I woke in my bed with Lupus curled up next to my face. He must of came in at night while I was asleep. I give him a few strokes before I look over and see something in his mouth. It's looks like red fur... wonder what that was? I ignore it for now and roll over, waking Lupus as I get out of bed. I stretching a bit as I make my way to the to the restroom. After taking care of my business and a quick change, I went down stairs to get some breakfast, Lupus following with the red straggly thing held firmly in his mouth. I find a large pot of apple soup and decide to have that... though I'm not sure where it came from. What to do today... I guess I could go to work, but then what? I guess I could bum around Ponyville, maybe see what everyone is up to.

"What do you think?" I ask Lupus as he chews away at the red fur ball. He stops and looks up to me, licking his nose a couple times before he goes back to chewing on the corpse. I guess that's a go for it. After eating I head out for Sweet Apple Acres. The walk was calm enough, bright sun, birds singing, a gentle breeze blowing from the north, peaceful. Just... peaceful. I look around and get an odd shiver, things are too peaceful. Somethings going to happen... I can feel it.

"Hiya Miles!"

"GAH!" I yell as I jump back from the new voice. I look behind me to see Starry standing behind me, looking up at me with a massive smile on her face.

"Starry... fuck... don't sneak up on me like that..." I say as I try to regain my composure.

"Hehe... sorry about that. I was in town and thought I'd say hello." She says as she starts to walk down the path.

"Things are... good. How about you? What have you been up to?" I ask as I walk with her.

"Mm... nothing much. It's been pretty quiet since that day with those dragons."

"I'll say.... speaking of which, why is that? What happened to all of the paparazzi?"

"Oh, well, for saving my life I pulled a few strings and convinced them to leave you alone..."

"Really!? Wow... thanks..."

"No, thank you Miles. Remember, you saved my life. It was the least I could do."

"Yeah, but you were only put in danger because of me..."

"Do you want me to call them back?" Starry asks flatly as she raises an eyebrow to me.

"Well...no..."

"Then thank you for saving my life Miles" she says as she walks off with her head held a little higher.

"Well...your welcome... so what are you up to?"

"I was actually on my way to see my husband when I saw you walking down the path. I should really get back to him... want to meet him?"

"Ah... maybe another time... I've got... things to do right now."

"Oh, alright. It was nice to see you again Miles, take care" she says as she waves goodbye. I wave bye and continue to walk to the Apple family home. As I approach the home I can hear the sounds of people cheering and loud music coming from their house. I knock on the door and wait for someone to respond, but after a minute of waiting I decide to open the door to see what’s going on. When I open the door I see dozens of ponies dancing around the living room to loud country music as Big Mac is hoisted into the air by several other ponies. He spots me and motions for the others to let him down and runs over to me.

"Miles, what brings ya down here taday?"

"Uh... work..."

"Aw there's no work taday, seein how mah family decided ta throw a welcome back par... uh... event. Care ta join?" Join a party... yeah, no.

"I'll pass, keep it family ya know. I'll swing by tomorrow for work then."

"EEyup."

"Later" I say as I wave goodbye and head for Ponyville. Big Mac waves goodbye as a group of ponies pull him back into the fray. Bullet... dodged. Well, with no work... I guess I should see what Storms up to. I turn around and start to head towards Twilight's library. As I walk through town I start to notice how everyone is accepting me. Most don't even give me a glance, except a few kids but that's to be expected. The only ones to really pay me any attention are ponies that I've never seen before, and even then it's barely a stare. I come up to Twilight's and knock on the door.

"One second" Twilight calls out before she opens the door. "Oh, hi Miles, what brings you around?"

"I had a free day so I thought I'd swing by, see what everyone's up to."

"Oh, sorry Miles, but Storm and I were just about to leave to go to Canterlot. I'm introducing him to my family."

"Oh, that's alright. Have fun then at your family's. Try to bring him back in one piece."

"I will" she says with a laugh. I turn and start to head into town with no real destination. Hmm... well... I guess I could use this opportunity to buy some shoes from Rarity, being barefoot sucks. I head towards Rarity's and catch her as she's leaving her house.

"Hey Rarity!"

"Miles darling, good morning!"

"Mornin, I was wondering..."

"Oh, if you wish to make a request for my boutique, it'll have to wait until after my visit to the spa."

"Oh…okay... what’s a spa?"

"You don't know?" I shake my head. "This is absolutely unacceptable." She says as she stomps a hoof down and starts to walk off, pulling me along with her magic. "Everypony should get to feel the wonders of a day at the spa! Miles darling, you must attend this session with me and Fluttershy! It will absolutely help you..."

"Rarity!" I yell, getting her to let go of me. "I'll go, I'll go, as long as you let me walk myself."

"Oh, terribly sorry Miles." Rarity says with a slight blush.

"It’s alright, but this better be worth it..."

"Oh trust me it is! It'll melt all of your troubles away, I promise."

"Well... alright, lead the way." She hops in place as she sequels in a high pitch tone before she turns and trots off. This better not be some kind of weird trap. I follow her to a round building that's decorations remind me of Rarity's boutique, but only being two stories tall. We enter into a small waiting room that has plants sitting in most of the corners. A cashier's counter sits on the wall opposite with a door to the right. To my left is Fluttershy, sitting on a green couch as she reads a magazine.

"So sorry to keep you waiting Fluttershy, I hate being late for our weekly get-together's, but I simply had to bring Miles along, it’s his first visit to the spa!"

"Oh, that's... nice. Well, let’s get started... if you don't mind... that is if you want to..." she stammers. I follow them to the counter where they sign in and walk through the door.

"Is this your first time?" Asks the unicorn from behind. He has brown hair and something I thought was impossible for a pony to wear.... a white shirt.

"Yeah I..."

"Alright, just fill this out and you'll be all set to go in." He says as he pulls out a clip board. I look down to the clipboard and stare at it for a second before I start writing 'what does this say' over and over again.

"Alright...." he says as he pulls out another clipboard, "Name..."

"Miles Eremita..."

"...address..."

"Uh... that one by the Everfree forest."

"Let’s just call it Everfree way, do you want to set up a credit account, or will you be paying per visit?"

"Uh... let’s do credit" even though I hate credit but don't have that much on me at the moment.

"Alright, I can do the rest, go ahead in, your number seven." I walk through the door where I enter a locker room. All of the lockers are a dark brown wood that are numbered off. I walk to number seven, the one after Rarity's and Fluttershy's and look around in confusion.

"So..."

"You have to take your clothes off dear." Rarity says as she puts on a robe with purple frilly ends.

"What! Why would I..."

"It's so they can message your." Fluttershy says timidly as she puts on a white rob.

"But I'm not..."

"You will have a towel to cover yourself dear." Rarity says as the two of them stand aside and wait for me. I look at them both in disbelief before I take my shirt off and hang it in the locker.

"How’s that?" I ask.

"Almost there, just the other half now." Rarity says as he points to my pants. This better be worth it. I turn back and reluctantly take my pants off and put them in the locker and turn back to them, standing there awkwardly. "Good, good. Now the under garments." I stare at her in disbelief, she can't be serious.

"You can't be serious."

"I am. They will get ruined if you go in with them and I absolutely refuse to have something I made be destroyed. Now please remove them."

"But..."

"Please... that is, um... it’s the rules Miles. Only robes and towels are allowed... so... unless you want to leave..." Fluttershy stammers as she hides behind her hair. I sigh as I turn around and take a towel from the locker and wrap it around my waist. I look back and sigh as I remove my underwear and toss them into the locker, holding the towel close to my body.

"Much better." Rarity says as she trots off, followed by Fluttershy. I hesitate for a moment before I follow after them. We head towards a large bulky door with a light cream pony in a white shirt opens the door for us. The moment it opens a blast of hot air hits us.

"What’s this?" I ask as we head in and take a seat. It’s just a wooden room with a bench going around. In the center of the floor is a pile of heated round stones with a bucket of water next to it.

"It’s a sauna..."Fluttershy says as she lays on the bench. "You sit in here and relax." I take a seat next to her as Rarity lays on her other side.

"So... what? We just sit here... and..."

"Relax." Fluttershy finished. We sit there for a few moments before Rarity levitates up a ladle and pours some water onto the rocks, sending a column of smoke up and raising the humidity. It feels pretty good in here, a little hot but I think that's the point.

"So Fluttershy, how have you been lately?" Rarity asks as she stretches a little.

"Oh, I've been good. I've been a little concerned though. There was a new family of squirrels that moved here... but they went missing over a month ago."

"That's just awful! I'm sure they'll show up though, they probably went into the forest or something." Rarity reassures. Yeah... or they ate some bad bananas.

"Well... I guess so... I just wish my red fox didn't go missing as well..."

"Oh sweet Barbra..."

"What was that Miles?" Fluttershy asks.

"Nothing, nothing... so, are you like... a care taker for all of the animals around here?" I ask to change the subject.

"Well, yes and no. I'm a veterinarian. So I take care of the pets of Ponyville, but I take care of any animals that come to my home."

"That's very kind of you." I say as I lay back, enjoying the heat. We lay there for a bit, Rarity occasionally adding water to the rocks. This isn't so bad.

"So, Miles, what did you need from the boutique?" Rarity asks.

"Just some shoes and socks..."

"WHAT!" They both yell as they sit up and look at me in disbelief. "Darling... what did you say you needed?"

"Uh... shoes and socks..."

"AAAAHHH! Who's the lucky mare, oh tell me, tell me, tell me!" Rarity squeals as she runs over to my other side and looks at me while batting her eyes.

"What are you talking about?" I ask as I sit up and look at them in confusion.

"Who is the lucky mare you need the socks for?" Rarity asks

"Uh... no one. Why would I need socks for a mare?" I ask, getting the two of them to look at each other in confusion.

"What do you plan on doing with these socks?" Fluttershy asks.

"To put on my feet... so I can wear shoes... what do you use them for?" They both begin to blush as they look away from me. "What?"

"Well... we use them as lingerie, dear." Rarity says as she bats her hair.

"Oh....OH! What! Why would you use socks like that!?"

"Shh, shh, calm down Miles. It’s just something we do. Don't your people do things like that?"

"Well, yeah. But it's different. Ours usually is a whole body thing... usually doing very little with our feet." I say, getting Rarity's attention.

"Could you, maybe, tell us a bit more about this? If you’re not to bothered by it that is." Rarity asks nervously. I look over to Fluttershy to see her peek out from behind her hair, waiting for a response.

"O... okay, I'll tell you." I say, getting them to perk up a bit. I spend an unknown amount of time explaining human physiology and about certain appeal of certain things. I felt kind of awkward telling them this, especially whenever Fluttershy would ask a more in depth question. We go over everything... toys, fetishes, lingerie, everything Dolum and Inficiunt ever told me about.

"Wow... why do you know so much about this Miles?" Fluttershy asks.

"It’s not my knowledge, my friends were always trying to get me... some action. But I never did any of it."

"Does that mean you're still a virgin?" Rarity asks

"Well... yeah." They both look to each other and have some kind of secret wordless feminine conversation before they look back to me.

"I'm sorry Miles, but I find that a little hard to believe. You mean to tell me that somepony that is attractive even for ponies couldn't get a human mare to be with them?" Rarity says as she stares at me evenly.

"What? No, I didn't have anyone by choice. I actually had several marriage proposals lined up, but no. I just... never felt that way about anyone.... so... I'm attractive?" I ask as I lean towards Rarity. She looks around, completely caught off guard by my statement.

"Well... I... uh..."

"Excuse me" says the pony from outside as he opens the door. "Your hour is up."

"Good! I say that we should get massages next. Would anypony like to get messages, because I would simply love one..." Rarity stammers as we leave the sauna. The minute I leave the room the cool air stings against all of the sweat on my body that had built up from being in the room. I didn't really notice how sweaty I was until now.... gross.

"Yeah... from Miles..."Fluttershy mumbles, getting a mean glare from Rarity. "Sorry... I didn't mean to say that... I meant, uh... well..."

"HA! That was a good one... so where are we going?" I ask, getting Rarity to stop staring daggers at Fluttershy.

"Uh... oh right! Let’s get messages." She says as she heads in a new direction. We follow her to a room that's filled with long padded tables. I watch as they each go to a table and lay on their stomachs, so I do the same.

"So... what do we do now?"

"We wait for the masseurs to come out and start on us." Rarity says as she gets comfortable. I lay there and watch as three other ponies come in. One is an orange earth pony guy in the same shirt as the others while the other two I think are twins. One is a pale rose color with light blue hair that's being held back with a white band. The other one is exactly the same to her, just inverted colors. The guy goes to Rarity and pulls a curtain around them, then the blue one goes to Fluttershy and does the same thing. The pink one comes to me and pulls the curtain around us, giving me a soft smile as she does so.

"Hello mister Eremita, my name is Aloe, I will be giving you your message. Where would you like me to start?" She asks with an accent.

"Uh... I don't know, where ever you feel like I guess." She comes to my side and puts her hooves on my back. I jump a little from this but relax a little as she starts to rub back and forth. I feel her work with my muscles and start to work out the knots. I Relax and let her go to work, enjoying the feeling. After a while I start to nod off, being overly relaxed by her hooves as she works the different parts of my back and shoulders.

"You really should come more often; you have a lot of knots." She says as she begins to add pressure to her twists and rubs.

"Fuck... if you can do this consistently you may have to kick me out..." I say, getting her to chuckle. She continues to work away for a while until she asks me to roll over, so I do. Having her work my chest was a little more awkward, having nothing else to look at other than her blue eyes. She starts at my chest, then the area of my diaphragm, then my abdominals’...

"So, mister Eremita, would you like the happy ending?" She asks in a hushed tone.

"Uh... I guess so... who would want a sad ending anyway." I say, getting her to nod and work lower. I have no clue what she's talking about, but I'm too relaxed to really care right now. I feel my towel rise really quick then drop back down as she puts a hoof to her mouth, trying to hold back a laugh. "Uh... what just happened?"

"A sad ending" she says with a laugh before she runs out of the room. I'm not so sure what just happened here... but I have a feeling I should be either mad or saddened. I sit up and walk out of the curtained area to see the other two getting out as well.

"Hey... what’s a happy ending?" I ask them, getting shocked looks from both. "And for that reason, what’s a sad ending?"

"Well... ah..." Fluttershy stammers before she flies up and whispers the meaning to my ear.

"So... Ignoring that, what’s next?" I ask them as they walk in front of me.

"I think a bath next and then we call it a day, what do you think Fluttershy?" Rarity asks.

"Oh... um... whatever you want is fine." We walk down the hall to the center most room where we find a massive tub of water. Around the tub are a couple of long padded seats and small tables with little vases on them.

"Um... is this a community bath?" I ask.

"Yes, why?" Fluttershy says as they head towards the tub.

"Oh... then I will see you later." I say as I head towards the door, only stopping when Rarity's magic holds me back.

"Miles, aren't you going to join us?" She asks as she steps into the water.

"FFUUUCCKK NO! I was sketchy about walking around with just a towel, but there is absolutely no way I am getting in that tub. No way... HEY... PUT ME DOWN!" I yell as Rarity levitates me up and drops me in the water. I splash down and quickly jump up, glaring at Rarity as I try to cover myself with the drenched towel.

"There now, that wasn't so hard now was it?" Rarity asks as I sit down on the bench inside.

"That wasn't cool... why is the water so hot?" I ask as I look down at the water. It seems to be normal, it’s just really hot for some reason.

"Are you kidding, this water is absolutely freezing, we must get them to turn up the heat..."

"Are you kidding!? It's almost boiling in here, why would you want it to be hotter?" We stare at each other until Fluttershy starts to scoot towards me. "Fluttershy... what are you doing?" When she gets next to me she stops and looks around the water.

"Hmm... that's strange... the water is a lot warmer over here." She says as she sits next to me. Rarity scoots next to me and feels around a bit before looking up at me in confusion.

"Miles, why is the water hotter over here then over there?"

"Because of my magic. I tend to heat water up for some reason, I never really understood why though."

"Is it because.... of your problem?" She asks in a hushed voice.

"You've got to be kidding me, how many people did Rainbow Dash tell?"

"Tell what?" Fluttershy asks as she looks between us. Well, everybody else knows, why not.

"I'm dying," I say bluntly, getting a shocked look from her. "My magic is growing at a high rate. Within a time period of six to sixteen years my body won't be able to contain that much energy and I'll burn myself out. There is nothing that can be done, both of the princesses know and tried. It's just something that I have to come to terms with." When I finish I look over to Fluttershy to see her holding her hooves to her mouth as some tears start to fall from her eyes. I start to say something when she suddenly jumps up and hugs me, digging her face into my neck as she holds tightly on me. "NAKED, NAKED.... LET GO! STOP HUGGING ME!" I yell as I try to pull her off.

"*sniff* you're so brave... if you ever need anything just ask and I'll do my best to help you..."

"START WITH LETTING GO OF ME!" I yell as I stand up and pull her off of me, dropping her in the water.

"Oh my... it grows." Rarity says as she looks at my erection.

"SON OF A BITCH!" I yell as I start to look around for my towel. "Where did it go, where did it go!"

"Wow... so, it grows..." Rarity says quietly.

"WHERE DID IT GO!" I yell as I flare my hands and send the water to the drains outside of the tub. Once the tub is empty I look around to see that the towel has somehow disappeared. "OH COME ON!"

"Wow... you should either be really proud of that... or really sad..." Fluttershy says as she stares straight at it.

"You can't be serious... you know what, fuck it." I say as I step out of the tub and start to walk back to the lockers. As I walk towards the lockers I run into Aloe. We stop and stare at each other for a second before I put my hands on my hips. "How sad is this?" I say as I point to my member, getting her to blush. I walk past her and go to my locker. After I get dressed I walk out and head home... this was... slightly horrible with some good...maybe... fuck the spa.

A/N: Shout out to pie1511 for picking the woodland creature and bronymaster1 for picking breakfast. Thanks for ready and like always, Brony on!