A/N: Shoutout to Zaibatsu for giving me the idea for stalkers. I elaborated on the idea a bit. Thanks bro.

"Yet another beautiful day in Ponyville, I can't believe how good this weather has been lately. Even though its regulated by pegasi, it's still fantastic." Midnight thought to himself as he trotted through town watching the ponies go about their business as usual. He continued making his way through town, stopping ever so often to talk to a friend he had made during his time in the small town, then continued toward his destination. The library.

As he arrived at the library and was about to head inside he stopped suddenly as a cold chill ran down his spine making his mane and tail flicker in response. Swiveling his ears he looked around for a moment before shrugging and heading inside.

"Twi, you home doll?" He spoke out as he entered, Spike was just heading into the main part of the library from the back with a stack of books in his hands.

"Hey Midnight, Twilight's in the back, she's been studying again." He groaned nodding to the books he was carrying.

"Ah, should I come back later?" He asked before hearing Twilight calling from the back.

"Midnight? Come back here I want to talk to you." She spoke up garnering his attention.

"Guess I'm in trouble again." He sighed sticking his tongue out only to make Spike laugh as he trotted into the back room to see Twilight sitting with several books on her desk. "You needed to see me?" He asked taking a seat across from her.

"Yes, I just received this scroll from Princess Luna." She said as she floated the scroll over to Midnight, he taking it with his magic and levitating it in front of himself as he began to read it.

"Ok now that is a little creepy." He chuckled nervously tossing the scroll back to Twilight. "Why are their ponies out stalking celebrities? And the princess' as well? It just seems odd." He sighed.

"Well, I'm sure you had celebrities in your world right?" Twilight began, getting a nod from Midnight. "Well although uncommon, a few ponies do take it upon themselves to try and get a glimpse of a few ponies that are normally hard to see out in public. You have photographers for one, then the overly eccentric fans who follow them around where ever they go Then you have the regular fans who just love them for who they are and what they do. The ones who take it to far though are considered stalkers."

"I know what they are Twi, I just didn't think that there were stalkers in this world. I honestly don't see why somepony could be so infatuated with a certain individual that they would make every waking moment dedicated to trying to become part of that ponies life." Midnight groaned.

"Well, there are quite a few crazy ponies in this world, If I were you I would keep an ear out for anything strange in town. Knowing what I do now from what ponies have pulled in the past, I doubt even you could get away from a truly determined stalker." She giggled.

"Heh, you haven't gone up against me since I have learned all those new spells. I think I could give them a run for their money. Let's just hope they aren't in town, or hunting me for that matter." Midnight shuddered before taking his leave from the library.

Midnight began his trek through Ponyville once again as he headed toward Sweet Apple Acres, as AJ had asked for his help in the fields bucking apples for the day. Big Macintosh was out with Fluttershy at her cottage helping to take care of a few injured animals. Applebloom was in the fields with AJ but wasn't strong enough to buck apples, so she was catching stray apples that failed to fall into the bushels.

Upon arriving at the farm Midnight felt another cold chill run down his spine causing him to look around himself once again. "Where does that creepy feeling keep coming from?" He muttered to himself before turning back onto his path. He was about a hundred yards from the entrance to the farm when he noticed a mare trotting in his direction he hadn't seen before.

"Afternoon ma'am." He smiled, nodding to her.

"Afternoon." She smiled back as she trotted by.

Midnight swiveled an ear back listening as the pony hoofsteps began to pick up pace as she moved further away before silence fell to his ear. 'Hmmmm, that was odd.' He thought to himself as he reached the entrance to the farm. As he made his way further into the farm he could hear the crack of hooves against trees before the soft drumroll of apples hit the ground below, a couple minutes past before he had finally located AJ and Applebloom.

"Hey girls, need some help?" He smiled as he trotted up to them.

"Hey there, bout time ya made it. AB was'bout to explode from wanting teh leave so bad. Her and the girls decided teh try for their marks again tehday but she had teh wait on Uncle teh get;ere afore she was allowed teh leave." AJ chuckled looking to the dancing in place Applebloom.

"Can ah go now sis?" She whined as she trotted in place with anticipation.

"Go one sugarcube, but be careful." She shouted as Applebloom took off like a bullet toward the entrance of the farm.

"Cute kid, wish I had had as much fun as she is having now when I was a kid." Midnight chuckled as he watched the filly gallop away. He turned back to AJ smiling as he spoke.

"So what have you got on the agenda for me today cowgirl?" He smirked before giving a shudder.

"Night? Whatsup? Ya aint chilly now are ya? It's the middle'o summer." AJ laughed as she watched his mane flicker.

"Nope, I've just been getting this creepy feeling all day. It only got worse when Twilight told me that there might be a few stalkers in town looking for celebrities. Not to mention me running across a pony I've never seen before on my way here."

AJ stopped for a second looking to Midnight. "Ya say ya passed a new pony? Was it a young mare a lil shorter than me, with a light green coat and brown mane'n'tail?"

"Yea, thats the one. Why?' he asked.

"That youngin was in mah orchard with a pair'o'binoculars earlier. Said she was bird watchin er sumthin. Ah asked her to leave the orchard and she left. No fuss at'all."

"When I passed her she didn't have a pair of binoculars with her." Midnight hmmmed for a moment swiveling his ears again as his horn lit up. He looked to AJ who had a brow cocked at him before speaking her name.

"Applejack."

'Sorry to open a telepathic link without warning, don't freak out. I'm thinking that pony was a stalker if not part of a group of them. Let's just act like we need something from the barn, I'll explain the details on the way.' He spoke through the link as he then began to talk.

"I think we're gonna need a few more bushels out here. Lets go grab a few more from the barn." He spoke out nodding toward the general direction of the barn. AJ gave a nod as she spoke through the link.

'Ya think there might be more than one pony out here watching us?'

'Not sure, but listen closely, once we get to the barn I'm going to make a clone of each of us to send back out here to buck apples, Then I'm going to make us invisible and cast a spell to let our left eyes see any type of living creature larger than Winona. I'll keep the link open but I want you to tell me if you see any ponies in your fields. I'll search the southern part while you search north. Keep me updated.' He spoke as they trotted into the barn and he began casting the spells.

After a few minutes of preparation, the clones trotted out of the barn with a wagon full of bushels for the apple harvesting, The real Midnight and AJ quickly turned invisible with his spells and began to make their way through the fields. Midnight took flight above the tree line looking down over the grove. After a few minutes of flying AJ spoke through the link.

'Ah found a couple ponies out here, but uh......... They ain't stalking nopony.' She giggled.

'What are they doing?' He asked.

'Having a bit of fun from the angle ah'm looking from. Dang that boy can move.' She giggled.

'AJ! Quit watching them and get back to your search.' He snapped.

'Hang on, ah'm taking some notes.' She giggled once again.

'What could you possibly need notes for?' He groaned.

'I'm thinking you might like what this gal is doing to her stallion, figured ah might try it on you one day.' She began to laugh but erupted as Midnight began to sputter in thought.

'Your evil AJ.' He groaned.

'Nope, ah'm the element of honesty.' She giggled causing him to grown an evil grin.

'Element of honesty huh? Alright then, I have a question for you.' He chuckled.

'It can wait, ah found a group'o ponies hiding near the rutting couple. Head on over'ere.' She spoke up interrupting his thoughts.

'Be there in a flash.' He chuckled as his horn lit up just as he banked toward the fields AJ was in. He could see he glowing outline in the distance and used a stealth teleport to arrive at her side without any sound or flash of light. As he moved closer to her she looked back to him nodding to the tree line about thirty feet ahead of them. There sitting in the bushes were three ponies, all with a pair of binoculars and all staring at the rutting couple nearby.

'Dam voyeurs spying on a couple rutting. I should go over there and kick there asses.' Midnight growled out to AJ in thought.

'Ah should go buckem upside the head for trespassing. in mah fields. Then buck the rutters to.' She snapped back.

'How about this.' Midnight smirked as he began to layout a plan for AJ, a small grin turning into a sinister smile as it spread across her face. She nodded as they both got into place.

"What in tarnation are ya'll doing in mah orchard?" AJ shouted to the three pony voyeurs making them jump and scream in surprise.

"OH CELESTIA! Please don't do that again. You nearly gave us a heart attack." A mare in the group said as they turned to AJ gasping.

"Ah'll ask again, what are ya'll doing trespassing on mah land?" She said giving a loud snort.

"NOTHING! We were just bird watching is all. Your trees attract a lot of different species of birds." The unicorn next to the first pony said.

"Really now? So the birds you were watching wouldn't have been that couple oer there rutting then would it?" AJ smirked before watching the third pony stand up, towering over the other two.

"Well now, what concern of that is it to you?" He spoke out in a deep gruff tone.

"Plenny if'n it means yer trespassing. Now ah'm gonna be nice an ask ya'll teh leave peaceful like. Ah don't right wana call fer backup ya hear?" She smirked as the biggest earth pony she had ever seen pressed forward between the other earth pony and unicorn.

"And what if we say no hmmmm? Think yer back up could make it here in time before we wipe the floor with you?" He chuckled. AJ smiled as she gave a quick whistle causing the larger earth pony to cock a brow as he looked around.

"Heh! Was that supposed to call for yer backup? Guess they turned tail and ran after seeing me." He chuckled but stopped as a hoof poked his side causing him to turn his head to the two ponies behind him. He gawked for a moment freezing up at to what he say. A manticore easily three times his size was standing there towering over the three of them.

"That would be mah backup." AJ chuckled watching the manticore lean down pressing its nose the largest pony and giving a deepp growl while baring its teeth.

"You have a manticore?! AS A PET?!" The biggest pony squeaked in fear.

"I would like to think of it as a mutual friendship." The manticore spoke out causing the unicorn to faint.

"My friend has asked you to leave twice now if she has called me over. So I would like to ask you to leave as well, because after the third time, this orchard becomes my hunting grounds, if you catch my drift." He chuckled licking his maw.

The two ponies gathered up the unicorn on the ground and began quickly trotting out of the field toward the exit. After a few yards the manticore began patting the ground quickly as if her were running causing the two to kick up a dust cloud as they began to bolt faster than Pinkie after a cupcake, out of the fields. After a minute AJ and the manticore fell over laughing loudly.

"Alright, you can change back now Night." Aj chuckled as she watched the manticore transform into Midnight in a bright flash of light.

"I have to admit that was more fun than I thought it would be." He laughed.

"How'bout we go scare that couple next." She smirked nodding in the direction they had seen them.

"To late." Midnight laughed. You should have seen their faces when I popped around a tree asking them if I could join in on the fun while being in the manticore form. I have never seen an expression of orgasmic bliss mixed with utter fear before, it was priceless." He laughed.

"Awwww, and I was hoping teh see it. Guess ya'll jus have'teh let me in yer noggin teh see that memory." AJ chuckled.

"Ugh why does everypony always want to get into my head. Can't they just get enough of my physical form and be happy?" He groaned giving AJ a wink.

"Ah don't know how the females o'yer species do things, but here we likem smart'n'stout." AJ smirked.

"Sorta like yer granny's mareshine sitting on a book huh."

"Exact......whut?" AJ cocked a brow at Midnight only to make him laugh.

"Sorry AJ, didn't mean for that joke to fly over yer head." He laughed.

"Not that ya iggit, THAT!" AJ shouted pointing up to a cloud a pegasus was on pointing a camera at them. They trained their ears forward listening as a soft click and whir sounded.

"Taking pictures without our permission? I don't think so." Midnight smirked as his horn lit up as a single work escaped his mouth before he vanished. "Haste."

Midnight disappeared from sight next to AJ reappaearing behind the pegasus that was lounging on the cloud taking pictures. The pegasus looked through the viewfinder once again to see the Alicorn missing from sight.

"Now where did that pony get to? He couldn't have teleported. I would have heard it." The young mare spoke as she trained the camera through the orchard.

"Now why are you taking pictures of a farmer and an Alicorn? You know taking pictures without permission isn't very nice." Midnight whispered into her ear causing her to scream and jump away from him, falling over the edge of the cloud leaving the camera behind. Midnight gave a smirk as he picked the camera up with his magic and removed the film.

"HEY! That's personal property!" The pegasus snapped, catching his attention as he turned his head to her.

"And the contents of the film are personal property of mine. So we have a tie, what do you suggest we do?" He grinned.

"How about I just take it an run?" She grinned bolting toward Midnight only to see him vanish before her eyes. "WHAT?!"

"Naughty naughty, don't you know not to take things from others?" He chuckled watching her fume.

"Fine then. I want my camera back, you can have the stupid film." She groaned just before Midnight tossed the camera to her.

"Tell your friends that I don't like people taking pictures of me or my friends without permission. Just why are you taking them anyway?" He asked as they both hovered silently in the air.

"There is a contest out right now from the Manehatten Gazette that will pay 10,000 bits to any pony who can get a good shot of you and a mare together. You were with that orange earth pony when you two were picking a fight with my colleagues. Figured I'd get the drop on you." She smirked.

"Ok...... so what does the paper want with a picture of me?" He asked cocking his own brow.

"Don't know, don't care, I just need the bits to pay bills and help my family survive." She snapped back.

"Sorry doll, your going to have to find your bits elsewhere. I think I'll pay that paper a visit." He smirked as he vanished into thin air reapearing next to AJ startling her.

"DAG NABBIT NIGHT!" She shouted pulling off her hat and swatting him with it. "Quit doing that." She smirked. "So whats with all the photo's?"

"Seems the Manehatten Gazette has it out for me. 10,000 bits for a picture of me with a mare. That's all the pony said." He hummed quietly to himself.

"I'll go get mah camera." AJ smirked causing Midnight to do a double take.

"Now don't you start." He chuckled. "Anyway, I think I'll stay invisible for a while to keep these ponies off my case." He spoke as his horn lit up turning him invisible. "Now then, do you still need help with harvest?"

"Ah can wait a couple days if need be. Done got a bunch in the celler ready teh sale at the market. I think you'd better go see what that paper wants with photos of you." AJ said as she placed her hat back on.

"I'll be back to help out as soon as I can. See ya AJ." He said before no other sound was heard.

Midnight reappeared in the library still invisible, after trotting quietly through the library toward the back room he stopped just outside the door listening to a conversation inside.

"I told you two to leave. I don't care if you're from the paper or what your writing about, my personal life is not on display for all of Equestria, HEY! I said stop taking my picture!" Twilight yelled out as the two ponies made a quick retreat from the library. Just as they passed Midnight however his horn lit up teleporting the film from the cameras onto the table next to him. Twilight took chase after them but was stopped by Midnights magic.

"WHAT THE HAY!?" She shouted in annoyance but stopped as Midnight appeared next to her.

"I take it those creeps were from the Manhatten Gazette?" he snorted.

"Yes and they are getting away with pictures of me."

"You mean, was." He chuckled as he floated the film over to Twilight who quickly incinerated it. "While your at it take care of these too." He said as he tossed her another roll of film.

"I take it you ran into another pony trying to get a story about you as well?" Twilight snorted as she incinerated the other roll of film.

"Yea, for some reason they ae out in force trying to get my photo. That's all I know."

"Those two told me that they were taking pics of his love interests as well. I've already taken care of four separate parties. I am beginning to think none of the girls are safe at the moment." She stopped seeing the look of horror on Midnights face.

"Dammit! I bet they are going to try for Rarity, AJ and Dash as well. Sorry Twi, I'd better get going so I can check on them. You stay here and put up a camera proof shield up around the library. At least a pony won't be able to get in with one." He gave a smirk as he disappeared from sight.

Midnight reappeared inside the boutique to many bright flashes and Rarity posing for the photos.

"Rarity?! What the hell?" He shouted causing everypony to stop.

"Midnight darling, isn't this fantastic?! These ponies came by on behalf of Photo Finish to take some pictures of me for her new book." Rarity squealed but stopped as she noticed that they were all now taking photos of her and Midnight together. She looked up to Midnight seeing the scowl across his face, his horn bright as magic erupted from it. Every roll of film within the store quickly teleported to in front of them and was promptly destroyed causing the photographers to yell angrily. That was of course until Midnight spoke out in the royal whee.

"Alright you scum! Get your flanks in gear and get out. If I see your sorry flanks in Ponyville again I will personally turn you all into rabbits and feed you to a Manticore!"

The party made a quick retreat leaving the boutique and a stunned ivory pony in their wake.

"Midnight....... darling.........WHAT THE HELL!?" Rarity shouted at him before he turned back to her.

"They were sent by the Manehatten Gazette to get a story on me and the mares I've been with. You and Twilight are apparently front page material." He snorted to the ponies as he noticed one looking in through the window.

"So darling? Free publicity." Rarity giggled.

"Do you realize that the story could be bad publicity and ruin your business as well." He cocked a brow seeing her demeanor change to pure rage.

"I ............ am going to KILL those ponies!" She growl as she stomped toward the front door only to be picked up by Midnight's magic.

"Sorry doll, it'll have to wait until I can come up with a plan of action and find out what exactly is going on." He said as he hugged her to his chest.

"Alright, but you had better let me know as soon as you find out. I do not want to be left out of the loop."

They sat there for a few minutes staring angrily toward the door that the ponies had just left through. Midnight would have to do his homework on a few ponies before charging head long into the office of the Manehatten Gazette.