Upon arriving at his home he could feel the alcohol taking effect more thoroughly. He staggered a little so decided it be prudent to just take AJ into his house instead of to the farm, otherwise he may pass out along the road. He brought her inside as quietly as he could, taking her up to his room and placing her on his bed. He gave her a smile and staggered downstairs to sleep on the couch.

Morning came all to quickly as he groaned out, his head throbbed slightly as he remembered last nights drinking game. He sat up slowly hearing AJ upstairs in the bathroom. He made his way upstairs slowly seeing Twilight and Rarity at the bathroom door watching worriedly towards AJ.

"Shes fine girls." He said rubbing his eyes and scooting by them into the bathroom. He took a seat next to AJ and gently pulled her mane away from her face as she heaved into the toilet. She gave him a teary smile as she caught her breath before heaving again. Twilight and Rarity looked on in disbelief.

Charles mouthed the word hangover to them. They nodded and left to do something else. He patted AJ's back as she finished heaving one last time and sat down coughing a little. Charles reached for a washcloth and put it under the cold tap water, then gently wiping AJ's face and mouth.

"Yer to nice fer yer own good." AJ smiled.

"Well I have to take care of you girls afterall, It's the right thing to do, plus.......... I........... enjoy your company. It's nice to have friends in a world not of my own." He said letting her hair go, it fell to one side of her face covering part of it. She smiled up to him, only one green eye visible. His face blushed slightly seeing her like this.

"Ahem, anyway, lets go downstairs, I have the perfect remedy for a hangover." He said leading the way.

AJ sat at the kitchen table with Twilight and Rarity as Charles pulled out a few items. He sat them on the table as he got them. A box of crackers, some salted peanuts, some bread. and some ginger snap cookies. He grabbed a handful of peanuts then a couple crackers consuming them. A ginger snap cookie followed then a piece of bread. AJ followed suit in the same order. After sitting there for a few minutes her stomach settled and she could definitely tell the difference.

"Well ah'll be. I never woulda thought that these lil things could help an upset tummy." AJ smirked. Ah'll have to remember that one. What about this gosh darn headache?"

Charles went into the restroom coming back with some medicine. "Now i'm not sure how this would work on ponies, but it does wonders for humans. I wouldn't recommend taking one until your doctors examine its effects on ponykind first." The girls gave him an uncomfortable look.

"I think ah'll pass sugarcube." AJ said rubbing her head. Charles took a couple of the pills then his eyes lit up.

"I do know a massage that kind of helps. Not sure if it'll work on ponys but your welcome to be the first test subject if you'd like?" Charles smiled. Twilight and Rarity giggled at AJ as her cheeks flushed red.

"Well...... ah guess its better than nuthin." She said tossing her mane back.

Charles came over behind her and gently began to massage her temples and the base of her ears. Her face turned a bright red as she stiffened up, but soon relaxed as the massage began to work. Ten minutes passed and Charles looked down seeing her eyes closed.

"Did it help AJ?" He asked, listening to only silence that followed. AJ began to fall sideways but was quickly snatched up by Charles. Twilight and Rarity couldn't help but giggle loudly.

"Well I guess that's a yes." He laughed as he packed her into the living room setting her down on the couch. She gave a little neigh and pressed a hoof to Charles face. He pulled away smiling heading back into the kitchen.

"How about some breakfast girls?" He asked. They smiled to each other then Rarity spoke.

"How about one of those massages instead darling?" Twilight nodded in agreement. Charles chuckled.

"Anything for you girls."

After a short massage and two other unconscious ponies. Charles placed them in their rooms and headed back to the kitchen to make him some breakfast. The others wouldn't be out for long so they may enjoy a good meal as well.

Time passed pretty quickly as Charles made lunch, as breakfast was now long passed. He had placed a large salad, and cookies on the table. He wasn't much of a cook on certain things, but he did know a few dishes. This would best suit his guests. He pulled out some salad dressing and made himself a small plate. He sat down at the table and poured some dressing onto the salad. It was a sweet smelling dressing that had a little honey mixed in with it. Soft hoofsteps could be heard coming toward the kitchen. AJ gave a large yawn as she entered the kitchen and took a seat across from Charles. He fixed her a plate setting it in front of her. He held up the dressing looking to her. She smiled giving a nod. Another set of hoofsteps could be heard from upstairs. The others had awoke rather quickly compared to AJ.

After a few minutes they had all set down and began eating their lunches. After about 30 minutes everyone had a full belly. AJ piped up. "Wel ya'll, I guess its best for me to get back to the farm. Lots o'choirs ta do today. Big Mac and Applebloom must be flipping their wigs wondering were im at. Thanks for lunch Charlie. Ah'll seeya'round." She smiled giving him a wink as she left. Charles smirk shaking his head as he picked up the dishes and began to clean them in the sink. Twilight gave Rarity a little smirk speaking just loud enough for Charles to hear.

"I think you may have some competition Rarity."

Rarity sputtered, her jaw dropping and her face flushing a light pink. "W-what are y-you talking about?!"

Twilight giggled giving a little shrug, her eyes watching Charles reaction to all of this. He was looking out the window as he washed the dishes, setting them to the side. Twilight moved from her chair to Charles' side hopping up and placing her front legs on the side of the counter. His eyes never left the window as he spoke.

"Don't worry about me Twi, just thinking about what I'm going to do for a job. I cant rely on the princess to keep giving me an allowance for the rest of my days here. I'd like to at least pull my weight and live a normal life. Well.............. as normal as it can be in a world full of talking ponies heh." He gave a small laugh at the end as he finished up the dishes.

"I think ill rest for one more day and go through some of my things. Maybe I can find a purpose after reading through some books, I have a few talents that may come in handy in this world." He rinsed his hands and went into his downstairs study leaving the girls in the kitchen.

Twilight looked to Rarity taking her seat next to her. "Charles doesn't look to happy. I'm guessing this whole transition was a lot harder on him than we initially thought."

"I think so too darling, why don't we head into town and look around to see if we might locate a job for him. I would like to see how my boutique is fairing as well. Who knows. I might hire him as a delivery boy for in town." Rarity gave a girlish laugh as she trotted to the front door, Twilight close behind, She stopped yelling to Charles,

"We're heading into town Charles." A resounding OK was heard from the far room. Twilight gave a heavy sigh as she followed Rarity outside.

Charles sat quietly in his study looking at his books. There were many to say the least and he had some skills in all of them. He was an all around guy that could manage to do just about any job if it called for it. But what would he excel at? He continued for roughly an hour as he stumbled across some books he had forgotten about. Some cookbooks filled with recipes for cakes and other sweets. He gave a smile thinking to himself. "I bet Pinky would like these." He went to the closet pulling out a backpack and put a few books into it. Grabbing a few gold bits and stuffing them into his pocket, he headed out the door and toward town. Although only a few minutes walk it would give him time to think.

XXX

He arrived in Ponyville in about 10 minutes. Watching the scenery as he walked and found himself stopping ever so often to relish how clean the air smelled and how vibrant the smells of nature were. As he walked through town a few ponies gave him a stare or two but most others smiled and waved. His time spent there was less than a month now but he had pretty much already been welcomed.

It would take some time before all the residents of Ponyville would come to accept him though.

As he walked closer to The cakes shop were Pinky lived he could smell the fresh baked goods wafting in the air. He found his mouth watering a little from the wonderful aromas. As he got closer he noticed a line of ponies coming out of the shop. He walked by them to the entrance looking inside. Mr and Mrs. Cake could be seen moving through the store frantically taking orders and delivering them to the waiting customers in line. He pushed past a pony to inside getting some dirty looks as though he had cut. He looked to them smiling,

"Dont worry im not cutting, I'm just here to drop off some things for Pinky." This caused the ponies dirty looks to turn to smiles. He walked to the side of the counter seeing the cakes running back and forth.

"Is Pinky in?" Charles asked.

The cakes stopped for a moment then started back up as they nodded toward the kitchen. He smiled nodding back and went into the kitchen seeing a pink blur moving around the kitchen faster than anything he'd ever seen.

"Hey pinky, uh....... wow........... you look really busy. Should I come back later?" He said causing Pinky to stop for a moment. She spoke as she stopped in each area she was zipping from and too.

"No .......... that's okay......... the rush should....................be over shortly.............. stick around...................... have a cupcake while you wait................." She said as a cupcake mysteriously appeared in Charles' hand. He didn't argue and went out of the kitchen, taking a seat in the far corner in a booth looking out into the street. He sat the cupcake down for a moment while he pulled the books from his backpack and looked through them as he waited. After about an hour the rush had subsided and everypony served. The cakes came out of the kitchen with a large pitcher of Lemonade sitting down at the table with Charles. Pinky soon followed partially covered in flour and taking a seat next to Charles. Mrs cake looked at one of the open books that Charles had placed on the table giving a small gasp.

"Oh my, this looks wonderful." She said picking up the book and flipping through a few pages. Charles gave a smile handing another book to Mr cake and Pinky.

"Well I was looking through some of my books in my home, I've got a few of these recipes memorized but I don't often cook sweets so I figured Pinky wouldn't mind taking them off my hands."

Pinky looked through the pages of the book quicker and quicker until she had finished the book and moved onto the next one. "Wow. These books are amazing! I've never seen so many recipes in one book. There has to be, like, a gajillion recipes in these things. I'd love to have them. Thank you so very super duper much." Pinky squealed hopping around then hugging Charles around the neck giving him a peck on the cheek then zipping into the kitchen with a book. Charles sat there blushing a little as he felt the kiss on his cheek. Mr and Mrs. cake just gave a small laugh seeing Charles expression.

"Oh don't fret deary, Pinky is one of the most lovable ponies in all Equestria. Although at times she does do a few things that she doesn't realize she does." Mrs Cake smiled.

"For example?" Charles smirked pointing to his cheek causing them to laugh quietly.

"Yes that would be one of those things." Mr Cake smiled.

"Well I hope she wont go crazy when she finds out I have probably another twenty books at home like these." Charles laughed.

Mr. and Mrs. Cakes eyes lit up. "Would you mind letting us borrow a few of those books? Our business would literally boom if we had a lot of other items available for sell." Mrs Cake beamed.

"Not at all. I can bring them back by on my next trip into town." Charles smiled as he stood up giving a little stretch.

"What would you like for these books?" Mr. Cake asked.

"Huh....... Oh nothing. I brought them as a gift to Pinky. I know she stays with you two but didn't know if you'd except a gift from a..... well.... human or not. You did seem a little nervous on our first meeting with me playing with your foals afterall. I didn't want to create any further tension between us." Charles said rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

Mr. and Mrs. Cake look to each other giving a smile, trotting over to Charles and giving him a big hug. Charles felt a little embarrassed but knew he would be accepted by the Cakes now.

"Deary, you are always welcome here. The only reason we were nervous was because...... well........ we've never seen a human before. Your demeanor was very pleasant when you were with the foals and they seemed to just eat up your attention. Feel free to come by anytime for any reason. I'm sure the foals and Pinky would love to play." Charles smiled giving them a hug back. He stood back up heading into the kitchen to say goodbye but was tackled by the pink blur as soon as the door opened. He skidded backwards across the floor in a daze as the pink pony latched her arms around his neck giving him a big hug. When his sense came back around he gave her a hug back.

"Ok Pinky that's enough." Mr. Cake said shooing her away and helping Charles to his feet. Charles laughed looking down to Mr.Cake with a questioning look. Mr. Cake just laughed.

"Shes just being Pinky Pie." Charles gave a chuckle and headed out the door pulling his pack onto his back. He looked up into the sky seeing the suns placement, He had quite a few hours of daylight left so he headed toward Rarity's boutique.

After a few minutes he arrived to see many ponies working hard rebuilding it. Rarity was outside speaking to the foreman of the group as they worked. Charles came over watching the group and catching Rarity's attention.

"Charles darling, what brings you out here?"

"Just thought i'd walk around for a bit, I just came from the Pinkie's after giving her a few cookbooks. She seemed pretty happy about that. The Cakes were very nice this time as well." He said still watching the working ponies.

"Well that's wonderful darling, i'm sure she very much appr....." Rarity was suddenly cut off by a loud pony from atop a scaffolding that had accidentally kicked a bucket of nails from beside of him.

"WATCH IT!!!!"

Charles took off like a bullet toward a pony that was in the way of the falling bucket. He lunged forward at the pony who didn't see him coming and plowed the pony over just as the bucket came crashing down. Charles rolled with the pony hitting the new wall of the boutique hard forcing the wind from his lungs . He cough gasping for air as the stunned pony quickly found his bearings and stood up with a look of shock on his face at the human laying at his side coughing. Rarity and the foreman ran over to them as did a few other working ponies.

"Oh my goodness, are you alright darling?" She said moving to Charles' side, a looked of shock mixed with awe on her face.

*COUGH COUGH* "Never" *COUGH* "Better." He said sitting and propping himself against the wall, taking in several deep breaths. He suddenly found himself in a hug from the pony he had just saved. He looked down seeing the ponies eyes welling up. He gave him a smile and patted his hardhat.

"Yer ok bud,just keep an eye out from now on." The pony smiled and let him go, going back to his work. Rarity Use her magic to help Charles up and dusted him off. He walked by the foreman who thanked him and continued his work. Rarity followed Charles out of hearing distance from the crew of ponies.

"That was amazing! I didn't think you would react so quickly." Rarity swooned. Charles smiled rubbing his shoulder as he walked.

"Yea well, I didn't think, I just reacted. I'm not about to allow a pony get hurt while i'm there to prevent it. Everyone here has been so accommodating and friendly, If it had been in my world I might have thought twice. You know I find myself missing my world less and less each day that i'm here." He smiled still rubbing his shoulder.

"Are you ok darling?" Rarity said staring at his shoulder then to him.

"Yea, i'm fine, just banged up my shoulder went I took that dive. I should be okay by tomorrow."

"Well, why don't we go to the spa? I'm sure the twins would love to meet our resident human after all." Rarity smiled taking the lead toward the spa.

"I....... don't know. I've never really been to a spa before. I've heard its pretty girly, and well............ i'm not girly in the least." He said giving a nervous smile.

"Oh pish posh, you would love it. Why, Fluttershy and I have a weekly get together there to catch up with one another. Its very relaxing and it does wonders for the complexion, Oh do say that you'll join me?" Rarity gave a little lip quiver and pleading eyes. Charles pulled his hand up to his face giving a sigh into it, her pulled two fingers apart looking through them at Rarity whoes expression was only getting more pleading.

"Ugh, ok ok ill go with you, just please stop with the big puppy dog eyes. I swear I think you girls could talk me into just about anything with that look." Charles laughed as Rarity smiled widely giving a giggle as they walked to the spa.

They reached the spa within a couple minutes walking from the boutique. Upon entering Rarity introduced Charles to both Aloe and Lotus. Charles couldn't help but notice how similar they were to each other. One was pink with blue hair while the other had the same colors but inverted. They both had the same cutie mark as well.

"The usual for my friend and myself ladies." The twins smiled widely as they prepared the rooms. Charles went into a dressing room and removed his clothes pulling on and holding a towel around his waist, he wasn't about to have another Twilight incident again. He chuckled to himself until he realized that there was only one steam room.

"Uh.... Rarity, is there another steam room?" He asked hesitantly.

"No darling, come in here." Rarity smirked until she watched Charles enter the room with her. He had nothing but a towel on that he was holding at the waist. Her face flushed red at the sight. He sat down in the corner opposite of Rarity and pressed his back to the wall of the room as Rarity poured some water over the smoldering stones, emitting more steam into the room.

"This is the exfoliating room, or steam room for short. It helps to clean your pours by making you sweat." She chirped

"Wooooo, I can understand that much. Its already making me sweat. Charles laughed sitting up as beads of sweat rolled down his chiseled chest and abdomen. Rarity couldn't help but stare in delight at his physic. She traced every curve of his muscles until she reached his towel. He had rested his hands to the side letting go of the towel. It had been tied slightly off centered in the front and was now revealing most of his left leg while falling slightly in between his legs. Rarity bit her lip watching him intently. Charles could feel her eyes on him and instinctively talked out.

"Dont you pull a Twilight on me Rarity." He smirked opening one eye looking straight at Rarity. Rarity whinnied in surprise rearing back into her corner.

"I........ I would......... never do something like that!? Its so unladylike." She said raising her nose up and away from him. Charles couldn't help but laugh at her reaction.

"Heh, i'm just playing Rarity. I know your a lady and wouldn't do something like that, I doubt you could though even if you wanted." He grinned causing her to have a look of shock on her face as it turned red.

"I most certainly could to if I wanted thank you very much." Rarity huffed.

Charles grin grew wider as he scooted closer to the ivory pony. "Oh really?"

"Yes really!" She huffed again

Charles moved just within a few feet of her still grinning. "Well then. Here's your chance." He said pulling his hands up and behind his head interlocking his finger while resting back onto them against the wall.

Rarity sputtered at the comment turning around seeing Charles with his eyes closed, his hands behind his head leaning against the wall. Her eyes went wide, her face a deep crimson as she looked at him so close. Her eyes slowly fell to his towel then back up to his eyes watching him intently, waiting for him to make a move to try and scare her. He didn't though. She gave a nervous smile as her horn lit up with magic, she started to pull the towel up and away from Charles.

*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

Rarity let out a scream as the timer went off for them to exit the steam room. Charles laughed standing up grabbing his towel and holding it up. They walked quietly out of the steam room toward there next room. He looked back to Rarity with a big smile.

"I knew you couldn't pull that off heh." He laughed *SNAP* "YIPE!" Charles turned around to see a floating towel just a few feet from Rarity, a half grin across her face.

"Oh no you didn't?!" Charles laughed turning around. Rarity giggle lowering her posture as if she was going to pounce, her tail flipping back and forth playfully. Charles swiped for the towel but missed as it was pulled away quickly. He laughed swiping at it a few more time getting closer to Rarity. She laughed

"Oh come now. you can do better than that." She laughed playfully twirling the towel around his head.

"Well I know how I can get the towel now." He smirked as he lunged toward Rarity picking her up. She squealed loudly in
surprise. She flung the towel at Charles' head which he expertly avoided and then proceeded to blow bubbles on her belly. Rarity scream laughed at this flailing about.

"Waaaaaaahahaaaaaha!. STOP THAT THIS HAHAHAHAHA INSTINT!" Charles stopped blowing bubbles on Raritys stomach for a second and looked at her as she caught her breath her face flustered from laughing.

"Naaaaaah" He said and went back to the bubble torture. She laughed again in between words.

"Then AAAHAHAHAHA, you leave me HAAAAAHAHAHA no choice HAAAAhahaha" She said as she grabbed Charles towel and yanked it from his waist. Charles gasped turning a little red looking at Rarity who was grinning widely.

"Ok you win." He said giving a sheepish grin. She smiled placing the towel back onto him. She gave out a giggle as he sat her down. *SNAP* "ACK!" Charles stood upright quickly as Rarity's towel whipped him again on his buttcheek.

"That's for tickling me you naughty boy." She laughed giving him a flirtatious look then heading out of the hall into the next room. Charles chuckled rubbing the sore spot on his buttcheek as he followed suit.

The next room Aloe and Lotus were waiting for them. He walked in shyly seeing them since he was in just a towel.

"Now its time to have a facial and seaweed wrap. Its absolutely fabulous."

Charles watched as they covered Rarity's face in a thick green gunk and wrapped her entire body in seaweed. He then sat for a moment in shock. "Would they wrap me completely in seaweed like her?" he thought to himself then spoke up.

"Uh..... will you be wrapping my whole body like that too?"

The twins giggled seeing his discomfort in the question and simply nodded. Rarity had removed a cucumber slice watching with a wide smile. "UGH! okay, but is there a place more private to do this wrap?"

The twins shook there heads their grins growing wider. "Well, I guess i'm outta luck then aren't I?" He blushed undoing the towel. The twins and Rarity were now looking on in astonishment at how brazen Charles had become. He pulled the towel loose letting one hand hold it over his front while showing off the rest of his chiseled body. All three of the girl's faces turned a bright red.

Aloe and Lotus came over and started wrapping every inch of him in seaweed. his face turned red as they went around his waist and he had to remove the towel. He looked to rarity who was burning a furious red and staring at him. Aloe and Lotus finally finished the wrap and pointed toward the tub that Rarity was in, filled with a bright brown mud.

"What about the other baths?" He said pointing to them.

"They are being cleaned from previous customers." Aloe chimed in "They will be restocked tomorrow" Lotus finished.

"You have got to be kidding me. Its mud." Charles said giving a disgruntled look causing the twins to laugh.

"Oh quite being such a baby and get in here." Rarity laugh picking him up with her magic and dropping him into the mud opposite of her.

The twins laughed loudly seeing Charles' expression then exited the room. Rarity had replaced the cucumbers on her eyes. Charles' had been lost in the mud so he just looked around the ornate room.

"Aaaaaaah, this feels wonderful." Rarity cooed.

"I have to admit, this mud and seaweed thing does feel nice. Ive never done this before." He said leaning back further into the mud letting it spill onto his neck and shoulders.

"Really?! Well then we must make this a weekly thing darling. After the full treatment you come out feeling like a new pony..... er...... um human." She corrected herself.

"Heh, don't worry about it Rarity. I haven't been here long but I already feel like part of the community. Being called a pony is fine. Just as long as its from my friends." He smirked.

Rarity smiled giving a girlish giggle wading through the mud over to Charles. He watched her raising an eyebrow, she had made it halfway across the tub before removing the cucumbers from her eyes, halting her advance as she saw that Charles didn't have his on.

"W-what happened to your............." She trailed off. Charles gave her mischievous grin.

"When you dumped me in here." "Uh........huh." She said as she started to turn around but stop at Charles' comment.

"You were going to make a move on me weren't you?" He smirked. Rarity's ears lay back as she turned her head slightly to see him, her back was facing him now. she looked down and then to him. He laughed leaning forward wrapping his arms around her and pulling her through the mud to rest on his chest. She gave a squeak in surprise. He smiled feeling her heat through the mud as she cuddled close. He could feel the mud moving as she fidgeted.

"I'm sorry Rarity. If i'm making you uncomfortable you can move. I just assumed......" She looked up into his eyes causing him to pause. "Y-you assumed right." She said, her ear now lay flat and her face beet red. The green mask on her face seemed to sizzle from the burning red hidden behind it. He smiled softly at her, a hand slinking out of the mud to under her chin. She gave a little gasp as it raised her mouth up further. She placed her hooves onto his chest moving closer. Their hot breath could be felt on each others as their lips moved closer.

*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT*

They gasped shoving each other apart in panic as the door sprung open revealing the Twins "It is time for your massage my friends." They spoke in unison. Rarity and Charles gave a sheepish smile as they both exited the mud tub and went to the showers.

Charles stood there under the beating shower washing the mud off of him, thinking to himself. "Did i really almost kiss Rarity? What am I doing? This cant be possible. How could she see anything in someone of a different species. How could I for that matter? I mean we have been living together for some time now but that shouldn't matter, should it? What am I going to do? I don't want to hurt her feelings. But I would only end up hurting myself in the process to. Oh God what should I do?"

*knock knock*

"Char-elz, Are you fineesht?" One of the twins voices asked from just outside the door. He turned off the water grabbing a towel as he spoke.

"Yes i'm coming out." He said drying off as he pulled on a large oddly shaped bathrobe. It didn't quite fit him but worked well enough. He guessed it was made for large ponies. He walked out into the next room and was waved to a table by Lotus, Rarity was already on her table getting a massage from Aloe. He gave a sigh and laid down, his feet and last of his lower legs dangled over the edge of the table. Lotus gave a small giggle as she proceeded to massage the human.

"You are a very large stallion no?" She smiled moving her hooves around him pushing gently her and there to loosen the muscles tension.

"I guess I might be a little larger than average for humans, but yea I guess I am pretty big." He chuckled.

Lotus moved closer to his ear and whispered. "That was not what I meant darling *giggle*" Charles suddenly tensed up at the comment and more-so as Lotus moved to massage his butt and thighs as he lay on his stomach. Aloe gave her an annoyed stare watching her sister jealously. Lotus stuck out her tongue and giggled.

"What the hell? I'm starting to think that this place is one of those with a happy ending involved." Charles thought to himself. Just as he finished thinking though he could feel a hoof move up his inner thigh causing him to tense up again. The hoof was removed as Lotus came up to his ear again while glancing to Aloe who nodded letting her sister know that Rarity had fallen asleep. Aloe moved over to Charles' other side smiling at Lotus, They spoke softly into his ears in

unison. "Now that Rarity is asleep, wont you join us in the back for a special massage?" Charles shot upright at the comment, his face burning red. Aloe and Lotus' face were a bright pink.

"Uh......... is this part of your usual?" He asked looking nervously at the two.

"No........ but it can be for you." They smiled moving closer to him. He pulled back standing up from the table moving to Rarity. Pulling his robe shut he watched the twins licking their lips and advancing toward him.

"Uh thanks girls but....... I think ill be going." He said picking up Rarity and rushing out the door picking up his clothes and dropping a gold bit onto the counter. Rarity was to startled to say anything until Charles had stopped running. He let her down as he gasped for air.

"What in heavens names happened?" She said groggily seeing the twins waving at them from the entrance of the spa.

"Uh............... if you want to know, Those two in there were trying to give me a happy ending each."

Rarity tilted her head to the side confused as to what he was referring to. Charles laughed shaking his head, he bent down and whispered into Rarity's ear what had gone on, her face turned bright red.

"Oh my heavens! Did they really try that?" Rarity gasped looking back and seeing the twins giggling and heading back into the spa.

"Yea........ heh"

"Well why didn't you let them?" Rarity smirked giving him a seductive look.

"Oh God! What the hell?!" He groaned throwing his arms up in frustration as he walked toward Twilights home. Rarity close behind laughing her tail off.

A few minutes passed and they had arrive at Twilight's. There was a small construction crew just finishing up the small overhang that would go onto the giant limb that had broken off of the tree during the storm. A couple pegasi were lifting it into place as they strolled into the library. Twilight was inside putting books onto the shelves that had been scattered during the storm. She paused for a moment looking at Charles and Rarity as they strolled in, both wearing bath robes. Twilight started to giggle but held it in until Charles looked at her with annoyance.

"Go ahead, get it out of your system. I'm going to the restroom to change and i'm LOCKING the door." He grumbled causing Twilight to burst out laughing. Rarity giggled a little until she heard Spike talking as Charles passed him going upstairs.

"WOW!..... Dude thats creepy."

A few minutes went by as Charles had gotten dressed, He came back downstairs and handed the robe to Rarity.

"Here ya go. Give the twins my regards on your next visit. I doubt ill be going back there anytime soon." He laughed. Twilight looked at him confused until Rarity filled her in. Twilight's face burned red and then she burst out laughing again.

After a couple more minutes of laughing Twilight finally stopped, wiping a tear from her eye.

"So what brings you two out and about?"

"Well, I originally came out to give Pinky some books. That went well enough, Then the ivory princess here thought it'd be nice to have a spa treatment. I went along without thinking it through and it turned out pretty bad in the end. Then I came by here to see how construction was going. Ill look around for a job in a few days, in the meantime i'm going around to formally introduce myself to the populace which may further my chances to obtain employment." Charles said as he took a seat across from Twilight and Rarity.

"Well as you can see the library is finished. Ill actually be here from now on. I don't really have anything in your house so if I went back it would just be a wasted trip." She twiddled her hooves looking down at the last part of her sentence looking a little sad.

"Twilight, you are more than welcome anytime in my home, as is all of your friends. Don't ever think id put you girls off for any reason. Your my first real friends here in Ponyville, and I wouldn't trade that for anything." Charles said giving a soft smile. Twilight gave a huge smile back pouncing him onto the sofa and hugging him tightly. He returned the gesture but stopped hearing Rarity clear her throat. Twilight recoiled shyly her ears laying back.

"So.............. Anyway Twilight Darling, would you have any information of ponies looking for some hired help?" Rarity asked laying on the sofa next to Charles, her back legs outstretched as she place her chin on her front hooves.

"I'm afraid not, This time i'm dedicating to reorganizing the library from all the storm damage. It will take a while but i'm sure it should be done rather quickly." Twilight said as many books levitated around her into different spots on the shelves cascading around the entire room.

"Twi, how is it your going so slow with these books. You cleaned your room in my house within a couple minutes and all the books were neatly in place as well." Charles inquired.

"I didn't put them in order though, I just kinda threw them all into random spots so it could be done quickly. I organized them later the next day. With the library I have to have everything perfect."

"Well that's understandable, But you didn't have to organize them, i never really kept tabs on them being organized." Charles said rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Does that mean your little office isn't organized either?" Twilight beamed

"Yea, I just never seem to organize things accordingly, I think its more fun to hunt for the book you're looking for because you run into other books you don't usually ever remember having. Its like a treasure hunt and every book is the treasure." He laughed.

Twilight's eyes lit up hearing these words, She hadn't really thought about it like that before. She pressed a hoof to her chin in thought then closed her eyes, within a few seconds every book in the library was now in a vacant spot on a shelf. Charles just watched in amazement as it took only about twenty seconds to do this. Twilight let out a sigh of relief.

"OK i'm done, ill just organize them tomorrow one shelf at a time." Spike looked at her in awe then to Charles.

"Holy cow! You broke Twilight?!" Everyone laughed in unison at the comment.

"So anyway Charlie, What job were you looking to get? I'm not aware of your skills so I cant really point you in any direction to ask anypony if they need help." Twilight began.

"What are your skills?"

Charles thought for a moment. "Well............ I'm good at a lot of things. I can do just about anything even if I haven't really done a specific skill in a while, I learn quick so any job will do really."

Twilight thought for a moment. "What about hobbies? You must have some of those that could benefit being in a working position."

"Well I do love music, I can play most instruments, I can bake and cook a lot of different things, I can build stuff of all kinds from small to large, Gardening isn't something i'm big in but i do have a green thumb for what that's worth. I can make my own alcohol which would probably comatose ponies so I wont put that on the list. I read a lot when I get bored, oh man................ um.................. I cant really think of anything else that comes to me as a hobby." Charles said resting back into the couch. The group in front of him looked at him with slack jaws.

"What?" Charles asked looking nervously at them. Rarity piped in.

"Oh its nothing darling, it's just that, most ponies only have one good skill or hobby they are good at, When they discover that talent, they get a cutie mark to signify that special talent."

Charles raised an eyebrow. "Cutie mark?"

Twilight gave a smile wiggling her flank. "The symbol that ponies have on their flanks. Some ponies don't have them though because they haven't found their special talent. It appears eventually, but only after finding that special talent. Sweetiebelle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom have been working for months together to get theirs."

"Cute, heh I wonder what mine would look like if I were a pony." Charles laughed . The girls and baby dragon looked at each other.

"I'm not sticking around for this, i'm going to Pinkie's." Spike announced as a sly grin spread across Rarity and Twilight's face.

Charles watched them for a moment seeing there sudden change in behavior. "Uh....... girls? You know I was only joking right? Girls?"

Twilight pulled a book from the shelf via her magic while Rarity spoke. "Oh darling I bet you would make an absolutely striking stallion, wont you indulge our curiosity and let Twilight change you into a pony? Its not permanent I assure you. The spell will only last around a day at most."

Charles eyes went wide. "You mean to tell me you can transform another creature into another creature at will?" His heart raced as he watched Twilight closing the book and walking toward him.

"Are there any side affects?" He question nervously.

"Not a single one." Twilight smiled her horn glowing bright.

"Uh........ well.......... if it isn't permanent, I guess it wouldn't hurt to be a pony for a day." He gave a nervous chuckle as Twilight lowered her horn to Charles, only a couple feet away.

A bright flash filled the room as light shown in all directions from Charles. Although still daylight out, the bright light shown out of the library's windows in every direction. A few ponies walked over to the library peeking into the window to see what it was. Others who knew Twilight just walked by without a care. Twilight's special talent is magic after-all and she is notorious for trying out new spells on a regular basis.

After almost a minute of blinding light, it quickly disappeared revealing the pony version of Charles. The girls blinked to get their vision back and gave out an audible gasp at what they saw before them. Charles was laying on his side unconscious. His new pony form wasn't at all what the girls had expected. Twilight rubbed her eyes as she walked around the sleeping pony before her, She cast a couple spells to check the vitals of Charles. Everything seemed normal, except for one thing.

"Twilight, How could this have happened?! I know you've cast that spell many times on various creatures but this........ this is the first time that one of those have turned into an Alicorn?! W-what are we going to do?!"

Twilight looked over to Rarity and then ran into the next room grabbing a piece of parchment and quickly scribbling a message on it, She used her magic to whisk it away to the castle.

"Ugh.......... What happened?" Charles ask as he raise his head, His wings unfolding and his legs moving about. Twilight and Rarity helped him to sit upright as he shook his head to stop the room from spinning. He coughed a couple times as his vision finally came into view.

"Wow, I feel really weird. Did that spell work?" He said as he looked to Twilight. Twilight gave a nervous giggle looking away. Rarity on the other hoof pulled a large mirror from Twilight's room floating it into the main part of the library were Charles had been transformed. She sat it in front of him causing him to gasp at the sight before him. He tilted his head back and forth looking at himself, The spell had indeed worked. His new pony form was actually slightly taller than Celestia herself. His
entire body was very well toned and covered in a deep black coat. He looked at his wings that had unfurled and lay to his sides limply. He then noticed something glowing behind him, he managed to turn a little bit to see fire. "Fire?....... AAAAAHHHH IM ON FIRE!?" He yelled as panic swept over him. He tried standing to run but couldn't find his bearings and fell to the floor kicking wildly to try and get up.

"CALM DOWN!" yelled twilight as she took hold of Charles with a paralysis spell causing him to seize up like a statue. "Your not on fire, This is normal for an Alicorn. Just relax." She growled causing Charles' eyes to clench shut then reopen as he realized that he wasn't hurting from the fire. Twilight set him down gently and released the spell. He let out a cough as he could now breath, quickly looking back to see his mane and tail were both an inferno of orange and red, but neither was burning anything around it. He looked back to Twilight and Rarity.

"That is...... pretty cool, now that i'm not freaking out about it." He gave a light chuckle.

A knock was heard at the door to the library after another minute. Spike entered with Celestia and Luna. Twilight and Rarity came forward giving a bow to them.

"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Thank you both for coming. I wasn't expecting both of you." She said as she rose and trotted over to Charles who was still laying on the floor.

Celestia gave an audible gasp as she looked over to Charles, He lay his ears back shyly seeing her gaze at him that way.

"Twilight, what spell did you use on Charles?" Celestia inquired.

"I used the same spell i've used on countless others who were transformed into ponies for a day. This is the first time this has happened. What do you make of it?"

"I'm not sure, but......." Celestia trailed off as she watched Charles trying to stand. He looked like a newborn foal trying to stand for the first time and it brought a smile to her face. She walked over and pressed against him gently trying to help him up. He stumbled a little at first but within a couple minutes he was standing upright and started walking slowly.

"Well........ this will take some getting used to, but i'm sure ill get the hang of it quick enough." He smiled the tripped over a small stack of book landing face first into another pile. "Or maybe not." The muffled comment came from within the pile laying on his head. Everyone gave a small giggle watching Charles stand again after landing into the pile of books. It took him just a second to get back on his hooves and move again, But his wings were still being limply pulled along. He looked back at them trying to find the muscles that would work them.

After a few twitches the wings moved, He smiled and continued working with them until he had them folded up and moving around a little, even giving a couple flaps which lifted him slightly into the air. "WOW! *thud*" He lost his balance from being lifted into the air for a moment and ended up on his side on the floor again. He gave a a chuckle standing up again.

"This is really sweet. I never thought being a pony would be so interesting. Is there anyway to extend the spell life or would you have to cast it again?" He asked Twilight, a wide grin on his face. Celestia smiled widely moving over to Charles and
gently nuzzling him. Luna gave a smile as well as she began.

"The spell cast on thee was a temporary one, However there are several different spells that could lengthen its stay, even make it permanent if thee wishes."

Rarity gave out a nervous laugh. "I don't know if he would want to stay as a pony or not Princess, he may never get used to it, and learning all those spells for magic would be a terrible ordeal."

Luna raised an eyebrow at Rarity's comment, She didn't say anything though.

"Twilight, Rarity, we shall stay in Ponyville temporarily with our guest so that we may teach him about what it is to be an alicorn. You may come with us if you wish." She smiled heading to the door. "Come Charles, we have much to discuss."

Upon leaving, the door closed behind them. Rarity was to dumbstruck to say or do anything else. She looked to Twilight trying to find words. "What now?!" She said, her voice cracking in despair.

"I don't know. Ive never caused another being to transform into an Alicorn before. ooooooooooh! What will the princess do to him?" Twilight trotted nervously in place. "Well! I'm not about to give up on my feelings for him, even to the princess!" Rarity exclaimed proudly causing Twilight to fall over.

"Rarity! Are you CRAZY! If the princess wants him then I seriously doubt you would have a chance against her for his affections. Shes rich, extremely powerful beyond any unicorn, and she's......... well.......... an Alicorn. Once Charles gains the knowledge of how powerful he is i'm sure he would want someone just as powerful for his bride." Twilight lifted her hoof to her mouth at the last part of her comment.

"BRIDE!?" Rarity shrieked her face turning red with anger. She let out a loud snort stomping to the door. Twilight rushed in front of her.

"Rarity wait! You cant take on the princess. Lets wait and see what happens. You know Charles better than I do, You've spent the most time with him. If you two have feelings for one another then there is a possibility he would choose you over the princess. Lets give him a chance."

Rarity huffed loudly but she quickly regained her composure taking a seat on the couch in the center of the room. She let out a heavy sigh looking up to Twilight. "I can wait I suppose. But be warned Twilight. I will not give up so easily on him, even if it means being sent to the moon for a thousand years."

Twilight gave her a soft smile pulling a book from the shelf nearest to her and sitting next to Rarity. They both sat quietly reading together.