Time passed by as it normally did. Midnight had grown accustomed to his fans and as time crept by the town began to slow their advance on smothering the poor Alicorn with affection for being a popular music sensation. Ever so often he would meet a fan that just had to have an autograph, hug, or romantic interlude. He just thanked his lucky stars that Rarity was ok with all of the crazy mares that just had to have a piece of him at times. His first concert was in a week, he had scheduled the Cathedral for four hours, as it was the minimum he could reserve it for. He had put together a large assortment of songs to play including many on the piano, many on the acoustic guitar and a single song that he had been practicing with his magic to get just right as it included many musical instruments to be played for the duration to the song.

During this time however he felt as if he was forcing himself to do all of this and just felt the need to cut loose and have a day to himself. After advising Rarity of his little retreat for the day he took off with his acoustic guitar into the clouds finding a nice fluffy one to cop a squat on and relaxed, laying back against its awesome fluffiness. He gave a look around checking out his surroundings. The clouds were moving rather slowly through the sky, and a gentle breeze was blowing. The snow had almost all but melted and spring was beginning to show as the vegetation began to turn green with life. He had been told that winter wrap up was in a few days and his help would be needed by the town.

He lay back into his cloud as he pulled his guitar from his back through it. He strummed it a couple times with his magic as he listened to the tune.

"Perfect." He smiled listening to each chord as it was perfectly in tune to be played. He began to play a few songs as he drifted along on the cloud, not paying mind to where he was or even to who was listening. After about thirty minutes thought he had drifted over a certain orange earth ponies farm.

AJ was in the barn looking around for a pitchfork grumbling because she couldn't find it. Apparently the Cutie Mark Crusaders had thought of a new plan to become balers of hay but failed after undoing one to many already baled squares of hay and couldn't return them back to their square shape.

"Those lil varmints er gonna get it when ah get mah hooves on them." AJ groaned wading through the mass of hay trying very carefully not to collide into any sharp tools that may be hidden.

*faint music heard*

AJ swivels her ears about, stopping in her tracks as she listens to an unfamiliar tune being played. "What in the world?" She starts as she takes a step to the side turning around toward the door, but her hoof meets a rake as it comes down to the ground.

*THWACK*

"And ah'm coming home toniiIIIIIIGHT!" Midnight stops playing abruptly as the air is suddenly filled with many familiar curse words that he didn't think the ponies of this world knew. He turns to his side looking over the edge of the cloud toward the ground seeing an orange pony screaming as they stomped out of a barn, throwing their hat down, then began to stomp the shit out of said hat.

"Damn, AJ is fucking pissed." Midnight laughed as his hoof gently fell over the strings of the guitar. The sound catching the young mares attention as she looked up directly at Midnight.

Midnight gave a sigh placing the guitar onto his back between his wings, then jumping off the cloud to glide down to the earth below. He landed a few feet from AJ who was now picking up her mangled hat and dusting it off before placing it back on her head.

"Ya alright AJ? I heard some mighty fancy words a minute ago coming from ya." He smirked seeing her blush, pulling her hat over her face.

"Ya really heard that?" She whispered in embarrassment.

"I'd be surprised if some of Ponyville didn't hear it." He laughed causing her to roll her eyes at his comment.

"Well, ah'm just glad Granny is in Appleloosa with Applebloom and Big Macintosh. Ah'd hate teh have them hearing mah potty mouth." AJ sighed as she headed over to a water spicket and began to pump it a few times pulling water from the well below. As the water rushed out she soaked a bandana and placed it on her left eye giving a sigh as she trotted over to the porch of the house taking a seat on the steps.

"I'm guessing that your vivid vocabulary was part of why your holding a wet piece of cloth to your eye, am I right?" Midnight smirked walking over and sitting down on the other end of the steps.

AJ removed the cloth letting midnight see it. He gave a slight hissing sound seeing her eye begin to puff.

"Ooooooooo thats guna be a good shiner." Midnight chuckled.

"Yea, and ah have yer nieces teh thank fer it. Dern fillies made a downright mess o'mah barn. Guna take me a week teh clean it up an find all the tools under all that hay." AJ groaned replacing the cloth onto her eye, wincing as the cool water touched the sensitive swelling socket, she looked over to Midnight for a moment seeing the guitar on his back, giving a smirk.

"Whats with the guitar?" she drolled out in her southern tongue.

"Huh? Oh, I guess you didn't hear. I have a job playing at the Cathedral in Canterlot." He gave a disheartened smile.

"Wait a sec, was that you playing a few minutes ago?" She asked squinting her eyes at him accusingly.

"Yea, I was up top playing. Why?" He asked but stopped as she pointed an accusing hoof at him.

"You done made me black meh eye!" she yelled.

"What?! How did I do that?" he asked backing away slightly from the angry earth pony.

"Ah was in the barn trying teh find mah pitchfork when ah heard a tune a'playing. I turned around to head outside teh see who was playing an stepped on a darn rake." She snapped.

*pffft*

*giggle*

*PFFFFFT*

*PFFFTT HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAAAAAAA* *Deep breath* BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAAA *Weeze* *cough cough* *deep breath* AAAAHH HA AAAAH HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAA!

Midnight burst into a fit of laughter falling onto the ground as tears rolled down his face from laughing so hard. AJ on the other hoof was turning red from not only embarrassment, but anger slowly peaking as it boiled to a point.

"Why ya dern fool." She growled as he jumped up still laughing and running away as she took chase. He kept running away laughing his tail off, he extended his wings but couldn't take flight from how hard he was laughing so he just gave up falling to the dirt and covering his head with his forehooves to await the severe beating he was about to get from an angry orange earth pony.

AJ caught up with him finally, watching as he covered his head up but kept laughing, his wings sprawled out and twitching from every laugh he spewed out. AJ's glare soon began to crack as she watched the Alicorn laughing hystarically on the ground awaiting his punishment.

*Hmmmmmhm hm hm hm* She kept her mouth closed trying to keep in her laughter.

*Pffft* heh heh.

After a failed attempt at keeping her laughter in check she fell to the ground laughing as well.

The two ponies lay there on the grass laughing for a good five minutes before calming down.

"I'm sorry AJ, but I never expected a pony to step on a rake and it black their eye. That has got to be the funniest thing I have ever heard, MAN I wish I could have seen your expression once you realized what had happened." He continued chuckling.

"Well ya sure dang heard it." She grinned causing another fit of laughter to erupt from the both of them.

"Alright alright, heh heh, I'm sorry for laughing. Why don't I heal that for ya so Big Mac don't hunt me down and stomp a new mud hole in my flank." Midnight laughed as his horn glowed a gentle green, an aura of the same color surrounding AJ's bruised eye as it slowly began to heal it.

After a few minutes her eye had been healed, she gave a few blinks looking around then to Midnight. "Thanks. But ya still got a punishment coming fer making me heh do that heh heh."

Midnight face hoofed for a moment as he asked. "So what's my punishment?" He sighed.

"Ya get teh play me a few songs." She smirked.

"I should have known." Midnight groaned as he picked up his guitar that had been tossed aside to prevent it from being stomped into his backside.

"So what ya wana hear?" He smirked as his horned glowed plucking a few random notes.

"Well, how 'bout a country song from your world. Ah done heard'em all here in Equestria." AJ smiled as she found a seat under a large apple tree leaning back onto it.

"I think I know the perfect one." He smiled as he began to play.

As the song ended AJ gave a big smile. "Now that's what ah call music. How many other songs ya know?" She smiled awaiting him to sing another song.

"Heh, yer guna make me keep this up aintcha?" He smirked speaking a little more in his southern accent.

"Eeyup." AJ grinned causing him to laugh.

"Alright but just one more." He said as he strummed the guitar a couple times as the song began.

The song ended as AJ blushed looking at the Alicorn. "That was a might, different." she paused trying to find the words.

"I know. It was the first country music video I had seen that had a futuristic look to it. Threw me off completely the first time I watched it." Midnight laughed.

"That's not really what ah meant sugarcube." She said giving a blush.

At that point the gears in Midnight's head began to turn. The little hamster running on the wheel gave out, having a heart attack as he finally came to realization.

"Oh...... Oh!..... OH! I'm so sorry AJ. I just picked a random song from a list of my favorites. I wasn't really mmmmmMPH!"

Before he could really explain himself AJ moved in for the kill. Kissing him hard. Midnight of course was stunned, but not as much as he normally was when it came to his particular thing. He had grown accustomed to quite a few forward ponies, and he was of course a slut.

"Women, my only weakness." He thought to himself as he laid back onto the soft grass letting AJ kiss him.

After a few minutes AJ gave a slight pant looking into his eyes. "Well pardner, how about we head into the barn and have a roll in the hay." She smirked placing her hat onto his head. He felt a cool sensation run over his body. He looked up to the hat smiling.

"So you've been wearing my Hearthswarming gift this whole time?" He chuckled causing her to blush as they stood up heading into the barn.

"That hat is probably the best present ah ever got." She smirked closing the barn door.

"So a roll in the hay huh?" He smiled jumping up and into the hay, he looked back almost as if in slow motion as AJ's began to yell for him to stop.

*TTHHHHWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK* *snap* *THUD*

AJ face hoofed looking at the now swelling knot appearing on the side of Midnight's head. AJ picked up the remains of the poor rake that had cracked over the side of his head tossing them into an empty barrel. She gave a snort as she let out a scream.

"AAAAAAAAPPLLLLLLEEEBLOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"

"Ugh.......... What hit me?" Midnight groaned as he opened his eyes looking around.

"Just stay still ya hard headed fool." AJ said as she pressed an icepack to Midnights head causing him to hiss in pain.

"I swear, when am I going to learn that anytime I'm about to have fun with one of you girls, I need to prepare for and endure LOTS of pain." He chuckled, but quit as the knot on his head throbbed with each laugh.

"So what hit me?" He asked looking to AJ.

"A dead rake that managed to give me a shiner." She giggled.

They looked each other in the eye for a moment before bursting into laughter.

"You have got to be kidding me?" He laughed but began to laugh harder as AJ dug the broken rake from the barrel she had tossed it into.

"Here's the culprit." She said tossing the broken rake to his side. He gave it a look still laughing.

"It's amazing that such a simple tool can cause such chaos." He said as his laughter began to calm.

"Yea, it's a might shame the thing broke over yer thick skull." She chuckled trotting over and laying at his side.

"At least my thick skull saved my brain from that zombie rake." He laughed moving a little closer.

"Heh, zombie rake." AJ chuckled before kissing Midnight again.

After an hour of vigorous rodeo riding the two ponies lay in the hay in the barn covered in sweat, both smiling as they lay together.

"Now ah gotta admit something. That was by far the best ride I have ever had. To bad it had teh end after just an hour." She looked up to Midnight giving a smirk.

"Damn girl, are you serious?" Midnight laughed.

"Sugarcube, ah'm a earth pony. I make up in dexterity what ah lack in magic an being wingless. If ya ever get the chance teh watch an adult flick with just earth ponies. You'll know what ah'm talking'bout." She giggled.

Midnight lay there for a moment before a big grin spread across his face. "So you know what porn is and have seen it?"

AJ turned white for a moment before bursting into such a bright shade of red it would have made a Red Delicious jealous of the shade.

Midnight chuckled watching AJ get up and heading to the door without a word.

"Awwwww. Come on AJ I was only picking." He said getting up and trotting after her.

*thwack*

"AAAAAAHHHH!!! SON OF A BITCH!"

*THUD*

*OW OW OW OW FUCK OW OW OW OW DAMMIT OW OW OW OW OW and just fucking OW!" Midnight fell over vigorously rubbing his front right legs shin.

"Looks like Mr. Rake claimed a final victim even after he was broken over that hard head o'yers." AJ laughed rolling on the ground in tears as Midnight groaned at the pain and giving AJ the stink eye.

*snort*

"Fine we're even." He laughed standing up and hobbling out of the barn, looking to the ground and watching every step he made. This only resulted in AJ laughing again as they made way toward the farm house.

"Come on in Sugarcube, Ah'll patch ya up." Aj smiled opening the door as Midnight shrank to enter the house.

"Heh, no need for that really." Midnight grinned following her inside anyway, his horn glowing softly as a green aura surrounded his bruised shin.

"Ya know what ah meant." She laughed heading toward the kitchen, then after a few moments bringing out a couple pints of hard cider.

"Cider? and at noon as well? I'm shocked" Midnight grinned giving his best Rarity impression only to make AJ snort while laughing.

"Ya know ya can play her off pretty good." AJ grinned for a moment until Midnights body began to glow. She watched as his form slowly shrank to that of Raritys

"You mean like this darling?" He smirked giving a little prance.

"Ok now that's just creepy." AJ laughed cocking a brow as Midnight returned to his normal form.

"Maybe, but you wouldn't believe how well it works with a prank." Midnight smirked.

AJ gave a grin taking a sip of her hard cider. "Do me then." She laughed.

"I thought I already did." Midnight grinned causing AJ to punch him in the arm. "Ow, alright alright." He laughed as his body glowed from the magic his horn was eminating. His form slowly shrank but his horn stayed. He placed AJ's hat back on his head to cover the horn giving her a smile.

"Well howdy pardner." He spoke mimicing her southern droll.

"That is jes to cool." AJ smirked walking around him to see if there were any flaws. She stopped looking at her doplgangers cutiemark.

"Thas not mah cutiemark" She droned.

"Yea, ah aint got the hang of trying teh change ma cutiemark jes yet." He spoke.

"Ya know ya can jes create an illusion of it right? Ya know also that ya caint change the mark itself. Twilight knows the illusion spell, ya should ask her. An another thang. Ya better not be pranking nopony while in mah form. I'll buck ya three ways from Sunday if ah find out." AJ smirked giving him a glare.

"Yes ma'am." Midnight saluted tossing AJ her hat, letting it land perfectly onto her head..

"Alright ya dang fool, get yer keister outta here, Ah got work teh do." She laughed watching Midnight change back into his original form, going outside and taking flight back toward Ponyville.