Chapter 7

The room was deathly quiet. You could literally hear a pin drop it was so quiet. Fluttershy’s face was like a tomato it was so red. Me, on the other hand, was too stunned to even blush; I just had my mouth wide open. Pinkie Pie, for some reason, began to bounce around the room in excitement. Twilight was the first to break the silence.

“RAINBOW DASH!”

“What? This is revenge for not letting me use my wings for the entire night.”

“Still, with Fluttershy, of all ponies. Why her?”

“Well, she did say she likes him, so why not?”

“She said, she ‘thinks’ that she loves him, that doesn’t mean that she is certain!”

“I-it’s ok, Twilight, I-I’ll do it.”

“See, even Fluttershy doesn’t want to...do…wait, what?”

As that comment came out of Fluttershy, everypony turned to look at her. Even Pinkie Pie stopped her bouncing to look at Fluttershy. She was still blushing like mad, but I could sense a determined look coming off of her. She gave me a quick glance and with a soft “squeak!” turned her head away.

I decided to get straight to the point. I gently cupped her chin in my hand and slowly turned it towards me. Her beautiful eyes sparkled with nervousness and excitement.

“A-are you sure you want to do this?” I asked her. I wanted to be sure that she would be completely all right with us doing this. She gave a slow nod before she spoke.

“Yes, I’m more then sure, Drak. This will help me figure out my feelings for you. S-so, you ready?” she asked, nervously. I nodded, just as nervous as she was.

Slowly, we brought our faces together. Our lips getting closer inch by inch, painstakingly slow, getting ever so closer to they’re goals. Finally, after what seemed like ages, our lips met.

To describe the feeling is like describing heaven; so amazingly good that there are almost no words to say that would suit the moment. Needless to say, when our lips met, I indeed felt something that could only be described as fireworks going off in my mind (or it could have been Pinkie Pie, it was hard to tell). Our lips flowed together like water on sand, a continuous motion that was not the same twice, and it was a motion that I could not get enough of as we deepened the kiss. Our eyes were sealed shut as we continued our make out session. She surprised me by sliding her tongue against my lips. I instinctively knew what she wanted and immediately opened my mouth, letting her tongue enter. As soon as Fluttershy made contact with my tongue, it instantly slid onto her tongue, each muscle massaging the other. I could hear her moaning slightly into my mouth as her tongue flowed into my mouth, brushing against my teeth. I let her continue this for a few more seconds before I pushed our tongues back into her mouth and I began to do the same thing to her teeth. I rubbed my tongue against her palate, making her shiver in delight, or so I hopped. The feeling of us kissing was so remarkable, that I never wanted it to stop.

After a while, though, we had to break apart due to a lack of oxygen in either of our lungs. As we broke apart, saliva strands attached to our mouths were slowly broken apart as we separated. Slowly, we opened our eyes, and as soon as I looked into her eyes, I knew at that instant she felt the same sort of fireworks that I have felt. As we stared into each other’s eyes, we said one word, one word that described the whole thing perfectly.

“Wow.”

Suddenly, Fluttershy hugs me tightly, nuzzling her head against my head, and whispers in my ear, “thank you.” I slowly rub her back, being careful of her wings. Finally, after a few tense moments, I ask the question on all of our minds.

“So, do you love me?”

Slowly, she nods, still hugging me, and says, “I’m certain of it now. I do love you Drakalian.”

I smiled. “Good.” I said. “Because I think I have fallen for you as well.”

As I said this, Fluttershy leaned out of our embrace for a moment, and looked deep into my eyes. I did the same to her, feeling happier then I could ever remember being. After a few moments of staring deep into the other’s soul, she asked, “C-can I have a-another, please? I-if that’s all right with you?”

I just nodded and brought her head in to kiss her once more. Once again, our tongues intertwined to our feelings, flowing into one another’s mouths. A few seconds later, however, we were interrupted by the sound of somepony clearing their throat. It was at that point that we remembered that we weren’t alone.

We suddenly broke our kiss and looked at the other mares sheepishly, smug looks on all of their faces. The biggest one of all was the one on Dash, who had a look that could only be seen as somepony saying ‘told you so’.

“Uh, h-how long were we k-kissing?” I asked, another blush starting to form on my face again.

“About three minutes instead of the thirty seconds that I gave you.” Said Dash, the smug look still on her face. “Hey, Twilight?”

“Yes, Dash.” Twilight sighed.

“Told yah so.”

“You sure did, Dashie!” Said Pinkie, giggling.

I then realized that AJ was the only one not looking at us; rather, she was looking down at the floor. I decided to confront her now to see what is wrong with her. I released Fluttershy from our hug (much to the yellow pony’s displeasure) and laid a hand on AJ’s shoulder. She looked up a little and that was when I notice that she was crying. But instead of looking at my eyes like all of the others, she quickly turned her head back towards the ground again.

“AJ, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?” She looked up a little and sniffed. “N-no reason.” She said. Even I could tell, however, that she was lying.

“AJ, you’re lying and you know it, so how about you tell us what is really on your mind.” I said, in a stern but still gentle voice. At this point even Pinkie was starting to look a little worried. AJ was quiet for a few moments before she spoke up.

“A-ah just…it’s just that…ah wanted to be your first kiss…”

I was shocked, once again, in revelation to this news. “AJ, do you…love me too?” I asked her. She was quiet for a few moments, and then, slowly, she nodded.

Not only did I get one mare to fall for me, but I also got two mares to fall for me. This has never happened to me before, and I didn’t know if I should be feeling like the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest man alive. At the moment however, I still felt the need to comfort her, so comfort her I tried.

“AJ, I’m sure that there is another colt out there waiting for you. You just got to be patient.” For some reason, this just made her cry some more. Before I could say anything else, however, Fluttershy spoke.

“W-why is that, Drak? She’s m-more then w-welcome to join us I-if she wants to.”

“Eh?” I said, confused. “But I’m already going to be dating you, so…” At this point, Twilight decided to step in.

“Oh, that reminds me! What are relationships like back were you come from?”

I looked at her with a questioning look. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, are they monogamy or are they polygamy relationships?”

“Oh, w-well it is usually a monogamy, once we find someone, or somepony in your case, we stick with them and no one else. There are a few cases that people have been in a polygamy relation, though. Why do you…oh…you mean that…?”

“Well, I can see why you would be confused right now. We ponies are usually a polygamy relation, due to the fact that we have a higher mare to colt ratio in our world, about a 70% difference, I would guess.”

As soon as she said that, it all clicked in my head. “S-so what you are saying is that…”

“You can date both AJ and Fluttershy, it is totally acceptable here.” As soon as those words left her mouth, I knew the mistake I made. I quickly turned my head back to AJ again, who has put her head back down, facing the floor, a small puddle forming below her face.

“AJ, I’m so sorry for saying what I said before, can you forgive me?” There was silence at first, no one daring to say anything, until AJ spoke up.

“O-of course ah forgive you, sugarcube. Ah should have known that it would have been different where you were from, so you wouldn’t have known how it worked here.” She said, wiping her tears away. Once she was done talking, an idea popped into my head. I looked back towards Fluttershy, who looked at me at the same time. No words were said, but we both knew, somehow, exactly what the other was thinking. And, to my slight surprise, she nodded her approval. I turned to look back at AJ again and spoke.

“AJ, would you like to join our…uh…what’s it called Twi?” I asked the purple unicorn.

“They’re called herds.” She answered, smiling, knowing where this was heading. I nodded my thanks to her, and then continued my question towards AJ.

“Would you like to join our herd, AJ?” I asked her. Instantly, she lifted her head up, her dried tears staining her cheeks and hope radiating from her face.

“Do…do you really m-mean it?” I smiled at her.

“Of course I do, sugarcube.” I said, using her own word for her friends to her. As soon as I said that, she lunged at me, our lips colliding with one another. Once again, I found myself making out with another pony (I could care less at this point, however). And, even more remarkable, I felt the same sort of fireworks that I did when I was kissing Fluttershy. AJ quickly took advantage of my shock to make things more intimate, and quickly slid her tongue into my mouth. Our tongues clashed with each other, a bit more rough then the one with Fluttershy’s, but still just as enjoyable. She quickly dominated me, obviously she has had more practice with kissing then me or Fluttershy did, but that just made it all the more enjoyable. She moaned as we deepened the kiss, the same moan that she did the dare with, which just made the heat rise more as the seconds passed. Eventually, we had to break for air, gasping as our lips separated.

Realizing that Fluttershy was still here, I glanced in her direction, and thankfully, she was just as happy as the rest of the girls around us. ‘Well, I guess I’m the only one that needs to get used to this’ I thought to myself. However, if I was going to date two mares, then I will get used to it, for their sakes.

I looked into AJ’s eyes to see if she felt the same thing that Fluttershy and I did, and surprisingly, I could tell that she did. After a few moments of catching our breath, she hugged me tighter, making our foreheads touch, still staring into each other’s eyes.

“Thank you for letting me into your herd, Drak. Ah promise that ah will be a good herd mate for you and Fluttershy.” said AJ, the honesty radiating from her very being. I just nodded slightly, our foreheads still touching, and said, “I promise that I will be the best to both you and Fluttershy, AJ. And that is a promise that I will keep.”

“Yay! That means I get to make another party for Drakalian!” said Pinkie excitedly. “It will be ‘Congratulations on Starting a Herd’ party!”

“Well girls, today has been a long day.” Said Rarity, yawning. “I think that it is time for us to turn in for the night.”

“I agree, just don’t do anything that I wouldn’t do, you three!” Said Pinkie in a singsong kind of voice, making AJ, Fluttershy, and me blush. We all got up and got to our sleeping bags, and got ready for the night. As soon as I was lying down, both AJ and Fluttershy snuggled up to me and grabbed an arm in each hoof, placing their heads on me. Fluttershy placed her head onto my chest, while AJ placed her head onto my good shoulder. I gave a quick kiss to both of their foreheads and said, “Goodnight girls.”

“Goodnight, Drakalian.” Said the rest of the girls, all in their sleeping bags. Then, quietly, I said to my two new herd mates, “I love you two.”

“We love you, too, Drakalian.” They whispered back. As we snuggled closer to each other, we all slowly drifted off to sleep.