Midnight Star and Fluttershy faced each other. Rainbow Dash stood near by while Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack looked on.

Dash lifted a hoof and dropped it, "BEGIN!"

The yellow pegasus launched herself at the blue earth pony, she was like a whole different mare when she's training. Her kick was fast, almost too fast. Midnight deflected the strike and punched her in the back of the thigh, making it numb. She landed on her good leg as Her teacher charged at her. She threw a jab that he ducked under and delivered a blow to her stomach. She responded by dropping her elbow to the back of his head. He saw this and moved to the side, too slow she hit his shoulder hard, sending a wave of pain down it, he ignored it as he saw she was open and aimed a punch at her head. The quiet pony flung her wing up, turning his blow, and swinging a round house at his head. with a sound like a coconut hitting a rock her kick lifted the stallion off his feet and onto his side several feet away. The onlookers gasped in surprise.

"Oh, my goodness," Fluttershy said said returning to her normal gentle self, "I'm so, so sorry, Midnight." she was about to cry.

Midnight sat up laughing, "Are you kidding," he said, Fluttershy looked at him confused, "that was amazing. I never taught you how to use your wings in combat. Your instincts are incredible. I couldn't be more proud of you. I'll have to be more careful of you in the future."

Rainbow Dash gave her oldest friend a pat, "That was so awesome. You kicked his butt good. I haven't even landed one punch on him yet, but you beat him. Who would have thought that Fluttershy would be such an awesome fighter?"

"Of course she is, she fights with emotion, not just anger. Of course now that your my top pupil I expect you to help the others if they need it. Now if you excuse me I think i have a message coming." Midnight said when he saw a familiar flicker heading his way.

The golem was only about six inches tall. It was one of his independents. They had a self charging power source so they didn't drain him, but weren't as versatile as his controlled units. It handed him a scroll it carried, "Thank you, go home." it obeyed. he read the note, "Hay fries with onions, pickles, and chocolate syrup... ok."

Pinkie Pie laughed, "That's almost as bad as the mustard and asparagus cupcakes she asked for Tuesday."

"Well, It's not what she wants it's what the baby want, darling," Rarity said, "although I do agree."

"You'd best be gettin' back, sugarcube, you how she gets if ya keep her waitin'." said Applejack.

"Ok, remember to practice, everypony." Midnight said as he ran off.

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Midnight moved back into the library, converting his house on the hill into a work shop where he makes enchanted trinkets for ponies. His creations have made life in Ponyville easier, almost everypony had a mini golem. He also expanded on the guest room in the library to make a full sized living area complete with living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. A room for the baby was almost finished as well but wouldn't be painted until after it was born.

He walked into the living room to see Twilight sitting on her side by the fireplace reading, belly swollen, "I've got your fries, Twi. How are you feeling."

"My ankles are swollen, my hooves hurt, my teats are sore, my back feels like it's broken, I'm as big as an ursa major, and have cravings for foods that Pinkie Pie wouldn't even eat," She answered plainly looking at the food he set next to her, "but my books all say that's normal, so I guess I'm good, just hungry." she dug into the bizarre mix.

Midnight sat beside her and, conjuring his ghost hands, started massaging her hooves an ankles, "You're nowhere near as big as an ursa major. Maybe an ursa minor." he said grinning.

"I will strangle the life out of you." she said looking at him, only to get a kiss.

"The sexiest ursa minor ever." he smiled at her.

"I'll delay your execution, if you kiss me again." the blue stallion complied, "ok, you're safe for now." she said, "Where did you get that bruise on your face?"

"Fluttershy," Midnight said, "she beat me earlier. Kicked me upside the head pretty good."

"Wow. Fluttershy?" she asked finding it difficult to believe, "Sweet, Innocent, kind Fluttershy kicked your flank?"

"Yeah, it was amazing," He said excitedly, "she used her wing to block my strike and catch me off guard."

"That's impressive. I'll have to congratulate her," she said, "but right now I'm bushed help me up I'm going to take a nap."

Midnight helped her up and to their bed, "I have an order I have to fill, so I'll be at the shop for another couple hours. I'll draw you a bath as soon as I return."

"Ok, don't over work yourself."

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Midnight worked in his shop working on an order of mini golems that an outlet in Manehattan ordered. He had plenty of other products from tool to toys, but the tiny metal workers were by far the most popular. Almost everypony in Ponyville had one. The work was painstaking and tiring but it brought in the bits. As the runes that powers them took the most energy to make he would often make extra in his spare time.

As he worked he thought about how much his life had changed in two short years. One moment he was a human living in a terrible war-torn world, moments from death at the hands of the demon Nag-ta, the next he was flung into Equestria, turned into a pony by the Elements of Harmony, adapted his magic for his new form, made friends, saved the town from a dragon, found he was the Element of the Guardian, got married, and was about to have a foal. WOW he thought to himself.

Plus he got his cutie mark, which he was surprisingly proud of despite always saying he didn't care. Applebloom, Sweety Bell, and Scootaloo were so excited saying "We told you so" over and over in sing-song voices (or in Scootaloo's case a nails-on-a-chalkboard voice). They even put a picture of him posing to show of the silver shield and crossed swords on his flank on a board of "CMC Graduates" they put up in their club house. Applebloom said that after they got their cutie marks they were going to recruit others and help them do the same.

He magically welded the rune covered back plate to the final golem and placed it into it's box, then putting that into a shipping crate he closed it up and set outside as there was no rain scheduled for a couple of days. PPS would be there in the morning to pick it up.

With a sigh of relief, Midnight started back to town. He decided to stop by Sugarcube Corner to get something for Twilight and himself. The smell of baked sweets filled his nose as he walked in.

"Hey, Mid, what brings you here. Well obviously delicious, yummy, sweety, sweets but that's obvious."

"Just coming to see what you have left over." the blue pony said.

"OOOO, I have cherry-changas, or chimmy-cherries, I haven't decided yet. What do you think?" said the pink baker.

"Umm," he thought for a second, "how about chimmy-cherry-changas." he said with a smile.

"I like it!" she said as she rushed back into the kitchen only to reappear with a box, "Hey I have a question."

This is going to be interesting he thought "What?"

"Is your baby going to be born a hummus?" she asked

Midnight stopped trying to correct her constant mispronouncing of 'human', "That's highly unlikely. I'm a pony now."

"Well it's also unlikely that you would fall into a fracture in space-time, then have your physical, chemical, and genetic make completely rearranged to that of an entirely different species AND not be torn apart at a molecular level by the whole experience, but here you are."

Midnight stared at the pink sugar addict with his mouth hanging, stunned as she just cartwheeled back into the kitchen with a "woooo". Midnight grabbed his box, and suppressed the memory of what just happened for the sake of his sanity, and headed home.

When he walked in the side door to the living room he saw Twilight standing there in the living room legs spread, head down with a terrified look on her face.

"Are you alright, Twi?" he asked before looking down to see she was standing in a puddle of water, "Oh, shit." Next Chapter: Chapter 1: Intro to Fatherhood Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 14 Minutes