Life had seemingly calmed down since Discord and Screwball had been added into Ponyville. Screwball had managed to stop herself from being summoned every time someone spoke her name except for a select few ponies. Discord continued learning from Midnight on a regular basis so that he could create chaos at an acceptable level so that Celestia wouldn't throw a hissy fit and turn him into a garden centerpiece again. The unexpected event that had unfolded regarding the Cutie Mark Crusaders had come and gone, with some ire mind you. The feelings between Sweetiebelle as an adult and Midnight had not changed. He still loved her as a niece and she still had a slight crush on him overall, but due to the fact that she is a filly and he an adult, along with various threats from several ponies. One such being Rarity, he would be barred from her in the future once she had become a full fledged mare. But that didn't mean he couldn't still treat her as his niece and take her and the other crusaders on some whirlwind adventures together. Which unfortunately for him, that was today.

"AAAAAAAAAH TURN IT OFF!" Midnight shrieked as he was being chased by a makeshift android diamond dog made of wood and lights. He rounded a corner just as it managed to lunge at him, barely missing.

"Ah can't we didn't put an off switch awn it!" Applebloom yelled as the three crusaders watch it to continue chasing Midnight around the barn.

"UNPLUG IT! AAAAAAAAH! ITS BITING ME!" He let out a loud whinny of surprise as the diamond dog robot clamped down onto his left flank.

Sweetiebelle ran over to the plug outlet and tugged on the plug. "It's stuck! Help me!" She yelled as the other two crusaders came over and they all tugged on the power cord while Midnight began bucking wildly trying to get the robot off of his ass.

*SNAP*

"The three fillies fell back as the power cord let out a loud pop of electricity as it was separated from the outlet. The robot falling quickly to the floor with a mouth full of horse hair. Midnight looked back to his now sore flank seeing the indention of the fake teeth marks that had been forced into the skin. He gave a sigh lowering his head as he trotted over to the crusaders.

"I guess getting our cutie marks in building robot helpers is out of the question isn't it?" Scootaloo groaned.

"I think so Scoots." Midnight chuckled as they began to follow him out of the barn through some hay that had fallen onto the floor during the big scuffle. "Anyway, do you three have any more safer ideas that we could try?"

*WHACK*

Midnight stood stock still as a rake handle decided to say hello to his face, dead center. He gave a pained sigh as he spoke around the device now lodge on his face.

"Let me guess, AJ bought a new rake." He began.

"Eeyup." Confirmed Applebloom starting to chuckle.

"And you three didn't see it being tossed about during my little encounter with the robot?"

"Nope." She giggled.

Midnight slowly raised his hoof from the rake letting it fall back into the hay. "Well, I know one thing." He began.

"Whats that?" Scootaloo smirked.

"I am NEVER coming into this barn of hell again." He groaned wiggling his nose as he stepped around the rake giving it a little kick and spinning it around as he exited the door of the barn.

"What in tar-nation is all this racket out here?" Shouted AJ as she ran up to the barn bumping into Midnight and making him back peddle into the barn again.

*WHACK*

He got a swift smack right in the ass by the rake causing him to jump forward instinctively, in the process bowling over AJ as he landed on top of her. After a few seconds of letting the dust clear from the sudden tackle the Cutie Mark Crusaders let out a soft gasp at what they saw. Midnight was now atop AJ kissing her.

"Woooo HOO! You go sis!" Applebloom chuckled causing the other two crusaders to burst out laughing.

Midnight and AJ separated quickly, both trying to hide a bright blush.

"Applebloom!" AJ sputtered loudly.

"I know, I know, go play somewhere else. The barn is a deadly place to play because of the tools......." She trailed off as the three fillies began walking away.

"Sorry about that AJ." Midnight squeaked out embarrassed.

"Heh, no prob big guy. Why did ya decide to jump me just now?" She smirked edging closer.

Midnight smirked back as he nodded into the barn. "How about we go in there and find out."

AJ gave him a wink as she began to trot inside. "Three......two......one..." *WHACK!*

"MiiiiiiiiidNIIIIIIIIGHT!" Yelled AJ just as Midnight fell over laughing. She came out of the barn with the rake in her mouth, her left eye starting to swell as she glared daggers at him while he rolled around on the ground laughing. She spit the rake out giving a snort before she began to chuckle herself.

"I swear AJ, no matter how many times I see someone do that. I can;t help but laugh my ass off." He continued to chuckle.

"Yea, heh heh. I take it that this thang busted you as well?" She smirked in question.

"Twice actually." He spoke out causing AJ to burst out laughing. "And all within a minute." He chuckled only to cause AJ to cough from laughing so hard.

"How in the hay did ya do that?" She managed to get out between laughing and gasping for air.

"After a failed robot experiment was the first time, Then right before I kissed you the second time." He smirked again.

"Well now that the rake is out in the open how about we go check on the hay. It may need some rolling around in, in order to see if it's safe. She grinned heading back into the barn.

"Sounds good to me." He smiled trotting behind her, but before closing the barn door he stuck his head out glaring at the rake, pulling a hoof up to his eyes then pointing it at the rake. "I'm watching you......" He slowly pulled his head back through the barn door cocking a brow at the rake.

'What the fuck did I do? I'm just a rake!' Was all that was going through the Rakes mind at that moment.

A couple hours had gone by since the two had gone into the barn, Both AJ and Midnight had fallen asleep in the hay, snoring so loud that the very walls of the barn rattled. This had caught a certain red stallions attention, which brought him inside the barn. He walked in finding the two curled up together on the hay laying on the floor of the barn, both with there mouths agape and a very loud snore escaping them. His eye twitch slightly seeing how Midnight had his arms wrapped around the smaller orange earth pony and gave a snort of disapproval.

"Ahem." Big Macintosh spoke out in his southern droll. The two remained in the same position only giving a slight twitch from the voice.

"AHEM!" He spoke a lot louder on to cause them to twitch a little harder.

"Oh for the love of Celestia, HEY! GET YOUR SORRY FLANKS UP!" He shouted as the both shot upright on the hay blinking at the sudden interruption of their nap.

"Huh? Wha?" AJ spoke out blinking away the sleep before finally noticing her brother standing over her and Midnight.

"Heh, Hey big bro." She spoke sheepishly.

"Huh?" Midnight spoke as he drowsily as he yawned.

"AJ, ya think ya could give us a few minutes alone?" Big Mac gave an annoyed snort looking to Midnight.

"Alright, but no fighting. Ah know what yer gonna say teh him." She cocked a brow at her brother as she stepped out of the barn.

After a few seconds hearing AJ's hoof steps heading toward the house he looked at Midnight cocking a brow.

"Wake up, we need teh talk." He growled causing the Alicorn to snap his attention to the stallion before him.

"Uh.......... Whatsup?" He yawned once more as he stood up to shake the hay from him.

"Take a walk with me, we need teh have ah discussion bout mah sis and yer lil get tehgethers." He spoke as he led the way out of the barn and into the orchard. It was later in the evening as the sun was slowly falling below the horizon. The warm spring air slowly moving through the leaves of the trees as little apples swayed with the breeze. They walked for a few minutes before stop next to a large apple tree.

"Night, ah know AJ and ya are messing around." He sighed causing the Alicorn to give a nervous chuckle.

"Is that a bad thing?" He asked looking at him with a nervous expression.

"Well, ah'd like teh think ya were serious about her instead of just havin a bit'o fun. Ah know what its like teh get with a mare ya fancy but don't intend on keeping." Big Mac sighed looking up at the huge apple tree.

"Honestly, if she wanted to have a relationship outside of a quick rut I wouldn't mind, But having another mare along with the two I already have. Well, to be honest, she would have to get Rarity and Twilight's approval. I do care for AJ, I've already saved her and Appleblooms life. I care for all of the girls, even Fluttershy." He said causing Macintosh to visibly flinch.

"So does that mean you would......with shy?" He spoke out in a low growl.

"I'll be honest with you, Fluttershy is something else. I care for her as a friend. Nothing more. I know that you two are together and I am beyond happy for you two. But I will tell you this one thing. I would never in a million years, hurt a friend in that way. I would never interfere with any relationship no matter how attracted I am to one of them. Being the cheater or the cheatee is not part of who I am." He gave a sigh taking a seat on the ground as he watched Big Macintosh pace in front of the tree.

"What about mah sis? If she said she wanted ya as her stallion and no pony else could have ya, what would ya tell her?" He snorted, furrowing his brow as he stared at Midnight.

"I would tell her it isn't my decision. I love Rarity and Twilight. I agreed with them to have no other pony in our relationship. I wouldn't mind having her as my mare friend, in fact I'd love it. The only problem is getting my current gal's to approve, which I doubt that would happen." He sighed.

"Why is that?" Big Mac asked as he stopped in front of the tree staring blankly at Midnight.

"Well, we have an agreement. At first it was just with Rarity, but then Twilight confessed her love to me in front of Rarity in such a way that Rarity gave in and we all became one big happy family. If AJ did confess and asked either of them, I think they might agree since they have all been friends for sucha long time. But you never know." Midnight shrugged.

"Sounds a mite strange teh me. Ah know relationships can be a bit strange in Equestria because of how few stallions there are, so seeing a stallion with a few mares ain't too uncommon. A few of the mares ah've been with have even asked to have a friend over when we......... well." Big Macintosh chuckled rubbing his whiters in slight embarrassment.

"Big Mac, you dog." Midnight chuckled giving him a nudge.

"Alright now, t'ain't about me. This discussion's about you and mah sis." He gave a friendly snort.

"Alright Mac, how about this? I'll talk to AJ about how far she wants to take our relationship. If she decides on just having some fun without the relationship part, would you let her?" He asked giving an annoyed sigh.

"Well, she is a grown mare and can make her own decisions." Mac began.

"An that's why ya need teh butt out." Came AJ's voice as she appeared from behind the large tree.

"Wha...... How long ya been there?" Big Mac sputtered out in surprise.

"Since ya started. Now ah'm gonna tell ya something, an Night ya better listen up as well." She began causing both of them to stare at her nervously.

"Big bro, Night an I have a pretty physical relationship. Ah don't mind being with him, plus he is a great friend. It's like being able to depend on another pony without all the complications of being involved with them."

"But what happens if ya get pregnant?" Big Mac interjected.

"That won't happen unless ah'm in season, which aint for a few more months anyhow. I know Midnight would do the right thang if that happened. He's too chivalrous for his own good." She smirked giving Midnight a wink.

"Besides that, I won't be around while a mare is in season anyway. If there is one thing I have noticed, it's that I am not immune to the pheramones mares produce while in season. I barely made it away from one Pegasus a while back when all of Equestria was under some type of magical heat." Midnight gave a serious shudder thinking back to when Twilight made him rut her until she got off at least a hundred times, then begged for death afterward only to have Rarity baby him back to health.

"Well, at least he's honest." Mac chuckled giving him a nudge.

"So are we done talking about who I can rut with and what not?" AJ proclaimed giving her brother a stare.

"Ah guess, but ya better not let granny find out. Ah'd hate teh see what she would do to you and Night." He shivered.

They stood there for a moment before giving a soft laugh and heading back toward the farm. Midnight on his way back into town, but not before giving the orange earth pony a kiss good night.