The Tale Of A Lost Wolf

by Solaris Night


Chapter 39: The Heart's True Wish

"Now this is what I call relaxing." Dynamism sighed, as she sank into the warm water.

"It is isn't it, especially after a massage." the fashionista cooed as she joined the dragon-mare.

"I haven't felt this relaxed since, well since ever." Applejack added. The rest of the girls unianimously agreed to what she said. The Mane 6, Rose, Dynamism and Frost decided to do a girls day out, spending the whole day in the spa. However their group wasn't 'all girls'.

"You said it Applejack, dear." Whip moaned, as he stretched his body. "Not only am I relaxed, but my nails have never looked shinier." he emphasized his statement by extending his arm and gazing at it with admiration.

"I don't want to sound sexist, but it's really weird to hear a stallion say that." Rainbow said and plopped into the bath.

"Dashie dear, it is not weird for a pony, regardless of their race or gender to care about their hygene." Whip declared. "It's just that some ponies like being clean and proper more than others. Just like you or Applejack and Rarity."

"Or Trider." Dynamism added. "Speaking of which, I haven't seen him all day. Where is he?"

"He was called into Canterlot to guard the palace, since most of the troops are escorting the Princesses into the Gryphon Kingdom." Rose explained.

"While we're on the subject." Rarity jumped in and gave the mare a mischevious smirk. "Lately you and Trider have been spending a lot of time together haven't you? Anything you want to tell us?"

At her remark everyone looked at Rose with curiosity, while two of them had more worried looks. The red maned unicorn felt a bit unnerved by the sudden attention.

"Oh it's nothing, we are just spending some quality time with a friend, nothing more." she argued, but that didn't seem to convince the fashionista.

"Mhmmmm." Rarity responded, all the while keeping her smirk. "And all of that flirting you do with him is just something a normal friend would do?"

"Well I..." she trailed off, as she couldn't come up with a good excuse.

"Oh I knew it. You really do have a liking for him." Rarity cooed.

"Oh my, since when?" Fluttershy asked.

Rose sighed and slumped her form, accepting she couldĀ  no longer get out of this. "Well, I guess since the first time I met him. He was so open and unlike anypony I met before. He didn't care if I was a noble or if I was a guard, he saw me as me." she began to recall all of the times the two of them spent together. "But if you ask me when I started to have romantic feelings for him, I would say it was when I went to the spa with him and my sisters."

"Really? Trider went to the spa?" Dynamism wondered. "I would say that is unlike him, but he always seems to surprise us. Anyway, what happened that made you see him more than just a friend?"

"Well, we just finished our bath so we went to get changed to our regular clothes and he became impatient waiting so he decided to see what took me so long."

At that moment Twilight rubbed the base of her nose and groaned. "Let me guess, he saw something he shouldn't?"

"He did actually." Rose answered semi-surprised. "How did you-?"

"Let's just say that he has a knack for jumping in on ponies when they lack any article of clothing."

The rest of the mares remained silent as they processed what was told to them. "So wait he-?" Rainbow asked pointing to Twilight. "And he-?" She turned to Rose. Both of the mares slowly nodded and Dash burst into a laugh. "Oh, oh my goddess. I can't believe it."

"Huh, I didn't think he was such a pervert." Frost said, her tone monotonous. "I wonder how many times he peeked at me?" she emphasized her comment, by cracking her knuckles.

"He's not a pervert." Twilight interjected. "He just has very bad luck. He never meant to do those things, it just happened."

"I wouldn't say he has bad luck, it's more, like he has the best luck out of any stallion." Rainbow spoke, calming down from her laughing fit.

Rarity didn't want to continue this talk so she tried to return to the conversation she had with Rose before. "So you're saying that you fell for him after he saw you... Ahem, at your most vulnerable?" she repeated. "That's not really what I was expecting."

Rose giggled, which earned a confused look from the fashionista. "No, no. I didn't fall for him because he saw me naked. The reason why is because of how he reacted after he saw me." She saw that everyone was slightly baffled by what she said. "I don't really want to dive in too deep into the matter, but all I'll say is that I have a really hideous scar on my body that makes me very self-conscious. And unlike every other stallion, he didn't care that I had it and because of that I just..." she trailed off and when she looked up she saw everyone was looking at her with sympathy.

"Oh darling." Rarity said as she and the rest of the girls, plus Whip, embraced her in a group hug. "I'm certain I speak for everypony when I say, that we do not care for how you look either, because you're beautiful scar or no scar."

Rose was lost for words, she tried to thank them, but no matter how hard she tried no words escaped her mouth. Instead tears ran down her cheeks. They remained in that position for some time, before they broke apart.

"Feeling better?" Fluttershy asked.

"A lot." she responded, wiping away her tears. "I fell so great in fact that I think I want to chat a bit more." A mischevious grin formed on her face. "Since I already expressed my feelings for our alien friend, why don't we let the others do so as well?"

Her comment made most of them confused, while Applejack and Twilight blushed and sweated. Just as one of them was about to speak, Whip jumped up, revealing his unclothed form.

"If I must." he sighed. "Although I thought my feeling for Trider were blatantly obvious, I will confirm my feelings to the world with pride." He took in a deep breath as he preapred himself. "I-"

A hammer suddenly hit the top of his head and he collapsed. Frost looked at him aggravated. "She wasn't talking about you you dunce." she exclaimed. Everyone looked at her with slight fright from her sudden outburst. "She was talking about Twilight and Applejack."

In an instant everyone's attention was directed at the two mares, while those two looked at Frost astounded. "Was it that obvious?" Twilight asked sheepishly.

"Let me put this way, every time you two oogled him or blushed because of him, I wanted to put the three of you in a room and say 'Just fuck already!'" The two mares looked at each other and blushed furiously. "See? Just like that! It makes me so annoyed."

"Applejack, Twilight." Rarity suddenly called them out. "While I am happy that you two have found somepony special for you, I have to ask. Why? What do you two see in him that made you fall in love?"

Everyone watched them intently, awaiting their answers. Twilight and Applejack however were feeling flustered and they tried to gather courage to speak.

"I don't know for Applejack." the alicorn said. "But for me it's that he is somepony who I can rely on, somepony who will always be there when I need him. Sure he might be hardheaded and violent, but that is what makes him, him. He won't back off when faced with impossible odds and he is willing to fight the whole world if it means to protect those he cares for, even if it might kill him."

Inspired by her words, the cow mare also braved on as she delivered her feelings. "As for the reason why ah love him is basically the same as Rose's and Twilight's. He doesn't care for how others ponies look or where they hail from. He judges you by your character rather than appearance. He is also extremely dependable and fun to be around, since ya never know what might happen next. But what ah like most 'bout him is his honesty. He always speaks his mind and doesn't care if it gets him into trouble, since he'll always resolve it. And just like with Twi and Rose I too don't care 'bout his flaws, since his good points outweight his bad."

The girls looked at them with astonishment. "Wow. You guys really have it bad for him." Rainbow said.

"And that is unacceptable." a voice spoke. Everyone looked around to see where the voice came from, when all of a sudden the water rippled and out from it jumped Whip. "I now see your feelings for him are genuine and so I shall accept you as worthy candidates for being part of our herd." he proclaimed with a ridiculous pose. "But do note that I shall be the one to steal his heart first and I will be the one who shall cherish the most."

"Give it a rest already!" Frost shouted, swinging her hammer again. This time however Whip managed to dodge it. "Get it through your thick head that that will only happen if you somehow make Trider succumb to some sort of love potion."

"Note to self, destroy the book with the love poison recipe." Twilight thought.

"Hmph." Whip harrumphed, shooting the mare a smug grin. "You are a fool Frost, if you think that my feelings won't reach him. True love always finds a way." His smug grin changed to a condescending one. "Maybe that is the reason why you can't get yourself a stallion. I kind of pity-" A spear shot past his face, leaving a thin wound on his cheek. "You." he finished, slowly lifting his head to look at the mare.

Frost was now standing, a battleaxe in her left hand, while a katana was in her right one. She was surrounded with a murderous aura, which was further accetuated by her bloodcurdling smile. "Run." she said in a sinsiter tone, before she lunged at the stallion.

Whip immediatelly jumped out of the bath, running as fast as he could, while Frost gave chase. As they ran across the spa, many heads turned after the naked duo.

"Well." Rarity was the first one to speak after the scene that played in front of them. "That was something." She then turned to Applejack, Twilight and Rose. "So what will you do?"

The three mares looked at her with confusion. "What do you mean?" Twilight asked.

"She's talking about how you will confess your feelings to Trider." Pinkie jumped in, knocking away the fashionista. "I mean isn't that obvious? That's what you should be doing."

"Well I've been dropping him hints for quite a while now."

"And I've been preparing a plan on how to progress things between us at a reasonable pace."

"And ah've been invitin' him over more often, trying to tempt him with mah homemade food."

Rarity stared at them with an astonished look as she tried to figure out if they were serious. "Girls." she sighed. "While those things might work with other stallions, Trider isn't like them."

"Yeah." Rainbow joined in. "Stallions by nature are very bad at picking up hints that a mare has an interest in him and that goes double for Trider."

"So what should we do?"

"Just tell him." Pinkie said like it was the most obvious thing. "I mean when I want to invite ponies to my parties I don't beat around the bush. I sent them an invitation and done."

The three mares felt unsure about what they were told. "Ya make it sound so easy."

Fluttershy placed a hand onto Applejack's shoulder and rubbed it caringly. "We know, but wouldn't it be better if you just let it out, rather than keeping it inside, while it eats away at your mind?"

"But." Twilight spoke up. "What if he doesn't feel the same way?"

"Yes there is that possibility." Rarity said. She then placed her hand onto the lavender mare's cheek, lifting her head so they were looking each other in the eye. "And yes you might get hurt, but you're hurting yourself even more by not embracing your feelings. And even if he rejects you, we'll be here when you'll need us and we'll help you back onto your hooves."

"Yeah!" Rainbow shouted pumping her fist into the air. "And if he does reject you, I'll just beat some sense into him."

"We all will." Pinkie joined in, pulling Fluttershy with her.

"Indeed." Rarity nodded. "I mean he would have to be an absolute bastard, if he gave up on such wonderful mares like yourselves."

***

"Achoooo!" Trider sneezed, wiping his nose with his forearm. "Do I have a cold or something?" he wondered as he turned around another corner. "She said the toilet was around here." he mumbled and looked around himself, trying to find the place he was looking for. "Aaaaand I'm lost." he sighed, before turning around. "Now then, how do I get back?"

***

Several days passed since the break in at Canterlot and the everything seemed like it was back to normal. But for one Kanisar it was anything but that. At the moment he was stacking up a bunch of baskets and he didn't really pay attention to what he was doing. Due to his lack of focus the pile collapsed.

Trider stared at the baskets with pure hatred, before he exploded. "GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!!!" he shouted and began to kick the baskets around.

Meanwhile the Apple family watched him from the porch of their house. "Is he still upset about what happened in Canterlot?" Applebloom asked her older sister.

"Eyup." Applejack answered.

"Shouldn't we do somethin' to help him?"

"Nope." Big Mac answered this time.

"Why?"

"Because he can be stubborn as a mule." Granny Smith said from her rocking chair. "If we tried to help him, he'd just say he was fine and then walk away. Unless it was somepony very close to him." When she said that everyone looked at Applejack, shooting her knowing smirks.

"What?" the cow mare asked, when she noticed the attention she was getting.

"Speakin' of which, when exactly are ya goin' to tell him how ya feel?" Applebloom nudged her sister.

Applejack sighed. She, Twilight and Rose have made the decision to tell him as soon as he got back, but unfortunately when he did, he was completely devastated. Once he told them what had happened they understood why he was feeling like that and because of that none of them had the chance to talk to him.

"Hopefully soon sugarcube." she mumbled, before walking over to Trider. She crouched down and picked up a few of the baskets that laid all over the ground. "Hey there." she said, giving him a warm smile.

"Hey." he replied half-heartedly. The two continued to pick up and stack the baskets in silence. Once they were finished, Applejack turned to Trider.

"Hey would ya mind if ya help me with one more thing?" she asked tentatively.

"Sure." he answered quickly. After several minutes, when they prepared everything they needed, they set off. It didn't take them long before they reached their destination.

"All right, take this and cover the tree." she said, handing over a large blanket. Trider took it and gave it a questioning look.

"You ponies really weird me out sometimes." he said, before levitating upwards, until he reached the top of the barren tree. In one fell swoop he draped the cloth over the branches. Once he was done he landed and looked over the covered tree. "Tell me who in their right minds would give blankets to a tree, so that they don't get cold?"

"Apples would." Applejack answered, walking over to another tree. "Ah guess you could call it a tradition. We've been doin' it for generations now."

"So everyone in your family is weird?" he asked, which earned him a light punch to the shoulder. Applejack continued to give him a hard look, before she began to chuckle and he followed suit. After a short while they calmed down and the mare sighed.

"Feelin' better?" she asked.

"Yeah, much better." he replied.

"Well enough to talk about it?"

Trider shot her a sharp look, but he said nothing, just sighed. "So that is what you were trying to do." he said taking a blanket. "Like told you already I' m fine."

"Horseapples." Applejack exclaimed, as she watched him over the tree. "We both know that ya're not, so just stop pretendin' and talk to me." She glared at him as he reached the ground and she made it clear she wasn't going to back down. "Why are ya so upset over what happened in Canterlot? Ah thought you were no over your grudge with them."

"I am." he sighed, giving up on trying to argue with the headstrong mare.

"Then why-?"

"Because I let him escape!" he yelled, making her jump back from surprise. "I've seen what human can do and what they'll do to make it happen. When I saw him in Canterlot I couldn't help, but remember what I've been through and I knew I would never allow them to do the same to Equestria. But then I let him go, without knowing anything. Not what he wanted, if there were more of them and- and..." he trailed off as he looked at Applejack and she saw trace of fear in them. "I don't want to lose my home and family again."

He was breathing heavily as he finished his rant. Applejack looked at him with wonder. She never realized that he cared for them so much. She took a deep breath and embraced him. Trider soon returned her gesture, as he pulled her closer to himself.

"You don't have to worry." she consoled him. "That will never happen."

They separated and looked each other in the eyes. "Thank you." he said and smiled. She returned the gesture. She was about to let go of him, but something inside her prevented her from doing so. She continued to look in his eyes and her face inched closer.

"AJ what are-?" he tried to ask, before she kissed him. They remained like that for a few seconds before they separated. Trider looked at her incredulously, while she blushed. "W-why did you...?" he stuttered, trying to comprehend what was going on.

"Trider." she said softly. "Ah've been meanin' to tell ya this for a while now and only now did ah mustered enough courage to say it." She gave him a determined look, her mind set. "Ah love ya Trider. Ah have for a long time now."

He was shocked by her revelation and couldn't say anything. "Applejack I..." he trailed off.

"And it's not just me Trider. Rose and Twilight feel the same way." she continued, letting out all of her feelings. "Just tell me if ya love us as well? Or at least me?"

Trider was still in daze from the sudden confession, but he eventually shook it off. He placed a hand onto one of her cheeks and looked her in the eyes. "Applejack I..." he started, but he couldn't muster anything more. He took a deep breath, before he continued. "I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same. For any of you."

Applejack stared at him unable to comprehend what he just said. "A-ah'm sorry, what did you say?"

"I said that I don't feel the same way AJ." he repeated.

"Why?" she asked, her voice shaky. "Why? Is it because ah'm not beautiful? Or cause ah'm not one of your kind?" Tears began to fall down her cheeks as she started to cry.

"C'mon AJ, you know I don't give a fuck about how one looks."

"A-ah see." she sniffed and wiped her nose in the sleeve of her jacket. "Ah'm sorry." she blurted out, before she ran off.

"AJ!" he called after her, but she didn't stop. He watcehd after her, as she disappeared behind the horizon. "Shit." he cursed under his breath, before he began to walk in the opposite direction.

***

"He said what?!" Frost shouted.

"Applejack darling, are you sure that's what he said?" Rarity asked her friend, tryin to console her.

"Ah wouldn't be here if he didn't."

After her confession Applejack ran aimlessly, until she stumbled upon Rarity and Whip, who were doing some shopping. Afterward they went to find Twilight and Rose, and were also joined by Frost. Right now they were in Carousel Boutique and the cow mare told everyone what had happened.

"I can't believe this." Twilight said, tears beginning to form in the corners of her eyes. "I can't believe that it actually happened."

"We knew there was a chance." Rose added, leaning back in her chair. "And we were prepared for it."

"But it still hurts." the librarian sobbed.

"I know."

"Oh, darlings." Rarity said and tried to embrace all of them. "At least you now know how he feels. And who knows, maybe some day you'll find somepony better than him."

"Ah doubt that."

While they were consoling each other, Frost was biting her nails and she looked completely frustrated. "Bullshit!" she said and stood up.

"Frost where are you going?" Rose asked.

"To give that good for nothing mutt a piece of my mind." she growled.

"It's alright." Applejack spoke up. "We can't force him to love us back."

"No need." Frost thought to herself. "Still, it's more for myself. I just wanna punch him, that's all." she lied and began to walk away.

"Wait." she was stopped by Whip. "I'll go too."

"Dude, are seriously trying to exploit Trider's rejection, to further your own imginary relationship?"

"First of all it's not imaginariy and second, I won't. I'll be there just to make sure things don't go out of hands. Nothing more." he argued.

Frost gave him a doubful look, before she turned around. "I can't really stop you, can I?"

"Nope." he answered, as the two left. It took them quite a while before they found Trider lying on a huge boulder in the middle of an open field.

"Hey fucker!" Frost shouted, waking him from his daydream.

"What do you want?" he asked unenthused. She reached up, grabbed his tail and pulled him down. Trider yelped from the sharp tug and the sudden impact with the ground.

"Why the fuck did you do that for?!" he shouted and stood up.

"You know very well why." Frost growled at him, shooting him a furious glare. "What you did to AJ and the others is downright something a complete douche would do."

"What do you want me to do?" Trider rebuted, their faces now pressing against each other. "I told her how I felt and nothing more. Or did you want me to lie to them?"

Frost's furious glare turned to one of astonishment. "Wow. You really are a bastard." she said. "How can you say that with such a straight face?"

"What are you-?" Suddenly Frost slapped him across the face and he was taken aback.

"What you told her was the lie wasn't it? And what you just said was a lie is actually the truth, right?"

"What?" he asked, confused by her statement.

"What I'm saying is that, when you told Applejack that you don't love her or the other two is a complete and utter lie." she exclaimed, her anger back in full force.

"I didn't-"

"No." she silenced him. "You have no right to say anything." Trider remained quiet as he let her continue her rant. "You may be able to fool others, but not me. I've seen thorugh the farces of even the most conniving ponies and they are masters at that. You are like an open book to me, compared to them." She backed off, to make little bit of space between them. "So why? Why did you lie?"

"You wanna know why?" Trider asked, clearly frustrated by the confrontation. "Do you think I wasn't happy when she said she felt the same way I did? Do you think I'm just some heartless brute, who's only goal in life is to eat and fight?" he blurted out. "No! I wanted to tell her." He trailed off as his anger suddenly disappeared. "But I couldn't."

"How so?" Frost asked, trying to find out what he was hiding.

"You don't let up, do you?" he chuckled, before taking a deep breath. "They are perfect. All of them. And that is the reason why I can't tell them the truth." he said and leaned onto the boulder. "You might think that I don't know that I have flaws, but I'm the one who knows all of them. I'm impulsive, violent, selfish good for nothing. All I've ever done in life is hurt people. Do you really think they'll be happy with someone like me?"

"Every day I told myself that and why I can't tell them that I love them. Because I knew they'd be happier if they didn't get involved with me. And isn't that what love is. Trying to make the one you love happier, even if it means you have to pay the price for it?" He took a deep breath and sighed. "They are all amazing. They'll achieve great things in their lives and what can I give them? Nothing. Not even a family."

"What do you mean?" Frost asked, confused by the last thing he said.

"You didn't know?" he said with a raised brow. She shook her head and he chuckled. Slowly he stood up so he could be on eye level with the mare. "When I arrived in Ponyville I was hospitalized and afterwards they analyzed every part of my body, even those I didn't even know existed. And do you know what they found out?" he asked, not expecting an answer. "They told me that my genes were incompatible with any being on this planet."

"Wait, you mean...?"

"Yeah." he nodded melancholically. "I am the first and the last Kanisar that ever came to Equis." He let that sink in, before he continued. "I know how much women want to have kids of their own, hell I want kids of my own, but I can't even give them that, so how can I tell them I love them, if I have a lot to receive, but nothing to give. I may be many things, but I won't be a burden to them."

Frost was at a loss for words. She knew Trider very well, but she never expected him to be so protective of others. She tried to argue his statement, but nothing came out. While she was struggling, Whip zipped past her and grabbed trider by the collar of his shirt. Before anyone could do anything he leaned his head back and smashed it into Trider face.

The Kanisar cried out in pain, as he fell to the ground. He grabbed his nose and felt that blood was running out of it. "Dude, now you too?" he exclamied as he tried to wipe the blood away.

"Sorry, just tried to knock some sense into you, after I saw how stupid you actually were." he said.

"Excuse you?"

"You heard me." he spoke and glared down on him. "You are a bonified idiot. The king of dull. The lord-"

"Can you just get to the point?"

"Sure." he stopped his insults and reutrned to the topic. "As I was saying, what you just said is complete idiocy. You denied your and other's feelings to make everyone happy?" he asked incredulously. "Do you know what you actually did? You hurt everyone. You hurt yourself by supressing your own desires and you hurt the girls by lying to their faces. You know what I think? I think you are just afraid. Afraid that you'll be rejected by them."

"And all that talk about how you're not worthy of them? Bullshit as well. No relationship is perfect, there will always be trouble. But overcoming them is what makes a bond between two ponies stronger." He kneeled down and looked Trider in the eyes. "Just several day ago I witnessed their how much they love you. And frankly I was touched. I knew that they loved you and everything you say is wrong with you. If they say they want to be with you, they mean it and they won't let anything change that."

Trider looked at the stallion in surprise and awe. "Why would you tell me that? I thought you wanted me for yourself."

"I do. But I can't just turn a blind eye when somepony is hurt due to unspoken love. Even I'm not that desperate."

The Kanisar smiled and then laughed. "Who said and made you a Cupid?" he jokingly asked, as Whip helped him get up. "But what about me being impotent?"

"Like I said no relationship is perfect and you'll get through it, if you are just sincere and talk it out." the stallion assured him. "Now then I believe you have someponies to apologize to."

"Yeah." Trider nodded. "But I'll do it in my own way. Do you know where I can find a smith or a jewelry maker?"

"I already like what you're saying. There is one in Ponyville, opposite of Sofas and Quills." he said.

"Thanks." Trider said, before he took off across the sky.

Frost approached Whip and gave him a warm smile. "Didn't think out of all the ponies, you'd be the one to tell him to go." she spoke. "What made you change your mind?"

Whip sighed as a gentle smile adorned his face. "I was there when those three said that they loved him. And I knew immediately that it was true love. I love him, but even that is nowhere close to how much they care for him. So how can I stand in the way of love." he said. "Besides, I know that one day my feelings will reach him as well and no matter what his response is, I'll take it in stride."

Frost said nothing, only closing her eyes and nodding to his wise statement.

***

"What exactly are we doin' here?" Applejack asked, as she, Twilight and Rose sat in the chairs.

"I don't know exactly, Rarity just told me to get here for something important." Rose said. "She did look enthusiastic about something though. Like she just got an order from the Princesses themselves."

"Funny." Twilight jumped in. "The same was with Pinkie, only she couldn't stop giggling like a madmare."

"Now that ya mention it Rainbow did look quite excited." Applejack remembered her encounter with teh pegasus mare.

"And for a good reason." They all looked towards the doors that opened and in walked Trider. He looked extremely nervous and sweat ran down his face. "Hey." he said with a wave of his hand.

They all greeted back, clearly confused by what was happening. "Do you want something?" Twilight asked.

"Yes." he said before he dropped on his knees. "I'm sorry."

His apology caught them all off guard. "What are you apologising for?"

"For being a complete and utter selfish idiot." he said, raising his head. "Yesterday I did something that I shouldn't have and am now regretting it." He turned his head to look at Applejack. "I'm sorry for what I told you. I shouldn't have done that."

"Trider, did Frost force you to say this?" the cow mare asked.

"No. But she and Whip made me see the truth." He took a deep breath, as he steeled his nerves. "And the truth is that I love you. All of you."

Everyone was frozen in silence from confession. "T-Trider, a-are you serious?" Twilight asked in disbelief.

"Yes."

"But why did you lie then?" Rose wondered.

"Because I was a coward. I thought that if I said yes you'd eventually abandon me, because I didn't deserve such wonderful mares in my life." he spoke truthfully. "And to prove it to you that I'm serious, I got you these." he said and handed them over three small boxes. "I would've done this yesterday, but it took some time for the smith to make these."

The mares opened the boxes and inside them were three bracelets, each one with different emblem that represented their cutie mark. But what made them even more wonderful was the blue water like shifing energy inside them, that made them look alive.

"Trider are these...?" Twilight trailed off as she gazed at the bracelets.

"Yeah. They're Eternias." he said with a nod and a smile.

"What are Eternias?" Rose asked as she inspected her piece.

"In short, ya could say he's proposin' to us." Applejack answered.

"Quite straightforawrd. I like it." Rose stated and put her bracelet on.

"So will you still accept me, even with all my flaws?" Trider asked gingerly. The mares looked at each other, before they jumped at him and hugged him.

"Of course we will." They said in unison.

"Good, cause I've never been in a relationship before and have no idea what I'm supposed to do after this." Trider said as he smiled cheerfully.

"Im sure we'll figure it out with time." Twilight said and kissed him.

"Hey no fair, leave some for me." Rose said, grabbing Trider's jaw, turning it her way and kissing him as well. After a couple of seconds she stopped and looked at Applejack. "Want some action as well?" she asked.

"Maybe." the cow mare blushed and kissed Trider as well.

"If this is a dream, please don't ever let me awaken." Trider thought as he and the mares let themselves go with their desires.