Berry Punch, Fiddlesticks, and Junebug were running back to the house as fast as they could all the while laughing at their success. They returned home and headed for where their master was sleeping. Fiddlesticks went in first as she greeted her master with a bow. Berry Punch and Junebug followed in after her and gave their own bows. Junebug spoke to her master first on how she was able to get Lemon Hearts without any problems. Night Slash nodded to her and congratulated her. Fiddlesticks then went up and shared her story on how she got Amethyst Star and Night Slash was very proud of her. Colgate came into the house as Berry Punch was sharing her story and she could tell that she was leaving out the important part. Colgate entered her master’s bedroom very furious.

“I see that Berry Punch has shared her success but I would like to add one other thing to her story.” Berry Punch was looking at Colgate with worry in her eyes. Night Slash looked at Colgate and gestured for her to continue.

“She was able to get Silver Spanner but in a more than less subtle way. She slammed her head on the desk causing her to black out. Luckily though she doesn’t have any serious trauma but she could have been seriously hurt.” Upon hearing this Night Slash got up from the bed much from the other mares trying to keep him in the bed and walked over to Berry Punch. Berry Punch could see the anger that was in his eyes and she knew that he had every right to be angry with her. Berry Punch did the only thing that she could do at this moment and got on her knees when Night Slash reached her.

“Please master forgive me. I was doing the only thing I thought that would be helpful. I will do anything to have your forgiveness and I promise to do whatever you say.” Berry Punch was pleading as much as she could wanting her master to forgive her. She was pleading so much that she was starting to cry. Fiddlesticks noticed this and went next to Berry Punch doing the same thing she was doing.

“Please master give Berry Punch you forgiveness. I will do whatever you say along with Berry if it will allow you to forgive her.” Fiddlesticks was on her knees next to Berry Punch but avoiding his gaze for fear of what he may do. Junebug then came over to plead for Berry Punch’s forgiveness.

“Please master forgive Berry Pnuch for I am sure that her mind was in the right place. Though if you feel that you must I will do anything that you say to help Berry Punch to gain your forgiveness.” Junebug was looking up at Night Slash her eyes filled with water as she fought the urge to cry.

Night Slash stared down at the three mares that were begging for his forgiveness contemplating if he should or shouldn’t forgive them. He didn’t have long to think as the last three mares that have been brainwashed came into the room. He looked them over except for Silver Spanner where he checked her over twice. Seeing that Silver Spanner was okay he went back to the three mares that were on their knees. Night Slash needed some alone time with the three of them so he orders the all the other mares to go to the living room. They all turn to leave but before the three new ones left Night Slash used his magic to put the collars on them.

Night Slash went back to staring at the three mares. As he stared at them they looked back with pleading eyes that were filled with tears. Night Slash thought about what Berry Punch did and decided that she wasn’t in the wrong. He was certain that it might have been necessary since she was a unicorn in charge of a construction company. After a few minutes of silence Night Slash straightened himself and told the three mares that he forgives Berry Punch. The three mares looked at each other confused but it was quickly replaced with happiness.

The mares jumped up off the ground and started to shower Night Slash in kisses for his generosity. As they gave his kisses along his cheeks and neck he was also given hugs and thank yous from the mares. As the mares backed away from showering their master with affection Night Slash started to feel intense pain running through his body. The pain was so intense that he fell on the ground screaming as loudly as he could. The mares moved to their master to see what was wrong. They tried to hold him down so they could see why he was in so much pain but he was squirming and writhing through the pain.

As the mares looked him over they notice holes appearing on his body. He had three holes in his leg and one in his abdomen. The mares saw the holes that were just coming out of nowhere and were getting very scared for their master. Berry Punch gets up off the ground and runs out of the room to grab the unicorns. Night Slash was still screaming in pain but was able to see the holes that were appearing on his body. As he saw the holes he noticed that they were the areas that James shot him and where he had James shoot himself. Night Slash never really felt the pain or kept the wounds since he was an apparition but now that he was flesh and blood in a way time was getting to him.

Berry Punch returned with the unicorn mares along with every other mare there. When the others reached the room they were shocked that they couldn’t control the tears that were forming in their eyes. As they stared they looked at their master’s body and saw all the blood that he was losing. The unicorns got him on the bed so they could begin to work on him. As they worked on Night Slash trying to slow the bleeding down Daisy was yelling at them to work faster so they could save him. Lily was on the other side of the bed stroking his mane begging him not to die on them. Flitter, Cloudchaser, Fiddlesticks, and Junebug are standing at his bedside wanting him to stay alive so they could continue to love him.

The unicorns worked as hard as they could and it was finally starting to pay off. They were able to stop the bleeding and could now focus on healing the wounds. As they healed the wounds they didn’t notice the blood that was on the floor moving towards the bed. Once it was near the bed it went under the sheets to get under Night Slash’s back. Once there it went through the sheets making a small incision in his back to get back inside. The mares were able to get the wounds closed but Night Slash was still unconscious. Thirty minutes went by and Night Slash was slowly starting to wake up.

As his eyes started to flutter open he groaned in a little pain that was left. The wound on his back healed on its own not even leaving a scar from where it was cut. As he was able to settle down from the pain and regain his senses he had a look around. He saw that he was still alive and in the same house that he had been staying at. As more of his senses returned he noticed the smiling faces of his brainwashed mares. He gets up from the bed so that he is sitting from the help of the mares around him. Once he is sitting he is handed a glass of water to drink.

After he finishes the glass of water he is tackled to the bed by Lily who was thanking Celestia that he was still alive. Night Slash gave a slight groan from the tackle as he was still in pain but was able to get over it somewhat. As Lily continued to hug him the other mares moved in to share in the embrace. As they all hugged Night Slash we was mentally screaming in his head. Night Slash remembered when the princesses once used their royal Canterlot voices when speaking to James and this could equal or even rival the power of it. He was screaming in his own head cursing James. He used every curse word that could be used in the English language and added a few from some other languages.

Night Slash swore that when he fights James he is going to rip him to shreds. Then after he rips him to shreds he will separate his bones from his flesh. With the flesh and bone separated he will then bury the flesh sixteen feet down under and then hand his skeleton like a trophy. Not only will the skeleton will be a trophy but a testament to those that try and defy him and Nightmare Moon when they ruled. Then when James is dead he is going to kill his harem slowly and painfully but not before they see him kill James. Then with his harem gone he will keep these mares around to use as dogs for whatever he sees fit to be done with them.

After several minutes of hugging and Night Slash planning on how he is going to kill James and his harem Amethyst Star and Silver Spanner scan his body. As they checked over his body everything seemed to be okay. Thought when they reached his body strength they got worried. Night Slash was only at sixty percent strength and it was fighting to not go below that. The mares looked over at Night Slash debating whether or not if they should tell them. Night Slash was able to see the look in their eyes before they turned their gazes away from him. Night Slash wasn’t going to have any of this so he told them to tell him what is going on.

The mares looked at him for a couple of seconds and then gave a sigh of defeat knowing that they couldn’t keep this from him. When Night Slash heard that his strength was only at sixty percent he didn’t believe it. So to see if what they were telling him was true he summoned a skull. The skull was that of a pig and if he wasn’t at one hundred percent strength then he wouldn’t be able to destroy the skull. Night Slash applied pressure on the skull and after a few seconds was only able to crack. Seeing that the mares were right he threw the skull across the room in anger and looked down angrily.

The mares tell him that he needs to rest and they will help him if they can to get his strength back. After everything that he went through in the past few hours this was the worst. As he feels his anger reach a boiling a point he starts cursing inside of his head blaming James for everything that he has caused. As he is cursing out James he makes a new promise that before he kills James Night Slash will force him to watch as he rapes his harem in front of him. As he starts to cool off slightly he wants to put his brainwashed mare’s loyalty to the test. Once his is calm enough he asks them if they are willing to do anything for him to get better. They all give a collective yes and Night Slash gave a devious smile.

Night Slash lays back down on the bed and tells the mares to watch over him. Though they can’t all stay here during the time that he is healing. He tells them that they need to continue their normal lives and only help when it’s their turn. Berry Punch, Colgate, Misty Fly, Cloudkicker, Holly Dash, Amethyst Star, and Lemon Hearts nod their heads obeying his command. Lily, Daisy, Flitter, Cloudchaser, Fiddlesticks, Junebug, and Silver Spanner tell him that he needs somepony to watch over him full time. Night Slash uses this as an opportunity to further brainwash the mares. He tells the twins and flower mares that he is being hunted down by an evil man named James and his harem.

Night Slash agreed to having some mares watch over him full time as he healed up. Those that weren’t watching over him full time were to go out and do their own normal lives that they do. Those that were leaving to live their normal lives, Night Slash used a spell much to his discomfort to hide the necklaces that they were wearing. With everything planned out Night Slash orders them all to leave so he can rest. As he got himself comfortable on the bed he saw Lily standing in the corner. Before he could say anything to the flower mare she spoke first.

“Master is it okay if I cuddle up and sleep with you?” Lily asked with a blush on her face. Night Slash looked at her and knew that she wasn’t going to take no for an answer so he made room for her. She stood there and he waved her over showing that she can lie down with him. Lily was so elated that she could cuddle with her master she jumped on the bed and nuzzled underneath his chin. Night Slash was hacking at this affection in his mind but not as much that he thought he would. Downstairs Silver Spanner was looking over the house and she knew that it couldn’t support these fourteen mares and their master. She will fix it later but for now she joins all the other mares for some sleep from all the drama that has happened.

James

James was at Sweet Apple Acres in his tuxedo that Rarity made for him. The sun was out and it was starting to get hot in the tux that he was wearing. Though it was all worth it in the end to see Soarin get married to Applejack, Bonbon, and Carrot Top. James looked over to Big Mac and Cheerilee and this might have been the first time that he has seen the red stallion so happy. James looked over to his mares and they seemed excited for everything that was going on. Dash on the other hand was still hating the fact that she was wearing a dress.

James was able to get her to wear the dress but only if he made it up to her. She would call on this favor whenever she wanted and he couldn’t say no. James had a few ideas on what the favor could be but he didn’t mind. Spitfire was stunning out of them all as she wore a simple orange dress but it helped to bring out her mane and eyes. James gave them all a blow kiss and turned around as the eulogy was being read. The time came for the rings and James gave Soarin the three rings that he bought for the mares.

Soarin put the rings on his mares and the pony pastor pronounced them husband and wife. With the wedding over Pinkie pulled out her party cannon and started up the party. James watched for a bit as he was at the punch bowl with Soarin congratulating him on his marriage. As James watched all the mares have a good time he wondered if he could have a nice marriage like this. He wouldn’t want anything big but a simple wedding. James learned that if he wanted to marry them he could but Twilight had to wait.

James would need permission from her brother and he doesn’t even know who her brother is. Though when the topic of her bother came up Twilight smiled more brightly than he had ever seen her. So for now James had to wait on his own wedding until her met her brother. James was then pulled to the dance floor by Rainbow Dash. She whispered in his ear that he is to dance with her at their wedding first and that would be the favor that he needed to pay back. James gave a heartfelt laugh as he agreed to Rainbow’s terms and started to dance with her.

The wedding was over and James and his harem were headed back to their house so they could get some sleep. After everything that he went through in Soarin’s wedding he knew what it would be like for Big Mac’s when his came. They were back at the house and the mares headed off to their rooms so they could get some sleep. Fluttershy stayed with James since they needed to go feed the animal that were outback. They grabbed the food and headed for the animal pens that were outback. Once there they were assaulted by the animals that were staying there as they came to get their food.

As James and Fluttershy fed them Braveheart and Lightning Bolt showed up so they could get some food. This was where Fluttershy left because she didn’t like seeing what Jaems fed them. James would give them a special treat which was raw meat. He was out in the Everfree when he stumbled across a freshly dead deer. Seeing it was already dead and he didn’t do it James went over and started to skin and clean it. James sealed up the meat in bags and took it back to the house.

It took several hours to calm Fluttershy down after she saw the meat. After she learned where James got it and that he didn’t harm the animal before hand she could understand. She was more upset that he went to the Everfree without anypony to watch over him. James told her that she was over reacting that he could have been hurt but then she gave him that look. James didn’t know what that look was but whenever she used it on him or an animal they would just freeze. It wasn’t just some type of stare it was like she was peering into your soul and staring at the entity itself. James made sure that he would never do anything like that to get that scary stare. With everything done James went to bed and fell asleep for a goodnight’s rest.

Author's Notes:

Thanks to ErikTheSoulReaper for the idea on this chapter.