Here it is Chapter 5, longest one yet, 6000+ words of story. I indroduced a couple more characters, and wrote in a lot more detail then ever. I write these for you people and any suggestions are much appreaciated. Thanks for reading!

The birds were chirping as the sun just came up over the horizon, and shined through the windows and over the bed. Both me and Fluttershy were laying in it. I was on my back, on the left side of the bed, the blanket pulled up to my waist. Fluttershy was curled up on my right side, her head laying across my chest. Her body heat, was warm and soothing, her pink mane was draped over her, her body rising slowly, in turn with her breaths. I opened my eyes and looked down at her sleeping peacefully. My eyes wandered to myself, I was still wrapped up pretty tight. The white bandages had black tints around where I was cut. Man I need a bath, all that working and then that fight, I feel gross. I looked down at Fluttershy, she was so peaceful, I couldn't wake her up. So I decided to lay there for a while until she woke up.

My fingers found their way back to her mane, and I ran them through it. Her hair was smooth, soft, and smelled of strawberries. "Hehe, good morning Marshall." Fluttershy giggled, as she began to wake up.

I looked down and saw her cyan eyes staring back at me. "Good morning, did you sleep well?" My hand not stopping.

She closed her eyes and smiled. "Oh yes I did, it's nice to sleep with someone and cuddle through the night." She had a small blush as she nodded.

I chuckled. "Well, I should take a shower." I tried to move, my muscles were a bit sore. "Or a bath." I gripped my chest with my good arm. Fluttershy whimpered, knowing I was in pain.

"Go easy, here let me help you, you need to be gentle with these wounds." She was serious, and I nodded. There was no way I was going to mess with these wounds myself.

"Thanks Fluttershy, after this we can go and get breakfast, my treat." I got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom with Fluttershy right behind me. I stood back and let Fluttershy do all the work. She had the water to just the right temperature, and added a special healing liquid to the bath.

"This will clean your wounds, and make them heal faster." She pouted a bit. "But it's going to hurt a little bit." She didn't want to cause me any pain.

"I'll be fine Fluttershy, thanks for the consideration." I patted her on the back. Just then we heard a knock at the door.

"Fluttershy!? It's me Twilight!" The door opened and I heard her enter downstairs. Fluttershy went towards the door.

"Were up her Twilight! Just setting up a bath for Marshall." Twilight came up the stairs and walked into the room, a neatly stack of clothed floating beside her.

"Here Marshall, I know how your last shirt go ruined, and thought you would like some clean clothes." She smiled. I took the clothed before giving her a one armed hug.

"Thanks Twilight, I needed some clean clothes." I put the clothes onto the counter and went over to the tub so see how it filled. Both ponies were talking in the back ground, but I couldn't hear what they were saying over the water pouring out of the tap. After a minute or so, I deemed the tub was full enough and shut the water off. Hearing giggles from behind me I assumed they were done talking.

"You girls mind leaving till I get into the tub?" I turned and they were both already gone and the door was being shut. Well, that was easy. I removed my boxers and climbed into the tub. Ahh this doesn't hurt at all. I looked at my bandages, I forgot I still had them on. "Fluttershy, I'm in now. You mind helping me take off my bandages?"

Fluttershy walked into the room, slightly flustered. What were they talking about? "Alright lets get these off and get your wounds cleaned out." She carefully started unwrapping my bandages. It took about three minutes or so, so finally get them all off. "There, they look pretty good. Now, sit back and relax Marsh."

I sighed as I laid back, and holy hell did it hurt. I winced at the pain, but did not recoil I kept right on going till my back was resting against the back of the tub. "Man, this hurts like crazy." My body tensed up and I shut my eyes.

Fluttershy gasped. "Oh no." She started pacing in place with her fore-hooves, knowing there was nothing she could do to help. It was going to hurt and I had to live with it.

"Hehe, don't worry about me Flutter. I'll be fine, it's not hurting so much anymore." I started to wash out my hair, the clean feeling was awesome. I ran my finger through my hair, mixing the shampoo through it, getting my hair completely soaped up.

"Fingers must be a good thing to have, I find it hard to get my mane completely washed." Fluttershy marvelled at the advantages of having fingers compared to her hoofs. She thought that I had the advantages in every thing over her.

I chuckled. "Well, you can fly, and you can run a lot longer then me. And other ponies can use magic, and carry a lot more then I can. You guys are physically better then I." I listed all the things that ponies can do that I can't or better then I can.

She giggled. "Well, you can hold things better, and your fingers feel way better then hoofs. And you can play your guitar, nopony else that I know can." I guess everypony has taken quite a liking to my music.

I sighed "I can't wait to get back to playing my guitar." I laughed a bit. I've just got the crap slashed out of me not even a week in, and I wanted to get back to my "normal" life that I barley had here. "I think I'm fitting in well around here."

Fluttershy was washing my back and chest for me. "Yup, you sure do Marshall." She was doing a wonderful job at washing my me, not to hard, just enough to get me washed. She started going lower and lower, over my abs, she slowed down but didn't stop.

"Umm, Fluttershy. I think I can clean myself... down there." Embarrassed, I blushed a bit. Knowing she did love me, I didn't want to hurt her feelings.

"Oh... sorry." She traced her hoof around my groin, and to my thighs and over my legs. Her eyes were watering a bit. Did she think that I didn't love her at all?

"Hey Fluttershy, I don't hate you. I love you all, but I haven't been here very long. I'd like to get to know all of you ponies some more before I make my choice." I reached up to her face and brought it towards mine, and gave her a friendly kiss on the cheek. "I did like what happened last night, but I'm not going any further with anypony yet until I know which one I want to be my girlfrie... marefriend."

She returned with a kiss on my cheek. "Thanks Marshall, I didn't know if you loved me back at all. As long as were friends, I will be fine." Now this is the best kind of friend anyone could ask for. "You're going to need this Marshall." She handed me the brush.

My cheeks flushed. "Umm I actuality prefer to do it by hand, much easier on the body." She giggled and handed me the bottle. I took it and undid the top. She started to leave, to give me privacy. "Thanks for the privacy Fluttershy." She closed the door and I stood up and washed my genitals. After washing all the soap off my body and out of my hair, I drained the tub a dried off as best as I could, my shoulder and chest being an exception. I didn't want any towel fibres to get in it. I finished getting cleaned up and dressed from the waist down, then I heard Fluttershy knocking at the door lightly.

"Are you decent? Can I come in?" She whispered in her cute little voice. Man she is adorable.

"Yea, I'm decent. Now lets get wrapped up again." I took a seat on a stool she had in the bathroom. She opened the door and walked in. The walked over to a cabinet and took out a roll of bandages. She walked towards me and I took it from her mouth. I held onto the roll while she grabbed the end and started wrapping me again. It didn't hurt that much this time, a dull throbbing pain was the most I felt. Once again, she did a fantastic job, it was snug to my body and I barley felt it.

"There, now take it easy for a couple more days ok?" I nodded standing up. I rotated my shoulder, it felt pretty good. My stomach growled and Fluttershy giggled before her own stomach growled. "How about we go get some breakfast Marshall?"

"You betcha, lets get going." I put on my red long sleeve shirt, but brought the sleeves half way up my arms, and I went to the bedroom and grabbed my bag full of bits. I'm gonna need these. I left the room, and went down the stairs. Fluttershy was waiting for me just outside. She was finishing feeding her animals. After the put the food away she stretched in the morning sun, and she had saddlebags laying next to her. Walked up to her, petting her head as I pointed to the saddlebags. "Would you like some help getting those on?"

She turned her head and nodded. "Sure why not." I bent down and picked it up, putting it on her flank , I made sure they were tight enough that they wouldn't fall off, but not to tight. "After breakfast, I have some shopping to do. You can come if you like." She said as we started the walk to Ponyville.

I thought about it for a minute. "Well I have to see Rarity, I need at least a new shirt made to replace the one that was destroyed." Fluttershy nodded.

"Ok, if you see me at all, feel free to say hi, anytime." We continued our walk, the birds chirping. They were all sorts of different colours red to blue, orange and purple. And their voices were, singing? Flutttershy stopped and walked to the side of the road where the majority of the birds were. Her voice was beautiful as she started singing with the birds. I was flabbergasted! Her voice was the most soothing and beautiful voice I had ever heard. After singing their little tune, Fluttershy reached with her wing into one of her saddlebags and pulled out a little pouch. She held it with her mouth and used the tip of her wing to spread bird seed for them.

She turned around and saw how amazed I was. "Oops, I forgot you were there." Her face blushing a little.

"Oops? You were amazing! Your voice is of an angel." I smiled. "There's no need to be embarrassed about your singing voice, its amazing!" She giggled and blushed harder. "And I had no clue you could do that with your wings. But enough dilly dallying, lets get some food." She nodded and we went on our way again.

After a couple more minutes, we finally made it to town, and headed over to Sugarcube Corner. As we approached, we saw Pinkie Pie trotting towards the place and I called out to her. "Hey Pinkie! Over here!" She stopped and turned, seeing us she smiled and waved. She started bouncing our way, eyes closed. How did she know where she was going?

"Hiya Marshall, hiya Fluttershy! What are you guys doing here?" Her head tilting, and eyelashes fluttering.

"Were getting some breakfast, perhaps muffins." My stomach growled at the mention of food Pinkie beamed at me.

"Well then you came to the right place, Sugarcube Corner has plenty of delicious pastries." She pointed her hoof towards the place. "They are most defiantly mouth watering, gut filling, sweet-tooth craving place in all of Equestria." Man, I was more hungry now then ever before. "They have all kinds of things. Cakes, cupcakes, doughnuts, things I don't even know the name ofs, and yes even muffins." She tapped her hoofs together and swaying her head from side to side, like she was counting, and my mouth watered a bit.

"Yup they have the best muffins ever!" She stood on her hind legs and put her front ones into the air. Her tail started to twitch. "Uh oh, twitchy tail." Fluttershy gasped and flew into the store almost as fast as Rainbow Dash, with Pinkie Pie right behind her. What is going on. I heard someone yell out, I looked up and saw a grey pegasus mare, with blond hair falling from the sky. I moved to catch her, grabbing her around her waist with my right arm and fell to one knee, barley managing not to topple over.

"Hey are you ok miss?" I looked at her, she had her eyes closed. She was wearing brown sattlebags with a letter on it. Her cutie mark was a couple of bubbles.

"Thanks mister, I almost crashed... again." She opened her eyes and looked at me... or I assume she did. Her eyes were crossed and looked every which way but at me. "Let me introduce myself, I'm Derpy Hooves, but you can just call me Derpy. I'm the mailmare, but I heard someone say muffins, and I forgot to flap my wings." She giggled a bit and put her hoof to her mouth blushed a bit.

I chuckled. "Hi Derpy, I'm Marshall. And me and my friends were about to get some muffins, want one?" She nodded her head, and I put her back on her feet. She looked inside her saddlebags, and frowned.

"I don't have any mail for you Marshall, sorry. Speaking of which, I don't think I ever seen you around here before." She tapped her hoof on her chin.

"Well, I'm not from around here. I'm from a place called Earth. I only came here a handful of days ago, so I would expect no mail. But if I ever get some, I will be staying at the library for the time being. Or just find me around, I stand out against ponies, seeing as how I'm human." I explained to Derpy as I opened the door for her.

Pinkie Pie was sitting at a table with Fluttershy. "Pinkie what was with the tail twitch?"

Pinkie looked over at me and giggled. "Well, when my tails twitchy, something is going to fall. And it did, Derpy fell. I call it Pinkie sense." She put her hoof to her chest. Well that's great, I guess.

"Well, I'm hungry, lets eat." I said and the three ponies nodded in agreement. Pinkie went through the doors to the kitchen and came back with eight blueberry muffins, and boy were they delicious. "Did you make these Pinkie. And do you work here?"

She laughed. "Ms Cake made these. And don't worry, these are on the house! Anyways her and Mr Cake own the store, I work here sometimes and I live upstairs. I also foal-sit for them from time to time." She picked up a muffin and ate it with one bite. I gave Derpy her two, she ate one but kept the other for later, putting it into her saddlebag, waving good bye as she left. We sat around talking and eating for about half an hour before Fluttershy got up and went to the market place.

"Well I best be going to Pinkie, I have to go to Rarity's and get another shirt for working at Sweet Apple Acres, but thanks for the muffins." I hugged her and she giggled.

"No problem Marshall, I have to get to work anyways." She waved good-bye as she went towards the kitchen. Never a dull moment around here. I walked around the town, toward Rarity's boutique. Some of the ponies whispering as I went by.

"That's Marshall, he defended Fluttershy and stepped up to Gilda." Word was already getting out about that? I shrugged it off their gossip and continued to Rarity's until a pony approached me.

"Hello, umm... are you Marshall?" I looked at her. She was a lighter aquamarine colour, her mane was a light cyan with white highlights, her eyes were a lighter brown/orange, and her cutie mark was a gold harp. I nodded, wondering why this pony was so interested in me. "Come on, I know you can talk. My name is Lyra Heartstrings." She had a wondering look in her eyes.

"Ye..yes I'm Marshall. Pleased to meet you Miss Heartstrings." She blushed a bit at my use of the formalities.

"Lyra is fine Marshall. So, you are a human right? I've never seen anything like you before." She circled me taking into detail every inch of my body. "You look strong, smart, and a little handsome." She giggled and I blushed a bit. What do you do when a pony says you're handsome and you never met her before. "And you're noble, standing up to Gilda like you did, coming to the defence of ponies." She almost poked me in the chest but I stopped her.

"Don't poke my chest please, I got a little hurt in my fight with Gilda, see." I pulled my shirt down at the neck a little to show my bandages. She gasped. "I'm fine now, and that bully won't be showing her face around here for a while." She nodded, half listening. She was staring intently at my fingers. Amazed, like the rest, but a little bit more, curiosity. I chuckled. "Yup, these fingers are pretty useful although, your magic is a lot more useful then my fingers."

She scratched her head with her hoof. "Well fingers do have a bonus." She leaned in towards me and whispered. "Would you mind scratching my mane a bit, I want to know what those fingers feel like. Pretty please." Damn ponies and their puppy dog looks, you couldn't say no to any of them.

"Fine." I laughed a bit, but trying to make it seem like a chore to do. She let out her own giggle, then a sigh as I ran my fingers through her mane. "That's the spot Marshall, hehe they feel funny, but so good." I rolled my eyes. What was it with ponies and my freaking fingers?

"Well, I have to get going to Rarity's place, I will see you later Lyra." I said while walking towards the Boutique, wanting to get my things done. She waved goodbye and went about her business as I headed to Rarity's again.

I soon arrived at Rarity's and opened the door, her little bell ringing as I did so. I heard her call from somewhere in the boutique. "Coming!" I looked around the place and seen all the different dresses she had. Some were big and frilly, some were smaller but still frilly. I looked over towards the sitting area and saw Sweetie Belle laying upside down with a frown her eyes closed, could of sworn she was sleeping.

I walked over to her and bent down. "Hey Sweetie Belle." I must of shocked her because she jumped and screeched a bit.

"Oh hey Marshall! What are you doing here?" Her voice cracking a bit, finally having someone to talk to her, instead of just laying there bored out of her skull. Her eyes filled with hope I wouldn't ignore her and entertain her for a bit.

"Well I need to ask Rarity to make as new shirt for my work, the last one got destroyed and I want one that I don't mind getting a little messy. Why aren't you with your friends?" She frowned and laid her head back on the seat, her ears flayed to her head.

"Apple Bloom is busy helping Applejack with apple things, and Scootaloo is busy learning to fly with Rainbow Dash. So I'm stuck here with Rarity." She laid her head in her hooves.

I was puzzled, and I looked around for Rarity. "But she is your sister, shouldn't you guys be doing something together?"

She sighed. "That's what everypony says, and I want to do stuff with her, but I just mess everything up. And her birthday is tomorrow and I want to do something special for her, but I don't know what. I've tried making her things, but every time I try, it ends badly." She pouted again.

"Well, what are you good at?" I sat next to her, hoping to help her find what she can do.

Sweetie Belle blushed a bit. "Well I like to sing, but I'm not sure I can sing in front of other ponies." Classic stage fright. I pet her mane from head, to the base of her neck.

"I can help you, I am a musician and I can help you not only write a song, but help you learn to sing in front of other ponies." I reassured her, hoping to get her out of the dumps.

She gasped. "You will?!" Her voice cracking a bit, as she jumped onto my lap and put her hooves on my stomach. I nodded, and she jumped off and started bouncing a bit. "Thank you, thank you, thank you Marshall! When should we get started?" She was very eager at hopefully being able to do something nice for her sister that didn't end badly.

"How about right after I'm done here? We need all the time we can get to make this song be the best it can be for Rarity. Meet me in the library in half an hour and we will get started." I beamed a smile at her, and she returned it.

"Do what for me?" Rarity came out from behind a curtain, her eye brow lifted as she walked towards us.

"Ah ah ah, can't tell you, it's a surprise." Sweetie Belle put her hoof in front of her and smiled. Rarity eeped and pulled back a bit. Jeez, no way one little filly trying to do something can be that bad, can it? "Don't worry, Marshall is going to help me." The little filly beamed up at me. Rarity's eyes following her sisters.

"Oh Marshall, nice to see you in better conditions, how are you dear?" She enquired, interested in how I was recovering.

"It is still tender, but I'm doing much better. Anyways, I have a question to ask you Rarity." She nodded and I continued. "As you know my last shirt was destroyed, I was wondering if you could make another, I need something for working at Sweet Apple Acres."

She swung her hoof in front of her. "Say no more, it shall be done. I just need you to follow me and I will get you sized up." Her grabbed my wrist in her mouth and walked towards her main design room. I looked back at Sweetie Belle and waved a little goodbye to her as I followed Rarity.

"Now then darling, what colour should we have you wear on the farm... hmm, blue? Yellow? How about red like the apples, or green like the grass." She started getting excited, as designs went though her mind.

"Umm, how about just a plain white shirt with the sleeves cut off?" I suggested, it would be as little clothes covering me as possible when I was working.

She thought about it for a moment. "Well, I guess. Does make sense. I will make you what you want dear. Please remove your shirt." She looked over the bandages, before she got to work, using her magic to pick up a pair of scissors, thread and cloth. She worked fast, getting the measurements, cutting, sewing and stitching all around her with barley any direct contact from her.

"That's awesome Rarity." I looked around, everything working together perfectly.

Rarity started singing, getting into it with just a shirt. Man she loves this job. "Piece by piece, snip by snip. Croup, dock, haunch, shoulders, hip. Thread by thread, primmed and, oops sorry, I forgot you were standing here dear." She blushed, and was set out of her trance. "Here, I am done." She flew the shirt over to me and was awesome.

It was light, and the wind could easily breath thorugh it, the perfect shirt to work on the farm. "Wow, thanks Rarity, now, how much is this?" I asked.

"Oh no no no no no, you saved Fluttershy, and perhaps more of us. And you got hurt doing so. This is free, my token of gratitude." She walked up to me, her white coat contrasted her blushing cheeks. "You were like a brave and heroic knight, I would of loved to see you heroically jump into the fray, putting your life on the line, I did saw the end of it, and you were a hero. Your wounds not stopping you from protecting us." She blinked slowly, and cracked a small smile.

"I just wanted to help my friend, I would of done the same for any of you. You girls mean the world to me. I couldn't imagine any of you getting hurt or worse yet, losing you girls." My eyes teared up. Rarity noticed and brought me a tissue.

"No need to cry Marshall, we are all still here, and we always will be." She paused and looked my in the eyes, they were sparkling a brilliant azure. "Would a hug make you feel better Marshall?" I nodded and I got on my right knee to be at the perfect level with her. She reared up on her hind legs and draped her left hoof over my right shoulder, and her right hoof under my left shoulder, keeping pressure off me as much as possible.

I soon felt better, and moved my arms away a bit. "No, I'm not ready for it to end, this is a perfect moment." She whispered in my ear. Before she started nibbling lightly on my ear lobe. Her tongue delicately licking it. The sensation sent tingles down my spine. I started to caress her mane, in slow but meaningful strokes.

"Seems like someone is a little frisky." I said to her.

She let out a small meep. "When I said we all love you Marshall, I meant it." She kissed me on the cheek and got off of me and took a couple of steps back. Her cheeks were flushed, her breathing was a bit heavy her mouth was agape and her tongue licked her dry lips.

I laughed a bit. "You weren't kidding eh Rarity." I flicked my tongue piercing around my lips, and she gasped.

"Is that what I think it is Marshall?" Her horn glowing lightly as she opened my mouth and saw it again "You do have a tongue piercing!" Her eyes became a bit glassy. I nodded and stuck it out for her to see on my own. Her horn stopped glowing, and she walked almost in a trance up to it and stared at it, licking her lips as she did so.

She stuck her hoof under my left leg and pulled it while she pushed my right shoulder and brought me to the ground. I looked up at her with questions racing through my head. "Please, I want to know what it feels like." She brought her lips closer so mine. I decided to take her up on this offer, but do it my way.

I grabbed her around her mid section and flipped her over, now I was the one on top. She yelped a bit, that turned into a small moan as I kissed her from her ear, to her neck then up to her nose. I stared her deep in the eyes, and she nodded. I slowly brought my face towards hers, she was practically squirming under me, perhaps never been the one underneath. Our lips touched and she wasted no time trying to drive her tongue into my mouth, but being a tease, I denied her any entrance. She let out sadder moans while she tried in vain to gain entry.

I finally gave her mercy and drove my tongue into her mouth. She was a bit taken back at this but soon go right into it. Our lips always moving against the others, our tongues swirling. I pushed the bottom of my piercing and let the top stick up an inch or so, as her tongue explored it. Licking around the top before swirling around the barbell. She moaned deep in her throat as she grabbed it lightly with her teeth and pulled my tongue out of my mouth. Once there she put her lips around it, and I stared at her as she practically sucked off my piercing. I let her continue for a couple of minutes until she stopped.

She panted sightly, cheeks completely red. "That was amazing Marshall, your lips feel amazing. And your piercing, it was so hot." She was lost in her own little world, imagining my barbell against her tongue.

"I never took you for one to lose her self control at all, but anyways, I have to meet Sweetie Belle in the library to get something ready for tomorrow." I got off of her and picked her up to her hooves. I put my shirt back on that I had discarded so she could measure me. "But I will catch you later Rarity." I picked up the new shirt she made me and waved goodbye and headed towards the library.

The walk to the library was a relative short one, now knowing my way around town made the trip much shorter. I soon was at the front door and heard voices from inside. I opened the door and saw Twilight sitting at a table with the Cutie Mark Crusaders; Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom. Sweetie Belle looked over to the door and gasped, she ran over to me as fast as her little filly legs could carry her. "Marshall!"

I bent down and picked her up and twirled her around. "How's my excited little filly doing?" I put her down giggling. She pointed to her friends.

"They are going to help me get over my stage fright, oh and Twilight too." The mare and the two fillies all nodded.

I smiled. "Well then, lets get started!" The thee fillies all jumped up and down, as we made our way to my room. My stuff all ready set up. I was puzzled, I didn't leave it like this.

"I set up your thing Marsh, hope you don't mind." Twilight said while bringing in four pillows for them all to sit on. I just love the way they sit, the hooves tucked in. It was adorable. We soon got under-way.

I started playing slowly so Sweetie Belle could get the feel. "Now, just sing what you think should go, and follow the guitar, Twilight will write down the words you sing and you can make adjustments as we go along." Sweetie Belle nodded

After a couple of hours, we stopped and Twilight made us some lunch. Sweetie Belle was eager to get back to the song, so she ate quickly, as did I not wanting to disappoint the little filly. We were in that room for hours, making the song just right. I even got some backing tracks on my laptop recording program. "There, this will be the ultimate party for your sister, and a great gift for her." Sweetie Belle hugged me and gave me a little kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks Marshall! I would of never got this done in time for Rarity." I ruffled my fingers through her mane.

"No problem Sweetie, now get home and get some sleep, you have a big day tomorrow. And try not to sing to hard, you don't want to wear out your vocal chords before tomorrow." She nodded before trotting out of the room. I laid back on my bed, taking a deep breath and relaxing myself.

I heard a knock on my door and Twilight walked in."She sure was happy, you have a way with ponies you know Marsh."

I yawned. "I managed to piece that together, but you aren't that different from humans, just your body shape. Your more human then pony. You have personalities, smarts, looks, feelings, and different attributes that make you all special individuals. You all have deep characters that make me feel right at home. I love you girls more then anything in Equestria, more then anything on earth for that matter."

She was half smiling, on the brink of tears. She approached me and got on the bed before hugging me. "You're the best Marsh, I never knew what you thought about us, I though we were just like ordinary people, from your world. But I know that all of us mean something to you, and I can say on behalf of everypony, you mean a lot to us."

I turned to her. "I need to ask you something, promise not to tell anypony?" I looked at her with pleading eyes.

"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Her hoof doing the actions her words said.

"I know of at two different ponies who said they loved me, and a couple more I suspect do. I don't know what to do, I love them all, and I don't want to hurt the others feelings when I choose one." She was a bit puzzled and a bit flustered.

"Well follow your heart Marshall, do what you want. I'm sure the others will understand, as long as you don't leave them. And you continue being their friends." She tried to reassure me, but being sightly sad I may not love her back.

"Hey Twi, I was awake that night you know." She gasped before ducking her head down, and she sniffled. "I love you all, I don't know which one of you I love most. You all mean so much to me and I don't want to make any of you sad." She started crying, but tried to keep it in, she was shaking, tears sliding down her face at the guilt. I put my finger under her chin and brought her face up.

She tried to look at me, her tears streaming down her face. Her eyes, completely watered, I almost started crying. "Don't cry Twi, I'm not mad at you, you had an urge and that is completly normal. Now come here." I pulled her close to me and just let her cry it out for a bit. I stroked her mane and shushed her, trying to get her to calm down some. "There there Twi, it's ok."

She took her head off my chest and looked at me. "I...I...I" She mumbled, bring her face closer to mine. I just let it happen, her lips touched mine in a gentle entrancement, our lips moving in wave like motions never stopping.I broke the kiss and she laid her head on my shoulder. I moved her down to the bed and started to remove my clothes so I could get some sleep. I got into my bed next to Twilight and she cuddled into my shoulder like Fluttershy did. She slid up and kissed me on the lips. "Thanks Marshall." she laid back down, my hand running over her mane and down to her flank, before I wrapped it around her mid-section and snuggled in close with her.

"Good night and sweet dreams Twilight, my little book worm." She giggled a bit at the little nickname. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep, anticipating what adventures awaited me tomorrow.