Dear Diary,

It's been such a wonderful day I don't even know where to begin. I honestly don't know what I could have done to deserve this much happiness, but now that I've felt it, I don't even know how to express this feeling...

... Okay, so allot has happened in the last couple of days, but I'll try to keep this as succinct as possible.

So, as I mentioned before, my birthday was today; I don't normally bother to celebrate my birthdays, but with almost everypony I care about here to help celebrate with me, I actually was looking forward to today. I don't know why I'm surprised by this, after everything I've seen of her before, but apparently Pinkie Pie already had my and Starsong's birthdays listed in her book despite neither of us telling her... When she came up to Starsong asking her about the plans for the parties (because why wouldn't she plan two parties right in a row from one another...), Starsong started to tell her not to, but I stopped her saying we'd rather just have one party for both of us. The look on my sister's face when she saw that I was looking forward to celebrating... I think she might have actually been more excited than I was... And she even remembered our little joke...!

The last few days have been a bit trying for another reason though. Ever since the night Starsong came back to Ponyville, Big Mac and I have been trying to find time to, well... buck each other's brains out like we used to. It's been plain to see that the poor stallion's been dying to get some action lately, and, truth be told, so have I... But until just now, every time we've tried has been derailed by some nonsense or another...

The days after Nightmare Night were scheduled for a huge rainstorm so the farm kind of shut down for the duration. Starsong spent most of her time with the fillies. It's really adorable how well she gets on with them, almost like a surrogate mother... at least until they cause some kind of crusading-related disaster, anyway... Applejack and Granny Smith still managed to find plenty to keep themselves busy of course, but since Starsong was here to watch the Crusaders, they had insisted Big Mac relax and spend his days with his special somepony (I'm going to have to remember to properly thank AJ for that later).

The first day, we spent just relaxing. After another failed attempt at jumping Mac's bones the night before, I was content to simply lose myself in those massive, comforting hooves of his. The second day we spent preparing the hard cider in advance of the party. Big Mac and AJ had some new blends they were trying out, and I volunteered my services as taste tester. That afternoon, Mac and I tried so many blends of cider... Oh my god it's even better than I remembered! Um... anyway, we got just a little tipsy in the process, and soon my thoughts were distracted by the hunky stallion right next to me. We were just getting ready get down to business before Applejack's voice cut in. Apparently the Crusaders managed to cause yet another mess out in the barn, and since that's where the party was going to be, Big Mac had to go help clean up.

I don't really remember this because the cider really started to kick in after AJ showed up, but apparently Big Mac carried me back to his room to sleep off the cider. A little while later, Starsong came in with some water and the two of us spent most of the afternoon together. She says I tried to make out with her, but I don't remember any of that... Anyway, before she left to go help Granny Smith with the cooking, she left me a bottle of her lotion, suggesting I make use of it when Big Mac finally got back from the barn.

When Big Mac finally did come back in, it was already almost midnight. After he went for a shower, I decided to take my sister's advice and help my stallion relax a little. I had him lay down on the bed and used the lotion to give him a full-body massage. I hate to admit it, but some of those skills I learned as a slave are really starting to pay off, if Mac's reaction is anything to go off of, I haven't lost my touch in the slightest... I thought I might get a little action out of him afterwards, but the poor stallion actually was completely exhausted and quickly fell asleep once he started to completely relax. Of course I finished my work, wanting to make certain that my special somepony was perfectly relaxed and ache-free when he woke up. Afterwards, I fell asleep myself.

I didn't sleep that long though; the excitement woke me up fairly early this morning. It's so weird, I feel like a little filly all of a sudden. I don't think even getting ready for a concert makes me that excitable...

Anyway, today started off in possibly the most awkward fashion I have ever been a part of... When Big Mac finally woke up, I had been awake for a while. We shared a few kisses and after Mac thanked me for the night before, he told me happy birthday. My heart just melted away; it was the first time anyone other than mom or Starsong had said those words to me and really meant them. I couldn't take it; I needed him right then and there. It was fairly clear he wanted me just as badly, as he was ready to go within seconds. Very slowly, I felt just the tip of his delicious cock slide into me... I was in heaven the moment I felt him inside me, and I was so desperate to get as much of him as I could, but before we could get to it for real, things took a painfully awkward turn...

With almost no warning, into the room burst the Crusaders, come to wish me a happy birthday. Now frozen in place, with Big Mac's cock still just inside me, we now had three little faces staring us down; thank Celestia we still had the blanket on enough to shield them from the business going on down there... I tried to figure out a way to explain away the position we were in, which was not easy while my body was so completely focused on that one inch of intense pleasure... The only thing my lust-addled mind could come up with was wrestling, which immediately backfired on us when the fillies decided to go for their wrestling cutie marks (yeah, I know, I really should have seen that coming, but like I said, I was fighting the throes of passion at that moment).

To make a weird situation worse(?), the Crusaders decided their first opponents would be me and Mac, and proceeded to jump onto the stallion's back, inadvertently driving his stallionhood as deep into me as it would go. Moments later the three started jumping on his back, causing him to buck into me, hard... I actually had to muzzle myself with a hoof to keep the cries of pleasure from ringing out. By the time AJ stumbled upon the scene herself, I was well on my way to the most embarrassing orgasm I would have ever experienced that didn't involve a Master...

So yeah... that's how my day started... Now that I'm thinking about it, I've had so many near misses with Apple Bloom and her friends that it has to be some kind of miracle that they haven't seen anything overtly explicit. Hmm... by that same logic, I'm not even sure if I can call that one a near miss. They may not have known about it, but they basically caused the very scene we were trying to prevent... I can only imagine the "fun" that would have been trying to explain why I was impaled on Big Mac's "thingie"...

Anyway, once the room was cleared out, I was kind of hoping we could get back to it (you know, because I was almost at the edge...), but all the interference kind of killed the mood, so I reluctantly got up and took a shower instead... Once we were both presentable, we made our way downstairs to where Starsong, AJ, and Granny Smith were all finishing up the food for the party. While we were all standing around, Starsong mentioned she heard the Crusaders had "woke us up" and about the whole "wrestling" thing. AJ made some joke about what happened, something about being hard or something, I forget, I was way too busy being embarrassed and fearing what Starsong might think about what happened. Thankfully, she wasn't able to put the pieces together, so I let it go.

Big Mac had run off after AJ after her little jab... I wonder... those two were gone for quite a while before they came back to the house, do you think they maybe snuck out into the orchard or something and had a quickie...? Don't get me wrong now, I'm not jealous of either of them in that case; I love them both and I'm happy that they love each other as well... It's just... well... I want to watch.

When they finally came back, Starsong and I started bringing the food out to the barn. Though to be honest, it was really more about sneaking a few of the almost painfully delicious pastries AJ and Granny Smith had made more than being helpful... Anyway, when we got in the barn, I almost dropped everything I was carrying. Pinkie had really outdone herself with the decorations, despite the Crusader's "help"; they had painted the entire interior of the barn and the roof was absolutely covered in balloons and streamers. There was already treats lined up on the side, presumably from Sugarcube Corner, and in the back was more games than I knew existed...

The remaining wall housed a makeshift stage upon which Vinyl and Octavia were setting up the DJ's equipment. This was quite a surprise; I wasn't sure if Vinyl was ever going to play again after her now infamous rampage in Los Pegasus. It's so good to know that she not only plans to keep working, at least on her own, but that she hasn't lost any of the spark that drove the crazy unicorn to the top of her craft before.

I can't help but wonder though... After everything she gave up to get Octavia back... I wonder if those two are actually having the kind of relationship Dash and I thought we were walking in on a while back...?

Once we got set up, the guests started trickling in. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy arrived right when the doors opened, I guess because Dashie had been so excited about getting her hooves on some of the Apple Family cider... It didn't take her long to empty almost half a barrel herself before anyone had realized she had inadvertently tapped one of the hard apple cider barrels... I'm going to have to remember to invite her over next time we do a cider tasting, Dash is just hysterical when she's drunk!

While that was going on, Fluttershy, Starsong and I were having a nice, quiet conversation about her seeing off the migrating birds. That mare's so amazingly dedicated to her animals, and just so pure and innocent... most of the time... I was kind of hoping to get a chance to talk to her about that other personality that seems to come out when things get crazy, but unfortunately a certain other mare was hanging all over her most of the night... when she wasn't making eyes at my special somepony...

... Bitch...

Derpy arrived on time and without any disastrous flying mishaps. She had her daughter Dinky with her, which this was the first time I'd seen the filly and I was surprised to discover she is a unicorn. That... raises so many questions in and of itself... Anyway, Dinky seems to be perfectly normal herself, unlike her mother (I'm seriously wondering if she just adopted her or something...).

Oh, that reminds me! You'll never believe this; I almost don't believe it myself and I saw it... Anyway, the other day, Derpy came over to ask about the party during that huge storm. I remember thinking she was crazy to even be out in that weather, but when she turned to fly away, I almost fell over. Through the raging wind and rain, Derpy Hooves somehow was able to fly perfectly and seemingly unhindered by the weather...! It's crazy just thinking about it! Does that mean that she's normally fighting against a storm that isn't there or something?

... Anyway, as the party went on, more and more of the townsfolk made their way over, many of whom I'd never met before that. The Cakes dropped in with their twins in tow (those two really make me hesitant to have foals of my own ever...). Flitter and her older sister Cloudchaser were there as well along with their friend Blossomforth. Flitter, thankfully, was either too shy or had the good sense to realize that I wanted nothing to do with her because she never really said anything to me. Cloudchaser and Blossomforth, on the other hoof, are both pretty nice mares themselves, I have no problem with either of them (Heh, they certainly didn't seem to have any problem with each other either...). Aloe and Lotus also arrived and spent most of the evening talking up their customers from their spa. The mayor also arrived along with Twilight and her shadow, Nightshade. Nightshade was her usual gloomy self, but I guess that's just the life of a royal bodyguard...

Then there was this massive pegasus stallion... I think he said his name was Bulk Biceps...? He's quite an experience, that one... The pegasus certainly lives up to his name; he looked like his entire body was one giant tensed-up muscle. He was a nice enough stallion I guess, but apparently he's not good at "inside voice"; the whole time we were talking, he kept shouting at me...

Throughout the evening, I met quite a few new ponies, as everyone was there to congratulate and celebrate me and Starsong. The warm atmosphere was nice, but it's not easy for somepony like me to be thrust into the spotlight like this (it's different when I'm on stage, the ponies are watching me, not bombarding me with questions and such). Thankfully Starsong was able to save me more often than not.

Most of the rest of the evening was spent talking with Dash. Apparently the pegasus mare gets super chatty when she's drunk... She had quite a few stories, some of which it was lucky that the foals in attendance weren't around to hear... I got to hear all about how she just finished the latest Daring Do novel and what she thought of it (I managed to avoid her spoiling it for me somehow). She told me about when she led Ponyville's tornado team when they had been selected to provide Cloudsdale's water supply and her time at the Wonderbolts Academy, among other things. She also grilled me about what it was like performing on the road and who else I'd played with.

Dash also apparently gets a little touchy-feely when she's drunk, but I'll tell you about that later...

The party went on like this through the evening until night fell and the foals in attendance were taken home. The Crusaders bid us all goodnight, saying something about a massive sleepover in the clubhouse with a few of their other friends. I'm not sure, but I think I saw Scootaloo and Apple Bloom sneaking a barrel of cider out of the barn when they left... I just hope they didn't accidently grab a barrel of hard cider; nothing good can come of a bunch of drunk foals alone in the middle of the orchard all night...

... Anyway, once they were gone, it was time for Vinyl and Octavia's performance. However, before I could get situated to watch the two, Vinyl pulled me up to the stage, saying I needed to join them on my "birthday gift". There on the stage, under a sheet was a brand new, top-of-the-line keyboard from that custom music shop in Seaddle. I've always wanted something from them, but they're so insanely expensive, even when I was doing well there was no way I could afford anything of theirs. I don't know how she could have possibly afforded it herself, especially in light of recent events. I guess there's something to be said for true celebrity status; something I couldn't even begin to grasp at my level of success...

Vinyl, as fucking crazy as she is, really is one of the best mares I've ever known... Still, I hope she didn't have to part with anything too important to her to afford this. I'm going to have to figure out some way to make this up to her someday...

The three of us played for about two hours. I have to say, there's something about playing alongside Vinyl; when she shifts into Pon-3 mode, her energy is just completely infectious. Anyway, after that, I had an idea. I talked to Starsong to see if she had any of her sheet music with her from the pieces she had been working on before she came down, and she actually did have the music from the solo she was working on. With all the sound fonts available to me on my new, fucking awesome keyboard, it only took me a few minutes to set up the orchestra lines. Then, with me playing the piano line, Starsong delivered her solo...

Playing alongside my sister was a dream come true, and hearing her sing after so many years was amazing! Obviously the operatic music wasn't what I would normally be into, but to hear Starsong voice it... it was simply sublime.

So, remember what I said earlier about Dash being really touchy-feely when she's loaded (also, the mare can really hold her alcohol)... Well, it seems she might have a bit of a thing for one of our other friends. While Starsong and I were playing, I noticed Dash and Fluttershy towards the back of the crowd. Dash appeared to be coming onto the other pegasus, but Fluttershy seemed to be missing the hints. Anyway, after a few minutes, Dash suddenly pulled Fluttershy into a deep kiss! It was so unexpected and hot that I almost forgot that I was playing... Fluttershy seemed to be melting into it for a moment before she suddenly realized what was happening and ran off in embarrassment. Thankfully, it looks like nopony else noticed so we should be able to keep her from freaking out too much later. Heh, I hope those two actually do end up becoming a thing, they're really cute together.

Finally, well into the next morning, the patry wound down and Pinkie and her magic cannon cleared out the mess as though it had never happened... Everypony in town, it seemed, had brought me something, and while most of it was just trinkets or otherwise unremarkable, the fact that everypony cared enough to bring something, even though many of them I hadn't met before tonight, was really heartwarming... Even Rarity had made me a dress... While it pains me to say so, I have to admit, the color and design really suit me... I just can't imagine when I'll ever wear it though, what with my immense distaste for wearing clothes...

Once we got back to the room, Big Mac gave me the greatest gift of the evening though... We finally, finally, were able to enjoy a nice, uninterrupted, brutally rough lovemaking session, like we used to. I should probably feel bad about how loud I got, but I'll deal with that tomorrow. I can barely move right now, and I love it...!

There's no question in my mind about this... Even compared to when I started performing, back when Vinyl first found me, or when I got my first big break, these last few weeks have been by far the happiest of my entire life. My sister and my special somepony (wow, it stills feels really funny calling him that...) just being here with me makes everything just... right. And now that I've finally felt my lover claim me as his once again after what felt like months (without any ridiculously awkward circumstances this time...), I'm content with whatever else happens... That said, I certainly wouldn't mind if things continued on like this forever.

~ Starshadow

P.S.: I wonder how mom is doing... I wish I could have seen her too; having her here too is the only thing that could possibly have made this time any better.

Author's Notes:

... Wow Starshadow... That was not succinct at all...!