“Did you have any trouble getting out of the city?” I turn my head to face Fluttershy, knowing Fiona I would get more out of her facial expression than what she would admit to.

She looks down and stares at the ground as she walks. “Oh... it wasn’t too bad.”

I furrow my eyebrows. “Come on, you can tell me.”

“Oh, what are you going to do, go and beat up everything that was mean to me? Come on, Dash, I can handle myself. I had a hard time, but I made it here didn’t I?”

I stop walking and wave a hoof at her. “You’re covered in mud and leaves and you look like you haven’t slept in days! You look terrible!”

Fluttershy frowns. “Gee, thanks for reminding me.”

I sigh with sympathy, “Fluttershy, when’s the last time you ate?”

She looks down at the cat that was following us, as if asking it for the answer, “Well, I had a few berries yesterday...”

I bite my lip, my heart couldn’t take this much longer. “Why didn’t you just go to Jack and Evan’s farm? You trust them don’t you?”

Fluttershy shrugs her shoulders slightly. “Oh, I do trust them, it’s just, well there are a lot of reasons. I already tried your apartment and no one was there; I didn’t think any of you were ponies; I didn’t want to be a burden; and I didn’t know if anyone would believe me when I told them who I was. I suppose overall I was just scared of all humans. I wanted to be alone to figure this all out.”

I nod. “I don’t blame you Fluttershy, after all you had to deal with and after how that tattoo guy treated you, I understand why you wanted to run.”

I keep walking forward, but after a few seconds of silence I turn my head and notice Flutters isn’t there. I spin around and see her standing on the path about ten feet back, just frozen in place. “Uh... Fluttershy? You okay?”

She stares at me, with a twinge of fear in her eye. “How did you know about the tattoo parlor? Were you there? Did you talk to him?”

I trot back over to her with a gentle smile. “No, no, no, nothing like that! Heavens no, I don’t even know what he looks like! I just read your diary and it--”

I immediately realize what I said and bite my tongue, but it was too late, the transgression was already said. Fluttershy’s facial features soften and she gives me a bemused look. “You... read my diary? My personal diary?”

I rub my neck with my hoof. “Hey is it getting hot out here or was it just me?” My joke falls flat as Fluttershy doesn’t even flinch. I sigh and hang my head “Yes, I’m sorry, I read the last three chapters of your diary to help find clues as to where you were.”

Flutters smiles and tilts her head. “No need to apologize, that was very smart of you and I’m glad you found me.”

I breathe out in relief, “And if it’s any consolation I didn’t let Big Mac read any of it. I told him it was just between us girls.” I stick out my tongue and Flutters laughs.

“Well, speaking of just between us girls, you didn’t read any of the older entries in the diary did you? Like the one I wrote about, oh, two weeks ago on the day you drove me home after my car broke down. You didn’t read that one?”

I shake my head. “Nope, I didn’t read a single word other than the ones on the last three pages.”

Fluttershy appears slightly disappointed, “Oh. Well, nevermind then I guess.”

We get back to walking but after a few seconds I realize I missed some social cues there. Did she write about me? What did she say? I contemplate asking her but elect not to bring it up. It didn’t really matter what she thought about the human, male me. No sense worrying about what could have been.

The glen was actually pretty far away from the farm when you travel by hoof. I really wanted to just fly back, however I was pretty sure Fluttershy here wasn’t that adept at flight. Walking was fine though, it gave us plenty of time to talk. I didn’t plan on bringing up flight just yet, as it would only distract us from the more important matters at hand. Fate decided otherwise though, as I found myself tripping by a root while walking down an incline. Without even thinking about it, my wings shot open so instead of faceplanting I ended up just hovering half a foot in the air.

I soon regain my bearings and drop back to the Earth, only to turn and see Fluttershy’s eyes grow as wide as dinner plates. “You... you can fly? But... I thought that was only in the cartoon. Ponies shouldn’t be able to fly.”

I smile, well, the cat was out of the bag wasn’t it? I hop back up in the air and hover several feet off the ground. “Come on Flutters, ponies shouldn’t be able to talk either, but yet, here we are. Flying is super fun too! Now come on, you’re a pegasus, give your wings a few flaps.”

“I’d rather not...”

I fly in a slow circle around her. “Come on Fluttershy, just a few flaps, you gotta see what this feels like! It’s so awesome!”

Fluttershy spins in a slow circle so she can keep eye contact with me, almost tripping on her long bed sheet that she was still wearing as a skirt. ”No, what if I fall? You’re pretty high off the ground, if I fell I might break something.”

I look down at the ground, I was so close to it that my tail was bouncing off blades of grass. “Come on Flutters, give me one flap, just one flap. At least show me your wings aren’t broken.”

“I don’t know...”

Out of frustration I bury my face in my hooves, but soon realize the situation we were in and I start to laugh. This was totally something that I could see the real Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy talking about back in Equestria. The way we were acting right now, it was like we really were them. It was like I really was Dash. I just can’t stop smiling at the thought that I was actually starting to pull this off. I had been worried that Dash and all her memories were gone, but maybe that wasn’t the case. Maybe I did have all of her traits locked away somewhere.

Fluttershy meanwhile was slightly confused as to why I was staring off into space and smiling. She was glad that I wasn’t watching her intently though, and with the lessened public pressure on her she decided to give flight a try.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw the yellow mare take a deep breath and awkwardly lifts her wings. I turn to watch her maiden flight, and a second later she give a single soft flap, resulting in enough lift to push her about a centimeter off the ground for half a second before she landed in exactly the same spot she 'took off' from.

Fluttershy’s eyes shoot open. “Eeep! Did you see that Dash!? Did you see it? I flew!!”

I land on the ground next to her, wanting to mock her and say that calling that flight would be an insult to the absolute incredible bliss that was pegasus flight. But one look at Fluttershy smiling happily and I immediately lost all resolve. I smile back. “Yeah, you did Fluttershy, that was great.”

Flutters bites her lip. “It was a little dangerous though.”

I laugh softly, “It sure was Flutters, it sure was.”

After some laughter we got back to walking and fairly soon came upon the borders of Mac and AJ’s farm. I start hopping the fence only to hear Fluttershy say something so I turn around.

“Now, Dash is going to show me around the farm now. You stay out here in the forest. If you get scared you can come and find me in the house, okay?” Fluttershy pats the head of her cat before turning back to face me.

I want to comment on the fact that she was talking to a cat, but I decide against it, I guess that’s just Fluttershy’s thing now. In any case, a moment later we hop the fence and make our way across the farmland. I breathe a small sigh of relief to be back on safe ground. I smile as I realize this is exactly how Jack and I felt after getting home from our supply run two days ago. We were so looking forward to just hunkering down and staying safe while we figured this all out. That didn't really happen though, these past 48 hours had been anything but calm and sedentary.

This time though, that should be the case, and we should finally be able to relax. We have Flutters safe and sound, we have both the Apple siblings on good terms with each other, really we are pretty much set. I don’t know any other ponies or feel like we are missing anyone. All my friends are here, all my friends are safe.

But while I felt great to be back on the farm, from the looks of it Flutters doesn’t quite feel the same way. I raise an eyebrow at her. “You okay Fluttershy? You look really nervous.”

She nods quickly. ”There's just, well, a lot of buildings around here. And it's all open here, we don't have any trees to hide behind if someone shows up.”

I looked around me. She was scared about a lot of buildings? “Fluttershy, there are only two buildings, the stables and farm house. It's hardly something to be scared of.”

She says nothing but is still practically shaking in fear of something. I couldn't really tell if this was just how Fluttershy is always going to act in new places, if it was just Fiona still psychologically reeling from days of being harassed by the tattoo guy, or if she was actually worried and nervous that someone might show up and see us.

I give Fluttershy my most reassuring smile. “Have you ever been to the farm before Flutters?”

She shakes her head no. “I always wanted to, but Jack usually preferred to come into town rather than us go to his place.”

I toss one hoof over her shoulder and wave the other across the horizon. “Well, welcome to the most secure location in all of Iowa. 140 acres of private land, completely enclosed in a fence and surrounded by forest. The only way humans can get here is down the private road, and the Smiths haven't had a visitor here in six years. Not only that, we bought close to two thousand dollars in food and supplies! Do you know what that all means Flutters?”

She looks at me and tilts her head, her ears folded out to the sides. “That... you have a lot of food and a big fence?”

I chuckle back “This is true, but it means more than that Fluttershy. It means it's safe here. We're all safe here, and we can stay here as long as we want. This is our home.”

The yellow mare's eyes grow wide. “Oh my, are you sure the Apple family is okay with that? I wish I could have brought something or pay them for the food or--”

I wave a hoof. “Don't worry about that, you've had a rough enough time these last few days, no one will expect payment from you. The fact that you are here, and you are alright will be payment enough. Now come on, they probably can’t wait to meet you.”

Fluttershy finally relaxes and we trot down the path and arrive at the front door, which I promptly open by grabbing the doorknob with my mouth. Fluttershy laughs behind me, “You know, if we do plan on living here, we should probably install pony friendly doors”

I push the door open and chuckle, “Yeah, I'll talk to Mac about it.”

A red stallion pokes his head out of the kitchen and looks towards the noise. “Talk to me about what?”

I wave a hoof. “Hey Mac! We're back, and I found Fluttershy!!

“Hey hey! That's awesome!” Mac excitedly enters the hallways and moves towards us while smiling.

In my periphery I see Fluttershy's eyes go wide and she instinctively takes a half step behind me. A second later she steadies her resolve and steps back forward. “Oh hey... Evan?”

Mac slows to a trot and then stops a foot away from us. “In the flesh! Well, actually, fuck. That phrase doesn't actually work anymore for that name when I’m in this body. Now I guess if you said Big Mac, I could say 'in the flesh' but not really Evan that doesn't--”

I roll my eyes and cut off his rambling. “Yes, yes, we get it Mac, you are terribly clever.”

Mac smirks, then casts an eye at Fluttershy before turning back to me. “Why is she wearing a bed sheet?”

Fluttershy sets her bag and the floor and turns to answer for herself. “Well, I needed a skirt and none of my human ones fit me so...”

Mac casts her a glance. “But you don’t need a skirt, ponies don’t wear clothes.”

She lowers her ears a bit. “Well, they sometimes do, and I’m not really comfortable with...”

I glare at Mac. “Dude, leave her alone, she can wear a skirt if she wants to. If you recall she hasn’t exactly had the best time these last few days.”

Mac bites his lip. “Ah, yeah, I forgot who we were dealing with. Sorry about that Fluttershy, my mind still isn’t fully connecting that body to ‘Fiona’. Anyway, welcome to the farm, let me know if you need anything!”

Fluttershy smiles back. “I understand your predicament, I mean, I still can’t really believe you’re actually Evan.”

Mac smiles, and I take advantage of the pause to interject, “Speaking of ponies, where's your sister?”

Fluttershy pokes her head forward. “Wait, you have a sister?”

Mac laughs, “Eeyup. Applejack, prettiest mare on this side of the Mississippi.”

The yellow pegasus raises a hoof to her mouth, I turn to Mac and purse my lips. “Dude, AJ would kill you if she heard that.”

Mac waves a foreleg at me. “Nah, she actually took well to the whole 'Sup Applejack, oh fyi, you're going to be a cute orange mare for the rest of your life, oh and here’s another fun fact, your entire life was a lie!'”

I bat his hoof away. “I don't believe you. Where is she?”

The stallion shrugs. “She said she was going for a walk to let it all sink in. Check by the pond, Jack always loved to sit on the shore there.”

I nod and start to turn around, only to remember Fluttershy is behind me and I never really did full introductions. Kind of late for that now though, oh well. I turn back to Mac. “So, uh, like I said here's Fluttershy. You two catch up, and show her around the house and such.”

Mac nods, and Fluttershy looks at the ground. “Evan, I'm so sorry to hear that your brother is female now. I can't even imagine what that's like for her.”

I start to make my way to the door but continue to hear the conversation as Mac responds, “First off, call me Mac. I need to get used to this new name, no use pretending I'm not who I am anymore. And as for AJ, yeah she took it pretty hard at first. Her personality just doesn't really line up with her view of the female stereotype. She has really been feeling a bit at ends in her new gender. But, then we have Dash here who makes a wonderful girl.”

I freeze and turn back around. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

Mac smiles mischievously. “Oh nothing, I'm just saying, you make a great girl that's all. I think that gender suits you really well.”

I glare. “I will fucking stab you and feed your organs to wolves.”

Mac keeps his smiles and turns to Fluttershy. “See what I mean? She's just adorable!”

I hear Flutters giggle and I roll my eyes and start to turn back around. Just as I reach the door Mac speaks up again “Dash, speaking of, quick question for you.” I sigh and turn back towards Mac, who continues “Can we do what we did last night again?”

I poker face, what the hell was Mac doing asking that, Fluttershy was right there! The yellow mare visibly responds to what Mac just said, and she taps her hoof on her chin for a second before speaking. “Baby you and I could be better friends?”

In unison Mac and I raise our eyebrows and turn to look at her. Mac speaks first, “...what?”

Fluttershy closes her eyes and smiles as she bobs her head to a tune. “Don't you think it's time we went a bit further, oh yeah!” She opens her eyes and blushes as she notices we are staring. “Oh... I thought we were quoting Faded. Sorry, I love 90's songs.”

I step outside and towards the pond, leaving behind a confused Mac and a laughing Fluttershy.

The pond was about a quarter mile away, and after a minute or so I crest the hill and get a view of it. Sure enough, AJ was sitting on the shores just staring off into the calm surface of the water.

I canter down the hill and approach the farm mare. “Hey Applejack, nice weather today isn’t it?”

She looks at me with one eye. “Yeah, I guess it is.” After a few moments of silence she speaks up some more. “What brings you out here?”

I shrug my shoulders and fall back on my haunches. “I just got back. I was wondering how you’re holding up after your brother explained everything to you.”

AJ takes a deep sigh, “Well, it sure is something isn’t it.”

“Yep.”

She sighs again, “It’s not bad though, at least we understand what happened now. The worst part of before was all the unknowns. I wanted to know what happened and why I was a mare all of a sudden. Knowing that I was supposed to be one all along, well, it’s surreal but I guess it makes sense. It’s nice knowing the truth.”

I raise an eyebrow in surprise. “You sound content with it.”

AJ looks across the pond. “Well, not really, but I won’t fight it anymore. I think I’m willing to accept who I am. In the meantime though, I’m still trying to figure out what all this means going forward.”

I join her in looking across the water. “Yeah, it sure is a hell of a lot to take in.”

My friend turns to look at me. “I’m not sad or confused about the past, I’m thinking more along the lines of our future.”

I look at her. “Oh? How so?”

AJ rubs her hoof on the ground. “I mean, let’s look at the options we have, okay? Let’s say best case scenario, and we find and somehow beat Discord. Let’s say he surrenders and let’s us choose what happens next. What do we do then?” AJ pauses her thoughts and turns back to face me. “Do you want to just turn back into humans and forget any of this ever happened?”

I frown. “Well, no. I mean if we did we would be essentially killing off the mane six and ignoring who we really are.“

AJ nods. “Exactly, we can no longer just go back to how we were. Okay, so, do we just decide to go to Equestria and live the lives of the mane six? Just pick up where they left off and integrate into Ponyville? Just forgetting all about our 25 years as humans...”

I finish her depressing thought, “...and abandon everything and everyone we know back on Earth? Yeah I’m not terribly fond of that idea either.”

She throws up a hoof in frustration. “Okay, so what options are left? Do we just stay as ponies on Earth, and spend the next 50 years hiding on the farm like outcasts?”

I roll my eyes. “That’s obviously a terrible idea,”

AJ hangs her head. “I know, I know. That’s my point, I can’t think of a single good outcome here. What the hell are we supposed to do Dash?”

I hit her shoulder playfully with my hoof. “What are we supposed to do? I’ll tell you what we’re going to do, we’re not going to sit here and mope around. We’re going to have a purpose.”

Applejack keeps her head facing down. “And that is...?”

I bare my teeth. “Revenge.” I see AJ’s ears perk up, so I continue “We’re going to ruthlessly track down Discord. Then once we find him, we’re going to beat the living shit out of him and make him pay for the atrocities he committed on us and on everyone else. That's what we’re going to do.”

AJ slowly looks up to meet my gaze. That’s when I see it, that fire was back in her eyes, the old Jack I knew was back. The one full of energy and vigor, the one that would go a week without sleep and climb three mountains if that’s what it took to ensure that she would win.

I furrow my brow and return her look. “So what do you say Applejack, my best friend from two separate lives. You in the mood to get serious around here? You want to start planning some sweet, sweet revenge?”

She licks her lips. “When do we start?”

I stick out my tongue, “Well, I started working like two days ago, you are welcome to join me at any time.”

Applejack punches me in the shoulder lightly. “Very funny. But seriously, for better or worse you’re pretty much running the show around here. What’s our next play?”

I looked up and tapped my hoof on my chin. How the hell did I end up in charge? I start attempting to plan something, but soon let out a yawn. Damn, I was really tired. I think I slept three hours out of the past thirty six, and the sun was starting to dip lower on the horizon. This day really flew by. I look back at the orange mare “Well, I know I just got you riled up, but tonight I say we play it easy. You need to meet Fluttershy and we should all sit down and have a nice celebratory feast, then I can go to bed early.”

Applejack laughs, “Really? You want a feast? I guess we could do that, what are we celebrating?”

I shake my mane and smile, “Us! Never before on this planet have four talking ponies been under one roof! We overcame everything Discord threw at us so far and we reunited all our friends under good terms. Surely that’s cause for celebration.”

A sincere grin breaks out on AJ’s face. “That is cause for celebration isn’t it? Time to break out the cider...”

I raise an eyebrow. “Is that by chance, alcoholic cider?”

She laughs, “Of fucking course it is! What do you think this is, a kid’s show?”

The four of us began the feast and pleasantries were exchanged between Fluttershy and Applejack. As we ate we discussed some ideas for ways to improve the farm and make it more pony friendly. We also talked a bit about our future plans, but pretty soon we lost the clarity to plan anything serious. Applejack wasn’t kidding about the cider, a few mugs of this stuff was strong enough to knock out a horse, which, coincidentally described us pretty well.

Big Mac jumps on top of the table and waves a hoof at us. “No, look, look, all I’m saying is we sue Hasbro, right?”

AJ, halfway on the floor, halfway on her chair, somehow manages to wave a leg at her brother. ”Bro, bro, ponies can’t sue companies. That’s, yeah, no.”

Mac lightly slaps his cheeks with his own hoof. “But we're the My Little Ponies, right? So, I mean, we can sue them for trademark royalty copyright-strike demonetized patent infringement civil liberty... things!? Right?!”

I double facehoof, I’m so distracted by the feeling of hooves on my face that I sort of forget what I was going to say. Oh, there it is! “Mac, pray tell me, what are you going to do with your millions you get... from suing a toy company for copying your body?” I go back to feeling my face with hooves. Hehe, pony face has strange proportions.

Mac ponders my question before lifting a leg in the air again. “I would buy... all the bitches! Get a whole bunch of mares to follow me around.”

The entire room laughs, even Flutters who is sitting there gently rocking back and forth in her chair to a song that apparently only she hears. She turns to Mac, “But, wait, you already have a bunch of mares on the farm don’t you? In the stables?”

Mac stares at her, extremely confused, “What? We don’t have... oh. Oh! Urgh, no Fluttershy, that’s disgusting! What would I do with actual farm mares?! Come on, I don’t mean horses, I meant ponies like us. You know, the sexy ones.”

Applejack starts to say something but falls the rest of the way off her chair and lands on the floor. “...ow”

I stifle a laugh and reach to take another sip of cider while Fluttershy responds to Mac, “I umm, Man, I don’t think you can just buy those.”

Mac starts to answer as he looks around at his feet. He seems confused as to why he was on a table. “Oh course you can buy them Fluttershy. Bitches love money! Everyone loves money!”

Fluttershy starts to roll her eyes, but gets confused halfway through the action and ends up just staring at the ceiling. I put my empty mug down. “Big Mac, I think what Yellow Quiet here is trying to say, is that you can’t buy them because they don’t exist. Even if you had billions, where are you going to find a pony mare outside of this room? We’re like, the only ones.”

Mac hops off the table, and stumbles into the wall after he lands. ”Ow! And nope, nope, nope! There are more, we talked about this didn’t we? The rest of the mane six and stuff right? So not only are there more ponies, but there are more mares! This is perfect! We should find them.”

Mac walks towards me, stopping with his head just a few inches away from mine, grinning like only a drunk guy can. I lift a hoof and push him away. “Mac, we’re finding the rest of the mane six so we can defeat Discord, not so you can form a harem.”

Big Mac’s grin twists mischievously. “What’s the matter, Dash, afraid of having competition over who gets be rutted every night by this stallion?”

I feel my entire face turn red and I swat a hoof at Mac. “You’re drunk!” I turn and announce to the room. “HE’S DRUNK!”

My announcement was a vain attempt to prevent the other girls from giving much thought to what Mac just said. Thankfully, that much wasn’t even necessary. AJ had fallen asleep right on the floor where she fell, and Fluttershy was still staring at the ceiling and now was humming something quite loudly. I turn back to Mac “I think it’s it’s time for sleepy sleep now.”

Mac smacks his lips in a drunken slur, “So... will you be joining me in my room or... should we just fuck right here in the kitchen and let them watch?”

I attempt to backhand him with a hoof, but I miss by about three inches and end up just swatting at air. “No, we talked about this! No more of that! You dumb, horny... sexy stallion.”

Mac frowns, “Aww, well okay, I’mma go to bed then if that’s the case. Goodnight ponies.”

Fluttershy get off her chair and walks over to the sleeping Applejack, nudging her with a hoof until she woke up. “Applejack, thank goodness you’re awake. I woke you to tell you it’s time to go to sleep now. You don’t wanna miss out on that with how tired you are today.”

AJ squints and stares at the mare, trying and failing to fully comprehend what Fluttershy just said. Applejack shakes her head and slowly gets up. “Well... thank you kindly Flutter of Shy. I wouldn’t want to miss out on sleep...”

I laugh softly as we all leave the dining room and make our way to our rooms. My vision is pretty hazy from all the alcohol I had just imbibed, but I still wave a hoof at Mac as I pass his room. He waves back and I see him hop onto his bed. I have a fleeting thought of doing as he suggested and going in there to have a romp with him, but no, we promised each other we wouldn’t do that when Jack was around. I’ll just have to settle on pleasuring myself tonight, shouldn’t be that hard.

I enter my room and lock the door, smiling as I see the mirror next to the bed, I remembered the last time I clopped here. It was the last thing I did as a human. I hop up on the same spot and lie on my back, flicking my tail to the side and spreading my legs in front of the mirror.

I look at my reflection, I had a nice posterior, there was no denying that. Perfectly rounded flanks, very healthy looking. Nice set of nethers too, very tempting. They were just waiting there, slick with my arousal, eager for a certain red stallion to act on them.

I blink and shake my head. No, bad thoughts, I just discussed this with Mac, no more fucking. Not here, not with Applejack just down the hallway. I reach a hoof down and start trying to pleasure myself. I need to break this habit of connecting pleasure to Mac, I gotta just clop to thoughts of mares and benign pleasures. I look down at the mirror and try to enjoy the view, but all I can think about is replacing the mirror with a stallion and showing off to him instead of to myself...

Ah, damn it, this mirror isn’t helping. I look away and close my eyes. Come on, gotta focus here, I don’t need a stallion, I can do this myself. I rub faster but it’s no use, I need something more, I need... him.

I moan slightly as I think about Mac and how his member made me feel. My breaths get shallow and I cross my legs tighter still. I didn’t want to get myself off while thinking about him, but you know what, fuck it, it’s the most effective way. After a few more seconds of pleasuring myself to thoughts of Mac though I start to question myself. “Why pretend... when the real thing is so close?”

I remove my hoof and contemplate the thought. The alcohol was really clouding my mind. But no, going to Mac right now is a terrible idea, what if his sister saw us? I just told Mac we needed to cut this out too. There’s no way I should go over to his room.... My sexual urges start convincing me otherwise though. “AJ is really drunk and fast asleep, she won’t hear anything. It’s okay, it’s safe to do this today.”

I bite my lip and realize my mind was made up. I roll off the bed and make my way into the hallway, well aware of the fact that the fur under my tail was positively glistening at this point. All the house lights were off by now and I hear snoring coming from AJ’s room. I walk a bit further and come across the room of Big Mac, my stallion, my lover. I bite my lip at that thought and push open the door, there he is, lightly sleeping on his side facing me.

I quietly close the door behind me and make my way towards Mac’s bed. My legs begin to tremble in anticipation for what Mac was going to do to me. I reach his bed and look up, contemplating ways to wake him. Unfortunately I wasn’t entirely paying attention to the bed position so when I looked up I was not looking at Mac’s sleeping face, but rather Mac’s sleeping abdomen.

“Oh... buck...” I whisper to myself very quietly. In front of my eyes was Mac’s stallionhood. He must have fallen asleep while stroking himself or something because it is still half erect and it was less than a foot away from my face. I can’t take my eyes off it and I feel myself winking in the back as any and all inhibition flies away from me. My breath gets caught in my throat as I realize what I’m contemplating. I absentmindedly lick my lips and my brain tries to reason with me, ‘Whoa, whoa, girl, I know you are drunk and horny, but come on, we talked about this. It was okay if he fucked you, because that was just your body receiving some carnal pleasure. It wasn't like you were actually focusing on stallions or licking your lips at the thought of horsecock.'

I put my front hooves on the bed and pull my torso up onto the mattress. I could smell it now, and started to wonder how much I could fit in my mouth. Ah, no stop, don’t do it! You can’t! This is hands down the creepiest thing you can do, you gotta stop! You’re drunk, you’re not thinking logically!

I reach out and give it a slight bump with my hoof to get it lined up better. The member responds to my touch by growing slightly and moves slightly, now pointing right at my muzzle. My breath quickens and I realize both sets of my lips are positively drooling at this point. I stretch my mouth open. Nooo, please listen, if you do this you could never be sane as a guy again! Imagine living as a male knowing that you did this! You won’t want to have this memory!

I smile on the inside and think to myself, ‘That’s the thing, I’m not going back. I'll be a mare from here on out... and the kind of mare that is going to be all about getting that horsecock.’ The inner voice silenced, I cast away the last remnants of my old gender and sexuality. There is no doubt about it, stallions and only stallions are what I crave. I lean forward and slowly wrap my mouth around the cock in front of me.

Mac immediately starts to shift in his sleep, but he isn’t quite awake yet. I manage to fit the whole head of his member in my mouth, and I start to rub my tongue over surface while I move my hooves to start working his generous length. 'So this is what it feels like to give head. Huh, strange. It’s so warm... and that aroma... mmm, I could get used to this.'

I start working to get him deeper but after a few more seconds I feel the bed shift once more and Mac opens his eyes. “Mmm, what time it is? What’s going—HOLY SHIT, DASH!”

I pull the member out of my mouth and turn to Mac in a drunken haze. “Shhhh, dude, your sister is asleep down the hall.” Mac wipes his eyes with his hooves, clearly not sure if this was actually happening or if this was an alcoholic induced sex dream. I just smile and then go back to servicing him.

After a few more seconds Mac speaks up, “Dude, you said you never wanted to do this because...”

I take the object out of my mouth. “You really second guessing your fortune here pal?“

Mac bites his lip and his eyes urge me to continue with the deed. I turn back to his member, giving it a few gentle licks. “You know what Mac? I can't quite explain it, but this is pushing all my buttons right now. The scent, the taste, the feel of it on my tongue...” My speech gets interrupted as my body shivers in lust.

Mac shakes his head. “I don’t even wanna know dude, I don’t wanna know. Just remember tomorrow morning when you’re sober that this was all your idea.” I grin and start to get back to work. I get a few more licks in but then Mac stops me and pushes me away so he can reposition himself. He moves so he is sitting up on the end of the bed with his legs and stallionhood dangling off the side, giving me easy access to everything while I sit on the ground facing him.

“Thanks Big Mac!“ I say with a smile as I lick the sides once more.

“No problem Dash, trust me, the pleasure is all mine.” Mac grins as I dive back down, filling well over a foot of hard flesh into my muzzle. It wasn’t the full thing, but I still thought my ability was pretty impressive, ponies did have the clear advantage here: A snout allowed for much more mouth room than any human mouth could have.

I bobbed up and down for another 30 seconds as I rubbed my nethers into the carpet to increase the pleasure. Before I knew what was happening I felt Mac’s member twitch and flare inside my mouth. I close my windpipe and seconds later it was like someone popped a balloon inside my mouth. Hot, thick ribbons of cum filled my muzzle, I started swallowing as fast as it came. More and more of it flowed over my tongue, and Mac moaned loud enough to be heard in the hall. After a few seconds he starts pulling away from me, but I knew he wasn’t done yet so I lean in to keep my new favorite toy inside my mouth for as long as possible. Finally the fluid stopped coming, so I sucked it dry and ran my tongue over it once more before letting it pop out of my mouth.

I look up to see Mac staring at me in shock like I was some kind of three headed alien. “You... you swallowed? You just... holy fuck, Dash...”

I grinned. “Well, yeah, I mean, can’t get cum all over the carpet or in my fur, that’s just bad form.”

Mac raises his eyebrows. “Well I’m not complaining, but god damn, you really are set on embracing your new sexuality.”

I tilt my head. “Well, I thought about it, this is who I am, and who I always was, right? So, thinking or hoping that I will turn back into a male human with my my old sexuality would mean Discord wins!”

Mac laughs, “So in order to stick it to Discord, you decided to suck my cock? I won’t complain, but I do question your reasoning.”

I lick my lips. “Well, I hope your member is ready for round two, because I think it’s time you also stuck it to Discord... by sticking it inside of me.” I grin at my horrendously terrible word play and start to turn around to present myself.

Mac looks down at his member. “I don’t know if I can go again, you kind of sucked me dry and—” he looks up to see my snatch pressed up inches away from his face, my entire rear glistening from a good fifteen minutes of my continued arousal.

I look behind me at his rapidly stiffening cock. “Oh hey, looks like ‘ol Juinor is ready for a second round!”

Mac just stares at the sight in front of his eyes as a line of drool drips out of his mouth. “Only for you Dash...”

One frenzied fuck later and we collapse back on the bed. Alcohol still blurs my thoughts, but I take a moment to contemplate the idea of going back to my room so no one would see me in bed with Mac tomorrow morning. Naw, fuck that, it’s too much work to change rooms right now. Besides, I don’t want to, I snuggle up next to Mac and I push my ass up against him until I’m the little spoon. I let out a content sigh as my muscles relax and I reflect on the last half hour. My stomach was still full from the oral I did, and then I had Mac cum inside my pussy during the fucking. Filled from both sides, now this was how a mare should end her night everyday.

I lie there and mull over the concept that I was getting pretty addicted to fucking Mac. I enjoyed the oral too, so that was probably going to be regular event between us now too. I sigh, this was all awesome, but I’m still pretty sure that I don’t want to be romantically engaged with Big Mac here. Maybe when this was all settled and over, but not now. There is just too much uncertainty out there. Fucking daily is a nice stress relief, but I don't want to get into kissing and writing poems for each other, that would just be bizarre. Then again, if we were a couple, we could do all sorts of things to each other and get even more involved. Hmmm, I’ll think about that later.

But still, even if we don’t ‘hook up’, now that I think about it, I am really quite fond of the idea of us simply fucking on a regular basis. I know the plan was for us to stop the sex once Jack was around, but really now, that idea just seems strange. Why give up something as enjoyable as this? Mac should be cumming inside me everyday, maybe even twice a day! Mmm, I snuggle up closer against Big Mac and fall asleep as my mind decides that tomorrow I will tell AJ the truth and announce that Mac and I will be sharing a bedroom from here on out. I lick my lips, already thinking about what I’m going to do to him tomorrow night. Mac and I officially together for the rest of our pony lives, and me getting fucking daily by him, this is going to be awesome.

I clamber out of bed and yawn as I look around. Hmm, Mac isn’t in bed, maybe he was getting breakfast or something. I start walking down the hallway towards the kitchen but I pause for a moment as I feel something a little off with my body. I walk by a mirror and take a look, immediately noticing my gut is a little larger than normal “Bleh, I need to cut down on the snacking around here.” Though, oddly enough, I feel really hungry for some reason, much hungrier than usual.

I make my way into the kitchen and find AJ working in the kitchen and the table already piled high with breakfast. “Wow AJ, this food looks awesome! And it’s all for me? You’re the best!”

Jack turns and smiles. “No problem Dash. Mac told me the news, I figured you were going to need all the food you could get!”

I start scarfing down pancakes. “Mac told you the news? What news?”

AJ turns and smiles. “About you two! That’s just adorable, you two are made for each other.”

I blush. What the hell, Mac told AJ about last night? What the shit, we never talked about this! “Uh Jack, see we’re not actually...”

AJ cuts me off. “Now now, no need to hide it, this is not a time for shame. It’s a time for celebration! I mean, I believe congratulations are in order Dash!”

Alarm bells sound in my head. “Wait what? What are you talking about?” Before AJ can reply the door opens and Mac enters.

“Good morning sweetie!” Mac trots over, kissing me right on the lips.

I hold up my hooves in shock. “Whoa, Mac, come on dude, kissing on the lips? And in front of your sister!?”

AJ just smiles as she looks at us. “You two are adorable, I’m glad my brother found himself a mare as nice as you Dash.”

I’m in full blown panic mode at this point but Mac just kisses me again. “Eat up sweetie, you’re going to need it.”

I push the plate away from me. “Look guys, I’m not really comfortable with--”

AJ cuts me off, “Have you thought of a name yet?”

I crease my eyebrows. “A name for what?”

AJ and Mac just stare at me and smile. My head starts to connects the dots. Mac making the relationship public, AJ happy for me, I’m a little chubby around the waist--

I leap backwards from the table and run to a mirror. My gut wasn’t just a little chubby, I had a distinct bulge on my waist. I'm pregnant.

Fluttershy walks into the room. “Aww, Dash is going to be a mommy? That’s so cute! And look Dash, your teats are growing! Just like a real mare!”

I glance back at the mirror, Flutters was right, my teats were much larger and I suddenly I felt the urge to have them suckled on by a foal. Images of myself lying in a soft bed with my newborn foal suckling on my milk flash before my eyes. “No, no, no, no, no!”

Mac walks up to me and puts his foreleg around my shoulder. “I love you so much Dash, I’m so glad you decided to have foals with me!”

I look up at Mac and realize all the times we had unprotected sex. God damn it, why didn’t I see this coming? Why the hell didn’t anyone tell me I was fertile!

“Now that you’re going to be a mommy, there is no need to hide your feelings for me sweetie.” Mac leans in and kisses me again, this time with full tongue. He extends a hoof to pat my tummy. I try to pull away but my body doesn’t respond, it’s like I’m paralyzed in his arms.

AJ grins at me. “You’re going to be a great mother Dash.”

Mac pulls away from the kiss and licks my cheek. “Dash, will you marry me? Let’s forget about this Discord thing, we can just live together and you can have lots and lots of babies with me. You can be my mare, you can live your whole life doing nothing but servicing me and giving me foals.”

I close my eyes and envision the future. A dozen foals are around me trying to suckle at my teats and my belly is pregnant with more foals on the way. Mac walks by and I immediately turn and raise my tail towards him, eager to receive his hourly fuck. My entire life reduced to just giving him pleasure and having his babies...

I find myself back in the present in the kitchen where Mac just proposed to me. My body is completely out of my control, it’s living a life of its own and I am just watching. My head nods a yes vigorously and I start saying things I don’t want to say. “I love you too Mac! I want to be your mare forever and ever!” I lean in to kiss him romantically. Fluttershy and AJ cheer and then I break the kiss and motion for Mac to sit down. I start giving him head right there in the kitchen, my entire body wanting nothing else but to please my stallion. 'As soon as I became a mare, I had valued sex above everything, and I had willingly embracing the role of a horny mare. This was that final outcome, a simple wife and breeding mare.'

What, no, I don’t want these things, this isn’t me, what’s happening? I don’t want this!! I’m not a housewife, I don’t want to be a mother! No, no, no!
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh---

“....ahhhhhhhhh!” I scream and twist over on myself with a jolt, falling painfully off the bed and landing on the floor. I try to calm my hyperventilating as I look around, it’s dark in the bedroom and I have a slight hangover from the alcohol. I sit up on the floor and brush my mane out of my eyes, I can see Mac still asleep on his side of the bed and the sun was just starting to rise outside. I trot over to the mirror and look at myself. My body is normal, I’m not pregnant. It was all a dream. It was all a dream...

I take a few deep breaths and sit down leaning into the wall. It was all a dream. Deep breaths, deep breaths. I shake my head slowly. “...fuck you Luna. Asshole.” I don’t know if she was real or if she had anything to do with this, but regardless, that was a fucking nightmare. A dream far worse than any I have ever had. And the worst part is, it might be more of a premonition than dream.

I slowly get up on wobbly legs and take a few more deep breaths as I look around the room. My eyes fall on Mac and I swear under my breath. What the hell was I doing? I voluntarily let him fuck me and cum inside not once, but three times in the past two days? I mean, that nightmare was just a dream, but there's a chance I actually could have gotten pregnant. God damnit, what the hell did I do to myself? Why do I keep giving in to these temptations?

I take a few steps away from Mac, I had to stop letting him fuck me, nothing but bad would come from this. I didn't want to be a mother, urgh, even thinking that word makes me want to puke. I had nothing against mothers, but I was certainly not wanting to become one. It might be too late already though, fuck. Well, first things first, I need to figure out if that's the case.

I walk out of the bedroom and mull over my options. I needed to confide in someone that could help me figure out if I really was, gulp, pregnant with foals. I feel a shiver go down my tail, okay, gotta stop thinking about it, gotta stop thinking about it. Who can I go to? Applejack would help me right? She is trained in horse breeding, she can probably tell me if I'm pregnant. Ah ha, this is perfect! Well, except for the fact that I would have to tell her that I fucked her brother. Three times. I bite my lip, okay, not going to tell Applejack, I don't want to get murdered.

I scratch my head and make my way down the hallway going to another door. If I couldn’t talk to AJ about this, I did have one other choice. I knock on Fluttershy's door, then open the door a crack “Flutters, are you awake?”

A mumble is the answer, so I open the door wider and walk inside, turning on a light as I do so. Fluttershy sits up in her bed and turns to face the door, a hoof wiping the sleep from her eyes. I nearly have a heart attack from the sheer overload of adorableness coming from sleepy Fluttershy half cuddled under blankets. It only gets worse when she spots me and smiles happily “Oh, hello Rainbow Dash, good morning.”

I feel bad for waking her up, but this really couldn't wait any longer. “Hey Flutters...”

Fluttershy sees my tail between my legs and my flat ears. She quickly sits up in alarm. “Dash, what happened!? What's the matter?”

I bite my lip and stare at the floor. “Fluttershy, I worried I might be pregnant. Umm, can you help me find out if I am?”

Fluttershy giggles, which by the way, is just as unbelievably adorable as you would think. “Dash, I know you're new at this whole being a girl thing, but come on, you can't be pregnant silly. You would have to have sex with someone for that to happen. Girls don't just get pregnant randomly. You have nothing to worry about.”

I just stare at Fluttershy. She looks back at me confused. “What is it, Dash?”

I raise one eyebrow. Fluttershy's pupils widen slightly. “Oh come on, don't be silly.”

I raise the other eyebrow, Fluttershy leans back. “You didn't actually, I mean...”

I give the slightest of smirks, Fluttershy let's out a peep but says nothing. I shake my head to confirm. “I did it Fluttershy, I did it with Big Mac. The whole deal. Several times actually, and we didn't have protection.”

Fluttershy blushes and slinks back in her blankets, hiding her face. “Yeah, I kinda figured. But still Dash, hearing you confirm it and thinking about it... that's just, wow.”

I step closer to the bed. “Please Fluttershy, you're the only one I can talk to about this.”

A gentle laugh comes from her, “I've been a girl for twenty five years and I'm still a virgin. You were one for what, two days and you already did it multiple times?”

I join Fluttershy in blushing, and I stare at the floor. “Yeah, uh, sorry about that.”

Fluttershy's head pokes out of the blanket. “Don't apologize Dash, that's just silly. My problems are my problems. besides, that mare's body is your body now, you are free do with it as you please.” I rub a hoof on the back of my neck, and Fluttershy continues “Dash, if I were you I would be more careful. You can do what you want, but you really don't want to get pregnant right now, not with all this Discord stuff going on.”

I facepalm in embarrassment. ”I know! I know, and trust me this won't happen again. But can you help me find out if I'm pregnant right now?”

Fluttershy tilts her head for a moment. “Oh, you’re not.”

Relief and confusion rush over me. “Well that’s great to hear, but, umm, don’t you need to do some tests or something?”

Fluttershy shrugs. “No, not really.”

I narrow my eyes. “Go on...”

She blushes. “Well, you know how I used to volunteer in the animal shelter? I was really good at my job there because I always had a knack for treating animals. I could always tell which animals were hungry, which ones were in pain, and... which ones were going to have babies.”

I throw a hoof in the air. “Oh come on Fluttershy, you’re not psychic.”

“Well, no, I’m not. I can’t read your mind or anything, but ever since I became a pony the way I can read people and animals has gotten really quite strong. For example I know your left wing is still sore from a major cramp you must have had yesterday. I know your back left hoof is sore from something sharp you probably stepped on a while ago, I know you have a headache, I know you’re thirsty, and I know you’re in heat right now. But pregnant? No, I’m not feeling that at all.”

I stared at the Fluttershy, utterly at a loss for words. She read my signs as well as I could read the clouds, which I guess made sense, but it was still pretty damn freaky. “So... you’re sure about that then? I’m not pregnant?”

Fluttershy shakes her head. “Not yet anyway. Which makes sense if you think about it Dash. You’ve only been female for what, three days now? Don’t you remember high school biology, eggs in the ovary have to grow and mature for a few weeks before they can leave the ovary and enter the Fallopian tube. If you were only a girl for three days then your--”

I cut her off, “Yes, yes, that’s enough thanks. Too much information there Fluttershy, thanks.”

She shrugs. “Well, you asked.”

I laugh nervously, “Yeah, I sort of did. Well, thanks for the help Flutters, that’s a huge load off my mind.”

She smiles. “Just be careful in the future, you lucked out here but going forward, well, you know.” I nod and make a mental note, Fluttershy continues, “Anyways, I'm glad I could help, do you need anything else?”

I smile back at her and shake my head. “Nope, that's it. Guess I'll get back to bed now, sorry for waking you up.”

Fluttershy nods. “Oh, it's not problem.” I start walking to the door and she speaks up again. “Dash?”

“Yes?” I stop and turn around to see Fluttershy smiling and scooting over in her bed.

“If you want, you can sleep here. The bed is warm and I could use a friend.”

My heart melts at the offer, Fluttershy wants me to cuddle and sleep next to her? There isn't even an ounce of sexual desire on either end of this offer. It was just one girl offering a warm bed to her friend.

My lip trembles. “Fluttershy, you know, I don't deserve you as a friend. You've always been there for me and always treated me well, but I never gave you anything or even knew your birthday.”

She just smiles. “That's okay Dash, you gave me plenty. And besides, we're still young, you can make it up to me for my 26th birthday! I’ll expect something big! Now, do you want to sleep here?”

My response was a running leap onto the bed, followed by me hugging Fluttershy with my whole body. After a moment she giggles, “Now Dash, I'm not Big Mac, there's no need to grab me.”

I release the hug and very gently bump her shoulder with a hoof. “Oh quiet, you know friends can still hug.”

She nods and says nothing for a moment, before quietly speaking up, “Dash... thanks for finding me and bringing me here.”

I stretch out on the bed and then turn my head to see her. “It wasn't just me, it was a group effort. I would never have found you without AJ and Mac's help.”

Fluttershy closes her eyes to start to return to sleep. “That's good to know, I have the best friends.”

I chuckle softly, “So, I'll repeat my question from earlier today. How do you like being a pony Fluttershy?”

She opens one eye and gives me a glance with it. “Well, I wouldn’t wish this on anyone else... but, it’s not that bad now that I’m with my friends. I can make this work.”

I grin for both of our sakes and the two of us fall off into sleep.

A few hours later we are awoken by knocking on the door, then Big Mac’s voice comes through. “Fluttershy, are you decent, can I come in?”

I raise my head off the bed and answer for her. “What? We’re ponies, we’re always decent.”

I hear Fluttershy laugh beside me and then Mac opens the door and pops his head inside. “Dash? What are you doing in here?”

I shrug. “Fluttershy invited me to share a bed.”

Mac tilts his head and smiles. “Wow, jeez Dash you really sleep around huh?”

I feel myself blush but before I can protest Fluttershy leans forward and answers for me, “Oh calm down you horndog. Dash and I are just friends, two girls can share a bed and not be lesbians you know.”

Mac looks down, feeling bad being yelled at by Fluttershy. I decide to join in, “Yeah, jeez Mac. Typical guy, always has sex on his mind.”

“Mmhmm, quiet missy.” Mac purses his lips and gives me a stare, before smiling and going back into the hallway. “I’m making breakfast by the way, won’t be long.”

I shake my head in amusement before realizing something and turning to look at Fluttershy. “Wait, hold on. If you can read ponies as well as you say you can... you knew Mac and I had sex already. You would have known right away!”

Fluttershy grins back. “I didn’t want to mention it to you guys, I figured that was private. You guys did make it pretty obvious though, it hardly took my special talent to know you had something going on.”

I think back to the exchange between us when I first introduced Fluttershy to Mac in the entranceway. “So... when you started singing that 90s song...”

Fluttershy laughs, “Guilty as charged. I did that on purpose to help change the subject, I sort of figured you were trying to break it off but Mac was pressuring you to stay with him.”

I blush, “Well, no, the feeling and actions between the two of us were actually mutual. Being alone with Mac just really sets me off and--”

A door knock interrupts us, the door opens and Applejack pokes her head into the room. “Hey Fluttershy, Mac is making breakfast and-- Oh, hey Dash, fancy seeing you here.”

I wave a hoof. “Good morning.”

AJ ponders for a second and smiles. ”Wow, jeez Dash you really sleep around huh?”

I blink for a second at the Déjà vu, “What, no, no, see me and Fluttershy were just sharing a bed and--”

Applejack nods and starts to smile. “Mmhmm.”

I blush a little and so does Applejack. Out of the corner of my eye I notice Fluttershy glancing at AJ, then back at me, then back at AJ. Fluttershy’s eyes grow wide as a realization dawns on her. “Eeep!”

Applejack tilts her head. “What’s wrong with Fluttershy?”

I facehoof. “Nothing, we’ll see you at breakfast AJ.”

She shrugs and leaves the room, heading down the hall to the kitchen. Fluttershy turns to stare at me. “Oh Rainbow Dash, you have been a naughty pony.”

I continue facehoofing, “Fluttershy, not a word to her brother please.”

She grins back. “You’re just full of fun secrets aren’t you, Dash?”

Breakfast was quite tasty, Mac prepared bowls of sliced apples and some cleaned sweetgrass. It was one of the better meals I had, and afterwards we found ourselves sitting around the table pondering what to do today.

“Steve. John. Sarah. Carol. Maria. Joe.” Big Mac was flipping through Fluttershy’s photo album that she brought.

AJ looks at her brother. “Whatcha doing?”

“Tim. Kyle. Katie.” He looks up across the table. “Just seeing if any of our old friends are also ponies. It’s a trick I learned with Dash back in her apartment.” Mac flips a page and looks back down. “Fred. Julie. Sam.”

I supplement Mac’s explanation for the sake of the other two mares at the table. “You just look at pictures and say the name that comes into your head. If they have turned into ponies, your brain sort of slips and you find yourself saying their pony name. That’s how we knew Fluttershy was actually Fluttershy. We saw a picture of Fluttershy and Mac said Fluttershy instead of Fluttershy.”

The entire table turns to stare at me, even Mac looked up from book to look at me. I shrug my shoulders. “What?”

AJ raises her eyebrow. “Nothing, I think you just explained your point perfectly well there. Though it’s kind of scary that you seemed unable to recall Fluttershy’s human name.”

Mac looks back at Fluttershy’s album and flips a page, “Mary. Tom. Rick.”

I scratch my head, I forgot Fluttershy’s human name? No, it’s Fiona, it is still in my head. Did I really forget it back when I was talking about the name thing?

“Eve. Robert. Sunshine Clouds. Lemon Hearts. Adam. Rebecca...”

Three heads turn to stare at Mac, he looks up and nods slowly. ”Yep, think I found two. Pretty sure those aren’t human names.”

AJ turns to look at me. “Who the hell are Sunshine Clouds and Lemon Hearts? I don’t recognize their names from the show.”

Fluttershy pipes in, “I think they are background ponies, they must be. But why would Discord send them here? I thought he only went after the mane six.”

“That’s what I thought too...” I rub my head with a hoof. Well, this was going to get complicated. Discord sent over more than just the mane six? How many ponies were on Earth now? I mean if this random photo album had two random ponies in it, how many ponies were around us now? Fifty? A hundred? Thousands?

AJ looks up from her thoughts. “We should probably keep an eye on the news, see if there are any sightings. Then maybe think of a way we can contact people that are found out.”

I nod. “Pity we don’t have a unicorn with us. Magic and teleporting would be really frickin handy right about now.”

Mac waves a hoof in the air. “Oh quiet you. You can fucking fly. You don’t get to complain about a lack of magic.”

I laugh and we lapse into silence for a few moments. Fluttershy speaks up, “Maybe we should watch some episodes of the show, it’s been five years since it ended, we should refresh ourselves with parts of it. Not to mention Mac here has only seen like two episodes in his life, he needs to see what sorts of things the ponies did.”

There are no complaints to that proposal, so the four of us sit around the TV and Mac pops in the DVD for season nine. He pokes his hoof at the control buttons, thankfully the remote was large enough that it could actually be operated pretty well with a hoof. After getting to the title screen he looks back. “Any episode in particular, or what's the plan here?”

AJ glances at me and smiles. “I wanna see Dash blush, you should play that bonus episode where she goes on a date with Soarin.”

I roll my eyes. “Oh god, please don't, that episode was so cringe worthy. It’s such a bad episode, easily the worst one in the season, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a Dash fan.”

Fluttershy giggles, “You mean you're not just saying that because you're Dash.”

I facehoof and feel myself blush, meanwhile Mac, as per usual, is confused. “Whoa, whoa, hold on, there's an episode where Dash dates some dude? Ha ha, that's hilarious. Is Dash all romantic and stuff?”

I groan and try to change the subject, “We should watch an actually good episode instead, like the one where Dash is promoted to Captain of the Wonderbolts”

Mac looks from AJ, back towards me. “Wait, hold on a second. You were the Captain of the Wonderbolts? That’s like the military thing they have right? And you’re the captain?”

I nod. “Well, Rainbow Dash was an absurdly good flier and worked hard to earn the spot. So yeah, she became the captain.”

Mac tilts his head. “Which is you. Pretty sure we discussed this ad nauseum. So we can just say 'you earned the role of captain'.”

I squirm in my seat. I was okay with referring to myself as Dash, but taking credit for her past achievements still felt a little odd. “I, uh, guess that makes sense?” I decide to try it out, “So, another good episode was in the sixth season, when Rainbow Dash became...” I pause and bite my tongue. Fuck it, if I'm going to be Dash I'm not going to pussy foot around it anymore. Might as well accept my destiny. “Sorry, so as I was saying, in the sixth season I finally became a full fledged Wonderbolt. Being a Wonderbolt was my dream, but I would have a lot of lessons to learn over the years before I would be worthy of being the captain.”

I look around me, all three of them are smiling. I raise my eyebrows. “Is using first person still a little weird?”

AJ laughs, “Nah, I like it. Really changes the way I look at you. Kind of makes it hit home that my 'ol buddy is actually the person she looks like.” She smiles and flips through the DVDs. “Let's watch one of those Dash Wonderbolt episodes for funsies.”

She selects Wonderbolt Academy and we all sit down to watch it.

I look down as the episode ends, and Fluttershy notices. “What's the matter, Dash?”

I sigh, “I was just thinking about Lightning Dust. We were good friends in the show, but she probably thinks I've been dead for 25 years. I wonder how she's doing.”

Mac stares at me. “...or she might not be real. How do we know any of these episodes are accurate? I mean, I know we are the ponies from the show, as crazy as that sounds. But we don't know our past, did any of these episodes actually happen? Are the rest of these characters real, or did the Hasbro animators just make this 'Lightning Dust' character on a whim? We have no idea how accurate this show is or—”

Mac gets cut off, surprisingly, from Fluttershy of all people. “Mac, I was thinking about something. Can you play the last episode please?”

We all stare at her. The last episode was horrifying, especially now that we knew all those scenes were, for the most part, true. I don't think any of us could stomach seeing Discord betray Celestia and begin his plan to exile all of us.

AJ speaks up, “Are you sure Fluttershy? I mean, we all know what happens and it's pretty unsettling to see it.”

Fluttershy remains adamant, “Just the last five minutes please, we can skip the beginning.”

AJ and I raise our eyebrows, but Mac just nods and fumbles with the scene select controls until the last part of the final episode are playing on the screen. We all sit in silence as we see Discord make his way towards Twilight's chambers in Canterlot. He enters with a polite bow and a smile, pretending to still be her friend. Then when Twilight turns her back, he instantly leaps into action and hits her with his curse. She starts to cast a spell to fight back, but before anything else can happen she vanishes into the white nothingness, something we all have memories of happening to us. Discord then laughs and that's that, the show is over.

Fluttershy rewinds the DVD and pauses it on the last scene. I look over and see her biting her hoof and staring at the TV. Ah, I bet she is confused about the 'missing Fluttershy scene'. I open my mouth, “Look, Fluttershy, we already figured this out. The scene you remember wasn't put in the show, it's just your memory.”

“I know.” Fluttershy drops her hoof from her mouth and trots towards the TV before turning to look at us. “I understand that I have Fluttershy's memories, which is why I can remember a scene that shows what happened to Fluttershy. But Fluttershy's scene isn't what I'm wondering about right now though.”

Dots start to connect in my head. Wait a second, holy fuck, how the hell did we miss this detail for so long? My ears start to drop against my head. Fluttershy continues with her revelation, “Girls, I'm not concerned about the scene that is 'missing' from this episode, I'm more concerned with the scene that ISN'T missing.”

I close my eyes and sit down slowly, trying to make sense of it all. AJ shares a glance with her brother and speaks up, “The scene that isn't missing? What are you getting at?”

I speak with my eyes still closed, “The only people who have memories of what happened to the mane six are the ponies that were there when it happened. That's how you and Mac can tell me what happened to the Apple family, and that's how I can tell you what happened in the night sky to Rainbow Dash...”

AJ's eyes grow wide. “...but the animators show what happened to Twilight.”

Fluttershy finishes the thought process she began five minutes ago, “The show follows Twilight, and once Twilight vanishes the show is over for good.” Fluttershy pauses for a moment, before going out on a limb, “Twilight is on Earth now, and she must have helped make the show accurate. That explains why the season finale shows what happens to her, that’s the only part she remembers.”

I open my eyes. “But we lost our memories, we all did. And MLP doesn't have one writer, they have dozens. How could a Twilight without memories direct the entire show?”

Mac gets up and stretches. “Well, let's go find where she is, then go and ask her.”

I laugh, “Mac, the show was made in Vancouver and we're in fucking Iowa. That's over two thousand miles away. How the hell are we supposed to get to the Pacific Northwest? And once we get there, how the fuck do we find her?”

Mac turns to me and smiles. “We're ponies. We'll think of something.”