleasing a woman. 

Smiling he began to relax at the hot water Excluding the terrifying and trauma inducing time at the coliseum, and how sexist all this mares are, this place isn't that bad. Maybe, if I stick around I could change things around. Whisper some ideas here and there, manipulate the ones in power to let stallions get a better treatment.  Laughing at himself Mark shake his head and turn off the water 

What the hell I'm thinking? I'm not Spartacus either, better take one step at a time Once dry he put on a bathrobe and stare at the door in front of him where an eager Cadence is waiting for him in her bed Right now I have to literally fuck my way to freedom. Time to put everything I learn to practice

"And here we are again" Cadence taunts with a wiggle of her rump and biting one of her fingers in anticipation. Like him she was wearing a bathrobe, except hers was pink. Underneath it, Mark could see a fishnet shirt and a chockers on her neck. Her mane was wet and dripping giving away how she just got of the shower and by how the bathrobe was clinging to her body she didn't even bother drying herself up. besides her face who she apply some red lipstick and purple eyeshadow. All to increase her sex appeal to the human.

"This is probably feeling quite nostalgic isn't it, my sweet gladiator? The first time you were in my chamber you were this shy, nervous little toy soldier not sure what was happening, who soon got overjoy and confused once he was offer a chance of sharing my bed" She get on all fours and start crawling toward him licking her lips. 

"I clearly remember how heartbroken you were after I broke your spirit and let you know exactly how demanding could be demanding a goddess" She stops at the base of the bed and stare intently at his crouch before sniffing it "Such a cute face you made, I saw some raw potential in you, a diamond on the raw, needing to be 'polish' sort of speak" She extend her arm and was reaching up to grab his tool "Nothing a good fashion of training wouldn't fix. Tell me dear, what did you enjoy most? The bath house? The orgy parties? The auctions house? I heard a couple of mothers test your metal against the pump machine? Did you enjoy your time...?" 

Mark interrupt her and stop her advantage by grabbing her wrist and glaring at her as she look up in surprise. 

"I'm not here to recall my training" He declare keeping his stern gaze as Cadence relax again and smirks at him 

"Then what are you here for warrior?" Once again she is surprise when he grab hold of her face by the cheek bones and force her to stood up until they were at eye level. 

"You really love hearing your own voice, don't you cunt? Let see if we can find another used for that mouth of yours" 

Cadence let go a moan of surprise when Mark dives in and assault her mouth with a strong kiss, not even waiting for permission as deepen the action and quickly invades her mouth with his tongue playing around and keeping her off balance. 

Her muffle screams continue as he grab her back and bring her into a strong hug with one arm while the other keep her head in place. Slowly turning her screams into moans while she return the hug and action with her own tongue increasing the experience even more. 

Once he think she had enough, the human grab hold of her mane and pull from it breaking the kiss, leaving briefly a string of saliva connecting them, as Cadence start to pant and blush in both surprise and arousal. "Brace yourself bitch" He push her back into bed and grab hold of her two legs as the princess get surprise once more. "Because I'm gonna a put every single lesson I learn into practice" 

Spreading her legs, Mark stop briefly to admire the view. Just like her robe the princess was sporting a fairly simply dark pink panties completely wet with a dark spot in the middle, very near her crouch the human took notices of a small beauty mark on her left thigh and judging by how the dark spot was growing it was safe to say that her lips were getting damper by his actions. 

Not wanting to show weakness or give her time to recover, Mark kept his momentum and grab hold of each side of the elastic of her underwear before yanking them with force earning a small 'epp' of surprise from Cadence as he unceremoniously toss them to the side making a wet splat on the floor. Now with granted access, Mark saw her glorious puffed pussy winking at him in anticipation and revealing her freshly trim pubes cut in the shape of a heart, who he didn't waste time in giving them another strong kiss, by raising her hips and planting his tongue inside as he began exploring. 

The action rob the princess of her voice briefly but when it return, the human was rewarded by a serious of moans as Cadence inners clamp down and she keep getting wetter by the second. 

"Oh,Oh! Oh sweet stars!!! The-traINing...bare FRUits alright. You have beenTHoughT well!!!" Cadence compliments in between moans as Mark keep on working on her remembering everything he was thought from his previous partners. 

How the twins taught him the oral alphabet in cursive, how Velvet Twilight teach him how to search and exploit the most erogenous spots, and Cookie Crumbs and Cup Cake teach him the grab, release, bite, lick, repeat procedure. Needless to say Cadence soon was starting to see stars and all his experience was making the human more than a little excited to pass to the main event, yet on the back of his mind he knew how he was on a mission and was fully intended to finish it." 

After a couple of minutes his hard work is rewarded when Cadence try to warn him something in incoherence sentence before he was splash by a geyser of her orgasming as she scream in pleasure, forcing him to let her go and stand back to clean his face. 

By now it was unclear if the princess was still wet from the shower or getting sweaty by her messy hair, erect wings constant panting. 

"Wow...braVO Mark! Bravo, this is clearly an improvement from last time!" 

"It too early to be spouting prays Princess" Mark smile and start to disrobe much to her surprise and eagerness "That was just but the appetizer, now it time for the main course" 

Getting giddy Cadence didn't resist as Mark grab hold of her shoulder and force her to turn around before taking hold of her bathrobe and take it away revealing the rest of her fishnet shirt and no bra, that show her now erect Double G breast virtually begging for attention. "Huh, transparent fish net, kinky. Hope you didn't pay much for it. He grab hold of the garment "Because it about to have a hole on it" 

"With a force yank Mark release her boobs from their prison before serving himself of a healthy dose of milk as Cadence continue to moan, lightly at first but then growing on volume when one of the human hands explore south and procure that her petals receive plenty of attention as well, until it was virtually drench and ready for his dick to be inserted who he proceed to do so, after Cadence had a moment to breath and hug his head lovely nodding once in permission. 

Both of them moan at the same time and continue to make out this time more passionately. The mental image of other mares and their teachings, keep building Mark lust while he keep exploring and playing with every and all of Cadence sensitive zones, finding what her taste were and performing them without her needing to request anything. 

Getting more aggressive, he flip her and ram her anus while one free hand pinch her right nipple while the other violently masturbate the mare. He press her against the wall and force another kiss while taking her from behind. Pulling her wings he claim her doggy stile until her eyes went cross eyes and another orgasm geyser erupt, and so own and own through out all the night. 





Taking a moment to breath Mark blink a couple of times before looking at the group in surprise and shock. 

"Oh god, sorry guys I...I think I got lost in the memory and kind of got a bit graphic there" He apologies as all the mares present were staring at him with wide eyes, sweating profusely, with giants blushes on their faces and those with wings or tail perfectly erect or moving widely everywhere. 

"How did you make her eat your dick again?" AJ whisper calmly squinting her eyes in thoughts. 

"What?" He looks at her in surprise as Twilight shake her head. 

"Not important! Not now, k-keep going! Keep going, what happen after all of that?" She ask desperately for him to continue the story and don't derail from the subject again. 

"Well, long story short I was fairly proud that I did a good job. Judging by all the drool and hearts on her eyes after...that" He takes a glance at Shining and Cadence in worry but he shake his head letting him know that he didn't need to be afraid of anything 

"And well I was more than drained after our session so I was ready and about to fall asleep, when things took a turn for the worse" He confess with sorrow staring down at the floor again. 



     

Smiling in pride Mark loomed over an exhausted Cadence, as he too was panting profusely. He was just ready to collapse right there on top of her and was about to move when the princess grab his shoulder and help him fall right in between her breast allowing him to hear her heart beat while she play with her hair. 

"Magnificent, you were simply magnificent dear" Cadence proclaim in utter satisfaction, making the human chuckle. 

"You have no idea how happy it makes me hear that" Turning his head he look her in the eyes "Does this mean I won my freedom?" 

It was Cadence turn to laugh as she nods "You can bet on that honey, you would never have to fight on the coliseum ever again" 

Smiling and letting go a sigh he didn't know was holding Mark relax and hug her frame tightly. He couldn't be happier on his life. It was at that moment that he felt like a weight just got lifted of his shoulder and could live in peace once more after months in hell. Say satisfaction was short lived because just when he was about to close his eyes and sleep. A sharp pain pierce in the middle of his back, follow by an intense heat starting to spread from say wound. 

Looking up in shock and feeling betray, the human could only stare in horror at Cadence who was levitating a golden knife and with a malevolent smirk. 

"Why?" He manages to utter trying to move only too start to see his body slowly turning to gold.  

"What do you mean honey?" She ask in confusion as she lift his head with her index finger "This is exactly what I promised" 

"But you say..." 

"That I would take you to a place where you could lived in peace without been force into slavery and nothing but supermodels. And that where you are. Right on my chamber as my latest toys" 

His eyes wide in horror as he notices the other golden statues of stallions spreading all over the place. 

"That is right honey, that is the catch. You can lived as free as you want, inside your head while I keep your body for my own amusement" She smile calmly and slowly lift him out of her putting him an empty pedestal "I think you would become one of my best toys, and don't fret. This is not gonna a kill you" She show her the knife as only his face and part of his hands were remaining to turn into gold. "Think of it as been on suspended animation, your painting might be gold but your body" She lean forward and force him to cup a feel. "Is more than malleable in all the right places" 

"You...you are gonna a turn me into your personal vibrator!?" He ask in horror and fury. 

"Yes but you easily would become my favorite one. I wasn't lying when I told you how magnificent you were. You almost made me forget my dear Shining" Turning back she show her the only stone statue in the room, one depicting a gladiator that had a striking resemblance to Shining Armor. Cadence sigh and fan over say statue. "Isn't he magnificent? All this years and there hasn't been born any other stallion that could match his glorious been" She nuzzle his cheek in memory before looking at him "You certainty became a very close second"

"If you love him so much why did you turn him into stone?" 

"Turn him? Oh no sweetie you got it all wrong, that is just a depiction of him, no my real love die a long time ago. The official records stated that it was an assassin that was capture and beheaded, but what really happen was" She giggle in embarrass like a child that was found out from playing a prank. 

"Dear god, you...you kill him!" 

"I say he die with a smile on his face, a real shame really. But well, back then I only had a couple of months since turning into an alicorn, and still need training controlling my own strength" By then the gold was almost covering all of his face and Mark was having a hard time breathing. 

"Don't worry, I'm sure you gonna a love your new home. I have a deal going on with my aunt Luna making all of you share a single dream. I bet all of you will get along just fine" She wave at him "And I will make sure to visit whenever I get an inch. I think I would make you my heart warming eve present, until then nighty night Mark the human" 





Ending the story Mark could only sigh and shake his head. "After that everything turns into a blurry. I remember how at first everything was pitch black. Then I think I was talking with a group of stallions, I think they were ignoring me, or living in denial. I don't know" He shake his head 

"Then...I think I was on a lab tie to a metal bed...Twilight looking around...then pulling down her underwear...I escaping, jumping out of a portal" He has to hold his head. "I...I don't remember much after that" 

The room grows quiet and no one knew what to do at this point, Mark could only close his eyes and try to forget the ordeal until he feel someone grabbing his hand and when opening his eyes he saw Milky looking at him with a calming smile. He then felt someone on his shoulders and see Fluttershy then, Surprise, then Umbra and one by one all the mares got closer and brought him into a group hug, in support. Making all his angers and sorrow melt away.
> Time Of Reflection (Unedited)
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3 months later 

Once the air was clear and everything was explain, things in both Canterlot return to normal to a certain degree. Despite believing on his story completely and wanting to continue thing where they left off, trying to formed a herd again just didn't sit well with no one in involved. No matter how much they didn't wanted to admit it, things just fell forced and cold. Like they wanted to be together because they wanted to follow or not follow someone else orders rather than just wanted to be with one another. 

Not only that but discovering how his life started on a more cruel and sadist Equestria left Mark with a extremely bad taste on his mouth, so much so that he couldn't bring himself to engage in any form of intimate contact, even the act of holding hand was putting him on edge, much to the cringe and pain of his herd, especially Fluttershy. The princesses for their part were comprehensive, specially Cadence but because all of their time together, the handyman knew how hard was for Celestia been deprive of their usual contact. And he dreaded to image how that was simply torture for Molestia. 

In a way he felt pride on how well she and Lustuna where taking the development and giving him the space he needed. Even more so when everyone came into the agreement to give each other space and broke the herd, at least until things could calm down. Not having the heart to take Milky and her friends home, and even less wanting to crash in any other mares house, Mark settle in a deal and allow the princesses to pay his resident on a local hotel in Ponyville, something that wasn't neither ultra high class nor a complete dump barely held together. 

He still feel bad for them paying for everything but with his job in limbo and so much on his mind to work on anything, he knew that he needed the small break. 

Staring at his window in a dark room, a very tired and sorrowful human just patiently wait for the sun to be lower. Occasional nightmares and his brain forcing him to relieve memories he didn't want to relief keep draining him of energy all day, a notions that even he was starting to wonder if he should ask Luna to deal with at least that much. 

Once the final light of the sun left the room, Mark finally allow himself to close his eyes and sign before openly weep. 

In one single day, he felt like he lost everything. A wonderful herd, incredible friends, even an awesome although slightly unorthodox friendship with benefit with super models goddess who take extreme joy in indulging on his more wild fantasies. 

His life felt rich and feeling, he even thought that maybe he could one day could try be a father. Chuckling in between sobs thinking how incredible all of his mares could be as moms. He even wanted to imagine them on even more erotic light and a smile and blush start to appear when he start imagine all of them with cute pregnant bellies, he aiding them on their most vulnerable times, help them wash, make sure they would be comfortable, and ending with his more primitive side start imagine how enticing their bodies would grow. 

He was starting to lost himself on the fantasy until a familiar pain was felt on his chest as he picture the golden dagger piercing him follow by the malevolent grins of Empress Cadence next to an evil Twilight with a scalpel, inching closer to his head, while he was restrain into an iron bed. 

Startle he gasp and open his eyes with a cold sweat and salty tears on his face, while his heart slowly calm down. His sorrow and fear starting to morph and formed into untap anger, with hand clutch together and he tight them until they started to turn white, with a dark idea forming on his head. 

"Queen Twilight"  He utters in silence while glaring at the starry sky.

Venturing into the dead of the night, Mark head to Twilight castle with a determine glare only to find none other than Chrysalis waiting for him as she lean against a light post. 

"Well, this is quite unexpected" The changeling mentions sarcastically as she let go of the post and gets in front of him "You shouldn't be out this late Mark, lots of dangerous things roam around at night" 

He just remain silent and continue his march "Not now Chrysalis" 

"Oh no, I think we had enough of your pity party. I say we need to do this now" She insist but he merely walk past her "Where are you going with that camping bag?" 

"I'm gonna confront Queen Twilight" 

To that she scuff and grab his arm "Did you just lost your mind?" 

"Never say it was a good idea" He yank it back only to Chrysalis to rush and get in front of him again 

"If she is half like the description you gave us, then that means she is nothing like the Twilight we both know. She is more powerful, cruller, quite possible a sociopath if not down right psychopath and oh yeah, did you forgot that she has a whole ARMY at her disposal?!"

"Don't try to talk me out of this Chrysalis, I made out my mind. I going" He march again as Chrysalis walk besides him 

"How are you even gonna a use the mirror? You don't have any magic" 

"I will figure something out" 

"Oh that is reassurance! You are just gonna a break in and entering, pray Twilight didn't put a security system roam around the place until you stumble into the correct magic mirror, and that it still work after we broke him, throw yourself into who knows what and then just winged, do I understand correctly" 

He stop and sign. "I need to do this Chrysalis I just do" 

"Why do you want to see your tormentor so much anyway" 

"I need answers ok?!" He snap back at her "What the hell happen to me? How am I still alive? How did she save me? WHY did she save me? Why did she keep referring to me as an object? If that bitch of Empress Cadence is still out there, looking for me? I...I have everything here, and she ruin it! She is gonna a answer for that! Chrysalis I'm going and that is final" 

"The heck it is" She impose herself with determination "You are not going there mister" She suddenly turn into Twilight "WE are" She then smirks "Unlike you I know exactly how we can get there, and do whatever we please without anyone notices. If you follow my lead you will get all the answer you need and more, in half the time" 

"What?!" He look at her in shock "Chrysalis no! I can't risk your life like that. This is my demon to confront not..." 

"Ok tough guy then let me put it another way" She return to normal "I'm faster, excellent actress and can rip my shirt before you could even blink" 

"So?" 

"So, either you let me tag along or I will scream right here, rip my clothes and let you spend the rest of the night explaining to the authorities why were you out in the streets in the middle of the night, made me scream and how and why were my clothes rip" She smirk in confidence "Do you really wish to test my acting skills?" 

She pretend to sniff "Officer...he went mad! (hic) he force me to turn into Twilight and then...he try..." 

Mark froze as he slowly look around and see they were almost out of the town, and in his back it was clearly visible a rope and a map. So even if he could clear the air he would then have to explain why was he look like he was preparing to skip town. 

"You wouldn't dare. No one would ever believe you in the first place" 

"You wanna a bet?" Chrysalis smirk in confidence at him and for a moment there was a tension in the air until the human finally sign in defeat "FINE you can come! But you better be careful!" 

She chuckle and pat his shoulder "Honey, I should be saying that, after all we are the ones keeping an eye on you" 

"We?" He look at her confused as she point forward at the entrance of the castle, where Daisy open the door slightly and wave at them to get closer. Rather than her usual colorful and frilly dress, she was wearing dark pants, long sleeve shirt and black globes making her look like she was ready to rob a bank.

"Daisy?!" He harshly whisper and look at Chrysalis in anger "Are you insane?" He turns to the Holstaur once they enter the castle. "This is not a trip to the park! Daisy I can't let you..." 

"Save your breath, she interrupt him, and hold his arms. I'm coming and that is final. I also have question for Empress Twilight and you are gonna a need this" Releasing him Mark was confused and surprise in how Daisy put the Minos gauntlets on him without realizing it. 

"The Gauntlets of King Minos!? But I return them to the king, Daisy how did you...?" 

"Not important right now, let just say. You are invite for a royal dinner, that you can't refuse, and leave at that"  

Sighing in defeat and fearing she would make the same treat Chrysalis made he ultimately nod and turn to the changeling. 

"Ok you won, now what is the plan?" 

"Follow me and don't make any noise. Twilight can't find about this" She inform the two and guide them to the basement where the broken mirror was repair and connected to a door frame with some electric wires attach. Next to it was a straight jacket a hand truck, and a giant size royal guard uniform, next to a desk with some make up and a mask on it. 

"Ok here is the plan" Chrysalis turns into Twilight Sparkle once more and turn to them "Since that empress seem so determine to get back her little experiment, and is convinced that you are dangerous. Rather than fighting our way through, our best bet is playing along" She points at the jacket and the hand truck "Don't worry is false and easy to remove, but she doesn't know that and as far as she is concern. This Twilight Sparkle saw what her counterpart was saying and wants to bring it back" 

"You want me to pretend to be Hannibal Lector and just let you wheel me back into that crazy bitch?" Mark ask with a raise eyebrow. 

"I don't know who that is but, yes and no. It would only look like that. Once there, I would distract her so you and Daisy could sneak around and try to find more clues on what exactly she did to you. This way would avoid unnecessary fights, would get us results quicker and in case of emergency we can surprise that Twilight, kidnap her and bring her here for questions. That is where your globes come to play" She remind him pointing at the weapons Daisy gave her. 

"Oh so that is why the armor then?" Daisy question taking the helmet and Chrysalis nod "Exactly you would be my guard carrying the prisoner" 

Mark thinks it over before nodding "If it give me answer, then fine I would do it" He  put on the straight jacket finding that it was more like a Halloween costume and the side were held together with velcro, meaning that my extending his arms he could get himself free without issue. 

With the aid of Daisy he lean on the hand truck and she put the mask on before getting ahead of him and start undressing. 

"Ah Daisy? What are you doing?" Mark question with a surprise look which Chrysalis copy 

"Oh sorry! Force of habit" She apologies with a cute giggle before, stretching her shirt back on and then takes the pieces of armor and black paint to put them on, making her look like a minotaur that joint Canterlot royal guard flawlessly. The dark clothes and breast plate, even making it difficult to determine her gender.  

Inspecting her arms she sigh in frustration "Never imagine I would be wearing this again" She mutter to herself before looking at the group "Ok I'm ready"

Marks nods as well and Daisy roll him in front of the mirror next to the disguise Chrysalis. "Perfect, now remember. No matter what we see there stay calm and stick to act. Our story is that you went into a rampage, I stop you" Chrysalis explain using Twilight voice "Put you on a lethargic spell, making you mellow and dizzy and the rest of the mane six and princess are in medical care" 

"You want me to pretend that I hurt them?!" 

"Is what that Twilight thinks you would be capable of. And nothing would make her lower the guard more than believing she was right all along. Please is just to convince her that we are on her side again" 

He sigh in frustration and look away "Fine" 

"Remember just act dizzy, dopey and tired. Maybe make things up as we well you in" 

"What about me? What is my story?" Daisy ask in intrigued. 

"You are stern silent guard, that are part of Twilight elite squad with orders to kill him if he wakes up" 

"I...I'm not gonna a need to harm him right?" She ask in worry. 

"No of course not, just pretend to choke him if you are discover to buy us more time, and then take him some place else where there aren't any more witnesses" 

"Ah I get it, we can play the opposite too, right? Like she pretend to be knock out, and I escape so I can act as a distraction while you to make your escape and..."

They both glare at him "...or sneak attack my pursuers and we all made our escape" 

"That is better" Chrysalis nod before activating the mirror "Stay close, and stay calm trust me. As the master of infiltration if you follow my lead everything would go just fine" She promise before the portal open and the 3 march inside, closing it behind them and leaving a torch mark for Twilight and her friends to discover the next day. 






On the next Handyman adventure.
  

Surrounded by spear wilder guards with Big Mac face, Chrysalis and Daisy raise their arms in surprise and surrender. 


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"...he just went and dive bomb into that crazy world without us?!" Dash wave around the goodbye letter Mark wrote for all of them as the mane six, discuss their next move around the round table. 


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"...he is not far, am gonna a get him" Celestia proclaim in determination while Luna stop 

"Sister did you just lost your mind? You can't go there all by yourself"  

"She is not" Turning back they saw Cadence and Surprise deck in armor walking down the stairs "We are going with" 


***


"You clone your friends?" Twilight ask in shock at a distress and sorrowful Queen Twilight as she down another glass full of whisky as she clear her dry tears. 

"it doesn't matter, it was never the same. Nothing ever was after Tirek kill them" 


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"You were never suppose to be lived per-se. But if anything I say it a good thing" Spike tries to console him "I know it mess up, but if you look it another way, you could say you were her magnus opus, the greatest of all of her creations,  if you could just give her a chance, Twilight could be a good mom" 


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"You would never be good for my daughter" A titanic minotaur hold Daisy by her arm while glaring a Mark "You are not even worth the gauntlets, you are nothing else but an object" 

The gauntlets start to rust and break apart in front of his eyes much to his horror. 


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"Nicely done, Queen" Chrysalis tells sarcastically at Empress Twilight as mane six, her guards, and the princesses stare at 6 different colors vortex "You just couldn't let go of your past and now they are 6 insane monsters with the faces of your friends rampaging all over the multiverse" 


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The sounds of familiar clops froze Mark blood as he slowly turns around to stare a smug looking Cadence wearing expensive Greek attired, looking right at him as she march until been right in front of him. "Hello my dear lover, did you miss me?" 






Coming Soon: A Handyman On The Multiverse