It has been three days since Rune barricaded himself into his room, much to Dusk's concern for his friend. Dusk wrote another letter to Princess Luna, only to be told the same thing. "Young Rune will leave the room when he is done with his plotting." Dusk finished reading Princess Luna's response. Dusk walked back and forth, an indent slowly forming in the hall outside Rune's room.

"Why are you so worried?" Spike asked, all awhile munching on some assorted gems in a popcorn bag. "Princess Luna said Rune will be fine."

"I know what she said." Dusk interjected. "But I don't feel comfortable knowing that Rune isn't bothering to even tell us what he's doing." Dusk began trotting back and forth, in worry, again. "Its been three days and I haven't even seen him eat."

"Never you worry about Rune." Trixie interrupted, using her magic to levitate a pan of frying eggs. "The Great and Powerful Trixie doesn't wish to see her mentor so worried." She walked towards Dusk, attempting to comfort him. "I'm sure Rune is fine, worrying about him won't help him." Trixie then tried nuzzling her face against Dusk's neck. "Or you."

Before Dusk could respond. An unlocking sound broke the mood. Dusk quickly turned, ignoring Trixie, and saw Rune's door slowly opened. Out of the abyss of the dark room, a faint blur emerged from the darkness. It was Rune, exhausted with a straggly, unkempt mane almost covering the black under his eyes, a sign he hasn't slept in those few days.

"Rune!" Dusk shouted, heading to Rune. "Are you okay? You locked yourself in your room without any word of what you were doing....or planning."

Rune didn't respond, if anything he looked blank. No expression in his eyes, nor any attempt to speak.

"Rune? Rune?!" Dusk said, now shaking Rune's head back and forth frantically. Suddenly a snot bubble formed from Rune's nose, in addition to faint snores. He fell asleep. "RUNE!!!!!!!!!!!" Dusk shouted. Then the bubble popped.

"Hey Dusk." Rune yawned. "How long have you been there?"

SMACK

Dusk leaves a lovely, yet massive bump on Rune's head. "I was so worried about you and that's you have to say. After three days?" Dusk shouts, staring at the injured Rune.

"Wait." Rune struggles to utter back. "I have the answer."

Dusk stopped, looked back confused. "What answer?" Rune then gets up, and gestures Dusk to follow him into his room.

When Dusk enters the room, he is.....well incapable of describing how he feels. The room was covered, wall to wall, ceiling to floor in countless parchments, scrolls and pages. All written notes. It was sloppy, yet somehow organized.

"Wha-what is all this?" Dusk asks.

"I have thought of everything." Rune responded. "Remember how I reacted to all those mares that want you? Well I thought to myself; 'How can Dusk sort it out, there's no way he could handle six mares at once. Yes orgies are nice and all but I don't think he has the stamina.' So I decided to help you pick one to be your own. Be it super special somepony, girlfriend or even friends with benefits, I will help you pick her out."

Dusk was half-way speechless. "How much did you write....or plan?" He asked his close to demented friend.

"Everything." Rune said with a twitchy eye and creepy grin. "Everything from watching the sunset, to impregnation. From a lovely dinner to raining, flaming cheese wheels. I have planned everything, there is nothing I haven't thought of."

'I'm terrified of the frightful headway or even how good a scholar he'd be if he focused all this energy into studying important subjects.' Dusk thought to himself.

"So here's what we're gonna do." Rune announced to Dusk. "I've already written the invitations for your mares, I just need them delivered and all of them here, then we can act."

Dusk took a couple steps back. "What are you gonna do?" He questioned, worried about what Rune will say as an answer.

"Nothing you need to worry about." Rune smiled. His horn glowed, causing the door to slam shut.

Dusk quickly turned his attention towards the door, even more worried. "Rune?"

WHACK

Dusk was now unconscious. A smiling Rune stood over him, with a large book, rope and a mouth gag floating in the air via magic.

"Shhhh." Rune whispered to Dusk. "Sleep tight, leave everything to me."

After several minutes of silence, Rune leaves the room, leaving Dusk bound and tied up in the room.

"Spike?" Rune asks the young dragon. "Could you deliver some letters for me?"

Spike looked at Rune. "Why? What for?"

"Don't worry about that." Rune quickly replied. "If you hurry, I'll give you this." He uses his magic to reveal a massive sapphire.

Spike's eyes were massive, as if he has stared into the face of some god. Without speaking, Spike quickly grabbed the letters, and bolted out the door.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes to know what you are planning." Trixie asked the distrustful looking Rune.

Rune smiled at her. "Oh don't worry. If this all works out, you may have Dusk all to yourself today." He then winked at her. That's all Trixie needed to hear to not ask any further.

A few hours later, Spike returned. Not a moment after walking through the doorway, Spike leaps towards the sapphire, and merrily skips off with it. He'll be occupied for several hours.

"Now I wait." Rune said to himself, confident in his plan.

It didn't take long before the guest arrive. First came Applejack, then Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy.

"So why did you call me here?" The five mares asked.

"Well, I was thinking to myself." Rune started. "Dusk seems to be so popular with the ladies, but he seems to have done almost nothing to promote a relationship." There were faint nods among the mares. "So I thought I'd help Dusk decide. Dusk will date each and everyone of you today, and decide which among you should have him for herself."

"Where do you get off saying that?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"How dare you think you could force Dusk against his will." Rarity stated.

"How would you even pull that off? There isn't enough time today." Pinkie Pie asked.

"I have already planned all this out." Rune said in a prideful chuckle. "Watch."

Rune's horn began to glow a dark orange, and slowly warping into a light indigo. Suddenly a flash of light emitted as a small blue orb appeared at the tip of the horn. Slowly the orb began to expand, wider and wider, swallowing everything around it. Quickly the growing orb swallowed the ponies, but nothing seemed to of happened. Everything was the same. Outside the library, not a single pony noticed the now massive dome enveloping everything. But the newly formed blue dome stopped at the borders of Ponyville.

Everypony in the room was shocked, confused, maybe even terrified.

"What was that, what did you do?" All six mares asked at once.

"I made the perfect date." Rune said, short of breath and began to shake and losing strength.

Before the mares could respond, Dusk had his horn glow again, but this time, six Dusk Shines materialized out of thin air.

"Now, I have with me six Dusks." Rune started explaining. "One for each of you. Each Dusk is an exact clone of the original. To make this work, the original Dusk had to be spit six ways. Don't worry, Dusk will be fine when the spell wears off, he'll just be a little tired. The dome around us goes as far as the edge of Ponyville, now you all can go on a date with Dusk with no problems."

Despite being confused, a slight curious Rarity asked. "How can we date six Dusks at once? Wouldn't the townsponies ask questions?"

"Good question." Rune professed. "Inside this library, all six Dusks are visible as well as you six mares. But the moment you leave this place, all you ponies will be unable to see, hear, touch or interact in anyway with the other one. This is so no mare can ruin another mare's date. Since each Dusk is the same as the other, none of you have any advantage off the bat. He has all his memories, personality traits and all physical specifications all intact."

'Is this the same stallion that i saw a few days ago?' All six mares asked themselves.

"I don't like this." Pinkamena told her other half. "There is no way he is telling the truth. No pony has this much magical powers."

Pinkie Pie stuck out her bottom lip toward her alter ego. 'Just go along with it. Pwetty pwease.'

Pinkamena did her best to try and ignore it. But Pinkie was stubbornly determined. "Fine fine, I'll go with it. I'll just stay out of this one." With that, Pinkamena faded back into a far corner of their shared mind.

"Now for some ground rules." Rune continued to profess. "Rule Number One: You must stay withing the town limits of Ponyville, the spell only works that far. Rule Number Two: This spell was very hard for me to pull off so it could only last for a few or even several hours, so keep that in mind. Rule Number Three: Whatever you do with Dusk, is between you and him, no pony is allowed to interfere. Now does everypony agree to these terms? As long as you follow the rules, you are free to do whatever you feel, Dusk is all yours for the day."

A twinkle shone in the eyes of all the mares. They all nodded with faint smiles on most of their faces.

"Let the date begin." Rune shouted.

With that, each Dusk began walking with each mare. and true to Rune's word, the moment they left the library, they saw that no other Dusk nor mare accompanying him was in sight.

With all six mares now gone, Rune finally was able to sit down. His body was trembling, muscles aching, head throbbing. He felt horrible and in pain, not for a single moment did Rune think that this plan would work, or at least he wasn't sure whether or not he could maintain the dome and have six Dusks out at once. Getting up, Rune made his way towards his room, he opened the door and looked at the real Dusk, unconscious, tied and gagged.

"Don't worry Dusk." Rune smiled, yet very short of breath. "This is all for you. With this, we can figure out which mare is right for you."