"Yupp, he can keep trees going even during winter!" I explained to Applejack. Her eyes widened.

"Really?! Iffn' he can do that, we won't have ta rely on our cider sales anymore!" Applejack exclaimed happily. Then she frowned. "What does his fancy tree stuff cost?" She asked.

"I'd be willing to make it for free... I just need a place to stay..." Shadow offered. Applejack flinched backward.

"Really? You'd give us your plant stuff fer free?" Applejack asked. Shadow nodded.

"Just for a place to sleep... and maybe food if it's not too much trouble..." Shadow finished.

"Why, Ah'd be honored to have ya stay with us! Thank ya so much!" Applejack cheered happily. "Ah can't wait ta tell mah family about this!"

"Well then it's settled!" I shouted happily. "Shadow is comin' with us! Now, if you girls don't mind, I haven't eaten since Sunday, and I believe it's Tuesday now. I'm going to go try and find something to eat now... Where's my axe?" The girls and Shadow gasped.

"Sharky!? What's wrong with you!?" Twilight gasped.

"We've got to get him to the kitchen now!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Quite right dear!" Rarity agreed. Twilight took off into the halls and Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash started pushing me after her.

"Ummm... girls... I can still walk..." I offered. They ignored me and kept pushing. I sighed and sidestepped. The three girls fell forward on their faces. "Ha! If I'm going, I'm carrying you!" I scooped them all up and jogged to catch up with Twilight. They all squealed a little when I grabbed them, but they settled in rather quickly. I managed to grab all three of them, but they looked a little squished. I had Fluttershy grab my neck and shift herself over to my back. Luckily my leg didn't hurt as much anymore, and they weren't touching my broken rib. Twilight got us to the kitchen. "Ok girls, what am I cooking?" I asked as I set them down. They started laughing.

"Sharky, you're not cooking." Twilight laughed. I frowned.

"Twilight, I am." I disagreed.

"No darling, you aren't." Rarity said sternly. I laughed this time.

"Yeah, try and stop me." I snorted. I started walking towards the giant fridge, when a purple aura wrapped around me and lifted me off the ground.

"Stopped you!" Twilight giggled.

"Hey! No fair!" I shouted.

"S-sharky? Please let us do this... We just want to help you..." Fluttershy mumbled. I calmed down.

"Ok Fluttershy, if it means that much to you..." I conceeded. The girls smiled and Twilight set me back down.

"Ok, just stay there dear, and we'll be right back!" Rarity commanded. I sat down and grumbled about women. I looked up and saw Rainbow Dash standing next to me. All the other girls had run off to cook.

"Hey Rainbow Dash, not much of a cook?" I asked. She blushed.

"Not really..." She admitted. I grinned at her.

"It's nothing to feel bad about. I'm just glad I'll never have to worry about you cooking for me!" I laughed. Rainbow Dash gave me a funny look.

"You don't like anypony cooking for you?" She asked.

"Not really. I mean, if it's a special occasion or I'm at a restaurant it's ok. I don't like it when anypony does things for me that they don't have to do though." I explained. "I like doing things FOR ponies instead." Rainbow held up a hoof.

"So wait, you don't want anypony to do anything for you, but you want other ponies to let you do things for them?" She asked. I got a huge grin.

"Eeyup, that's right!" I agreed. Rainbow Dash gave me a funny look.

"Oh my gosh... You aren't joking are you?" She asked. I frowned.

"Joking about what?" I asked. She almost fell over. I caught her and pulled her into my lap.

"Wow..." She mumbled.

"Rainbow Dash?! Are you ok?!" I asked worriedly. RD shook her mane and looked up at me.

"Yeah... I'm fine... Sharky, will you go to dinner with me?" She asked quickly. I flinched back in shock.

"Umm... It's like past midnight... Tomorrow?" I offered. She beamed and jumped out of my lap.

"REALLY!?" She squealed. All the other girls ran to us.

"REALLY?!" They exclaimed together. I flinched again.

"Ummm... yeah, I love going to dinner with my friends..." I said slowly, hoping to avoid another outburst. Rainbow Dash's mouth dropped open and her whole body sagged. The other three girls started laughing until they fell over. "What just happened?" I asked out loud. All the girls snapped back to normal really fast.

"Nothing!" They shouted in unison. My head was spinning in confusion, but I let it go. Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy all trotted back to the kitchen, and RD crawled back into my lap. I ran my fingers through her mane and tried not to think about how confused I was.

"Okayyy... Just find a happy place..." I mumbled to myself. I rubbed my temples and cleared my head. I just sat like that for awhile, legs crossed with Rainbow Dash in my lap. Then I realized.

Holy F***! I'M IN EQUESTRIA!!! I hadn't really taken the time to think about it yet, everything had been happening too fast. RAINBOW DASH IS IN MY LAP!!! OH MY GOSH THIS IS SO COOL!!! I finally took the time to let myself just geek out about my situation. I cheered and partied in my head, trying to not move too much so that I didn't disturb Dash.

"Ok Sharky! First course is done!" Twilight called. I looked up, and Twilight trotted in levitating a bowl and a fork. "According to my book, small salads work for a good appetizer..." She said shyly. She magically handed m the little bowl of salad.

"Thanks Twi!" I said happily. I dug in with gusto and inhaled the salad. I don't even really remember what was in it, but it was actually really good. "What book?" I asked in between mouthfuls. Twilight blushed and dodged the question.

"Whoa! I didn't realize you were THAT hungry!" Twilight exclaimed. Then her eyes got really wide. "Did you just call me Twi?!" She asked really quickly. I flinched and set down the now-empty bowl.

"Oh... sorry.. I just thought a nickname would be nice... I mean you girls ONLY call me by my nickname. I'm sorry... won't happen again..." I mumbled.

"No no no no! I really like it! You just surprised me is all..." Twilight said happily.

"Hey, don't I get a nickname?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Sure. How's RD?" I asked.

"Awesome!" RD cheered. She smiled up to me from my lap.

"Well the main course has arrived!" Rarity called. She was just around the corner in the kitchen. She looked at me and blinked a lot. "Do I get a nickname dear?" Rarity asked. She was levitating a new dish and another fork. I smiled at her.

"No, absolutely not." I said simply after she magically handed me the dish. She gasped.

"Am I not good enough...?" Rarity asked. She sounded on the verge of tears. I laughed to lighten her mood.

"No, I just really like your name the way it is." I explained. She beamed and perked right back up.

"Oh! Well how sweet of yo--"

"OH MY GOSH YOU CAN COOK FRENCH FOOD TOO?!" I interrupted. "Oh, sorry didn't mean to interrupt... I was just surprised..." I amended. What Rarity had handed me was a quiche! (Egg pie with veggies in it.)

"No problem darling!" Rarity consoled. "I rarely get to cook for somepony who can appreciate it! By the way, it's Prench..."

"Well, I appreciate it. I'm glad you went through this trouble just for me... Oh and uhh Prench, right." I dug into the quiche hungrily, and it was freakin' delicious!!! "Oh my gosh Rarity! This is amazing!" I ate as fast as I could. I'm pretty sure I burned my mouth, but it was worth it!

"Well thank you dear! I's nice to see a stallion with such an... appetite..." She said in a funny voice. (Author's note: My character doesn't recognize sultry, seductive, or sexy tones, so those words are replaced with 'funny voice'. Duh.)

"Well... Thank.... you!" I said happily in between bites. I finished off the quiche.

"Um... do you like my name too?" Fluttershy asked. I looked up at her, slightly hiding behind her mane as usual. I sighed.

"I love your name Fluttershy... I just don't know why you're still so nervous around me..." I said a little sadly. I know shyness is Fluttershy's thing, but I woulda thought she'd be a little less scared of me by now. "All the same, do you mind if I just call you Shy?" I asked. The other three girls started laughing, but Fluttershy smiled at me.

"Oh... that would be... nice..." She murmured. She trotted over to me. She had a bowl balanced on one wing, and had somehow wrapped the other wing around a spoon. I grabbed them both from her. It was a bowl of vanilla ice cream with whipped cream, hot fudge, and a few cherries on it. I dug in, not noticing that the decorations formed a heart. It was actually the perfect dessert to follow my throat burning from the quiche.

"Wow! Thank you all!" I said as I finished the ice cream. The girls all gasped. I just looked at them in confusion. "What?"

"Sharky you just ate that ice cream in like, five seconds! You don't have a headache?" RD asked. I laughed.

"Nope, I don't get those. Don't know why, and I really don't care. I just enjoy." I explained. I think she was going to say something else, but I let out a massive yawn before she could. "Oh, sorry about that, I guess I'm just really sleepy... It's like 3:00 right?" I just threw out a random number, I really didn't have a clue. "I guess I'm more exhausted from that fight than I thought..."

"Well, let's get you to bed!" Twilight exclaimed. RD jumped out of my lap and I stood up. All the girls started pushing me again, and I sighed and sidestepped once more. Again, the girls fell forward. I scooped them all up and moved the pegasi to my shoulders.

"I told you girls, I carry YOU." I chuckled. The girls all gave a little laugh and settled in. I started walking towards Twilight and Rarity's room. I managed to make it most of the way on my own, but Twilight gently pointed me in the right direction when I took a wrong turn. We made it back to the room, and I tucked Twilight and Rarity into bed. "So, where am I taking you two?" I asked the two pegasi.

"W-well... I just slept next to you last time... C-c-could I j-just do that again?" Fluttershy asked REALLY timidly. I smiled.

"Oh, me too!" RD added.

"Alright girls, it's fine with me." I was really happy that they wanted to keep me company. I saw Fang curled up in the corner he had been laying in before. "Hey buddy!" I called to him. I stepped towards him and ended up tripping over my ax and falling on my chest. "Oof. You know what? I'm sleeping here." I said, too tired to get up and curl in my corner. I think they started trying to talk to me, but I fell asleep before I could remind myself to care.

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"Ok girls, who do you think is doing the best so far?" Twilight asked as soon as they thought Sharky was asleep. "From what I saw, and I don't want to say this, but I think Rarity did the best with making him happy this time..." She admitted.

"I could hear him talking to Rarity... I think.. she was best this time too..." Fluttershy mumbled.

"Ooooh Yay!" Rarity squealed. "Thank you girls!" Rainbow Dash held up her hoof.

"Not so fast, he told me how happy he was with me for not trying to do stuff for him. AND I got a dinner date with him! I think I won." She said confidently. Rarity slumped in her bed.

"Good point dear, you win this time." Rarity admitted. "Well...do you mind if I join you girls?" She asked Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

"Sure, I don't mind." Fluttershy offered. Rarity hopped down from her bed and trotted over. She lay down on Sharky. Fang had also joined the girls, and they were all just laying next to Sharky.

"Hold on, I'm coming too!" Twilight called happily. She jumped off her bed and trotted over to Sharky as well. She settled in next to him and sighed contentedly. "I'm so glad we can work all this out girls."

"Well of course we did dear. We are all the best of friends after all." Rarity said. They all settled in and huddled close to Sharky.

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Twilight woke up a few hours later. She slowly stood up and snuck away from everypony in the room. She ran out and down the hall, eager to see a certain princess.

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I woke up surrounded by all the girls. I guess Twilight and Rarity ended up here in the night, Fang too. I slowly removed myself from the pile of pony and wolf, careful to not disturb any of them. I slowly tiptoed out of the room, careful to avoid my ax. I left the room and started running to Unity's room. I knew the way well enough now, I'd been here more than any other place after all. I got to his room, and opened the door carefully. No train tried to kill me this time, so I walked in. To find Celestia scowling at Unity in his crib.

"Well... hello, you must be Princess Celestia." I shouted. She jumped and turned her head towards me.

"Oh, hello. You must be Sharky. Twilight has told me much about you."

"Yeah, I would like you to step away from Unity now." I said coldly. The expression she had while looking at him had been pure rage. I didn't trust her near him.

"You don't command me!" She retorted. "Besides, this THING is an abomination. I don't understand why my sister allowed you to keep it."

Oh, she did it now. I cracked my neck and stepped towards her.

"I'm sorry, what did you call him?"