It is a quiet day in Ponyville...well, kinda. The ponies are still concerned about the explosions that came from Canterlot a while ago. And while some of the ponies who went there came home safe and sound, no pony got the full details as to what has happened yet.

Some ponies gathered at the train station since Twilight and her friends will soon arrive home. The train itself pulls up into the station before coming to a complete stop. The passengers got out...and amongst them are a familiar group of ponies and a baby dragon.

"Well, thank goodness we're back home." Rarity said with a sigh. "Canterlot was nice but nothing beats my old grounds."

"Yew got it. An' some ponies came 'ta welcome us back." Applejack said with a smile. She waves to the crowd while exclaiming, "Howdy everypony! Missed us?"

"Yeah, sure, good to see you all right, Applejack," Caramel said to Applejack with a grin.

"Well, Spike, I guess some ponies got library books to return...so it's time for us to reopen the library." Twilight said to Spike with a grin, knowing that the library is about to be reopened.

"Hold it, Twilight, hold it!" A familiar voice exclaims as the Mayor of Ponyville trots up to her. "What's going on in Canterlot? We saw four explosions and thought that the city was under attack! Big Macintosh and some ponies whose went there came back alive but no answer as to what has happened."

"Oh, nothing much, Mayor. The city was under attack but we took care of the problem. The last explosion is my parents' house getting blown up."

"Sorry!" The Cutie Mark Crusaders, the ones who accidentally destroyed the home of Twilight's parents, said while looking sheepishly.

"Well, what was the attack? What happe..." The Mayor stops as a new pony came up to her, one that she has never seen before, "Uh...hello?"

The new pony is brown coated stallion with a spiky like brown mane, green eyes, a long tail and a red collar. He appears to have three golden triangles made into a Triforce on the side of his flank. On his back is a saddlebag along with the familiar sleeping ball form of Nyx who decided to take a nap on the new pony.

"Hi there, everypony," The stallion said, waving a hoof to everypony.

"Wow, who is that new pony?" Daisy asks her friends Lily and Rose in curiosity. "He's cute."

"Yeah! Is this new colt going to live in Ponyville?" Lily asks right back in hope. Some of the ponies begin talking about the new stallion.

Rainbow rolls her eyes, motioning the ponies back while saying, "Okay, ponies, back off; this pony is already spoken for."

"Yeah, he's Twilight's colt! Hooves off," Pinkie exclaims sternly, making some of the ponies gasp in surprise.

"Wait, Twilight Sparkle got a colt-friend? Wow! How did she get so lucky?" Daisy asks her friends in amazement and disbelief.

"Ahem. Mayor, this is my new colt-friend Ben Mare." Twilight said with a giggle. She uses her magic to fold a scroll over to the Mayor who takes it. "I think you will see from that letter from Princess Celestia that Ben has been assigned to be co-librarian in the Ponyville Library."

The Mayor opens the letter and looks at it carefully. She said, "Well, there's the Royal Seal. This is an official notice all right."

"Well, time for us to get going." Rarity said with a nod.

"Right; we don't want any unnecessary excitement and..." Fluttershy didn't get the chance to finish as a gasp from the Mayor cuts her right off.

"M-m-m-my Herd; Ben Mare is Princess Celestia's adopted son?" The Mayor gasps in shock and disbelief. Some of the ponies gasp in surprise before some bow to Ben Mare, Celestia's adopted son.

"Now, now, please don't." Ben said sheepishly. "Get up, rise; I am just a normal Earth pony like you are."

"Forgive us...well, mostly me. But...is it true; Twilight?"

"Yes, it is true. Ben Mare is Princess Celestia's adopted son." Spike chuckles to the Mayor a bit. "But Ben Mare is a normal pony like you are and just wants a normal life in Ponyville."

"Right; I may be the princess's niece-in-law through Princess Cadance but I am still the same Twilight Sparkle you meant a while ago, right?" Twilight ask the ponies who mumbles a bit.

"Well, I supposed so. But...son or no, Ben Mare, you are always welcome in my village." The Mayor said to Ben Mare with a welcoming grin.

"Thank you. Well, Twilight, how about you, me and our daughter head to my new home?" Ben ask Twilight with a smile. "After all the trouble that I went through, I will be happy to settle down. Of course, once Nyx wakes up."

"Right, Nyx is sleepy and I have to be quiet when getting her on your back." Twilight said while nuzzling her love happily.

"Yew y'all go on ahead. Ah need 'ta get mahself an' Apple Bloom back home." Applejack said as she motions to Apple Bloom. "Herd knows 'dat Granny Smith needs some help after our an' Big Macintosh's absence."

"And I got a super-duper fun party to schedule! Oh boy, this is so much fun, I can..." Pinkie giggles eagerly and rushes off very fast; you can barely tell that she isn't around anymore.

"Yeah, she is definitely going to make a party for Ben." Rainbow chuckles a bit. "She always do that for the new ponies."

"Well, I better get back to my Carousel Baroque. The combination dresses are a big hit in Canterlot and I got a big order for them. Come, Sweetie!" Rarity exclaims happily as she and Sweetie heads off.

"Right; see you girls later!" Sweetie exclaims, waving a hoof goodbye as she heads off to Rarity.

"Oh dear, I better check on my animals, make sure that they are all right. Angel can do so much in my absence." Fluttershy said meekly as she left.

Applejack and Apple Bloom head on. Soon, only Twilight, Ben, Spike, Nyx, Rainbow and Scootaloo are left still around. The purple unicorn grins as she asks, "Rainbow, Scoots?"

"Eh, why not? I ain't scheduled or anything right now and I need to go to the library anyhow." Rainbow remarks with a shrug.

The group left on leaving some of the ponies looking amazed and eager for the new arrival. Lyra Heartstrings turns to Bon-Bon excitedly while exclaiming, "I told you, Bon-Bon! I did meet the adopted son of Princess Celestia in Canterlot!"

"Yeah! Oh wow!" Bon-Bon exclaims with a grin. "Ponyville just got better!"

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Later that day, Twilight's group arrived at her library home, which is Ben's home as well from now on.

"Well, welcome to the Ponyville Library, Ben." Twilight said gently as she uses her key to unlock the front door.

"And a good home of course," Ben remarks with a grin. "I enjoyed reading; I am a nut when it comes to reading."

"Really; Then I know you will love it here!" Twilight giggles in delight as the group goes into the library.

"Nyx, honey, wake up." Ben said gently while nudging Nyx a bit. "We're home now."

The black alicorn moaned before she woke up as she stretched her hooves while yawning.

"Are we home? Wow. It's like I never left. Thanks, daddy." Nyx mumbles a bit as she jumps off, using her wings to slow her descent to the floor.

Spike notices some books in the drop bag underneath the drop bag. He comments, "Must be the books that the ponies returned. I will put them back in their place."

"Owloysius; Can you help Spike please?" Twilight calls out to her little owl assistant who wakes up upon hearing his owner returning home.

"Who," Owloysius calls out in the usual way.

"Spike, that's...oh, come on! Let's not do this again!" Twilight giggles to Owloysius who flies in to help Spike in returning the books to their places.

"Wow, Twilight, I didn't know you have a pet owl!" Ben said in fascination.

"I got him when I decided that Spike needs some extra help." Twilight said with a smile to her love.

"Hey, egghead; I just remembered: did the new Daring Do book come in yet?" Rainbow asks Twilight anxiously.

"It should be over there on the waiting table." Twilight said, motioning to a book that is on the waiting table. "Guess I forgot to bring it with me to Canterlot."

"Worth the wait," Rainbow remarks as she takes the book from the table. A chirp is heard as a familiar baby phoenix is seen behind where the book once was, "Oh, sorry Peewee; didn't see you there."

"A baby phoenix; No way," Ben exclaimed in surprise and delight.

"He belongs to Spike; my big brother adopted him after saving his egg from mean dragons." Nyx giggles as she and Scootaloo goes off to play a bit.

"Yep; I named him Peewee! Say hello to Twilight's new boyfriend, little guy!" Spike said to Peewee with a grin. The baby phoenix chirps 'hello' to Ben.

"Dang, does mom knows you have a phoenix like her?" Ben asks Spike with a grin.

"Yeah, she knows, enough to send him instructions." Rainbow said, putting her name on the list and such. "Okay, I should have the book returned to you soon. Come on, Scoots, I gotta get you home."

"Coming, Rainbow!" Scootaloo said as she ran up to Rainbow.

As the two ponies leave, Twilight said with a grin, "Well, time to get you settled in."

"How? Daddy didn't bring much." Nyx said puzzled.

"On the contrary, I brought everything with me." Ben chuckles to the puzzled ponies and dragon. "Watch this." He opens the bag and peeks inside. "All right, everything...Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!"

Twilight, Nyx, Spike and even the pets look startled as a lot of stuff came popping out of the bag, heading upstairs. The group heads upstairs and looks into Twilight's room which she is sharing with Nyx and Spike.

The group observes as Ben's stuff is put in certain places of the room, even big stuff like a bookshelf and a bed, which came from a small bag shockingly, was landing in certain places.

When everything is in place, the bedroom now has new additions. Ben laughs, "Aha!"

"Wow!" Twilight, Nyx and Spike exclaim in unison and surprise.

"How did you do that?" Twilight ask Ben in amazement.

"Oh, this is a magic bag that mom gotten from the Moochik generations ago. Say the magic words and you can fit a whole room in there." Ben explains to his new family proudly.

"And the princess didn't tell me about it?" Twilight asked Ben, a bit disappointed.

"Well, you never asked." Ben remarks with a chuckle. Twilight agrees to that point. She never did asked about the magic bag before so who is the unicorn to judge?

"What a way to pack and unpack!" Nyx exclaims in amazement.

"Yeah...now then, how else can you fit stuff in one bag, let me ask you that." Ben said as he moves his portrait of his colt self into the right position.

"I think it's wonderful!" Twilight said with a smile

"Right." Ben said as he sat on his bed. "Well, come on, Twilight, Nyx. Can't a stallion have his girlfriend and adopted daughter sit with him on the bed? Go ahead."

"Okay!" Nyx said eagerly before she and Twilight got to Ben's bed and sat with him.

"So...what does a co-librarian does around here?" Ben asks Twilight curiously.

"Well, simple. We checked out books to the ponies, put them back in, look up any for the ponies, do dusting, studying, etc. Come on, you read, you know what a librarian does." Twilight giggles to Ben in a teasing kinda way.

"I know that. I just want to make sure you aren't being forgetful, My Little Twilight." Ben laughs as he and Twilight hugs a bit. "But what shall we do about tomorrow?"

"Well, I am planning on tour for you, all around Ponyville." Twilight said to Ben with a smile. "To AJ's farm, Rarity's Carousel Baroque and more. Would you like that?"

"Yeah...I would." Ben said with a slow nod. He is going to enjoy his new life in Ponyville. It is going to be great.

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It was nighttime in Ponyville. Most of the town is asleep by now. Inside the home of Twilight and now Ben, the purple unicorn, Nyx, Spike and Pee-Wee were in bed. Owloysius, being an owl, was up watching.

Ben, the only one not sleeping, sighs as he glances at the beautiful night that his Aunt Luna has made for all of Equestria. Not so long ago, the Earth pony was a Demon Pony, roaming the forest and looking at the sky in the Everfree Forest. And now, look at him. He is un-cursed, most of Equestria now loves and request him (Twilight has to worked hard to keep admirers out of the library), and now Ben has a wonderful filly-friend and a great adopted daughter.

Ben wonders how his mother deals when she adopted him as a foal years ago. The Earth pony is a bit nervous about being away from his home...but decides that it's well worth it with Twilight and Nyx. He wonders how Ponyville will handle him.

As Ben looks out the window, a familiar voice spoke up, "Can't sleep?" The Earth pony turns to see Twilight in her own bed glancing at him.

"Well, not yet. Twilight...have you ever deal with extra attention?" Ben asks Twilight curiously.

"Well, sometimes. During the Gala ticket, bunch of ponies, even my own friends, wanted my extra ticket and do stuff for me to win my favor. I was struggling to figure out which of my good friends to picked at the time. Your mother...Celestia helped me out by giving me extra tickets. I got some extra tickets due to me being related to the princess through her niece's marriage to Shining Armor."

"And...have it ever bugged you?"

"A bit," Twilight remarks with a shrug. "But I learned to live with it. The attention will die down. Just like you, I just want to live a normal life...well, okay, I am still a student of the ruler of Equestria, still a librarian who is a powerful unicorn, and is a mother of a former evil of Princess Luna."

"I see." Ben said. He pauses a bit, looking more concerned.

"Ben, honey...is there anything else bothering you?"

"I just...I wondered how Ponyville will react to me...and what would happen if they were to find out about my Demon Pony former life."

Twilight giggles a bit as she said, "Don't worry. I was worried when they found out about Nyx being Nightmare Moon...but I learnt that as time goes by, if my daughter got stunned, I hope and wait for a chance for her to be accepted. My parents accepted her, so did my brother, her aunt, Celestia at times, Luna...and now you, me, my friends and Nyx's own. The thing is, don't worry about it! Just try to live your life the way that you want to, not what others want you to be!"

"Yeah, you're right." Ben said with a sigh before smiling. "I wanted a normal life with you and Nyx...and I will get it. And if there's any problems like with Boris, I will fight to get it. You protected me, so I shall protect you and our daughter."

"Glad to hear that."

Ben smiles a bit as he got into bed. Perhaps there's no reason to worry. He still got a good life ahead of him. Just then, the Earth pony is startled as Twilight got out of her bed and heads to him.

"Twilight," Ben ask Twilight then is surprised as his love crawls into bed with him. "What...?"

"Oh, my bed feels lumpy right now...I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to sleep with you tonight. Good night." Twilight said lovingly. Ben blinks as the purple unicorn hugs him then falls asleep. She obviously made up that excuse to be with him tonight.

Ben pauses as he glances at Twilight then smiles a bit. He puts one upper foreleg around his true love while saying quietly, "Good night, Twilight..."

Ben then gets to sleep himself. He has a long day ahead of him tomorrow...