#28

I wasn't shocked when I found myself in front of K and Applejack, just the fact that he was passed out surprised me. I stared at Applejack resting on K's chest as they booth snoozed but K had a hoof printed on his forehead, how in the world did this happen? K wasn't one to be easily knocked out but Applejack must have thrown a fit after seeing the two stumps that now provided a good seat to rest on.

"Woah what happened here?!" Dash asked as she circled them and along with a concerned Flutters checking Applejack's breathing. Vinyl and her crew stood beside me as I picked up a guitar shell and studied it. It was well made and even had the right echo I expected as I knocked at it a bit, only thing that was surprising about it was how fast K created: He must have heard us speaking about it at the store or something.

"Looks like Applejack gave K quite a knock on the head," Vinyl responded as she levitated the second guitar shell and gave it some spins before gawking at its massive size. I looked at her as I emptied my pockets of the things I bought and began assembling the guitar, luckily these Tuners were made for just attaching and screwing on.

"This is huge…what are you doing?" Vinyl asked glancing at me placing the Tuners on the head of the guitar. Luckily, I had this wooden sword at my disposal that made it simple for me to screw on the screws. I leveled the Tuners with how the string would go.

"I'm trying to attach the Tuners, just need to get them precise and straight," I answered biting down on my tongue as I did my best to maintain the Tuner still to screw it in place. Vinyl quickly rose to my side and studied as I tried to screw on the tuner only to have it backfire by the massive length of the sword limiting my mobility. I cursed under my breath as her magic surrounded the screw and like that, she screwed it on.

"Need a hoof?" she kindly asked as she lifted up another tuner and handed it to me, I took it with a smile making her smile back with a light blush, "Thanks"

I placed the Tuner to the guitar and found the right spot for it. Vinyl quickly screwed it on and passed another to me and did the same pattern for the other four. Lyra and Bonbon stared at us as they giggled to each other, being behind us was a good place for them to be or else Vinyl would have noticed in an instant and boom you got trouble. I lifted the guitar head to mine and studied if it looked right, it did, it was ready for the strings but it needed a paint job, which I should've prepared for.

"Okay now, a paint job, then a polish, and last, the strings!" I excitedly exclaimed as I pretended to play some invisible strings and moved my fingers accordingly to a song in my head. Vinyl stared at me curiously along with Lyra and Bonbon who appeared by her side. I ignored them for the moment while I tried to get a feel for the guitar's shape, it was quite comfortable and would do perfectly for me.

I let my fingers smoothly glide up and down as I smiled the whole time, nothing will ever beat the joy a guitar brings. Right now, all my head could think of was songs that only I could master the vocals and skill to do maybe K too.

"What are you doing?" Lyra asked as he stared at my fingers, Vinyl and Bonbon did the same as they tilted their heads to get an angle/understanding of what I was doing. They were right to be giving me those looks; my fingers began acting on their own and actually thought they were playing something, I stopped them and tightened my hand into a fist to avoid doing that again until I had some strings on the guitar.

"Sorry about that, I must have thought I was actually playing!" I chuckled, they giggled along before Lyra quickly took all the attention. She smiled as she lifted the strings up to me and pushed them against my chest, I grabbed them as I stared curiously at her.

"What?"

She smiled gently as she used her magic to lift the guitar and indicated it with her hoof, both Vinyl and Bonbon quickly lit up with excitement as they nodded to each other. I didn't need an explanation after that, they wanted me to play something, painting could always wait. Without saying a word, I undid the knot that held the roll of strings together and evenly spread them out on the tree trunk next to me. All ponies except Dash and Flutters, who were trying to wake up both K and Applejack, observed me as I hovered my finger over the forty-seven cords and picked out certain ones.

I knew what to look for, it was like instinct by now for me to recognize the right type of string and the sound it would produce, I picked out the six strings in an instant.

"Got em!"

"Put them on! Put them on!"

"Patience Lyra, patience" I calmed her as I placed the guitar flat on my lap as I began to place the strings on the guitar, it was almost crazy how intense it felt to be placing one string at a time but I endured it. Lyra had me on my edge with how intently she studied me as I slowly connected the strings to the suspenders and Tuners, she tilted her head side to side curiously as she tried to find out how it would look. Vinyl and Bonbon seemed to have these irreversible smiles as they stared at me connect string after string. I smiled as I placed the last line on and tightened the tuner on it, it was almost like fireworks had gone off as I lifted the guitar in accomplishment.

"TA-DA! IT IS DONE!"

"What?" Flutters and Dash responded as they turned to me.

"YAY!" Lyra harmoniously screamed as she shook Bonbon violently. Vinyl stared at the guitar curiously before running her hoof over all the strings to reveal a broken sound, she flinched a bit before doing it again.

"Yeah, it needs to be tuned," I claimed as I turned the guitar back to a playing position, Vinyl lifted her shades as she watched me play with the first string. I listened closely as I plucked it several times and turned the tuner, slowly and slowly it got to the right deep note I expected. I knew how to tune a guitar, I had done this so much it was child's play. She lit up with excitement again as I finally struck the string and the smooth note flowed through every pony making them all quiver a bit.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" K quickly yelled as he reanimated and launched Applejack a few feet away from him, Applejack quickly sprung up too as she had her own way of phrasing what K said, "What the hay was that!?"

Dash and Flutters also expressed their surprise as well as I strung the same note again, they all quivered again as expected, it was such a powerful note. I smiled as I quickly got surrounded by everyone and as I began on the second note, they all expressed their interest but I ignored them as I tuned this cord.

"Shh…let Ben concentrate!" Vinyl hushed them as I continued plucking the string, it was difficult to do the high pitches but it was walk in the park now that it was silent. K leaned over my shoulder as he stared at me tune, while all the other ponies stared at my fingers work diligently. After a few more checks I finally got the right tune, it was a bit crazy how they shivered when the heard me pluck a perfectly tuned string.

I continued tuning in silence until I got to the last one, the last one was a strong one, it practically hypnotized them. K quickly reached out a leg to catch Flutters from tipping over before he did the same for everypony except Vinyl.

"Come on you, stand straight!" K demanded as he tried to get Lyra to stand but she was stunned frozen.

"Wait up K I got this," I said as I placed my fingers according to a pattern and placed my hand over the first note and teased to strum down. Vinyl looked up at me surprised as I strung it once. I sighed deeply as the forest of apple trees became frighteningly quiet and I strummed the first two strings then the first three and back to two in a pattern. I strung it so slowly I could feel the sound ring in my ears and tease me to go faster. The sound was slow and mellow "the sound of silence", a very sad and beautiful piece of music.

"Woah…" Vinyl whispered as she placed her hooves on my lap and stared at me play the same few notes. I smiled at her reaction, I was going to give her a great little show, without warning I quickly switched the fingers on the neck and played a faster sound and strummed all six cords in a pattern. Vinyl jumped a bit, her mouth trembling as I began playing in this one dance song I knew "American Pie", the fast pace combined by how insane my fingers must have looked made me believe the look on Vinyl's face. I continued on hitting every note perfectly, I found it frightening that I could play at such a speed but my fingers refused to listen and quickly hit a new scheme of notes. This new scheme made Vinyl tremble to the point she couldn't stand and let herself sit down.

I smiled as I slowly returned to the depressing tone of earlier and slowly came to a stop with a final high note. I sighed deeply as I strummed the high note once more to end it, ending my guitar riff. I closed my eyes before basking in the beautiful silence of my surroundings before getting a quick pat on my shoulder.

"Looks like you don't need any practice," K chuckled as he removed his leg causing all ponies to fall on each other like a row of dominoes. I looked over to Vinyl, she was lost in a daze, staring at me with her eyes refusing to blink. I waved my hand over her face and quickly snapped my fingers making her jump and fall on her back.

"Wha-what kind of magic is that!?" Vinyl quickly asked springing up to her hooves and aiming a hoof at me like I had done something wrong. I laughed, what else was there to do, she suspected I was using magic to enhance the sound.

"That is the magic of the guitar, never underestimate it!" I exclaimed as I quickly strummed three notes in a beautiful order. Vinyl quickly shivered again as the sound made its way around her pony body, real music does that to anyone/pony.

"Why does it sound so…so-"

"Moving?" K finished for her, she looked at him and nodded, "Yeah"

"When music is played with a purpose…it does that," I wisely stated as I looked down at her. She must have heard Jesus speaking because she was about as passionate about music, she was a DJ after all.

"That…MAKE SO MUCH SENSE!" She yelled out with a huge smile as she jumped from the excitement. She was being cute again, then again when isn't she. I laughed a bit as I nodded my head and agreed with her.

"That…was…so…beautiful!" Lyra whimpered sniffing between her words as she returned from her paralysis, she was raining tears and was completely soaked with them. I widened my eyes in shock as it seemed that the rest were the same way, was it really that strong?

"Are Y'all alright?" Vinyl asked them as she stared at them, they all looked at her sternly, "HOW CAN YOU NOT CRY!?"

"I don't kn-WHAT THE!?" Vinyl responded before tears began dripping from her eyes as well, she used her hoof to rub her eyes and then stared at her moist hoof in shock. I was beyond shocked, there was nothing to explain what the hell was happening but it appeared that the music I played was way too strong for them and now I had a bunch of crying ponies.

"How did this happen?" K asked as he sat down on the trunk beside me, he wasn't crying like the rest but he was awfully confused. I took a hunch at the question, it seemed to fit in perfectly.

"Looks like they've never heard music like ours,"

"What do you mean? They gotta DJ!" K argued but he was skeptical about what he said, I helped him fill in the gaps.

"Yeah, but they've never heard our type of music,"

"Oh…our type," K agreed as he nodded and turned to the crying ponies. They had calmed down a bit but the tears refused to stop.

"Ya done made me cry now!" Applejack chuckled a bit as she wiped away those tears and smiled widely. I smiled back as I lifted myself off the trunk and stared at the barn that was just down the patch of trees.

"If that makes you cry, I can't tell what will happen if I sing the lyrics," I taunted making them back away a bit. I spun the guitar like my sword and aimed it at them, they stared curiously at it as I grinned.

"Prepare yourselves, I'm gonna give Canterlot a spectacle they won't forget!"

It was strangely and awkwardly quiet in this forest of apple trees, Applejack and Vinyl stood there in front of me being silent and nervous about breaking the silence. K had taken all the other ponies with him, they refused at first but eventually gave in as K winked and signaled them to move along: after that, they disappeared. I looked up at the two ponies in front of me, both very awkwardly quiet and refusing to speak. I wondered why I was left here with these two but I knew that I wouldn't have to wait too long for it as Applejack flashed a slight look of depression that sent a shock through my back.

"Ben…I need to talk to ya,"

Oh no, I knew where this was going, I was either going to be forced to remember something or rethink life. Nonetheless, I nodded and allowed her to proceed, keeping the slightly depressed atmosphere.

"How did ya ever adjust so quickly?"

I looked up at her, this was something I could've answered on the spot if it weren't for how she said it. She had this tone that forced me to rethink my life through the perspective of someone else, someone totally more humane. To say the least, I was dumbfounded by the question, and I could feel a strange swirling in my stomach ruining my mood.

"What…do you mean?"

"How many days have ya been here?"

"A few days…only…" I responded as I widely opened my eyes at such a realization, I had barely spent a week here and I was already into this new life. I felt like I was going to lose my mind as I recalled the first day I got here, "Not even a week…"

"How could ya just abandon your old life like that?" She asked a bit passionately as she whimpered a bit at the end. I was touched, there was no way of explaining this strange feeling of mistake, I felt my head shrink and I couldn't think about anything. I tried to speak but nothing came out as I quickly placed my hand around my neck and massaged the lump that formed.

"It's weird…but…I never really made up my mind about life," I coldly stated as I shook my head and looked down at the grass. Both ponies in front of me moved closer and seemed to feel something as they asked what I meant. I felt something strange rush through me like I had made a huge mistake and couldn't ever return to the past to fix it.

"I'll tell you something, I don't know why, but I hope you understand me when I tell you this," I prepared them to listen to something depressing, they looked at each other before gulping down and nodding. I nodded back unwillingly as I cleared my throat.

"Okay…listen closely…Ever since I got here, I was nothing but a blank canvas. I never believed I had a meaning in life, I murdered and did unexplainable things not ever considering the consequences. My mom and dad passed away…and I didn't feel a thing, no matter how much I tried to cry, I couldn't!" I rose my voice a bit making them feel a strange regret, wishing they never asked. I would've stopped but I had to get this out of me.

"I was broken, I had nothing but the urge to start over! I nearly killed myself one time because I couldn't stand it anymore!"

They gasped as I shivered to say more, I was really on edge, I wasn't the one to reflect this deeply.

"But something stopped me, something crazy happened! I felt a strange joy overwhelm me as I imagined a world where I could fit in, where I could use my body as a sacrifice that would count towards something! That day, that moment, I knew that there was to be a better meaning to life than what I was doing…but,"

"bu-but…what?" Vinyl asked shivering a bit as she neared me a bit closer, she was close enough for me to pet her mane. I gulped down heavily as I placed my hand over my chest.

"That day… I walked out my home and found someone there, he had a weapon, a lethal weapon. Just when I was happy to know there was something more to life…

I lifted my fingers and made finger pistol as I imitated those exact word I heard, this was confidential to me but I was going to let it out, I had no regrets.

"he said to me, "Life isn't for you kid" and…

I mimicked a gun being shot with my fingers.

"I felt life happen all over again from when I was a child to then, that was…the only time…I cried,"

They gasped and sobbed as I admitted to it, I had cried before, it wasn't a secret anymore. I wish I could cry again like that, but it was hard. Could I get any more emotional? Yes, I could, but for their sakes, I'll start going uphill.

"I felt it for a few seconds but that was the happiest I had ever been, you wouldn't understand how it felt to remember when I was happy and feel it…I know it's sad but then it gets sadly better, in a flash I opened my eyes and found myself in a forest of nightmares. For the moment, I didn't remember what had happened but I remember it now."

"Right there I meet Dash…the pony that opened this new world to me, I wish I could express how many "thank you(s)" I would love to show her. If it wasn't for her, I would probably not be who you see today, that day, when I first saw that shade of blue and rainbow, I knew something new was going to come up and I couldn't be any happier,"

"That is why I adjusted so fast…I wish I could say that I left so much behind but I didn't, forgive me for being so deep about it…I'm just glad I have this opportunity to make a better something out of my life," I sighed deeply as I fiddled around with a guitar string, I had never said this to anyone but it was safe to say it now. I grasped the guitar strings with one hand as I tightened the lump on my chest; I wanted to say this since I first met them and now I could, to these two at least.

"I love all of you, I wish…I wish could show how much I love all of you, I love you! you! and everypony! This is my new life, and I'd rather be dead than not know any of y'all, so please…I'm here…right now…to live," I ended on a passionate note, those words came out so smoothly I didn't recognize my own voice. All the stress I had felt peeled off and I could safety breath again, knowing I didn't have to say anymore. Both Vinyl and Applejack sobbed heavily as they cried onto each other, they were not used to such words; if I recall correctly these ponies where more peaceful…some of them at least, and probably have a limit I bypass every time I speak emotionally.

"How…did you ever…get over that?!" Vinyl asked me, whimpering as her shades hit the grass, she didn't mind the shades and wiped her tears away. I smiled widely, I knew exactly how to respond to this. I leaned forward and picked up her shades, she glanced at me as she continued whimpering.

"With friends like you, that question makes no sense," I claimed as I handed her shades back, she put on a smile that said "thank you" and "I love you". I nodded as she lifted the glasses from my hands and placed them behind her horn, she had no intention in covering her eyes.

I chuckled a bit as I turned to Applejack, she had that wavy smile these ponies get as she tried to convince me she was fine; she wasn't. If it weren't for being emotionally broken and still dropping tears like a rainy day, she would be fine. I reached my hand out to her hat, which had fallen off, and handed it to her. This time her wavy smile turned into a "real" smile, she reached out for it and flicked it onto her head.

"Thanks, I don't know how…but you got a way to with mares," She quietly eased out with a distracted smile. I've been told that before, but never has it meant so much till now, real emotion takes pride to show and she has all that. I rose up from the trunk and smiled towards them before looking at the endless array or trees, I still thought about everything I said, I had no regrets, maybe later but my attitude kept shouting "oh, what the hell!"

"Thanks, that means a lot comin' from you," I thanked, she gave a small nervous sway as she adjusted her attitude.

"Yer welcome"

I sighed deeply as I stared at the guitar before using my foot to flick it up and into my hands. Both Vinyl and Applejack stared at me as I bit down on my tongue and strung a string, something strange had happened when the instrument hit my hand…an urge. I coughed a bit to see if I could rid the tickle behind my throat but it didn't work.

"Are you okay?" Vinyl asked a bit concerned, I nodded back to her and chuckled a bit as I finally shook away the strange feeling.

"Yeah, just got the strangest urge to sing…weird,"

They both flashed looks at me before giggling, they knew how to get my attention: I didn't like feeling left out. I looked down at them as they turned to me and gave me these smiles that were so unexpected they kinda terrified me, they were just crying their hearts out: now it looked like they had barely shed a tear.

"What's with that? Did I miss something?"

"It's funny to think ya sing,"

They done stabbed me right in the feels, I was excellent in singing and imitating voices, there was no reason to think I couldn't sing. I grinned a bit as I gain a new urge, the urge to show off.

"How so?"

"I don't know, you just don't look like the singing type," Vinyl giggled making me cough out a bit as I prepared to mimic the one they can't mock, next one to speak will get a hint. I chuckled a bit as I turned away from them and coughed a bit more, I needed a well-prepared throat or I'll just be hitting the voice all wrong.

"Exactly! Ya may-"

"You shouldn't mock those you don't know enough about," I interrupted, looking over my shoulder at them. They both had wide eyes with their hooves in the air like they had been caught doing something wrong.

"We're sorry yer majesty!"

"Yeah!"

Looks like my impersonation worked well, I turned to them laughing my heart out at their expressions. They both lowered their hooves as they turned to me suspiciously, I lowered my laugh to a simple grin as I winked at them playfully.

"Now, now, you shouldn't be too afraid of your princess" I replied using Celestia's voice, they both widened their eyes again as they quickly tackled me to the ground. I didn't realize how quickly they actually did it but I was on the ground and Applejack stared ferociously at me and Vinyl held me down with her magic. I smiled nervously as I stared up to Applejack before she gave me a good one right on the nose.

"YA MEAN TO TELL ME WE WERE SPEAKING TO YOU INSTEAD OF BEN!?"

Okay maybe I put too much Celestia in that impersonation but I really wasn't expecting her to take it this far. I quickly snapped out of the impersonation and returned back to my normal voice as I placed my hand in front of her hoof, stopping another bop to my face.

"CHILL OUT! I was just playing around!" I yelled out it catching her hoof, it stung my palm a bit. Her widened eyes said it all as she stopped putting pressure to her hoof and nervously stared at me.

"Wha? How…did ya? Your voice…"

"Yeah! I can impersonate voices, geez!" I exclaimed as I let her hoof go, she smiled weakly as she rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. I was still pinned to the ground by Vinyl's magic, all I could move was my hands and arms, the rest of my body was locked.

"Oh…why did-ya do that!?" She asked stomping a hoof on my chest, I took a sharp breath as I caught my breath from leaving me: It was strange her hoof was so damn soft and now it was hard like a stone. I did my best to lift my head to look up at her but gave up on trying when the magic exhausted my neck.

"Well, you mocked my singing, so I thought I could've shown you two something but…as you can see, that didn't up so well,"

She gave me a chuckle before looking down at me with a smile, it was always strange when I was towered over by these ponies. I smiled back unwillingly and asked what that smile was about, she giggled as she neared my face and I got an extremely close up view of her eyes. She stared into my eyes as I stared into hers, I was lost and nervous and that equaled something not so good.

"Okay…now…how about you let me go from this magic?" I kindly requested, nothing happened but I did look up to see Vinyl staring down at me as well with a friendly smile that didn't really help the mood. I was a bit freaked, I couldn't move and I had two unpredictable ponies staring at me.

"When will we get to have some fun with you?"

I glanced at Vinyl quickly. I was blank again, there was no way I could've guess that question at the moment. I smiled at her as I gulped down heavily and chuckled faintly.

"Oh, I don't know, you decide…" I responded trying to not answer the question, but I would regret that immediately. Her eyes widened with joyful-curiosity as she neared me a bit closer, now her eyes were at scaled with Applejack's. Applejack also had the same expression. Maybe that wasn't the best way to approach the question.

"Really?!" She asked excitedly, I didn't know if to say no or yes, both had outcomes that I didn't want…okay, maybe I did want one. I exchanged glances between Applejack and Vinyl, both expected something out of me: I couldn't turn them down.

"Umm…sure, I guess…but not today," I returned, they gave each other a devious smile before they giggled a bit, I didn't like that look.

"But ya said we decide…didn't ya?"

"Well…yeah but-"

"Then we get to decide, no?"

"Yeah…"

Okay, now I was really unsettled, I was either gonna find a way to get rid of this magic or speak my way out of it…time for some physical action! I quickly moved my eyes up to Vinyl as I saw her horn glowing, the idea hit me immediately: Maybe if I distract her, I might be able to escape this bind.

Without a second thought, I reached my free hand up to her horn and gripped it firmly.

"Gotcha!"

She froze immediately as her blush erupted and her face radiated heat, Applejack quickly jumped off my chest and hid by my side. I ignored it as I refused to let her pin me to the ground again, she trembled as she clenched her teeth and stared at me with one eye half open.

"Please…let me go!" She moaned out as I quickly stood up and held her over the ground by her horn. She panted out slow breaths of ecstasy as she brought her hanging hind hooves up and recoiled her body. I wasn't completely lost but even then, I had good enough knowledge to know she wasn't going to free herself.

"Nice blush, but why is it there?" I playfully asked, it was obvious that she was stimulated by me grabbing her horn, this was something new. She continued with moaning as she tried to conjure up some magic but it only resulted in small sparks going off at the tip of her horn. I grinned as gripped her horn tighter and pulled her up to my face.

"Does this arouse you?"

She trembled as she let out her answer between moans, "ye…yes,"

"How long can you go on like this?"

She quickly gulped down as she quickly recoiled her body even more and began looking like a ball of fur. I quickly cocked an eyebrow as she let out a small yelp and covered her mouth instantly. I widened my eyes a bit with a toothy smile as I quickly let her fall onto my other arm, finally letting go of her horn. She panted slowly as her breathing stabilized and she slowly opened her eyes again.

"Not long I guess…what the?"

I wondered what the warm liquid I was feeling on my hand was, no more explanation need. I looked down at her a bit shocked and she looked up at me exhausted from what I would call "foreplay" and shivered out a few words, "Why…can't I get mad at you?"

I chuckled and made a turn for Applejack, she stared at us like we made her look like a third wheel. Like that my attitude changed from being playful to being a bit nervous, her look would make anyone feel guilty.

"Oh…sorry about that, that was uncalled for," I apologized scratching the back of my head with one hand and exposing Vinyl who had her tail between her legs to her. Applejack looked up at me before looking towards my torso as a thin line of liquid dripped from my hands and to the ground. Okay! Now I really didn't know what to say, this was just too complicated now; how do I explain a wet pony to another pony? My hand was loaded with her juices all I could do was cup it for now until I could get rid of it.

"Umm…as you can see, horns the key to arousing unicorns!"

"I can see that, but…I don't have one…"

"Eh?"

I didn't understand for the first few seconds but her sudden look of disappointment filled it all in. As surprising as it seemed, I guess I could say I expected her to feel like that, when Flutters knew about Luna and Dash about Flutters it was all the same. Even if she was disappointed my specialty was comforting others in hard times and I've never failed at it.

"No worries, you don't need one!" I comforted, she quickly lit up with a smile as she jumped a bit and aim a hoof into the sky.

"Yer right! Dashie and Flutter Shy don't have one!"

"Yeah…wait a minute…you know?!" I asked a bit surprised, she blinked a few timed before lowering her hoof and nervously smiling at me. I smiled back but the question lingered.

"Yeah…" She answered rolling her eyes to look at a tree in the distance, I chuckled a bit as I placed a hand to my side and continued holding Vinyl in the other. She added one last comment to her answer, "I never expected my friends to attach so quickly but I guess I did too, wait till Twilight finds out, oh, you're gonna have a serious conversation with her!"

"Hmm…she has a horn…"

"Okay now, hold it there! Twilight might have one but she's a bit-"

"She has a horn…"

"Yeah…I know…but she's a bit…overprotective!"

"But…she has a horn…"

"I'm really not goin' to convince ya, am I?"

"Nope!"

We both broke into laughter before some crackling among some leaves were heard behind us. We slowly slowed our laughter to some slight chuckles as we turned to the source of the sound, our chuckled became silence when two voices emerged from the thick tree line, a mare and stallion's.

"I smell love, that way!"

"SLOW DOWN DEAR!"

I fully turned my body to the source as we all stared curiously at the line of trees, waiting for something to appear. Applejack had a raised eyebrow like I did and Vinyl had dozed off guess that was bound to happen with how tired she looked.

After a few seconds of rustling, I took a step back as a bush in front of us rustled violently and something prepared to emerge.

"Oh look, an apple!"

"That's nice, honey"

They were speaking from behind the bush and I was already impatient enough, I cupped my free hand and put it up to my mouth.

"Hello!?"

In a few seconds, two heads appeared from the bush and I quickly jumped a bit at their sudden appearance. A pink mare and a white stallion…that white one bears a strange resemblance to somepony. I tiled my head to get a better view of them but the pink one quickly jumped out the bush, her mane was all rustled and she was covered in leaves, most importantly she was an Alicorn. She smiled widely as she magically appeared in front of me with an excited smile.

"Aww, look at that, her tail is between her-"

"Woah…what is that!?" the white stallion interrupted as he looked up at me, I stared down at him and exchanged looks between him and the pink Alicorn. The pink one was fancily dressed like her presumable fiancé, if he uses words like those then that must mean something.

"Come on Shiny! Look at how cute she looks!"

"Uh…yes dear, maybe you should respect the fact she's-"

"Don't worry, I've got this!"

I quickly retreated a step as her horn glowed, I wasn't taking a chance even though I could easily see she was trustworthy. She gave a slight giggle as she used her smile to convince me to take a step forward.

"Applejack is this your pet?" She asked making me quickly jump back and return back with a defensive argument.

"PET!?"

"EKK! IT CAN SPEAK!?" She screeched as she quickly teleported behind her stallion. The stallion was about as shocked as she was but he knew better than to retreat and looked behind himself at her and back at me and Applejack smiling a bit embarrassed.

I quickly looked at Applejack who seemed about as confused as I was and then at the couple in front of me. The pink one emerged to the stallion's side and chuckled nervously as the stallion chuckled a bit too. No doubt about it, the stallion reminded me of somepony, and the pink mare reminded me of something else too.

"I'm no pet, but the name's Ben!" I replied back with a smile hoping to find a way into conversation, they looked at each other before nearing me a bit closer and staring at me and back at Applejack. Applejack was stunned into silence as she studied the two new ponies.

"How did you get her like that?" The pink one asked as she used her magic again, I quickly looked at her and at Vinyl, she was still asleep. In almost a few seconds I felt my hand dry up, she cleaned it up. I ignored what she did and decided to keep her at shore with her question.

"Umm…do I have to answer that?"

"You don't have to, it just brings back the fun times! Shiny remember that time in Luna's bedroom!?"

"Yes…dear"

"How about Celestia's!?"

"Please dear…they don't need to know that much!"

She leaned in closer to me and giggled a bit as she whispered something to me, but she clearly had no intentions of telling a secret with how loudly she said it.

"He doesn't want to speak about it because Celestia wasn't happy with her newly painted bedsheets…"

"PLEASE, NOT IN FRONT OF TWILIGHT'S FRIENDS!"

I really didn't know anything about what was going on besides these two were kinky as hell. I looked down at Applejack but she was completely frozen in place, I guess I could see how. I back looked up at the couple and sighed before chuckling to myself.

"Looks like I need to up my game…"