"FINALLY IT'S SUNDAY!" Whip lash shouted taking in a deep breath and smiling to the other captains.

"Excited are we now?" Iron Clad chuckled as they trotted along through Ponyville toward the stage that had been put up just outside of the base for the nights entertainment.

"You bet! I have been trying to get the chance to see Rainy Days for about two years now, and every time I get close my chance is lost to the wind." He sighed looking down tot he ground and shaking his her.

"But not tonight! I will finally get to see her for the first time. I sure hope she is as beautiful as she is on her posters." He started prancing about being so giddy about finally meeting Rainy Days he failed to notice the Alicorn in his path as he bumped into him stepping back a few paces to see what he had hit.

"Careful Whip, if you keep prancing around like that I think our boys will think your a little funny." He chuckled getting a laugh out of the other captains.

"Hey now, I ain't into stallions Cap'n. Strictly a mares stallion and that's it." He smirked looking up to the looming Alicorn.

"Alright then kids, get your tails inside. The show is going to start in a few minutes." He laughed as he walked behind the three.

"So Cap'n, ave ya seen Rainy yet? Ah heard she is probably the tallest pegaus mare in Equestria. Heard she is taller'n Luna." Iron Clad chuckled looking back to Midnight.

"I haven't had the chance to even look at a poster of her. To be honest, all I know about her is from what I've heard along with a couple of her songs. Just to busy to do anything else really." Midnight sighed thinking of all the shit he had gone through recently.

"You're kidding?! Seriously? You haven't even seen her poster and you managed to get her to come here to sing for the entire platoon? You have some brass Captain." Blizzard chuckled flaring his wings a bit.

"Sorry to say, I'm just about as busy as royalty." Midnight chuckled as they pressed through the crowd to their booth near the stage. "And unfortunately, that means I have many things to tend to during the day. Most of which right now is planning for tomorrow morning to continue you and your ponies training." He smirked.

"Aw come on now captain. Let's not worry about all that and have fun tonight. I'm sure after seeing Rainy for the first time you are going to go home to your mare and rut like a feral." Blizzard laugh causing the other captains to burst out as well.

"You have got to be............. I seriously doubt that any mare would rival the beauty of my three ladies." Midnight chuckled causing the captains to stop.

"Three?" Iron spoke in slight shock.

"Yea bro, didn't you know that he has two other mares besides the princess." Blizzard chuckled.

"The other two are Rarity and Twilight Sparkle, and they are just as beautiful as the other. Don't press your luck fellas. The show is starting." Midnight chuckled as they took their seats. The lights dimmed and a sultry voice could be heard over the speakers. Rainy pressed a foreleg from behind the curtain showing a red garter hiked up onto the upper part of her leg. She slowly pressed her way forward while singing and causally looking over the audience. Many of the stallions were giving loud cat calls while some others just stood in complete awe as to how beautiful this Pegasus was. Midnight on the other hoof was being laughed at by the three captains that sat at the table with him.

Rainy Continued her sultry trot along the platform until the song came to its end with her walking off stage and behind the curtain, her tail giving a playful flick to the crowd as she vanished behind it.

"So I see your first viewing of Rainy Days was an overall success. Pay up boys!" Blizzard laughed causing the other two captains to toss a bag of bits each to him.

Midnight sat there, his mouth agape, his mane and tail roaring into a blaze of fire, and his wings now permanently at attention. That was until blizzard waved a hoof in front of his face.

"HUH WHAT!?" Midnight snapped back to reality causing the three captains to chuckle. "Was that Rainy?!" He spoke in shock looking to the captains at his table.

"The one and only, as you can tell from the crowd." Iron Clad laughed nodding to the hooting and shouting ponies all around the stage.

"Damn!" Midnight spoke causing them to burst out laughing again.

The rest of the show went as planned. Rainy coming back out for several more songs along with teasing the ponies closest to the stage. However on several occasions Midnight noticed her gaze falling on him during her performance. As the last song finished Midnight continued sitting at his table as the captains and many of the other stallions left heading back to the barracks to get a good nights sleep so that they would be prepared for the morning.

Once there was enough room to maneuver freely without bumping into any other ponies Midnight mad his way to the side of the stage toward the dressing rooms. He was stopped however by two rather stout looking unicorns Each wearing a hat and pair of shades. They looked up to the Alicorn and nodded back.

"Ms. Days is expecting you sir." One of them spoke up as Midnight passed.

'Expecting me huh? I'm starting to have a weird feeling about this.' Midnight thought to himself as he continued down the hallway to a set of large doors. He gave it a gentle knock with a hoof hearing a feminine voice coming from behind them.

"Come in."

Midnight pressed forward stepping inside and closing the doors behind him. Now to say that the room he had just entered was lavish would be an understatement. This room was huge. A large bed to one side as well as a small fridge near a well lit table. A variety of clothing all hung up neatly and spread apart so that a pony could grab it without pulling several others with it. On the other side of the room was a door and a vast amount of pillows laying in one corner around one huge pillow.

"Have a seat dear." Rainy spoke out breaking Midnights viewing of the room. She looked in the mirror on the makeup table she was setting at and nodded toward the large pillow couch near the other door in the room. Midnight walked silently over and took a seat laying his forelegs off the end while watch Rainy.

"So I take it you came by to thank me for coming out and singing for your men right? Then you were going to go on and on about how wonderful I was before complementing me to no ends to try and win my affection to try and rut with me am I right?" She spoke out causing Midnight's expression to turn to shock.

"Sounds to me like you are over thinking this visit darlin." Midnight chuckled causing her to cock a brow at him.

"I will admit that when I first saw you come onto stage I thought that I would love nothing more than to rut you silly." He smirked causing her to laugh.

"So your motives have changed then have they?" Rainy smirked turning around on her seat to stare at the Alicorn.

"To be honest yes, I just thought I would come by and thank you for your patronage toward my men. After the few weeks of hell I have given them, the needed a good break from the everyday routine. You helped to alleviate that tension, if not create a little more." He laughed causing her to smile behind the part of her mane covering some of her face.

"Well I do aim to please most of the time." She sighed.

"I'm guessing all the fame and glamor isn't what you thought it would be." Midnight smirked causing her to roll her eyes.

"I have been doing this for about seven years now and it is the same thing every time I go on stage. Countless stallions all getting there hopes up to try and rut with me. Nopony I have met has thought different." She groaned pulling a drinking from the small fridge.

"I know the feeling, I've had quite a few mares under my wings from my concerts." He chuckled but stopped seeing her eyening him suspiciously.

"So you sing?" She asked giving a slightly disgusted glare.

"Nope, I play instruments. I honestly suck at singing, but with a little magic I can sing like an angel." He chuckled.

"I haven't seen any posters or media coverage of you. Wait......... I think I have. When I was playing in the Canterlot Theater Princess Celestia spoke with me about another Alicorn that had played there previously. She showed me a poster of you." Rainy sat down looking midnight over for a moment. "Can't say I'm all that impressed." She giggled causing Midnights eyes to roll.

"Cute, but you won't get a reaction out of me like that. I haven't played at the theater in a while, been busy saving the planet and all the ponies in it from certain doom. Not much time for a private life ya know." He smirked again.

"That is another thing, you don't speak like any other high class pony I've ever heard of. It's rather unbecoming." She sighed.

"Oh well, can't please them all." Midnight laughed causing her to sigh again.

"You know you are making this a lot harder than it should be." She groaned.

"What? You trying to piss me off and make me storm out of here angry at your insults or belittling? HA! You are going to have to work overtime and a half to get me to do that doll. I am probably one of the most easy going ponies in this world next to one of my friends Big Macintosh, and he's an earth pony farmer at the farm next to the base." Midnight began to chuckle again causing Rainy to scowl slightly.

"So you just came her to thank me then is that all? No second thoughts as to a way to get me to rut with you? No hidden agenda for a second performance? Anything other than a thank you for stopping by?" She stomped while pacing the room, all the time glaring at the Alicorn before her.

"Nope. I did want to speak with you about how your day has gone and try to alleviate some of your tension without the premise of rutting, but I see your just to tense to relax and talk. If you want to chat though just head toward the middle of the base. I'll be in that building should you change your mind." Midnight spoke as he stood up from his laying position on the giant pillow and began to walk to the door.

"What?! Your leaving just like that? Not going to fight for the ultimate prize? A night with the most beautiful mare in all of Equestria!" She snorted in annoyance.

Midnight turned his head back looking at her while speaking. "Why fight for the unobtainable? Besides, it's not like you care about me. You just want the satisfaction of watching me try to get you to rut with me. I know its not going to happen so why try and convince you otherwise? Oh, and please do me a favor, don't talk like you are all that and a bag of chips. You may be beautiful on the outside, but inside your still an ugly jerk hell bent on making others miserable, and to me, that isn't beautiful. It's a pile of crap on a hot summers day." He spoke as he exited the room. Once the door closed he could hear quite a bit of cursing along with a lot of noise from things being bucked or tossed about in rage.

Midnight had been sitting at his desk in the head quarters of the base for almost two hours now. He had finished up most of his paperwork for the next few weeks and was now almost finished with the new training regime for the guard when he heard a knock at the door.

"Come in." He spoke out flatly as he continued with his paperwork. He looked up after a few seconds from the pony sitting down in the chair across his desk. His eyes went a little wide seeing Rainy sitting there, eyes dampened and mascara running down her cheeks.

"Rainy?" he began but stopped as she raised a hoof to silence him. She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly giving a soft shudder through a quivering lip.

"I have spent the last hour crying because of your remark. Never in all my years as an entertainer has anypony ever said anything so hateful and demeaning to me." She paused as she took in another breath squinting her eyes shut only to send a few tears down her cheeks.

"But I have to admit after thinking about it. You're right. Over time I grew so self confident about my singing and beautiful looks that I grew bitter and cold toward all of the attention I was given. Even though all the stallions I met were the same it still bothers me. What if even one of them were genuine about there feelings? I could be happily married right now with one or more foals. But I traded it all away for this life." She trailed off as a new wave of tears began to fall from her eyes.

Midnight sat there quietly listening to her until she finished and began to cry. As she began to cry he moved over to her gently pulling her into an embrace, wrapping his wings around them both and rocking her back and forth while cooing to her to try and stop the flow of tears. After a few minutes her crying slowly came to a stop. He continued rocking her gently for a few more minutes until he thought it was safe to talk to her.

"You know Rain, You shouldn't berate yourself just from the assumption of one stallion. I am sorry I said those things to you, but you must understand that not everypony is as evil as you make them out to be. Stallions will of course go after the most beautiful mare they find, it's only natural. But that doesn't mean all of them aren't insincere. If I could get to know you I am sure to find you are a fantastic pony at heart, you just need help getting back to your roots." He smiled pulling back and gawking slightly seeing her eyes closed and her mouth slightly parted.

'She fucking fell asleep!' Midnight shouted inwardly.

Midnight gave a soft sigh as his horn lit up picking up the sleeping pegasus in his arms and slowly levitating her to his bed in the back room. He gently placed her on the bed and puled the covers over her. He leaned down giving her forehead a gentle kiss before slowly making his way out of the room and laying across his couch. He gave a wide yawn before resting his head down on the arm rest.

"You know, you are literally the first stallion ever to do that for me." Rainy spoke from the doorway causing Midnight to jump.

"Rainy?!" He spoke looking at her, she smiling back to him. "What did I do again?" He spoke rather puzzled.

Rainy made her way over to the couch as she spoke. "You are the first stallion I have ever pulled that little performance on to actually take me to a bed and put me in it. Before leaving to sleep on the couch. Even a few stallions have done that and slept next to me without actually doing anything to me. But you are the first to actually be a genlte stallion and go to sleep on a couch that is five times to small for you just to make me happy." She gave a sincere smile to Midnight causing him to reach out and bring her into a gentle hug.

"W-what are you doing?" She asked rather shocked.

"That is the first honest smile I have seen come from you, and it was beautiful." Midnight smiled back causing her to tear up once again.

"Now don't start with the waterworks again. Go on back to bed. I'm sure you have other performances you have to get up to get ready for early in the morning." He smirked running a hoof under her eyes to remove the tears. She gave a nod as she pulled away heading back into the room. She turned, looking back to the Alicorn as he attempted to get comfortable but kept tossing and turning.

"Come on you big idiot." Rainy sighed giving him a smirk.

Midnight looked at her cocking a brow. "What?"

"Come on. A stallion as chivalrous as you should at least get a good nights sleep." She nodded to the bed.

"But I thought you..." He was cut off by her again.

"Don't think you're getting lucky. I'm just offering the bed, not my plot." She smirked.

"I think I shall take you up on your offer then. I doubt I could be a total hard flank to all of my men in the morning without at least a few hours sleep in a comfortable bed." He chuckled as they climbed into the bed.

After a few minutes of laying still Rainy could feel Midnight shifting slightly in bed. 'Here we go, to old snuggle then grope routine.' She thought to herself awaiting the roaming hooves that never came. She slowly turned over to see the licking flame of Midnight's mane coming from under the cover.

'Son of a horse! He is actually keeping to himself.' She gawked, but it slowly turned to a sincere smile as she snuggled up against his back wrapping a wing around him.

"Rainy?" he spoke out turning his head to look at her. She gave a soft sigh looking up to him. He smiled as he turned over wrapping his forelegs around her and pulling her gently to his chest, his wings wrapping around her like a living blanket.

"Get some sleep." He spoke softly giving her forehead a kiss.

"You know something." She spoke out.

"Hmm?" was his reply.

"Either you are really good at this, or you are by far the kindest stallion I have ever met. She giggled.

"Can't I be both?" He chuckled getting her to giggle.

"Get some sleep. You can berate me in the morning." Midnight chuckled once again as they slowly drifted off to sleep.