"Sharky?" Rarity nudged my shoulder a few times.

"Zzzzzzzzzz..." My snore droned on.

"Sharky!" Raity shouted this time and I snapped awake.

"Yes! Spring fashion line! Very interesting! I wasn't asleep!" Rarity had been telling me about her spring fashion line... in... excruciating... detail. "God that was the most boring thing I've ever encountered!"

"Hmph! Well at least Sharky liked hearing about it! Didn't you Sharky?"

"Uhh.... yes. Who are you talking to?"

"Steven! He had the gall to call my work boring! Can you believe it?!"

"... Yes."

"What?"

"Nothing. Is Unity's stuff done already?"

"Why yes! I've even taken some extra care in the design process to help him blend in!"

"... How would you do that?"

"I'll show you!" She turned to her measuring station and lifted something in her mouth. She turned around and she was holding Unity by the scruff of his neck. She let me grab hold of him and I examined his new outfit. He had some sock-like things on, but they were designed to look like a normal pony leg while Unity wore them! They covered up the feathers on his talon arm and got thicker towards the base to look like a hoof. The lion one covered all his fur and had the same width as a pony hoof as well. She did the same thing for the back talon, but as far as I could tell the normal pony leg had a normal sock. He had a little stocking cap that covered up his little horns. He also had a little vest that looped around his forelegs and covered the wings on his back. His tail had a sort of covering on it that made it look like a pony tail, but if he moved his tail the wrong way it got uncovered. All of the above were pure white. "Now, I know white is a terrible color to wear if you don't want it to stain, but I thought it would match the purity you were trying to raise Unity with!"

"Rarity... this is freaking awesome!!!" I bent down and hugged her again.

"Ha! Told ya so!" Sweetiebelle gloated from the doorway. Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetiebelle were standing there.

"Hey! Shouldn't you be in school?!" I yelled.

"Nah! Cheerilee was sick, so we don't have school today!" Scootaloo explained.

"Why don't you have a substitute teacher?"

"A what?" I facepalmed.

"That's lucky for you I guess... Well, it's still not what it looks like!"

"Then why haven't cha let 'er go?" Applebloom asked. I jumped as I realized I still was hugging Rarity with the arm that wasn't holding Unity.

".... Uhhhhh... Do you guys wanna see my son?" They seemed instantly distracted from me and Rarity.

"Ooooh! You have a son?! How come nopony told me?" Sweetiebelle asked. Rarity gave me a hard stare.

"Because it was SUPPOSED to be a secret dear..." She replied. I shrugged and mouthed 'oops' at her.

"I wanna see him!" Scootaloo said excitedly. All three of them rushed me to see Unity. He was laying in my arms face up, and for all intents and purposes, he seemed like a normal pony with a slightly longer, thinner face. All three of the girls jumped in the chair next to me to be able to see him. He smiled at them and reached towards them with his 'hooves'.

"Awwww!" They sighed collectively.

"He's adorable!" Sweetiebelle squeaked. "How'd you get him?"

"I adopted him."

"Like how Rainbow Dash adopted me?" Scootaloo asked. I rubbed the back of my head in thought.

"Not... quite the same way...."

"Well he's mighty cute!" Applebloom squealed. "Ah could just eat him up!"

"Cannibal."

"What was that?" Applebloom asked.

"Hmm? I didn't say anything..."

"Huh, Ah guess Ah'm hearin' things... anyway, what's his name?"

"His name is Unity."

"That's a funny name..." Scootaloo mumbled.

"Well... just trust me, it has meaning..."

"Well whaddya know? I wasn't hallucinating!" A new voice from the doorway said happily. I turned my head to see the new visitor.

"Hey! Night Weaver!" I grinned and walked over to him. His jaw dropped and he backed up a little.

"Whoa! Dude... tall..."

"Oh, right. Sorry. What's up man?"

"I uhh... came to check out Ponyville like you said..." It was easier to actually pick out details about him without the flashing club lights. His mane stuck out at odd angles, more in a styled fashion than a careless one. A lot like Vinyl's hair actually, but way shorter. His mane was black with red streaks in it. His coat was a light orange, and his hooves were actually visible, like Big Mac's. His hooves were light tan. He had some rounded sunglasses on. His cutie mark was a record.

"Well it's great to see ya man! If you wanna hear about the parties, you should go talk to Pinkie Pie, she works at Sugarcube Corner."

"Sweet. So, you're the hero of Equestria huh?" I rolled my eyes.

"Has everypony heard that? Look, I'm--"

"Super cool! He saved my life ya know!" Scootaloo interrupted.

"No, I was gonna say--"

"He saved mah new friend Shadow's life too!" Applebloom interrupted as well.

"What I'm trying to say is--"

"He defeated an Ursa Minor!" Sweetiebelle added.

"All of you shut yer traps! I'm no big deal!" The girls all shut their mouths and looked at me in confusion.

"Well, I'm not usually one to judge, but with actions like that, I'd say you're a hero!" Night Weaver agreed. I sighed.

"Look, I just do what anypony would do if they were me, I'm no hero!"

"Well, whatever you say bro. Where is this Sugercube Corner?"

"It's just about a minute trot into town dear, you can't miss it, it's a giant building made of sweets." Rarity offered. Night Weaver nodded.

"Thanks miss! I'll see ya later Sharky!" He turned and walk out.

"Sharky, who was that?" Rarity asked.

"Him? That's Night Weaver, a DJ I met in Manehattan."

"... When were you in Manehattan?"

"On my day with RD. I took her to Wonderbolts show, got her a position on the Wonderbolts team by racing them, became friends with Daring Do and she invited us to a party where I met him."

"... What?"

"Nevermind, not important. Look, I'm gonna go play with Unity, I'll take you to Canterlot for your mane tonight after he falls asleep ok?"

"Ok Sharky..."

"Ooooh! You two are going on a date tonight?!" Sweetiebelle interjected. I facepalmed.

"No! I'm just trying to spend some time with her!"

"I knew it!"

"... the one time I would welcome a comment from Steven... And ruin this fun? No way." I turned to Rarity. "Did he talk just now?" She nodded. "What did he say?"

"He said he was having too much fun."

"... Well dang it. I'm off girls!" I started walking out the door with Unity still in my arms.

"Wait!" The CMC followed me out. "Can we come too?!" Their ability to speak in unison was pretty astounding.

"Uhh... sure. I was just gonna make a snowman."

"Don't you mean a--" Sweetiebelle started.

"I know what I said! No, I meant snowman. Come on, I'll show you." They looked at me with confusion, but followed me anyway. I stopped in the front of Rarity's house. "Ok, the beginning is pretty difficult without hands I assume, so I'll do it." I had already put my new gloves on, so I put Unity down on the snow and let him roll around. He batted at the snow with his hoof-socks and seemed to be having a good time. I reached down into the snow and pulled out a big handful. It was slightly wet, but not too melty. Perfect for building. I packed it into a snowball and dropped it into the rest of the snow. "Ok girls, here's how it works. You roll around this ball in the snow, like this:" I rolled the snowball a little, increasing it's size slightly. "Until it gets really big. Then you do it two more times, each smaller than the last. Now, help me make those and we'll move on."

"Yay! Cutie Mark Crusaders snow sculptors!" They cheered. Scootaloo began rolling the first ball around while I made two more snowballs for the other girls. I gave a small laugh as they all charged into the task, leaving trails in the snow as they increased the size of the snowballs. I distracted myself for a little while by playing with Unity. He seemed to be taking a little break from the crazy chaos, and I was pretty relieved. It was fun sometimes, but one can only handle so much chaos. That is until I hit his face with a little snow. Then a giant snowball came out of nowhere and hit me in the back. I was literally buried in a small pile of snow, and I could hear Unity giggling nearby.

"Alright, good shot." My voice was muffled by the snow. I quickly unburied myself and shivered a little as the cold air met the melted snow on my skin. I still hadn't put on the shirt Rarity had made me. Not my best idea.

"Whoa! Where did that come from?!" Scootaloo gasped.

"Uhh..."

"I made it!" Rarity called from the boutique. I guess she had been standing there watching us.

"Yeah, Rarity did it... with magic..." I lied.

"Rarity! It's not nice to do that to your special somepony!" Sweetiebelle chided. I groaned.

"She is not my special som--"

"Done!" Scootaloo interrupted. I hadn't been paying attention to their rolling, and Scootaloo's base was HUGE! It came all the way up to my waist!

"Whoa! How did you manage the strength to push this thing?!" She buzzed her wings. "Ah, I see. Well, how big is the next one?"

"Here it is!" Applebloom shouted happily. "Ah worked real hard on this one!" Hers was just past my knee cap, and unlike Scootaloo, who had a more oval like base, Applebloom's was a perfect sphere.

"Wow! Great job Applebloom! This is perfect!"

"What about mine?" Sweetiebelle asked. She rolled hers over to me, and it come out looking more like a small rectangle than a snowball. It came up about halfway on my shin.

"Uhh... I've never seen any pony make a square out of a circle... Good job?" Sweetiebelle beamed at me. "It looks like crap..." Sweetiebelle's smile dropped and she looked crestfallen. "What? what's wrong?"

"You don't like it?"

"No! It's fine!"

"B-but.. you just said..."

"Ohh... ignore whatever mean thing I said, that wasn't me. ANYWAY, let's get to putting this thing together, shall we?" I lifted Applebloom's ball and placed it on top of Scootaloo's oval. When I tried to lift Sweetiebelle's rectangle, it fell apart in my hands. She looked like she was about to cry.

"Awww... I knew it wasn't good enough!" She wailed.

"Uhh... no! It was my fault! I uhh... grabbed it to hard and broke it... Why don't you and Applebloom just make another?"

"Why me and Applebloom?"

"... Two ponies work faster than one?"

"He's right! C'mon Sweetiebelle, let's get ta work!" Applebloom cheered. Sweetibelle sniffled before smiling and joining her friend. Applebloom made her own snowball, and they were off. I sat down in the snow and put Unity in my lap. He seemed to be getting tired from his playing with the snow, and he was falling asleep in my lap. I stood up without disturbing him and walked into the boutique. Rarity had left the doorway and was inside playing with some ribbons by weaving them around some sort of dress.

"Hey Rarity, where can I put Unity down for a nap?"

"Oh! Umm... I've some cushions over here. Will those do?" She pointed a hoof at a large pile of pillows next to her sewing machine.

"Fantastic! Thanks Rarity!"

"My pleasure dear." She went back to her dress and I arranged a few of the cushions into a small sort of bed for Unity. I laid him down and he was asleep in seconds. "...You handled that pretty well you know..." I stood back up and looked at Rarity.

"What?"

"Sweetiebelle. She... isn't the best at making things, but you managed to keep her from feeling bad about it. Even with Steven..."

"Oh... It was no big deal... I just didn't want her to feel bad ya know?"

"It was still... very impressive how tactfully you handled it..."

"It's no big deal really... I've uhh... gotta go back and finish the snowman now..." Rarity had walked over from her dress and was uncomfortably close now. I quickly edged away from her and went back outside to the girls. Applebloom and Sweetiebelle had finished the last ball. It was more round than Scootaloo's, but not as good as Applebloom's. I picked it up and placed it on the top of the snowman. "There we go!"

"Uhh... Iffn' ya don't mind me sayin'... it just looks like three snowballs..." Applebloom said hesitantly.

"Well, it's not done yet, I need two branches, a carrot, and a lot of coal."

"On it!" The girls shouted and dashed off in different directions. Soon Scootaloo was back with two large branches in her mouth, Applebloom brought back a carrot, and Sweetiebelle came back with a few gems.

"We didn't have coal, but Rarity said I could borrow these!" Sweetibelle cheered. I grinned. I put two rubies in for his eyes and gave him a sapphire smile. I pulled the greens leaves off the carrot and put it right in the middle of his face for a nose. Then I took the branches and put one into each of the sides of the middle section for arms.

"There!" I shouted happily.

"Wow! He looks kinda like you!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

"Did you just call me fat?! That's the idea Scootaloo! I gotta show this to Unity!" I ran into the boutique and grabbed Unity. He woke up in my arms, but he didn't seem too upset with me. I walked him over to the snowman and held him up next to it's face. "Look Unity, your first snowman!" I said happily. Unity smilled and reached out to touch it with one of his hoof-socks. As soon as he made contact...

"Happy birthday!" The snowman shouted.

"... Oh dear god."