Twilight had just finished yet another book from the extensive collection given to her by Midnight. She gave a yawn as she placed it back onto the shelf. She picked another random book from the shelf. This time a reference book on religions. She eyed the title for a moment then began to read. After about an hour she put it down giving it a strange look.

"That has got to be the weirdest book I have ever read." She grumbled. "Maybe Midnight can give me some insight on it later." She raised an eyebrow as she picked it up again going back to a section that had peaked her curiosity.
It regarded a person having multiple wives. What was it called again? Polygamy. She gave a smirk remembering what Midnight had said about having a single wife. If he knew that although uncommon, ponies all across Equestria did practice this as the male female ratio was crazy. It was roughly one male to every twenty mares. So same sex marriages were
often the norm.

"I wonder if Midnight is aware of this, and if he is, what would Rarity think?" She asked herself rubbing her chin in thought. She kept thinking about Midnight and all that had transpired before and after his transformation into an Alicorn. She knew that he is very intelligent, a hard worker, apparently a great lover from Celestia's point of view. Twilight's cheeks burned red from the letter she had received from the princess after he had left the castle. It didn't go into much detail, just that he was incredible every moment her was there. A bit vague on details but Twilight figured out what she was hinting at. She sat there quietly remember every moment Midnight and herself had spent together. Although her past relations with other stallions were minimal, she could point out that every moment she spent near Midnight was yet another moment she found herself fawning over him.

"TWILIGHT!" Spike yelled into her face as she finally came back to reality shaking her head in surprise.

"Oh my gosh! What is it Spike?"

"Rainbow Dash is waiting for you up front." He groaned as her turned leaving the room.

Twilight gave him a disgruntled look as she headed into the front room of the library. RD was there pacing back and forth looking to the floor and mumbling to herself.

"Hey Rainbow, whatsup?" Twilight smiled. Rainbow flew over to her quickly causing her to back peddle a bit.

"We need to talk." She began as she noticed Spike putting more books away. "In private." She added as she pulled Twilight quickly to a back room and closing the door.

"Whats going on Rainbow? Your not acting normal." She asked raising an eyebrow.

"I knoooooow." She trotted in place in a seemingly anticipating gesture. It's about Midnight! I have got to tell someone before I explode!" She said trotting a bit faster. (Imagine the pet episode when RD was in the avalanche and her wing was stuck under the rock. She trotted in place.)

Twilight smiled having a feeling as to what Rainbow was about to tell her. "What about Midnight?" She asked.

"Well the other day Cloudsdale had a malfunction in one of the factories, it cause massive lightning storm clouds to come out non stop. Midnight ended up saving every pony in Cloudsdale with his magic." She slowed her trotting as Twilight looked on in surprise. "But that's not really what got me going....... It was the fact that on the way there he hit Mach 2 with me on his back. That's twice the speed of sound. I don't know if he saw it or not but when he hit mach 2 his Sonic Flamebow turned into a giant phoenix flame mimicking his flight and wing strokes. It was beyond cool!" She groaned now bouncing around like Pinkie Pie.

"So whats the problem?" Asked Twilight. "He saved the day and broke mach 2 in flight. Is there something wrong with that?"

Rainbow Dash stopped, moving quickly to Twilight holding her face in her hooves as she spoke. "NO! Nothing wrong with that at all. It's what happened after all that that really hit me hard. He used up so much magic he ended up passing out while flying. Myself and a few others managed to catch him on a cloud. I stayed with him and we both fell asleep together on the cloud. I woke up this morning with his wing draped over me like a cover. He was staring off into the sunrise and it just melted me." She press her hooves to her face groaning, falling back onto a pile of books with a thud.

"I think I love him Twilight." RD said covering her massive blush.

Twilight giggled as a blush rolled across her own face. "I don't think your the only one with feelings for him Rainbow."

RD rose quickly giving her a funny look until she saw Twilight's ears laying back and the bright red blush covering most of her head. RD laughed moving over and patting Twilight's back a few times.

"I think we both have it bad for him, don't you?" She laughed causing Twilight to nod a few times. "So what do we do? We both have feelings for him so.........." She trailed off trying to think of what to do.

"Well, Celestia has pretty much admitted already having her way with him, and I know he has feelings for Rarity. But I have no clue as to how he would react if we came forward letting him know about our feelings. Maybe we should talk to the others to see what they think." Twilight said rubbing her chin in thought.

After an eventful evening with Rarity, she was out cold laying on her bed. Midnight smiled pulling a cover over her and tucking her in. The night was still young and the sun had yet to fully set. He decided a nice flight around Ponyville was in order to expend his pent up energy. As he made his way downstairs he heard the door open to the boutique. Without thinking he began.

"I'm sorry but we have closed for the evening." He said as he rounded the corner to see the cutie mark crusaders.

"Girls! How are you?" Midnight smiled seeing them all run up to him.

"Uncle Midnight!" They all yelled in unison.

"We just came by to get our capes, we're going to Fluttershy's to to try and get our cutiemarks in zoo keeping. She has enough animals plus the others that usually come out of the Everfree forest, so I don't think it should be that hard."

Scootaloo said as she headed over to a small trunk, pulling out several capes and tossing them to the others.

"Its getting late girls, maybe you should do this tomorrow. It would be a lot safer during the daylight hours." Midnight said, in an authoritative tone behind his voice.

"Awwwww, but we wanted to try it today. We have so many more plans for tomorrow in case this doesn't work." Sweetiebelle announced.

"Besides, If yer worried'bout us, why don'tcha come with us. You can keep all the monsters away." Applebloom chuckled.

"Yeah, I doubt any monster would mess with a pony that has FIRE as their mane and tail." Scootaloo smirk jumping up onto Midnights back running her hoof through his mane.

Midnight chuckled, "Alright girls I guess I could go with you, but only because Fluttershy's is next to the forest. I don't want you running off anywhere into there though. Better to stay safe than be sorry."

"OK!" They all yelled in unison as Sweetiebelle and Applebloom hopped up onto Midnights back with Scootaloo.

"Onward!" they shouted causing Midnight to chuckle. He moved to the door heading out closing it behind him and locking it taught.

After a short flight and some screaming fillies after they arrived at Fluttershy's cottage. Sweetiebelle and Applebloom jumped down kissing the ground while scootaloo hugged Midnight thanking him for the flight.

"Ah'm never going to go flying again!" Applebloom groaned.

"It wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't taken that big nosedive." Sweetiebelle lurched but kept her food down.

"Awww come on you guys, that was totally awesome!" Scootaloo shouted as she buzzed her little wings making a slow decent from atop Midnights back.

They walked up to Fluttershy's cottage giving the door a gentle knock. Fluttershy answered the door.

"Oh! Hi girls." She smiled then looked up to see Midnight smiling down at her. She recoiled a bit as his physical nature seemed very intimidating to her. "H-hi Midnight."

"Evening Fluttershy. The girls insisted I tag along with them to your home this evening. They wanted to try to get their cutiemarks as zoo keepers, and what better place than at the ponies home who takes care of animals." He smiled causing her to blush.

"Oh.... well.......... it's no big deal really. I just love animals so much, I love taking care of them." She smiled still hiding behind her mane.

Midnight smiled at her shy nature as he began. "Well girls, lets get.........started?" He trailed off looking down expecting to see the girls but they were nowhere to be found. "Girls? Where'd you go?" He shouted looking around.

Just as he turned he heard several loud screams coming from the forest.

"GIRLS!" Midnight and Fluttershy yelled in unison flying over toward the scream. They landed just as the three fillies ran screaming past them, loud snapping could be heard as trees fell left and right in the forest getting closer and closer. The girls hid behind Midnight as he took a defensive stance guarding them. The snapping came to a stop as a giant wolf breached the outer part of the forest coming to a halt as it saw the Alicorn in front of it. The wolf let out a low growl as it's eye's glowed. It slowly lowered its head as if ready to pounce. That is when Fluttershy noticed the mark on the wolfs forehead. Fluttershy stepped forward beside Midnight looking up to the wolf with a smile.

"Kogu? I-is that really you?" She asked moving closer to the wolf. The wolf stopped growling, its expression turning from snarling to neutral. as it leaned forward giving Fluttershy a sniff. It pressed its muzzle to Fluttershy closing it's eye's and giving a soft rumble. "It is you Kogu, Oh my goodness. You've grown so big I almost didn't recognize you."

"Uh Fluttershy..........." Midnight said still in a protective stance in front of the girls. Fluttershy turned, looking back at the group of ponies as she began.

"I found this wolf as a pup nearby. This mark on her head is a scar. It was bleeding badly so I patched her up and cared for her for a few years until she ran off one night." She patted her nose then gave her a stern look when she told them about when she had disappeared. She looked away from her with a whine plopping down on the ground next to her. The three fillies slowly made there way out from behind Midnight moving forward.

The wolf looked at them giving a loud snort. The wind rushing past them quickly. The halted their advance momentarily as the wolf stared at them. Kogu's ears flicked, swiveling to catch a sound behind her. As Kogu looked back a smaller wolf came out of the forest quickly climbing atop the giant wolf and laying down between her ears looking at the three fillies.

"Oh my. Is this young wolf your's Kogu?" Fluttershy asked smiling to the average sized wolf laying between the giant wolfs ears. The wolf gave a quiet bark nodding its head a bit to get the cub to jump down. After a few shakes the pup reluctantly jumped down, slowly advancing on the three fillies.

"Now then Kria, be nice. Had I known that these three were friends of Fluttershy, I would not have chased them off." Kogu said in a deep feminine voice, surprising everyone.

"Oh my, I didn't know you could talk." Fluttershy said coming up to the giant wolf and giving its muzzle a hug. The wolf let out a soft laugh.

"My friend, I only recently found out that I could speak like you. It has been roughly 8 months now. It surprised me as well. I have not learned much in words so please forgive me if I ask what you mean when you speak."

"This is incredible, I would have never guessed that many other species were capable of speech in this world." Midnight smiled moving a little closer to Kogu. Kogu noticed his advance and spoke up quickly.

"Please keep your distance Alicorn. We know of your power and wish to remain alive." Midnight gave a questionable look at the wolf as he stopped.

Kria the smaller wolf quickly coming to her side and giving a growl.

"I mean you know harm. Please, Allow me the same respect as Fluttershy. I give you my word that no harm will come to you." Midnight smiled causing the wolfs eyes to widen slightly then quickly return to a skeptical gaze.

"Another Alicorn said something such as that previously, That is why we have this scar." Kogu said lowering its muzzle to show the scar on its head. The pup whined giving its mother a gentle lick.

She gave a soft rumble nuzzling the pup.

"Is this pup yours?" Fluttershy asked finally coming from her stupor. Kogu simpley nodded, it's eye's never leaving Midnight.

Midnight laid down quietly looking at the wolf still in disbelief. "You said another Alicorn gave you that scar. Was it a white Alicorn?" Midnight asked.

Kogu gave a loud snort. "Yes, that one thought we to be dangerous because we live in the forest. We were hunting long ago so that we could eat when we chased our prey out of the forest and into a place with many strange structures. At the time we did not know any better, we lost our prey amongst those structures but soon found a much slower prey. It was a small pony such as those three."

Kogu nodded to the cutie mark crusaders. "The Alicorn saw us as we approached the young one and attacked us. We barely made it to the edge of the forest before we were to week to continue. Had it not been for Fluttershy we would not be here today."

Midnight nodded looking away from the wolf. "That is understandable. I was going to protect these three but with less force, had you attacked."

Kogu gave Midnight another questioning look. "What do you mean with less force?" She asked.

"Well I would have used magic to just hold you in the air. I would have then talked to you to try and get you to understand. If that failed I would have let you go and place a forcefield around all of us until you had left."

Kogu seemed to understand what Midnight was talking about giving a nod. "That is quite generous of you. Most would not think twice before taking the life of a lesser being."

"You are not a lesser being, you are an equal and nothing less." Midnight gave an audible snort surprising the wolf. Kogu stood slowly, moving to the Alicorn and giving him a sniff. He stood at attention watching the wolf. The three fillies ran to Fluttershy hiding behind her but watching the wolf.

"You....... fear me." The wolf said giving midnight another sniff pressing its nose roughly to the side of his face.

"I do......." he replied.

The wolf circle him as he stood still. Midnight could feel himself sweating in the wolfs presence as it was nearly three times his size.

"You are Alicorn, you have great power, yet you fear a lowly creature such as myself?" The wolf commented moving back to in front of the black Alicorn.

"As I said before, you are an equal, nothing less." Midnight stated causing the wolf to snarl loudly snapping its maw just inches from the Alicorn's nose.

Fluttershy and the three fillies recoiled slightly in fear for Midnight as they watched. Midnight simply stood still, visibly shaking slightly.

"You still do not attack me, even though I show you aggression. Do you wish to die Alicorn?" The wolf growled loudly. Midnight took a deep breath releasing it slowly as he kneeled in front of the great wolf as if kneeling to royalty. Kogu back peddled from this action.

"What are you doing?!"The wolf barked startled by the action.

"Showing you that I mean no disrespect to you or your cub, I may be Alicorn but I am far from being evil, or unkind to any and all beings." Midnight spoke, still kneeling.

"But you are Alicorn, you are the most powerful being in existence, How could you respect those without power?" Kogu spoke, her voice visibly shaking.

"I respect everything in existence because everything has a place in existence. From the tiniest thing, to entire galaxies. Nothing exists that I do not care for." Midnight smiled as he stood and approached the wolf.

"Keep your distance Alicorn." Kogu growled watching him advance. Midnight closed his eyes as he approached the giant wolf. His mane and tail turning from its regular flame to a gente blue. The wolf growled stil,l even as the Alicorn pressed forward. "I SAID STAY BACK!" Kogu shouted right in his face. Midnight continued to advance even as the growled died to a whine. He pressed closer gently nuzzling the giant wolf. Its whine slowly left being replaced by a soft rumble. The small wolf barked at Midnight showing a little more aggression, It came up biting Midnights leg. Midnight let out a small whinny of pain pulling away from the giant wolf. The little wolf latched tightly onto his front right leg.

"Kria! Let him go!" Kogu growled causing the pup to let go, recoiling to its mothers side.

Midnight lifted his front leg in slight pain as a small trickle of blood could be seen dampening his fur. Kogu moved its head to the injury giving it a sniff then a small lick tasting the blood.

"You..............bleed?" Kogu looked in shock at the Alicorn.

"I may be a powerful being, but that does not mean that I cannot die, or be injured." Midnight smiled as his horn glowed casting a healing spell onto himself.

The wound quickly healed revealing a small scar were the pup had bitten him. Kogu looked in disbelief before asking.

"You have great power and can remove scars. Why did you not remove that one?"

"For the same reason that you have your scar. It is not only a lesson to be learned, but to also show empathy toward any and all creatures great and small. I may be able to remove it, but I choose not to out of respect." The wolf gave a chuckle then did something surprising. It licked Midnight across the face. Midnight stood shocked for a moment before laughing.

"So I take it you trust me enough now to know that I will not harm you or your pup?" He smiled, Kogu nodded laying back down. "Can I trust you not to hurt these three children as well?" Midnight nodded to the children who looked wide eyed at the wolf.

"You have my word, It would be nice to have some more company to play with Kria. I am getting much older and cannot keep up with her as much as I used to. Her having playmates would be a welcome treat. I understand they meant no harm coming into the forest. It was just my bad experiences with ponies before that made me act the way I did. Should they
come to visit, know that they will be protected and cared for." The wolf gave a toothy smile that although pleasant, was unnerving at the same time.

Kria came forth, ears laid back looking at Midnight, she gave a quiet whine nosing the spot she had bitten. "It's ok small one, you have nothing to regret. You were simply protecting your mother as I would have protected my friends and family. Know that no hard feelings are felt toward either of you." Midnight smiled to the pup which turned her behavior around. She gave a happy bark wagging her tail.

"Please do come out children, Kria wishes to play." Kogu said nosing her pup in the rear to move her forward.

Sweetiebelle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom came out from behind Fluttershy moving to the pup who was doing the same. The three fillies sat down in front of the pup and introduced themselves. Kria looked back to her mother then to the fillies giving a playful bark and bounding around them playfully. They giggled and followed her. Everyone smiled watching the youths.

The sun was now sinking below the horizon, sending hues of bright orange, pinks, and purples across the clouds in the sky. Soon the colors faded to a more rust red and then to the night sky as it lit up with tiny sparkles covering it. The girls had finished playing with Kria while Fluttershy and Kogu caught up. Midnight simply stuck around to enjoy the others conversation.

The girls trotted back to Fluttershy's each with a large yawn. The wolf pup Kria gave a whined yawn as well moving onto her mothers back to be carried home.

"This was a pleasant evening despite the awkward start. I enjoyed our conversation Fluttershy. Midnight, I would be honored to come visit again in the near future, As I'm sure my pup will as well."

Kogu gave a laugh as Kria gave a happy bark in agreement. "And I would like to thank you again Midnight, for being so kind and not judging me from first glance."

Midnight gave a smile nodding to the wolf and pup. "It was no trouble at all. No matter the being, I'm sure there can always be a way to become friends."

Kogu nodded turning around and heading back into the forest disappearing from sight into the darkness. The three fillies had made there way onto Midnights back as he lay on the ground. They rested quietly falling asleep between his wings.

"I think I had better get these three home." Midnight said smiling back to the three fillies who had made a bed between his wings.

You can stay here for the night if you would like." Fluttershy said as a blush crossed her face. Midnight looked back to the sleeping angels on his back then to Fluttershy. "I think that would be nice. It is a long walk back to town and I would hate to wake these darlins." She gave a small smile then led the way inside. Although a tight fit Midnight managed to shrink just enough so that the sleeping fillies on his back would have enough room without waking them up. He walked silently over to the sofa taking a seat in the floor next to it.

Fluttershy then realized that the couch was to small for him coming over and giving him a few pillows. "I'm sorry, I should have realized how big you were before offering you to stay, I don't want you to be uncomfortable." She whispered as she
began placing pillows around him. He gave a small chuckle. "It's no problem my dear. Watch." He smiled as his horn began to glow faintly, A small whirlwind formed in front of him as a cloud began to take shape. It was relatively thin but just big enough to hold him. Fluttershy's eyes widened at the feat of magic.

"Oh...........my." She said shyly looking at the small cloud.

Midnight climbed onto it laying down. His head lay on the thicker part of the cloud as he looked at Fluttershy. She gave a smile hiding behind her mane.

"Would you care to join me?" He smiled causing her to blush furiously.

"Oh..... no...... I don't want to be any trouble." She said tracing circles with her forehoof.

"Its no trouble at all, but if your uncomfortable about me asking you I'll understand." He gave a slight chuckle looking away.

"Oh no its not that. It's just that there isn't much room." She piped up a little looking at the small amount of space on the cloud. Midnight gave a smile using his left wing he gently pressed the cloud out further making just enough room for Fluttershy.

She blushed brighter than any pony he had ever seen her blush. She started to get onto the cloud but stopped for a moment.

"Oh we need a cover." She said as she started toward the stairs.

"No need Shy." He smiled again raising his wing that had pushed the cloud.

"But what about the girls?" She asked looking at them.

"My mane is naturally warm and doesn't eat oxygen. It's like a living blanket. Now quit fussing and come on to bed." He gave her a wink making her look to the floor as she trotted silently back to the open spot next to Midnight. She jumped onto the cloud laying down. Midnight placed his wing over her gently pulling her near him. His body heat quickly putting her to sleep. The night went on as he too, soon fell asleep.