Charles had finally made it back home but ended up carrying Twilight as she had passed out from her drink. He carried her upstairs placing her on her bed and pulling the covers up onto her. She mumbled quietly still asleep turning over and grabbing a book pulling it to her chest. Charles couldn't help but smile at how cute this was as he exited and made his way downstairs plopping himself onto the couch, his arms outstretched to either side of him along the top of the couch, his head lay back as he relaxed. He was slightly startled as Rarity had jumped up onto the couch and leaned up against his chest. sitting down next to him. He just smiled and gave her a loving hug.

"Mmmmmmm, this is nice." She cooed nuzzling under his chin along his neck. Charles pulled away slightly at this looking Rarity in her big sapphire eyes.

"I think its time to head to bed." He said giving a soft smile.

"Oh my, and on the first date?! I'm shocked." She said as she trotted up the stairs stumbling on a couple as she made it half way up and stopped, looking back to Charles.

"But not unwilling." She said giving him a seductive look.

Charles gave a heavy sigh and headed upstairs to Rarity's room seeing her splayed out on the bed in a seductive pose.

"Rarity" he began. I'm kind of.... surprised at the way your acting. I didn't even get a buzz off of that one drink and your acting as if you've had maybe four or five beers, and that's for a lightweight who drinks occasionally."

"Oh pish posh, I've never *hiccup* been more level headed in my life. I've just come to realize what a catch you are and i'd like you to be mine is all. Why? Do you object?" she continued to stare seductively at him as she rolled over onto her back, her mane stretched out over the bed. Charles walked over and sat on the bed just near Rarity's waist. Her cheeks flushed bright red as she looked up at him.

"Rarity, as much as I would like this to happen, I cant let it. Not with you in your current state. I know that we would both regret what would happen in the morning when we are both awake. Even if you didn't remember what happened, I still would, and I couldn't bare facing you again if I let this happen. I'm sorry Rarity, but if you do have feelings for me then we could discuss them later after you've sobered up." Charles stood up heading out the room heading toward his own room. He stopped just before Twilight's room as he heard hoof steps on the hardwood floor, turning around he was tackled to the floor by Rarity. She managed to lay down on his chest looking deep into his eyes. She gave a girlish giggle.

"Now stop playing hard to get Charlie. You know you can't resist the Ivory Seductress." At that she leaned down quickly kissing him hard, her tail wiggling back and forth along his groin. Before Charles could react to the kiss Rarity went completely limp falling flat onto Charles' chest and stomach. She had finally passed out from the alcohol she had drank earlier. Charles lay there dazed looking at Rarity. She gave a quiet snore making him laugh quietly.

"I sure hope she doesn't remember doing this in the morning, it will end up making this weird." He said to himself as he sat upright pulling Rarity into his arms. Standing up he took her to her room and tucked her in. The small snore never leaving her as she quietly lay there. Charles went back to his room and hopped into bed. He lay there quietly staring out the window seeing the beautiful stars outside. His hand came up to his lips as he thought about his first kiss here in Equestria. Even though it was sweet, it still came from a drunken pony that could talk. He smiled, his eyes closed as he quickly found sleep hoping the next morning wouldn't be strange.

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Charles awoke the next morning hearing a light snore. Rubbing his eyes he looked around. "Did Rarity snore louder last night after I put her to bed?" He said looking around but stopping when he felt a light shuffle in his bed. He turned quickly to see Rarity under the covers, still snoring lightly.

"Oh crap." He said as he pulled the covers off himself slowly trying to get up without waking her. Unfortunately Rarity woke up from the shuffle of Charles trying to escape. Her eyes went wide as Charles was just getting out of the bed.

"Oh no!? Charles?! Whats going on?! Why am I in your bed...... with you?" She said, her entire head was now burning brighter red than ever before. Charles gave a sigh and looked back to her.

"Well you must have snuck in here last night after I put you in your bed. You were fairly drunk and passed out."

"Drunk?! Mwah?! I highly doubt that. I also doubt I would just stroll on into your bed." She groaned rubbing her head from the throbbing it was doing.

"Well its true. Plus don't worry. I was a gentlemen when you started coming onto me and refused your advances. I'm not about to take advantage of a good friend when they have had just a bit much to drink."

"I...... came onto you?! Yet you didn't accept my advances? I... I really appreciate your honesty darling, and your chivalry. Most stallions would have had there way with me." She gave a pout looking away.

"Well I couldn't avoid one advance." Charles laughed.

"Oh Celestia! What did I do?

"You tackled me, then kissed me. I can't help but wonder if you actually have feelings for me though after that. I'm not going to ask you though....... because............... I'd be flattered and all............. but............. from prior experience in my world, that's not what happened in the long run."

"Oh my......... um............." She began but everything stopped as a loud rumble came from Rarity's stomach. "Well, I can't think on an empty stomach. How about you?" She said as she jumped out of bed making haste downstairs and into the kitchen. Some noise was being made as she began to gather everything to start breakfast.

Charles gave a heavy sigh as he walked out and into Twilight's room. He sat down on her bed quietly and started thinking. He sat there for a good ten minutes before Twilight spoke up.

"So I take it your morning isn't going so well huh." She yawned.

Charles jumped a little snapping his head around to her. "Uh............ What makes you say that?"

"I over heard your little conversation a few minutes ago. Rarity may be a little odd at times, but she has a very hard time talking to others about her feelings."

"So do you know what happened last night?"

"From what I heard in there from you two this morning is all I can think of. I was out cold last night. Don't worry about Rarity. I'm sure she'll come around to talk to you about whats on her mind eventually. Until that day comes though, lets get some breakfast." She yawned again hopping out of bed following Charles downstairs to the kitchen for a nice breakfast.

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Breakfast had gone by smoothly. Charles and Rarity didn't speak about the prior events and had just sat down to eat. If anything needed saying then it could wait until later that night before bed.

After breakfast Charles had made his way into his study downstairs to catch up on some reading. It had been quite a ride these past few weeks and he really needed to sit down for a breather. He pulled a book from his desk that he had been reading on in the past few weeks but never really had time to read more than a few pages before something came up. He lay back in a large plush chair made of leather. A window to his left letting the sun shine through. A large desk in front of him. All around the walls of the room were various book cases holding countless books. To the far end of the room sat a plush couch made of soft cloth. Various objects littered the room that would be considered art in his world, but here, maybe not so much. Time went on while he flipped page after page of the book his nose had found its place in.

"Charles? Where'd you go?" Twilight yelled from in the living room.

"In here." He called from his study.

Twilight took a minute to locate the room as the door was hidden behind the staircase to the lower left of the living room. She hadn't been inside this room during her entire stay at his home.

"Well this is.........amazing!" She said walking into the room seeing a plethora of books all around her. She finally found Charles sitting at his desk reading a book and walked over to him.

"I'm astonished that your home has so many books. I've only managed to read maybe 30 books while I've been here, and now I find this room filled with even more books!?" She squealed happily dancing in place. Charles had set down his book giving Twilight a smirk seeing her so happy.

"Did you need something Twi? Charles asked giving her a small chuckle at her antics.

Twilight raised a hoof in the air to begin, her face still having a slight smile on. "Im happy to announce that my home shall be finished tomorrow." She smiled happily

"Wonderful." Charles said in a saddened tone. His hand rubbing the back of his neck. Twilight looked at him curiously.

"Whats wrong? I thought you'd be happy to finally get some peace around here with one less pony around." She smirked

"Not really. I've........ well................ grown accustomed to your and Rarity's presence here. It's nice to have someone to talk to. Even when I'm doing something else, I always enjoy a good conversation with one or both of you girls. I'm actually sad to see you leaving so soon." He looked away a little embarrassed by what he had just said. Twilight came over to his side looking up at him intently. He smile reaching over to ruffle her hair a bit. She gave out a slight giggle looking back up to him through the hair that was covering most of her face now. Charles gave a loud chuckle.

"So........ what kind of books do you have in here? Most of the books in my room seem to be nonfiction books." She asked looking around the room.

"Well, most of the book's in here relate to a lot of my work. They are mainly reference books about technology, science, biology, or anything relating to earth science. I use them mainly to help me think up ideas of something to invent. But considering I'm in a word filled with magic now, I doubt many of the things I have come up with would be useful here. Magic seems to be the main thing to help others out here. But you never know. I might run across a rare opportunity to actually be useful in producing something everyone can use."

Twilight sat there looking dreamily at Charles. He wasn't paying much mind as he looked around to various books during his mini speech.

"Your an inventor?" Twilight squeaked

He smiled looking back to her. "Well I wouldn't say that. I've come up with many ideas for things but never had the chance to build anything. I'd still like to, but considering how much technology your world lacks. I seriously doubt I would have the means to build anything though. Maybe some of the less techy items but nothing elaborate."

Twilight's cheeks flush a light red as her demeanor began to change talking to Charles. "I........ I'd be willing to help, but I would need to read up on some of the subject matter that you've already read to get up to speed. Charles couldn't help but smirk at Twilight's reaction to the whole situation. He picked out some pretty advanced books regarding physics and aerodynamics, handing them to Twilight who quickly sat across the room on the couch to start reading. Time went by as they sat quietly reading until they heard some frantic hoof beats outside. Charles looked up from his book to Twilight and vice versa. Without a word they made way into the living room just as Applejack burst through the front door panting heavily.

"Ah need help!" She yelled seeing the two standing there. Without a word they followed AJ back to Sweet Apple Acres, as they ran though, AJ began. "Applebloom is in trouble. We were in the barn moving some hay bales when a stack went sideways and hit the barn wall. We didnt think much of it at the time but it broke loose a support beam and cause the whole thing ta collapse. I managed to jump out of the way in time but Applebloom is inside. Ah can't do this without help. Big Macintosh and Granny Smith are out there trying ta find her now." She cried, tears falling from her face.

They reach the barn quickly. It was a 2 minute sprint from Charles' home but still it had taken its toll on him. He bent over catching his breath as he heard a voice from inside the rubble of the barn.

"I heard her!" He said finding a new vigor of energy as he sprinted around the barn to were he though he heard the voice. He called out to her hoping to hear her voice again. After a minute he heard a small cough and a weak voice.

"Ahm here" Applebloom spoke as loudly as her little voice could. Charles looked around trying to find a point of entry. He didn't want to walk onto the fallen barn itself as it could further injure the pony inside under it. He yelled back to the others. "She's over here!" Everyone came over to the spot Charles was at looking also.

"Applebloom! Are you ok?!" AJ yelled. A minute went by and nothing happened. No sound came from inside.

"NO! Shes suffocating inside there!" Charles yelled in a panic as he reached down to the side of the fallen barn and began to lift with all of his might. The barn weighed more than either Big Macintosh and AJ could lift together. They sat back as tears filled their eyes and fell to the ground. Granny Smith was at their side trying to comfort them.

"Twilight!.Do you know a spell that can increase my strength?!" Charles yelled as he kept trying to lift the barn.

"Y-yes, but its extremely dangerous. It might kill you due to its side effects or...." She was cut off by Charles.

"If you know it, cast it on me! I don't care about myself, We need to save this pony under any circumstance!"

Twilight was hesitant but cast the spell. Charles cried out as pain erupted from his body, every fiber in him was on fire. But slowly a creak was heard, then another. Some snapping could be heard as the barn slowly began to lift up. He pushed the barn up and propped it onto his left forearm, using his right arm he swung with all his might punching the boards repeatedly on the side of the barn. Finally he broke through after the fourth swing and pulled a board loose. "Twilight. Get her out of there!" He cried out.

Twilight came up to the hole looking around inside. She finally saw the top of Appleblooms head just under a couple hay bales. She used a telekinesis spell to move the hay bales and pull Applebloom out of the barn. Charles looked around seeing everypony out of the way and dropped the barn with a loud thud. Applebloom wasn't breathing when Twilight set her down. Everyone started to cry except Charles. He managed to crawl over to her even with the pain coursing through his body to check on her. He placed his ear to her chest. No heartbeat. She had suffocated to death, but he wasn't giving up hope. He turn her onto her back and began to administer CPR. AJ and Big Mac came over to him knocking him over.

"What do ya think yer doing?!" AJ yelled.

"I'm trying to save her life!" He groaned pushing them aside and continuing the CPR. After about a minute Applebloom cough loudly and took in several deep breaths. Charles fell back with a thud onto the dirt breathing hard, his eyes clenched shut as the spell still held its effect on him. AJ and Big Mac rushed to Appleblooms side holding her as she cough a few more times, tears of joy now replacing those of sadness as they now had there youngest sibling back. Twilight came over to Charles and lay down next to him resting her head on his chest. A few tears streaking down her face as she looked at him.

"Thank you, for saving Applebloom. Rest now. This spell did terrible damage to you." Charles coughed a couple times and then passed out.